undercoverb0ss
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DAMNIT GMG SEND ME MY KEY!!@!@!
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Crysis 3 |OT| 1. Nomad / 1.5 Psycho / 2. ??? / 3. Prophet
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I agree that it has improved, but it still doesn't produce the same fluidity you get with a single card. Most people seen unable to see it, however.
TouchMyBox
Member
Well the cases I'm thinking of is where I am unable to achieve 60fps with a 670. Of course if you can achieve 60fps with a single card adding a second is just going to complicate the matter, but for some of the games I tested it was the difference between being a stuttery mess, and a mostly liquid smooth experience.
BloodMoney
Banned
The fact that the Crysis 3 review embargo does not expire until release day is a bit troubling.
When a game is released and the developer/publisher know it's good, you get reviews a week or 2 weeks prior to launch... more and more the trend for mediocre games is for the embargo to run till the very last second to prevent negative impact to hype.
Thoughts...
When a game is released and the developer/publisher know it's good, you get reviews a week or 2 weeks prior to launch... more and more the trend for mediocre games is for the embargo to run till the very last second to prevent negative impact to hype.
Thoughts...
This is just not true anymore. The vast majority of games have their embargoes for the day of release simple to make sure the hype is peaking the week of release and not several before. Go back and look at the highest reviewed titles of the last 6 months and you'll find almost all of their reviews were up the day they were released.
What is more symptomatic of a poor game is when the publisher doesn't even provide a copy of the game to the review outlet prior to its release.
I'm sure if there are any games journalists following this thread they will agree.
GTX 670 Power Edition, Nvidia get a lot of shit for their practices but their driver support is top notch. Even with the same rig games now run better over time as drivers release, Batman AC runs much better now than it did back in May when I purchased a new GC.
Fantastic. Can't wait for Crysis 3 !
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
So you played it?
Central or Eastern not sure
undercoverb0ss
Member
Ugh I would have just ordered through Origin if I knew GMG was going to take so long to provide keys
How long ago did you order?
I don't buy it.
Crysis 2 was one of my favorite shooters in 2011 despite some bad press. Did you really think Crysis 3 was that much worse than Crysis 2?
undercoverb0ss
Member
2 days ago - Feb 16th
Hmmmm. You waiting for email or have you logged in and checked the "keys" section of your account. I ordered mine a month ago but got my key last week sometime. They never sent an email but it was listed on their site once I logged in.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
I haven't gotten my key either and I preordered on the same day.
undercoverb0ss
Member
I've been refreshing both feverishly.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Same here, ordered on the 16th and no key
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Arthur who is reviewing the game for Polygon.com already debunked this on an earlier page on this thread:
So thats? 7 hours 31 minutes assuming deaths and checkpoints not included...
Quick question. Everything you said made sense. However the last bit - once you unlock Crysis 3 - do you have to stay in offline mode (Origin) until it's available in your region? Or once you unlock the game, can you close the VPN app, and go back online.
No, but wheneven the publisher had embargo on the reviews till the very last day the games always sucked, so I don't expect this to change with C3. I've read that the game doesn't even takes those 5h to finish but something like 3.5 without the sub-quests, pretty sure reviews will complain about the game's lenght a lot, hance the embargo. Besides it's Crysis, it doesn't offer anything except graphics, so yeah it sucks in my book.
You stay offline on Origin, but You can turn off VPN app.
Unlocked and playing using a Korean VPN.
Performance is great.
Getting a locked 30FPS with no AA at 1920x1080 using all High, with textures on Very High.
This is running on my laptop - 680m and i7-3630qm with 4GB of RAM.
Looks gorgeous and the faces, MY GOD THE FACES. It's not quite as naturalistic as LA Noire but this game does look better than most other game's CGI movies.
First mission is underwhelming. Too many tight corridors but it really opens up after. Love the new weapons and suit upgrades remind me of the weapon crafting from Dead Space 3 i.e. doing something new and interesting with prior mechanics.
