mothra on 19/4/2011 at 07:34

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i used the config utility for Cry2 but it fkd up the game, i had graphic errors at every turn, especially when using the powerslide the textures of some objects just disappeared. I just wanna turn off AA
and the annoying motion blur and get a better FOV, not that cramped console one at 55.

ah and btw:
the game is much smaller in scope and vision than Crysis1 even though they give you the "MUST LOOK USING THAT BUTTON" setpieces at every corner.
replay is being actively hampered by the tutorial messages and annoying suit talking/taking away control at every corner for another "cutscene" and I already got every suit upgrade I wanted to use from playthru one on post-human.
the end is a fkn chore, they repeat each mission at least 3 times only with bigger alien/human numbers and I was exhausted after the 3rd "HOLD THAT POSITION" mission.
tactical planing gets less and less important the nearer you are to the end. visor mode is nice but as others mentioned, it is just too cramped and many spots are so obvious
I don't need a suit to tell me this, gets more distracting than helpful. I like the changes to stealth, makes it more challenging to use
but with the emphasis on cramped spaces and action you don't really need it that much anymore. zigzagging the environment and taking potshots at back-turned-to-you aliens is much more effective.
many levels start with you being in a forced cutscene and forced detection by the enemy making stealth impossible to choose from.
like the mantling though. Back to Cry1 then, visually AND gameplaywise it remains the benchmark in the Crysis series.

mothra on 21/4/2011 at 08:52

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yes, thanks for the tip but I don't plan on going back to it anytime soon.
maybe I can appreciate it a little bit more when I played some more mediocre shooters.
don't get me wrong, in itself it's pretty decent and heads above the even more "static" gameplay
of COD, the Alien and Human AI is very good (with a few bugs now and then) but the little changes are for the worst. decloak when you throw a tincan, sprint drains constantly, no prone, less weaponmods, only a few practical suitmodes, smaller arenas, no more floaty aliens,
"hold [button] to see sthg awesome".
therein lies one of the biggest problems: everytime my gun was lowered, everytime something BIG
happens and I got either this onscreen prompt or control is taken away and my avatar is caught
in a flood or fell down a building, even when he got attacked by Aliens, I instantly knew that I am safe now. because it is a cutscene and you never die in those.
Not that it is necessarily bad, many games employ those effectively and a few of them in Cry2 are
very pretty indeed but it pales to Cry1's "vision".
e.g. when you first enter the Alien Structure and are in Zero-G.
this was (for me) like an interactive cutscene where control was not taken away from you,
you started to explore the tunnels and bigger rooms and a few minutes later you were back in "normal" combat, only floating but the tension leading up to that point was (for me) much higher
than in any "holy-shit-that-alien-tank-is-huge" Cry2 moment. it is in a higher class than Cry2's more "traditional" cutscene moments.

CCCToad on 23/4/2011 at 14:15

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I don't follow graphics technology enough to know or care what the difference was, but the lack of that bad pop in was one of the first things I noticed about mass effect 2.

I also agree that there's definitely something to be said for "playable" cutscenes. While I don't recommend every game imitate Half Life 2, thats part of why it was so effective. I also remember in Jedi Outcast there was one fight that was drove home the point of how powerful the bad guy was by putting you in an unwinnable fight.

sNeaksieGarrett on 28/6/2011 at 01:24

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I'm surprised at this move, but it's pretty awesome isn't it?

henke on 5/8/2012 at 17:23

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Just finished Crysis 2, loved it. Rare to see a game that does both and action and stealth this well. Decided to check out some mods and found this thing called (http://www.moddb.com/mods/rgot) Revival, which is a remake of some of the Crysis 1 levels. Can anyone recommend any other play-worthy mods? I'm not so much interested in graphics improvement mods, just ones that add content.

Also, Sapience looks pretty ambitious. But it's still in development.

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