I believe there patching in DX11 support at a later date.

In the meantime enjoy the video game for the "game" aspects, such as having fun?



Ill have beat the game by "a few days" so I guess Ill never know how good the game could have looked in DX11, sigh

I'm running Crysis 2 on a AMD Phenom II six-core processor, 8GB system memory, and a ATI Radeon HD 5570. Yes it chugs alot, especially when a large outdoor fight breaks out, but it still looks and plays better than any game I've ever seen, PC or console, period.

And to think you arrogant twats are assuming that because it's a PC game that it MUST be a system-breaker incapable of running on nothing but a Radeon 5870 or higher. I think it's clear now that a lot of you here don't know the value of money, or have actually earned the PCs that you play on.

Well,,,
The fact is that there are fewer Games being made for the PC. When games first started coming out the pc was a better option because you could use the PC to MOD. Making gaming much more fun due to the input of the modding communitity. And PC gaming was so much better than Consoles. Now since Microsoft moved all their games to the X-Box as 1st pirority,( HALO being the 1st steal from the PC) they've made a platform that can play close to the same way a PC does. HALO was ready for well over a year for relrease on PC but Microsoft had bought it up and held it up for use on their new X-Box. Even a year later when they allowed PC users to get their hands on it was still a nice display of great machine straning graphics. And not one of the HALO's that came after were worth a C*** on the PC....dumbed down for the X-Box. Consolers' talk about the PC users crying??? It was the PC users that set the standard for the X-Box graphics and until lately we were setting the future standard for graphics. Unfortuntaly it's not productive for console makers to try to keep up with the fast moving pace of the PC, and since most people are not capable of handeling a PC they buy a console to play games. Since the advent of the X-box PC gaming has taken a turn for the worst and it will most likely continue in this manner.

So ultimately the console players are gonna lose as well because without the PC setting a higher standard the console makers simply will see no reason to spend capital on a product that so many people are fine with looking the way it currently does...Thanks Consolers.

Crysis...the original game still pulls my AMD WCed&OCed 955 and Dual BFG 280's in SLI down when I push the graphics. When I first looked at the options in Crysis 2 the graphics were set to Very High, leaving the Extreme setting. Being that in Crysis 1 that setting was what I normally use and it still pulls my machine down, I left it set to Very High. Even with my old machine I could run with that setting with no problems. And really! I want the extras that come with the newest DirectX. You console players are killing the games for PC users and have the audacity to add insult to injury.

PC gaming has become one let down after another.

When I said CONSOLE PORT I didn't mean they actually ported the console version to PC, what I meant is that the graphics LOOK like a game that was ported to the PC from consoles.

It's expensive for devs to create multiple versions of art assets for different platforms. Here Crytek obviously optimized their art assets for the console version of the game, which is a smart move from a business standpoint because they'll make millions given the game will look amazing on consoles and passable on PC. Honestly, when I saw the VERY FIRST scene on the game, when you're in the sub with the other marines I knew this was a console-optimized game.

The problem though is that we have Crysis 1 and Warhead to compare this to. And spent a lot of money on our machines to play games with the best graphics possible on today's technology because that's also FUN for us.

WE EXPECT MORE from Crytek because THEY have set those expectations with their games.

When they decide to charge us $60 for a game that doesn't support DX11, has console-level graphics and still has MP login issues, I feel insulted and YES disappointed. Needless to say, I will be thinking twice before spending my money on a Crytek game on PC again.

^Shouldn't the fact that the orginal Crysis is STILL difficult to run on a system be a bad sign? That means that less people would want to purchase it even today!

If anything, that's actually a decent justification as to why Crytek decided to lower the specs. As it is I'm having difficulty getting this thing to run smoothly on the "very high" setting; if it turned out to be more demanding than this, I probably wouldn't have bought it for the PC, or at all.

That's more than two words. =D

Yes, I know you meant just the words 'CONSOLE PORT' OP; I'm just being an ass.

