@The_Catalpa: That's funny because I'm the opposite. I've got a huge HDTV but I can't stand playing FPS on console.

argh

I bet 90% of us were born January 1st sometime before 1960.

everybest

@Netnavi:

I'll have to see more before getting excited over this one. Crytek's mad overrated.

beem

@Krondonian: Well I don't know, have they confirmed where COD5 is going to take place then? I doubt it'll look like Crysis though - they'll be making it for consoles again and that means the same engine will be used on PC. I want the ultimate graphics explosions in Normandy 1944 mate ;D

Candlejack

I'm currently playing the original Crysis on my new PC at all high settings. If the second one is more of the same, I'll eat it right up! ;)

DigitalHero

@Heyyou27: Turn motion blur and color grading off and reduce shadow resolution through the config file. Brighter hues and lack of motion blur aside, I'm running Crysis at just-beneath-very-high settings at 1680x1050 and 43fps with a brand-new HD 4870.

A 8800GTX can achieve that same fps at 1440x900. I used to own one.

cqdemal

@Krondonian: It's kind of pathetic that even a $650 card released 6 months after Crysis won't be able to run it with antialiasing or on Very High.

@PsycheE: I've thought about upgrading, but it isn't worth the money for what is ultimately not that great a game. Even if I spend $1300 on two Geforce GTX 280s, I still won't be able to run Crysis at 1920x1200 with 4xAA on all Very High settings. If you play it on Medium or High, Crysis doesn't really look all that amazing.

@UFO: Great idea, I should buy a shittier monitor because Crytek can't make a decent game and Nvidia can't make a card to run said game.

Heyyou27

Maybe I'm just getting old and boring, but I'm kind of disappointed this isn't going to consoles. Don't get me wrong, I could run it on my PC (well, I ran the demo pretty well, never picked up the game); I just can't be arsed playing PC games these days, mostly because I like gaming on a large TV.

Some games (I'm looking at you, Sins of a Solar Empire) are able to pry me away, but they're less and less common.

Anyway, that was fairly off topic.

The_Catalpa

@Candlejack: Isn't that (kinda) what CoD5 is about?

As for CryEngine2...from Wikipedia:

As of March 7, Simpson Studios, a new development studio, has licensed the CryEngine2 out to use on a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World (MMVW) that takes place on a terraformed Mars.

On May 11, 2007 Crytek announced that they would be using the engine to create a game based on their new intellectual property. The new game is rumored to be a PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game based on an interview in which Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli said that it would be. It is also confirmed that it will not be a port of Crysis and in fact may not even be a first person shooter.

There's also some building planners and an Art and Design college working with the engine...but that's beside the point.

Krondonian

I loved Crysis, and I can't wait for Warhead! My PC could run Crysis at very high settings at about 30 frames per second, so I'm sure it'll do fine with Warhead.

D4RK_53K70R

crappily written code tied with a crappily made game. Sure it looks nice but at what price? There is no point that a game with those graphics can't get done with the ridiculously high level cards we have now. I'm sure with better code and tweaking the 360/PS3 could come up with a game that looks very similar to crysis graphically.

I don't see where all this tech is going to. Heck Farcry 2 looks better than crysis. What's going on there? I thought they were the same engine?

Netnavi

If they can pull off the same visuals with lower specs then go for it, i'll buy.

katboi

This Gameplay is now on psycho views of what happen, so it's basically a expansion.

Mr.DuckSauce

@PsycheE: Thats the expensive option.A more reasonable one would be a 22" 1680x1050 monitor?

UFO

Gears 2 looks like Gears 1

Diesel_Power

Yea, I was thinking that it looked 1:1 like Crysis when I first saw this. Not that that's a bad thing. I'd just like to see the engine be used in other games, at least other settings than that. I mean honestly I'm tired of futuristic shooters or action games. Here's what. Wouldn't a near photo realistic WW2 game be intense?

Candlejack

Rainbow6: Vegas 2 looks a lot like Rainbow6: Vegas 1...

GRAW 2 looks a lot like GRAW 1...

Gears of War 2 looks a lot like Gears of War 2...

If you're gonna call out Crysis, call them all out.

darthnader

@Heyyou27: Yea, the 1920 will kill you even for a 8800gtx.

Probably should go for Octo-cores and x280 on SLI.

PsycheE

@Heyyou27: Turn stuff off then. It may not run on high, so turn down shadows, AA, the tough stuff.

I have an old, old PC yet run semi-modern games. I just have accept that it's not going to look like the screenshots. Frames per second is the most important thing for me.