Good impressions so far. Will see if it continues to impress.
(Bear in mind that I loved Crysis 1 AND 2. While I do prefer the first, I thought the second was absolutely the best they could have done when compromising for consoles. Not the perfect sequel but a damned good game).
Also, no-ones mentioned how incredibly fast the game loads. Not even running on an SSD but level loads are less than half of what they were before.
EDIT: Turns out that the rain effects on the first mission murder performance.
Second mission in and I can turn up Objects to Very high and apply 2xSMAA (TX) and it stays at 30FPS constantly. Basically running a mixture of High and Very High and I just spent the last 30 minutes admiring the scenery instead of playing the game. When Crytek says that the next gen consoles won't look better than this game maxed out, I believe them.
Performance is great.
Getting a locked 30FPS with no AA at 1920x1080 using all High, with textures on Very High.
This is running on my laptop - 680m and i7-3630qm with 4GB of RAM.
Looks gorgeous and the faces, MY GOD THE FACES. It's not quite as naturalistic as LA Noire but this game does look better than most other game's CGI movies.
First mission is underwhelming. Too many tight corridors but it really opens up after. Love the new weapons and suit upgrades remind me of the weapon crafting from Dead Space 3 i.e. doing something new and interesting with prior mechanics.
Good impressions so far. Will see if it continues to impress.
(Bear in mind that I loved Crysis 1 AND 2. While I do prefer the first, I thought the second was absolutely the best they could have done when compromising for consoles. Not the perfect sequel but a damned good game).
Also, no-ones mentioned how incredibly fast the game loads. Not even running on an SSD but level loads are less than half of what they were before.
EDIT: Turns out that the rain effects on the first mission murder performance.
Second mission in and I can turn up Objects to Very high and apply 2xSMAA (TX) and it stays at 30FPS constantly. Basically running a mixture of High and Very High and I just spent the last 30 minutes admiring the scenery instead of playing the game. When Crytek says that the next gen consoles won't look better than this game maxed out, I believe them.
Okay, and once it becomes available in my region - I can go back in online mode, and there won't be any issues?
Sorry, kind of a noob at using VPN to access stuff early. Usually I would just wait, but I actually have a really busy week - and Monday is the only day I have off.
I'm wondering the same thing as well. I just don't want to screw myself when it unlocks here.
No problem. Only say negative things here so wanted to throw in my dissenting view.
Loving it so far and it's absolutely breathtaking visually.
I haven't used VPN, but why would you need a product code? I have the game pre-loaded already, so shouldn't I just be good to go?
kikonawa
Member
Dont count on it
No chance.
d00d3n
Member
I just bought the game. Sadly, I would not recommend other european customers to do this. The game is not available for preloading in Europe. Unless it is possible to cheat the system and download outside of vpn or if you are paying for a premium vpn service, it will be a really slow process to download the game (15 gb or so) in Europe. Unfortunately for me, I stopped paying for vpn after steam introduced their vpn proof system last fall.
It must feel really nice for the people at Crytek to prevent "infringers" like me to play their game. If not now, the fairness of the situation will become obvious in about five hours when non-paying customers start playing their game early without any restrictions. They really showed us paying customers from Europe this time!
Update: Preloading is possible in Sweden after all.
It must feel really nice for the people at Crytek to prevent "infringers" like me to play their game. If not now, the fairness of the situation will become obvious in about five hours when non-paying customers start playing their game early without any restrictions. They really showed us paying customers from Europe this time!
Update: Preloading is possible in Sweden after all.
I'm preloading it right now and i'm from Poland.
d00d3n
Member
Without vpn? I bought the game in Sweden and I have no preload option (that I can see at least).
Btw, did you buy digital deluxe or hunter edition? (I bought hunter)
Yes, without VPN, but i have digital key. Have You bought retail version?
Hunter edition.
d00d3n
Member
Sorry for making a fuss. After a slight delay I now have the opportunity to preload the game. I bought the game at the Swedish origin store btw.