<![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Witzbold: My vidcard is on top of my northbridge fan and theres nothing i can do about it lol. the 8800gtsoc I recently upgraded to is unreasonably big.

GrimaceXL

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> The game is really fantastic, even ignoring its graphics. It's a shame most people won't end up playing it.

Pantsman

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> this game is made for people with the TOP OF THE LINE comPWNents in their computer, don't try to run the game with settings that are way over your computers capabilities, just throw it in high or medium, OMG YOU HAVE 30+fps IN CRYSIS!?

Termisk8er

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @InEffectMode:
what did they build this thing ON*
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sorry for double posting, edit button please.

InEffectMode

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> How can a company make a game someone can barely play... what did they build this thing an, a ship from Star Trek ??? People complain about some of the games on the PS3 version of The Orange Box but even that seems to have higher rates than these numbers. Then again with the ability to upgrade, maybe in 3-4 years the tech will be out to give Crysis the "developers intended" run through.

InEffectMode

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Mine runs gloriously on medium settings on my middle-of-the-road kit. It's about 6 months old but none of the most expensive stuff, and it's till one of the best looking games I've played, and I'm going to try upping the settings since it seems there was a bug fixed by the patch that meant it always configured itself to medium.

Fun game as well, just a pity about the very ending. And the nanosuit mechanic was great.

Azrael

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @cqdemal: You'd better hope The Witz isn't on the prowl.

Krondonian

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Alien426:
But isn't Kotaku kind of like the gaming world's tabloid already?

cqdemal

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @velvet396: Please get your words right. "scalability" has nothing to do with running at highest settings on 1920x1200!

And Kotaku/Mark, I'm disappointed. "Remains Unplayable" is such a tabloid headline. I've played Crysis on a >1 year old machine and loved it. You have to be grown-up enough to realize that there are lower settings that may not look as fantastic, but certainly better than most other games.

Everyone's such a moron when it comes to this game. Me, I'm happy Crytek gave people the freedom (that most console games don't offer) to change the settings. But people don't see that as a possibility for the future. They want everything right now.

Alien426

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> This just shows how badly optimised the game is... and instead of admiting it, they make rediculous statements that the game is "future proof", what a sad bunch.

ERazER

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Here's the thing. Ready? YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN EVERYTHING AT MAX SETTINGS! I run it with either turned down AA, or slightly lowered resolution, all the more important settings on high, and I move along above 30 FPS just fine. And I'm tired of bashing consoles, but when people say things like "This is why consoles are better," I feel as a PC gamer I have to defend my honor. Even at reduced settings, Crysis still looks better than the current generation of consoles. And, with props to companies trying their best to fix it, like with Halo 3 or with UT 3 on PS3, PC games are still way more moddable, and get longer lifespans. I used to prefer consoles because I didn't have to buy a game knowing I was going to have to patch it within a week, but even that's gone the way of the dodo.

Karlott

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> What did they do to get such crappy fps with those nice cards?
16xAA on a singlecore?

Don't cry me a river over this.

Malmer

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I have no problems running Crysis on very high settings and getting playable framerates with a single 8800GT 512MB, 3GB 800MHz RAM and a 2.66GHz core 2 duo(not overclocked)--the catch is turning down the resolution 1 notch from 1920X1200 to 1360X768. Game still looks great, you get a little less resolution but you get to see it all running on max settings(all very high) at a good framerate. And 1360X768 is a high resolution... second highest available actually.

Crysis doesn't melt your machine at slightly lower resolutions.

fenderfuel08

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Jim on the Wall: hey no spitting down on Q3! Q3 looks terribly good even today :)

Elrinth

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @functioningbadly: Not really thier loss since they are using the same technology for Far Cry 2. By then, hopefully, they should be able to optimize the game to run a little more smoother.

Dr.Chocobo

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Oh and the game seems to run better on DX9 Very High than DX10 Very High. and they looko the same.

TinyLightning

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I run the game on an BFG 8800 Ultra and i maintain a steady 25-30 FPS. On max resolution and very high settings. Whats my secret? Overclocking my hardware slightly before playing.

TinyLightning

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @wicko:
I set everything to High, turn off motion blur, then throw in some Very High-ish tweaks and play at 1280x768. Result? 25-40fps easily. Not so sure about the icy levels though.

