Crysis 2 DirectX 11 Patch Coming Next Week

[imperialreign]

DX11 patched in? Really?!

C'mon! When will game devs quit this BS of "patching" in newer DX support, or simply adding it last minute before the game ships?!

Until game devs start developing titles from the ground up with DX10 or DX11 support in mind, titles will continue to run poorly, be un-optimized, and features will just generally be not worth the hassle to use unless you have a high-end rig.

Devs have got to stop these shennanigans. Decide to develop your title from the ground up with DX11 in mind. If users don't have DX11 capable hardware - oh well. This is how the industry moved forward from DX8 a decade ago . . . YES, AN EFFIN DECADE AGO . . . and devs are still hung up on making their titles DX9 compliant first and foremost; an graphics API that is aging quickly and needs to be left alone to die peacefully. It's run it's course. The industry NEEDS to move on.

Regarding Crytek and C2. Not cool. It's nice y'all finally decided to hook up the PC crowd with the improved visuals we were supposed to have over the console crowd . . . y ou remember, that "feature" that was promised ages ago when C2 was first developed? I can clearly remember a statement from Crytek blatantly pointing out that the PC version will look and play better, as the game's development is being designed primarily on PC for PC. Better visuals and hi-res textures shouldn't be added in later down the road as an after thought . . . they should be there day one.

All this says to me is that the game wasn't 100% ready when it was shipped out the door. We got a finished cake . . . but with no icing.

 

[stewox]

I had much love and anticipation for it, but it went down pretty quickly , played 15 mins of free MP demo, found out it's a call of duty clone and never touched it again.

Singleplayer was unplayable because of: 1. ridicolously unrealistic depth of field; 2. apeshit crazy motion blur; 3. stupid FOV; 4. clunky controls; 5; nanosuit is ruined 6; feels unoriginal

That nanosuit ann, ... the code appears to be less advanced then crysis 1, i treally FEELS like a poor console game would, sorry crytek.


I think Crysis 2 was a huge disappoint for PC, in terms of gameplay.


But i sill have it and i can't wait to mod in the old crysis levels with the new editor

 

[silverbullet1989]

Its 2 months later, I don't give a shit. Should have been in with the game.

This. Crytek can go fuck themselves, they spend months talking about how this game would ship with DX11 and how it would use it to its fullest potential... Fuck them. I didnt even buy the piece of shit and as soon as I heard about DX11 and mod support being left out I was glad I didnt.

Agree with you 2....also you forget they just out right ported the console version over to the pc and didnt even do a good job to hide the fact they did

 

[silverbullet1989]

Its 2 months later, I don't give a shit. Should have been in with the game.

This. Crytek can go fuck themselves, they spend months talking about how this game would ship with DX11 and how it would use it to its fullest potential... Fuck them. I didnt even buy the piece of shit and as soon as I heard about DX11 and mod support being left out I was glad I didnt.

Agree with you 2....also you forget they just out right ported the console version over to the pc and didnt even do a good job to hide the fact they did

Press Start to play... Good times...

Seriously though, I can live with good console ports. Only porting the game to PC? Thats fine, as long as it runs well and doesnt have xbox controller button prompts. I just hate them for flat out lying into everyones face. They really did owe it to the PC gamers as well.

And wen we say these types of things, were labelled as pc elitist's / pc fanboys etc, yet at the moment a lot of the console players are up in arms over the difference between the console version of bf3 and the pc version lol

 

[Acidwell]

already hot-looking Crysis 2

But despite 4 extra years after crysis 1, worse looking.

Why bother now? Even the fact they called it a "free visual improvement" is stupid it should be called a patch and there is no reason to mention that it's free except to get attention from people who haven't played it

 

[ph0b0s123]

PCgasm... It should have been in at launch even if the PC release was delayed 2 months after the console launch. I really did not think it would arrive after all the rumours. And just at the right time as Crysis 2 is pretty cheap to purchase now. I know it may not be as good as the original as far as open-ended-ness goes, but Crytek have partly redeemed themselves in my eyes. Now the game is so cheap with proper DX 11 support, i.e tessellation, they look to have themselves a sale. Will just wait to see that the patches don't just make the game un-playable due to them doing no optimisation on them just so they can be out the door and the game can be listed as supporting DX11.....

