Quick Look: Crysis 2

not sure on these comparative quick looks. Digital foundry covers this stuff for me. That said im approving of 1hr plus quick looks

Kinda meh, first crysis was kinda meh at first, until you play it like this  

where are the large open maps and vehicular combat?

Don't suppose they had Mike Patton to voice the suit?.. :P

it looks like what the conduit would be if the crysis team made the conduit

This needs to be on the NGP.

Very Bored with the NYC setting. Seen it a million times.

I wonder if the stupid enemy AI is related to the difficulty. I seem to remember the enemies in the first Crysis being MUCH smarter on the higher difficulty settings.

I literally fell asleep watching this QL live earlier.

The original Crysis felt like it had endless depth and you had never seen anything quite like it, sure it felt a bit aimless at times but it was offset by the sheer scope of everything and the fact that you could do ANYTHING. 
 
This is just a CoD clone, sad, it even looks worse than the original how fucked up is that?

" Very Bored with the NYC setting. Seen it a million times. "

Apart from the graphical flare of the crytek engine, this looks boring as hell. Also, why do you still have a shadow while in stealth mode? Surely the enemies would pick up on that

" @Phoenix87 said:

" Very Bored with the NYC setting. Seen it a million times. "

People keep saying that. List the games you've played in actual NYC. "

disappointment, disappointment ...

I love it when they do these side-to-side comparisons, though I would have liked it if they would have shown off the PC multiplayer as well, the campaign on PC looked a lot more fast paced than on console, and it would have been interesting to see the differences online as well.

In Jeff Gerstmann's mind, a hardened soldier says, "Tee-hee!"

so when you die, does Gould yell "Prophet?! PROPHET?! PROPHETTTTTTTTTTTTTT?!?!" or was i the only one getting an Otacon vibe from him?

Well that was very...grey.  
 
Also, those maps look huge for, what? 6 players on each side?

Man, aliens sure are easy to kill on this game. Where the hell are the flying squids from the first game? Those were tough!

I played the PC version with an Xbox 360 controller at GDC... it was bloody fun! Can't wait to pick this up.

So this is what a Battle LA game should be like...

I cannot f-ing believe that they don't use the nano/termal vision in the MP! OMFG! It's super useful.

 I really dont care for comparisons guys..

If you cross your eyes at the beginning, it's totally in 3D.

" Those graphical options are a joke.   [edit:] regarding a comment Jeff made: Crysis 1 always gave you a pretty clear idea on where you had to go ... the only thing that was up to you was how to get there and how to handle the situation when you got there. "

It took me a while to remember where I had seen an orbital strike in FPS before.
 
Then I remembered the Ion Painter from UT.

An hour of a game I can't wait to play.
*foams at the ears*

this morning i saw that ign did a 20min gameplay commentary for crysis 2 and i was like "i wonder if giantbomb has one yet."  and well... giantbomb, you never let me down.

Far Cry only had checkpoints, despite being developed by Crytek as a PC only game originally.  Unfortunately, they were way too far apart so I resorted to creating quick saves manually thru a console command.
 
I don't mind checkpoint saving - so long as they happen often enough.

Crysis2 doing what it can to be confusing in regards to mixing up the clip & the magazine on a gun. Game looks good & multiplayer seems the same as the demo (fun yet maximum armor excessively depressing & useless). Too bad my pc can't handle this but at least I can play this on the 360 to see the full game. Game definitely needs more cannon/giant donut or other enviroment fun things to do.
 

Is it just me or has the change in setting just made this feel like every other shooter out there?

" Is it just me or has the change in setting just made this feel like every other shooter out there? "

An hour QL?  COUNT ME IN!!

" But what happens if you die and have collected dog tags? Do you lose them?  "

I like NYC, but I'm kind of tired of it as the setting for games. There are plenty of other cities that could also serve as a setting: Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Miami, etc.

" Kinda meh, first crysis was kinda meh at first, until you play it like this  

He may make it look easy in that video, but that level of suit management and stealth is challenging, looks like the challenge that made me like the game a bit more might not be there in crysis 2. Although, since its a city, not much grass or many bushes to hide in, might make me have to change my game plan somehow.

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yeah, I want more options. Fuck crytek for not having DX11 at launch. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't know it was going to not have it. Oh well, still having alot of fun with it. 

Do not want... Love me some QL's though... Thanks guys.

Wait WTF, really just 3 main graphics settings, no custom configuration in the game menu?
wow...
 
No DX11 at launch.
sigh...
 
Weak story like Crysis1
expected...

Sorry Crysis2, maybe we can talk again at a Steam sale.
Lets say 50% 
toodles!

Hargreave sounds like a sweet old lady.

I hope the PS3 version runs fine, but I doubt it. I don't have or really want yet another 360, and I can't rent games on PC, so if I want to play this I'm down to one option.
 
It's a good thing I don't care that much, because I expect to be waiting months for it to be actively available via Gamefly. But at least it will give Crytek plenty of time to patch the PS3 version if if has severe issues.

I played through Crysis and Warhead more times than I can even begin to count.  I had so much fun with the huge environments, using the foliage for cover, and tackling each skirmish differently each time.  It saddens me that I've absolutely no interest whatsoever in this samey corridor environment.  The suit may make the game the tiniest bit different from every other FPS out there, but it was the open environments of the first that really made that game stand out.