The "Crysis is unplayable" bandwagon is going way too far, and this particular dead horse is being beaten by people who don't even know what a horse is, IMO.

cqdemal

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I really think that Crytek has a contract that if the people who buy the game and spend at least 300 dollars on upgrades for video cards, processors and what not that the companies will sponsor them.

Mrbreakit

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @DasKonstruct:

I'll try my damndest on my new rig. But my monitor can only output 1680x1050, so it'll be cheating.. almost.

Ignatius

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> They failed to test the difference of using AA and not using AA, and also the ability to reduce motion blur. In combination, adding AA and reducing motion blur (using high end blur but just reducing the amount). To me, performance was pretty damn smooth, I was impressed. Before with AA enabled it was pretty bad.

Running on an 8800GT 512MB btw, 1280x1024.

wicko

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @grimacexl: After talking with dv8godd I think we might have narrowed it down to my vid card + its rather close to other parts that is heating up. So gonna try to fix that later on today once I get back home.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> You have Crysis running at 1900*1200 on high, and start bitching about it being unplayable instad of having it run on a resolution that most people play at, like 1280*1024 or even 1024*768. Retarded.

darthnader

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Witzbold

yeah 'tis a bitch. the only thing that works for overheating is dedicating time to fixing it, god knows what is causing it, whether it is bad contact between heat sinks or bad airflow. You just gotta rule 'em out one by one.

GrimaceXL

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Yeah I think the ultra high resolutions is the issue here. 1920 by 1200 is asking a lot. Unreasonable really; and if you're going to run rez's like that you can afford to lower the AA because your not going to have as much jaggies naturally because of the high resolutions. Idea here is run at a reasonable rez (ie;~1440x900) or turn down AA and run at higher rez's. Ive seen an dual core socket AM 6000+ run this with just one 8800gtx on high with decent frame rates, but it was at around 1440x900. Also to whoever said that Hl2 looks better than BF2142 and doesn't take nearly as much power to run it is right, and for the right reason. EA can't bother to optimize code. If you're not crashing to desktop and suffering through terrible frame rates, then you're not playing an EA game.

GrimaceXL

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Come on guys.. seriously. This is 1920x1200, look at all the other stats. I bought my brother a 600usd Dell (quad core), and tossed a 200usd vid card (8800gt )in it and he plays on high spec at 30-40fps. I love Kotaku, and I love it when you guys are ridiculously unfair about stuff, but this is really beating a dead horse. :p

chris.evans

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> My rig has a hard time running the Witcher, no way am I'm gonna get Crysis, it'll be practically unplayable. Or at least upgrade it, in another year.

zerokoolpsx

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Passa: Lowering settings doesnt fix the goddamned overheating problems my rig currently has.

Sides whats the point of playing the game if you cant do so in its appropriate settings.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Witzbold: Lower the goddamn settings then. Sure, the best PC you can build at the moment won't run it smoothly on max settings at a high res, but on medium/high, it runs as fast as other recently released games and looks better.

Just because the 'uber ridiculous high detail' option is there, doesn't mean you have to use it. It annoys me when people dismiss the game because of it's 'performance issues'.

Passa

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> My computer cost me $700 to build and I can run Crysis in a perfectly playable and pretty state. The problem isn't the game, it's that they're practically advertising it as a game made only to test people's super machines, but it runs fine on my cheapo rig.

Poojipoo

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @comradestalin: I want to play Crysis so bad but I don't have a grand to update my machine to get it to look good, I want 2 8800 GT's so bad

Ethereal006

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I was solidly in the "I'm not going to buy Crysis until I upgrade" camp, but I recently reinstalled the demo, and on medium settings, it runs well enough to warrant a purchase. It'll just be fun to play through again once I get that sparkly new rig in a year or three when I can max the shit out of the graphics.

Strangelove

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Reilaos, Putting the Fun in Dysfunction!: is you laptop by any chance sony,compaq or hp ?, and you dont need to go that far to melt your pc, play battleifeld 1942 with maximun amunount of bots and that will do the trick as well XD...

TOCATL

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> My laptop hits temperatures of 70 degrees Celcius just trying to pick up my PS2's video input and browsing on Firefox at the same time. Crysis would pwn it.

Reilaos: Reading Comprehension is your friend!