The problem is it will still be a disappointing PC launch for them, but you reap what you sow....

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

I wasn't saying that it was a good thing that the game shipped without these things, I just think it's silly to off on a ridiculous rage about it. Be realistic. These devs aren't idiots, if they do something then it's going to be for a reason. Mod tools take time to develop, and I can see no reason why a dev would just randomly decide "TROLOLOLOL WE'RE NOT GONNA INCLUDE DX11 FOR NO REASON AT ALL TROLOLOL", odds are that if a dev says they're going to do something and it takes an extended period of time to do so, then there is a good reason for it. After all, removing DX11 for such a long time would do nothing but decrease profits from people wanting to get the most out of their hardware.

When I post a picture of a panda riding a toy horse with the caption "Haters gonna hate", I'd have thought it'd be pretty clear that it is a bit of a joke. I wasn't making fun of your point, because I agree that DX11 should have been in the base game, I was simply making fun of your inflammatory way of presenting your point to which I could only sit back and laugh at people getting angry over this while I simply just enjoy the brilliant game, DX11 or not, that Crytek have made.

 

[razer17]

Good Christ PC gamers love to rage. I mean seriously, the fact that the game shipped without DX 11 probably isn't even Crytek's fault. It's probably caused by an EA set deadline that they can do nothing about. At least they then carried on developing it, and released it, even if it was late.

Anyway, I actually loved the game, and I seriously doubt that I would even be able to tell the difference once they've added all their fancy stuff. Maybe if PC gamers weren't so graphics obsessed, developers would take more time to make the PC versions better, since less sophisticated graphics = less dev costs. That way there wouldn't be a million cries of "Oh look, another crappy console port. HURDUR CONSOLE TARDS TOOK OUR DEVS!"

 

[razer17]

Do you feel lonely? You probably do since you are alone in your opinion that Crysis 2 was a brilliant game.

Heres another guy who needs to read the posts hes making fun of again, properly this time. Not only this, its painfully clear he has no idea, not the slightest clue, what he is talking about. Wont be able to tell the difference? A picture of tessellation is right there at the top in the article. Im sorry but frankly, if you cant see the difference you probably cant play the game either way because at that point you must be so blind you cant see the screen when its 2 inches from your face anyway. Im not saying you need to care, you are right when you say graphics arent all that important anyway, but brushing away very valid complaints without even looking into them properly and still insisting on giving ones opinion on it is highly ignorant.

He's clearly not alone, I thought it was brilliant too. Better than Call of Duty, that's for sure.

I did read the article, so how exactly am I ignorant? In what part of the article does it say "This was completely Cryteks decision, and totally wasn't forced on them by EA"?

And seriously, the fact that I can't tell awesome graphics from slightly more awesome graphics means nothing. I know plenty of people who don't bother with stuff like anti aliasing, because they don't notice the difference anyhow. Maybe the graphical improvements would be slightly noticeable, but they'd only serve to make one of the best looking games I have ever seen look EVEN better. They aren't exactly turning Crysis 2 from ugly to beautiful.

Also, I wasn't making fun of the article, I was making fun of people like you, the commenters who are raging.

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

I wasn't saying that it was a good thing that the game shipped without these things, I just think it's silly to off on a ridiculous rage about it. Be realistic. These devs aren't idiots, if they do something then it's going to be for a reason. Mod tools take time to develop, and I can see no reason why a dev would just randomly decide "TROLOLOLOL WE'RE NOT GONNA INCLUDE DX11 FOR NO REASON AT ALL TROLOLOL", odds are that if a dev says they're going to do something and it takes an extended period of time to do so, then there is a good reason for it. After all, removing DX11 for such a long time would do nothing but decrease profits from people wanting to get the most out of their hardware.

