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A study in fanboyism: Crytek calls out IGN | Warp Zoned

Warp Zoned writes:

"I can't say I'm surprised by IGN. After all, this is a site that has its top editors cranking out articles about how Xbox 360 exclusives in one year are better than PS3 exclusives in another year. However, this time they may have bitten off more than they can chew."

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ultimate-remag4813d ago ShowReplies(2)
kevnb4813d ago

wow, this guy just wont shut up now.

DatNJDom814812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

Hey crytek dude is speaking the truth about ign though. I give him props for that. I haven't played the demo so I really can't comment on the Crysis 2. But from all the venting I see here, it looks like we PS3 owners get the shaft again. But my question is this....... Why are PS3 owners mad that this game is flawed? With so many exclusive down the pipeline who gives a fuck about a gimped multiplat? Guys its not that serious. If your not happy with Crysis 2 don't buy it. Simple. Killzone 3 still is the best shooter out in my opinion. Just let the bots cling onto yet another multiplat and claim that "the PS3 suxorz! It can't do multiplats. We winzzz" bullshit. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for uncharted 1 gfx on 360 though. Anyone?

strifeblade4812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

uhh you obviously dont know graphics when u say 360 cant do uncharted 1 graphics.BTW uncharted 2 is overhyped in the graphics department if u ask me.

as a multi plat owner of all 3 consoles i have always noticed multi plat ps3 games flawed, although it occurs less now.

im not a 360 fanboy but it is my preffered console for my reasons, however mgs4 is my fave game eva.

Still gettin crysis 2 on 360, the game looks good and if u only have ps3, it doesnt mean u should pass it up if its the inferior version.
ull miss out on a lotta good games goin by that logic.

Remember ps2 was technically the worst of 3 consoles in terms of graphics but that dont stop ppl from playing multi plats back then, and ps2 had most exclusives too

yakuzakazuya4812d ago

@ strifeblade

As a multiconsole owner, I have not found a single 360 game, multiplat or exclusive that looks as good as the first Uncharted. Even the newest Unreal Engine game Bulletstorm looks dated compared to Uncherted: DF.

Vherostar4812d ago

"I’ve gone on the record saying that if you stick PS3 and 360 side by side I would challenge anyone to find any meaningful difference. I don’t see it at all."

As is the most with 90% of multiplatforms the difference is always so minor you couldn't tell just by playing it but these sites HAVE to have a winner and picks one for minor reasons like better colours or whatever. It's all a joke and only a couple of games like FF13 have massive differences.

D3athc3ll4812d ago

@ Strifeblade

You obviously haven't played Uncharted 2, and if you have played it, ur just blind!! Or dumb!!

only 360 game that might beat Uncharted 1 could be Gears of War 3 with the new unreal engine crap!

Then again, Uncharted 3 is coming! 360 loose!

I has a friend = engrish

MysticStrummer4812d ago

@strifeblade - Uhhh you obviously need new glasses if you think anything on 360 matches UC1, much less UC2. Maybe you mean you prefer the art design of some 360 games...? As for PS2 having the most exclusives, that was before MS convinced their minions that exclusives don't matter, regardless of the fact that exclusives have always been the measuring stick by which consoles are judged.

ShadowJetX4812d ago

The reason why the PS3 fans are so angry is because of how hyped up this game was. At one point they said the PS3 version would run better then the 360.

Now I haven't played the demo, and nor do I plan to, so I can't come up with a opinion, but according to majority of complaints, the PS3 got the shaft again when it came to a multiplat release.

lil Titan4812d ago

PS3 is shit when it comes to multiplat games, but it not the PS3 fault but these lazy developers. i was looking forward to crysis 2 since they said them selfs that they would take full advantage of the PS3 and 360 hardware. last time i listen to a developer thats bringing out an multiplat game. im expecting the worst for now on when it comes to multiplat. enjoy PC and 360 players PS3 does own the best exclusive title though. hope rage and Brink makes my comment obsolete

zero_cool4812d ago

he still lied about his claims about his game from start.First he said crysis 2 was hitting cling of both the consoles then he said the PS3 was running crysis 2 at a top level & identical to the pc version & even went as far to say his game is running better then any other game running on PS3's hardware then afterwards said the 360 & PS3 versions were running crysis 2 on the same level & the pc was running crysis 2 on a much higher level then consoles were so this guy has changed his claims around more times then i care to remember & was differently full of himself to think he could outdo the other developers on PS3 because that was utter bullshit.

ThatIrishGamer4812d ago

The 360 version is so dumbed down that the HUD doesn't move on screen. . .it's just stuck in place. On PC and PS3 the HUD moves to add to the immersiveness of wearing the suit.

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Inside_out4812d ago

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Looks great on PS3...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

I have no idea why the PS3 reviewers want to cry. It looks gorgeous and the level of detail in this map alone sinks other PS3 games.

xAlmostPro4812d ago

It looks good although only the enviroment..

If you also listen to the video he says ps3 version suffers from frame rate issues..

It does look nice on the front of things and has nice lighting.. but there's never anything happening, no effects or particles or anything that make it immersive :/ the demo's alright though and it's not AS bad as it's being made out, although crytek did hype it to much

RumbleFish4812d ago

Honestly: how dumb do they think we are? Or blind?

I don't care if there's a difference between the versions. The game looks terrible on PS3.

They just want to sell their crappy game and lie to consumers.

