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Crytek: Nanosuit “Came Late” To Crysis

Crytek has revealed that the Crysis IP was not originally designed around the nanosuit.

Speaking at EA's Spring Showcase this week, Crytek's Nathan Camarillo explained that the idea of the suit, and the combat advantages it provides, “came late in the development of Crysis 1.”

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Djorgo5114d ago

Funny how it has become such a big part of the game.

I think I heard similar things about the original StarCraft story line. It never circulated so much about Kerrigan, it was a late development idea.

Dorjan5114d ago

I bet the lightsabre wasn't meant to be the focal point of StarWars either! :P

Fyzzu5114d ago

Really? That seems... kind of a fundamental part of the game. To the extent that it was the main selling point, at least. Surprising. I wonder if they previously just had the powers on, but less developed - no stealth, but you had speed, strength, and armour perpetually on?

Setting armour to a different mode was very, very clever though. It made you horrifyingly vulnerable when not using it, but using the other suit abilities required you to switch away from it.

AndyA5114d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if the original protagonist in Crysis was an extension of the guy in Far Cry.

edgeofblade5114d ago (Edited 5114d ago )

This is very telling to me... that the major gameplay mechanic that makes this game fun came so late.

I get the feeling Crysis almost flopped and they stumbled into a good idea. Otherwise, it would have just been a graphics-whore game.

Maticus5114d ago

That's quite a surprising development - I suppose it shows how things just fall together when games are being thought-up.

mdefalco255114d ago

Did anybody check out the trailer on PSN? I was pretty disapointed in the quality from a CGI trailer. I hope they still have a ton to polish yet but figured for a game that is talked like it is going to blow away KZ2 and sorts is hard to believe by the poor quality that I saw. Just curious what others thought.

AndyA5114d ago

It's not really the visuals I'm concerned about. I just hope they've managed to maintain the sense of freedom from Crysis.

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Can You Run Crysis In VR? You Can, Thanks To A New Mod

A Crysis VR mod is now available for download, allowing users to experience the first entry in the series in VR

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Rynxie401d ago (Edited 401d ago )

No one cares. The whole can it run Crysis is old, dead and stupid. It's also irrelevant, considering only less than one percent of pc owners, own a high-end PC. Second, I believe Crysis wasn't even optimized properly.

TheColbertinator401d ago

Crysis blew my mind back then and still kinda does.

bunt-custardly401d ago

Let's hope the modders can get the other Crysis games working in VR as they use the same Cryengine.

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10 Old Games With Outstanding Graphics

GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."

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ShwaaMan473d ago

Bioshock still looks fantastic, one of my all time favorites.

Yui_Suzumiya473d ago

Beyond: Two Souls on PS3 can compete with modern day graphics.

SonyStyled473d ago (Edited 473d ago )

Same as Killzone 2 and 3, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous 2, Heavy Rain, Resistance 3

jasonismoney473d ago

I wish this was entirely true, but you might want to load up Killzone 2 and Resistance 3 again.

SonyStyled473d ago

@jason I watched some gameplay videos of KZ2 and R3 on my full screen. They are on par or succeed graphically to the first person shooters mentioned in the article that also launched on the seventh generation of consoles. Try the same and see what you think

cthulhucultist472d ago

Killzone 3 was super impressive! I could not believe the graphics back then as I was regularly pausing the game to stand in awe looking at the surroundings! Resistance however did not impress me that much. Heavy rain is also another amazing graphically speaking game. It almost felt next gen

Fist4achin473d ago

I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.

SonyStyled473d ago

They did for their day. I recently played gears judgement with on the 360 and the draw distance was so blurry. The characters up close look great though

JEECE473d ago

Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.

iNcRiMiNaTi473d ago

It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good

JEECE473d ago

In terms of art style it still holds up.

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Can It Run Crysis? The Only Steam Deck Question That Matters

Digital Foundry: "When Alex Battaglia got his hands on a Steam Deck, this was inevitable, right? So can the Steam Deck really run Crysis? And if so, what type of optimised settings produce the best performance? What's the best balance of features and battery life... and what about 60fps?"

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