Crysis Trilogy
Discussion
Rick_1138 said:
I was going to get those bit heard the remaster uses the port as its base and a lot of stuff is different from the original pc version which is a shame.
The remaster of the original Crysis is indeed a port of a console version, and omits the level where you pilot the VTOL as it was too demanding for the console. A lot of people have welcomed this as they hated that level but I enjoyed it. Many people said it was too hard but the trick is to hover in a safe spot to let the VTOL self-repair when you become too damaged.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Rick_1138 said:
I was going to get those bit heard the remaster uses the port as its base and a lot of stuff is different from the original pc version which is a shame.
The remaster of the original Crysis is indeed a port of a console version, and omits the level where you pilot the VTOL as it was too demanding for the console. A lot of people have welcomed this as they hated that level but I enjoyed it. Many people said it was too hard but the trick is to hover in a safe spot to let the VTOL self-repair when you become too damaged.
You've got to remember that Crysis was a tech demo with some kind of gameplay added on as an afterthought.
I've played the remaster and am distinctly unimpressed. Seems the used all the same textures.
I never bothered with the sequels as they fell victim to consolisation, the deliberate cutting of features and quality required to make it run on a console.
The original Crysis and it's predecessor Far Cry were true marvels of their time pushing the boundaries of what was possible in the early noughties. Mostly with graphics and physics and that could only be done on PC.
I have the steel book edition of the original Crysis and can't play it because Microsoft shut down the DRM servers. Had to buy it again, DRM-free on GoG in a sale.
Crysis: Warhead, the standalone DLC of Crysis, was excellent.
Crysis 2 was fairly pants although the pandemic storyline was quite interesting.
Crysis 3 was somewhat of a return to form, as I recall, although it's been years since I played it. I do recall the final boss being so ridiculous that I quit and watched the rest on a YT playthrough video.
Crysis: Warhead, the standalone DLC of Crysis, was excellent.
Crysis 2 was fairly pants although the pandemic storyline was quite interesting.
Crysis 3 was somewhat of a return to form, as I recall, although it's been years since I played it. I do recall the final boss being so ridiculous that I quit and watched the rest on a YT playthrough video.
I bought an entire new gaming PC just for Crysis back in 2007 and it cost about £2000. 8800GTX was a beast of a card but it still couldn't really get near high on everything - utterly ridiculous.
loved the game overall though I thought it was great. the destruction particularly was great in the early stages.
loved the game overall though I thought it was great. the destruction particularly was great in the early stages.
p1stonhead said:
I bought an entire new gaming PC just for Crysis back in 2007 and it cost about £2000. 8800GTX was a beast of a card but it still couldn't really get near high on everything - utterly ridiculous.
That was the whole point of Crysis - literally nothing could run it. That's where we got the meme "But will it run Crysis?" 
I'm into Retro Computing and am going to be putting together an ultimate 2008 PC based around an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU (released August 2008) and I suspect that if I want to run Crysis at a decent framerate it will probably need two GeForce GTX285 GPUs (released December 2008 so just about qualify) in SLI. But that's a story for the Retro Computing thread.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
That was the whole point of Crysis - literally nothing could run it. That's where we got the meme "But will it run Crysis?"
I'm into Retro Computing and am going to be putting together an ultimate 2008 PC based around an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU (released August 2008) and I suspect that if I want to run Crysis at a decent framerate it will probably need two GeForce GTX285 GPUs (released December 2008 so just about qualify) in SLI. But that's a story for the Retro Computing thread.
I'm still struggling with 2008 being retro ha haI'm into Retro Computing and am going to be putting together an ultimate 2008 PC based around an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU (released August 2008) and I suspect that if I want to run Crysis at a decent framerate it will probably need two GeForce GTX285 GPUs (released December 2008 so just about qualify) in SLI. But that's a story for the Retro Computing thread.
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