Crysis commercial keeps it simple

by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 2nd 2007 at 8:00PM }

We're really excited for the ten people out there with the PC rig capable of playing Crysis when it comes out Nov 16; may they enjoy the next-next-gen graphics. For the rest of us, we'll just have to watch the ads on television, which keep to a pretty basic formula: Show clips of the game using the in-game engine. The transparency of it is all so very un-EA.

Tags: ad, commercial, crysis

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

fischju @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:05PM

The requirments are that high. My $800 PC (3800+, X1950XT) can run it on High/medium (all high except post processing and shadows) at 30FPS. And it looks GREAT.

fischju @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:06PM

Oh, all every part of that video is in-game.

fischju @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:09PM

Oh, and to all you DX10 people, you can force all the DX10 effects with a DX9 card, and in XP. Doing this makes it look almost identical, and perfoms a lot better on DX10 card than DX10 mode does.

Sun rays for the win!

Neebs @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:01PM

I am calling....

bullshit.

fischju @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:13PM

On which part?

Neebs @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:25PM

Just a 3800?

fischju @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:34PM

X2 3800+ overclocked to 2.3Ghz, the X1950XT at 702/945 from 621/900.

Jeff @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:46PM

He speaks truth.

Dan @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:58PM

It depends on what res you run at, if you play at low res, you dont need psycho hardware, but to play at 1920x1200 (I) need my 8800gtx.

Also, the nvidia drivers released for the demo are beta, and the final game will probably have more optimisation, so the performance should be better in the final game.

fischju @ Nov 3rd 2007 12:04AM

True, I'm at 1280x0124, and the final (plus the drivers for it) should make it run better - many people with better hardware than I have are getting almost the exact same performance as me. Random and weird bugs

zero @ Nov 5th 2007 7:38AM

30 FPS is not playable for any first person shooter...

fischju @ Nov 5th 2007 9:16AM

Have you played it? 20FPS is very playable in this game, for whatever reason.

HALODEITY @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:05PM

1st w00t

Imadogg @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:37PM

dumbass w00t

LaughingTarget @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:14PM

I guess I make up 10% of that population. Turn everything on, 1280x1024 resolution and 4X FSAA running butter smooth.

gonk @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:18PM

the demo kept hiccuping every 20 secs or so on me, but the powers were great (especially invis). I couldn't find any trees that could be knocked down even with 5 super punches though, wtf. and the graphics looked pretty bad, like worse than far cry

Zach S @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:21PM

Wow, I wasn't really all that interested in this game previously (I hadn't spent a lot of time trying to find info on it because I know my PC can't run it) but this little trailer does leave me intrigued. It's crazy short, but it gets across just enough- like now I want to know what the hell doesn't want them there and I want to blow some shit up in the process to find out!

Kassu @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:29PM

It turns out, someone had a hand in screwing the XP users: http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/005814.html

After "cracking" the game, my computer (I use XP) managed to run the demo PERFECTLY on max settings. No lag etc.

No need for vista.

ScreamingSkull @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:48PM

As ho-hum as this game looks to me (and oh so like farcry on steroids) this was a very nicely made trailer, too bad the Multiplayer looked run of the mill.

Shibathedog @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:09PM

I spent a good portion of money and time making sure my rig was ready for Crysis. It ran the demo perfectly. Can't wait for the full version :D

Secura @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:14PM

Looks like a commercial for a movie....

Etheo @ Nov 3rd 2007 12:38AM

Ain't that how most (read: all) game trailers like that nowadays?

voodoomage @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:35PM

Let me explain to those who do not know what Crysis is like.... exactly like Farcry....with a few exceptions...
you have a couple of useful but very time limited powers: cloak,strength,speed. Other than that it looks and plays just like Farcry....

Einhanderkiller @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:58PM

Not really.
Some parts of the game may play similarly to Far Cry, but I assure you once you continue on into the game, it becomes a very different experience.

voodoomage @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:04PM

You've played more than the demo?

Dan @ Nov 3rd 2007 12:01AM

There's a multiplayer beta... and the cry engine2 level editor comes with the demo. So you can play with any of the weapons, and make your own maps, or alter the one from the demo. So yeah, lots of people have played more than the demo.

