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A few months back I wanted Crysis bad, but after reading about it I was put off. The DRM, optimizations etc.
This looks awesome(GOG version for 7.99) but I have limited internet right now :( How is it? Hold up well for it's age? "How is it? Hold up well for it's age? "
It kept me up till 2 am last night and it was the first thing I did this morning. Just played 5 hours nonstop and finally took a break. No DRM or other nonsense, just install and run. I had Internet disconnected at the time and it didn't complain. It's already patched to v1.21, comes with everything. Settings are to maximum, it runs smooth and looks really nice (8GB Core i5-3570 GTX 550 Ti). Very rarely there's a split second pause, I guess when it loads something off disk, but I put it on a spinner, not on one of my SSDs, so I can't really complain. I was happy to see there's no checkpoint only system like FarCry. It has proper saves as a PC game should with a quicksave hotkey. Here is a gentle reminder to people on the fence. The GOG release discount of 60% lasts until "November 3, 12:59 PM UTC."
https://www.gog.com/news/release_crysisr_and_crysis_warheadr So, if $8 vs. $20 makes a difference, you still have a few days to think about if it's worth either of those to you. I already own something like three copies of Crysis 1... Something tells me like buying it again, even if it is from a great site like GoG, is a bit much...
But that DRM-free goodness... It's telling to the game's quality that I'm even considering it. Such a shame the sequels weren't anywhere near it in terms of gameplay. I'm farther into the game and it's not so good. Reminds me of FarCry, but worse.
An entire mission of wandering around in zero gravity with little idea of what to do or where to go. Everything it accomplished as far as story could have been done in 5 minutes. A horrible flying mission in a vtol with such poor control response that it had me convinced my keyboard had stopped working. Then it locked up just as I finally completed it. Five times in a row. After that, I get to an aircraft carrier. There's a ridiculous bullet sponge boss spider thing that I believe is the absolute worst, most tedious thing to kill I've ever seen in a game. And now the game locks up like one out of every three times when loading saves. Oh, and there's a wonderful game mechanic where if you get hit by the spider thing's freeze ray, you have to sit there frozen for 45-60 seconds before the game starts the reload process. One more thing, the game frequently forgets you have a missile launcher. You can't switch to it until you find another one and it tells you that you already have one. Only then you can switch to it. This morning a third of my playing time has been spent using up ammo, a third frozen, and a third restarting the game. I know the actual end is near, so I may just call it over at this point. Was great. Good focus on gameplay mechanics, as well as looking great. Can't remember any of those issues, Rick??
Rick found the second half of the game :(
My advice for a good time with Crysis is to only play the first few levels. Try out some mods, etc. Just don't play anything involving aliens! I did say it reminded me of FarCry. The good thing is, just as with FarCry, the first part alone is well worth the price.
To be fair, the missions on the island probably took me 20 hrs or more, considering the exploring and such, while the parts I didn't like probably count for less than a hour or so. That is, if I could play the final missions without dying/freezing/restarting. The game was great right up until killing the KPA General, after that it was all downhill. #9539 @Pritchard
Really ? You don't think you are maybe simply entitled to go and download a torrent of the GOG release instead no ?After buying the game let alone once, but three times ? It should of been DRM shite free from the start, you are damn well fucking entitled to a DRM free version for free ffs. A bit OT but it just boggles my mind. Yeah, I'm entitled to a warez copy I guess :p I just didn't really want to say it because I wasn't sure how people felt about piracy on this site.
In any case, I've got enough on my plate with other games right now that although it was momentarily tempting, I can't be bothered to actually go out and download it for myself. How could you be certain such a copy of the game hadn't been tampered with. It could contain malware, ransomeware, etc. No way I'd take a risk like that for just a few bucks.
On the other hand, once a publisher releases a DRM free version of a game that once had it, they should be required to allow those who purchased the earlier version a DRM free upgrade. Shambler, you should watch some of the trailers. There's quite a lot more variety in the level design than shown in the vid above.
For example this trailer from 3 years ago (3 years... jesus!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAcAd1fUiy8 Rick
You are completely right about the free DRM free update though. So I took a chance on this after seeing very positive reviews and hearing about the fantastic campaign and...it's true!
The campaign, while short (5 hours? 6 if you explore and collect shit) is fucking fantastic. There is way more love poured into this than anyone really expected I think. Every mission has a new mechanic or game play style thrown at you and the variation keeps everything feeling fantastic and avoids becoming stale. I didn't play Titanfall 1 beyond the demo or trial that they did, so I cannot really say what is new or added to the multiplayer but I'm having a blast regardless. I'm super picky about what shooters I play online these days because 90% of them end in me yelling obscenities at my monitor and uninstalling the game pretty quickly, but TF2 avoids this. It has some great game modes such as Bounty Hunt where you get cash for killing enemy ai and players and then have to deposit it at banks when they become active. It's a great mode with a fantastic ebb and flow where you frantically get kills to amass cash and then carefully deposit it while trying not to get killed (die and you lose 50% of your cash). I suppose I'm still in the honeymoon period with the MP as I've only played 6 hours or so of it but I'm really enjoying it. A nice bonus is that there is no season pass or paid dlc, free updates forever :D So yeah, shits good yo How could you be certain such a copy of the game hadn't been tampered with. It could contain malware, ransomeware, etc. No way I'd take a risk like that for just a few bucks.
How can you be sure with any software? ...while you lot were wanking over BF1 or some retro-pixellated side-scroller bullshit.
GOG has a sale until November 13. They currently have pretty decent discounts for the older Unreal and FEAR games, and the not so old Metro games. Other interesting or classic games may get deals too during the sale.
Some of these discounts may go away in a few hours. If this sale is like the previous ones, they will show up again before it is over. So, check again on November 13 before the end of the sale. https://www.gog.com/news/make_way_for_the_monstrous_fall_sale http://iron-harvest.com/
No useful details but fuck me the style of the mechs look so cool. Tentative HYPU. The concept art is great. Here is more work by the artist behind those lovely pictures.
http://jakubrozalski.artstation.com/ They've got art direction covered. Hopefully we will see details about the gameplay and design soon. Nice! Looks like some kind of uchrony a la Crimson Skies with mechs instead of planes (speaking of, I miss that game badly!). Interest piqued.
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