Hey Crytek Team, hey Community
Its RyderXF here, i just bought this game yesterday in Germany for 45€, after bringing it to my home i inserted the disc and aborted the autorun to open the DVD:
First thing-No Cryengine 3 Editor (Sandbox 3) i was really dissapointed and completly mad 'cause i saw all these videos about how great it is and then it isnt there, i instantly throw the DVD out of my PC back into the box (yeah i do this with one throw cause im awsome) and started to google about it and i found out that it comes somewhere around the summertime, maybe because of the leaked beta or somethin(if so i have only one thing to say, you give the piraters more than the guys who actually buy the game by taking somethin out so pirating gets something positive, if you didnt leaved it out because of that than forget that).

Enough from the Editor.

I bought the Limited edition cause i dont wanted to start completly over after leveling in the demo.
So i installed the game, started it, configured a little bit and started the singleplayer just to exit it cause it seemed my PC only works with the middle graphic config what brings me to the next Topic of my documentation.

The graphics:
First off i really dont like the Graphic settings cause the way you "configure" the graphics are not how i define "configure". There are only 3 presets, good-really good, extreme.....i want to change the anti-aliasing, the antistrophic filters and so on. so that gives a minus in the Configuration aspect.

Okay, now i wanna talk about the ingame graphics how they look etc. but i dont thing i know any english word that would describe those graphics. Even on low settings it looks like the highest on Crysis 1. I felt like my eyes getting crushed into my head and squashing my BRAIN OUT OF MY F**** HEAD! when i saw the graphics (and remember i only play on middle config). there is really nothing to say more.

So lets get to the Gameplay(much more important than graphics for me):
I think you really did improvements there, the way you change the nanosuit modes is very quick i also like how some modes are built into actions(like running or holding meele attack(jumping)). I can react much faster than in Crysis 1, also the Visor has been improved very well, scanning for objects, marking them and stealthing your way through is just what i like about crysis cause i was always the stealthy kind of guy.

Now i want to talk about the (for me the most important(even more than graphics)) STORY:
WARNING!!!! MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!
So the Story is well made, epic cutscenes and very dramatic moments. I really felt like i got a relationship with the nanosuit as it comes out that i wouldnt life without it and that its repairing my body by fusing with it. I also like the new aliens and what happens is always logic. The C.E.L.L. as a private army also feels logic and isnt placed wrong in this scenario in my opinion.
But there are some con's i have to give. At the beginning the Story progresses REALLY slow as i have to walk 3 chapters to Nathan Gould just to hear him saying that he left his laboratory to walk to his house on the other side of the street and forget his dumb computer. But after that its fine.
SPOILER END!

Now to the Multiplayer:
General Problems:
I first had to give my cd-key in again wich confused me because i did when i installed the game. After that i saw a button which close the game and opens a website where i can register my limited edition. i clicked on it and on the webside there was a message that told me to register. After i registered myself i got asked to set my system specs and my profile things. I did but after that i forgot why i even went to this side and started the game again, pressed on the multiplayer and...what the hell?-CD-Key? but i already ga...GIVE ME YOUR CD KEY!!!! ok..ok...so i verified the game the 3th time. in the mpmenu i remembered to go on this side, i got to the side again and registered it without problems. then i started the game again, clicked on multiplayer and...
CD-KEY PLEASE!!! This game has a dementia! so i verified the game for the 4th time. After that a message got bumped on my screen that i got several extras caused by the limited edition. Fine i thought. i setted up everything choosed my mystery dogtags and created a class. After that i searched for a game to play. I found one and started.After playing some minutes in the multiplayer, i got thrown out cause i lost the connection(i tried it several times again and it always happens) but as you can see from my signature i dont have a bad connection so i suggest it is a bug? well after that i was in the Welcome Menu, i clicked on the MP and guess what? PLEASE VERIFY YOUR CD-KEY. that was the moment i sweared to god i never ever press the Multiplayer button in this game for my whole life.(what i didnt done after this till now)

Gameplay in Multiplayer:
However the few minutes ingame where perfect, its all lagg free, the weapons, controls and nanosuit react as fast as in the singleplayer so nothing to be mad about here.

We are near the end with our last category:Unsorted Bugs:
1.When going from the singleplayer menu to the multiplayer menu the music from the menu before wont stop so i have 3-100 background musics playing the same time -.- thats really annoying.
2.The C.E.L.L. AI is perfect but the aliens often stuck at a corner or loose me because im hiding behind a glass.

