So I eagerly bought Crysis 2 along with countless others as it looked like it played well.. the demo seemed ok but with the issues raised from the beta they would be fixed..
I played through the Single player campaign for a few hours and in fairness I loved it.. the suit ability's along with balancing them out and having a tactical option was fun and brought something new to the FPS genre for me ..
GFX seemed stable enough and there was an amazing amount of detail in there as well which I found stunning but also started to notice some very dodgy AI routines but put it down to bugs and would be patched in time... 2 patches came and then the problems started ..at this point I had NOT ventured online
After a few hours I noticed a nasty looking grainy look came over the game and starting to make the game look a little poor and after a look on the official mycrysis forums was a EPIC problem that Crytek had failed to fix.
At this point I ventured online.. I plump for Instant action (Free For All) and immediately get dropped into a lagfest of epic proportions.. I think this does not bode well..
And indeed it doesn't .. let me explain
Hit detection is nigh on non existent and more of a Lag lottery and Host advantage is a nigh on game killer for everyone in the lobby bar the host ofc.. constant host migrations along with getting booted back to the main screen.. Being in FULL Armour doesn't mean shit as most one on one fights tend to turn into a lag lottery and the kill-cam wasn't a true representation of what actually happened.. and this is after 2 patches and begin to think its my connection but other shooters such as MW2 and MW1 play fine ..
Many a time I would chase someone down empty a full clip into them and they would turn around and kill me with 3 bullets or so.. it just seemed to get worse the more I played as there was that many bugs the online just seemed to deteriorate into a mess but in fairness the game had potential to be something good but with the amount of bugs present I felt cheated of my money and in fairness I shouldn't be surprised as many games now ship half made so to speak...
So today I caved and traded it in ..
A quick scan over the official forums shows the amount of frustration many a gamer such as myself are feeling with the game and the Devs themselves are not very forthcoming with information in regards to when a patch is due ... so in turn Crytek are killing the game off in a way as they don't part with information to keep gamers in the loop which imo is the worst possible thing a Game dev can do..
Any further releases wont be top of to buy list thanks to that... but should a patch be released that fixes the game I may buy the game again but time will tell...
In fairness the game has so much potential but let down by so many frustrating bugs it kills any sort of competitiveness in the Multi-player which it should thrive on and to think the amount of people are complaining about the same things over and over and no info given etc beggars belief sometimes ..
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Sony will require UK players to verify their age to keep using PlayStation messages and voice chat later this year.
Such a BS law is this honestly, very poorly thought out and far too broadly applied.
So it's to 'protect children' from harmful content in messages, yet they can continue to play multiplayer regardless, where they will hear worse, they can even hear worse stuff in the street and school playground FFS lol
Well, they can't regulate schoolyard talk or the streets of London, so this is probably the next best thing.
I don't agree with it, though it's exactly the sort of tweak around the edges politicians would make to have it seem like they're doing something.
About as effective as "protecting women's sports" in the US that literally targets 4-5 trans athletes nationally: you *could* do that... But why would you do that.
Both cases are just prudish politics for deeply unserious people.
And I bet when you get your account banned they try and take the access to your digital purchases away
I'm a harsh critic when it comes to FPS games and I for one consider Crysis 2 to be (released as of yet...) Game of the Year. It's a stunning title and it's multiplayer componant is fantastic, its truly a thinking man's shooter.
Sounds like you need to start investing in PC gaming for the dedicated servers.
What platform?
That's what happen when a game go COD.
"Many a time I would chase someone down empty a full clip into them and they would turn around and kill me with 3 bullets or so.."
That is called a head shot.