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @ExplodingKayNine: If you read the article, they do just that.

celery

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Sad that I have a custom cfg that creates what is essentially "extra low" settings, and it's STILL barely playable. And judging by the Sandbox app, the foliage causes half of the slowdown.

ShaggE

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Maybe they should turn the resolutions down to playable levels and then do some benchmarks.

ExplodingKayNine

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> fun times in computer land buying an 8800 gtx for 500$, then having the 8800 gt release for half the price with nearly the exact same performance...

yes... fun times indeed.

homelessvagrant

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: I work in a video game store and as you might guess, its dead here (where post christmas). You kept me entertainned for a good while :) gotta close now.

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @FtGF: While you cannot deny it as there is no evidence for or against it, I never said that. 1080p referred to my HD panel :P

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> meh, I'm playing it on a 8800gts, dx9 at 1280x720 with 45+ frames a second easy enough...

belo

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I'll wait till 2010 to play Crysis on some insane future video card. =]

Ali

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @MHCJimQc: Nah, meh was to source engine statement lol. It was nice talking to you, really :) no meh on that man. (smiles in real life)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: I meant the "meh". I thought it was your response on that "nice talking to you dude" I gave ya earlier.

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> The headline is totally misleading. They are trying to run it at 1920x1200 which is higher then 1080p so who cares running Crysis on High at 720p with playable frame rates is easy with a decent rig.
@Candlejack:
Oh and keep dreaming about MGS4 being rendered at 1080p.

FtGF

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @K-Squad! (Badass Edition): Great solo play but the online... CoD4 IS the shiznit :P

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @MHCJimQc: Emotions over what? The "infamous" statement? lol I will leave you alone with no comeback to that :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Complain Complain Complain, thats all anyone does, it's not going to take THAT long until crysis can be run at good settings, i can already run it on high at playable FPS (over 30) the GeForce 9 series is coming out soon, as well as new processors, so if everyone would just calm down that would be nice. It was a good game, and multiplayer is the shizz..

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> If you say this is the evidence that PC gaming is dying, then you haven't seen, say, BioShock running at 100fps?

As for Crysis, you'll understand the low FPS once you've played it yourself and see what the engine can do. You don't even notice some of the more advanced effects at first because everything is so natural.

An advanced engine can't churn out a good story or a proper ending though...

cqdemal

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: What? Are you scared to show your emotions LOL

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Kyle81: Agree, I got 4gb mem as well. The way I see it you can never have enough RAM lol and quad core, but I did not bother overclocking it as I don't need to yet and I feel that when and if DX10 and vista becomes norm I can buy a new card I guess, and overclock my quad core. x1950pro keeps me playing all dx9 games and openGL at max so im happy :) But, maybe if I had a bit more money I would have gotten a dx10card, maybe, not a bad purchase by any lenght for sure.

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Krondonian:
ditto,
same with half life2!

spending on a £300 GPU nowadays...you'll end up being able to spend the 10% of that price 3 years...this is why i've long been a console gamer ^^

Naif

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: I got the dx10 card anyways since at some point I might want to update to Vista if its ever fixed. Also the 4 gigs is overkill since XP doesn't really need it, but when I do go to vista or do a dual boot, I'll have it for then.... extra gig wasn't a whole lot more money anyways.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @MHCJimQc: meh lol

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Kyle81: almost same as mine, tho your card beats my x1950pro. But I won't get Vista anyway so I didn't bother with a DX10 capable card when I built it at the time :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Melonfodder: Yup friend got it to play on his not so high end system fine with medium/low settings, and you know it still looks better than alot of stuff on the market being offered.

People are just putting the game on max settings and crying cause the game doesn't run at 60fps on there old rig.

Like most PC games, the graphics are scalable folks, you would be suprised how the game actually probably plays fine for you.

I do wonder if we will get a 2 & 3 though, the game was fantastic but with the sales... who knows. They might just release a dumbed down 360/ps3 port to make some money to fund there next games though.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: True, a real good PC game will find the balance between moderate PC spec. and good graphics. The infamous Source engine is the best example I feel. Nice talking with you dude :)
@PissedPS3Fan: I was a console guy my whole life. Crysis just happened to come out at a moment of my life when I had my first "worthy" PC. I'm a graphic designer and since I had to buy a PC and didnt had any new gen consoles, why not try to consolidate both. One thing I learnt throughout the years is that if you're gonna play games on PC, dont be greedy, let go some buffers n' shaders. I prefere smooth gameplay than great graphics.

