Crysis 3

[nutcrackr]

took me over 8 hours on veteran, that's not the in game timer.

[KAC]

Took me about 9 hours as per Origin. In game counter says 6 hours and 6 minutes but it also says I had zero deaths which I did not .

It is a 10 hour game on highest difficulty setting.

[Lurk]

Took me about 9 hours as per Origin. In game counter says 6 hours and 6 minutes but it also says I had zero deaths which I did not .

It is a 10 hour game on highest difficulty setting.

good, since I'm struggling to finish Crysis 2, this might just be the first game I play from beginnig to end in a long time.

Fired up Warhead last night btw (41 hrs and still going) and is it me or it looks totally washed out after Crysis 2?
Pretty damn amazing if you ask me.
Is there a similar jump from Crysis 2 to 3?

[KAC]

Crysis 1 and Warhead will look completely washed out after playing Crysis 3. Anyone who says otherwise, must be smoking some hardcore dope and may have undergone psychological trauma to think otherwise.

[Lurk]

good, then I'm clean.
after Crysis 2, airfield level in Warhead last night looked like South Park.

I was happy to let Oblivion go after Skyrim, same will have to be for Crysis and Warhead.
Comes a moment in life where you just have to put your old girlfriends behind and look forward to new biotches.

[bob saget]

Got for $30 dollars. Another game for the backburner...

[Grov]

Im having a few problems with the screen freezing and going black. it's when i die and it says press enter.

[KAC]

Hmm, all these new problems seem to be post patch. Game was flawless at launch apart from the MP jerky with SLi issue...

[PowerK]

Crysis 1 and Warhead will look completely washed out after playing Crysis 3. Anyone who says otherwise, must be smoking some hardcore dope and may have undergone psychological trauma to think otherwise.

Indeed. However, modded Crysis still looks impressive.

[KAC]

Definitely, with mods even Crysis 3 could look even better. The SDK with Crysis 3 is much more advanced and streamlined. Not sure if they released it yet though..

[Napoleonic]

good, since I'm struggling to finish Crysis 2, this might just be the first game I play from beginnig to end in a long time.

Fired up Warhead last night btw (41 hrs and still going) and is it me or it looks totally washed out after Crysis 2?
Pretty damn amazing if you ask me.
Is there a similar jump from Crysis 2 to 3?

well for me, crysis 3 made all recent games including battlefield 3, far cry 3 and tomb raider (to point that the later 2 examples being nature themed games) look like what tes4: oblivion compared to crysis 1.

so yeah, indeed.

[Dyre Straits]

Im having a few problems with the screen freezing and going black. it's when i die and it says press enter.

I had a couple of instances of that, too. Not sure what the fix for it is, though.

I've since completely upgraded my system and have a different problem:

How do you recover your EA/Origin games after a New Windows Install? I've read a few things and have copied over several folders and files to a separate HDD. I've also simply installed Windows onto a newly formatted disk and still have my previous Windows OS disk intact.

Have any of you gone through this recovery?

With all the problems EA is having with SimCity, I'm not sure if this was a good time to do an upgrade. (I'm glad I did finish Crysis 3 first, though!)

FTR, I've had no trouble at all getting my Steam games and account back up and active. If only Origin's system were so simple!!!

[BababooeyHTJ]

Got for $30 dollars. Another game for the backburner...

Thats the problem. I'm just making my way through Far Cry 3 now and Bioshock Infinite is right around the corner. I know damn well by the time that I get around to playing this that it'll be cheaper.

[bob saget]

Thats the problem. I'm just making my way through Far Cry 3 now and Bioshock Infinite is right around the corner. I know damn well by the time that I get around to playing this that it'll be cheaper.

My backburner will soon evolve into into a nuclear reactor.

Mirrors Edge
Stalker CoP
ME3
Dirt 2
Alan Wake
Tomb Raider
Saints Row
Red Faction
and have wanted to pick up Alien vs Predator for a long time.

[Qb2k5]

Is Crysis 3 worth the $30 on Origin for someone who enjoys the Crysis story and only plays SP.

Does it have any replay value?

[GSGRUNT]

Does it have any replay value?

More than Crysis 2 but less than Crysis IMO.

[KAC]

MP is pretty decent if you can call that replay value.

[poohbear]

I find this game has way too much detail.

huh? u can just turn the settings to low if its not to your liking! i swear people love to complain about everything!!!!!

I for one think the graphics are incredible, next gen is already here! When you start on the first level with all the rain effects its absolutely stunning! Good job on Crytek for putting out a game with such gorgeous graphics.

Those people who argue "story is everything" need to just go back to the 90s and early 2000s and see how fun playing pixelated graphics are. As fun as System Shock 2 was back in the day, i can't go back to it due to the graphics. My fav game is BF3 MP and there's no story on MP, so its really a moot point to me. Immersion and graphics are a big part of a game for me. Now, when a game gets story and stunning graphics right, then it just becomes epic.

as for replay value, i've never replayed any of the single player games i've bought (Mass effect, Hitman, etc), it doesn't make it a bad game. I simply don't have the time to replay a whole game unless there's new content through a patch or DLC.(ie witcher 2 enhanced edition added a lot of stuff and made me go through it again, also the story forks made me go through it again to replay different parts and see the outcome, otherwise i never replay games).

[Meteor_of_War]

My backburner will soon evolve into into a nuclear reactor.

Mirrors Edge
Stalker CoP
ME3
Dirt 2
Alan Wake
Tomb Raider
Saints Row
Red Faction
and have wanted to pick up Alien vs Predator for a long time.

Don't buy games unless you are ready to play them, or you can get them really cheap.

I follow this ideology and my backlog is only about 3 games at the moment.

