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Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:40 pm
by Jingle Ord The Way
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:52 pm
by Exxy
Octoroc wrote:Is [the original] Crysis worth a look then? Quite a few forumites seemed a bit disappointed with it.
I'm about to receive delivery of a PC that should be able to run Crysis at a "fair old lick".
It's definitely worth it, it's my favorite FPS ever for sure. I didn't even mind the aliens. I'm tempted to buy it again.
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:05 pm
by Stig
Tafdolphin wrote:Dodems wrote:The demo runs like crap compared to the full game as well.
Ooooh, now that is nice to hear. I might even attempt some AA then! I feel all flash and hip.
Wouldn't bother. The engine doesn't handle AA particularly well.
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:19 pm
by spikey
wierd, theres no 1680x1050 resolution to select from.... I'll try installing the latest nvidia driver later, but i had no trouble getting 1680 on the original crysis with the very same driver.
as for specs: q6600, 2gb ram, 8800gt 512mb - running at 1920x1200 on gamer setting (theyve renamed high and very high to gamer and enthusiast) no AA(2x was unplayable) and it runs fairly smoothly, little choppy tho, would like to get the res down to 1680x1050 - thatd be the same as what i was running crysis at, so its fair to say the engine isn't really optimised much if at all.
as for the game itself.... its amazingly good! psycho is damn cool and the 3rd person cinematics really adds a lot to it. been playing it for the last 2 hours and that has just flown by.
mrsharpshooter, 2GB is indeed fine, thank you very much
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:21 pm
by evanswolves
If you want to you can add 1680x1050 in the nvidia control panel
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:35 pm
by mrsharpshooter
Stig wrote:Tafdolphin wrote:Dodems wrote:The demo runs like crap compared to the full game as well.
Ooooh, now that is nice to hear. I might even attempt some AA then! I feel all flash and hip.
Wouldn't bother. The engine doesn't handle AA particularly well.
When I had AA on , the game ran like a slideshow on my computer .
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:30 pm
by spikey
evanswolves wrote:If you want to you can add 1680x1050 in the nvidia control panel
did that, just zoomed in. I think its probably a problem due to me using a HDMI cable instead on DVI, thats all i can think of. I'll test that theory when eventually, right now i can really be bothered, runs ok at 1920
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:26 pm
by Dante
Wow the installer is going really, really slow. 20 minutes and it's not even gotten a quarter of the way
Doesn't look like i'll get to play this tonight now
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:05 am
by abcd
The game comes on 2 DVDs, but I only used the first one for the installation...
What's the second for?
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:09 am
by Drunken_Master
Stu wrote:The game comes on 2 DVDs, but I only used the first one for the installation...
What's the second for?
It's a second copy. To give to your beshtesht mate.
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:13 am
by abcd
The cheeky strawberry floater can buy his own copy.
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:27 am
by Windswept-Scotsman
I ordered this and the new stalker one from Game online yesterday morning, used a £3 off code from on here, and only the stalker one has arrived so far.
(Bloody new Postie !!)
As to the two disk thing, isn't one the new game and the other the new online "Crysis Wars" freebie ?
Please correct me as I may be wrong !
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:38 pm
by Jingle Ord The Way
Windswept-Scotsman wrote:I ordered this and the new stalker one from Game online yesterday morning, used a £3 off code from on here, and only the stalker one has arrived so far.
(Bloody new Postie !!)
As to the two disk thing, isn't one the new game and the other the new online "Crysis Wars" freebie ?
Please correct me as I may be wrong !
You are indeed correct about one disk being the single player game and the other being Crysis Wars. My copy never arrived from Game either the useless strawberry floaters! I couldn't wait so I've just bought it from Steam and i'll send the one from Game back. Guaranteed on day of release my arse! Anyway I just chose the single player game to download right now and that was around 6 and a half gig. It going bloody slow though.
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:46 pm
by Memento Mori
Just tried a demo of the original crysis for the first time. It was alright, ran fine on medium settings.
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:22 pm
by This is me breathing
So...not FPS of the year then.
Shame.
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:27 pm
by Exxy
This is me breathing wrote:So...not FPS of the year then.
Shame.
Why not?
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:29 pm
by This is me breathing
Dodems wrote:This is me breathing wrote:So...not FPS of the year then.
Shame.
Why not?
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Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:43 pm
by Sarge
Videogamer Reviewclicky9/10
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:48 pm
by Exxy
Waaaaaaaaaaait.
One negative review of a game that's getting 9's around the net right now and it's out of the race for fps of the year? If we're taking reviews into account, it's better than Bad Company then, Metacritic wise.
Re: Official Crysis: Warhead thread (FPS of the year?)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:00 pm
by This is me breathing
Dodems wrote:Waaaaaaaaaaait.
One negative review of a game that's getting 9's around the net right now and it's out of the race for fps of the year? If we're taking reviews into account, it's better than Bad Company then, Metacritic wise.
But this is exactly the reason metacritic is completely useless.
Not all reviews are created equal.
The ones that are giving the 9s 'around the net right now' are generally speaking from places that just don't count.
Whereas PCGamer is a pretty respected source, you might not agree with everything they say, but that doesn't change the facts.
And yes it would be hugely surprising if a game that PCGamer gave 60% ended up being 'FPS of the year', only a moron wouldn't agree with that.