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Crysis 2 |OT| This is what happens Larry...
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Never even say their names.Zomba13 said:
Barack Lesnar
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Guys the story for Crysis was awful, and the characterization was even worse. These cries for Nomad and Psycho are bizarre, especially Nomad who had no personality whatsoever. And the only memorable thing about Psycho was his accent. None of the characters even had a basic back story. We knew barely anything at all about them. Nothing about the aliens was explained, either. Calling Crysis' plot paper-thin would be a disservice to paper. I just finished a playthrough over the past month so it's very fresh in my mind. There's a reason why Crytek basically started from scratch and it's a sound one.
Lostconfused
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But they have nothing to show for it. The story still ended up being just as bad or maybe even worse.Heavy said:
SapientWolf
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I think Crysis is a pretty cool guy. eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything.Heavy said:
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Psycho was Jason Statham which is automatically fuck-awesome.
I was Nomad for Crysis 1 and the fact that I played him automatically makes him fuck-awesome. Also, his voice was pretty cool.
Also the lack of story just worked. Taking it in the opposite direction was a terrible idea.
I was Nomad for Crysis 1 and the fact that I played him automatically makes him fuck-awesome. Also, his voice was pretty cool.
Also the lack of story just worked. Taking it in the opposite direction was a terrible idea.
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I meant who he was designed to be like. He looks exactly like him. And all Brits sound alike to Americans so that part worked too.TUROK said:
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They even made a game for him. Warhead. What the Hell, Crytek.Zomba13 said:
That makes me sad. Psycho was awesome.
Worse. Definitely worse.Lostconfused said:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Do-C5Lmsw&feature=player_embedded
I hadn't seen this before until now, but the connection to the first game doesn't seem bad at all. I've seen worse excuses pass off as a 'connection' between the 1st and 2nd games of a series.
I hadn't seen this before until now, but the connection to the first game doesn't seem bad at all. I've seen worse excuses pass off as a 'connection' between the 1st and 2nd games of a series.
Barack Lesnar
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...but we knew nothing at all about him. Only thing memorable was the accent.Stallion Free said:
lol what?
Seriously this is a deadly case of nostalgia at work. The story and characters were dreadful.
Something is better than nothing. I don't see how it could be worse. We got to know more about the aliens, they got into some cool shit about symbiosis and whatnot, then the virus.
Crysis had no plot whatsoever.
Lostconfused
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Look we all agreed that its Jason Statham ok.TUROK said:
Zomba13
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That's partly why I'm disappointed. I was hoping a sequel would build on the characters, even if you don't play as them I was hoping we'd learn more about them and the team that went into Crysis 1. Also, Sucks huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge amounts of balls that ProphetHeavy said:
offs himself right at the fucking start >
I agree that Crysis' simplicity was it's best trait. The most compelling thing about it was it's pacing and buildup. You knew that shit was going down and it would only get worse, and you wanted to see it unfold. Going from a special forces guerrilla recon mission to hooking up with a full scale marine invasion while being picked off one by one by aliens, and the constant tremors really gives the conflict a sense of scale, capped off by the reveal and a desperate scramble as everyone tries to get the hell off the island.
And yeah, they never mentioned Nomad and Psycho in the game, but they didn't say they died either.
edit: my biggest question still regards the aliens themselves and why exactly they're so different. Everyone mentions the color change, but what about the whole power sucking thing or the ability to flash freeze a 10 mile radius?
This too. People may think playing a mute is more immersive, but like I said a while back, Nomad had a great cocksure voice that was fun to listen to. He sounds like the kind of guy I'd want to hang out and have a drink with.Stallion Free said:
And yeah, they never mentioned Nomad and Psycho in the game, but they didn't say they died either.
From the flashbacks I gathered that Prophet fell into some kind of underground network on the island and eventually found himself in New York, so N+P never found him.
edit: my biggest question still regards the aliens themselves and why exactly they're so different. Everyone mentions the color change, but what about the whole power sucking thing or the ability to flash freeze a 10 mile radius?
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I don't need to know anything about him to know that he's badass.Heavy said:
Also, games don't need story stuff to be fun. Crysis was like okay Korea is checking out this island go investigate and rescue some people OH SHIT aliens get the fuck off this island. That's all it needs to be.
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If anyone doesn't know. Stallion Free has a thing for characters with deep/manly voices http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26524509&postcount=5762Stallion Free said:
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My secret is revealedLostconfused said:
Barack Lesnar
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...and others are determined to criticize every aspect about it. I'm serious about the plot, though. Crysis 2's plot is weak but the nostalgic call backs asking for Nomad and Psycho just seem weird considering they were characters with no personality or back story, at all. Nothing about the aliens was explained in the original, either. They just showed up. Barely got any detail about the Koreans as well. This is pure nostalgia at work.Ysiadmihi said:
I dunno, I love having a story in games. I can't even play a platformer anymore because I find it pointless. I tried playing the new Donkey Kong Wii game over a girlfriend's house last week and couldn't even be bothered to finish the second level. I need a plot... some semblance of presentation and back story, even if it's bad. Maybe I'm in the minority...