As for you PC, maybe it's a different issue? I've read lots of benchmark tests and reviews for Crysis, and with that PC it should do just fine. Perhaps it's your CPU?

Krondonian

@Heyyou27:

The majority of people with a 8800GT can run Crysis at high settings with DX9, I believe. Mine ran like shit with DX10, but once I stepped down to DX9 it ran perfectly (with a few exceptions). Of course, you must have a decent processor and ram as well. I think motion blur is a big resource hog, but I firmly believe that anyone who plays Crysis needs to have Natural Mod installed first. It optimizes a lot of the settings, so not only will it play faster, but it looks amazing as well.

I think resolution plays a big part as well, I can't imagine that running it at 1920x1200 will do anything to help its speed.

Crabfeast

@Heyyou27: I've got the same vid card, my monitor's res is 1680x1050, I have to play on medium if I want over 30fps.

argh

People keep telling me Crysis can be run on any decent computer, but I own an 8800GTX and it runs like trash on my monitor's native resolution, 1920x1200. Even if I got a Geforce GTX 280 I wouldn't be able to play with antialiasing or on Very High.

Heyyou27

Since when is it bad to look a lot like Crysis? Did I miss something?

gamadaya

I enjoyed Crysis gameplay so I'll buy this, looks like a fun diversion at least. Glad I wasn't expecting a major revolution though.

QualityJeverage

I can'e believe people are commenting on the graphics on a 480x270 video (Thankyou MeasureIt).

So am I the only one looking forward to seeing how the story develops?
I thanked god when ...your... *sigh* the black guy comes and saves your ass with his epic gun.
Can't wait to play the game through his eyes!

LemmingX

I've heard speculation that they're going to release a version of Crysis and Warhead together for consoles with less technical requirements.

Iceking5

APRIL FOOLS!!!!

no wait....

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

@PsycheE:
Lower demanding specs, but max specs are still the same.

And no it's just an expansion pack for the pc game.

Covert_Knight

Oh, so this is still for PC? I thought this was a "consolized" version of Crysis.

DigiMish

I always wanted to play Crysis...sadly my PC has the processing power of a Game Boy Color.

Mikey G

@Krondonian: It even looks lower specced.

I thought it was Crysis for the consoles with added bonuses.

PsycheE

Sweet, the default UI color is red now!

Aethyr

if they optimize the engine to use all of my four cores. yay!

If they give us a decent multiplayer. yay!

If they provide the same or better level of adrenaline pump and gameplay. yay!

if its simply just a different storyline with the same problems as the previous one. nay!

Leepox

Oh look at that, another shooter. Awesome...

Not.

SirFenwick

@NimbusTLD:

They said future titles.

CCCombobreaker

@Tom Clancy's Samuraidino:

Many computers can run crysis. It's just that the average store bought PC can't run it on high settings. Any gaming PC you build today can run it on high settings. You can build one for $600 that can run it all high at 1024x768 with close to 40fps. well maybe closer to 35. which for crysis is good.

CCCombobreaker

Actually, this doesn't look quite as good to me as Crysis. I know it's more scaleable, so maybe this a lower-spec video. I don't know.

@NimbusTLD: No, Crytek announced Warhead would be their final PC exclusive.

wild homes is weathering cephalopod trouble!

Hmm... I -might- pick this up if it's priced around $15-20 but I really doubt it. Since why would I spend alot of money on a medicore shooter when I could play some other notable titles coming out around the same time?

Kaizuden

I never played crysis. Im one of those console-tards, but damn thats a pretty lookin game.

smuckersisgood

Yay, another game that only 100 people will be able to play above minimum! Marketing geniuses!

CHunterX

Didn't they say Warhead was going to have lower specs?

Have they released anything like that yet?

Krondonian

Eh? Wikipedia says Warhead is PC only now? Did Crytek not renounce their PC exclusivity recently?

NimbusTLD

I'm fine with more Crysis. I really enjoyed the first game.

Atheist Jew

My computer weeps at the mere thought of playing this game.

Tom Clancy's Samuraidino

Think of the console crowd! :P

Also, I wish Crysis ran at that fps on my PC :(

NimbusTLD

Crysis sure was fun, and this will hopefully fix the little issues that the first had. Maybe more options for attacking an area, more weapons, who knows.

Talleh

oh hey another game for Crytek to complain that 12 million people downloaded it illegally.

