Crysis

[Bluepixie]

WOW! Check this out! (http://www.gamershell.com/download_13070.shtml)

Looks amazing! They are also claiming that it will be PC only. Which as we all know, is good. :D However, EA are publishing it. :x

Sounds like a job for, DR. TRAN!

[YegaDoyai]

O M G

[Sideshow]

I... LOVE Mother!

[Phizz]

Gees that looks awesome!!!!

When's E3 again?

[Strings]

Going to be a laugh trying to get that to run.

[Ru]

The shadows looks so awesome, it makes me happy. But im still not happy with the hdr too bright affect. Know what i mean?

[DAve]

That looks /fantastic/. I'm guessing that it's going to be a few years until we see that on anything we can play in our homes, but. Wow.

If it does get into the marketplace, it won't be far off the stage that someone can generate a movie in full 3d using software instead of a pre-rendered DVD. It's moving towards getting as realistic as real life.

(Who wants to use the heads Yega generated to have some fun? /me evillaughs)

[YegaDoyai]

k, that game on that engine WAS slated for a winter 06 release. That means it runs on current tech. However it runs better on DX 10 (all things will I'll get to that rant later in the year), and DX10 means Windows Vista. Surprise surprise, EA buy it and it gets held back for the release of Vista. Expect this to be a Vista only title girls and boys. EA may be dicks but it does make sense.

[Exuus]

I'm impressed.

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2922/comparison018mx4df.jpg

[Captain_Caveman]

yeah but you're gonna need big blue to run the damn thing.

[YegaDoyai]

Man, they will never get it right, look on the left, the diffuse is all wrong, the specular component is too bright.. what? oh. The right hand one is the game? oh. cool. Time to rob a bank then, and buy a power station to run the new rig. :)

[Strings]

That looks awesome, but the grass on the Crysis one sucks :(

[Ru]

Indeed i does. i hadnt noticed that till you said. Like a horrible smell or annoying noise, that once someone points out to you, you can never ignore!

[Phizz]

well tbh it's not a bad attempt. Grass is gonna be a ball ache always. maybe if you could work in chaos theory equations to build the grass you may have a better chance but I'm not sure whether people are willing to go that far.

[YegaDoyai]

wtf does chaos theory have to do with grass? It is a simple case of geometry. To do grass properly requires too many verticies. End of Story. And yes it does look poor compared to real life but really, did you need to put that the grass "the grass on the Crysis one sucks". As if you'd be commenting on how, in real life, grass sucks. Besides I was fairly sure these were not the latest renders and unlikly to be the finished art so don't make your judgement too early.

[Phizz]

Well chaos theory looks for the smallest reducible equation to describe complex shapes so that you can create extremely complex shapes from relatively simple equations. This would allow you to make grass that was very much more realistic.

[YegaDoyai]

I think you mean fractal geometry not chaos theory. The problem does not stem from the computational power of describing the shape of grass. The complexity is in having millions of vertices interacting and moving according to the physics we know exist, like wind. Simply put, grass is too much work for too little result. Having fractal grass is a waste of time as pre computed meshes are more efficent even with the arrival of the latest crop of multi GPU graphics sub systems. In games optimisations pre computing is key, calculating on the fly is for 64k assembly hackers.

[Phizz]

ehem...link (http://home.inreach.com/kfarrell/course.outline.html)
I think you'll find that fractal geometry is based on chaos theory. That might be me being pedantic but meh.

[DAve]

OK, since I actually work with chaos theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Theory), I'll decribe how that's different to fractal geometry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal_geometry).

Chaos theory:
In mathematics and physics, chaos theory describes the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems that under certain conditions exhibit a phenomenon known as chaos.

The marker of chaos and chaotic systems is for a very small change in the input conditions, there may be a large and unpredictable change in the output conditions. For some reason, everyone and their auntie is using chaos theory nowadays, and they really are talking bollocks. I blame Jurassic Park ;)

Fractals are certain shapes that appear similar at all scales of magnification. That's different to chaos.

As Peter says, there is a huge burden on the GPU to generate multiple grass stems. I heard about NVidia trying multiple spawning techniques to copy one blade of grass and replicate it with little loss of performance. Can't find the link offhand though.

Oh yeah, and in Real Life, grass sucks.

