Who wants to play the Crysis demo?

TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
<div class="IPBDescription">We all want to play the Crysis demo!</div><a href="http://na.llnet.cdn.ea.com/u/demos/Crysis_SP_Demo.exe" target="_blank">So download the Crysis demo and let's all play!</a> Of course, it's singleplayer, so we won't <i>know</i> that everyone else is playing, but whatever.

Seriously try this sucker out. It's everything Far Cry was, only 10 times more polishes, with twice as much awesome added on top, and with better graphics. They also replaced the crappy cheesy story with what seems like a very well done cheesy story. Everything feels great: it's the prettiest game I've ever played, the controls are super well done (especially for the suit/gun mods), it's eassy to pick enemies up by the neck and hurl them through the wall to make a building collapse, all the trees are destructable, etc. Really, it's well worth trying. My 2.6GHz Core2Duo + 8800GTS 640MB ran everything at High at 1280x1024, but Far Cry scaled reasonably well and I'd imagine Crysis does too.

Do eeeeet. Report back with specs + performance. I'm curious.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    What's the size of this bad-boy?
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    edited October 2007
    1.77 GB in terms of bytes, 8.5 or 9 out of 10 in terms of awesome. But that mirror is ridiculously fast. It downloaded in a few minutes for me.

    Edit: No okay seriously download it. It comes with the editor. This thing is awesome. It's 100% real time, you can see the changes you make in the freaking game as you make them. It's so awesome fiddling around with stuff. I made the water crystal clear! It looks awesome. I also found the alien. And you can change the wave size and they lap up against the shore and everything. Or change the wind direction and watch the trees lean over.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    No campus connection for me, so it'll take 3 hours on my end.
  • Private_ColemanPrivate_Coleman PhD in Video Games Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7510Members
    I only have 200MB left before the cap so I will have to wait until next month <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
  • AnarkiThreeXSixAnarkiThreeXSix x_x Join Date: 2003-12-31 Member: 24894Members
    Crysis be awesome. Graphics are amazing, and nifty gun options and suit features make for some fun stuff to play with.

    As for performance, it does very well O_O. My 2.2Ghz X2 Athlon/2GB Ram/2600XT at 1680x1050 with a majority of settings high, and some medium, it plays decently, could toss some more stuff down to medium if I want more fps, but eh, then it wouldn't be as sexy.

    It does resemble Far Cry though... alot. Still good though.
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    It is quite pretty. And quite fun. I hope that it learns from Far Cry's mistakes, though(like the whole "working radar" thing, in terms of telling me where to go).
  • ZydecoZydeco Join Date: 2005-03-06 Member: 43794Members, NS1 Playtester
    Ehm, wouldnt i need Vista installed with DirectX 10 for the game to be as pretty as it looks in the screenshots/videos? Plus all the other effect thingys.
  • Soul_RiderSoul_Rider Mod Bean Join Date: 2004-06-19 Member: 29388Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1658008:date=Oct 27 2007, 08:01 AM:name=AnarkiThreeXSix)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(AnarkiThreeXSix @ Oct 27 2007, 08:01 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1658008"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Crysis be awesome. Graphics are amazing, and nifty gun options and suit features make for some fun stuff to play with.

    As for performance, it does very well O_O. My 2.2Ghz X2 Athlon/2GB Ram/2600XT at 1680x1050 with a majority of settings high, and some medium, it plays decently, could toss some more stuff down to medium if I want more fps, but eh, then it wouldn't be as sexy.

    It does resemble Far Cry though... alot. Still good though.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    That's brilliant news as I have exactly the same spec, but run my monitor at only 1280x1024, so should get away with nearly all high...
  • sherpasherpa stopcommandermode Join Date: 2006-11-04 Member: 58338Members
    if anyone's played it on something close to a 3700xp, 2gb ram, 256mb 7800gt let me know if it's playable please!
  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    <a href="http://www.nzone.com/content/nzone/srl/nzone_srl.asp?gameid=5427" target="_blank">This</a> might help. Just click the button and it will tell you, if it runs.
  • sportysporty Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17782Members
    edited October 2007
    Game of the year. Easily.
    It's EA, but I'm so sold.

    edit for lolfighter: I know. I just can't help it <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    I don't want to play the Crysis demo.

    Game of the year? Before it's released? Overhype moar.
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    Seriously now, WTH is Crysis?
  • AldarisAldaris Join Date: 2002-03-25 Member: 351Members, Constellation
    How can you not know what it is?
  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    edited October 2007
    Play the demo and have a look, don't think you can get closer without buying it.

