Hi, I'm responsible for audio on this game (I compose the music, and co-create the sound effects and oversee dialogue)

Basically, the gameplay is going to be in the style of TIE Fighter / Freespace.

You'll do a bunch of missions for the United Earth Alliance, fighting against the Terran Chacne that follow a pretty linear campaign that will allow you to take part in a pretty epic story.

Pretty soon, we'll have a video shot from the players point of view (i.e. the view you will see when playing the game and shooting stuff!) - as opposed to this trailer (video 1) which is a cinematic view of the gameplay that will be possible.

Regarding the whole sound in space issue and treating it realistically, I think what we all need to remember here is that sci-fi, is short for science-'fiction'.

From talking to other people / developers, I got the impression that one of the reasons they got into sci-fi in the first place was because of some of the iconic sounds that have been created. Equally, I think sound can help greatly to tell a story, and with this project, we are building a game around a story. Thus, anything that will make the story better or more dramatic, we will consider. I'm sure some plot device could be included that enable people to hear sound travel through space (cough...Shattered Horizon...cough!)

Anyway, we still have AGES to go, and these things will be discussed much more, of that I have no doubt!

Thanks for the interest and comments. We understand we won't be able to please everyone, but we'll do our best!!!

What are you talking about?

The original Crysis was on PC and boasted visuals beyond what the PS3 is capable of. They managed to create an engine that works on PS3 and Xbox 360 as well for Crysis 2, but the PC version will look even better than the original game. However, the console versions of Crysis 2 will look worse than Crysis, because they're using what is nearly half-decade-old hardware...

Haven't you heard? Sony travelled through time and brought the cell processor back with them from the year 2318. It is capable of anything, developers are simply too ignorant to take advantage of its full potential.

and besides you would need a high class pc just to have the full experience of visuals, thtz what i hate about pc games
and yet all it takes for a console is a tv; sure you need an hd tv coupled with HDMI to show ful effect but at least you get similar experiances on a tv. so F*** PC GAMES

I agree with you in principle, wings are often used in a fictional setting for no apparent reason (other than perhaps aesthetic purposes).

To play devil's advocate for a moment though, sometimes wings are beneficial to small spacecraft even if they are never intended for atmospheric entry. The reason being that setting thrusters further out from the center of a craft gives it added maneuverability. Take the Starfury fighters from Babylon 5 for instance ( http://www.b5tech.com/earth... ), very maneuverable fighters because the thrusters are set at the ends of the wings. Unlike say, an X-Wing, which has a similar wing structure but the thrusters are instead clustered around the body, making it less maneuverable (though in the X-Wings defense, atmospheric entry was desired, so the wings made sense).

Yet if we look at modern jet design the engines are allways on the main body, while stability was good pre-computer days now it's calculated and modern aircraft and fighters are as unstable as possiple to increase menuverability.

Why are space fighter so aerodynamic after all there's LITTLE friction in space.

And as such the best space ship goes to

http://stargate.wikia.com/w...

For actually being more scientific.

Modern jet design has little to do with it though. A modern jet is certainly capable of quite a bit of maneuverability, but nothing like the maneuvers you'd expect a small spacecraft to perform (quickly turning in place 360 degrees in all directions, flying sideways, flying backwards, to give just a few examples) - likely due to the physical impossibilities while under the effects of a planets gravity and atmosphere.

There are plenty of good designs in modern fiction that can be pointed to, the puddle jumper being one of them. I think though that the desired purpose of the spacecraft is what ultimately dictates its design - well that, and aesthetics anyway.

Here's a couple of other questions for you regarding some of the sillier aspects of science fiction like this...

In typical sci-fi shows/movies/etc... why is it that spaceships always encounter each other in such a way that they're oriented in the same direction? What I mean by that is, why do two ships never encounter each other such that one of them appears upside down, or on its side with respect to the other ship? After all, there is no "up" or "down" in outer space, yet everyone seems to orient themselves in the same way.

Also, why is it that nobody (other than 2001 and Firefly) recognizes that sound does not travel in space?

The answers, much like the question about wings I suppose, probably have more to do with aesthetics and entertainment value than anything else I imagine.

This video will always be impressive to me, even for years to come. Some things here are better than games we have today, OG crysis is the best version!

https://youtu.be/SVg63_aNr-...

I'm still shocked that it looks as good as it does today, puts some modern games to shame.

Truth has been spoken.

Yeah unfortunately Crystek's decision to bet on the linear progression of clock speed in CPUs was derailed by the unforseen shift towards multicore CPUs. It just wasn't built with that in mind because that wasn't even in the conversation at the moment

Yes.

Worth a try just because it's the only game that lets you pick up a turtle on the beach and throw it at enemy soldiers that should have been a back of the box feature.

But nah seriously unless you're nostalgic for it I'm not sure if it will hold up

Amazing, often misunderstood
The dumb AI was deliberate, so that the players can explore and experiment with the world and all the features.

It really is. Most people only remember it for its graphics but the gameplay was equally amazing.

I agree!

I’ll never forget Far Cry 2 and the amount of details they packed in.

Yea there were some issues with the gameplay loop and the sickness aspect but you could tell they really tried to nail details.