New Crysis video released!

Author: Brett Thomas
Published: 27th October 2006
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New Crysis video released!

A new video for Crysis is out on the web, showing yet more eye-candy.

We throw around the term "next-gen" so often when we discuss video games lately. It's true, the markets for both consoles and PCs are truly evolving to their next technological plateau...but sometimes, it's nice to just sit back and marvel at what's coming up. So for those of you who are burned out on Gears of War news and Unreal 3 screenshots, we humbly present the new Crysis movie.

For your drooling pleasure.

The video itself is 73MB (compressed) of high-res beautiful effects and in-game action. We highly recommend trying mirror 1 first, if you can stomach the FileFront connection. If not, mirror 2 is directly from InCrysis...but it's always nice to not beat up on their bandwidth if you can avoid it.

If you're looking forward to the game in the slightest, it's definitely worth a view. About the only thing you'll be looking for afterwards is a release date and how much it will cost to have a system that can run it in all of its DirectX 10 splendor...

Once you've taken a look, drop into our forums and tell us your thoughts.
Quote Bindibadgi 27th October 2006, 08:23
I was happy until I saw the EA logo at the start
Quote Firehed 27th October 2006, 08:39
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bindibadgi
I was happy until I saw the EA logo at the start
You're kidding me...:(
Well, I'm going to watch the movie anyways. Unfortunately for them mostly (as I don't really have a proper video card available right now, it's not a huge loss for me) that means it's a non-purchasable.
Quote veryevil 27th October 2006, 08:40
Hmmm gotta say iv'e seen this before? quite a while ago actually. Game looks great as ever though cannot wait!

though sad news that its DX 10! poo poo i don't wanna upgrade
Quote DougEdey 27th October 2006, 08:43
Won't it be DX9 compatible?
Quote Tim S 27th October 2006, 08:46
There is a DirectX 9 codepath - I'm pretty sure that everything you've seen on the web thus far has been running on the DirectX 9 path.
Quote Bindibadgi 27th October 2006, 09:40
Ah ****, you know what I've just realised??

Micro-payments.

There's NO WAY EA is gonna let this slide without raping everyone for everything possible. You wanna see the ending? Pay for it. You want extra content and extra multiplayer maps? Pay for it. They will sell unlockables.

http://www.aeropause.com/archives/2006/10/ea_charges_for.php
Quote Mankz 27th October 2006, 09:42
good god......

I NEED that game.....
Quote DeX 27th October 2006, 10:09
Link from the news article to this thread doesn't work.

I'm still downloading...
Quote Tim S 27th October 2006, 10:53
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeX
Link from the news article to this thread doesn't work.

I'm still downloading...
The link to this thread works fine :|
Quote Buzzons 27th October 2006, 11:26
will there be a 360 version of it or is it just PC?
Quote Tim S 27th October 2006, 11:27
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Originally Posted by Buzzons
will there be a 360 version of it or is it just PC?
I think it's PC exclusive - at least that's what I've been told.
Quote ozstrike 27th October 2006, 11:51
The page linked to is down.
Is there any way bit can host it? :p
Quote perplekks45 27th October 2006, 12:11
It ain't down... it just suffers from overload. :)

Video is good but 1st: EA sucks hard... just take a look in the Fifa 07 forum.
2nd: Switching the options of your gun and nano suit takes quite long (opening the menu, clicking on what you want) might be a problem in battles... maybe they should allow to do that with your mouse wheel.
Quote ozstrike 27th October 2006, 12:31
Working now :)
Quote riggs 27th October 2006, 12:45
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim S
I think it's PC exclusive - at least that's what I've been told.
Didn't someone @ Crytek state it was PC only because they "don't think consoles will be powerful enought to run it"?

I was also under the impression that it was a DX9 game? If everything so far has been running in DX9, I wonder what 'extras' will be available for DX10 users - hopefully not much (seeing as I've just spent a lot of money on a high-end DX9 laptop).

Will have to watch the trailer later on - I'm @ work atm, and they don't like me downloading stuff :(
Quote specofdust 27th October 2006, 13:07
Yeah, consoles lack the capabilities to run it, so say crytek.
Quote Tim S 27th October 2006, 13:15
It's definitely DX10 - at least the demo I saw the other day was
Quote fev 27th October 2006, 13:42
server's doing pretty well to deliver 600kb/s considering the rampage that's going on
Quote Kasrkin Guard 27th October 2006, 14:01
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Originally Posted by specofdust
Yeah, consoles lack the capabilities to run it, so say crytek.