When I post a picture of a panda riding a toy horse with the caption "Haters gonna hate", I'd have thought it'd be pretty clear that it is a bit of a joke. I wasn't making fun of your point, because I agree that DX11 should have been in the base game, I was simply making fun of your inflammatory way of presenting your point to which I could only sit back and laugh at people getting angry over this while I simply just enjoy the brilliant game, DX11 or not, that Crytek have made.

Do you feel lonely? You probably do since you are alone in your opinion that Crysis 2 was a brilliant game.

Im not sure how often im going to have to clarify this, I must have done so about 3 times now, but I dont give a shit how good the game is, when it came out, why things were excluded, this is what counts: crytek insisted, promised, shouted that Crysis 2 would ship with mod tools and DX11, and it didnt. They advertised them and they werent in the final product. If they had said "Sorry folks, no DX11 until 6 months after release" that would be fine. The problem here is false advertising and flat out lying in consumers faces when they knew fully well the product would not incorporate the things they were promising.

Do I have to write that again, maybe this time in caps? Or are you capable of reading a post properly? There is no rational defense for Crytek in this case. None.

If you're just going to insult me, then I'm not even going to dignify this with with any more of a response.

I think I'll just end this by saying that there are plenty of people that love to play Crysis 2, as evidenced by the fact that there is still a plentiful community playing the game and enjoying it, not bitching about it and insulting people unjustly. I agree that it is silly of Crytek to have not included DX11 in the original release, however I remind you that they are not idiots. If they were, then they would be cleaning toilets, not designing complex pieces of software and with complex pieces of software, things sometimes take longer than they should. I completely agree that it was silly of them not to even mention the exclusion of DX11 until they end up bringing it back and that indeed was a good point, but sandwiching it with needless insults is a very dickish way to go about life.

Really, enjoying something that harms no one nothing to insult someone about since all that means is that there is one more thing that I can enjoy in life that you, presently, are not.

I'm happy to continue this discussion if you leave the insults at the door, but otherwise this is time I could be spending doing something a lot more fulfilling.

 

[Vibhor]

I'd reinstall if they release the level editors. I wanna edit the levels to make them a little more sprawly. They were a little too cramped for my comfort. As for the DX11 being left out, it was due to matching the release date for all systems. Consoles do not support the thing and therefore crytek decided it would be a better idea to release the same game on all platforms so that people could actually play the game instead of just delaying it. In the end it was all for the good.

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

Im not saying Crytek or rather the people at Crytek are dumb. What im saying is they are dicks for flat out lying in consumers faces, a particular group of consumers that supported the company extensively beforehand and to whom they owe quite a bit.

If I insulted you, I apologize. It was not my intention, it was not the point of my post, it was a valid concern because I was starting to wonder if you and other posters could read; you obviously can, but others continue to discuss this topic with me while ignoring a point I have made no less than 4 times. But, please, dont pretend to be so touchy, we both know you arent. Trying to claim superiority by accusing another poster of making insults he never did make never worked.

I will say this again; this you ignored once again, even though you addressed part of my post at least; I have no problem with people enjoying the game. I couldnt give a fuck less whether there are currently 0 players enjoying the game or 5 billion. I dont care about deadlines. What I am saying, what I did say and what you cannot argue is that they said the game would have DX11 on release and would ship with a mod kit. Then the game shipped, users installed it and only then discovered it did not. If you think its good practice to support these kind of things then go ahead - defend Crytek in every thread, blow your money on there games, whatever - but dont wonder when you wake up one day and this has become common practice among game developers. I am willing to bet whatever you want that if this thread was about EA including securom in releases even though they say it does not install itself with the game, you would be flaming EA. Maybe not you, but 90% of the people here arguing Crytek are all right.

