Crytek Shows Its Warface

[Logan Westbrook]

Crytek Shows Its Warface

A upcoming game from Crytek will see the studio that brought us the processor-torturing Crysis dip its toe into the world of free-to-play gaming.

The Seoul branch of Crytek has unveiled its entry for "Silliest Game Name 2010" award, with a new title bearing the hard-to-say-without-cracking-a-smile moniker, Warface.

Built using the CryEngine 3, Warface is a free-to-play near-future multiplayer military shooter aimed at the Asian market and supported by micropayments. The game is said to be the alpha stages right now, and will feature both co-op and PvP gameplay. In a press release [http://www.crytek.com/news/crytek-reveals-warface-2729735e0ba6501fe9ddc8a7b23280c7], Crytek CEO Cervat Yerli said that his company always strived to provide the best possible gameplay experience. He added that the reason that Crytek had opened an office in South Korea in the first place was so that it could make games tailored to the tastes of that part of the world.

Warface is something of a departure for Crysis, which has never made a F2P online shooter before. It'll likely be playable wherever you are - with a pretty significant language barrier of course - but I must admit the screen shots make it look a little generic. It's still early days though, so this might be one to watch.

Source: VG247 [http://www.vg247.com/2010/11/25/next-crytek-game-revealed-in-korea-warface/]



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[Korten12]

holy crap those graphics are nice for a F2P game! Can't wait to try this.

 

[ddq5]

You call that a Warface? Show me your real Warface!
But yeah, it looks pretty generic.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

OT: If this game could be anything like the ill-fated WarRock, then I might give it a look. For the most part, if it's free, and made by Crytek of all companies, than it has to be worth at least a try.

Hell, I'm willing to give it a shot.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Warface is a free-to-play near-future multiplayer military shooter

Wow! I'm so super serially excited for this!

Wish someone would take the Cry Engine and do a King Kong game, where you run around a pretty island while fighting 5 story tall monsters. Hell, something other than militaristic shooters, pleeease.

 

[Asehujiko]

Whinetek employee 1: hey, brown shooters are selling pretty good.
Whinetek employee 2: hey, micropayment games are making profit.
Whinetek employee 3: hey, asians play games too.
Cevat: MAKE A BROWN FREEMIUM SHOOTER FOR ASIANS!

 

[archvile93]

If I can't understand what they're saing in game then I'm not going to play it. And no, I won't learn another language.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

I'm intrigued. I'm gonna be looking out for news of this game.

 

[Lord_Panzer]

AHHHHHHH! That's a war face!

 

[Woodsey]

"An upcoming game"

"Warface is something of a departure for Crytek"

If I can't understand what they're saing in game then I'm not going to play it. And no, I won't learn another language.

Through the magic of different servers I'd say you're going to be alright.

OT: Meh.

"Free-to-play" means "pay-a-hell-of-a-lot-more-than-you-would-but-the-payments-are-so-small-you-don't-notice-it-as-much-play".

 

[ender214]

Whinetek employee 1: hey, brown shooters are selling pretty good.
Whinetek employee 2: hey, micropayment games are making profit.
Whinetek employee 3: hey, asians play games too.
Cevat: MAKE A BROWN FREEMIUM SHOOTER FOR ASIANS!

I don't really get the "games are too brown" argument. Would you really prefer your games in neon green and orange?

 

[Jonny49]

Free to play...

...if your computer can run the bloody thing. This is Crytek after all.

 

[Jazoni89]

Hey Crytek! where's my Time Splitters?

 

[Asehujiko]

Whinetek employee 1: hey, brown shooters are selling pretty good.
Whinetek employee 2: hey, micropayment games are making profit.
Whinetek employee 3: hey, asians play games too.
Cevat: MAKE A BROWN FREEMIUM SHOOTER FOR ASIANS!

I don't really get the "games are too brown" argument. Would you really prefer your games in neon green and orange?

I wasn't arguing that, I was pointing out that this game is an amalgamation of everything that's had a good run this year, which is generally a recipe for disaster or at least an underwhelming game.

 

[someotherguy]

Issue with this? 80% of the people who play Free to play games can't run something on the crytek engine.

 

[dragdev]

EA thought hey if Dice can do it why can't Crytek do it

 

[Numachuka]

Issue with this? 80% of the people who play Free to play games can't run something on the crytek engine.

I think its closer to 68.167%

 

[Distorted Stu]

Its still not Timesplitters =[