Raziel Dune

@get2theDeLorean: What else do you need to play other than backyard baseball? Those games were the shit.

sarcasmOD

@everybest: Yeah, I know I was. ;)

Gutzman

They do not look like Nazis. I can only put up with more like this if I'm killing Nazis, because, killing Nazis never gets old.

Gutzman

@CCCombobreaker: $600 for 35FPS? And PC guys wonder why people say PC gaming is dying out.. This game looks like a lot of fun though. Unfortunatley my computer can't handle much more than backyard baseball 2000..

get2theDeLorean

@Candlejack: Man, there's a trailer and everything. It's set in WWII era, Pacific Theater and Europe I think. I know it's no Crysis, but (the new Brothers in Arms possibly aside) it'll be the best looking WWII game to date.

Just hope Treyarch don't fuck it up.

Slightly off topic here, but when you said ultimate explosions it reminded me. Can you get a mouse with rumble? It's something I miss when playing on PC.

Krondonian

what do people expect from an Expansion Pack

warxsnake

I really enjoyed Crysis...until my computer crashed at the mere thought of the Ice levels :\

jisf0rjosh

@Candlejack: Oh, I just assumed it was still officially number 5, but was given the sub title to prevent stopping sales of CoD4. Misunderstanding on my part.

IW may even make it a futuristic shooter, which is far more saturated than the World War eras. I don't see the problem with WWII games, although I haven't played many myself.

Krondonian

Crysis is poorly optimised. The Cry engine uses WAY to much memory and CPU/GPU processor just to look good on Maximum settings.

It's a shame really because the Unreal Engine 3 is just capable of the same if not better visuals yet it runs 1000X better.

gameradam

@sarcasmOD: Very true. Pablo Sanchez FTW!

get2theDeLorean

@Krondonian: Hold on - that's not COD5. That's COD: World at War. It's done by Treyarch and not by Infinity Ward. Treyarch also made COD3 and that previous COD shooter on consoles. Infinity Ward made COD1, COD:UO, COD2 and COD4. :) Well and COD5.

But yea the one you're talking about is a spin-off and I'm 100% it won't look like Crysis. And the real COD5 will probably be in modern eras again :\

Candlejack

More of Crysis is a good thing in my book. It's like Raiders of the Lost Ark with aliens and Koreans instead of Jesus and Nazis. That and I just upgraded my videocard. Heh.

Strangelove

I hope they aren't making the vehicles a big part of the game without fixing how they handled. Yahtzee got it right when he said it was like driving a donkey with a leg missing.

GiantEnemyCrab

@gameradam: Very true. Although Gears of War & Unreal Tournament are really stylized, they're still two of, if not, the best looking games available today.

argh

Lol?

Tonight on Things You Already Knew, expansion pack resembles original game! Captain Obvious with film on the story, tune in after your nightly news!

zilo

crysis makes happy i use my hdtv as a computer monitor.

Detre

Damn. I saw an alien in the video. I was hoping to just beat up on the hapless North Korean Army. I didn't enjoy the original game nearly as much once the aliens made their debut.

Gouki4u

So when is Crysis 1.5 coming?

Americo

@Heyyou27:

Put AA off, and everything on high. Then it should run alot better.

dakimstar

@People who say this is an expansion: It's not, Warhead is a stand alone game - I guess you could say it expands on the story of the original though.

It's great that they are able to lower the specs this time. Those lame "yeah, it'll be great for the 100 people that can run it" jokes are getting on my nerves.

Like Yurli said, it was a mistake for them to allow the very high settings from the get go because it just turned a lot of gamers against them, but it is nice that they have somewhat future proofed their game.

There was also an article in PC Gamer Magazine which was quite interesting, it's part way down the page:
[www.crysis-online.com]

dnzperson

@Gouki4u: And will like Gears of War more. :D

xCruciaLx

Looks very similar, but Crysis was just awesome, plain and simple. Looks like a very worthwhile expansion.

unmarkedone

With all the brown and grey games these days, Crysis Warhead's bright and lush visual style is more than welcome, even if it's not particularly original. Hopefully this will run a bit better than the last game. It seems possible since I have a feeling Crysis wasn't optimized very well considering the fact that the barren, frozen areas ran significantly worse on my machine than intricately detailed tropical parts of the game.

Luziphir

I was never a big fan of Crysis. I found that I could never play it, because it made my computer hate itself.

Thorax

I'd get this as long as they managed to fix all the problems with Crysis, and that just not the specs. I mean, with the shaders and shadows turned off, you can run the game at a decent framerate in hi-res, but then you have to deal with the repetitive, cliche' gameplay, magic respawning enemies, and incredibly dumb AI.

boopadoo

The MP had some potential. Hopefully they will focus on that.

