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1up clearly states Crysis spinoff coming to the 360.
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I thought the 1up podcast merely had Crytek stating that if they were going to bring it to consoles, it'd have to be a spinoff type thing, not a direct port (like FarCry: Instincts Vs FarCry). I didn't hear it, but from what I read people saying, I didn't see mention of a confirmation of any sort.
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I'd say Instincts was as far from a direct port as they come. Totally different games, even technically.
Sorry, that wasn't very clear... I meant that Instincts was a spinoff, not a direct port.
"The folks at Crytek have stated several times that taking their ridiculously good looking PC shooter Crysis into the console world wouldn't be possible without sacrificing a noticeable amount of visual fidelity."
If Crysis is unable to be played on a single core Netburst with a 6800 on a 15 inch monitor then I will accept that statement as a legitimate excuse for not seeing Crysis on the 360.
If Crysis is unable to be played on a single core Netburst with a 6800 on a 15 inch monitor then I will accept that statement as a legitimate excuse for not seeing Crysis on the 360.
You're forgetting the most important part of the equation.
What part is that?
Memory.
Are you talking RAM? If so, FarCry went from a minimum requirement of 320Mb (256 main and 64 vc) to just 64mb on the xbox with FarCry Instinct.
I doubt the minimum required for Crysis is anywhere near 2 gigs main and 512 vc.
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Yes.
If it plays on a single core Netburst-based processor with an NV6800 graphics card, you still need more than 128mb of ram to get it running. Or 256mb of ram. In fact, you probably need at least 512 to even start it, and likely need 1GB or more to get it running without hitching every few seconds.
Eleventy brazillion petaflops does jack when your app needs 500+mb of memory and 100mb of video textures simultaneously.
Most likely. They were working with 360/PS3 hardware a long time ago, applying the Crysis engine to each hardware.
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?p=559444#post559444
I doubt that the amount of RAM require for smooth PC gaming is also required of consoles. Optimizing a closed platform should buy you some leverage in term of RAM needs.
Does that mean a PS3 version is planned or atleast a GOOD game from them?
Well, you should probably go talk to Crytek. Talk them out of wasting the assets in making a new game because they can just use the same game for both platforms and therefore make more money.
Kinda depends on how you interpret it I guess. They seem to definately have something in the works for the PS3 with the new engine, and my guess would be Crysis, just maybe toned down.
Then again that quote is from 2005 so things could of changed.
I think money is the reason why we got a FarCry Instinct and not just a console version of Far Cry. Why make all those tweaks and optimizations to deal with the limitation of a console and not make changes to the storyline and mechanics to entice not only the console crowd who has never owned FarCry but also those who owned the original PC version.
Kinda depends on how you interpret it I guess. They seem to definately have something in the works for the PS3 with the new engine, and my guess would be Crysis, just maybe toned down.
Then again that quote is from 2005 so things could of changed.
Well judging from what he states now, he is totally showing a completely different face. Too different. Which makes me curious and wonder why.
Impressions were much more different then compared to now. Its strange
Instincts used a completely different engine from Far Cry, also at that point Crytek was no longer with Ubisoft, Ubisoft owning the rights still to the Far Cry brand name. It was a very different situation, as well Instincts was much more than just tweaks to the storyline and it was not even really in a similar vein of gameplay.
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