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Quick Look: Crysis 2

If you're looking for some exquisitely rendered giant donuts, Crysis 2 has you covered.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Mar. 22 2011

Cast: Jeff, Brad

Posted by: Vinny

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"maximum tutorial" I chuckled.

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Why do people perpetuate this myth that the Giantbomb guys don't know how good PC games look?  Every single time they talk about any multi-platform game on the Bombcast, they will eventually say, "Framerates a little choppy, but it looks amazing on the PC!"  It's just not their preferred platform of gaming.  People act like the guys have suddenly just discovered the graphical capabilities of a PC every time they mention it, when it fact it's the exact opposite.  These guys are gaming professionals.  You do not know more than them.  Please stop pretending like you do.
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far cry didn't have quick saves either 
don't know about crysis 1

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@xync4 said:

" far cry didn't have quick saves either don't know about crysis 1 "

You must have played Far Cry on a cosole. Both Far Cry and Crysis had quicksave options.  And I'd like to add that Far Cry 2 was superior on the PC because it had the quicksave option;  having to save your game in a house would have made the game more of a hassle.
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@melting_window:  oh well was ages ago can hardly remember anything but how it was super hard... but that was probably because I wasn't bothering much to strategize, doing it wrong lol
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@Meowshi said:
" Why do people perpetuate this myth that the Giantbomb guys don't know how good PC games look?  Every single time they talk about any multi-platform game on the Bombcast, they will eventually say, "Framerates a little choppy, but it looks amazing on the PC!"  It's just not their preferred platform of gaming.  People act like the guys have suddenly just discovered the graphical capabilities of a PC every time they mention it, when it fact it's the exact opposite.  These guys are gaming professionals.  You do not know more than them.  Please stop pretending like you do. "
B-b-but I've been going to videogame forums and obsessing over 3 titles for a DECADE! They CAN'T know more than me!!
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I hate to say it but giantbomb doesn't know shit about PC games. It's not their thing. It ain't. Crysis 2 on PC looks like horse shit. It looks like shit on the consoles too. It plays worse. 

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@JohnPaulVann said:
" I hate to say it but giantbomb doesn't know shit about PC games. It's not their thing. It ain't. Crysis 2 on PC looks like horse shit. It looks like shit on the consoles too. It plays worse.  "
Sad but true. I would stick to showing just one version.
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The video would crap out like every 10 mins or so.  I am on Chrome.

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Sweep cameo!

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lol @ resolution on PC

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The hit detection / "I shot him first" is the same thing I bitched about during the initial release of the demo.  Nice to see they didn't change a thing.  I do like the SP stuff though.  Nice keeping your upgrades and being able to run it again.

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finally, a FPS where the single player alone is worth the price of admission

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@melting_window said:
" @xync4 said:

" far cry didn't have quick saves either don't know about crysis 1 "

You must have played Far Cry on a cosole. Both Far Cry and Crysis had quicksave options.  And I'd like to add that Far Cry 2 was superior on the PC because it had the quicksave option;  having to save your game in a house would have made the game more of a hassle. "
Far Cry did not have quick saves originally. After some patches, it gained quicksave functionality, but it could only be done via the debug console. Unless you downloaded a mod that allowed you to assign the function to one of the keys...
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@Geno said:

" Piracy is a way, way overexaggerated issue. It's basically "the war on terror" of the video game industry.  "

Maybe so, but you can't deny that it's a very serious issue that devs have yet to effectively overcome without screwing over the legit customers along the way.
 
BTW, I found this article on PC gaming piracy. It's quite well-informed, well-researched, and at least tries to maintain the most neutral view on things as possible. I'll send you the link via PM so that we can discuss it there.
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@nelson1tom said:
" lol @ resolution on PC "
I'm guessing they did it to have a direct comparison to the 360 version, which runs at 720p.  Not sure what's quite "lol" about that.
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Running around NY shooting earthworm Jim over and over again seems sort of underwhelming. Then again, fps's were never my thing. Graphics are nice.
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@nelson1tom, @Zips
1280x720 or 720p is the resolution the capture gear works at.
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@Pr1mus said:
" Does this game have the female voice for the suit like in the first one? cause that male voice creeps me out... i hate it so much. "
I like it, after years of the Stephen Hawking Computer voice it's nice to see a change up.
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This Quick Look drives home why I dislike silent protagonists so much. There is absolutely no reason for Alcatraz to just sit there stupidly instead of telling the dude on the radio 'Yo, I'm not Prophet.' Not sure how I feel about the more linear nature of the game, but hey, it worked for Halo 1. And I do really like the way they streamlined the suit abilities, looks like it'll make fluidly doing what you want to do a lot easier.

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Textures surprisingly low on both systems. Still best looking game out there right now though of course.
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@Deusoma said:
"This Quick Look drives home why I dislike silent protagonists so much. There is absolutely no reason for Alcatraz to just sit there stupidly instead of telling the dude on the radio 'Yo, I'm not Prophet.' Not sure how I feel about the more linear nature of the game, but hey, it worked for Halo 1. And I do really like the way they streamlined the suit abilities, looks like it'll make fluidly doing what you want to do a lot easier. "

The soldier can't talk, the suit took over his body completely.
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I wish they had a short quick look of the game after they had updated the PC version.