The_nub_next_door

Looks the same as Crysis which I thought was criminally underrated, so I'll pick it up when it drops to half price. Just make sure to clean all the bugs out for me first please.

el_rezzo

An expansion pack looks similar to the game it's based upon? What a coincidence!

Libo

I'll pay for more content, if it has the right price point.

@KroKan: Are they improving the netcode this time around? Crysis multiplayer makes me cringe.

Snake726

This looks like it should be an expansion... though it'll likely be full price. I might buy it if it's $29.95 or less, otherwise forget it.

Replica23

Single player story is gonna suck for sure (same story different asshole) Gameplay is gonna be good thx to the nano suit!

Multiplayer is what will make this game worth buying.

Graphics were awesome, they will be awesome again. I just think we need more interior fight scenes, which are graphically much more awesome that any graphics on consoles that was ever called awesome!

KroKan

They said it was gonna be a trilogy, in the game there are 3 characters off doing their own stories at the same time, Nomad Psycho and Prophet, crysis feautred nomad, warhead is psycho....anyone want a bet on the next crysis game?

Bob6k

@Snake726:

Crytek Main office in Germany is in charge of the multiplayer. I hope they can improve it this time as they are a proven team.

Single player is developed by their new "cheaper" office in Chech Republic :/

KroKan

@Bob6k: Have you played Crysis till the end? It leaves it waaaay open for a proper sequel, Halo 2 style. I consider Warhead an expansion, and if they chose to reveal with interactive gameplay how Prophet got his epic gun, I would consider that an expansion too.

Nomad must finish the fight! :þ

NimbusTLD

if its on the 360 im there! i did try the demo on my PC adn it just screamed in agony

lost_in_hollywood

@Bob6k:

Makes sense :) I guess CRYTEK doesnt like good story telling in their games :\

I hope action will be good enough to forget about it.

KroKan

That looks very much like Crysis, only not as pretty. We'll see how the finished product looks.

psychobaka

Where is the .torrent?

Link or it never happened.

:)

Vanguarde

@darthnader: Gears 2 does look convieniently like Gears 2...

Beyond-Infinity

Crysis Warhead isn't an expansion pack or sequel to Crysis. It's more of a stand alone game that has the viewpoint of Psycho instead of Nomad. As for the graphics, you can't really tell in the video but they are upgrading the lighting and explosion effects and optimizing the game for lower specs. Two new vehicles are added and there is a new mode for multiplayer.

I learned all this from the August 08 issue of PCGamer

Eberwolf

@Kaizuden: Is it ok to simply call someone a dumbass in reply to their comment?

bluedeviltron

All they did was add more missions and let you use some more of the items that you could use in the sandbox demo map hack. -.- Making us pay for the other 1/2 of a game... lame.

Tw33kR

@Heyyou27: Hey, it was a suggestion and it`s not compulsory.I`ll remember to keep my big mouth shut in future.Crytek made a fine game engine,its just you overestimated your pc`s power and now your paying for it.Lack of foresight sucks huh? So i hear anyway.
Im running on a less than shitty 2ms 22" samsung 226BW and crysis runs and looks great with all on high at close to 50 fps on my 8800GTS 512.Of course the rest of my system was built with a lot of thought too and it isn`t exactly a dell spec pc.So who needs a new gpu or even sli with those results?

UFO

@Ehardergardens: "wait".. damn multitasking...

Ehardergardens

@Bob6k: Nomad was definitely the most forgettable character. Loved Psycho and Prophet. I hope they get more dialogue.
Still I found the aliens to be really annoying to fight, and felt about them the way most felt about the mutants from Far Cry (I liked the mutants). I really didn't even want to play anymore after the first few alien levels.
Fights felt boring and random as they flew around.
crysis runs pretty poorly on my system (i need to try switching to dx9) 8800gt OC 512mb quadcore 2.4 ghz and 3gb of ram, so I may weight until I upgrade cards again (I just did this actually, geesh) Got a 24 inch monitor, so no native 1920, by a long shot.

Ehardergardens

I like crysis a lot, beat it the other day. This trailer is exactly like crysis, they just added a new vehicle lol. And the only people who hate crysis are the ones that cant run it, so stop putting down crysis.

Braz989

MAXIMUM REHASH

Still I love Crysis. Looking forward to this.

Altima NEO

I loved Crysis but could really need to add a seperate "energy bar" for the stealth mode... Just saying.

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