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @SSJPabs:
I'm a little overwhelmed by the fact that people seem to forget that Crysis 2 and 3 will be released. I'm quite sure they'll build on Crysis' already existing engine and graphics rather than making a totally new on, again.

By then I'm sure Crysis' übergraphics will be wrestled down and raep'd by alot of people's computers.

And I really don't understand people. How is it unplayable? On UBERMAX, mayhap. On High? That'll run it very well. That also looks better than practically any current-gen console games... So many seem to use the fact that there are hardly any mainstream PC out there that can run it at max as a teller that the graphics are... worth less somehow? It happened on GameTrailers for instance, which I found extremely stupid.

I like the fact that PC gaming allows you to choose your experience in a greater way than console gaming! If Shadow of the Colossus had a slider to put down some of the graphics I would've enjoyd that game a lot more.

Melonfodder

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Quad Core, 4gig Corsair ram, 512 8800GT, XP.

Game ran very smooth, only had one section of the game that got kind of choppy and that was near the alien mountain when your close to the entrance and the mountain is falling down on you. Other than that the game was pretty much consistent 30fps. 1400x900 resolution, 2x AA, Vsyng On, all settings on high with only shadows on Medium. It's not maxed setting but damn I can't believe how awesome it will look maxed out cause just with my setting the game is the best looking video game I've ever played so far.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Agreed.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @DugDawg: Found your problem, running it on vista. Run it on XP and with that set up your going to get a good 10-15fps bump.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I just built a brand new, quad-core computer (Intel Q6600 'Go' stepping), overclocked it to 3.2 ghz, put in a Radeon 3870 HD 512meg video card, overclocked it, put in 2 gigs of Crucial DDR 1066 (PC 8500) ram, and installed Vista 64-bit. All I can say is... $1,300 dollar later, and Crysis still chugs on occasion at high settings. This game is truly an insatiable monster. I cannot comprehend the computer that could run it at very high settings.

DugDawg

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I hope you people know. Very High isn't the only settings you can play crysis on. It runs quite well on just high on my 400 dollar pc :)

NessD12

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Zero times two is still zero :-(

I want to check this game out so bad, maybe 3 years from now i'll have a computer capable of running it.

Cwolf267

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Crysis runs wonderfully smooth at medium settings on my system and is still better looking than any Unreal 3 game to date, a feat I thought impossible.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> For everyone saying that it's crap because it won't work on your PC now, get it later. In four years time, I'll have [hopefully] a PC that can play it on max. Not to mention the fact I'll be able to pick it up for a fiver. It worked for Far Cry...

Krondonian

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Crysis isn't far off from how FarCry was when it was released. FarCry made my 6600GT cry. A year later I was running it fine.

Today my Q6600+8800GT runs Crysis on High/Med @ 1680x1050 just fine. My upgrade was Q6600/8800GT/4GB DDR2800/Gigabyte P35 + some extras (CPU cooling, Lian-Li case etc) and it cost me ~$1,200.

I don't think $1,200 for a nice PC that plays any game I can through at it (all at 1680x1050) is outlandish.

d1gw33d

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Candlejack: :) Well, I liked it a lot, but it was a pain waiting for the EU release :( But yeah, I might drop you my PSN later for sure, lets keep it off here tho, people are tuchy on ban monday it seems :P

@Kyle81: Really? what are your specs? I'm just curious.

@crapsh00t: Does it always have to be an agenda? :( But to your comment, I feel it hurt it all more and hurt the image of PC gaming more then anything it might have pushed forward. But I am still a happy PC gamer myself :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Aggressor:
To answer you question, it would first have to run well on the top 5% of machines. 26 fps is close to acceptable, and you can only get that on the highest of high end.

Crytek crated a game that may run well in 2010, but meanwhile, here in 2008, the casual are intimidated by it's system specs and the hardcore are dejected because their fancy rig can't handle it.

And that leads to my question, when 2010 rolls around, who's going to be interested in seeing a two and a half year old game run "well"?

Captain_Arrrg

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @crapsh00t: Pal, I'm just expressing how much I'm hyped for MGS4. What did you say to all the people who were literally hyperactive because of Halo 3? It's got nothing to do with a brand, some people just love the games.

Man, you can't say anything these days it appears...just sad from your side, honestly.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Kyle81: Pictures or it didnt happen ;D

Mind posting up your system specs?