One more thing; when did everyone who even mentioned DX11 in a good light become a PC elitist? Thats the gist I get from this thread. "What, you like your games to look good? You like it when games include DX11? PC ELITIST, BURN HIM!"

Yeah, I probably didn't need to make such a big thing about what I felt to be an insult, it just annoyed me a wee bit and annoyed people love to overblow shit.

On the topic, I completely agree with that it was a bit of a dick move not to even mention they were leaving out DX11 and while I'm sure there was a reason, a lack of communication does horrors for a company and... well, there's nothing left for me to say really. I guess the only real thing I disagreed with you about was the whole "Fuck Crytek" thing I remember being in your original post and I hate negativity for the most part. Oh, and I really wanted an opportunity to use that panda picture, since who doesn't love pandas?

But yeah... aaahhm... truce? *goes for internet handshake*

 

[razer17]

Again, ignoring perfectly valid complains and addressing only the ones you have a comeback for. You are ignorant because you continue to ignore the core of my posts - the one that I made sure to put in bold because I thought people like you might actually read and respond to that part if I made it more noticeable.

I was responding to the bit in bold. I'm sure Crytek probably didn't deliberately lie. Game development is long and complicated, and they have set deadlines that EA gives them. So, when they said it it was probably true, they were trying to include DX 11 and mod tools for the game release, but eventually it got to a point where they had to cut some stuff or not be able to ship. It's not ideal, and yes, they didn't deliver their promises. Maybe EA wouldn't let them change the release date?

I do get why it is annoying, but it's still a good (and more importantly still good looking) game.

 

[razer17]

What you are saying is perfectly true, however, Crytek were still claiming DX11 and mods were in at a point in time where they must have known both features would not make it in time for release. As you stated, game development is long, so it wasnt like one hour before release they noticed "Oh shit, not gonna get this done on time". But fuck it. Make a decent game and be honest about it, they will be back in the good books for me.

(After all this time spend flaming Crytek I will admit I think its great they have the balls to bring out a new IP, even if it is xbox exclusive. Thats a plus point from me.)

I just had to wiki Crytek to see what new IP this was. Now I remember it's the game that looked awesome till they mentioned Kinect for the 50,000th time that press conference. Apparently they have another new IP in the works, a PC exclusive shooter.

 

[Kingsnake661]

Its 2 months later, I don't give a shit. Should have been in with the game.

This. Crytek can go fuck themselves, they spend months talking about how this game would ship with DX11 and how it would use it to its fullest potential... Fuck them. I didnt even buy the piece of shit and as soon as I heard about DX11 and mod support being left out I was glad I didnt.

EDIT: And another one:

No one cares anymore. People are still playing Crysis 1 and Warhead SP rather than Crysis 2 SP or MP. And that has nothing to do with Dx11. It's just a shit game on PC.

Spoiler

OT: While I don't have a DX11-capable computer, this is definitely good news to my ears since it means that those who do can now get their money's worth on their fancy hardware.

Although, as good as Crysis 2 is, they really need to increase the range of Nanovision. Maybe not quite to the point of the demo, but definitely to the point where it becomes an effective counter to cloak.

If not liking a bad game (debatable and a matter of opinion) and telling a dev to fuck off when they promise things they dont keep and give the finger to the community that is the reason the company is where it is now (not debatable, fact) makes me a hater, then color me one.

Just a question for you though, since you seem to be perfectly fine with all this, what is your opinion on the matter? Did they do a good thing? Is saying "The game will ship with DX11 support (btw look at what it can do) and a mod kit", then shipping the game with neither, good practice that is to be applauded? In short, do you like devs to outright lie into your face?

I'll be honest. I wasn't a big fan of Crysis at the time Crysis 2 was launched. I just finished the first game and am considering getting the second. I wasn't around for this "crysis"... yes, a bad pun i know... but my take on the situation is this... I'd be "ok" with a computer game shipping without a feature it had advertised, IF, I knew it'd be added later in a patch for free. IMO, it's slightly better then an outright game delay... but only marginally. That's why i have ""'s around OK. Not really keen on the idea, but it's IMO the better of the two evils.

