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selnor on 17 March 2011

Official Playstation Magazine review in.

8/10.

 "excellent - technically strong, visually outstanding and full of welcome fresh ideas."

"Developer Crytek has a deserved reputation for pushing gaming hardware to the brink and its debut work on PS3 is first-rate,"

"It doesn't just look good, it looks different. The Manhattan mix of crooked concrete spires and green urban spaces is refreshing after the relentless dark khaki backgrounds of Call of Duty and Medal of Honor."

 



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scat398 on 17 March 2011

The demo was not impressive at all, horrible controls for a console shooter, perhaps a PC purchase is the key.



haxxiy on 17 March 2011
pezus said:

Crytek dropped the ball on the PC graphics...backwards after 3-4 years? wow...


I expect it to be at least on par once the patch for Dx11, besides it runs  so much better. I got 60fps at 1080p on PC on max using a single GTX 470 and less than 90% of it's processing power. That's a step up IMO.



 

 

 

 

 

yo_john117 on 21 March 2011

Reading those reviews makes it sound like quite a promising game!

It will probably settle around 80-85 on metacritic which is like 90-94 in the olden days of reviewing (AKA summer 2010 and before)



selnor on 21 March 2011

The 50 or so main meta reviewers should be coming in in about 12 hours time. :)



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selnor on 21 March 2011
CGI-Quality said:
selnor said:

The 50 or so main meta reviewers should be coming in in about 12 hours time. :)

Many will be watching closely.



Yeah indeed.

I found a liitle snippet from IGN's notes taken from the reviewer as he has played through it. It hints to them saying some sort of bombshell about the visuals. An excerpt by IGN about visuals follows.



makingmusic476 on 21 March 2011
pezus said:

Crytek dropped the ball on the PC graphics...backwards after 3-4 years? wow...


And the game is far more linear, as well.  No more large enemy compounds you can approach from any angle.

From the official Crysis 2 thread on gaf:



selnor on 21 March 2011
CGI-Quality said:

http://uk.gamespot.com/showcases/crysis2-lc?tag=promo;title

GameSpot now playing.


Awwww. CGI damn you. I thought this was new. :(

I saw the video last week. :((((((((((((((((((((((((



naznatips on 21 March 2011
makingmusic476 said:
pezus said:

Crytek dropped the ball on the PC graphics...backwards after 3-4 years? wow...


And the game is far more linear, as well.  No more large enemy compounds you can approach from any angle.

From the official Crysis 2 thread on gaf:

*Win Picture*


Hilarious, sadly accurate. It' sa massive step back from the original's PC graphics, and coupled with a linear generic "Call of Duty" design with suit powers, it's a pretty big letdown. Great achievement in console graphics.... for what little that's worth to those of us who didn't care to get it on consoles anyway. 



selnor on 21 March 2011
naznatips said:
makingmusic476 said:
pezus said:

Crytek dropped the ball on the PC graphics...backwards after 3-4 years? wow...


And the game is far more linear, as well.  No more large enemy compounds you can approach from any angle.

From the official Crysis 2 thread on gaf:

*Win Picture*


Hilarious, sadly accurate. It' sa massive step back from the original's PC graphics, and coupled with a linear generic "Call of Duty" design with suit powers, it's a pretty big letdown. Great achievement in console graphics.... for what little that's worth to those of us who didn't care to get it on consoles anyway. 

Really? COD design?

COD would be lucky to let you walk 10 feet right and left either side. LOL

From what the vids show, it's more Halo Reach size ( Or a bit bigger ) in level design rather than the COD type design.