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10-28-2007, 04:26 PM
March 27, 2006 - Crytek blasted onto the PC shooter scene with their brilliantly fun shooter Far Cry and impressed the hell out of us and much of the gaming scene with the amazing engine powering the game. With the success of the first title, it was only a matter of waiting to see what these guys would do next. This year's GDC afforded us the opportunity to see the product of their hard work. While we have yet to see their next game Crysis up and running, what we saw of the engine is plain sick. If this thing ends up looking this good with good AI, physics, and gameplay and actually manages to run with a decent framerate, we're in for a hell of a treat. Today we've got the exclusive direct-feed footage of the GDC demo for you along with some screens as well as some basic details about the game for those that don't know anything yet. Those of you with beefy machines at home will want to check out the HD version of the video. Crysis is the second game coming out of Crytek Studios but is not a sequel to 2004's Far Cry. Both are similar in that they take place on an island chain (we're assuming that this kind of setting really shows off the power of the engine) but each is set in a different part of the world with different types of conflicts. Crysis takes place in 2019 directly following the landfall of a "colossal asteroid" onto an island chain. North Korea (the sneaky bastards) seals off the island chain to all outside sources in order to garner any potentially beneficial research to themselves. Now, if you've been paying attention lately, North Korea and the US don't play well together. Therefore the US (the sneaky bastards) sends off a Delta Force squad to find out what's going on in the area and report back to the motherland. While the two countries throw insults back at one another, the asteroid pops open. Turns out there was an alien ship hiding inside just itching to be born into the world. As you can imagine, the ship's got some crazy weapons. The world's weather system goes wacky, part of the island chain completely freezes, and humans (as they usually seem to do in the face of alien invasions and rampaging Germans) combine forces to take on the new and more threatening enemy. Over the course of the game, players will have to fight through jungle, over mountain, through towns, and into the heart of the alien spaceship to take down the threat to humanity. We're guessing it'll be pretty the entire way through. As expected, players will be thrust into the important shoes of a super soldier out to save the world. Weapons are important to a shooter and Crytek is hoping their customizable armor and weapons will add to the fun and dynamic aspects of the experience by making players adapt to their environment and enemies. Of course, as you would expect following Far Cry, players will want to be adaptable to deal with some AI that's pretty competetive in the market and will undoubtedly be much improved this time around. Not only will human AI be interesting and use military tactics in real-time, but the aliens will use their own tactics and highly tuned senses to make life difficult for any would be heroes. Even more interesting is the promise of natural disasters to confuse the issue even more. Earthquakes, ice-breaks, landslides, and tornadoes will rock the landscapes of the game making the world a death trap as far as we can tell. These particular features could be pretty interesting so we'll have to see how Crytek has chosen to implement them. Should the weapons that can be carried prove too small, a variety of vehicles will also be available to control including tanks and helicopters. We're hoping that all of these vehicles will be included with the 32-player multiplayer modes that ship with the game. We're also hoping that the multiplayer is really functional and fun out of the box this time. But most importantly for the video today is the Cry Engine 2. It's really better to just let you watch for yourselves, but for those that want a tad bit more info to go along with your watering eyeballs, we've got some brief explanations of the various features demonstrated in the video courtesy of EA and Crytek. Volumetric Clouds Through an advanced Imposter Rendering Technique Crytek delivers volumetric cloud formations that are illuminated in real-time and allow soft fly-throughs. This allows for frantic action when you are fighting aliens in the sky. The clouds also cast realistic shadows on anything lying beneath them. Real-time Ambient Maps A first in lighting technology is a real-time implementation of indirect lighting that approximates ambient light intensity. This technology provides realistic ambient lighting. Using this technology Crysis will feature the most realistic lighting without compromising the real-time performance. Depth of Field A leak and bleeding free implementation of Depth of Field is shown to support focus changes. Crysis will feature this technology as part of their cinematic gameplay experience. Unfortunately we can not share any further information at the moment….stay tuned. Motion Blur The camera, as well as any object on screen, if moved too quickly features directional high quality motion blur. This feature provides a cinematic visual quality supporting what Crytek calls "Video Realism". Soft Shadows All objects cast shadows that are pixel accurate and soft according to the sunlight diffusion; allowing for an unparalleled shadow rendering technology. Sneak Peak Crysis A sample combat implementation of a Next Gen Jungle Combat is shown, whilst this is only a part of Crysis, it showcases the leap forward in that area from that experienced in Far Cry. At the end of this video a massive enemy is shown that is definitely not of human nature, it is surrounded in fire, smoke and destruction. You can expect to see more about this enemy at E3. Hints of What to Watch For You can see destructible vegetation, soft vegetation bending, high-dynamic range rendering, sub surface scattering and many more complementary technologies. This is a small part of the technology Crytek is introducing into Crysis. These features will truly make a next-gen experience for the PC gaming community! Definitely keep your eyes open on the pages of IGNPC for more info on Crysis and its stunning Cry Engine 2 soon!
Screenshto:http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5844/264397fullvo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Triler:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6-e1Ze_ATg
Demo(legal):http://na.llnet.cdn.ea.com/u/demos/Crysis_SP_Demo.exe
My opinon: I think the game is great, altho graphic requres directX 10. So if you want to play this game you would need atleast a Gforce 8800! Anyway if i get the hold of this game i would go mad cus this game is going to be awarded game for the year!
Screenshto:http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5844/264397fullvo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Triler:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6-e1Ze_ATg
Demo(legal):http://na.llnet.cdn.ea.com/u/demos/Crysis_SP_Demo.exe
My opinon: I think the game is great, altho graphic requres directX 10. So if you want to play this game you would need atleast a Gforce 8800! Anyway if i get the hold of this game i would go mad cus this game is going to be awarded game for the year!