Crysis - Warhead

quarryman

Review up on EG.

All good news. Also, it seems they've set the hardware requirements a little lower:

The difference here is that the game has been optimised for a lower spec machine, and a slightly sheepish Crytek have made it clear that they sounded off on the tech-melting requirements of the first game a little too loudly last year. The official specs for Warhead are:

• OS: Windows Vista / XP with SP2;
• Processor: 3.2 GHz for Vista 2.8 GHz for XP;
• Memory: 1.5 GB for Vista 1.0 GB for XP;
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista ) or greater.

To put that in context, Crytek has built a machine from online parts capable of running Warhead on the second-highest graphics settings for USD 600.

tman

Can't read EG here in work, and I won't be in a rush to after the score they gave the original Crysis...

Absolute dog's egg of a game!

Pyr0

9/10 is a big score to give alright.

It does sound like they've sorted out most of the AI problems from the orignal and up the gameplay and enjoyment a lot. Looking forward to giving it a whirl.

Azza

Don't know how you would label Crysis a dog egg of a game....wait a minute dogs don't lay eggs!

I found many many minor faults with Crysis but I did find much to enjoy and not just the graphics. Having played through it twice I can say the second play through really made me appreciate the game more.

Warhead which is getting some really good advance reviews will deffo be a day one purchase for me.

Stev_o

I played 3/4 of Crysis on low settings then when i got a new graphics card i finished it on high settings. I recently went back to it for the craic and i was disappointed.

I just felt the gun mechanics didnt work well, lack of ammo for the only decent gun is frustrating and dew to the fact that enemies need to be shot around 30 times just gets on your nerves. Its frustrating that if you plan a ambush and execute it you'll have to run away or stealth to reload etc.

I tried to play as much as i could in a kind of stealth theme but thats near impossible dew to the enemies having so much health and the guns having a bigger sway then Armed Assault! I would of loved a combat it would have made things alot easier in situations and added alot to the overall experience.


In the end the you usually end up with the whole clock /shotgun/run away/cloak/shotgun OR stealth into a area set up camp in one of the Command hubs get everyones attention and camp while every single NK runs into your position not knowing whats going on and just being plain dumb.

Sephiroth_dude

those specs look very similiar to the original,bar the graphics card raquirements.

Sephiroth_dude

is this a standalone or do you require the oringinal?

Zeouterlimits

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

is this a standalone or do you require the oringinal?

Standalone. Must look and see if they're doing a demo for Warhead, see how it runs on my machine.

Stephen

I think its a bit retarded that they keep quoting CPU requirements in GHz, since different architectures will give different performance levels at the same clock speed. Is that 3.2GHz in a crappy old pentium 4, or 3.2ghz in a spanky new Core 2/Phenom?

Branoic

I only got a new rig there last month and crysis was the first game I bought for it, and I thought it was awesome. I found no issues at all with the weapons or the enemy health. I used the assault rifle the Koreans drop, the F701 or whatever it was called, for the whole game, with the medium scope and silencer attachments. I tried the shotgun once or twice but that was it. The Korean rifle was a damn fine substitute for the ammo-deprived scar. Cloak + silencer + head shots = one shot kills and very satisfying ambushes. Even if I missed the headshot I found a single burst to the chest was enough to take them down.

Warhead will be an insta-buy for me.

Review up on ign, looks great. Also i see you can preorder on Steam now aswell.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/909/909584p1.html

Krieg

Loved the original, my only complaint was when you

enter the alien ship, it was great first time around but anytime I replayed the game, I would only play up to the point where you kill that Korean general. The I just said "meh", can't be arsed going through all that floating

I will definitely be getting warhead. Although Im wondering how much it will retail in Ireland. I wouldn't be surprised if a number of shops throw full price on it

L31mr0d

I actually liked the original a lot, my main gripe was that it felt like a game that ended in the middle. For the amount of hype it generated I don't think it was possible that it could of lived up to peoples expectations. You see the same happening now with spore.

Also a lot of people felt had by the claims it was going to be sandbox like Farcry, which it really wasn't. Farcry let you go wherever you wanted, whereas Crysis just made the linear path forward a lot wider.

PogMoThoin

Likewise, I really enjoyed Crysis until it got to the alien ship shíte, finished it anyway but didn't really enjoy from that part onwards. I'm hoping this ones as good as the first half of the original. I buy very few games, but this one I'm buying for the reason that Crytek are one of the few pc only developers out there and I'm hoping they stay pc only, I'm sick of console ports.

tman

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Likewise, I really enjoyed Crysis until it got to the alien ship shíte, finished it anyway but didn't really enjoy from that part onwards. I'm hoping this ones as good as the first half of the original. I buy very few games, but this one I'm buying for the reason that Crytek are one of the few pc only developers out there and I'm hoping they stay pc only, I'm sick of console ports.

