EA: Crysis 2 Will Be a "Halo Killer"

[jamesworkshop]

Crysis 2 is also set to be a Crysis killer by beating it's glorious predecessors to death with all the compromises it's made to work on consoles (no offense console people)

PC version will support Dx11 so they didn't compromise nothing there.

To be honest I don't know how the hell are they gonna make Crysis 2 run on consoles on Dx9 when most PC's couldn't run it with decent graphics on high end machines 2 years ago, and Xbox 360 was released like in 2005 and PS3 in 2006? They are gonna make some serious compromises for the console version. It wont matter though since PC is still the leading platform. They are just trying to squeeze more money out of console people. Fine by me, I don't like console people (and I sound like a douche right now)

Actually old machines could get a fairly respectable image quality 1280x720 30fps double-buffered

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/images/articles/12012045286jZMQmN9sX_3_2.gif

The settings are not high but at 1600x1200 thats almost double the pixels of 720p so a drop in res would make the framerates more stable or give better settings, 8800GTX was from 2007 but is running a higher res and faster frames than what the consoles will run Crysis 2 at and thats with a new cryengine to help them.

Consoles are a bit tricky on the tech side the hardware doesn't improve but you have direct low level access to the hardware but it requires very optimised code to get the power needed.

PC runs API's which sap performance but make coding easier by using the same language irrespective of which particular piece of hardware is available the API handles the tricky stuff for you.
Despite the performance loss PC hardware advances at a rate that counters the benefits of a more specialised platform (console)

Crysis 2 on the consoles cannot achieve the quality of image that todays Dx.11 cards will generate but I don't agree that it will be a comprimise because it will be the best experience that the hardware can provide.

As for PC most hardware review sites don't even bother using resolutions below 1680x1050 anymore and at its maximum 2560x1600 thats 4.4 times the pixels of a 720p image the PC is quite comfortably going to be Crysis 2 highest expression.

Consoles won't hold Crysis 2 back just like how the hardware of 2007 not being up to scratch didn't hold Crysis back

 

[Chainsaws_of_War_2]

There's a good way to market a title. By stating it will "kill" a game in an already over-saturated market of FPSs. Brilliant originality...

 

[awsome117]

Remember when companies would make games for the enjoyment of its fanbase (or soon to become fanbase)?

Yah, neither did I...

 

[The Youth Counselor]

Isn't every competent shooter a "Halo Killer?"

 

[beddo]

I don't understand the term 'Halo-killer', it's no longer relevant because Halo is no longer a competitor to them. I also doubt that Crysis will be the killer title for any given platform. Unless maybe they release it on a new Microsoft handheld or something.

 

[Kazedarkwind]

do you guys realize that the EA president said that...not Crytek, cant say he was actually involved in anything of the game, he just wanted publicity.

anyone OT, STOP SAYING OMG THIS GAME GONNA KILL THIS OLDER GAME, it doesnt matter, ever year theres more and more gamers and eventually all successful games are gonna be out purchased. just keep working on the quality of the game rather than have a lingering thought "omg this is sooo gonna beat halo"

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

I wouldn't be surprised if Crysis 2 did in fact outsell Reach, as it will be on the PS3 and PC instead of just the Xbox 360.

I agree that Halo isn't really the FPS to beat anymore (who knows, maybe Reach will change that), but I really doubt that many games (if any) will top Halo: Reach sales when it is released.

 

[Oomii]

A lot of other people said it but, CoD 4 did that. Well, kinda. CoD 4 brought a new shooter to compete with Halo, but it would be REALLY hard to kill it, there hundreds of thousands of people that play and love Halo, now way one game can kill it.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

After playing the Halo Reach beta, if the finished product is as good as the beta then Crytek don't have a snowballs chance in hell.

 

[direkiller]

Dint the original Killzone say this?

i liked Killzone but people loved halo a little to much at that time and im sure its sales dropped because Pandemic tryed selling the game like that

 

[Erniesrubberduk]

Wait...this is stupid. Halo-killer? CoD4 did that. We need a "CoD" killer. But Activision already basically did that, to most people. Personally, I like Treyarch better than I ever liked IW, so I'm still getting Black Ops.

And now IW is basically working for EA as Respawn. And Bungie with Activision.

It's a freaking flip of publishers.

I wouldnt say COD killed Halo because as far as shooters go, Halo is more for like arcadey with realistic elements shooter and COD is just a realistic shooter. And COD just enslaves people with the game like WoW and they just dont know how to stop playing the game because they've just gotten so attached to it and they need to get their next prestige while most Halo players just play it for fun with only like a small amount of players doing that stupid MLG crap.

 

[WorldCritic]

How many "Halo Killers" have there been anyway? I can think of at least five.

 

[zombiesinc]

I can see no other possible outcome - I just know someone uttered those words before this was released.

 

[Cenryk]

I think now that the COD franchise is splitting up between IW/Respawn (which made the more successful Modern Warfare series) and Activision/TreyArch (which I guess takes rights to COD
1-3 plus 5 and now whatever Black Ops is), I don't think they can say COD-killer, unless Modern Warfare 3 doesn't use COD in its name. But for now if Crysis 2 was suppose to be the MW/2 killer, that would be like a Civil War-esque statement. Personally, I really want to play Crysis 2, I just hope its not to powerful for even the PS3 to handle. I heard of the problems Crysis one had with inferior computer systems.

 

[Daipire]

Man, there've been so many 'halo-killers', that Halo should really have been killed by now...


Okay, in my mind, Shoot'em Ups, fall in to the following:
The Run 'n' Gun, which has Halo
The Tactical with team-based games as BF BC2 and more solo games like CoD
The Hybrid, Gears of War


A game will never kill the Halo we know, because:
-Halo is unique to most other shoot'em up games, most 'Halo-killers' end up in a different sub-genre
-amazingly triumphant over the little sub genre it's in.
-Halo has an awesome fanbase (in size, not accounting for quality, here)
-Halo treats it's fans awesomely (Bungie is one of the few to listen to the mob)

All those points make Halo what it is. If you're saying EA (AKA: Let's release every game, ever and hope someone gives us a lot of money) cares about it's fanbase, you've got another thing coming.

/rant.