The weird ways Crysis 2 acts

[Jonluw]

Hiya escapists.

I bought Crysis 2 the other day, and so far I'm enjoying it. I didn't really like the first hours where I fought humans. It all felt very routine. But it got better when the aliens started coming into the picture.

Anyways: I'm not here to review the game. What I want to talk about is the way the game acts.

Spoiler: Long explanation:

When I first brought the game home, after finally managing to rip off that bloody platic, slamming the disc into my 360, and wrestling with the redeem-code for my limited edition I was met by quite a strange sight: The Cryengine logo and everything played just fine, but then everything froze up and I was stuck looking at a black screen. Ater a minute or two of staring sheepishly at the screen I figured out that something was wrong, and decided that the best course of action would be to press the power-button on my box a couple of times.
So I spent the next minute tapping my fingers as I watched the xbox logo swirling around with that green shit and whatever, and once again the Crytek logo appeared on my screen. "Achieved with Cryengine three" Yeah, whatever; I'd finally reached the starting screen.
Now, I've seen starting screens before and they normally say "press start" or something of the sort. This one didn't though. It said something along the lines of "@command_press_start".
Clever as I am, I think to myself "oooh, they're going for some coding design or whatever. Fancy. I'll just press start I guess." Press start I do, and up pops a window that I recognize as one that would normally say "no storage device selected, blahblahblah". However, this one says roughly "@command_select_storage_device" and "@command_continue_without_saving" with little pictures of the A- and B-buttons in front of each option. I press the A-button out of reflex, and I get the regular window where I get to choose between saving on my harddisk or on lots of gray space. As I am about to choose my harddisk like usual the thought occurs to me "That window back there looked mighty weird... If they were going with the coding-look, those A- and B-buttons really clashed with it..."
With my massive insight I deduced that something might be wrong; so I decided to restart the xbox again. Turns out I was right in my suspicion, for a couple of minutes later - lo and behold - I was presented with a normal starting screen.

I decided not to think too much of it and I played for the rest of the afternoon without further problems. I figured it was just a one time problem.
So today it was time for playing some Crysis again. Like the day before I popped the disc into the console and asked it to play it for me. I was then presented with a fancy picture of white gravel with some stripes on it. After a few minutes of staring at that image I concluded that it had decided to not go away by itself, and restart the machine I did.
This time 'round everything went smoothly: I reached the starting screen, successfully navigated the menu, and started playing again. However, once again something seemed strange.
The first thing I noticed was that the man I had been talking to over the radio when I stopped playing last night did not sound like he was speaking over the radio now. Rather, it seemed like his disembodied vocal chords were floating right next to my ear.
I didnt' really pay much notice to this until the mystical floating ghost-voice gave me a new objective, and I recognized the form the instructions appeared in as the "@command_" form from the day before. After I had restarted my console once more, I was able to play the game without problems; but I do still not know how it'll act tomorrow.

Short explanation: Crysis 2 seems to be freezing up before I reach the starting screen, and when I do reach the starting screen I appear to be seeing the original code or some other weird stuff instead of what I'm supposed to see.

Are anyone else here on the forums experiencing this stuff?
Am I the only one who is being bothered with this?

Edit: Here are examples of funny things my copy of Crysis 2 says:
(Instead of legal info when I start the game)ui_legal_info
(at start menu) menu_press_start_to_begin

 

[Nimbus]

Sounds like you might have gotten a crappy disk. I'd take it back. Also, try updating your Xbox?

 

[Jonluw]

I found the humans near the beginning would try to shoot me through walls... it was also annoying that they could see me through walls : (

Yeah, I've been experiencing that too. With the aliens too though. I didn't notice it in the beginning, but that's probably because I hadn't bought the bullet-path tracker yet.

 

[icame]

It sounds like a faulty disc.

 

[jakko12345]

the only problem I've experienced is some off-time sound effects. Other than that it's been flawless. BLAAARRGGHH IT LOOKS SOO GODDAM PRETTY!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Only problems I've had are some noisy sound bugs and a nasty difficulty spike on the raised freeway that saw me thrown back a long way after dying with no checkpoint.

Other than that it's a really enjoyable game, and yeah it looks nice too.

 

[Jonluw]

Sounds like you might have gotten a crappy disk. I'd take it back. Also, try updating your Xbox?