Vherostar4812d ago

Looks terrible on ps3?? Then must with 360 as the difference is so negligible the average person without testing equipment couldn't tell the difference so SHOO fanboy SHOO.

RumbleFish4812d ago

Yeah you're right, I am a fan of Playstation. So what? I said I don't care if there's a difference between versions. The only thing I care about is my experience with the demo.
The demo looks terrible on PS3. It may look terrible on 360 too, but I don't care cause I don't own a 360.
Neither do I want the game to look better or worse on any console. I just want good products and Crytec don't deliver that.
Crytec are trying to sell a really bad product and they lie to us consumers.
It's them to blame!

PotatoClock4812d ago

"Neither do I want the game to look better or worse on any console. I just want good products and Crytec don't deliver that."

I'm sorry, but when does graphics make a good or bad game? Are you too dumb to realise that consoles have graphical limits?

Just because a game doesn't look as good as you thought, its suddently a "bad" game?

If you want a fantastic looking multiplat then buy a fucken PC instead of whining about a graphicaly inferior version on a console.
What the hell did you expect?

RumbleFish4812d ago

I expected something better than this. The first Crysis was well known for it's graphical strength. Crytec said they would make use of every platforms' strengths.
Judging by the demo I find they did not do what they promised.
I find the demo bad and I find graphic is an important part of the quality of a game. Graphic is not everything but it still is important to me, because what I see and what I hear are the informations the game can give me. Controls are the third important part of a game because it's my input to play. Gameplay is the fourth part. For me all four parts heve to be polished and refined. That is how i define quality. This is my opinion.
With this demo Crytec gave me enough information not to buy thier product.
I am not dumb and I don't whine and I don't think that I insulted you so I would appreciate it if you do not insult me. This is a place for opinions and if it bothers you how I find the game, I'm sorry you have to deal with it.

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finbars754812d ago

Crytek is going to be called out after there game has flopped.Do they relize they bit off more then they could chew.They truned there backs on the pc world,they give consoles a broken half ass sub hd game that was suppose to blow our minds visiually.All in all good job on making an ass of yourself Crytek.See you on the other side.

Moragami4812d ago

Both consoles suck, and so do their cheerleaders, get a clue people, nobody wants to hear you justify your choice of platform. Especially when the differences are so negligible.

PC forever.

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BeaArthur4813d ago

Every site has fanboys and every small site tries at sometime or another to call out one of the big ones in order to get noticed. Same sh!t different day.

Lamarthedancer4813d ago

I wonder if IGN will respond...

BeaArthur4813d ago

Why bother? If they address this then they will just be giving them exactly what they want...more traffic.

BubbleSniper4813d ago

Crytek on damage control!

cant wait to see where PC ver. stand in all of this.

my friends on Steam say it will be dumbed down and lost faith

in Crytek.

not gonna call judgement on Crysis PC jus yet... and it baffle me how DX11 may not be ready for PC launch... this game irritating and have not even played yet.

didn't bother to touch leaked, unfinished PC build, fyi

Shackdaddy8364813d ago (Edited 4813d ago )

Dx11 isn't ready for Shogun 2 on release either. And thats a PC exclusive...

P.S. If you did touch the leaked PC build and were tech-savy enough to look around the .cfg files, you would see that Crytek hasn't even shown their highest setting yet. There still is a higher up setting than "Hardcore" (I'm guessing it's "Enthusiast" or something). Although too many people are busy complaining to pay attention to that fact....

Megaton4812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

I wasn't aware that the developers behind Shogun 2 had a graphical pedigree on par with that of Crytek. People are totally justified in having high expectations for Crysis 2's graphical prowess, and are well within their right to rage over those crushed expectations and severe display of consolitis in the demo. Crytek built the reigning PC benchmark of the last 4 years. Their name is synonymous with pushing graphical boundaries. The logical assumption would be that they'd go bigger and better for the sequel. Doesn't appear to be the case. Not even close.

Shackdaddy8364812d ago

That doesn't mean its justifiable to complain about a feature that will be out in a patch THE DAY OF RELEASE. Honestly people...You guys are just annoying...

zag4812d ago

DX11 has been out ever since Win7 has been out but it's only in Win7, MS will never release it for anything else until Win8 comes out unless they do DX12.

And those "settings" are generally how tough the game is.

Crysis has baby going all the way to hardcore or real hardcore, which simply meant everything was the same as easy mode just that you didn't get told about grenades and shown where they'd land, and everyone spoke in North Korean so you didn't know what they were saying etc.

and you could be one-shotted by sniper etc.

nothing new or major there.

Shackdaddy8364812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

@zag
settings from .cfg files:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
also known as:
gamer, advanced, hardcore, ?????, PS3, xbox
Thats what I'm talking about. As you can see '4' is not known yet which will probably be enthusiast. It is also labeled in the .cfg files as "very high".

I think the difficulty will be something like
easy, normal, hard, delta

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zag4812d ago

Um DX11 is already out, it's in Windows 7.

And the only place you can use DX11 is on Windows 7, with a GFX card that also supports DX11, which is just about all of the released cards these days.

The main problem is there's been very few PC games released that make any use of DX11.

That's why you can still use vista for all the newest games and don't have to worry about upgrading to win7 or have a DX11 GFX card.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws2d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman1d 23h ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath21d 23h ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger1d 7h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai7d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga7d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole4d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville5d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens527d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_7d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville5d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM7d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka6d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_7d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long10d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0910d ago (Edited 10d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.