Crysis Sequel Announced, Still PC Only

EA and Crytek have announced a sequel to Crysis , one of the highest rated games of last year. Unfortunately, it seems that still only PC users will be able to celebrate the good news. "In Crysis Warhead, players will don the Nanosuit of Sergeant Sykes, also known as 'Psycho', one of the most memorable characters from Crysis. More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, players will experience Psycho's parallel story during the events of the original game, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than they ever could have imagined. Luckily, Psycho's Nanosuit is just as capable and he's equipped with an even bigger arsenal of fully customizable weapons and new vehicles, giving players access to the tools they need to dominate any situation. Aside from this new, exciting single player campaign, Crysis Warhead will also feature new multiplayer content."

Re:So...

[Lordrashmi]

My ~$1200 PC ran it well on medium and the game looked good. I don't know what everyone was bitching about. Besides looking good I thought it was a damn fun single player game, and spent a couple of weeks playing around online before getting into TF2 heavily.

Re:PC only?

[liquiddark]

Are you worried that anyone (other than you, apparently) is going to be confused? Because that, honestly, is not a problem I've run into. Pretty sure most of us understand that "archaism" pretty well, actually.

Re:PC only?

[irc.goatse.cx troll]

It will probably run on DirectX10 with backwards support for Directx9. IIRC, thats what the xbox uses too, so you'll probably need to specify DX9 or 10 on x86 or x64. More specifically I imagine theres a lower end on the number of processor extensions needed, so probably x86/x64 with at least support for sse3, mmx, sse, etc.

Or you could just not be a douche and say "PC" like everyone else. Leave the specifics for the hardware requirements.

Not saying "PC only" is saying I'm so insecure about myself that I need to arbitrarily use my own terminology because whats popular does not make me stand out. Just like people saying "USian" or "GNU/Linux"

Re:requirements

[Anonymous Coward]

and Call of Duty 4 limits you to a single tiny linear path with invisible walls and unclimbable rickety fences. And relies on tricks to deliver those visuals.

Why does everyone hate on the crysis engine when it WORKS FINE FOR MEDIUM SPEC MACHINES, JUST NOT ON MAX SETTINGS.

Re:So...

[Hatta]

If your computer can't handle that, why not just run it on a lower setting? I don't get this complaint. Would you rather they artificially limit the graphics of the game so that "full" is what "medium" is now? That would be silly.

Re:So...

[Spatial]

Anyone who bought a $3,000 computer for gaming is a complete sucker (or can afford Ferraris). An extremely high-end gaming machine can be put together for $1,000 including a 20" monitor and all required peripherals. Beyond that price-point you begin hemhoraging money for practically no gain.

Seven months ago I bought one for 950 euros, with which I happily played through Crysis on high settings at a merry 35-40 FPS. Currently, for that much money I could buy a significantly more powerful computer.

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[vecctor]

So true.

The best is when people compare it consoles - where you have no choice on quality and it is locked at whatever the devs could get to run.

I guess the take away "winning strategy" from this is just to artificially limit the settings so stupid people don't bitch and give your game a bad reputation. Then 2 years later release a "graphics upgrade patch" that removes the limits :)

Future-proofing AND idiot mitigation. Win! (Profit???)

It's all perception. People want to think they are running it at "The Best Settings" and feel cheated if they aren't. Because, by God, they are entitled to the best settings no matter what their computer is like. It's just not fair otherwise!

Re:So...

[Jor-Al]

An extremely high-end gaming machine can be put together for $1,000

You must have a different notion of "high-end" than the rest of the world, then.

Re:requirements

[Aranykai]

Lets see. It has a singleplayer plot where you take on a role?

Seriously, how "open" can it be? You still have to hit the plot points or the story wont progress.

Re:So...

[Dark Kenshin]

You do realize you just contradicted yourself. 1 euro is not equal to 1 dollar. 950 euros is roughly $1495 give or take the exchange rate.

Re:So...

[Cecil]

extremely high-end

You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.

Re:So...

[rhyder128k]

Or just wait a couple or three years for it to hit the bargain shelf and then play the SP game with all settings on max and the final patch installed.