Im curious to see how your rig compairs to mine. Although mine I think the problem is a serious hardware defect which is causing it to unnaturally heat up. :x

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I dont even have top end system and I ran crysis on all setting high 2x aa, vsync on, and got consistent 30 and even almost 40fps.

Unplayable my ass.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Candlejack: One should be particular careful to haul fanboy agendas into unrelated stories on Ban Monday.

So what I'm still pondering is whether the developers of Crysis were doing us a favor and pushing the industry forward regardless of the consequences, or if they really didn't think to take scalability into account (like Valve seems to go out of their way to do.)

crapsh00t

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Heh well I left it out because it wasn't Solid Snake's story, who is simply legendary. Man what a badass. So I guess I liked the story/stories better.
I'm counting the days until the game launches :) Oh and drop me your PSN if you want so I can add you.

@homernoy: Cool :) You won't be disappointed...Kojima promised.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> It's amazing to see how many people still believe this game is "unplayable". Run it at lower settings or, above all, lower resolutions and ta-da! PC gaming has long been used to the idea of not always running everything at the highest settings. I think console gaming has spoiled people into thinking that everyone has to play the game with maximum graphics (pardon the Crysis pun). That just can't be the case with all the possible hardware configurations of PCs. I do a little console gaming and a little PC gaming, though I've been leaning more toward the portability of laptop gaming lately.

Yuki

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @TouchMyBox: Yes I have, but I have not been to the future and back again :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Candlejack: I agree, but do take note both of you that Crysis ain't close to being the best FPS a PC has to offer!

But these are completly different genres, MGS4 will kick ass :) god I can't wait for the game, and MGS3 is great, what are you implying mister lol

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only:

You've never been late to the party with a game? hmm.

TouchMyBox

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Candlejack: There is little doubt that I will pick up MGS4 for my PS3. I am sure I will wait for reviews and some gamers feedback, but I am looking foward to the title being very good.

homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @MHCJimQc:

That's exactly what I did. I don't have the patience nor the bankroll to really enjoy PC gaming anymore. I'd much rather do my gaming in the living room than the computer room these days.

PissedPS3Fan

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @SanjiX:

Why not give it a whirl? I thoroughly enjoyed it at medium (which looks beautiful still)at 30fps back when i had a 7900GS... I'm pretty tired of all the Crysis FUD being spread around. I don't care that you need a $1600 PC to run the game on Very High at 213214321451x934013400 resolution with 8x AA. medium settings @ 720p looks better than most 360 games and will work on anything anyone would call a "gaming pc", so who the hell cares.

TouchMyBox

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Anyone saying Crysis isn't optimized, doesn't know much about graphic engines and level design. Sheer amount of polygons and texture effects in a scene is completely ridiculous, when compared to other mainstream engines, such as UE3.0 No other engine sports real time ambient maps and other real time global illumination techniques. People don't even know how to properly respect the work of programmers. >_>

Which brings me to another point: the need to play games on highest settings, which doesn't have any sense. Crysis looks gorgeous on high and today's high-end machines can play it there. Don't have a high-end machine? Well, noone forces you to play the game. Yes, Crytek made a very bold - ridiculously bold - jab at the boundaries of computer graphics, but that doesn't mean the game is awful or the engine unoptimized. It was solely their decision to pursue such goals and naturally it will have an effect on sales. The game won't sell as well, but it still doesn't mean it's a bad game ... or necessarily a bad decision to build it this way.

It's a question with no easy answer, probably no definite answer at all: is a game bad if it only runs well on 5% of user machines? I don't have the guts to to make an answer to that yet, hell, I can't even properly digest today's lunch ffs. >.< *runs to toilet again*

Aggressor

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @MHCJimQc: I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

I however did not, and even if I could play it at "max" I would not cause I just did not like the gameplay that much and all the problems it had, which is a matter of personal preference, it is just annoying to me that they did this game the way they did it. A person like you who likes it should be able to play the game the way it was meant to with the most expensive computer a person can buy.

Thats why I consider it pretty much broken, yet people say it is build for the future, I ask, in what future will people play Crysis ?!

Maybe it is like someone pointed out, to sell a game engine, but even then I doubt companies will license it knowing how many potential consumers can play it, or in other words, can't play their games. This game feels like it belongs in a journal of sciense for what can be accomplished and not a released game people can't play porperly.

