Koki on 14/6/2009 at 13:33
Quote Posted by Muzman
I played through the demo most of the way (I think. Can't get past a time bit with some dogs and haven't bothered trying for a while) and I don't really feel like continuing on to the full thing.
Dogs? The ones in the kitchen? Odd part to choose for a demo, that level is far into the game. Guess they wanted to show more shootan.
Muzman on 14/6/2009 at 15:28
That's the spot. I can't figure it out though (not that I tried very hard); I don't seem to have any weapons to use. I can stand there and get eaten by the dog behind me or I can run around the benches and get eaten by the other one in front of me.
It's sounding like the real game is better than the demo.
Koki on 14/6/2009 at 15:34
They eat you when you get too close. You just need to move between them.
catbarf on 14/6/2009 at 15:42
I tried Cryostasis, but I'm not going to buy a game that chugs along at 15-25 FPS on lowest settings at 1280x1024 on an 8800 GTX. It doesn't look especially good and yet it's worse than Crysis.
Jason Moyer on 15/6/2009 at 22:02
How is the performance in DX9/XP? Anyone tried it?
mothra on 15/6/2009 at 23:02
i got it from gamersgate. havent played much yet, get 30-50fps at
1024x768 high tex/ansiotropic filtering/mb on with winxp-sp3
dual core, 4gb ram(3.2effective),8800gts
and 30-40fps with 1280x1024 which is playable, at least in the first level. so far I like the style and art.
Volitions Advocate on 15/6/2009 at 23:04
I "evaluated" it and promptly deleted it upon completion (any game where I default to a walkthrough when I get stuck rather than figuring it out myself Isn't one I would want to buy).
It had some good things going for it. but It didn't push them hard enough, and spent a lot of time on filler. Maybe if there were some more intricate scenarios with the mental echo. like affecting each other rather than just one at at time, It would've excelled better as an FPS puzzler.
Koki on 16/6/2009 at 06:49
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
How is the performance in DX9/XP? Anyone tried it?
1024x768, textures and shadows medium, rest high/on, AFx4. At C2D 6600, 8800GTS 640, worked smoothly. I have no idea how many FPS I actually had, maybe I could push it more - I just rolled in with whatever worked.
mothra on 16/6/2009 at 21:51
I'm at chapter 5 and so far I like it. the atmosphere and tension is thick as ice :)
this is the very definition of an corridor crawler ! and it's good at it. I hope there are more twists ahead.
EvaUnit02 on 20/6/2009 at 17:17
I just finished Cryostasis, what a fantastic ending. The storyline is very well written and highly engaging. The game is an utterly unique experience that I highly recommend to everyone. I enjoyed thoroughly it and plan to go through it again next week with higher graphical setting once I have my new GPU (GTX275 factory OC'ed).
I agree with Angel Dust that combat gets fairly repetitive in the 3rd quarter, but it didn't hamper my enjoyment of the game at all.
The path to do things is entirely straight-forward, anyone with half a brain shouldn't need any assistance in doing the puzzles.
P.S. AA and AF incur noticeable performance hits, I recommend turning them off if you have the equivalent to a 8800GT/9800GT/GTS 240.
Running everything on medium settings (except textures) @ 1440x900 w/ v-sync on, I the game stayed at 20-30fps - very playable on a glacial paced game such as this. If you have a Geforce 8 series or never make sure that Hardware Physics is on, otherwise your performance will suffer (leave Advanced PhysX effects off w/ a 8800GT equivalent or slower.)
