Crysis 2 is about to make its debut on consoles. The original game holds the position as the best looking on any platform, and we’re yet to see a title that comes close to what Crytek has been able to accomplish. This, the second installment in the franchise uses Crytek’s latest engine: Crytek 3 game engine.
Company CEO had an interview with PlayStation: The Official Magazine, and some juicy information was released that will surely quench PS3 owners thirst.
Run past the jump.
PS3 Development
There are many who feel that just because Crysis has been a PC franchise, and still is first and foremost, that bringing the second game to consoles would be a mistake and that said version will never be able to look even close to what PC offers. That’s not correct, says CEO Cevat Yerli, who told the mag that PS3 development of Crysis 2 is happening simultaneously with the PC version and nothing is compromised.
“I don’t feel we’ve compromised anything,” he said.
In the past however, at E3 2009, the company told IGN “We don’t need to dumb down the game; the technology provides all the horsepower we need to make a kick-ass 360 game and a kick-ass PS3 game, and push the PC gaming forward still,” this according to Crytek CEO Yerli.
The question, will he 360 version be a port from PS3, or is it also being development simultaneously with the PC’s? We’ll have to wait and see.
Also, as in so many movies and even video games, New York has constantly been the epicenter of world chaos – essentially the world will crumble if New York’s destroyed. In Crysis 2, you’re on call, aliens have invaded and you must prevent an all out overtake.
“New York City stands out as the pride of mankind,” CEO Cevat Yerli said, “if aliens can harm New York, they can harm all of Earth.
According to the developer, the game looks so good that New York, even after its been invaded by aliens is beautiful, “catastrophic beauty” to be exact.
In Crysis 2, everything comes alive, in fact the world “is living without you” says producer Nathan Camarillo. “You can look at the city and see its plot elements. You have to build a story in the alloted space.”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Crysis 2 is shaping to give even the most ingrained shooters (Call of Duty, Killzone, and BBC franchises) a big challenge, and I suspect might beat them all in the graphics department.
The game will be in in Q4 2010.
http://www.gamesthirst.com/2010/02/13/crysis-2-we-didnt-compromise-anything-with-ps3-version-says-crytek/