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @homernoy: I don't need to play MGS4 to know that the gameplay is going to be superior. It's MGS in its newest iteration. When I absolutely admired MGS1 and 2, how could I not like 4? Just take it as my opinion. I don't want to take away any of your Crysis, you can have it all for yourself. Seriously.

I'm leaving MGS3 out for a reason here btw :P

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> The problem is, Crysis is the exception when it comes to PC gaming, not the rule. Most games don't cause nearly this much trouble. Also note that there is little reason to bother running in DX10 mode over DX9, unless you really hate having a playable framerate. Furthermore, it's hardly necessary to play the game at 1920x1200 for it to look good. I'll take higher detail settings over resolution, thanks.

Yuki

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Kills my XPS laptop (GeForce 7950 GTX 512 RAM) AND our brand spanking new XPS towers here at work... so sad.

UncleScrotar

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Candlejack:You sure know a lot. When have you played MGS4? I have played Crysis, and it has great replay value as well as fantastic gameplay the first time around.

Until MGS4 comes out, I wouldn't try to make a head to head comparison. Even then, it wouldn't make sense as they are very different games.

homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: I do agree it's stupid to make a game that nobody can play as they want us to play it. I simply dont like hate talk. But I don't know, I didnt have a bad experience with it. I knew it wouldnt run on max on my PC but I wanted to see what the fuzz was about. I guess if you dont mind that fact then you might enjoy it like I did but your point's good.

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Why PC Gaming is Dead v1.1

PownerOfNewbs

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I don't even dare to play this game. It will make my 7900 GS cry.

SanjiX

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> 2x of not much ... is still not a lot

like nvidia promising 30% more power with the 9800gtx ... let me laugh

i will have 15 fps in crysis, wow !

Waza

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I got Crysis for christmas but I'm waitin for the 9800 gx2 and my new computer before I even try to play it on my 3 year old dell XPS 600. I think the patch would bring my framerate up from around 7-8 to 9-10 yeah!

gamecrazychris

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Maybe the engine was just coded poorly on the side of efficiency. Compare it to Unreal Engine 3 and UT3, amazing piece of work that defines scalability, speed and power.

Para

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @altgod: Tbh, if I can't play crysis on my normal pc, then those graphics don't exist. Crysis looks like ass on my computer, and controls just as bad.

rdj

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @functioningbadly: So maybe, just maybe you don't have to run it at max settings. Why can't anyone grasp that concept?

Hell, if all my games had a graphics setting that I couldn't run, so a few years down the line I could give it a facelift to delay its obsoleteness I'd be alright with that.

brello

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Mukatsuku: Wow. PC gaming is stupid... PC are for many things and if you happen to have some good hardware pieces, then you can play games. Its not a console, it can be one if you want thats all. So much hate talk on this column. Sure, Crysis is a pain to run, but it has some good concept in it. I dont play it because its graphics kick any game's ass, I play it cuz its a great experience. I dont have a double decked monster PC and its enjoyable. And I wont say bad things on a game just because I cant run it. Anyways, if you guys want stability and garanteed fps, buy a console and stop the hate talk. Whats the point of complaining?

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I don't really see what Crytek was thinking, releasing a PC game is one thing, releasing a PC game that requires the person to have a high-end PC is another but releasing PC game for high-end PC's that doesn't even run all that well on gear that's worth thousands of dollars is crazy.

tehFluffz

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Jim on the Wall: Exactly, in my view Crysis is broken, and I don't feel clouded in anyway, I could play the game, but I rather play Bioshock or Valve games etc.

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Witzbold: It was a marketing ploy for FarCry (though enemy A.I. really was a selling point) and it's a marketing ploy for Crysis. The hope of the Crytek team has always been to license their beautiful engine(s) to developers and make royalties. A major portion of id Software, Epic Games and Valve profits are from licensing their game engines.

Tepoz

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I really didn't like Crysis. Felt dated, felt like Super Far Cry 2: CovOps Revenge or something. Gameplay-wise of course, the graphics are GREAT.

Herodito

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @MHCJimQc: Point is, they build a game for the future, when that future comes, guess what? better looking games will be out by then, in the meantime this is the best looking game according to devs super riggs costing a fortune, no one can play it at the great graphics at an acceptable framerate. Even requiring Vista for it. The game in itself ain't very good either compared to other FPS games, SP or MP.