[Lurk]

Wise words. That's probably why I still have Bioshock2 wrapped in plastic and many other sitting on my hd

[Apocalypsee]

The game actually got better, there are a mixed of Crysis Warhead style gameplay by adding vehicles and some of the music and weapons are from Crysis, which is nice. I agree the graphics in this game is amazing

[bob saget]

Wise words. That's probably why I still have Bioshock2 wrapped in plastic and many other sitting on my hd

no way!

[Lurk]

no way!

srsly, that's ridiculous, I know. Bought it some three years ago and never even got rid otf the wrapping!

On the other hand, Crysis3 just arrived and I did open the box last night while taking a dump.
Wtf, paper-wise has to be the scantiest content I've ever seen: 1 sheet with installation instructions and serial. Am I missing something?

[t0adp1p3]

srsly, that's ridiculous, I know. Bought it some three years ago and never even got rid otf the wrapping!

On the other hand, Crysis3 just arrived and I did open the box last night while taking a dump.
Wtf, paper-wise has to be the scantiest content I've ever seen: 1 sheet with installation instructions and serial. Am I missing something?

Game length is directly proportional to the documentation.

[Grov]

Im really not liking the end at all. Ive killed the first hivemind, survivied a massive building collapse and got near another hivemind and then it tells me to go deeper in to the cave. How much futher till the game is complete?

I loved it, till this cave bit.

[nutcrackr]

Im really not liking the end at all. Ive killed the first hivemind, survivied a massive building collapse and got near another hivemind and then it tells me to go deeper in to the cave. How much futher till the game is complete?

I loved it, till this cave bit.

You are on the last level, you might be half way through.

[Apocalypsee]

Im really not liking the end at all. Ive killed the first hivemind, survivied a massive building collapse and got near another hivemind and then it tells me to go deeper in to the cave. How much futher till the game is complete?

I loved it, till this cave bit.

That is very close to the end already.

It's funny they seem to integrate old Crysis gameplay in this game, this cave reminds me of the weightless cave in Crysis. You'll see more deja vu right up to the end

[Lurk]

gays, I'm finally pumping this GPU-frying bitch. so much stuff happening on screen it almost hurts!
I'm playing at 1920x1080, high settings (very high seems like a no-no on my 6950 Crossfire setup).

The first two or three enemies I shoot result in the game noticeably pausing for a good second. Kinda lame and immersion braking. Is this a known flaw, should I lower some setting in particular? AA doesn't seem to make any difference at all. Please tell me I don't have to play on medium

[MNB4800]

Alright, started this now. Graphics are phenomenal tbh and I played all Crysis games. Corridor shooter it is but I don't always see that as bad. The bow seems OP, will see how fairs as you go. This thing though chews my CPU. I can't gain much FPS if I move from Very High to High. I am sporting a 670. I can see my CPU load on all four cores being at close to 100% most of the time.

Any special tweaks would be nice. Using SMAA x2.

[acroig]

Any special tweaks would be nice. Using SMAA x2.

See the [H] article on Crysis 3. Seems like shadows to medium help.

[t0adp1p3]

Alright, started this now. Graphics are phenomenal tbh and I played all Crysis games. Corridor shooter it is but I don't always see that as bad. The bow seems OP, will see how fairs as you go. This thing though chews my CPU. I can't gain much FPS if I move from Very High to High. I am sporting a 670. I can see my CPU load on all four cores being at close to 100% most of the time.

Any special tweaks would be nice. Using SMAA x2.

No graphical tips, but yes the bow remains OP, the game is very fun, and for the love of all that is holy play it on the hardest difficulty to make it last. I made the mistake of not doing that, dont be that guy.

[MNB4800]

No graphical tips, but yes the bow remains OP, the game is very fun, and for the love of all that is holy play it on the hardest difficulty to make it last. I made the mistake of not doing that, dont be that guy.

I am on the difficulty that is either the hardest or the one before that. Not sure which. The one without crosshair.

[Mangler]

Using fxaa or smaa 1x would get you some extra fps, smaa 2x is not free.

[acroig]

Using fxaa or smaa 1x would get you some extra fps, smaa 2x is not free.

Right.

[H001iGAN]

anyone know what is the maximum amount of threads crysis 3 can use? I see people are getting big gains with HT on quad cores

[nutcrackr]

The MyCrysis forums are pretty depressing. There is apparently a bug in red star rising where if you quit the game and come back it will crash unless you disable sound. No word on a patch. No word on a patch for MP either and it's basically close to dead on all platforms. It died faster than Crysis 2 although that is not really a surprise given it's similar to Crysis 2 and people went through enough BS with that game.

Pretty much seals the deal for Crytek going Free to Play, C'est la vie

[acroig]

Pretty much seals the deal for Crytek going Free to Play, C'est la vie

It'a all about $. Have you seen how many units have been sold?

[avesta]

Hi all,

I just finished playing the single player campaign and it left me wanting more. The graphics in this game are amazing and the plot was decent enough, but I can't help but feel that it finished too early.

I don't want to get into multi player, so are there any other game modes in SP such as custom battles or custom maps where you can just duke it out with AI opponents or something like that?

[Progression]

The MyCrysis forums are pretty depressing. There is apparently a bug in red star rising where if you quit the game and come back it will crash unless you disable sound. No word on a patch. No word on a patch for MP either and it's basically close to dead on all platforms. It died faster than Crysis 2 although that is not really a surprise given it's similar to Crysis 2 and people went through enough BS with that game.

Pretty much seals the deal for Crytek going Free to Play, C'est la vie

Crytek never, ever, ever, ever supports their games post-release and that is the main reason why I didn't buy Crysis 3. It is also probably the reason why their engine is used so little (although it has been used a bit more lately).

[Mangler]

They did support FC, but the crysis series never had much support.