Okay we're at the End where i make some kind of rating(+=pro -=con O=somethin in the middle):
Graphics(+)
Gameplay(+)
Story(O)
Multiplayer(-) (sorry but its too bugged i cant play it for 5 minutes)
CryEngine 3 Sanbox 3(-) (not even existing so all those videos on youtube are evil lies until there is a editor)


Now to my Personal overall rating in %:
The game is awsome and ingame are nearly no bugs but some features are too buggy to use or even not integrated. However it gets 68% out of 100% because i can nearly dont play online and a whole feature is not integrated, sorry.

Ok that was my little Feedback thingi, @Crytek:I hope it helps you, i will update this and make kind of a list with date's if it improves after patches.
@Community:Do you think that what i said is what you think? is there anything you are thinking different about or do you want to add something? please answer the Poll as a feedback for me(you can tick up to 3 things) and write if you want to add something or you feel like there is something wrong, thanks!

Okay, thats it thanks for reading this and i hope to see you commenting this post!
-RyderXF

I read your whole post at 3 am. God, am I proud!

So, little comments here:
- The graphics arent really better in Crysis 2 on middle than Crysis 1 on full. Much complaints about the graphics here. (which I dont understand). Its not that the graphics are really that good as you described it, but also not as bad as these stupid graphic enthusiasts describe it.
- Why did you gave the story an 0 ? You described it as so good and than negative in the end?^^
- Sandbox will be released sometime, I heard
(- The mp isnt really that good. You just havent played enough to recognize)
- Agrees: Graphic-settings could be improved, great story with the nanosuit in the center, I can imagine how it would svck not be able to play online after youve bought it, music in menu is totally annoying and loud with 3 soundtracks playing at the same time (bug),story starts lame

EDIT: I really enjoy reading an honest review after all these flamers around here.

thanks for your opinion and i have to agree, this forum is spammed by those graphic nazi's

I read the whole thing too and I agree for the most part. I have yet to play online yet because I just want to wait for patch 1.2. As for single player, I am surprised that you did not notice the lack of a final boss . I mean, who could forget those swagtastic (lol) bosses and minibosses from crysis and crysis warhead. Another thing that bothered me about the story was the lack of vehicle battles. (Tank level from crysis anyone?). That being said, I still did like the story mode, the graphics, physics and especially the varied enemy types were great.

i have to agree with you about the vehicle battles but i didnt feel'd like a massive tank battle would fit into the setting as there are so wide and flat territorys as in Crysis 1. And i always saw those pingers as some kind of mini bosses as they arent easy to kill on hard mode

Anyways, thanks for your reply

aliens loosing you when you hide behind glass? you should be blessed.

when i play SP on posthuman (which isn't all that more difficult, everybody just aims better), the aliens always find me when i hide. in fact, when i hid behind a piece of metal, i heard a nearby human say "huh?" even though i was cloaked. everybody always finds me. in fact, the alien Pinger -once it has spotted me uncloaked- will fire on me even when i'm cloaked. the only way to survive is to hide, cloak, and run away from it as running left or right results in death.


the SP is quite good. good story. love the "dead man walking" concept.

my main problems are:

-obvious scripting in some cases. like the nanocradle level. i arrive at the building, kill everyone in sight, jump down, check the map for people. it's empty. walk across the bridge and i'm greeted by a dozen men, two grenades and a rocket.

what?

-the level where you have to examine the pods. i continue along the road, go left. reach a checkpoint. everyone is dead (even though it's posthuman difficulty). guess what. i'm shot in the back. now i reach the checkpoint and immediately armor up and turn around. someone literally spawns out of thin air.

seriously. there are DOZENS of doors i can't open. surely the marines can spawn by opening some door and running into the level?!


-i prefer to fight the aliens over the CELL. huh? aren't the aliens more badass?

no. the Aliens are damn easy to kill. the runners and basic soldiers are killed by a headshot and a jellyshot (yea it exists). (BTW there is a dfiference. the Runners are fast, stay on the move and hunker. the soldiers walk up straight. Runners go melee on you. soldiers shoot. aside form that, little difference).

the commanders (the guys who can armor up) are quite powerful, requiring several headshots, shooting from a distance and meleeing from closeby. the Commanders are the hardest to kill by far. well aside from Pingers.

the Devastators, are they hard to kill? you must be joking. they're slow. they turn slow. damn powerful melee, but really you just open up on then with a DSG or an autoshotgun and they're down pretty fast. also gauss guns or Mikes work just fine.

the Pingers are easy to kill with an HMG but require some patience and cunning. but once it's in the right spot and you have the HMG, it's down fast.


