The Crysis 2 Thread

[erixx]

exactly Yautja: )

BTW, where is that damn Crysis 2 Benchmark? it was announced for (last?) wednesday.... Or today?

 

[digibucc]

don't expect waaaaaaayyy too much & you might not be dissappointed.

exactly Yautja: )

might not, still very likely to be.

I expected a working game is all. a balanced multiplayer, with servers that worked. a single
player campaign that saved my progress, and my unlocks, so i don't wind up 3/4 of the way
through the game with no upgrades. There is an earlier list with the issues i had.

the point is, i didn't expect too much. I expected the bare minimum. we all knew crysis 1 was
a fluke, it had it's own share of problems that luckily enough for crytek didn't kill the game.

for me, with c2, it did. i don't think i am being unreasonable. the final disappointment of
waiting months for a dx11 patch that is unoptimized, and quite honestly a shoddy piece of
work - is enough for me to be positive that c2 was a flop. and i am not, happy about that.

digibucc: 1) it's all just trends and freakness. a dx11 label is not enough to make a game awesome. lack of it, is not a reason to dump it

I never said that it was, but at what point do PROMISED features not matter? if you are
told it's a shooting game, but there are no guns - that's a problem. if you are told there
were sound effects, and there are none - that's a problem. imo , if you are told there are
high quality dx11 visuals, and then there are none - that is a problem as well.

 

[LordJummy]

might not, still very likely to be.

I expected a working game is all. a balanced multiplayer, with servers that worked. a single
player campaign that saved my progress, and my unlocks, so i don't wind up 3/4 of the way
through the game with no upgrades. There is an earlier list with the issues i had.

the point is, i didn't expect too much. I expected the bare minimum. we all knew crysis 1 was
a fluke, it had it's own share of problems that luckily enough for crytek didn't kill the game.

for me, with c2, it did. i don't think i am being unreasonable. the final disappointment of
waiting months for a dx11 patch that is unoptimized, and quite honestly a shoddy piece of
work - is enough for me to be positive that c2 was a flop. and i am not, happy about that.



I never said that it was, but at what point do PROMISED features not matter? if you are
told it's a shooting game, but there are no guns - that's a problem. if you are told there
were sound effects, and there are none - that's a problem. imo , if you are told there are
high quality dx11 visuals, and then there are none - that is a problem as well.

I have to agree with you for the most part. I am highly disappointed with the game so far. I haven't played past maybe 30 minutes into the game because I honestly didn't want to.

I had all kinds of problems. I also could not get my game to save properly for the longest time, so I had to keep starting over. (I bought mine on pre order from Steam.)

Now i've got all the latest patches, DX11, high res testures, and the game barely runs at 40fps. I have no desire to even play the game again. What a waste of money.

 

[erixx]

Apart from liking the game until the monsters, that is 8), liking the views of NY city... the surround sound.... and for SP i like the suit, but for multiplayer.... a suit with invisibility????!!!!! Thats plain stupid!!!!

I agree with what you say, dicc, sorry bucc. ha. yeah, it is not the revelation FarCry was, but it is still a game worth playing, not too different from Metro, HL etc...

 

[YautjaLord]

exactly Yautja: )

BTW, where is that damn Crysis 2 Benchmark? it was announced for (last?) wednesday.... Or today?

Buried deep inside either Bin32 or Bin64 folder of game's directory; look for something like GPU/DX11 Timedemo/benchmark as far as i remember how the Crysis 1's folder goes.

 

[Krony]

The supplied Crysis 2 benchmark didn't work for me so i use this one.

 

[digibucc]

yeah, it is not the revelation FarCry was, but it is still a game worth playing, not too different from Metro, HL etc...

imo HL has a much better, more fleshed out story.
metro, as well has a good story that got a lot of flak, idk why.

but i do agree, it is worth playing. it's not that it looks horrible or is
no fun, it's just not enough to justify playing it often, over other new
games is am enjoying much more. it has it's place, but nowhere near
where far cry or c1 stood for so long...