[Sideshow]

In-game Crysis (http://stage6.divx.com/members/250164/videos/1075468#)

[Bluepixie]

oh yes.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/008/931665_20070109_screen001.jpg

[Hex]

In-game Crysis (http://stage6.divx.com/members/250164/videos/1075468#)

Just watched this (it crashed my firefox for some reason so I had to watch it in IE *sigh*) looks awesome. I really enjoyed Far Cry (asides from the ludicrous difficulty and lack of quicksave) so I'll defo be buying this when it comes out. It is somewhat annoying however that I'm gonna have to set up a Vista boot in order to play it, cos there is no fuckin way Vista is becoming my primary OS any time this decade.

[YegaDoyai]

Remember those words Hex when, next year, with Vista as you principle OS you say "Yeah well I found that it's not actually as bad as stabbing myself in the nuts every 5 minutes"

Also, its not a Vista only title. Is it?

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

Nope (http://www.crytek.com/games/index.php?s=xsis)

[Hex]

At present, the only reason for an upgrade to Vista is DX10. There are plenty of reasons NOT to upgrade but it'll probably be just about worth installing when they release SP1 (if its anything like XP). Now I've read various conflicting reports about what platforms Crysis will run on. The feature they ran on the game in Edge issue 161 states it will be on both Vista and XP, but thats quite old. AFAIK its a PC-only title (apparently the X360 isn't up to it), though we may see console ports later a-la Far Cry. So on current information, its not Vista only YET. It'll be interesting to see the difference in graphical quality between the game running on DX9 and the game running on DX10, see if the hype is justified.

[Phizz]

I was informed that Crysis was timetabled to come out in Dx9 with a follow up version in Dx10 some few months later. Seems like a very financially benificial way for the companies to play it. The sate the people waiting for the gameplay without annoying the people waiting for the jaw dropping graphics. Plus people are likely to buy both copies if they enjoy it.

[Fil2eFly]

dose look sexy tbh defo be buying, or nicking that :)

[Hex]

I was informed that Crysis was timetabled to come out in Dx9 with a follow up version in Dx10 some few months later. Seems like a very financially benificial way for the companies to play it. The sate the people waiting for the gameplay without annoying the people waiting for the jaw dropping graphics. Plus people are likely to buy both copies if they enjoy it.

Surely they will release one game that will install correctly on either version of Windows? I really don't see them actually selling separate DVDs, that would be the biggest rip-off EVER.

[Phizz]

Surely they will release one game that will install correctly on either version of Windows? I really don't see them actually selling separate DVDs, that would be the biggest rip-off EVER.

Read that back in your head Hex thinking about the gaming industry.

[Hex]

Well....whos publishing it? oh crap its EA, ok I stand corrected

[Uuurrahh]

Does indeed look nice. Here's hoping the gamplay is up to the shine.

[Bluepixie]

MINI-GUN!!!!
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/123/reviews/931665_20070504_screen001.jpg

Can't wait for this. I may pee my pants
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/123/reviews/931665_20070504_screen002.jpg

[Hex]

Damn those screenshots are shiny, they're really not far from photorealism...and that minigun looks awesome lol

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

RPG Launcher comes with bananas!!

[Fil2eFly]

ohhh that looks sweeetttt,, i pwns j00 n00bs with my many smokeing barrels of death!!1 kekeke

[Octavion]

Pixie, stop touching yourself while looking at those screen-shots!

[Bluepixie]

http://www.pausegaming.com/galleryimages/Crysis/931665_20070706_screen005.jpg

http://www.2404.org/downloads/Crysis/11684609062.jpg

edit: I know, I make a copy paste error! :p

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

My cousin got a job with them, not sure what's he's doing - prolly head of QA or something. Not sure if he's started yet.

[Hex]

Ya know Pixie, the more screens you post, the closer I come to your clearly pant wetting level of enthusiasm ^^ That scene of absolute destruction looks noice!

[neogramps]

i just watched all the videos on the crysis site - looks so awesome - even on dx9 it looks beautiful - looks fun too. and the editor looks like childplay, so i'll be level making from day one. if you haven't i'd recommend watching them - essential viewing are:

http://www.crysis-online.com/file_downloader.php?dir=/video/HD/(Crysis-Online)%20E3%202007%20Official%20Gameplay.mov

http://www.crysis-online.com/file_downloader.php?dir=/video/SD/(Crysis-Online)%20GDC%202007%20Sandbox%20Demo%202.wmv

http://www.crysis-online.com/file_downloader.php?dir=/video/HD/(Crysis-Online)%20DX9%20vs%20DX10%20Jungle.wmv

[neogramps]

"EA announced today that a single-player demo of Crysis is coming on the 25th of September.

