[Incrysis/Sweclockers]Crysis 2 to launch with only DX9...DX11 will come later?

[DrBoss]

You don't think that perhaps you are all being slightly overly dramatic?

yes i do
i am also humoring myself.

 

[Veliko]

Apparently there aren't "a dozen or so options". You get 3 graphics settings and thats it.

I wasn't talking solely about Crysis 2 but if there are only three options in the GUI then that is ridiculous.

Also, how am I being absurd? If you look at the PC gaming section, you will see some of the same posters talking about gameplay instead of graphics. So this is the wrong section for that.

So in this thread about Crysis 2 if someone started talking about the gameplay it would be off-topic?

There is a significant amount of crossover in these forums - saying you will cancel a pre-order because it doesn't support DX11 is no less irrational in this forum than the PC gaming forum.

 

[MrK6]

I cancelled my preorder; Crytek sold out. I'm sure the game will be worth a decent play through, but I'll wait until they have a good sale (and I preordered it for $32, so it'll be awhile to top that). However, the main issue is that I don't want support this behavior or direction of gaming.

 

[wahdangun]

hmm I will wait until crysis 2 come out. It will funny though if the rumor was wrong

 

[Skurge]

I wasn't talking solely about Crysis 2 but if there are only three options in the GUI then that is ridiculous.



So in this thread about Crysis 2 if someone started talking about the gameplay it would be off-topic?

There is a significant amount of crossover in these forums - saying you will cancel a pre-order because it doesn't support DX11 is no less irrational in this forum than the PC gaming forum.

I do know that there is crossover, but you just shouldn't be surprised when people only talk about the graphics in the graphics sub-forum.

As for reason to cancel a pre-order, most people had more than just DX11 on their list of reasons.

 

[Daedalus685]

There is a significant amount of crossover in these forums - saying you will cancel a pre-order because it doesn't support DX11 is no less irrational in this forum than the PC gaming forum.

People are canceling the pre-orders because they were led to believe there would be a dedicated dx11 mode. Since there may not be how is irrational to change ones mind on the initial value of the game? On top of the graphics we have the devolution of the game into a rail shooter (though it would not be the first game that just had a crappy demo).

Most of us have dozens of games going back years that we can play for epic game play. I still find myself playing though deus ex. I am not about to spend full price on a game that may or may not be any more enjoyable than one I already own any more than I'd pay for a poutine without gravy. It may still be enjoyable (even better than most things) but it is not worth the extra cost. For many of us the graphics are the gravy that separate what we bother to pre-order and what we pick up in 6 months on steam sales.

There are obviously exceptions.. I'll certainly pre order mass effect 3 regardless of graphics, as I did with dragon age 2, and enjoy the game for its story. Some people enjoy run of the mill shooters.

Graphics are a very important part of the enjoyment of a shooter for myself and others here it seems. At the least in warranting the price premium over the classics. Otherwise I'm content playing the various mods of crysis I already own and waiting on sales.

 

[brencat]

Great...makes it easy for me. I'm likely in the minority of one of those who didn't like either Crysis 1 or Warhead as the game didn't suit my generally aggressive style of play when it comes to shooters. Of course, trying to run it even turned down on a GTX 260-216 back then and getting barely 25 FPS was not enjoyable either.

Happily enjoying BFBC2 and looking forward to BF3 later this year!

 

[Dribble]

/me is waiting to see what it's like in DX11 with all the options turned on before ranting and raving. I'd be very surprised if that doesn't look great.

As to it being delayed - well I'd prefer them to do that if it means they do a better job of DX11.

 

[WelshBloke]

/me is waiting to see what it's like in DX11 with all the options turned on before ranting and raving. I'd be very surprised if that doesn't look great.

As to it being delayed - well I'd prefer them to do that if it means they do a better job of DX11.

I'm slightly worried about the fact they are just going to patch in some DX11 support.

How much can they actually release as a patch?

 

[DrBoss]

I'm slightly worried about the fact they are just going to patch in some DX11 support.

How much can they actually release as a patch?

yea i don't see how DX11 is going to patch in AA settings or higher resolutions textures.

 

[OCGuy]

DX10(.1) and DX11 are basically failures at this point.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Again, it's irrelevant as the game is coded from the ground up in DX9. So even if Dx11 patch comes it will be minor updates /hardly noticeable.

