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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 45780

PC.IGN takes a look at Crysis and CryEngine 2 which includes some cool new screenshots and

direct feed HD movie (for insiders). Here's a taster:

As expected, players will be thrust into the important shoes of a super soldier out to save the world. Weapons are important to a shooter and Crytek is hop

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nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

Omfg, this game is looking rad. This game looks worthy of being called "nextgen" not like, freakin UT2007. Oh wow just like UT2004 only normal mapped to hell and back and a trillion more fancy effects...and yesterdays gameplay.

These guys are making a real effort to innovate and make something new that has never been done before. Sure it's about aliens, but I bet it will be the best damn game about aliens you have and will ever play for years to come. I also find it hilarious that there is no XB360 version planned. +1 for PC ;D

lmer · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject:

Like Carmack said allready months ago "The truth is, XBox360 is pretty much as powerfull as todays high-end PC". By the time this comes out 360 will be like XBox was about 6 months ago. Very Happy

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miglaugh · Elite Member Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 362

anyone care to venture a guess as to what kind of machine this game will need? I don't recall, have they said it's coming out next year and therefore on vista, so dx10? Looks like by then it'll be time to get a brand spanking new machine, again. This time I plan to wait till the game comes out to buy a pc, unlike with hl2 where I wanted to be 'ready' and bought it before, then it was delayed for another 6 months.

Yeah It'd be awesome if they integrate the PPU in with the game. That one movie where the truck explodes in Ghost recon looks amazing.

lmer · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

In this article http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/news.html?sid=6146560&mode=previews the main guy of Crytek says it's to be released in winter this year (if you don't count the possible delays), made for DX9 but DX10 "ready".

Sabot · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject:

check out the vid! When they were having a firefight, the rounds brought down branches & foliage Shocked

No doubt this will need a horse of a machine to run detail like that. The beauty of the PC is if you can't run it today, then there's always tomorrow. Wink

xxxx · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject:

yhancik · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:27 am Post subject:

Sabot · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:05 am Post subject:

XXXX, i know we as PC gamers get despondent with 'never ending upgrades' but that's the power we will *always* have over consoles.

I own XBox,PS2 and build my own PCs - i *used* to go through the same cycle as you ; vowing to never spend dough on this pain-in-the-ass Upgrade always etc,etc. But since i have experienced a long haul on consoles, i positively HATE them with a vengeance when it comes to FPS like Far Cry or Morrowind/Oblivion (which is sort of FPS if you get my meaning)
I owned Far Cry on PC (as you know Wink

) long before i bought an XBox and played the demo of Far Cry on it and boy was it just garbage trying to control with a gamepad.... Rolling Eyes

Plus the graphics and draw distance were $hit! There is no immersion like on a PC **period**. Far Cry on a Radeon 9800 pro blew the XBox version away!

So what these games my be ported/made on XBox360? They will *never* have an editor for mod making -which you like doing. They also don't play well without keyboard & mouse (as in HUGE reticules to allow larger hit areas because of crap controls as i said previous)

Consoles are great for getting few mates round for a simple piss around and a laugh, but there is no serious gaming to be had on them. The PC will always kick arse in that dept.
Also once you are 'over the graphics' on the XBox there is seriously little underneath -i mean there is only so many things they can fit on a gamepad....one reason why flight sims *never* kicked off on consoles; Gear,Flaps,Engines start/stop,Weapons: air/ground,ripple/salvo, TIALD, comms, ejection,brakes,refueling nozzle,landing hook and so forth and the gamepad is buggered already!

Consoles are mainly bought for simplistic MP, a short-sharp-fix.
Nothing wrong with that of course. I just like the 'deeper' aspirations that the PC offers

Wise words from yhancik;