    Overall it was pretty fun, nothing I sat and gasped "holeh poo!" about though. Hope the whole freeze and alien thingy gives some diversity later, as tycho said, it's much like Far Cry, hell, even FarCry 2 looks less like FarCry then Crysis.

    "Hey what is that?" "A car driving by iteself??" "it's coming straight for us! shoot shoot!" *Thump Thump*
    *reinforcements comes sneaking around the car* "SURPRISE MACHINEGUN SPRAY!" *budda budda budda* - True story.

    They could have tuned down the hp regeneration, you could simply duck behind anything, wait for 100% energy then cloak and stand still until full hp.

    I don't think I fired a single shot at one of the outposts, just threw everything I could pick up at anything that moved. I am saddened however by the fact I could not punch down even smaller trees or a rackety hut wall EDIT: Sorry, depends on graphics settings apparently. Much visual flare was lost due to my 3,6 intel and 7800 gtx but even on low at least the characters had amazing detail.

    Them koreans are ######s, I had a few as shield yet they never doubted a second before mowing me down with one of them at front. They also hurl grenades like madmen on roofs and everywhere also sniper patrol boats.

    Did anyone look at the different difficulties? Quite interesting choices, at hardest they speak korean instead of english and the binocular doesn't highlight enemies. Sure hope more follow this trend then "more HP and Damage" ones.

    The best tactic is to find a hill or something so you can get a good view over everything then cloak and just stand on top of it while marking everyone with the binoculars (which however cant mark people inside buildings, even if it detects them).
  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    <!--quoteo(post=1658032:date=Oct 27 2007, 10:02 PM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lolfighter @ Oct 27 2007, 10:02 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1658032"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I don't want to play the Crysis demo.

    Game of the year? Before it's released? Overhype moar.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    He wasn't overhyping. This is really really good. The AI is challenging, the graphics are <i>superb</i> even on medium. The guns feel nice and the customisation system is smooth. The suit powers are done really well, though I feel you're given too little energy to play with, but I was playing on hard I suppose. The facial animations are on par with HL2.

    The post-processing effects range from super-overdone, like the one you get when you are shot, to super-cool, like the one you get when you activate speed mode, to nicely subtle, when you get a speck of dirt on your visor.

    Oh and also: The demo was too much for me to finish in a single sitting. It's huge.

    --Scythe--
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    And the editor! Nobody forget the editor! It's awesome squared. Seriously, it's all 100% real time. That's crazy.
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    edited October 2007
    I'm woefully unimpressed. The graphics are not as good as promised (and this is with everything on high). They get their whoa-effect the same way that oblivion does, by abusing parallel mapping to the max. Once you get past it, it's just a bunch of monocolor textures. Where the hell is promised lightning? Part of what made the preview screens great were the way the lightning interacted with the whole scene. All I see here in first level (admittedly not far into it but) is grayish hues. They have strived for the same cumbersome pseudo-realistic mechanics (ironsight and recoil) of the weapons as day of defeat and the myriad of WW2 clones. To the devs; It's not fun, geddit?

    And oh, the EA bloat, where they stick in their logo everywhere, as if watching their unskippable logo-playback wasn't painful enough. How I hate your capatalistic schemes of exploitation.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    edited October 2007
    <!--quoteo(post=1658087:date=Oct 27 2007, 02:01 PM:name=Epidemic)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Epidemic @ Oct 27 2007, 02:01 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1658087"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Where the hell is promised lightning? Part of what made the preview screens great were the way the lightning interacted with the whole scene. All I see here in first level (admittedly not far into it but) is grayish hues.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Looks like someone's criticising a game before he plays it through. You'll see real-time lighting changes soon enough. If you want you can go into the sandbox editor and do it yourself. And even if the good graphics <i>were</i> just a result of "abusing parallel mapping to the max" (they're not), why the heck would that matter? Do you have some vendetta against parallel mapping (which doesn't exist)? As long as they DO have good graphics, it doesn't matter how they made them.

    Edit: The EA logo is more than skippable. Just rename/delete the movie file in the game's folder.
  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    this is what it looks like on my comptuer. P4 3.2HT, 1 gig ram, radeon 9800xt muhahahah

    <img src="http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5965/craptactularip6.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    rofl. At least it runs. What kind of FPS do you get? Are there any of the special effects, like blurring or a color change when you get shot or anything?
  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    yea the effects are there - nightvision and all that. The redness just makes everything look a mess because it's so low res. I just have no lighting or detail, and the LOD models pop up out of no where, it's not a smooth transition. It looks awful and plays awful. I need to upgrade if I want to even consider playing this.