Yeah, that's what I mean. I've come to be the complete opposite of that as I've gotten older, I dunno why exactly.vazel said:
Lostconfused
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Sounds like some one needs more Vanquish in their life.vazel said:
Edit: Speaking of which. I am pretty sure I liked the story in Vanquish more than the one in Crysis 2.
The Nova 12 is the best pistol in the history of FPS. I glossed over it in favor of machine guns in my first run, but in my second I've been going almost Nova only. If you haven't tried it, do so. On humans. It's nothing special against the aliens. But against humans it's the greatest virtual firearm ever fired. you can even get a few silenced shots off without breaking cloak!
Y2Kev said:
You're giving this game's plot too much credit.
Story was just lame, boring, completely uninteresting and very poorly presented. Some really awful level transitions too, sometimes it seemed like the game skipped a level. Anyways, I finished it. It's a really pretty game with some cool set pieces, unfortunately it kind of lacks a bit of variety there. I don't know if I care to play it again. Certainly don't care about MP.
Took a round of pictures from each graphic mode, just for the heck of it. Which is which? Who fucking knows they look virtually the same.
Really impressive for consoles if they manage to look just like High, too bad it's sub-HD. I find that Crysis 2 looks really nice in 720p with its custom AA, any other game would look like a horrible jaggiefest without MSAA.
The PC Master Race will have to wait until next generation to see what CryEngine3 is really capable of.
Barack Lesnar
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Going off-topic here but a few FPS plots I thought were well done:
* Bioshock (one of the best video game plots and setting's ever, imo)
* HL series (not exactly the most fleshed out plot but it's told so effectively)
* For some reason I remember everything that happened in Modern Warfare one, proof that insane plots can work lol
* Can't recall anything else. Roger Ebert was right
I've heard Bulletstorm has a cheesy but pretty interesting plot.
* Bioshock (one of the best video game plots and setting's ever, imo)
* HL series (not exactly the most fleshed out plot but it's told so effectively)
* For some reason I remember everything that happened in Modern Warfare one, proof that insane plots can work lol
* Can't recall anything else. Roger Ebert was right
I've heard Bulletstorm has a cheesy but pretty interesting plot.
Agreed, Alcatraz is awful. The overall plot is better, though.Ysiadmihi said:
I am. I just don't game on consoles. Haven't bought a platformer in years.
Barack Lesnar
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K I've gotta stop talking about it and finish it because I'm thissssssss close to highlighting those spoilers lol.
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That's what I want to know too. I'm halfway through Dead Man Walking so I've fought some aliens. They were muuuuch cooler (lol) when they could freeze shit and were glowing blue and were big flying squids with cool giant mech tank things. Also, what's up with infecting people? Can't they be happy just flash freezing the world flying around with super cool squid suits?luka said:
I know. One of the levels has you going into a tunnel by the church and I saw a stealthed alien in there that ran off so I assumed there would be an underground tunnel level that had these stealthed aliens in it stalking you or something but nope, next level starts on top of a building.jett said:
Barack Lesnar
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Thank you, I think, lol.vazel said:
Don't work for Crytek or anything, I really love the game and they're my favorite current developer by far.Barack Lesnar
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I haven't beat the game yet so I don't know what you're referring to. Yes I would've liked for him to have some dialogue.luka said:
Barack Lesnar
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That's a pretty good description of a weak protagonist if I've ever heard one. At least we could relate with Gordon.luka said:
So far for me, Hargreave is the most interesting character. Love his voice actor and writing.
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What I couldn't figure out is what was motivating Alacatraz the whole time. I would have peaced the fuck out if I was wearing that suit.
Also, the difference between graphic settings is so obvious when actually playing the game.
Also, the difference between graphic settings is so obvious when actually playing the game.
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Prophet was motivating him. Hell he was basically a corpse with no will from the beginning.
What I mean is that he's not an actual character at all, "Alcatraz" is just something for the NPCs to call you when they want you to do some shit.Heavy said:
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Interesting thing that I've noticed... was tweaking the settings to find better performance outdoors for my 5870, and I was still getting some drops to around the 40s. Tried changing the resolution now to 1366x768 from 1600x900 and the game is running butter smooth and the best of all... strangely enough, the AA method from the Extreme setting seems so good that the lower resolution is not really so different.
Loving the game.
Loving the game.
Finish the game then I'll explain why it makes a lot of sense for him to not have any dialogue.Heavy said:
Explanation here:
It's established earlier on that Alcatraz was essentially dead. I'm pretty sure Alcatraz's body was just a catalyst to complete the suit while Prophet's consciousness controlled his actions through it's implant into the suit. The combination with the main spire at the end allowed him to completely fuse Alcatraz's body with the suit and actually be able to speak through him since it was completely part of the suit's systems at that point.
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Heavy said:
can you please stop trying to sound like an authority on everything crysis? it's really annoying. people, a lot of people, liked psycho and nomad for a reason. deal with it.
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scitek said:
I always felt nomad seemed cool and precise and just a professional soldier thrown into an extraordinary situation which he handled well. Psycho was just Jason Statham basically.
WitchKing701
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Played MP for the first time tonight (since sucking it up on the demo) and didn't fare too badly. Love the game, so far. SP is hot, too. The game looks great on the 360.