CRYSIS Beta any thoughts those that played it?

What does everyone think thats played it? Did it run well on your setups? I thought i might have issues but it played fine on mine at 1920 x 1200 high settings Win Xp. Wonder if the Direct x 10 version is that much different other than more things being destructable. I think this is one game that single player will be more fun than mp. The graphics look great! Its still early though with 2 months to go before we all are playing it. Some tweaks are needed still. Any thoughts and how does it run and what res...

now THATs a screenshot

X2 6000+ at 3.2 ghz
EVGA SLI 590 MB
EVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB at 550/1700
2GB Gskill DDR2
XFI ExtremeGamer Sound
WD 150 GB Raptors x 2 Win Xp
Thermaltake Toughpower 750 W PS
Gateway 24" 1920 x 1200 Panel DVI-D
Zalman 9500 Cooler
Antec case 5 fans

All game settings on high..
I get about 40 fps on average prob would get better with a C2D im sure but I'm a AMD fanboy cant help it!

HOLY CRAP that is a BEAUTIFUL screenshot

heres some......

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/694/694190/imgs_1.html

oh and also, whats the gameplay like? since it is really the most important thing

can we get more screenshots because i dont want to look at the ones from ign since iv already seen them.. like some of in the water, the forests, some explosions u know the like etc

also how is the game playing is it fun lol?? is there anything you dont like about the game or anything you think is important at all?

Yes what he did is against the NDA...

There is a way to turn on fps in the beta, it requires editing a cfg file though. No doubt the game looks good, but it is yet to be optimized and a few of the high and NONE of the very high textures are even in game yet...Some people may watch this and say it's not pretty enough because THIS is not what they want the public to see and I'm sure a lot of other beta testers feel this way too.

rly, the gameplay is good!? if it is it will take a worry off my mind, after all the hype I was beginning to feel pessimistic

cafuddled: have you looked at the cpu activity during the game ? I wonder if using a quadcore really makes a difference. I used a c2d and both cores are fully used during the game.

btw, in case some of you didnt know yet you can have "very high" settings in the beta just by changing the "game" CFG file. Just put 4 instead of 3 for these:

sys_spec_GameEffects = 4
sys_spec_ObjectDetail = 3
sys_spec_Particles = 4
sys_spec_Physics = 3
sys_spec_PostProcessing = 4
sys_spec_Shading = 3
sys_spec_Shadows = 4
sys_spec_Sound = 4
sys_spec_Texture = 4
sys_spec_VolumetricEffects = 4
sys_spec_Water = 4

object details, shading and physics can't be set to very high it seems.

I played a little bit more of Crysis on the weekend, also played a fair bit of the Quake Wars demo too. After playing them both, even though Crysis is still in beta I would defiantly say it is the better game. They both work on the same grounds but Quake Wars is more like a clone of Battle Field than anything else, still good but nothing to write home about. While Crysis actually reminded me more of Command & Conquer Renegade than anything else.

But don’t get me wrong the game is not as tame as Renegade, it is much more complex and in-depth than that game could have ever have been. Like Renegade, in Crysis you can indeed buy tanks and vehicles to dominate the other team if you control the War Factory that is. You also have to buy weapons and equipment at spawn points just like you need to in Counter Strike.

The game does not stop there though, it not only delivers the best bits out of a load of different games it also adds a few extras too. For instance once you get near the end of the game and one team has control of the prototype facility as well as the power plant points you are able to drop nuclear warheads on the map. Now to say they look extremely cool would be a crime, they look much better than that. But I can’t help but think once I see one go off on the map that… they are just not destructive enough. I am sure there is some excuse made up for why they are only little mini nukes but a little more devastation would have been nice.

All in all the game is great though, and all the little bits make is one of the best multiplayer experiences I have ever had, my girl friend even caught me saying “sweet” and “**** hell” which I never do when playing games anymore.

well optimised, yet you run it on low?

Played the game some more last night, it really is much better than Battle Field is my first thought. But my second is that it still needs some work. I finally got to launch a nuke for the first time last night… I got kicked for team killing too many people I know why it is only a small (I say small but it’s not that bad) explosion now. But I will leave that up to you to all find out

But yes my final thoughts are the multiplayer is great but still needs some work to bring it up to scratch.

Hey guys any chance you could post that screenshot using something besides photobucket? I have an annoying internet filter and it won't let me view it (it doesn't like photobucket or youtube or anything like that.)
Is anyone running the beta on an HD2900XT?

SUCKS! 8-12fps avg. less than an FX5200!



j/k I have no idea, I wonder about the 2900pro myself (which is available but not available??)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C96IwbdcfJY