The Countdown to Crysis Continues:
Single Player Demo - 9.25.07

PC gamers now have a reason to mark a big circle around September 25th on their calendars as the single player demo for Crysis will be lighting up rigs worldwide in just 30 days.

Consisting of the entire first level in Crysis’ epic single player campaign, “Contact,” gamers will get to finally experience first-hand the stunning visuals, revolutionary Nanosuit gameplay and open-ended level design that make Crysis one of the most anticipated shooters and PC games of all time. The demo is also poised to include a huge surprise from Crytek, but for now you’ll just have to wait and check out the latest Crysis Nanosuit trailer by following the link below.

I think my PC just cried a little on the inside." - from Actiontrip.com

[YegaDoyai]

"I think my PC just cried a little on the inside." - from Actiontrip.com

His cried a little on the inside, mine positively threw a fit and went out on a bender to forget its failing. :(

[YegaDoyai]

according to this (http://www.crysis-online.com/?id=405) the makers can choke on donkey dick for saying that my machine will play it except the graphics card.

[Hex]

Like shit a 6800GT will run Crysis, don't make me laugh!

[neogramps]

double-edged crysis news - from EA

We have some news to announce.

First, I am sorry for the bad news - the Crysis single player demo will now be available everywhere on October 26th, 2007.

We are taking some extra time to make sure you that you have an amazing experience but also we did not want to risk the release date of Crysis at this stage. To get the game into your hands by November the 16th, we had to make this call.

Now the good news - the big surprise. The SP demo will be released with our CryEngine 2 - Sandbox 2 game editor, giving the community the opportunity to get familiar with the vast amount of tools they will have at their disposal four weeks before we ship, something we have always wanted to do.

This is an exciting time for us at the studio as the development of Crysis comes to an end and we are only a few weeks from Gold Master. We appreciate your patience and are looking forward to getting Crysis into your hands on November 16th.

[neogramps]

official specs are out:

Minimum System Requirements
OS – Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor – 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista)
Memory – 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card –256 MB**
Hard Drive – 12GB
Sound Card – DirectX 9.0c compatible

* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.

- source - http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=81686

** Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

Recommended System Requirements
OS – Windows XP / Vista
Processor – Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Memory – 2.0 GB RAM
GPU – NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar

+A lot lower than I thought - will be running pretty good methinks - only 2 weeks to find out.

[Fyndir]

Oh wow, according to the supported processors and chipsets I should be able to run it. =O

I was expecting to need to upgrade first.

[neogramps]

and it looks sweet in dx9 too, so vista still has no lure

[Strings]

and it looks sweet in dx9 too, so vista still has no lure

I dunno... I've read in a lot of places that DX10 will actually be very awesome to have for Crysis.

[neogramps]

well just in case I have saved up a coupla hundred to get a 8800gts - just need to test the waters to see if the faster 320 is ok with the textures etc of crysis in dx10, or go for the slower 640

[Hex]

Err spend an extra twenty quid and get a superclocked 640? I bought the BFGTech 8800 GTS 640MB OC2 for £270 in June, I'd imagine it's fallen in price a bit by now.

[neogramps]

hex - superclocked is still £260; OC'd 320's are as 180-190.

my max resolution is 1280x1024, so it may not be worth the extra money (according to current benchmarks i've seen).

I'm gonna wait to see how crysis fairs and see if I really need the extra memory.

[Hex]

I remember looking at the reviews at the time, the GTS 640s perform significantly closer to the GTX range than the 320s do, especially at the higher resolutions. It all comes down to what you consider to be a reasonable budget tbh!

[neogramps]

from what i've seen at lower resolutions the 320 can out perform the 640 due to the higher clock speeds - but with proper DX10 games this may change.

http://it-review.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1196&Itemid=1
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/02/28/xfx-geforce-8800-gts-320mb-is-as-fast-as-billyo

[neogramps]

Thanks to EA buggering up the early release of the demo for pre-order folk, the public demo release has been pushed back to Midday tomorrow (sat) and the pre-order folk get it today so they can keep their "24 hours before everyone else promise"

EA= bunch o' dicks

[Hex]

err bittorrent anyone? I've no doubt the demo will be up there if it's been released at all.