Silver R. Wolfe @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:43PM

That was a seriously underwhelming commercial. :(

I wish they would've done something more classy and awesome rather than a run-of-the-mill generic FPS trailer.

TomCo @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:50PM

Seesh, you won’t be happy until they make an FPS about antromorphic animals with bloat fetishes will you?

Well, there's always Crysis 2.

Silver R. Wolfe @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:51PM

One can certainly hope Tomco.

Jeff @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:49PM

Honest question: who's an actual PC gamer on the joystiq staff?

Definitely a terrible commercial. No class, and frankly didn't show off any of the games amazing facets. Its a generic advertisement for what is anything but a run of the mill game.

gonk @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:35PM

yeah, they should've just played the opening movie from the game, which shows off the suit's powers

Vidikron (FU) @ Nov 3rd 2007 3:32PM

I agree. That commercial actually lessened my excitement for the game. It looks VERY generic in that commercial. Honestly though, I've had doubts anyway. It really does seem like it's just a new Far Cry with a prettier face. But instead of getting your powers via drugs/genetic enhancements, they come in the form of a suit.

gonk @ Nov 3rd 2007 5:26PM

well it's more like predator (very similar story), only the americans get the super suits instead

gonk @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:38PM

oh, and I tried that dirext9 hacking stuff for XP that someone linked earlier, then ran the demo on medium settings, except low shaders and sounds and shadows. It kept freezing for a second or 2 when I got near an enemy (as it loaded the guy) but it looked better than last time (when I just had all settings on low) and when it wasn't freezing for loads, it ran okay

then when I quit, i checked this:

http://fapomatic.com/show.php?loc=0743&f=crysispcusage.jpg

Jeff @ Nov 3rd 2007 8:48AM

Er, it should only look better on high settings, as you aren't actually changing medium.

gonk @ Nov 3rd 2007 11:03AM

ah, well i doubt my comp can handle the high settings, but I guess I'll give it a try

also I finally found a tree I could punch, it only works on the dinky like 3" diameter ones :(

Ken Seang @ Nov 3rd 2007 2:41AM

People maybe turn off from this game due to the high requirements but I have a x1600 and play at 1280x640 with everything low except medium shadow and medium texture which makes it looks ok and playable. O and im running on a laptop that is an AMD Turion 2.0ghz and 1gig of ram. If you guys play the demo and thought it was ok you have yet to check out a edit form of the demo that someone did and you get to use the nuke tank and see and actual nuke explosion in real time. Fun stuff but not so good with it kills you...

staxontoplyon23 @ Nov 3rd 2007 3:58AM

My CPU is a 3600 running stock and the game looks plenty rad, its not the CPU that matters that much, its your videocard, I always shudder when I see comments like 'really? a 3800 runs it?' Well duh, its not like anything is limited by ppls CPUs in gaming, games are about visuals, not calculating the human genome. Thats why the PS3 is such a crappy design, they put far more r&d and expense into the cell than the RSX, and its a horrible balance for gaming, but it will be great when folding@home cures cancer. To bad you wanted to play games with it. I have a puter I gave my son that doesnt even meet the minimum cpu spec for HL2 but runs it great cuz its got a video card that most ppl assume would be a waste to match with a 1GHZ PIII.
I also am quite amused that the very high spec lockout for XP is pure bs, thank god gamers got inventive and fooled the system, all of you who ran out and blew 800 bucks on Vista and a DX10 card after looking at crysis footage are idiots, especially when I saw comments like 'gotta get a 8800 and Vista' and it turns out the footage they were looking at was from before they implemented dx10, suckers. Looks like Carmack was right, theres no compelling reason to go with Vista over XP for gaming, what a pack of lies MS has perpetrated on you fools. If you were smart you would have waited at least for Crysis to come out to go blow that money, sure I'd like to be playing Bioshock at 90fps but do I really need to? And now we find its just a lot of bs, Halo 2 and shadowrun requiring DX10? DX10 required for the 'very high' setting on Crysis? Sure, and Ive got some miracle tonic to sell ya, cures everything.