Crysis 2 only DX9 - DX11 will be "later" with an update

[Ket]

I take issue to this. Not only is this your opinion you are supposing it is correct over everyone elses.


I for one completely disagree with your opinion. I am a pc gamer, I loathe consoles, and I often don't play games if they're generic or have unusable mousing schemes (if I can't get close to 1-to-1 movement in sub 30 minutes editing i'm not playing it).

Having recently played Crysis, Crysis Warhead, AND Crysis 2, I will say that I played Crysis 2 TWICE off the bat. It is the only game I can remember EVER having played twice right after completing it.

I downloaded the Rygel texture pack for crysis, Xtreme particle mod (XFX2 if you're interested) and used an extreme CFG/TOD config. I ran it on my 580 to the point of only getting like 40 ish average at 1920x1200 (most of the performance comes from the XFX2 pack which is heavily cpu bound). Even with these mods I think crysis 2 is far and away better looking.

Not only is the performance significantly better, models are better, animations are better, particles look great even in comparison to the XFX2 mod, maps are better (imo), AI is SIGNIFICANTLY better (play through crysis then play through crysis 2, Crysis 2 AI is far and away better compared to crysis), and the way you interface with the Nanosuit is much faster/more fluid and won't break immersion which could happen if you sometimes swiped your mouse in the wrong direction in crysis.

I love all 3 games (crysis warhead more than crysis) but you're making a mistake (arguably crytek did) in that you're comparing the games directly. These ARE NOT the same games. Play them... setting is different, maps are different, gameplay (except for cloak) is TOTALLY different.

If you evaluate Crysis 2 without the name crysis 2, you get a stellar game. High production values, great controls, great gameplay, amazing graphics (which look much better than crysis 1 imo even with mods).

However because they added Crysis 2 to the name (there are very few tie ins in the story like 2 - 3 tops) you instinctively compare it to the first crysis. Much like battlefield series and bad company. They're TOTALLY different balls of wax, yet DICE/EA decided to tag the battlefield moniker onto it for the sake of marketing it with an established brand. Crytek did the same and attached crysis to it when in reality it could have been a totally new game and lost no value (or make it a parallel game in the crysis universe).

I just find your supposition that your opinion is right where others are wrong distasteful. The simple fact that you are unwilling to even explain your opinions speaks to your immaturity and I would hope, for your sake, that you take the time to actually explain your opinions.

As most of that (from what I read, scanned a couple lines and got the jist of the direction your post would take) is largely a rant / comparing apples to oranges / fanboy-esk in appearence, I'll summarise;

I don't assume my opinion to be correct. Its based on the general consensus; Crysis 2 is crap. Graphically and in level design its wholly inferior to Crysis or Warhead. Crysis 2 has been designed as a console kiddy game. Linear gameplay, no open level design, poor physics, christ, I've seen any number of walls in Crysis 2 that aren't even bump-mapped. I'll leave things there so my post doesn't turn into a rant. Heres hoping the DX11 patch will actually make Crysis 2 a PC game, because I'm not buying Crysis 2 until it does become a PC game.

For reference, here are some Crysis screenshots I randomly googled because I can't be arsed to install Crysis and whack everything up to enthusiast settings (which these screens aren't). Feel free to try and find some Crysis 2 screens that even look half as good.