BC2 is a good example of this, put it up side by side dx9 and dx11 and you will hardly notice ANYTHING.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Considering all the things they added on to the original Far Cry such as the 64 bit version and HDR and being praised for that the outcry over this is funnily ironic now that Crysis 2 is being released in similar fashion.

That being said, its the game play that should matter, not the graphics. So I also find it amusing that people have obviously come to expect CryTek to make crappy but beautiful games.

 

[Skurge]

DX10(.1) and DX11 are basically failures at this point.

BF3 should change that. Something built from the ground up. Doesn't even have DX9 support.

 

[Vdubchaos]

BF3 should change that. Something built from the ground up. Doesn't even have DX9 support.

We shall see. It is still EA after all...

 

[Skurge]

We shall see. It is still EA after all...

Yeah and Valve is under EA too, and Activision are in bed with Blizzard.

 

[Smartazz]

I played it last night maxed on a GTX580 and the graphics are rather hit or miss. Some aspects look great, but some things, particularly some of the textures look terrible. I thought the gameplay was a lot of fun and I'll probably buy the game. I guess if you don't like the recent Call of Duty games then you won't like this.

 

[SHAQ]

I pointed this out 2 weeks ago at least. I already have it preordered and adding DX11 will give me another reason to play it again. No worries.

 

[Castiel]

Tried the demo.. Not my kind of game

 

[Puddle Jumper]

I was about to pre order Crysis 2 but based off what I have seen so far I think I'll wait for a sale on Steam. If I wanted to play a CoD style console port with average DX9 graphics I would have just bought Black Ops.

I'm really glad I didn't buy a second 6850 to prepare for this game.

 

[Arkadrel]

There are obviously exceptions.. I'll certainly pre order mass effect 3 regardless of graphics, as I did with dragon age 2, and enjoy the game for its story. Some people enjoy run of the mill shooters.

QFT, Dragon Age was a great game, same with Mass effect 1 and 2.
Their not games you buy because of their graphics, you buy them for the gameplay/story they provide.

I hate to say this but....for me a shooter is mostly just a shooter, I know some have stories, but reeeeaaally... thats not why you play them, its for the click + point + shoot + kill badguys challenge of them, and the graphics they provide.

A game like crysis 2, not haveing directx11 is a big thing, when part what sets 1 fps shooter apart from another is its graphics, since theres more or less no story and gameplay is almost always the same.

I remember Serious Sam, now that as a differnt fps shooter it was fun to play that, just one big mad massacre and lots of humor. I ll be getting the new when thats out (same reason Im getting the new duke nuke em game, the humor sets it apart).

 

[Idontcare]

If true I hope Crytek lose a lot of PC sales (regardless of how much that matters to the bottom line)...there's better devs out there.

It true then Crytek will be rewarded with massive volume sales as their game will be all the more appealing and playable to the millions and millions of consumers out there who have yesterday's GPU in their rig and they aren't interested in spending $200 to upgrade their GPU to DX11 so they can play a $50 game.

If the rumor is true then I don't see it being anything short of a business decision. I don't know how much profit they made from Crysis but I've gathered it was not a widely popular game to play owing to the high cost of buying the hardware you needed in order to play it.

Sounds like they had a lesson learned from that experience.

 

[zerocool84]

Graphics suck but gameplay sucks even worse.

 

[Lonyo]

It true then Crytek will be rewarded with massive volume sales as their game will be all the more appealing and playable to the millions and millions of consumers out there who have yesterday's GPU in their rig and they aren't interested in spending $200 to upgrade their GPU to DX11 so they can play a $50 game.

If the rumor is true then I don't see it being anything short of a business decision. I don't know how much profit they made from Crysis but I've gathered it was not a widely popular game to play owing to the high cost of buying the hardware you needed in order to play it.

Sounds like they had a lesson learned from that experience.

Apparently it cost over $22m and made enough to be profitable.
http://exophase.com/7212/crysis-totaled-22-million-in-development-costs-still-made-a-profit/

 

[StinkyPinky]

Good luck waiting for that patch.

Kinda like Two Worlds 2 was supposed to have a DX11 patch.....it's been half a year now. Yeah right.