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Crysis 3 Seems to Exist, Will Probably Be Announced Soon

EA inadvertently lets the nanosuit out of the lab a bit early via Origin.

As with all blockbuster franchises that people generally like (or are at least indifferent toward), the question surrounding the unveiling of next entry in Crytek's rather popular Crysis series wasn't so much one of "if" as "when." The answer? Right now! Sort of.

The odds of that price sticking are...poor, at best. But that bow is pretty bitchin', right?
The odds of that price sticking are...poor, at best. But that bow is pretty bitchin', right?

Though it hasn't been officially announced just yet, Crysis 2 publisher EA inadvertently let the nanotechnology-enhanced cat out of the alien infested bag a tad early last night, putting up a page for the game on the company's Origin system before quickly pulling it down. Not quick enough, however, as the Internet, ever-watching as it is, managed to snag the relevant screenshots before EA went into "pretend this doesn't exist" mode.

The listing has only been verified via screenshot (and the $49.99 price point for all versions listed suggests this was either an inaccurate test page or just a flat-out lie), but the likelihood of the game's existence stems from other evidence as well. CVG teased a major new project from Crytek just a month ago, and Swedish video game magazine Game Reactor has been teasing a cover for its forthcoming issue that would seem to point toward a new Crysis franchise entry.

All of this should, of course, be taken with a grain of salt until EA sends out an official press release of some kind, or at least until someone can verify that Game Reactor cover story. That said, the idea of a Crysis 3 existing isn't exactly hard to believe. Now, if you'd said that Crytek was finally going to be unveiling TimeSplitters 4, then I might have a little trouble believing you. But this? It's practically a foregone conclusion. (Sorry, TimeSplitters fans.)

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I played the XBox 360 console versions of Crysis 1 and 2 and I must say I liked 2 quite a bit more. The story in 2 was a roller coaster ride that was more than just a generic alien invasion tale. The enemy AI provided a real challenge as well, and I had fun trying out different Stealth/Shoot-everything-moveing options in the game world.

The multiplayer was enjoyable as well, I checked it out the other night and there was easy to get into a game: I discovered you get an achivement for playing multiplayer at least 6 months after you first did so : )

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@Spoonman671 said:
First-person shooters with bows?  I'm already sold.
Did... did you ever play Turok 64?
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@MordeaniisChaos said:

@Delta_Ass said:

Maximum bow.

FUCK.

Jerk :'(

@whyareyoucrouchingspock said:

Why are the pc and xbox360 version the same price? The pc version should be cheaper. I guess EA are just a bunch of greedy cunts expecting pc gamers to be dumb and fall for the hype again?

I wont, fuck you EA. Crysis 2 was a colossal dissapointment and you are assholes to the max. Your origin prices are a fucking joke.

It's the Same Fucking Game.

I'm a PC gamer and even I can't think anything but "Fuck that entitled prick."

Seriously, grow up. PC and console games should absolutely be the same price. Always.

Dude, i'm not sure from what land you hale. Here though, pc gamers have always been about a quarter of the price cheaper than console games. The only pc games that have generally cost the same amount as console games are Call Of Duty and Blizzard titles. This is most likely because they know they have a "hot" game I think (being greedy cunts) they raise the price. Nothing to do with being an "entitled prick". If you see someone is taking the piss and a game with the price a quarter of the price more "hey, thats hmmmm" is a natural god given reaction.

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EA prolly did it on purpose to drum up buzz

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A cursory glance at the wikipedia page of Crytek UK (formerly Timesplitters dev Free Radical Design) suggests that they are developing Homefront 2.

You wanted more "Team America" bullshit like you saw in such hits as Battlefield, Call of Duty and Medal of Honour to name but a few rather than time travelling zombie monkey mutiplayer shenanigans, right guys?

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I'd be REALLY excited about this if they hadn't borked the multiplayer portion of Crysis 2. Instead of patching things regularly, and fixing the bugs and lag, they just decided to give us map packs instead. I can't support that.

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@Delta_Ass said:

@Spoonman671 said:
First-person shooters with bows? I'm already sold.
Did... did you ever play Turok 64?

The Tek Bow in Turok 2 was always a good time.

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Crysis 2 was fucking awful. Couldn't even complete it. More like Crysis 1 please.

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More Crysis is a win. Hopefully in 3 you don't serve six masters by the end of it like in 2. But still...cloak engaged.

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@NTM said:

A crossbow? I love the Crysis series, but damn if it's too bad what they did with the console versions of Crysis 2. Bugs everywhere, and one thing that hindered all platforms was somewhat bad voice acting. Also, put the prone feature back in. I think since I like Crysis so much, the lack of Timesplitters talk is OK. I still wish they made a fourth one though.

Crossbow? Where?

Other than that, I agree. I liked Crysis 2, but, damn, going through the first Pinger boss 5 times on supersoldier was stupid because of a glitch. The voice acting was alright, as long as you weren't looking at whoever-was-speaking's face.

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Another Crysis game?

Count me in, I loved the first 3.

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said:

@MordeaniisChaos said:

@Delta_Ass said:

Maximum bow.

FUCK.