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

now that everyone got 64-bit

ke saywhatnow ive not got the 64bit option in steamin copy

am i being jipped again ,ive actually tried very unsuccesfully to get it working in 64bit for a while? (not v easily either) anyone know where i can get the necessary files??

 

[LordJummy]

ke saywhatnow ive not got the 64bit option in steamin copy

am i being jipped again ,ive actually tried very unsuccesfully to get it working in 64bit for a while? (not v easily either) anyone know where i can get the necessary files??

ditto. I have no bin64 directory, so I'm guessing I don't have 64 bit support lol.

I bought mine on steam as well...

 

[YautjaLord]

ke saywhatnow ive not got the 64bit option in steamin copy

am i being jipped again ,ive actually tried very unsuccesfully to get it working in 64bit for a while? (not v easily either) anyone know where i can get the necessary files??

I meant Crytek now officially says the game (Crysis 2) requiers 64-bit OS to run patch 1.9 & DX11/Hi-Res in all their glory. As for your question: you got the game through Steam & looking for Bin64 folder? Is that what you ask? Or you just being sarcastic? jk Currently the way i understand it (according to MyCrysis members) there's only Bin32 folder; no Bin64 i'm affraid. Guess i'll have to find it out by end of month (when i'll purchase the game).

 

[LordJummy]

I meant Crytek now officially says the game (Crysis 2) requiers 64-bit OS to run patch 1.9 & DX11/Hi-Res in all their glory. As for your question: you got the game through Steam & looking for Bin64 folder? Is that what you ask? Or you just being sarcastic? jk Currently the way i understand it (according to MyCrysis members) there's only Bin32 folder; no Bin64 i'm affraid. Guess i'll have to find it out by end of month (when i'll purchase the game).

He is probably assuming it's not working properly as a 64 bit binary, because the first Crysis had a separate 64 bit binary directory. It's possible that it has 32 and 64 bit support through one binary.

 

[YautjaLord]

He is probably assuming it's not working properly as a 64 bit binary, because the first Crysis had a separate 64 bit binary directory. It's possible that it has 32 and 64 bit support through one binary.

Guess i'll have to agree, but the best way to find out anything is to find it out yourself: when i'll have the game in my paws/hands/grab/reach/etc... i'll see whether it's the case.

 

[ctrain]

He is probably assuming it's not working properly as a 64 bit binary, because the first Crysis had a separate 64 bit binary directory. It's possible that it has 32 and 64 bit support through one binary.

It's probably a 32 bit binary that is large address aware.

 

[YautjaLord]

Or maybe it's just plain Bin32 folder &.... that's it. lol jk

When company (in this case Crytek) tries to please both gaming camps (console & PC) chances they'll either won't be able to do it that fast, or some of their staff won't be able to keep up with publisher's (EA) deadline & that f***s it up entirely. Greed is a f***ed up stuff. But atleast their (Crytek's) artists staff doing their job, you have to admit. It'll all be clear for me when i'll see for myself how it looks & plays.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Or maybe it's just plain Bin32 folder &.... that's it. lol jk

thats the case with steam install :shadedshu

no 64bit bin and as far as i can see no 64bit exe or runtimes, tried adding bin64 from other sources but this didnt work and no, downloading the sdk with its 64bit support wont help either as it didnt work copyed over or any other way i tried despite it (editor ) working fine in 64 bit

 

[YautjaLord]

thats the case with steam install :shadedshu

no 64bit bin and as far as i can see no 64bit exe or runtimes, tried adding bin64 from other sources but this didnt work and no, downloading the sdk with its 64bit support wont help either as it didnt work copyed over or any other way i tried despite it (editor ) working fine in 64 bit

I got it!!!!!!!! You saying something that i already know: dude, Steam no longer supports Crysis 2 or Crysis or any EA (corporate f***s, sorry ) product; it's the cash wars between online stores or how do you call those Steam/EA Origins/EA store services. Sorry dude, i am buying this product from PC games store plain & simple; try to do the same. As for 64-bit, again: despite there's only Bin32 it should work fine with 64-bit OS; the game binaries are aware of such, seeing that v1.9 patch, DX11 ultra Upgrade & HiRes textures requier (& favor) 64-bit OS.