Now, it seems they promised this feature, didn't deliver,and lets be frank, this happens i'm afraid, and it isn't nessissarly a LIE per say, just a promise they couldn't keep in the time frame alotted. And lets be honest, I've promised people things, then couldn't deliver, for a veriaty of reason, some of which were *completely* out of my control. I'd assume we all have. That isn't to say they shouldn't make up for it... which they seem to be... I wouldn't nessisserly be happy about the situation, but if it was a good game, i'd prolly still by it. *shrug*

And that begs the question, since i don't own Crysis 2 yet, besides this insident, how's the game compaired to the first, in a game play since? (honest question, on the fence about getting it or not, would like a gameplay assemement, ignoring THIS issues as it isn't relevent to me personally.)

 

[warfjm]

Wow, so many trolls in here.

If anybody was even remotely following the development of Crysis 2, they would have known that Crysis 2 was going to be shipped without DX11 and later patched in. This was well known a few months before the game was released in the Crysis fan community.

I can't believe so many PC gamers in here are butt hurt over a late DX11 patch. At least Crytek kept to their promise regarding DX11. A lot of developers don't even do that.

 

[Kingsnake661]

Everyone makes promises they cant keep, but consider this: you promise a friend to help him carry a view things to his new house. A week before, you get a call from your dentist and know 100% you cant delay the dentists appointment, so you cant help your friend. Then your friend calls you and asks you if you will make it.

Do you

a)Lie and say "Yes, I will make it" and then just not show up and go to the dentist or

b)Say that youre sorry but you wont make it, but will be sure to help him later.

Like I said, I refuse to believe Crytek thought DX11 and modkits would make it into the game on release 3 weeks before the big day.

Agreed. You have to be upfrount about it. I personally am a stickler about honesty, and it gets me at odds with my boss from time to time, because he'll promise the moon to our customers, and we just CAN'T deliver. (and he's not.. lieing to them for the sake of lieing.. he's just clueless about the reality of getting the work DONE.) When they ask me and I tell them the truth... eh, that's why i'm not in customer service... LOL, they don't like hearing, "that's IMPOSSIBLE..."

>.>

And yeah, i wasn't around when they were making these claims, so i really don't have a "feel" on the situation.(did they lie, or were they just REALLY REALLY over optimistac, like my boss can be.)

Reguardless, thanks for the rundown on crysis two. I'll prolly wait for a steam sale. The first game was fun, but didn't blow me totally away. The second looks like it has potentual, but, i'm not chumping at the bit for it. heh

 

[OldNewNewOld]

What's the point of shipping it now when everyone who wanted to play it, already finished the game and realized what crap it is? No on would even dare to play Crysis 2 a second time when he/she could play Crysis 1 and actually enjoy it.

Crytek lost my respect with Crysis 2.
I still enjoy me Crysis 1 and HATE Crytek for butchering such good game into this....
I mean seriously, from a HUGE OPEN world to a tiny badly designed world, from great controls to awful controls, from a great PC game to a console trash. Don't get me wrong, I like consoles, but seriously, why the hell make a game which needs many buttons to work correctly on a console? To kill the game?
Some games are simply not meant to be on consoles. Those are RTS and many FPS games which were, unfortunately ruined by making them console games.

Well, great work developers. You did a great job again.

 

[Tigurus]

Nice...so...will they actually make a patch that makes the game playable?!

I see patch 1.9 there. So Maybe I try to play it again then, but I still don't think much of it.
Grapics might be good but I rather play a good and ugly game (I know Crysis 2 isn't ugly, but it is the thought) than a gorgeous and broken game.

 

[HellenicWarrior]

I see this happening with Skyrim as well... Considering it's being ported and developed primarily for the console market.