Jerk :'(

@whyareyoucrouchingspock said:

Why are the pc and xbox360 version the same price? The pc version should be cheaper. I guess EA are just a bunch of greedy cunts expecting pc gamers to be dumb and fall for the hype again?

I wont, fuck you EA. Crysis 2 was a colossal dissapointment and you are assholes to the max. Your origin prices are a fucking joke.

It's the Same Fucking Game.

I'm a PC gamer and even I can't think anything but "Fuck that entitled prick."

Seriously, grow up. PC and console games should absolutely be the same price. Always.

Dude, i'm not sure from what land you hale. Here though, pc gamers have always been about a quarter of the price cheaper than console games. The only pc games that have generally cost the same amount as console games are Call Of Duty and Blizzard titles. This is most likely because they know they have a "hot" game I think (being greedy cunts) they raise the price. Nothing to do with being an "entitled prick". If you see someone is taking the piss and a game with the price a quarter of the price more "hey, thats hmmmm" is a natural god given reaction.

Yeah, PC games at retail - and especially digital - are often sold cheaper than their console counterparts because much of the console's up-front cost goes to the console manufacturers themselves (in this case, Sony and Microsoft). PC doesn't have this problem, so when you go to factor in what the costs are covering when a PC version is sold dollar-for-dollar same price as console, those costs are "because we want more money so fuck you".

I absolutely agree the PC version should be sold cheaper. There's no overhead to cover. The PC version should and will always be the cheapest version to sell, especially over their own first-party client. There's no reason other than greed to charge any more for it than the market standard - and plenty of reasons to charge less.

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Sure, I'll play another Crysis. Loved the first Crysis and the second one had some great moments for sure. God, I love that body armor and their guns are always so awesome to shoot. I think this may be my best comment ever.

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Cloak 3ngaged

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@NTM: Crossbow? nope try again.

It's probably a composite bow.

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@Darkfiretiger: I don't expect you or anyone else to read through all the comments, but I've already stated what I was meaning to say with someone else. I know it's not a crossbow.

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Glad to see Origin is good for something.

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IMHO, the main thing Crysis 1 had going for it was that it was the perfect killer app for PC hardware upgrades. Finally a reason, besides a few extra frames per second, that you could simply glance at the screen and go "wow, that's what a bleeding edge GPU can do!? Damn!"

Are they going to try that again with this one, and if so, won't that leave the console versions in the dust, graphics and performance-wise?

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@whyareyoucrouchingspock said:

Dude, i'm not sure from what land you hale. Here though, pc gamers have always been about a quarter of the price cheaper than console games. The only pc games that have generally cost the same amount as console games are Call Of Duty and Blizzard titles.

I didn't want to get into this discussion at all, but I have to say I'm shocked about this point. I'm mainly a PC gamer, living in Canada, and I've pretty much never paid less for a PC game than a console game. They're always the same price up here, and quite often a few bucks more. They're also usually the same price on Steam. Looking at the physical stack of games here that I've got handy, about 30 games in boxes bought in the last 3-4 years, I can't honestly say that any of them were cheaper than the console version. Damn man...is this how it is in the States? I'm going down there to buy my games from now on if that's the case...

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Crysis 2, for someone who didn't play the first game and didn't have any expectations of greatness, was a fun game. Linear, Modern Warfare-esque direction and pacing, tight controls and shooting mechanics, interesting backstory and theme. A lot of cinematics. 
 
For someone who played Crysis 1, or someone who has gaming standards and can spot a lousy business practice of streamlining games to appeal to wider audiences, Crysis 2 was really a big embarassment. 
 
And for someone who's all time favorite shooter was Crysis, (yours truly), Crysis 2 was a staggering abomination. 
 
Unless Crysis 3 provides the non-linearity, environmental diversity, focus on gameplay potential by allowing all kinds of approaches, styles and combinations strung together to allow players to create their own scenarios rather than placing them in a locked pre-set arena to go through like a lab rat, and LOSE THE CALL OF DUTY CINEMATICS that pull the control away from the player mid-action and show overly dramatic crap featuring american soldiers, I'll be passing on Crysis 3. 
 
But seeing as EA have totally demolished anything that Battlefield, Crysis, Medal of Honor, or the Bioware titles have given us (for the past 10 years) in a matter of months, I doubt Crysis stands a chance.

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Crysis 1 and Warhead looked phenomenal (and still does!), was loads of fun to mess around in, and had an excellent mod community that cranked out some real gems. (Mechwarrior Living Legends, anyone?)

Crysis 2 had its fun times, though the linearity and CoD-ness of it grated on me a bit. Still, I felt Crytek made a sincere effort to translate the wide-open jungle environment into an "urban jungle", even if the environment wasn't ideal. However, the hand-holding "TACTICAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE. GO HERE FOR A SNIPER RIFLE" really put me off, though. And the first game's overlooked Battlefield-esque multiplayer mode was completely gone! WTF!

So I've learned my lesson. Gonna wait for reviews and a price drop before I jump for 3.

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If they get rid of that annoying voice that tells you when your stealth is engaged every time you use it then I might be interested. Seems minor but that voice annoyed me to the point that I didnt even bother trying to finished crysis 2.