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Crytek defends Crysis spec requirements

Crytek's boss has defended its hardware-hungry FPS Crysis, saying he believes the studio struck a good balance between performance and spec requirements.

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MK_Red6710d ago

The thing I want them to defend is their early word that Crysis couldn't be done on consoles. Yes, they did say they can port but the truth is that even the full game would have been possible on consoles. Just look at Uncharted, a PS3 game it console's first year, a time that usually brings the first gen of each consoles games that don't look even near what it's capable of.
If 360 could handle BioShock and PS3 had Uncharted along with COD4 for both, they both could obviously run Crysis in it's full glory with enough time and effort.

Genki6710d ago

you mean 600p Call of Duty? Haven't played Bioshock, but the same Uncharted in which Drake clips through 99% of all the foliage in the game? Same game in which said foliage is static and doesn't react to any movement at all whatsoever? Same Uncharted with level sizes that pale in comparison to Crysis? Same Uncharted with um...ZERO physics and ZERO environmental destruction? Come ON NOW.

I love Uncharted. I own it, it's beautiful, has a great story, likable characters, and is poised to be one of the PS3s flagships...but it on a technical level, it doesn't hold a CANDLE to Crysis, brother. You can barely get away with arguing over stills...but once things get moving, it's a night and day difference.

Everything moves in Crysis...everything is movable in Crysis, there's exponentially more shrubbery and objects within Crysis, and all of it is reactive.

Uncharted, while arguably the best looking console game to date, is static as hell. I need not go on any further.

Believe me, as a PS3 owner, nothing would please me more than to see something like Crysis be achieved on the PS3. If you can prove it be my guest, but Uncharted, and especially not a 600p multi platform shooter(that's RIDDLED with problems, by the way) is not the best way to go about pitching a case for such.

For as great looking as it is, Uncharted has MANY a technical hurdle to overcome before it can be put in the same ring as Crysis. See my opening statements for all the evidence you need.

MK_Red6710d ago

Of course I didn't mean that Uncharted or COD4 are near Crysis. Read all of my comment and you see I said games like Uncharted and COD4 in FIRST year of a consoles life (PS3). Do you remember first gen PSone, PS2 or Xbox games? They all look terrible for their own consoles compared to a bit later games. Now look at Resistance and Ratchet TOD. Both PS3 games from Insomniac. How much graphical improvement can be seen from Resi to Ratchet? A LOT. Same goes for 360's Perfect Dark and 1 year later, Gears of War.
When PS3 can have something as stunning as Uncharted in 1st year, of course it can go beyond Crysis in coming years which I believe GT5 has already done and became the first photorealistic game ever.

Genki6710d ago

but I still have my doubts.

Hey, like I said though, nothing would please me more than such a revelation, so bring it on I say.

As of right now, I'm just a tad bit skeptical, but if it happens...I won't cry foul.

actas1236710d ago (Edited 6710d ago )

If you have two choices to make something, an easy one, and a hard one (given that they both accomplish the same thing)... Which one would u choose? I believe most ppl would choose the easy way right, and there is nothing wrong about that.. Its actually the one and only smart choice... and u say what does that have to do with this story.. I say, Crytek obviously picked the hard choice, why? because they were not smart enough to see the easy one.. They simply did a horrible job writing the code for the game...

sagapo6710d ago

There is only one way to compare the power between the PC and console. We should look at console games when they peak at the possibilities of the hardware and then compare them to PC games from years the console was released in.
Nowadays PC games are released with the hardware available in the present day, but consolegames don't. developers need to learn how to work on the hardware.
e.g. xbox360 has 3 cores. at launch, i don't believe the dualcore was released yet but still. Take a game that would FULLY use the power of the Xbox, a PC would have a very hard time running that same game!

BrianC62346710d ago

This is why I'm done with PC gaming. I don't want to keep upgrading my PC every year to get the best graphics. Make this game for the PS3 and it will be as good if not better.

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Korosuke6710d ago (Edited 6710d ago )

"...our primary goal is to always make the best possible games, first and foremost"

I'll follow you.
recently, there is no PC oriented game but ones ported from xbox and this ported type of games don't have any differen between xbox versions and PC versions.
I think it is one of the reasons that users turned their back on PC gaming.

va_bank6710d ago

the other reasons being is that I don't want to spend $400 on the latest and greatest videocard every 6 motnths and a new $4000 "gaming" PC every year. And after having done that, the game still wouldn't be working, because, "Oh well, you need to clean up your registry, roll back the drivers, but not too far just to two versions ago, not three, reconfigure your video settings and change your system language to Korean. When you're all done, just sit patiently and wait for a patch, because we forgot to include support for your video card."