So, I WANTED to think the graphics would be ok, even at dx9 only etc. But....honestly. Go shoot a tree, watch it sway back and forth and the decal stay in the same 'spot', or rather, slide around on the bark. It reminds me of the marks in jedi outcast. Only not as impressive. Like a sticker book, with magic sliding decals. CryEngine 3 so far is absolute crap. Look at the unreal engine 3 updates, blows this out of the water. Look at the vegetation in crysis 1, and then look at the flat textures they pass for 'grass' in this one. Honestly, looks like ps2 grass

Might I add that the game was shipped with Press Start to Play which was changed on the day one patch.

Still looking for that Start button...

Yeah, I haven't seen it on the release version, first time I booted it up it said "hit enter to play".

Lol, thats because they quickly patched it out on the release. In the demo, it said "Hit Start to Play" on the PC version. So, I'm still looking for that Start key on my keyboard. :p

I don't want to insult anyone, and I'm sorry to the people that were unable to play for a while or at all for the first day. But I think it's kind of silly to NOT buy crysis 2 when the complaint is that it doesn't take advantage of our expensive rigs. However, if you have no game at all to benchmark your awesome rig with, isn't that even more of a waste? I played SP and MP all day today and I loved it. I loved how it looked, and how it played. I have never been so enthralled with a PC FPS before in my life, definitely fun play. And the awesome part is that if I like it this much, I can't imagine how much I'll like it when it gets patched. I know some people feel like crytek betrayed them by porting a console version for the PC, but it doesn't feel that way to me at all for the people who haven't tried retail yet.

1. There is no "Press Start to Play."
2. Nano controls are simplified : I believe they're simplified for a multiplayer purpose because the hot keys are more easily accessible that a mouse 3 roll function.
3. Call of Duty Feel: I feel like this game is much faster paced and relies on your ability to keep your sights on your enemy whilst strafing and jumping to avoid damage and managing the energy of your suit. I think the amount of multi tasking required to be successful in instant action: Impact is ridiculous (people who have tried MP for that map will know what I'm talking about!).

I dunno guys, give it a chance, people mess up, maybe crytek did, let them redeem themselves so you can have a cool game with which to play on your awesome rig. I'm lovin' it.

Well I went back into the game and played for an hour or so with the settings on extreme. The game runs smoothly with those settings on my machine @ 1680X1050.

I'm not saying the graphics are that bad...they aren't. There just seems to be more work done on the surroundings rather than the Characters.

If you don't enjoy building High end PC's then you probably simply don't understand our need to test their might. It's just like a hot rod you don't build it to leave it in the garage. I know I for one was supprised with the awsome graphics I got from the 64bit version of FarCry, and then came Crysis...This gives me the fun of tweaking my machine to gain the most from my games and only through maxing my machine do I learn where the system is bottlenecked. Most builder, overclockers and tweakers were hoping for a new chalenge and were, like me, disappointed.

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The game looks great IMO. Single player is a blast to play so far. Best looking DX9 game to date hands down. Runs incredibly smooth as well. Be patient and wait for the DX11 patch. All these guys complaining about the graphics are forgetting that the game is about the experience lol. Play through the single player and enjoy it.

Also if you want to benchmark your systems Crysis 1 is all you need since 90% of everyone STILL can't even run it. Don't blame the developers for doing what we asked, which was give us a more optimized version of the game. The game can now run on lower end systems and look just as good as Crysis 1 but with less framerate drops and load times. Its a scalable engine so when support comes out in the near future for more advanced rendering the game can take advantage of it. As does Crysis 1/Warhead...people are still stressing their systems with Cryengine 2.

Everyone whos complaining either should wait for BF3 or return the game if you don't like it, but it shouldn't be based on the GREAT graphics.

Perhaps this means -anything- to you guys, I have the game on PC, pointing it out now. ANYWAY, if this means anything, in the 'install' folder there's another folder named 'DirectX' i looked in there and there is some d3d11 files and whatnot, not saying to get your hopes up, but, a hint, I assume?

Perhaps this means -anything- to you guys, I have the game on PC, pointing it out now. ANYWAY, if this means anything, in the 'install' folder there's another folder named 'DirectX' i looked in there and there is some d3d11 files and whatnot, not saying to get your hopes up, but, a hint, I assume?