[YegaDoyai]

EA are a bunch of dicks? News to me.

[neogramps]

hex - I can see one torrent up on mininova, but the speed is so low it'll take more than 24 hours to dl which would be pointless. I'll have a better look when I'm not at work.

also some reports of the demo only being playable through the sandbox.

UPDATE - the demo on mininova is picking up speed - i've been averaging ~60kB/s and it'll be finished in 4 hours.

[neogramps]

http://na.llnet.cdn.ea.com/u/demos/Crysis_SP_Demo.exe - getting 2mB/s off this i'll have the demo in minutes. this is the normal sp demo - no key required.

runs pretty good (30fps avg) on medium some high 1024x768 and looks nice, (x2 3800, 2GB ram, 7600GT)

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/299/3/f/cry_by_grampsart.jpg - from the editor - just getting to grips with mapmaking having not used the old sandbox in farcry

[Fil2eFly]

WOW....crysis is uber!!! jst downloaded it last night and played the demo today and jst wow, me want full game now! Oh and: i click the auto detect thingy for the GFX and sets Everything to high :) and get a good fps :D But no widescreen support makes me sad

[Hex]

But no widescreen support makes me sad

OMGWTFBBQ?!?!?!?!?

That's such bs, how on earth is it games are still shipping without widescreen support? Not fuckin happy about that :mad:

[Fil2eFly]

OMGWTFBBQ?!?!?!?!?

That's such bs, how on earth is it games are still shipping without widescreen support? Not fuckin happy about that :mad:

well unless im being realy stupid i saw no 1920x1200 option

[Fil2eFly]

ok i jst looked again,. there are some widescreen options jst not one im looking for :S

[Octavion]

Just finished downloading it. Tried to install it. "Some of the file have become corrupted, please download them again."

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[GigaFuzz]

I just tried the demo. Widescreen is indeed in there, after I played a bit on default settings I cranked it up to 1920x1200, with everything on High, and watched the slideshow.

Default settings were playable but didn't look so hot. I might try those beta nvdia drivers and see if that improves anything.

[Hex]

Well I've installed the demo and played about 2 mins, I've just quit out to look for console commands (wanna see my fps). Annoyingly there's no vsync option in the graphics settings so I'm getting a little bit of screen tear. I thought it was a bit odd how they preceded the game itself with a pre-rendered (and horribly low res) trailer.

Apparently the command for show fps is r_DisplayInfo = 1
also apparently you can set r_vsync = 1 for vertical sync

I'll let you guys know what kinda fps I'm getting (it recommend everything on high for my system)

EDIT: Well I've tried it out with vsync and fps turned on, all the following scores are at 1680x1050 resolution.

All settings high + AA 8x - 12-15fps
All Settings high, no AA - 25fps
All settings medium, no AA - 40fps (playable)

Pretty dissapointed with the fps I'm getting given the ridiculous spec of my machine, I think I'm gonna go install the nvidia beta drivers for the game and see if it improves the performance any.

EDIT 2: Installed the beta drivers, not much of a boost (maybe 2 or 3 fps) so looks like I'm gonna have to play with medium settings. The game still looks pretty awesome but clearly it needs a really high spec machine to play on high settings at a high res. Still the retail version (and future drivers) might improve performance :-)

As for the game itself, from the first few mins of the demo it seems like good fun. The suit abilities (cloak, strength, armour, speed) add an extra dimension to the usual fps fare, and the storyline is intriguing thus far. Check it out if you've got a system capable of it ;-)

Out of interest, how are the Vista users getting on with this? What's the performance like on DX10?

[Fil2eFly]

I just tried the demo. Widescreen is indeed in there, after I played a bit on default settings I cranked it up to 1920x1200.

oK, yeah jst be being stupid and not seeing the little scrolly thingy

[neogramps]

my god the weapons in this game are awesome - been playing with the editor and some of the weapons not in the demo. unfortunately the "singularity cannon" doesn't load - but i'm guessing it'll be awesome too.

[neogramps]

So after running crysis for a while I checked my temperature logs and noticed my graphics card got up to 99C. So i was a little worried and even considered under-clocking my card to reduce the heat, but instead I decided to go for a thorough clean.

