Crytek: Crysis can be as big as COD

Activision's Call of Duty is the biggest first-person shooter franchise of all time, and Treyarch's recently released Black Ops is expected to be the biggest game of 2010 – but one developer reckons it can match COD's phenomenal popularity with a FPS series of its own.

[TOO PAWNED]

buahahaha

[ct03]

Can these cocky idiots just shut up and release their game?

I loved the first Crysis, but all this BS talk is starting to annoy me, especially in the face of Crysis 2 not looking that stellar.

[Crazyglues]

One Example: HAZE -(yeah the so called Halo killer) what a joke..

People Always seem to forget why Call Of Duty is so big, and that's probably the main reason why all these other game companies that think they too will be big, never make it..

You see Call of Duty earned it's spot, like it or not -the reason COD is so big is because of Call of Duty 4

That game, brought things to the table people had never even knew they wanted until they got them... Remember run, remember wanting run in halo and not having it - remember hit detection, and then points for your kills to rank up, remember getting perks to add on to your load-out...

All of this done by COD4 and copied by others, which started all of this, it was the first time gamers had ever seen anything like this. And it was too much fun- it was done really well, with amazing graphics for it's time...

This is why COD's sell like hot cakes because gamers always want that feeling, we want to be blown away and get caught up in our games, to the point were you feel like you can't stop playing...

So when it's good and done right those games fly to the top and then stay there, because everyone loves playing it and then they tell their friends and before you know it everyone starts to wait for them to hit it out the park again...

Just like a singer or music artist who sells millions, if it's real talent they can come back to the table and do it again and again..

You have to earn your spot, and it starts by making a really amazing game..

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[Downtown boogey]

You could've saved me from the trouble of reading that long post by instead saying something useless in a more abbreviated form.

[Crazyglues]

So let me see if I get this, so your saying making a good game is not the foundation to having the game be really successful...??? (i guess you really didn't read it, or maybe you did and just didn't get it)

-because maybe you missed the point- I just said it's about bringing something new and different that gamers have never seen before like COD4 did when it first came out.

That's what will make it a great game and sell, not copying what everyone else has done before..

[himdeel]

Crysis is a technical masterpiece on PC. When I read off the specs to run that game when it first dropped I was immediately intimidated. I looked at my rig and shook my head. There was NO WAY I could've run the game on the rig I had JUST built. Nevertheless I'd use a wide brush to paint all console gamers to say they just aren't as willing to try new FPS right now.

If it's not an established franchise that's already one strike against you.

If you're game has a heavy MP component I'd argue that's another strike against you. Only because if people friends aren't playing "X" game then they probably won't buy "X" game because they want to play with their friends.

If you hype your game or engine as the bees knees, the cats meow, and the best thing since slice bread you've added another strike against you. If you're game has even the slightest issues with framerate or has flat textures anywhere in game, you're will be crucified by pixel counters as tooting your own horn.

So NO Crysis can not be as big as COD, because games like COD are still around and COD wont let Crysis be as big as COD.

[kaveti6616]

It's not a technical masterpiece. Games like Killzone 3 or Gran Turismo 5, which run on 5 year old hardware, are technical masterpieces. Crysis could barely run on high end PCs when it first came out. It looks amazing, but technically, it's very inefficient. The coding is sloppy. To me, an amazing looking game that runs on very little resources is a technical masterpiece.

[wwm0nkey]

If its marketed correctly I believe it will be. When I played the pre-alpha stress test it was the most fun Ive had with a FPS in a LONG time, this and KZ3 should keep me happy with FPS games for awhile :D

[Downtown boogey]

Copying CoD in the MP proportions won't make it as popular as CoD. They need something fresh. Everyone who wants to sell big, do as well. Success requires being a little ahead of the curve, not catching up to it.

[wwm0nkey]

Its not exactly coping, it took the idea of kill streaks but instead its with dog tags, you can only get them buy doing special kills and you have to walk over to get them so its a risk vs rewards kind of thing, they also stay after you die and the streaks you get are good but not super cheap.

[BubbleSystemSuck]

NO

[INehalemEXI]

I rather see CryENGINE 3 become as widely adopted as UE3.