They're with EA, so I'd say any console ports will be farmed off to another team ala the PS3 version of the Orange Box...
In hindsight, I did kind of enjoy Crysis up until the alien ship (at least it wasn't a total dog egg up until that point)
Got to the last boss and couldn't even be bothered beating it, the last few hours of the game provided absolutely NO enjoyment for me...

Might grab this anyway for the same reasons as yourself, sure it's only €21 on play anyway:P

Ross_Mahon

You have to have a good machine to enjoy Crysis, I don't mean high spec, Just enough that you can actually play the game smoothly, Its going to be great seeing from Psychos part of the story.

Zeouterlimits

Downloaded the Crysis demo {there won't be one for Warhead until post launch, if at all}.
It ran well enough, most details at medium, so it looked 'fine' (pop-in is terrible though).
Gameplay wise I wasn't blown away, kind of bored by it and the characters/writing/plot didn't help either.. I enjoyed the vehicle combat, reminded me of Far Cry (obviously). Didn't like how the weapons handled actually. Really stuck in my mind as floaty and detached. *shrugs*

Depending on how much Warhead is I might give a whirl, but colour me un-impressed.

pixelburp

Crysis?

Gorgeous engine. Mediocre game.

Pete4779

Krieg wrote: »

Loved the original, my only complaint was when you

enter the alien ship, it was great first time around but anytime I replayed the game, I would only play up to the point where you kill that Korean general. The I just said "meh", can't be arsed going through all that floating

I will definitely be getting warhead. Although Im wondering how much it will retail in Ireland. I wouldn't be surprised if a number of shops throw full price on it

I agree with your comment in the Spoiler. It's on Steam for US$29.99, so around €24ish? Quite a great price for that, but I will wait until the DRM reports come in before purchasing.

tman

Pete4779 wrote: »

I agree with your comment in the Spoiler. It's on Steam for US$29.99, so around €24ish? Quite a great price for that, but I will wait until the DRM reports come in before purchasing.

As I mentioned above, €21 on play.com
I'm all for steam, but not if you can get a boxed copy of the game cheaper (works out at €25.61 including vat on steam)

uberpixie

tman wrote: »

As I mentioned above, €21 on play.com
I'm all for steam, but not if you can get a boxed copy of the game cheaper (works out at €25.61 including vat on steam)

It is released a day earlier on steam: 18th of september for worldwide steam release.

Play won't be releasing it until a day later and you still are waiting a few days for it to come in the post....

So if you are an impatient git: a couple of quid extra for the steam version is worth it :-)

Maximilian

I wasn't expecting much from this if I'm honest but I just read a review that says:

Warhead honestly is the finest burst of action gaming released so far this year,

Apparently they made a short (5 hrs but budget price) brilliant game that fixes a lot of the criticisms people had about Crysis.

Review is here. I think I might pick this up when it's released.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

didn't halo3 get similar reviews?

tman

MistressMord wrote: »

didn't halo3 get similar reviews?

And the original Crysis...
There's already another thread about it on this page btw

Maximilian

had a look but couldn't see it. Anyway.

monument

merged

kearneybobs

Does anyone know when it is being released in Ireland? Nowhere seems to have a firm release date. Gamestop say its the 26th of Sep. Internet says its the 19th. Some retailers are even saying its october.
Any clues?

Spear

briankearon666 wrote: »

Does anyone know when it is being released in Ireland? Nowhere seems to have a firm release date. Gamestop say its the 26th of Sep. Internet says its the 19th. Some retailers are even saying its october.
Any clues?

It's hit the torrents already, so tomorrow or next week seem most likely.

Azza

I see this uses a DRM system similar to Spore where it has a limited number of activations. The current number of activations is unknown though, should be announced today.

M5

Stev_o wrote: »

I played 3/4 of Crysis on low settings then when i got a new graphics card i finished it on high settings. I recently went back to it for the craic and i was disappointed.

I just felt the gun mechanics didnt work well, lack of ammo for the only decent gun is frustrating and dew to the fact that enemies need to be shot around 30 times just gets on your nerves. Its frustrating that if you plan a ambush and execute it you'll have to run away or stealth to reload etc.

I tried to play as much as i could in a kind of stealth theme but thats near impossible dew to the enemies having so much health and the guns having a bigger sway then Armed Assault! I would of loved a combat it would have made things alot easier in situations and added alot to the overall experience.


In the end the you usually end up with the whole clock /shotgun/run away/cloak/shotgun OR stealth into a area set up camp in one of the Command hubs get everyones attention and camp while every single NK runs into your position not knowing whats going on and just being plain dumb.

Found i had to shoot enemys 30/40 times myslef, driving me mad, point blank head shots having no effect :mad: My housmate had no such problems on an SLI machine. My machine is a qx9650 and a x1950, not really that shabby but when i dropped the res from1680x1050 to 1200x800 (i think) it ran fine!

Pete4779

Got this from Steam last night - it was released at 2am. Includes Crysis Wars which I didn't know.