I do not expect that Far Cry 2 this very near to Crysis visually, in the technical aspects, if Crysis is with settings in "very high" I have a interesting colection of captures of Far Cry 2 and Crysis - Crysis in very high and 10 fps or course ! and I think that the desire to say that a game exceeded graphically to Crysis sometimes is ridiculous. For some people , have already been overtaken the graphics of Crysis by 3 or 4 games before Far Cry 2. Even some people who have played Crysis with high-quality graphic are able to say that some game console are superior graphically . You know very well this discusion, mister Vitaly I understand these statements from a subjective point of view, as the art of game design or artistic game, but for my not have no sense in a technical aspect , in a complete vision of the game . The gamers maybe need a new icone for consume new games , and Crysis has many haters but is a bit ridiculous sometimes . Of course, the gameplay and the history can be other thing
I doubt that to but it wouldn't be bad if its moderately close, atleast to high on the PC version. Yeah, it seems the King is under fire but I hope that for a "Queen" with FC2, though with that I am overly optimistic! I doubt we see any game match Crysis very high for years honestly on a technical level and scope. Yeah, seems many are still running around with their fork pitches. It sure would have less haters if the high would have been very high... but then since when is more = less/bad? I rather have a game I can custom to ultra high and still get amazed 4 years later... Far Cry says hi? True, atleast another game with gameplay will be good. Stalker isnt the same caliber as Crysis visually but IMO more enjoyable due to its gamepaly differences. But both complement each other in giving me a variated and enjoyable gameplay!
I agree with the point your making but I don't think FC qualifies for this. I was able to play FC at max details (albeit at 1024x768 noAA) with my newly bought P4 + Radeon 9800 Pro back in Aug 2004. It even coped quite well with the 64-bit content. It all depends on how games fit in your upgrade schedule.
Considering it's shipping for consoles as well I would think the bar would be somewhat lower. However, by the time it ships the crysis level requirements might be fine. Graphics performance has certainly gotten much cheaper for the pc in the last 10 months.
Minimum requirements are a bit pointless without a target resolution. You think it would be an idea the PC Gaming Alliance would push. Every time a games requirement is publish its also declares a specific resolution (e.g. 1680x1050 ) and detail level (low,med,high) for an average of 30fps. Obviously it would not be 100% accurate performance wise and be moreso of a guide but its still better than the current system we have today.
Far Cry falls into the bucket of everybody has their own expectations but nobody knows how good it will be. For me I am not talking about the graphics only , I am talking about the gameplay. Crysis went a bit downhill for me after the aliens even though the graphics were brilliant. I'd accept 80% Crysis for graphics if the gameplay on Far Cry went that extra step.
I think what really excites me about Far Cry 2 is that I feel like Ubi Soft will deliver a much more open world than Crysis. Don't get me wrong, Crysis was awesome...but it all too often felt more linear then one would've hoped, especially given the hype. Assasin's Creed impressed me with it's cities, and Far Cry 2 appears to move out and expand the landscape as well.
Oh, by the way, apparently it'll be in our clutches in two months. My petty fears aside, I'll pick it up.
a non-GT 6800 is close to a 6600GT actually. I hope there's a demo and that it runs reasonably on a single core, 7600GT and 2GB ram. I hated how crysis is slow and there's a popup mouse driven menu for "nanotech armor" functions. Far Cry 2 looking more faithful to the original, with a nice continent change and art content, it's a game I'm interested in (looking towards id's Rage as well as I expect it to be low on system requirements. perhaps more forgiving that FC2.) I won't complain about games having to run on consoles. That way people with PC can actually run them too.
I heard they're not releasing a demo of the game. Talk about wasted potential. I would have definitely given it a chance if they released it.
How do you really make a demo of such a game? I mean demo of Stalker or Oblivion? They would have to put up invisble barriers or such.
- Some sort of time limitation tied to playing time itself (of course crackable like everything in this world, but it's still an option) - Limit the availability of weapons / items - Limit exp / levels in case of Oblivion - In case of Stalker, include only couple zones etc etc
Could do it. I know FSX demo came with a timer (annoying). Maybe its also a case of demo size would turn out.
Well, there was a demo of the original fallout. It consisted of a modified, but original, version of one of the town's in the game. Crysis also had a demo. If a game has to load at some point, it can have a demo. And if it's free roaming, you can block paths. Grand Theft Auto does that just to keep you from seeing the whole game from the start, and the Postal 2 demo did as well.
To be fair, the original Farcry probably looked MUCH better than Crysis on that level system! That I loved though