I find it funny that time ago they retracted about it running on consoles.
Quote:
I was happy until I saw the EA logo at the start

Agreed. :(
Quote kempez 27th October 2006, 15:19
Looks awesome. DX10 only but they reckon they can get it running on the 360 now....though whether it will look that good is another thing! :)
Quote Tim S 27th October 2006, 15:20
Quote:
Originally Posted by kempez
Looks awesome. DX10 only but they reckon they can get it running on the 360 now....though whether it will look that good is another thing! :)
It's not DX10 only - there's an SM2.0 'fallback'.
Quote WhiskeyAlpha 27th October 2006, 16:24
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim S
It's definitely DX10 - at least the demo I saw the other day was

Did you get a cheeky look at Crysis running on Direct x 10 tim? I heard that not that many members of the press have been given the privalege.

I also heard that it looks EVEN more amazing running DX10 and that there's a significant difference to the look and performance of it compared to the 'slighty graphically impaired' DX9 version (that sounds so harsh considering even the DX9 version probably has the prettiest visuals so far on the PC :D).

Any further comments to add on this demo or are you lips stapled together by the might that is EA?
Quote Tim S 27th October 2006, 16:26
Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiskeyAlpha
Did you get a cheeky look at Crysis running on Direct x 10 tim? I heard that not that many members of the press have been given the privalege.

I also heard that it looks EVEN more amazing running DX10 and that there's a significant difference to the look and performance of it compared to the 'slighty graphically impaired' DX9 version (that sounds so harsh considering even the DX9 version probably has the prettiest visuals so far on the PC :D).

Any further comments to add on this demo...
:D
Quote kempez 27th October 2006, 16:31
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim S
It's not DX10 only - there's an SM2.0 'fallback'.

Ah ye I know it will run on DX9 but I meant whether the 360 will run on DX10. OK I've confused myself now... :p
Quote WhiskeyAlpha 27th October 2006, 16:45
Quote:
Originally Posted by kempez
Ah ye I know it will run on DX9 but I meant whether the 360 will run on DX10. OK I've confused myself now... :p

99.9% sure that XBOX360 uses DX9?

Oh, and Tim - that answers my question nicely - thanks. Especially the fact that the last bit, concerning the might that is EA, got the chop :).

So basically it looks hot but you're not allowed to say a word.

I can still say EA suck though, right? I hope their standards for charging end users for extra content, whilst telling the developers to concentrate more on those than fixing problems aren't forced upon Crytek.

Crytek f t w!
Quote Tim S 27th October 2006, 16:58
Quote:
Originally Posted by kempez
Ah ye I know it will run on DX9 but I meant whether the 360 will run on DX10. OK I've confused myself now... :p
Xbox 360 doesn't use either DX9 or DX10 because of the hardware implementation - it's got its own API and its own SDK. You can't have dedicated E-DRAM and the ROPs on different silicon to the fragment pipelines (or unified shaders in this case) and comply to DirectX 9 / DirectX 10 specifications. :)

Quality/effects wise, it lies somewhere near DirectX 9 though, but that's a very loose comparison.
Quote Darren9075 27th October 2006, 18:23
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim S
It's definitely DX10 - at least the demo I saw the other day was


Any idea what DX10 hardware are they using?
Quote DXR_13KE 27th October 2006, 23:07
the game looks real nice, cant wait to play it and kill ice aliens.... :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bindibadgi
Ah ****, you know what I've just realised??

Micro-payments.

There's NO WAY EA is gonna let this slide without raping everyone for everything possible. You wanna see the ending? Pay for it. You want extra content and extra multiplayer maps? Pay for it. They will sell unlockables.

http://www.aeropause.com/archives/2006/10/ea_charges_for.php

naaa they are not that dumb.... i hope.
Quote Cthippo 27th October 2006, 23:30
When is this supposed to be released? I mean, as far as I've seen the DX10 cards are just now coming on the market and it will be AT LEAST a year before enough people have them to make a DX10 only game profitable. I think this is going to be one of a boundry generation of DX 9/10 games.

EDIT: when did the DX10 APIs become available? I mean, they would have had to have the compatibility code way back in the beginning of the development process in order to have truly written it for DX10. I'm thinking this is basically a DX9 game with DX10 extentions for eye candy added later in the process.
Quote Firehed 27th October 2006, 23:32
Quote:
Originally Posted by DXR_13KE
the game looks real nice, cant wait to play it and kill ice aliens.... :D



naaa they are not that dumb.... i hope.
After the BF2142 spyware? People are still buying that game, even after b*tching at the idea. A bit of a shame that so many gamers are hypocrites, because EA wouldn't be able to get away with BS like that if gamers actually bought things based on their values. My loss? I don't think so.
Quote Glue 27th October 2006, 23:47
Hmmm, some of you seem confused and I might be able to clear some things up.