I also decided to remove a case fan which was blowing directly onto the gfx card's fan exhaust. The case fan was blowing in, and I think it was stopping the gfx fan from blowing hot air out properly.

The results - loaded up the sandbox editor and mowed down a huge forrest in a tank for 15 minutes, bringing my computer to it's knees. Max temp - 75C

24C difference for some simple maintenance was pretty surprising

[GigaFuzz]

So after running crysis for a while I checked my temperature logs and noticed my graphics card got up to 99C. So i was a little worried and even considered under-clocking my card to reduce the heat, but instead I decided to go for a thorough clean.

I also decided to remove a case fan which was blowing directly onto the gfx card's fan exhaust. The case fan was blowing in, and I think it was stopping the gfx fan from blowing hot air out properly.

The results - loaded up the sandbox editor and mowed down a huge forrest in a tank for 15 minutes, bringing my computer to it's knees. Max temp - 75C

24C difference for some simple maintenance was pretty surprising

That just reminds me of the work I need to do to clean up and tidy the inside of my case. It's a daunting task, not made any easier by the case design of the Antec P180. :)

[neogramps]

http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/index.php?topic=11837.0#msg203789 - unlock very high settings for XP - scroll down to see the screens - looks almost as good as DX10

[saladin]

I saw this side-by-side comparison (http://webpages.charter.net/bliss/) of DX9 and DX10 effects in-game. Interesting, but certainly not something I'd invest in just yet.

[Fil2eFly]

http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/index.php?topic=11837.0#msg203789 - unlock very high settings for XP - scroll down to see the screens - looks almost as good as DX10

ok i jst did as you said and took some SS,

ok let me say whats haappenin:

1. 1920x1200 all settings on "high"
2. 1920x1200 all settings on "very high"
3. 1920x1200 all settings on "very high" with AA at 16x

amazing the diffrence in looks but as u can also see the FPS takes a ass raping -.-

zZzZzZzZzZz *waits for imageshack*,,,, *imageshack dies* o..k *resizes image ,waits for imageshack more* ZZZZzzz yay done!

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8576/crysisgk4.jpg

[Fyndir]

I told it to optimise at 1280x1024 and it put everything to low.

Regardless of that, it looked good enough to not bother me and the demo felt fucking awesome, loving the gun customisation and I fell in love with dual pistol + laser pointers + silencers + people to kill. =D

[Hex]

So general conclusions from all points would be - game seems fun, anyone who wants to play it on max graphics might as well wait for Geforce 9 to come out :-P

I'm hoping I can get some proper playtime on the demo later, it seemed pretty fun but I only got time to play up to the second checkpoint.

[Fyndir]

I'm now attempting to play with the sandbox editor thingy to give myself big guns to play with.

Big guns are fun, you see.. =P

[YegaDoyai]

<insert troll penis joke here>

[neogramps]

hehe, you said "insert troll penis"

[Fyndir]

I think this is love....

[Bluepixie]

HOLY CRAP!!!

[Hex]

That thing looks obscene! Redeemer and then some!

[YegaDoyai]

Just remember kiddies that is one of the guns they didn't mind you finding, there are bound to be bigger, better things in the full game.

[neogramps]

when I first used the TAC i fired it at a tree about 5 feet from my face. needless to say it owned me quite severly.

[neogramps]

crysis has gone gold! release is on schedule.

And the 8800GT crysis benchmarks are out - it beats the 320 and 640 8800GTS's, and it's set to be much cheaper than either - I think I've found my upgrade (but yes yega I'll wait to see the RV670) - http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxMCwzLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

[YegaDoyai]

Nah, don't bother waiting for the R670 it is not going to be out till next year, get this now and be happy until the Ati comes along and disapointingly fails to live up to expectations.

[neogramps]

lol - well the performance on the GT looks good, and it'll be less power hungry than the ati so I might well buy it now and start saving for my conroe upgrade in the spring

[Hex]

And the 8800GT crysis benchmarks are out - it beats the 320 and 640 8800GTS's, and it's set to be much cheaper than either - I think I've found my upgrade (but yes yega I'll wait to see the RV670) - http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxMCwzLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Yeah those benchmarks look very similar to the fps I was seeing with the same settings. I hate it when you build a new PC and then 4 months later they release a game it won't even play on max settings :-(

Tbh come to that I hate it when they release games that you clearly won't be able to play on max settings until the next generation of graphics cards! I mean even an 8800 Ultra probably couldn't handle crysis at "very high" and maintain playable framerates. What the fuck are they testing the game on?!