"S.T.A.L.K.E.R." was the last PC game I played, after that I just had it. That's why it pisses me off when games like Assassin's Crap come out, where you need to wait for a patch just to play it.

DaEnforcer6710d ago

Crytek said they can make a game on consoles that looks like Crysis, consoles just doesn't have enough Ram to handle Crysis's huge levels etc. but the graphics can be made. They are probably already working on a game which looks like Crysis.

Gorgon6710d ago

Last time I saw Oblivion´d HUGE level ran pretty well on the 360 and PS3, so don´t give that crap, Crytek. Stop making retarded PR for kids.

kishan4206710d ago (Edited 6710d ago )

let me think....
previously it when ps2 and xbox were launched it took pc 3 and half year to overtake consoles
but now its first year of consoles and they
blown out of water
if u think logically
this gen of consoles cant handle crysis
as for crysis the game is great
hats off to the developer

Poisen6710d ago

There is no point making an excellent game if most people are unable to play it. Graphics are not everything!
Make the graphics "good" but not superb...That way a lot more people will buy the game.
In a year make a game with the graphics like Crysis...move with the publics budget I say.

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Can you run Crysis in VR? Crysis VR Mod Available for Download

Holger Frydrych has just released a cool VR Mod for the 2007 version of Crytek's first-person shooter, Crysis.

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PrinceOfAnger486d ago (Edited 486d ago )

Playing it right now looks amazing! :D
so much fun, i hope they make a vr mod for crysis 2 / 3 too!

DivineHand125484d ago

This is amazing. This is the direction VR should go in to boost adoption. Since I have beaten every Crysis except 1, this is now a good excuse to correct that problem.

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Crytek Wanted Crysis To Be "Future-Proof"

According to Crytek CEO Cervat Yerli, "I want[ed] to make sure Crysis does not age, that [it] is future proofed, meaning that if I played it three years from now, it should look better than today." Yerli and the team designed Crysis' highest graphical settings for the PC hardware of 2010 and beyond.

While Crytek has officially announced Crysis 4 is in development, nothing new has surfaced. For now, gamers' only way to scratch that itch is to play the Crysis Remastered Trilogy available on PC and consoles.

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RaidenBlack490d ago

OG 2007 Crysis (not the remastered weirdo), is & will forever be a legend amongst the PC community.

PrinceOfAnger490d ago

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-...

RaidenBlack489d ago

OG Crysis physics, man ... amazing! Thanks for the reminder!

PrinceOfAnger488d ago (Edited 488d ago )

Looks really nice with VR mod too

FinalFantasyFanatic489d ago

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

Profchaos488d ago

I thought the remaster was fine tbh some rough edges at launch but after some patches it's decent

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isarai489d ago

I mean the lighting and physics still hold up extremely well. I still revisit it from time to time.

RedDeadLB489d ago

That CPU performance thing is preventing it.

isarai488d ago

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

DivineHand125489d ago

I remember when I tried to play Crysis with my Intel Pentium Dual core E2200 @2.2GHz , 4GB ram and GeForce 9400gt. I was a kid back then and that was the best I could do. I would get about 15 to 20 fps. When I over clocked the CPU to 2.8GHz I would get about 40fps. The experience wasn't good at all and it was the only PC game I could not run back then unless and put the settings on low. At that point the game went from cutting edge graphics to PS2 graphics. To this day I haven't completed the OG Crysis. I was able to complete Crysis 2 and 3 after building a new PC when I got my first job.

HyperMoused489d ago

Never played it, worth a try you think?

Profchaos488d ago (Edited 488d ago )

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

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Crytek went so overboard on the Crysis tech and sent devs to photograph leaves in Haiti

"The shader work that came out of this was mind-blowing at times."

RaidenBlack502d ago

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

vTuro24501d ago

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

RaidenBlack502d ago

Hope they try to pour nearly same amount of dedication to the new Crysis 4

DefenderOfDoom2502d ago

Well worth the extra work ! I enjoyed all 3 Crisis games and would also love a new one .

JunonZanon502d ago (Edited 502d ago )

Still wish game development was overall this passionate and minutious about their projects. Obviously, there are still some great studios as exceptions.

LikAChicken501d ago

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.

DivineHand125501d ago

I haven't beaten the first Crysis but I did play Crysis 2 and Crysis 3. I know some PC players were annoyed by the last 2 games being developed with consoles in mind but I believe it was an improvement. I had a great time with Crysis 3 to the point where I believe it was too short.