I know we all hate EA now, they make inefficient games that have spyware in them now. But EA isn't MAKING Crysis, they are only Publishing it, making it sellable n stuff. Crytek are the devolopers and I don't think they're implementing the same sort of advertising you see in AdvertisingField: 2142.

Also, yes that video is Crysis running on DX9, There is only ONE dx10 video of the game(that I know of), it's a 30 second clip, and it's running on a DX10 beta on a beta version of vista.
Link = http://www3.incrysis.com/inCrysis_dot_com_first_DX10_Crysis_footage.zip

I'v watched every video and read every possible information on the game, and I'm 99% sure it will be the godliest game since Half life 2.

Also this video is fairly old, and they havn't released new footage since sept and I think it's because they are trying to complete the game and make a demo for January (Febuary release (Specifically the 7th), these dates are just speculations ofcourse.

oh and also Crysis can run perfectly fine on DX9, it just doesn't look as sexy
Quote bubsterboo 27th October 2006, 23:51
Quote:
Originally Posted by Glue
AdvertisingField: 2142.
Hahaha, nice.
Quote bubsterboo 28th October 2006, 00:00
Rather sad how much of a success AdvertisingField: 2142 was. EA aren't going to learn from this... They will just release more spyware crap because they know they can get away with it and then make MORE money. EA are ruining the gaming industry.
Quote Glue 28th October 2006, 01:18
This is my artists rendition of the BF: 2142 box art.

See if you can spot the 3 changes!
Quote Cthippo 28th October 2006, 01:25
That's great, Glue. I wonder if that would come through as an avatar.

Welcome aboard!
Quote saeghwin 28th October 2006, 02:31
Was it just me or did the frame rate seem really low?
Quote Firehed 28th October 2006, 03:50
Quote:
Originally Posted by Glue
This is my artists rendition of the BF: 2142 box art.

See if you can spot the 3 changes!
Oh, golden arches in the eyeball, very subtle :)

Thanks for the info though, useful stuff. I'm rather sick of people obsessing over the DX10 thing when almost every clip we've seen so far has been DX9. You're basically saying that their relation with EA for Crysis is as it was with Ubisoft for Far Cry, right? Shoulda used Steam if you ask me :)

Still, can't pretend it's not a major turnoff anyways. If for no reason other than the fact that it means some insane amount of only-skipped-by-hacking startup videos. It'll be a "try before I buy" at the least *cough*. If I ever get that video card installed anyways... need a bigger PSU so I don't blow up my fileserver-acting-as-gaming-rig (instinct says 6800gt + 4 hard drives aren't going to play nice with a 300w unit)
Quote Glue 28th October 2006, 04:28
vote 5 if you hate EA! http://bf2142box.ytmnd.com/
Quote Hovis 28th October 2006, 04:50
Have to say the more I see of the actual meat of Crysis, the game and the way it's played, the less I like it. Credit to the innovations the team are making with the customisable gun and the modifications to the suit capabilities, but they don't look very appealing to me. The graphics will need to be spectacular to pull this off, not just in the ambiance, which we can see is fine, but in the animations and the sense of energy in the combat. For my money FEAR remains the benchmark for seat of the pants combat action, let down only by some overly square levels, one too many office blocks to clear and limited weapons selections. If Crysis can provide the atmosphere of intense combat as well as FEAR then woopdidoo, we have a game on our hands, but so far it's all looking a bit flat.
Quote bubsterboo 28th October 2006, 05:03
Crysis really is a revolution in games though, its rather exciting. :)
Quote orb 28th October 2006, 05:26
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bindibadgi
Ah ****, you know what I've just realised??

Micro-payments.

There's NO WAY EA is gonna let this slide without raping everyone for everything possible. You wanna see the ending? Pay for it. You want extra content and extra multiplayer maps? Pay for it. They will sell unlockables.

http://www.aeropause.com/archives/2006/10/ea_charges_for.php

Thats how the 360 has been working since it was released, power packs you pay for in pgr3, and seen as he's talking about the 360 on that page, I reckon he's just singling out EA, even though almost every games have upgrades you can buy from the marketplace
Quote mikeuk2004 28th October 2006, 17:07
To be honest i have been playing BF 2142 from release day for over 30 hours now and not noticed any ads. I am to into the game and killing people to stop and check any ads. But i dont remeber seeing any
Quote Glue 28th October 2006, 17:14
Even if they don't implement it, they're still slime balls for thinking about...
Quote DougEdey 28th October 2006, 17:17
Thats what they want Mike, you don't notice them, but they're in your brain

***Insert EA Chief Execs evil laughter***
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