Why not make a game that looks the best today with great gameplay and a working AI and have more then 80k consumers, 1k of which can play it as it was meant to be played, today. They can make "crysis" in 2011 then, that way they make a little money to and people give a damn about it, not to mention it might have scored better.

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Some developers are just lazy. Yes, I know Crysis is insane, but look at valve. Half-Life 2 is such an amazing looking game and it runs with no frame-rate issues (except when things blow up in my face) while Battlefield 2/2142 are unplayable unless I turn the graphics all the way down to make it look like Quake III.

Jim on the Wall

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> errr... that is @ 1920x1200. If your monitor does not do that it is just number talk.

I can do 720p on a 32 HDTV via HDMI with a C2D 6550@3.0 (169US)and a HD2900PRO @ 710 (159US) and it is playable on both Vista (dx10) and XP (DX9 with UH patch)

It is like saying call of duty 4 sucked on my PS3 because it only runs at 720p (1280X768) not 1920X1200

adolfo-gomez

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> stupid typos.

SSJPabs

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> So in 2012 or whenever the components catch up, are people still going to be playing Crysis? Won't there be something else instead?

Really what the hell is the point, they're not selling enough to make manufacturers speed up their improvements to hardware so I don't get it up, other than simply "We can do it and you can't!" which seems to me to be a sub-par business model.

SSJPabs

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Crysis on anything less than medium looks like it was shat into the world by a very diseased horse. It actually looks worse than Far cry did on those settings.

At that point, i don't know if the gameplay stands strong enough to compensate.

Sunjammer

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Crysis has firmware?

dowingba

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I don't know what machine they used to run this game, but I remember an article here in Kotaku where they used the most beefed-up rig they can get with 3 crossfired graphics card and still didn't get the best setting. I don't know what they were thinking? Aren't they supposed to cater to the majority of players who have a 3 year old rig but can still play it atleast near a good setting?

Guy 1: Man, let's make this awesome game which needs these specs to run, it would be awesome.

Guy 2: But so few people have those rigs man

Guy1: Oh don't worry man, it's a killer game so they'll spend 2 grand on it.

News: Multi-million project Crysis didn't do well on sales.

Guy 2: Awww man, I knew this would happen

Guy 1: I don't fuckin care if we lost a ton of money, at least we showed them how awesome a game we have.

Yeah right, plain stupid if you ask me. Well it's their loss not ours.

functioningbadly

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> And this is why PC gaming is stupid.

Mukatsuku

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> its not broken...

pandafresh

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> This isn't true. I can now play Crysis at 'Very High' settings at 1440x 900 (my highest res) at an average of 38 FPS using the Crysis benchmark tool from inCrysis. I spent all weekend benchmarking and am stoked at the difference this patch has made. I had almost given up on this game, but now I have to tear myself away. Before the patch I was at 21 FPS. Perhaps it is because my rig is freshly built, but there is a huge difference. For example, my quad core is actually being utilized now where before I was only using 1/4 of its power. In XP the return is even better, averaging almost 50 FPS with the very high dx 9 cheat. I will be posting an entire write up with Anandtech.

tasty%20crabcakes.">coffeeguy

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Sure if you dont have a computer that can run it, it'll cost you a fortune but you dont buy a PC for only one game do you? IF you happen to have what it takes to handle it, then try it or else wait for a couple years and come back for it.

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> See everybody always talks about how much better PC's are then consoles, so look this game has amazing graphics yes, but framerates that make you cry. This whole bigger, better, clearer graphics thing is starting to become a problem, when even the top of the line best and most expensive Graphics card on the market can't even play this game right. Let the hardware catch up a bit developers, before you use your (Not for the public dev kit's) to make a game that nobody can play on any current gen hardware.

-WPack911

WPack911

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Crysis runs fine on high on my rig. Dual core Intel E6600 OCed to 3.6GHz, 2GB of RAM and a GeForce 8800 GTS (also overclocked). See the reason my system doesn't melt is because I'm not running a silly resolution. The problem is people have too big monitors for their own good. =O

Odin

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I don't know, I run it at medium with a good 30fps and its still good looking. If you go on Gamespot and check the "Can you run it?" thingy. The difference is not that big between High and Medium. Well not big enough to spend those precious fps for.