Place your bets lol.

I very much belive that they are planing something big for tomorrow! The nvidia gtx 590 is released, and as you all know nvidia payed crytek a "pretty" big amount of money to make crysis 2 an "nvidia" game. This is very interesting and exciting!
Just preordered this awsome game btw!!

You preordered the game after it came out? GG.

Game is a console port, end of story. Disappointed, I am.

I'm happy that Dissidia 012 just came out, I'll spend countless more hours on the $30 game compared to the $60 game. -_-;

Wow, I bought this game for the graphics/gameplay/plot/etc. like Crysis 1...what a **** let down this is.

Im just glad i came to these forums, i was in the process of ordering through steam and i was like hmm, ima go check out the forums and see whats up before i pay console price for a pc game... and all i read is this bs. Makes me wonder why im against piracy.

You morons need to do your research. The game is not a port. All three versions were made simultaneously and scaled down to run on consoles. Get your facts straight before you QQ.

"Push start to play" would like to have a word with you.


The demo was ported because there wasn't supposed to be a PC demo and they had to rush it because of all of the crying. If that's the best you got, you fail miserably.

it was in the retail game also.........they had to patch it ..........that means its a console port......now what u got

I'm running Crysis 2 on a AMD Phenom II six-core processor, 8GB system memory, and a ATI Radeon HD 5570. Yes it chugs alot, especially when a large outdoor fight breaks out, but it still looks and plays better than any game I've ever seen, PC or console, period.

And to think you arrogant twats are assuming that because it's a PC game that it MUST be a system-breaker incapable of running on nothing but a Radeon 5870 or higher. I think it's clear now that a lot of you here don't know the value of money, or have actually earned the PCs that you play on.

u waste of space and oxygen.......there is something called as engine scalability....and yeah its the best damn thing u seen on ur piss poor 5570 but not on my gtx 570............i have played many games that are better looking than this pos.............
Crytek when after j@ckA$$ES like you and we got this console port vomit..........i worked hard to earn money for my rig so yeah i earned it...........i very well know value of money..............go see the witcher 2 then then see crysis 2.........poland will finally have their revenge on germany

^Shouldn't the fact that the orginal Crysis is STILL difficult to run on a system be a bad sign? That means that less people would want to purchase it even today!

If anything, that's actually a decent justification as to why Crytek decided to lower the specs. As it is I'm having difficulty getting this thing to run smoothly on the "very high" setting; if it turned out to be more demanding than this, I probably wouldn't have bought it for the PC, or at all.

Crysis built a reputation on being a game that even if you had a elite rig you could gauge how good it was by how well it could run Crysis. At this point in time that reputation will not follow into Crysis 2.

You morons need to do your research. The game is not a port. All three versions were made simultaneously and scaled down to run on consoles. Get your facts straight before you QQ.

Seriously, for you to believe this is insane. The game is friggin DX9. Nuff said.

I believe there patching in DX11 support at a later date.

In the meantime enjoy the video game for the "game" aspects, such as having fun?


Lame argument.

Crysis 1 was not only a game, but it was a game with insane graphics and 'moddability.' This is one of the reasons why Crytek has a very high reputation. However, with the release of Crysis 2 and all it's shortcomings, the reputation is being tarnished.

Stop saying that it's just a game because from the day Crysis 1 got released people were astonished by the graphics and the amount of longevity it provided via modding.

Crysis 2 is just a huge disappointment.

I know it's slightly late, but i just had to commenton this one. "People were astonished by the graphics and the amount of longevity provided via modding"? Really? That's now how i remember it from day 1. You know how i remember it from day 1? the photo negative of the Crysis 2 launch. Crysis 2... people complain because it doesn't look good (which i disagree with.... even only being DX9 and not really any graphics settings, it still looks quite nice). Crysis.... people complain because it looks SO good that the computer they spent a huge wad of cash on can't play it with the settings maxed to the extreme. I still remember when GameTrailers had their Game of the Year awards for when Crysis was released..... and they didn't even include it in the "Best graphics" portion because of that simple fact that while it did look phenomenal, you needed some serious hardware to play it.

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