    I get fairly good FPS, but obviously slow downs every now and then. Honestly though, farcry looks better than this game on low.
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    I was just about to say that looks exactly like Far Cry. But I guess you're right, Far Cry actually looks better.
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->How can you not know what it is?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You'll forgive me if I don't spend a lot of time listening to the drivel about the latest over-hyped another-fps.

    What I really wanted to know was: What does this game offer that I should really care about? What is different enough to justify me giving a damn?

    The posts since then indicate that it is just another fps full of pretty. I really could care less about things like that, especially since it seems very unlikely I could play it at all.
  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1658103:date=Oct 27 2007, 06:06 PM:name=SkulkBait)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SkulkBait @ Oct 27 2007, 06:06 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1658103"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You'll forgive me if I don't spend a lot of time listening to the drivel about the latest over-hyped another-fps.

    What I really wanted to know was: What does this game offer that I should really care about? What is different enough to justify me giving a damn?

    The posts since then indicate that it is just another fps full of pretty. I really could care less about things like that, especially since it seems very unlikely I could play it at all.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You seem bitter about something.

    The graphics are brilliant, the map editor is innovative, and supposedly the game play and ability to interact with the environment are very well done.

    Regardless of whether you will be able to play a game or not isn't really an excuse for not having at least heard of it. Epically when it was as widely talked about as Crysis was.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1658103:date=Oct 27 2007, 05:06 PM:name=SkulkBait)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SkulkBait @ Oct 27 2007, 05:06 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1658103"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You'll forgive me if I don't spend a lot of time listening to the drivel about the latest over-hyped another-fps.

    What I really wanted to know was: What does this game offer that I should really care about? What is different enough to justify me giving a damn?

    The posts since then indicate that it is just another fps full of pretty. I really could care less about things like that, especially since it seems very unlikely I could play it at all.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Okay, you want to know what the game offers you, but you don't want to listen to "drivel" about "the latest over-hyped another-fps." Put another way, you want to know enough about the game to make a judgment one way or another as to whether you should care about it, but you don't want to have to listen to information about it. Great.
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited October 2007
    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Regardless of whether you will be able to play a game or not isn't really an excuse for not having at least heard of it. Epically when it was as widely talked about as Crysis was.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah, see, those places where they <strike>hype</strike> talk about upcoming renditions of the same old fps gameplay we've been rehashing since Doom, I don't really pay attention to them. For obvious reasons. Thats why I haven't heard of Crysis.

    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Put another way, you want to know enough about the game to make a judgment one way or another as to whether you should care about it, but you don't want to have to listen to information about it<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I wanted to know what was <i>different</i>, what made it so <i>special</i>. What, ultimately, separates it from Doom. And frankly, if the only answers I get are "Its prettier and with cooler weapons! And super-strength!", then that just isn't enough for me.

    And yes, I am bitter. Because I have to watch great game companies like Looking Glass die in an industry full of people churning out Doom++.

    Response-to-Liku-Edit: Never played HL2. Nothing I've seen or heard about it has lead me to believe that it's really any different than HL1, other than it has a gravity gun, and a gun that can pick up and throw random objects never really seemed all that different than a gun that throws bullets.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Did the Gravity Gun do it for you in HL2?
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1658089:date=Oct 27 2007, 08:06 AM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Oct 27 2007, 08:06 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1658089"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Looks like someone's criticising a game before he plays it through. You'll see real-time lighting changes soon enough. If you want you can go into the sandbox editor and do it yourself. And even if the good graphics <i>were</i> just a result of "abusing parallel mapping to the max" (they're not), why the heck would that matter? Do you have some vendetta against parallel mapping (which doesn't exist)? As long as they DO have good graphics, it doesn't matter how they made them.

    Edit: The EA logo is more than skippable. Just rename/delete the movie file in the game's folder.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I think your mistake is taking my opinion serious. It was never meant to be fair and balanced, and I didnt hide that I didnt play trough it. Well ok, I meant parallax mapping, thank you for pointing that out. And that's the entire problem, it doesnt look good. They seem to follow the same philosophy the one who's responsible for oblivion's heavily abused bloom had. The logic that 1 dose of bloom = good, 3 doses of bloom = 3 times the goodness is just a crutch for the talentless developer.
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited October 2007
    Oh, and I'd like to state for the record: After looking over the Crysis entry on WikiPedia, the zero-G bit does seem interesting. A game where your weapon is also your primary means of propulsion does have possibilities. In fact, it'd be a great place for a gravity gun, where the mass of your target plays a significant role in your ability to move it and yourself.

    Somehow I just don't think it will work out like I'd hope.
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