Crysis Wars free trial begins, Crysis Maximum Edition coming soon
by Justin McElroy 
{ Apr 9th 2009 at 9:35AM } 
Also announced this morning: Crysis: Maximum Edition, which includes Crysis, Crysis: Warhead and Crysis Wars, bundled together for latecomers to the series for $39.99 beginning on May 5. ... What, you thought Frankfurt would give you that for free too? You've already got Wäldchestag, how much more do you need?
[Update: The trial's apparently not going to start until around 3 p.m. EST. Sorry about the confusion.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Descender @ Apr 9th 2009 9:44AM
$40? I was holding off to pick up Crysis until I could come up with a decent idea for a Total-Conversion Mod just to toy around with the engine, but to get all three for $40, I might be paying a bit sooner than I had originally anticipated! :D
Guibs @ Apr 9th 2009 11:00AM
www.gogamer.com have the game on pre-order for 24.90$.
http://www.gogamer.com/Crysis--Maximum-Edition-for-PC-Front-Page_stcVVproductId66061130VVcatId444710VVviewprod.htm
That's am amazing low price. I bought a few games from there and they are dirty cheap, espicially when their 48 hours madness deals hit the place.
Descender @ Apr 9th 2009 2:57PM
Ordered! Man, thanks for that link, Guibs! Do like saving money. :D
The Baron @ Apr 9th 2009 9:47AM
Some incredible googling went into the production of this article. I salute you, McElroy.
Rodney @ Apr 9th 2009 9:52AM
I just got an Asus G50 Laptop - downloaded the demo and it runs this game perfectly - i'll definately be getting this game may 5th!!
Levi @ Apr 9th 2009 10:24AM
I've been waiting for my tax return to get that laptop. I went to Best Buy last night, and to my dismay, it was gone! In it's place, though, was a laptop that looked almost identical as far as specs and features (still packs the 9800m gs with 512mb dedicated video memory), and had a slightly neater, albeit still very cliché, graphicon the case. $50 less than the G50 they had previously. I really can't wait to get it tho, since my desktop died a long time ago, an my computing is limited to my GF's celeron 2.0ghz!
I'm glad to hear that you like it and that it runs Crysis well. I'm super psyched to get it, though I still have a good couple of months before I see my tax return >:0
Chaos744 @ Apr 9th 2009 3:31PM
dude - you will definitely enjoy it! I hope your tax return comes sooner than later!!!
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Apr 9th 2009 10:05AM
Always good to have more people to play online with. Glad they are doing this
Otis Whitaker @ Apr 9th 2009 10:31AM
Good frigging lord, this is designed poorly. The website is a pain to navigate, and it's an absolute pain trying to find out how to do anything. I want to do this trial, but I can't seem to figure out HOW exactly.
Guibs @ Apr 9th 2009 11:02AM
How hard can it be?
http://www.mycrysis.com/newsdetails.php?news=41121
It tells you everything on how to proceed, and provide you with download link at the bottom of the page to download the client..
Otis @ Apr 9th 2009 1:43PM
Well, the problem was that when this was posted, they didn't mention that the trial hadn't started yet. That was the confusion.
Cosmo @ Apr 9th 2009 11:21AM
Will the Maximum Edition contain the Special Edition of Crysis, with the music CD, art-book, developer interview, etc?
smooth @ Apr 9th 2009 11:33AM
After countless hours of playing killzone 2 in all its glory, I lol at these graphics.
register @ Apr 9th 2009 5:56PM
I played Killzone 2 but Crysis still looks better IMO. You've obviously never played Crysis on highest settiings in higher-than-HD resolution. :)
Cosmo @ Apr 9th 2009 12:47PM
Real cute guy.
Insight @ Apr 9th 2009 2:20PM
Are you fucking blind yo? KZ2 looks nice but Crysis blows it away.
jackal @ Apr 9th 2009 2:23PM
Smooth,
Ah...I see you're a fan of lens flare abuse, bloom overuse, and a never ending cycle of color devoid environments that offer nothing more than decent particle effects to offset their bleakness. As much as I love Killzone 2, it's nowhere near the same league as Crysis visually.
XLM @ Apr 9th 2009 11:36AM
Wow, this sounds pretty sweet. Going to throw this on the dedicated server at work for some break time/after work LAN action. Thanks for the heads up!
From the website.
If you don't own Crysis Wars, this is a unique occasion for you to download the FULL game with its 3 game modes and 23 maps. As soon as your download is over, you will be able to play on LAN with your friends for free.
Q: Can I really play LAN for free?
A: Yes, you are allowed to install the game on as many machines as you want. As soon as you have enabled the online activation, you are able to play on LAN for as long as you wish.
Galiven @ Apr 9th 2009 12:48PM
Any word on whether the DRM included in the Crysis: Maximum Edition? Have skipped Crysis to this point due to the limited activations. Would love a chance at it if the DRM wasn't too intrusive.
Ghaleon @ Apr 9th 2009 1:16PM
It'd be REALLY realistic if those plants were actually green. Fuck next-gen color
Einhanderkiller @ Apr 9th 2009 6:31PM
That's a promo shot. The plants are green in gameplay.
Einhanderkiller @ Apr 9th 2009 6:39PM
Here's a gameplay screen.
http://www.wegame.com/view/Crysis_First_Light/sizes/
(Taken from my computer on 'High' settings).
Alex @ Apr 9th 2009 1:47PM
I've had Crysis Warhead since around it came out, am I the only one who really hated Crysis Wars, I mean I think I've played it a total of 30 minutes ever, just couldn't get into it, felt like a really bad version of Counter Strike. Also I've never even played the single player all the way through, maybe I'm just a bad gamer, but I could not get into these games. I went in thinking "wow my computer can actually run this game well and the graphics look amazing", but once I actually got into the gameplay, it was pretty lackluster.