Crysis: Warhead to Sell for $29.99

[Elliot B.]

Counter-Strike: Source realistic, LOL

I didn't say it was realistic, I was it was more realistic.

[Smigit]

What!? They tested it on a $652 dollar PC and it ran smoothly on high settings? Impossible! :o

Carefull, it doesnt say the game was running on high settings, just that it looked good

Performance was astonishingly smooth and fluid even with a high level of graphical detail.

It could mean "high settings" but at the same time it doesn't have to. Crysis would run on mid range systems if you turned the settings down too yet that didn't stop the game engine being a monster at the same time. I'd be weary of expecting a huge difference performance wise. It'll be there, especially if they are smart and lay off some of the more expensive special effects used in later levels (which ran very poor on my system where early parts ran fine) but whether or not it makes the game playable for those who previously couldnt is another matter.

We'll see.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

All systems should be high-end anyways. lmao

[Huleboeren]

If it was one-shot kills, it'd be boring. They have to balance realism with fun. If you want more realism, play Counter-Strike: Source.

Well, having to empty an entire magazine on a guy with no kevlar or any armor whatsoever is boring too..

Maybe there is sway in the weapon aiming but they couldve added a indication of that to the ironsights!

[NienorGT]

The nice thing is that Warhead is a Standalone Extension, no needs for the first.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

The nice thing is that Warhead is a Standalone Extension, no needs for the first.

Didn't even think of that, that's a bonus.

[zerologic]

Seems like there will be a multiplayer component to the game - Crysis Wars.

Now I'm pre-ordering (Y)

Edited July 12, 2008 by zer0L0gic

[Smigit]

Well, having to empty an entire magazine on a guy with no kevlar or any armor whatsoever is boring too..

I totally agree. I'd rather they had more enemies or faster more agile ones and the like than ones that took so much ammo to kill. I found it practically impossible to play this game in a stealth manner due to the fact I could rarely get anything remotely close to a quick kill and quiet on an enemy. Hell lots of games have realistic damage without being walks in the park. Just make the same apply to the main protagonist too or something.

[Ayepecks]

Those elite North Koreans with the armor were a bitch and lame to play -- I agree.

[Beastage]

The nice thing is that Warhead is a Standalone Extension, no needs for the first.

tbh you need the first, the story is connected.

I thought Crysis was a good game, action packed and very exciting, the voice acting was good and made you attacked to the characters in the game.

Crysis looks better than most games with medium settings, I have a good enough pc to play it on high to very high mix with dx10, tho fps suffered at times it was worth it.

30usd is a good price, now they need to be smart enough to sell it via all online outlets like steam, d2d and impulse and make sure people understand that Crysis looks and playes good on medium-high dx9 and many people will buy it.

[WelshBluebird]

make sure people understand that Crysis looks and playes good on medium-high dx9 and many people will buy it.

highlight that for its importance. For the first game at least, I think a lot of people saw the hype it was getting for the graphics, and all the talk when it was released about the high specs it needed, they just didn't bother as they thought it wouldn't play on their system.

[Smigit]

tbh you need the first, the story is connected.

They run simultaneously so you won't really need the 1st...it won't really give any backstory just a bit more insight. Besides the entire story can be summarized in about 100 words as it wasn't anything that particularly deep.

highlight that for its importance. For the first game at least, I think a lot of people saw the hype it was getting for the graphics, and all the talk when it was released about the high specs it needed, they just didn't bother as they thought it wouldn't play on their system.

The other one is those that do play it still buy have a complete whinge about how bad t performs because they can't run it at Ultra settings. IMHO a lot of PC gamers need to learn how to cope with running a game with some settings disabled. It seems that so many are completely against the idea of running a game in medium settings to the extent that they would rather not play at all even if it still looks good and would have been perfectly playable. Edited July 12, 2008 by Smigit

[theyarecomingforyou]

For the first game at least, I think a lot of people saw the hype it was getting for the graphics, and all the talk when it was released about the high specs it needed, they just didn't bother as they thought it wouldn't play on their system.

Well, Crysis really doesn't look that great with medium settings and performance was poor even when toned down. The game was also poorly constructed, as the final levels ran dramatically slower than the first half of the game. If you listen the developer commentary for the Half-Life 2 episodes then you hear developers mentioning they couldn't do what they were originally intending for some scenes because the hardware "cost" was too high - every scene was carefully constructed in order to ensure performance was consistent. With Crysis they simply slapped everything into the final levels and multiplied it by ten.

It remains to be seen if Warhead will run better but if it does and focuses on the better elements of Crysis it could be a good game, particularly with the price being reasonable. I also hope they improve the vehicle - they handled appallingly in the original.