The official demo is handled pisspoorly...

It's not a PC issue 
its a Crysis 2 issue on the PC, because its a shameless port 
 
  

There will always be issues in PC gaming, no matter what game you'll play. The differences in the various graphics cards, motherboards and SO ON will always ensure that there are at least a good percentage who's gaming experience will be fucked up the first weeks until it's patched and fixed. Anything requiring online registration and database access will also suffer the first week because there's not a set community to run from unlike the XboxLive and PSN.
 
Test of patience? Hell yes.
Worth it? Oh God yes.

It's just a demo. All software has some bugs, this just happens to be a more embarrassing bug. The gaming public serves as unwitting beta testers. Sadly this is how far quality control has fallen.

" I could understand if you had to spend hours hunting down patches and changing settings in order for it to run that it would make you hate pc gaming. But this just sounds like server issues. On a demo. That's mp only. For a game that no one has ever praised for is mp. "

Q:
1) They made it an MP demo because they didn't want people to find out that all the things they loved out of Crysis 1 and CW SP was gone.
 2) They ran a script that converted the 360 MP demo data into PC compatible stuff and squeezed this out.
 

A:
1 + 2

It isn't a PC issue at all. If they had used Steamworks it would have worked flawlessly. This is the publisher and/or developers crap shoot. Publishers need to drop their brick and mortar retailer relationships so developers can implement competent modern day matchmaking without making the player leave the game to open a web browser. It is 2011, wtf  Crytek/EA?!

:(

" It's fine and fun for what it is, but come on, Crysis + Single player = Where it's at. The thing I find awkward though, is that the PC's demo is set up with words on menu as if it were played on a console. Like when you start the demo it says "Press Start". I too want a PS3 demo, and hope there's one soon. Though I don't think there'll be one. "

BF3 on PC /endthread

" I could understand if you had to spend hours hunting down patches and changing settings in order for it to run that it would make you hate pc gaming. But this just sounds like server issues. On a demo. That's mp only. For a game that no one has ever praised for is mp. "

The one thing to dislike about PC gaming are the aimbot users, I encounter every other day.

MyCrysis is not related to the in game log in at all. The log in the game uses is GAMESPY. Don't bitch because you can't read.

" MyCrysis is not related to the in game log in at all. The log in the game uses is GAMESPY. Don't bitch because you can't read. "

I couldnt even make a account the damn thing just hangs I gave up from what people have been saying I didn't miss anything special the game is a crappy port  for god sakes it says press start on the main menu hell I don't see a start button on my k/b.The worst thing of all is they copied COD why don't they come up with there own ideas or at  least copy a better mp game. Anyways I could care less about Crytek these days its all about BF3 for me.

Sounds like your making a mountain out of a molehill. Throwing all of PC gaming under a bus because the Crysis 2 demo had a fuck up? Sheesh.  

" @VooDooPC said:

" MyCrysis is not related to the in game log in at all. The log in the game uses is GAMESPY. Don't bitch because you can't read. "

When I used my Gamespy login it said it contained invalid characters (JackTWOSIXEIGHT, sure is invalid in here). My MyCrysis account worked first try. "

" MyCrysis is not related to the in game log in at all. The log in the game uses is GAMESPY. Don't bitch because you can't read. "

Yeah, don't play Crysis 2 on PC. It is yet another victim in a long line of constardization. 

Crysis 2 demo is a piece of junk, between the horrible registration issues where somehow my name and the name of my friends were taken, to the loose console-style controls that make it play like a dog.  
 
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, Crysis 2 does not define PC gaming, it defines the laziness of Crytek in creating this port.

" @Ahmad_Metallic:   I'll play BF3 on PC, because I can and thus I must. It's gonna be the definite version of the game. Can't say the same about Crysis 2 from what I've seen thus far.  As soon as the next generation of consoles is out, I'll drop PC gaming like the piece of shit it is - save for the PC-exclusive MMOs and RTSs and RPGs out there. "

I bet the world would explode if Battlefield ended up having a push to start at the title screen.

" Sounds like your making a mountain out of a molehill. Throwing all of PC gaming under a bus because the Crysis 2 demo had a fuck up? Sheesh.   "

Except the PC version plays amazingly well, where as the Console versions play like shit.

The entitlement complex of PC gamers is why I hate PC gaming.

I play both PC and console. All my multi player games are on PC because 1. everyone I play with uses pc for multi and 2 I'm already paying for the internet. I don't need ANOTHER fee to pay for for what maybe 2 games i''ll play for a month or so online. Just not worth it for me.

At least the game's a ton of fun. After 48 hours of no-go, tonight I finally was able to play. I literally played the night away until I hit rank 10 and then some. It's now past 7 AM. I'm gonna take my leave now and sleep well, because I'm reassured that Crysis 2's gonna be a fun experience on my PC.
 
Did that really have to take 2 days of growing pains? PC gaming... an aquired taste. Like BDSM. I'm just not the type who enjoys getting his balls slapped with a paddle - that's all.

The issue in OP doesn't seem like a PC issue, it seems more like a shitty logistical problem on EA's side. 
 
PC gaming can be a pain in the ass, and often is.  You're right about that.  But I'd rather have my balls slapped by technical issues that I can 99% of the time fix or workaround, than have my balls slapped by multi-billion dollar corporations intent on controlling my gaming experience.  Unfortunately, a lot of that crap seems to be coming to the PC as of late.

pc gaming always have issues. consoles is true gaming machine.

" The OP is talking a lot more generally about how much variation PC gaming has and how complicated it can be at times to set everything up properly. Speaking as someone who is pretty much a pure console player I don't see how all the bullshit you have to do and put up with on PC is worth it just to get a slightly superior version of a game. (24-64 and all pc exclusives do suck though) "

GOD damn it.

I can't even play the demo, because the game thinks I'm not connected to the internet. 
Weird, given that the other day I was playing and it was fine.Oh well.Guess it killed itself.

" pc gaming always have issues. consoles is true gaming machine. "

"   Keep on hating PC gaming, lets see how you deal with Battlefield 3 on the PC ;] "

I understand how he feels, sometime it can take so much effort for me to run a game properly on PC when I could easily load it on my PS3. But when it works, it's definitely better than any console.