EA: Crysis 2 Will Be a "Halo Killer"

[Rooster Cogburn]

"...we were trying to craft a Halo-killer, you know a product that would squarely go after what Bungie built with our partners at Crytek. So the Crysis 2 product is spectacular, very high-end, and is going to be a multi-year franchise," said Gibeau.

Wait, what? This is worse than I thought.

This is one more degree of stupid above merely announcing their game is a Halo-killer. He's claiming their game was designed to be a Halo-killer. Should we infer that this game has no heart or dash of its own and no real reason to exist?

Developers get my interest by showing genuine appreciate for their craft and their product. You know, by saying stuff like "it was an honor to work on something this cool. You're gonna love it." Not by bragging about how many hookers they'll be able to hire. Why should I give a shit about his aspirations to beat Halo?

 

[Bernard Perlas]

No need to kill something that is already dead.

 

[fanklok]

"OMG WHY IS THERE A 2 AFTER IT'S NAME?! THERE WASN'T A FIRST LOLOLOLOL"

You know that's what's going to happen.

If I ever make a game series I'm going to start it at number 3 and act like nothing is weird about that.

 

[Caliostro]

God... Haven't they learned anything yet? Games designed to dethrone other games NEVER DO. The games that dethrone other games are always titles by their own merit, which are just better.

If you focus on "killing" another title all you'll end up doing is a knock off. It can be a very good knock off, but it's still a knock off.

That said, and given all the info I've gotten so far on Crysis 2, this seems more like an uninformed comment from someone who just wanted to comment something rather than a reflection of Crytek's motivations. Time will tell though.

Wait...this is stupid. Halo-killer? CoD4 did that. We need a "CoD" killer.

If you go by sales alone, MW2 beat CoD4, and I don't expect anything short of heroine to outsell MW2. If you go by quality, BC2 murdered both then stomped on MW2's corpse and took a long whiz on it for good measure.

 

[Caliostro]

If I ever make a game series I'm going to start it at number 3 and act like nothing is weird about that.

There's worst... To quote Yahtzee "The Resident Evil school of sequel numbering", or Final Fantasy, or GTA, in which 50 titles roughly equate whatever the fuck you feel like that day.

 

[chvor]

Don't know about the engine and the gameplay but Crysis 2's story is written by Richard Morgan which is the only reason I'm going to buy it...

 

[UtopiaV1]

I think of all the games Crysis 2 is going to kill, it'll be the Crysis series...

Seriously? New York? Wow, that's new. And tropical. Just what I'd want AND expect from a game using the CryEngine, the flora and fauna and the Big Apple.

Jesus, you've already had several REAL attacks on your beloved city, why fabricate more?

 

[CosmicCommander]

What is it with these forums and the unrelenting hatred of Halo?

Are you all just pretentious, or did I miss some sort of massive flaw?

 

[ssgt splatter]

Well best of luck to them.

I don't know what it is but I'm getting bored with the CoD series. I'm on the look out for the next big MP. I might have to break my cardinal rule and play a game that is more extra-terrestrial, laser-beam/plasma grenade based weapons, like Halo.

I think I'll rent Halo REACH and give it a good honest try. It'll be the very first HALO game I ever played so to all you HALO masters out there, the ones who can pull of a no-scope headshot from across the map, if you want an easy kill every 3.25 seconds look for the gamertag: "Manic Laughter."

 

[Ninjaghostdog]

What is it with these forums and the unrelenting hatred of Halo?

Are you all just pretentious, or did I miss some sort of massive flaw?

The first one probably. I'm puzzled if halo sucked so much why does everyone call their games HALO KILLERS. I know why because halo was actually epic and other developers can think of a original idea but to make a war game.

 

[Chris^^]

I dunno... Reach feels like a form of CoD when I play it, so it might pander to a lot more people than just Halo fanboys...

Crysis 2 sounds bloody good though.. a lot better than Reach is looking..

 

[Starke]

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.

Wouldn't that be a CoD suicide? ...or something? Oh god, the cyclical nature, my head meats are dying...

 

[Danpascooch]

The only reason CoD beat Halo is because the latest big multiplayer halo game (Halo 3) was already years old when it came out.

If they were released side by side, Halo 3 would have smoked them, and I'm sure when Reach comes out it will take back the throne.

Crysis 2 will become the new top multiplayer shooter? Give me a break.

 

[Armored Prayer]

Wait...this is stupid. Halo-killer? CoD4 did that. We need a "CoD" killer.

If you go by sales alone, MW2 beat CoD4, and I don't expect anything short of heroine to outsell MW2. If you go by quality, BC2 murdered both then stomped on MW2's corpse and took a long whiz on it for good measure.

Actually I've got the same negative reaction to BC2. From my view while the gameplay is better, its attitude of insulting on MW2 and then laughing at it really pissed me off.

To me BC2 is the same thing as Crysis 2. Its way too focused in beating another game and it makes itself look like a total dick.

 

[Ninjaghostdog]

Well best of luck to them.

I don't know what it is but I'm getting bored with the CoD series. I'm on the look out for the next big MP. I might have to break my cardinal rule and play a game that is more extra-terrestrial, laser-beam/plasma grenade based weapons, like Halo.

I think I'll rent Halo REACH and give it a good honest try. It'll be the very first HALO game I ever played so to all you HALO masters out there, the ones who can pull of a no-scope headshot from across the map, if you want an easy kill ever 3.25 seconds look for the gamertag: "Manic Laughter."

Unlike other games you will be pitched with people of your skill, not psycho top levelers like on cod.

 

[Agrosmurf]

I don't really care about Halo's sales figures, it's been killed long ago. (game play, graphic, and AI wise.)