It sounds like a faulty disc.

Huh...
I didn't even know that was possible. I just assumed it was something wrong with the software itself. A bug or something. Perhaps I should ask the people in the store if I can turn the disc in.

I only played it for an hour or two... it looked great, I liked the ideas with the suit, but I couldn't deal with enemies shooting at me and not having a clue as to where the hell they were! The map in the corner kinda helped, but I could hardly see them unless they were closer than 20 feet. I had the same problem in the recent CoD games, but this game seemed worse to me.

I learned that I'm just not cut out for FPS games anymore....sigh.

I never had that problem. I am very careful with scouting out the scene before the fight though.
My main problem with the game is that the initial human-fights were broken the moment I figured out I could set my ranged Scar to semi-automatic, cloak myself and take my time to headshot every single enemy.

 

[Nimbus]

Sounds like you might have gotten a crappy disk. I'd take it back. Also, try updating your Xbox?

It sounds like a faulty disc.

Huh...
I didn't even know that was possible. I just assumed it was something wrong with the software itself. A bug or something. Perhaps I should ask the people in the store if I can turn the disc in.

You don't need to ask. If the disc is borked, you get a replacement by law.

 

[Jonluw]

Sounds like you might have gotten a crappy disk. I'd take it back. Also, try updating your Xbox?

It sounds like a faulty disc.

Huh...
I didn't even know that was possible. I just assumed it was something wrong with the software itself. A bug or something. Perhaps I should ask the people in the store if I can turn the disc in.

You don't need to ask. If the disc is borked, you get a replacement by law.

Wouldn't I need some proof that the disc is ruined though?

Edit: And I'm leaving town tomorrow (going to watch the Top Gear live show in Oslo, yay), so I won't be able to turn the disc in before tuesday anyways.

 

[Nimbus]

Sounds like you might have gotten a crappy disk. I'd take it back. Also, try updating your Xbox?

It sounds like a faulty disc.

Huh...
I didn't even know that was possible. I just assumed it was something wrong with the software itself. A bug or something. Perhaps I should ask the people in the store if I can turn the disc in.

You don't need to ask. If the disc is borked, you get a replacement by law.

Wouldn't I need some proof that the disc is ruined though?

I'd say the game not playing right is proof enough...

Anyway, 99% of stores will give you a replacement, no questions asked. You have no reason to lie, since you'd just be getting the same thing.

 

[Jonluw]

Sounds like you might have gotten a crappy disk. I'd take it back. Also, try updating your Xbox?

It sounds like a faulty disc.

Huh...
I didn't even know that was possible. I just assumed it was something wrong with the software itself. A bug or something. Perhaps I should ask the people in the store if I can turn the disc in.

You don't need to ask. If the disc is borked, you get a replacement by law.

Wouldn't I need some proof that the disc is ruined though?

I'd say the game not playing right is proof enough...

Anyway, 99% of stores will give you a replacement, no questions asked. You have no reason to lie, since you'd just be getting the same thing.

I can't really prove that the game won't play right though; but I'll give it a shot.
I wouldn't really doubt that they'd give me a refund if I had bought it at a gaming-store, but I bought it from a record company, so I don't really know. And now I have to find the receipt, damn. Let's hope I didn't throw it away.
Edit: Gaah, can't find the receipt.

And since the edit on my last post came slightly late:
I'm leaving town tomorrow (going to watch the Top Gear live show in Oslo, yay), so I won't be able to turn the disc in before tuesday in any case.

 

[bobknowsall]

My main problem with the game is that the initial human-fights were broken the moment I figured out I could set my ranged Scar to semi-automatic, cloak myself and take my time to headshot every single enemy.

Not to sound dismissive, but you're doing it seriously wrong, dude. The point of Crysis' combat is to be creative. Take "soldier bowling", for instance. Won't find that in any other game.

 

[Jonluw]

My main problem with the game is that the initial human-fights were broken the moment I figured out I could set my ranged Scar to semi-automatic, cloak myself and take my time to headshot every single enemy.

Not to sound dismissive, but you're doing it seriously wrong, dude. The point of Crysis' combat is to be creative. Take "soldier bowling", for instance. Won't find that in any other game.