no, humans are hard to kill. they jump to cover without much provocation, they immediately call in help. they toss grenades, spray, hide behind walls and just fire blindly. they react better to your cloaking. and they use better weapons.


i hate fighting the CELL. but once you fight the aliens, you get all of C2's sweet weapons to kick Alien ass with. never fight an alien without a shotgun and a DSG, or once you can, with a Gauss and a Mike. and the occasional HMG.

because those are the sweet mother of alien ownage. the DSG or the Gauss. a shotgun (doesn't really matter, but the single action can get a silencer so you can kill aliens while cloaked) or a Mike.


against the Cell, you have to do with a few guns. once you fight the aliens, there are copious amounts of ammo caches, and heavy weapons.

i went into PostHuman mode, expecting half the weapons and ammo and expecting twice the aliens and humans. what did i get? well occasionally there is an extra Devastator Spawn. you have equal weapons and equal ammo and equal enemies.

Posthuman only makes everyone shoot with higher accuracy. you know what's more difficult than Posthuman? Multiplayer.

Well I havent played posthuman yet, I'm playing each difficulty in ascending order (PLAYING not speedrunning) and I just beat the second difficulty. I think I might stop single player now and wait for dx11 to play the upper dificulties. I dont know about the ammo part, but more enemies is definitely the way I like to go with increasing dificulty. As far as them seeing you cloaked, have you tried the suit module that makes you have no footsteps/etc.? (I havent, I just think it might help)

Thanks for your both replies, but pls stay at the topic

_---_LISTEN UP CRYTEK THERE IS A BUG WHERE AFTER EVERY MP-GAME I GET DISCONNECTED AND ALL MY STATS GET A RESET, THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, FIX IT IN THE NEXT UPDATE, TALKING ABOUT UPDATES...WHEN WILL IT COME? DONT MAKE CRYSIS 2 AS ****(Bugs after years from release) LIKE CRYSIS 1!!_---_

Moved to the General Forum.

As far as them seeing you cloaked, have you tried the suit module that makes you have no footsteps/etc.? (I havent, I just think it might help)

i approach silently. i believe i have stealth enhance equipped, but i usually turn up the volume and i can't really hear my footsteps.


it's not like they can spot me perfectly, but if i walk to an obstacle cloaked, duck, and decloak, there is usually at least some fire heading my direction without others near.


it's not that i hate it. i just noticed it and it can be annoying. especially for the Pinger since it tends to walk in my direction when i'm cloaked, looking at me, making sneaking around and hitting it in the back kinda hard.


the amount of ammo stays the same during all difficulties. the greatest atrocity IMHO is when you have a gunship and multiple Ceph Waves being dropped from pods. you have (from memory:)

about 3 Swarmers
about 7 Grendels
4 ammo crates
2 grenade crates
about 6 JAWs
4 packs of C4
and i believe some misc weapons in the form of a machinegun, two Ltags and a sniper rifle.

what kills the Ceph forces (on posthuman)
1 Swarmed used correctly is enough. you have 3. every possible weaponsconfiguration is sufficient to kill the entire force, which comes down to about killing the force 10x over.


oh and i forgot 2 HMG's.


basically the entire Ceph threat is nullified by copyous amounts of heavy weapons. Scars and Scarabs are replaced by the highly effective Grendels. DSG's by Gauss Rifles. you get Mikes (one is enough to kill the entire ceph force in an area. you can grab a Mike from Hargreave's lab, and before i fired one blast, i already found the second. by the time the Mike was half power (and i killed all aliens before i went to the Bridge), i found the next Mike. which meant i have enough Mike firepower to kill all ceph since taking the Tunguska iteration, and then i simply loose my weapons again.

not to mention the copyous amounts of weapons from the soldiers you kill.


basically, running out of ammo is impossible. when you're found by Chino, you get a majestic. run 40 meters, and you have a big gun. within a minute or two, you have your full loadout back. in the entire campaign, i left 3/4th of all JAWs and C4 in their place because i didn't use them enough. never ran out of ammo. never ran out of a proper gun. even when you get the Majestic from Chino, there are no aliens to kill so you don;t need it.


it's not that i hate it. but the only added difficulty is that the enemies are more likely to hide, aim better and call in backup much faster.

you always have so many crates of ammo that you can empty a magazine on a single Ceph and still have enough ammo to make it through the level. fighting the Cell is a wet dream since every Cell soldier drops a main weapon and a side-arm, ensuring that every kill fully replenishes your weapons

i really enjoyed reading all your posts, please continue.