[Sideshow]

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/3/30/250px-WOPR.jpg

[Hex]

rofl I really hope they test it on that ;-)

[neogramps]

yeah their claims about what they were and could run it on seem to be completely off the mark.

[Bluepixie]

Remember Thief? Flight Unlimited? Terra Nova? Bioforge? Wing Commander IV? System Shock? Trespasser? Magic Carpet? Outcast?

Not a new problem, and you can bet your next 4 months of meals that it'll be worth it in the end. It's just a shame it costs more than it used to, or maybe that's because I didn't pay for my machine when I was younger..... :p

Don't have cutting edge? No no sir, don't get up, sit down. Start saving those pennies, which exactly what I'm doing just now. :)

[YegaDoyai]

Strike Thief from that list, most proper gamers could run it when it came out. Hell I could and my machine was not exactly cutting edge. Sadly regarding the rest of that list it took me something like 5 years after the release data (more for some) before I actually got round to getting a machine worthy of playing them. If I thought for a second that Crysis was even 20% of System Shock or Tresspasser or Terra Nova, Outcast I'd quite literaly sign off gaming entirely for 2 years. Just not play anything. Then come back with an astounding machine and pick up at Crysis. It really would be worth it. As it is, it will be just another pretty run and gun affair that is VERY pretty.

[Bluepixie]

Strike Thief from that list, most proper gamers could run it when it came out.

Maybe so, but I was packing a P166, 32MB RAM, Creative Live! and Matrox Diamond 2MB + 4MB 3Dfx Video Card. This was more than enough punch for Quake II and the Thief demo but the full game of Thief was a different story. Once you got to the 3rd mission it was just unplayable (Ru will vouch for me on this), had to hang it up until we got a K6-2 450 and TNT 2 about a year later. And yes, it was soooo worth it!

As it is, it will be just another pretty run and gun affair that is VERY pretty.

I need to try it but, if it's FarCry but just immensely improved in all departments, then yes, yes, I think I'll wait! It should definitely be played at close to maximum detail or risk losing out on major aspects of the game. Just thinking back when you played Doom 3 and F.E.A.R. at low detail, it just loses a lot of the atmosphere and hence your immersion in the game world. And with these games, it's paramount.

[YegaDoyai]

Yeah, having bought doom 3 I'm playing through it with everything maxed, it is great, boring shooter but great in places.

[Hex]

had to hang it up until we got a K6-2 450 and TNT 2 about a year later.

Ah memories! My first rig was a K6-2/500 with 128MB RAM and a Geforce 2 MX 32MB. First thing I put on there was UT GOTY, I was so chuffed that I could run it with all the settings maxed out :-D It pissed all over everything until Max Payne came out...

[Bluepixie]

Yeah, having bought doom 3 I'm playing through it with everything maxed, it is great, boring shooter but great in places.

Aye it does have it's moments, particularly the levels leading up to and including Hell. It's a pity there was so much padding between the beginning and Hell because it really picks up after that. Delta labs were great in my memory, System Shock 2 atmosphere, Doom action, brilliant.

We need to have a romp through the Doom 3 co-op stuff again at some point, that was great fun. There are lots of new maps out but failing that, Doom Shareware in the Doom 3 engine again would be well sweet. :D

[YegaDoyai]

Y E S

[Bluepixie]

It's a date. :p

[Hex]

Sounds cool, gimme a shout for that ;-)

[YegaDoyai]

GTFO

[Fyndir]

Yeah dude, did you not hear them say it's a date?

You think that was a joke?

Date. For two people. Romantic.

Computers set up across a table, candlelight and the warm glow of monitors mixing, a tender kiss....

....

[YegaDoyai]

You're just jealous.

[Fyndir]

One day we'll have a fight to the death in a game I'm good at that you're not better at, and I'll win the Pixie.

Now I just need to find a game I'm good at.. =P

[YegaDoyai]

I'm not possesive, Pixie is his own.

[Hex]

GTFO

Honestly, where is the love?

[YegaDoyai]

Not here buddy.

[Strings]

Make up sex @ LAN

[Tiberio]

Could anyone bring a copy of the demo to the lan?:)

[Fyndir]

I'll have it installed, and the install file will be available, if sharing is working for me at the LAN.