If you can - return it to Steam services & buy the plain Crysis 2 from PC games store; if you can't - well sorry but i don't know what exactly to say. I will buy only 2 games from this online Steamin' store - Serious Sam HD: 1st Encounter & Serious Sam 3. That purchase is defenitelly worth it.

 

[Melvis]

Well i finally updated Crysis 2 to patch 1.9 and installed all the other patches (high res/DX11 updates) The game runs ok but not great now, i still get good FPS but i get alot of stuttering and lag spikes in areas, almost brings it to a stand still realy. FPS i get MIN 40 and MAX well its over 100FPS in areas (MAXED out settings). Does anyone here have similar issues?

Im going to try newer drivers at some point and the new CAP and see what happens.

 

[YautjaLord]

The only thing left is that NVidia/AMD will update their drivers unfortunatelly; i still got v275.33 & these performance issues are driver specific according to what this patch's FAQ says. BTW: your sys specs say you got HD 4870; how come you run DX11 on this card? Or the info is old? I got 2xGTX 460's SLI stock clocks & v.275.33 WHQL driver; you? Hope NVidia/AMD will soon release the driver to boost the perf in this game.

 

[Melvis]

The only thing left is that NVidia/AMD will update their drivers unfortunatelly; i still got v275.33 & these performance issues are driver specific according to what this patch's FAQ says. BTW: your sys specs say you got HD 4870; how come you run DX11 on this card? Or the info is old? I got 2xGTX 460's SLI stock clocks & v.275.33 WHQL driver; you? Hope NVidia/AMD will soon release the driver to boost the perf in this game.

Im not running DX11, i just installed the update for it but i cant turn it on as my card doesn't support it.

Im running driver 11.2 with the second latest CAP i think.

What performance do you get? FPS wise?

 

[YautjaLord]

That's the main problem: i don't have the game yet. Gonna buy it by end of this month. Also have to upgrade the following PC components: mobo, RAM, HDD (SSDs cost a fortune - 480GB SSD costs like good PC 10000+ sheckels or 2000+ dollars) & PSU. Last ones are CPU & GPUs. Pretty much should be something like this:

Mobo: ASUS Crosshair V Formula;
CPU: AMD FX-8130P;
RAM: G.Skill SNIPER Edition 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz (OC friendly);
HDD: WD Velociaptor 600GB SATA 6GB/s 10k RPM;
GPU(s): 2x or 3xGTX 600-series (GTX 670s for example);
PSU: Corsair AX1200W;
OS: Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP2 (same as always).
Other: 1080p webcam (Skype) & WD External USB 2.0/3.0 HDD 500GB (storage).

Quite alot. Case? HAF 932. By end of this month i can probably buy mobo & RAM. But for now will test this DX11 with what you see in my system specs.

 

[Melvis]

That will be one hell of a system, should play anything with ease

Ill update my mobo soon so it can support bulldozer.

 

[AngryMerchant]

Installed the game and updated to 1.9 automatically. It never asked me to enter a cd key. Now the game refuses to start, even after uninstalling anti-virus.

Also it refuses to register on Origin. After I entered the key and pressed next, it just took me to the exact same screen, and when I entered it again it said the code had already been redeemed. It appeared after restarting the PC, but still not launching.

Updated video drivers, seems fine. Except it crashes on loading. I've heard the 1.9 patch does that, so unless there's a fix I guess you can't even play until there's another patch.

 

[RoutedScripter]

just do a registery clean , and manual too

dunno why would you uninstall antivirus

i ususally set up antivirus when i install wins and never bother with it until reformat

 

[PopcornMachine]

Tried this game again and found DX11 not to be worth the frame loss.

Now I find that instead of fixing the cheating it happens on every server I try.

Done with this crap.

 

[HammerON]

I find these comments about cheating in the MP strange. I have been playing the MP nightly since April (currrently a level 42), and I have only encountered maybe 5 cheaters in the matches I have played. I like playing Crash Site by far, but Team Instant Action is fun as well!