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> This game is not worth it anyway, patch or the investment of a PC that can handle it. If I can play a game like Uncharted for a couple of 100euro then why care about this?

Besides, I enjoy CS:S zombie mod and teamfortress 2 a lot more then Crysis can even with quadruple SLI stuff on my PC. Which is a VERY high end PC.

I also like to add, this game was not build "ahead of its time", it is broken, if a game came out on console playing like this built for 2011 components as someone else said lol then it would be flamed, not hailed for being ahead of its time, sheesh.

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Wouldn't it have been smarter to build a game that you kept playing for years because it was fun than because your new setup let you see 15% more textures?

I really hope this doesn't pay off. I can just see it coming down the line - Bubsy 4D: In Five Years, This Shit Will Look Great.

hegemonyhog

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @altgod: Yes, I know that. But I was not talking about graphics by any means.

I was putting a game's importance based on gameplay quality, atmosphere, story & "epicness", namely MGS4, against a game that offers nothing (to me) than pretty visuals, namely Crysis.

That is why I can say....the hell with it ;)

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Moonshadow101: Fun fact, it was running on 8800GTX hardware during all the (flawless) gameplay demonstrations. No kidding. Don't know on what settings, but it seemed "High" to me.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Candlejack:
No offense, but there's really no comparison between MGS4 and Crysis. I'm not even sure that this console generation will be able to top Crysis' graphics, even with the last big name games.

altgod

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> The patch actually does more good than Techspot is implying. this is with all settings maxed which very few PC's are equipped to handle currently. Taking FSAA down to 2X, reducing resolution (how many people REALLY use their monitors max res when playing games?) and tweaking various settings will all give a significant boost in performance.

Cell9song

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @kickass solo(my GT)
What a great analogy. Absolutly phenominal.

Crysis is like that popcorn kernel stuck in your teeth. Like way back by a molar. No matter how far you reach to get it, it just bugs you. Then it kills you....

LittlestLamshi

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Crysis was built for powerful PCs, but thats not saying it's not capable of being played on older PC's. It just wont look fucking gorgeous!

Remember, these tests are probably being run on the absolute highest settings, so lets face it... It's clearly unattainable at this point.

A couple levels down and it will still look good, promise. I've seen it.

Rhonlore

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @LittlestLamshi: Yeah that made me sad too. :x

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I think once you run Crysis at max settings at 60fps the sky opens up and you achieve PC gaming zen.

DasKonstruct

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> @Witz

This will happen... *delicious smell of toxic burning plastic.*

I don't know why devs do it witz, happened to me with Supreme Commander. Those bastards.

LittlestLamshi

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Wow. They must have either developed this thing using Skynet (just before it released the HKs) or they are flat out liars. Do they even realise that almost everyone who bought this game can only run it at "half or less"? Good move guys... make it even harder for people to enjoy their gaming experience and drive people to spend more money on upgrades that shouldn't be needed.....

Mr.SithNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Say what you will about VALVe, but source is extraordinarily scaleable... even back in 2004.

MasterOfPastures

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> crysis is like that really hot chick in highschool. she may look amazing, but unless you have an amazing set-up she wont even know you exist.

kickass solo

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> doesn't that just signify it wasn't built well?

You'd think the developers would've properly implemented scalability. Way to sell to 2% of the PC market.

velvet396

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> If you think thats bad my dual core overheats on Full Spectrum Warrior a fucking nearly 4 year old game. :x

Id really hate to see what would happen if I even tried to run Crysis on my PC.

Sometimes I really wonder why the devs even bothered to make the game so insane with the required sys specs if the game isnt even going to run proper on most of the consumers rigs. :x

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> What the hell was it developed on?

Moonshadow101

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Curious to see the 9800GTX or whattheyrecallingit bench Crysis once it surfaces. Maybe I'll even consider upgrading my rig again.

No wait. I've soon got MGS4 in 1080p HD & 5.1 glory. What do I want Crysis for again? :P No offense...

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Wow SLI and only 26.7 fps. This game was truly built for PC components coming in 2011.

DigitalHero

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> I wonder if this ati card [ati.amd.com] may be able to run that game propely in max resolution...

TOCATL

]]> <![CDATA[Crysis Patch Doubles Framerates, Remains Unplayable]]> Coming to a Carl's Jr. near you!

ComradeStalin

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