[Bluepixie]

Gamespot go, w00t for Crysis

"Crysis is visually stunning, packed with intelligent, thrilling gameplay, and easily one of the greatest shooters ever made."

Review (http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/review.html?sid=6182739&tag=topslot;title;1)

[Sven]

Rather good game I must say although the A.I does have its glaring faults.

They cannot handle 'murderholes'. There is a point where you have to infiltrate a village near a start. I holed myself up in a building and took out all the 30+ guards with a shotgun. One at a time as they ran round the corner to investigate.

Still alot of fun

Hope to see it being played online at the LAN

[Bluepixie]

They cannot handle 'murderholes'. There is a point where you have to infiltrate a village near a start. I holed myself up in a building and took out all the 30+ guards with a shotgun. One at a time as they ran round the corner to investigate.

LOL! What's the point in doing that? :p Surely more fun to run about using the super powers and stuff?

[Octavion]

I've only played it a wee bit, got it the same day as Assassin's Creed, but so far it's pretty awesome.

Most fun bit so far was sneaking into a heavily defended town using my stealth powers to move between cover. Then getting to a building where a hostage was being held and moving room to room clearing it with my silenced assault rifle. After freeing the hostage I then fought off 3 tanks with a rocket launcher from the roof of the building and destroyed a few tin shacks in the process.

Oh, and it looks amazing even on medium settings.

[neogramps]

Enjoying this a lot so far - my favourite move was when I had an enemy over a wall, so I did a strength jump up and over, switched to stealth in mid-air, landed behind the guy, then strength again and punched him in the back of the head.

Complaints - AI can be stupid sometimes - the enemies sometimes take cover in front of objects not behind them; the main rifle(FY7?) feels underpowered, but the shotgun makes up for it. Put a silencer on the fy7, and shoot someone at 50 feet and you might as well be tickling them with a fluffy thought.

[Octavion]

L2Hedshotz!!!!11!111 Nub

:P

[Tiberio]

I really enjoy this game, I find the power things soo cool and its like second nature now.
Was very impressed with how it runs as well, have it running at 1600X1200 with everything set to high and still manage fps between 20-50 on my 2900XT, all hail the 512bit bus!:P

SPOILER!!

Loved the part where you have to clear a landing area so your dropship can land and all those guys in the same suit as you try and kill you.
Was soo fun having a duel of powers:P.

[GLGHicks]

So has no-one tried the stand in a tin shed make some noise and when theres a few guys in to investigate you punch the roof or main wall support so the building collapses on them...or wait till theres a guy on the other side of a wall and punch the wall at them.

[Sideshow]

I'm kind of loving throwing grenades at the base of watch towers.

[Octavion]

I'm enjoying stealth mode. Far more efficient to just sneak through a camp full of guys without any of them noticing you than having to waste precious ammo.

[Hex]

Was very impressed with how it runs as well, have it running at 1600X1200 with everything set to high and still manage fps between 20-50 on my 2900XT, all hail the 512bit bus!:P


You act like a 20fps minimum is something to be proud of :-P

I can get a good 25fps min with everything set to high at 1680x1050, but personally I would consider that a bare minimum for playability, I have it set to Medium instead cos it gives me a 40fps minimum, far more comfortable IMO.

[YegaDoyai]

Do you reckon we can coax my Sempy + X800 to run this in double figures at native res? (1280*1024)

[Sideshow]

I'm enjoying stealth mode. Far more efficient to just sneak through a camp full of guys without any of them noticing you than having to waste precious ammo.

Eh? Dump the SCAR and you'll never ever run out of ammo.

[Hex]

Do you reckon we can coax my Sempy + X800 to run this in double figures at native res? (1280*1024)

Try it on low and see how you get on, but don't be surprised if it blows a metaphorical raspberry in your direction ;-)

[Tiberio]

Nah, eversince my days of having a 2mb integrated graphics card and playing SWAT 3 (needed atleast 16MB), I can play with very low fps and still do allright:P.
Had to reduce res to 1200X960 today as the later levels certainly put a strain on my GPU.
Can't wait for the new GPU series now!

