Motion blur and bloom off? If im not mistaken and correct me if im wrong. we don't have the option to turn them off in crysis 2. We just have 'high' , 'very high' and 'extreme'.

I have been a PC Gamer since 1988 back in the days of DOS games and I have only ever seen a handful of game this bugged on launch day. And the OP is a flat out liar to say "...Games on day 1 are ALWAYS buggy." Ever play Doom, how about Doom2, how about any PC game before even half the people in the world had access to the internet. Those game were just fine. You know why? They had to be. Developers couldn't be lazy and do a half-assed job and say sorry we'll patch it in a day or two. No they didn't have that luxury so they did it right the first time. Developers have gotten in this terrible habit of releasing broken games and the saying my bad I'll fix it only to have it take days, weeks, and occasionally months to be patched to a playable state.

I remember the headaches of getting a DOS game to work with Sound Blaster clone cards, messing about with IRQ channels and Doom wad files lol.

In earlier days game companies didn't make much cash at all from PC games, a few hundred thousand at the most so they had to get it right, because you had the Sony Playstation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64 taking away a lot of revenue. But games on the PC were far more in depth and interesting. But when consoles caught up with the merits of PC gaming, developers started to tap into the market, and no one can blame them.

The thing is consoles are now the main source of revenue and gone are the days when a game was structured primarily for the PC. You don't see so many flight sims any more, or highly immersive role playing games.

But I share your thoughts about games not being so broken in the past. I used to buy a game on CD and it would seem to work perfectly. A few months later I'd see a patch on a magazine cover disk and look at the fixes the patch did, but I wouldn't be familiar with any of the issues it was supposed to fix. In general it was usually mainly multiplayer fixes. However I still recall discussions of PC developers releasing games with bugs knowing that they can always patch it later, but that was also seen as an advantage of the PC, patches and updates.

But things have changed now. There are still very enjoyable games coming out and most of them are using the relatively recent PC multiplaying technologies and also because games are primed at a more simpler experience such as that of a console we just have to realise that games are going to be much less complex than what we grew up with.

Regardless of who the developer or publisher is, next time you see a game advertised with impressive narration and wondrous trailer visuals, just think to yourself: "Yea I'll believe it when I see it!" And you won't be so disappointed

Incidentally I have been playing computer games since Pong and Space Invaders lol, and although I see CoD as an old favourite that is now deceased and pushing up the daisies, I see Crysis 2 as a new and very thrilling experience, regardless of insane level graphical demands or not. It's unfortunate that problems exist on launch day, and I don't understand the lack of graphical tweaks in a menu, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it anyway

I agree with you and your opinion on Crysis 2. Regardless of the issues, it's still very entertaining. It breaks my heart in the way that it isn't the experience that Crysis was, but comparing the two won't make me feel any better. I hope they are able to patch all of the issues that continue to be repeated to the point of monotony.

You guys are starting to make me miss my 486 dx2 50.

Complaining = Spreading the word
Spreading the word = change that devs will read
change that devs will read = change it will be fixed faster

I agree with you and your opinion on Crysis 2. Regardless of the issues, it's still very entertaining. It breaks my heart in the way that it isn't the experience that Crysis was, but comparing the two won't make me feel any better. I hope they are able to patch all of the issues that continue to be repeated to the point of monotony.

You guys are starting to make me miss my 486 dx2 50.

Oh yea now you're talking lol. Lucasarts Tie Fighter anyone?!

crysis 2 is a **** game,


hahaha your on the forums for Crysis 2.

Still doesn't help the fact that this game is a CONSOLE PORT.

Have you even played the first game, brah?


your really stupid.

The OP just got done talking about how most games are extremely buggy on day one.
Then you reference a game that was REALLY buggy on day one.

1. Not all day one launches are this bad.
2. People like the OP give the development companies reasons to put out half finished products, because they know a portion of the community will just wait for the patches and not complain, tell me what other "NEW" product would you be happy with thats not useable when you buy it even though you know it may become later on.
3. Putting out a sequel that lacks in alot of the features of the original is always bad, especially if done just to port it to console.
4. EA puts out something like 4 FPS's a year, so having issues with things like login should not be happening period

Dark Forces... all day long.

crysis 2 is a **** game,


hahaha your on the forums for Crysis 2.

That's hilarious.

Complaining = Spreading the word
Spreading the word = change that devs will read
change that devs will read = change it will be fixed faster

The DEVS dont read the FORUMS, only the Forum admins do.

If you got an Issue with the game, complaining about it in the forums does nothing, BUT
Opening a support ticket, regardless if they are "Immediatly" able to resolve the issue or not DOES help.

Complaining = Spreading the word
Spreading the word = change that devs will read
change that devs will read = change it will be fixed faster

The DEVS dont read the FORUMS, only the Forum admins do.

If you got an Issue with the game, complaining about it in the forums does nothing, BUT
Opening a support ticket, regardless if they are "Immediatly" able to resolve the issue or not DOES help.

^ this! thank god

hey guys, am i the only one whose skill assessments don't work?

hey guys, am i the only one whose skill assessments don't work?


Wrong place to post that.