I don't really see that many possibilities for creativity with the combat.
I normally cloak myself and do some sniping with my Scar.
Or, if it's aliens, I'll just go running in there with armour mode and a shotgun.

I have no idea what this soldier bowling is.

Edit: Though there is some satisfaction to be had from finding a soldier who's running against a wall, and putting him out of his misery with one bullet.

 

[bobknowsall]

My main problem with the game is that the initial human-fights were broken the moment I figured out I could set my ranged Scar to semi-automatic, cloak myself and take my time to headshot every single enemy.

Not to sound dismissive, but you're doing it seriously wrong, dude. The point of Crysis' combat is to be creative. Take "soldier bowling", for instance. Won't find that in any other game.

I don't really see that many possibilities for creativity with the combat.
I normally cloak myself and do some sniping with my Scar.
Or, if it's aliens, I'll just go running in there with armour mode and a shotgun.

I have no idea what this soldier bowling is.

Edit: Though there is some satisfaction to be had from finding a soldier who's running against a wall, and putting him out of his misery with one bullet.

"Soldier bowling" is the art of using the "grab" button to use the soldiers themselves as weapons. Crysis isn't your average FPS. Its gives you the cahnce to play the Predator, so why not take advantage of it?

 

[Jonluw]

My main problem with the game is that the initial human-fights were broken the moment I figured out I could set my ranged Scar to semi-automatic, cloak myself and take my time to headshot every single enemy.

Not to sound dismissive, but you're doing it seriously wrong, dude. The point of Crysis' combat is to be creative. Take "soldier bowling", for instance. Won't find that in any other game.

I don't really see that many possibilities for creativity with the combat.
I normally cloak myself and do some sniping with my Scar.
Or, if it's aliens, I'll just go running in there with armour mode and a shotgun.

I have no idea what this soldier bowling is.

Edit: Though there is some satisfaction to be had from finding a soldier who's running against a wall, and putting him out of his misery with one bullet.

"Soldier bowling" is the art of using the "grab" button to use the soldiers themselves as weapons. Crysis isn't your average FPS. Its gives you the cahnce to play the Predator, so why not take advantage of it?

I found that the grab button made me vulnerable to attacks from other enemies, and wasn't a very effective method of disposing of them in the first place. This is particularly since it is necessary to go into close combat to do the grab-move, and then there's no way back. It's not like I can go grab all the soldiers either.

I prefer to deal with combat from a distance.

 

[bobknowsall]

I prefer to deal with combat from a distance.

Which you're saying bores you. Why not try something new, even if it's a little tricky? You can go invisible, so it's not like you need to rush headlong into close combat.

 

[Jonluw]

I prefer to deal with combat from a distance.

Which you're saying bores you. Why not try something new, even if it's a little tricky? You can go invisible, so it's not like you need to rush headlong into close combat.

That was only with humans though. And I see no other ways to deal with them. I could go up close and pummel their faces, but I'm normally so severely outnumbered that I'd be dead withing a couple of seconds.
I have to use close combat against aliens though. Not that that makes it more varied.

 

[bobknowsall]

I prefer to deal with combat from a distance.

Which you're saying bores you. Why not try something new, even if it's a little tricky? You can go invisible, so it's not like you need to rush headlong into close combat.

That was only with humans though. And I see no other ways to deal with them. I could go up close and pummel their faces, but I'm normally so severely outnumbered that I'd be dead withing a couple of seconds.
I have to use close combat against aliens though. Not that that makes it more varied.

Ah, but grabbing and immediately throwing a human in Strength mode is an instakill. No need to pummel.

 

[Jonluw]

I prefer to deal with combat from a distance.

Which you're saying bores you. Why not try something new, even if it's a little tricky? You can go invisible, so it's not like you need to rush headlong into close combat.

That was only with humans though. And I see no other ways to deal with them. I could go up close and pummel their faces, but I'm normally so severely outnumbered that I'd be dead withing a couple of seconds.
I have to use close combat against aliens though. Not that that makes it more varied.

Ah, but grabbing and immediately throwing a human in Strength mode is an instakill. No need to pummel.

Yeah, but when I have ten other people aiming at me as I grab the guy, having him die instantly isn't all that helpful. Particularly since throwing him completely drains my suit of energy.