[neogramps]

the Scar is awesome - whenever ammo pops up i ditch the fy; just finished the game, quite cool - but ending was a tad rubbish

[Fil2eFly]

well got crysis this afternonn, and have jst finished it lol :D. good game; ketp me amused for a good few hours. The funny flowty bit is cool, the end bos is a pain in the fucking ass and i loved the last few secs of game play after the bos dies and it goes the cutscene

/end of my crysis review xD

[Greasel_burger]

Well... i tried crysis for the first time... got all of ten seconds of play before my graphics card fried itself. i kid you not...

Anyhow, i'm on my laptop (charger back, thank you :D:D:D) at least until i get a new graphics card :(

So i can now claim "Crysis is so awsome it melted my graphics card" so cool

[neogramps]

nice done! crysis is a brutal stress-test - gets my card hotter than anything else. if you're pci-e want to buy my old 7600GT XXX?

[Greasel_burger]

na, i'm claiming on the warrenty so i should get a replacement...

Unless xmas is good to me :P

[neogramps]

try rivatuner for keeping the new one cool in future - it's stupid that you need a 3rd party app to keep a gfx card cool - mine now stays below 70 when playing crysis, whereas before it was getting tp mid 80's

[Bluepixie]

Crysis v.1.1 patch (http://www.gamershell.com/download_22683.shtml)

Changelist

Fixes:

* Damage dealt to vehicles when shot by LAW has been made consistent
* F12 (screenshot) now works in restricted mode as well
* When player melees during gun raise animation, their gun will not be in a permanently raised position anymore
* Memory leaks and potential crashes

Updates:

* Improved SLI / Crossfire support and performance
* Improved overall rendering performance (DX9 and DX10)
* Enabled VSync functionality in D3D10

Tweaks:

* Reduced grenade explosion radius in multiplayer
* Clamped water tessellation to avoid cheating in MP
* Reduced LAW splash damage vs. infantry in PowerStruggle mode
* Slowed Rocket projectile speed down in MP slightly

[Bluepixie]

Sorted out my Crysis problem, 8.1 Ati drivers for the win!

[Hex]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2008/20080130.jpg

[neogramps]

lol

[Bluepixie]

Crysis 1.2 patch (http://www.gamershell.com/download_23577.shtml)

Change List (http://www.2404.org/changelists/crysisv1.2patch.txt)

Man, that's a long list.

[Bluepixie]

Crytek Not A PC-exclusive Developer Anymore; Blames Piracy (http://www.2404.org/news/4279/Crytek-Not-A-PC-exclusive-Developer-Anymore;-Blames-Piracy)

uh huh, nice. Sales had nothing to do with the fact the the system requirements were so high most people couldn't play it, or the fact that the multiplayer was buggy as hell and full of exploits? Sure.

[neogramps]

and the game was kinda shit

[saladin]

Crytek Not A PC-exclusive Developer Anymore; Blames Piracy (http://www.2404.org/news/4279/Crytek-Not-A-PC-exclusive-Developer-Anymore;-Blames-Piracy)

uh huh, nice. Sales had nothing to do with the fact the the system requirements were so high most people couldn't play it, or the fact that the multiplayer was buggy as hell and full of exploits? Sure.

It's bullshit. Look at Sins of a Solar Empire - released around the same time, without DRM, and yet it outsold Crysis embarrassingly. Piracy isn't killing PC gaming (even if I don't hold with it) - stupid greedy developers are.

[To0]

http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18999

pretty, faster crysis, why thank your sir.

[neogramps]

tried this, and it seems to work - running on the level 4 settings @1280x1024 - FPS between 40 and 60 - screenshots below:

http://easyimage.us/fx_images/neogramps_ScreenShot0000.jpg
http://easyimage.us/fx_images/neogramps_ScreenShot0007.jpg
http://easyimage.us/fx_images/neogramps_ScreenShot0015.jpg
http://easyimage.us/fx_images/neogramps_ScreenShot0016.jpg
http://easyimage.us/fx_images/neogramps_ScreenShot0017.jpg

[Bluepixie]

Just completed it for the first time. Rather enjoyed it! The first 2/3 of the game, awesome predator/ninja gameplay :) followed by a rather fantastic final 1/3 of becoming the hunted in spectacular fashion. True, Farcry is much the same, but this is a few steps forward and that's before taking the graphics into account. Multiplayer is a laugh, imagine eveyone playing the Pred in AvP2 and you're pretty much there. Defo worth a shot at the next LAN meeting if people are up for it.
Looking forward to Warhead. :D