[Longrod_Von_Hugendon]

Yes. UE needs to go.

[Downtown boogey]

There's nothing wrong with UE3... If a game looks bad, blame the goddamn developer!

[awiseman]

COD has a massive established fanbase tha will buy the games no matter what. Crysis has a sizable fanbase also but its on PC and is nowhere near the size and scope of COD. If Cryteck can prove themselves with Crysis 2 on consoles AND PC then their future release in the Crysis universe might be big enough to rival call of duty. But not yet....not yet..

[Zezo]

but not much bigger than KZ3

[JUDALATION]

I AM IN THE KILLZONE BETA AND NOTHING IN COD OR MAG OR HALO IS AS FUN AS USING THE MEC TO PWN NOOBS SHOOTING AT YOUR MEC AND MEC ON MEC BATTLES. THE JETPACKS ARE NOT TO SHAPPY EITHER

[user858621]

Its got the graphics, just giv it some fun gameplay

[Terarmzar]

Yeah i uhh doubt it...

[SSKILLZ]

No one gives a flying Fuck about generic crysis 2.

[Nihilism]

Actually yeah, people do, Crysis sold around 3 mill on PC alone...people care.

Only fanboys who are imtimidated by multiplats claim to not care, but you are here commenting using profanity, U mad bro, and you clearly care.

[jizzyjones]

Crysis2 is gonna be top, but the multiplayer looks sooooooo bad

[wwm0nkey]

Its actually really fun, it has that good classic game feel thats been missing from most recent FPS games. Yet it takes ideas from CoD and Reach, changes them up, improves them and makes it its own. Its a real blast to play. Im sure there will be a MP demo for you to try out in the future.

[Shackdaddy836]

Why did ppl disagree with this guy? Did anyone else play the alpha who doesn't like it? If yes then speak up...

Honestly ppl....

[MegaMohsi]

As popular as COD? no chance. Better than COD? very good chance. I loved Crysis and Warhead, I think Crysis 2 will be better than any COD game, MP probably a different story but the SP experience will be hands down better.

[mobijoker]

They have proved they are no.2 by pushing their game back.
But they can dream as it costs nothing.

[NnT3291]

Just keep the formula : Massive open world, insanely beautiful graphics and Nano suit, you'll have my money. Don't change the series just to have more appeal to COD fans. It can be better than Cod and sell very well, but bigger than COD? no chance

[NYC_Gamer]

this game will be successful but wont do any COD numbers

[MrChow666]

keep on dreaming Crytek, I have yet to see a good console game from you so cool down

[Pandamobile]

That's because they haven't released one yet...

[AKissFromDaddy]

"As the franchise grows down the line, there's no reason it can't be as big [as Call of Duty]," Camarillo insisted.

"It's very appealing in that it's a near future military setting. It appeals to sci-fi gamers as well because of the sci-tech, science fiction elements. It's not a space opera. It's not set 300 years in the future. It's 13 years in the future.

"It's something people identify with and can take this small leap of faith to get into this world and this universe. By offering a great single-player campaign, a great multiplayer experience and giving people something fresh and different than a normal soldier can do with the nanosuit – it's a pretty powerful feeling."

That is a the tallest order for any team, including the team working on the Crysis 2 multiplayer, to achieve and I believe if any team is serious about that goal, there are a few implementations that would help.

Very smooth controls, solid frame rates, no screen tearing, instant spawning, fast movement, too many unlocks, too many challenges, incredibly deep customization, many weapons and the most important factor, an ego-boosting-instant-gratifyin g gameplay.

The single player team should try to dethrone Half-Life because stories, puzzles and drama in First Person Shooters matter more than the multiplayer all the time.

I believe Crytek is serious. I believe in Crytek.

[Baka-akaB]

give me a break , what he describe is already common and has been for years .

The game will probably be big ... but the rest of the speech is your your run of the mill PR job .

[AKissFromDaddy]

Go take a break if you really need one.

I don't which quote is your run of the mill PR job.

[Gue1]

One of the things that makes COD so good is the high fps and Crysis runs at the standard 30fps... It is just me or COD is the only 60fps FPS on consoles?

[Shevath]

F.E.A.R 2

[Shevath]

I'm not a cod fan, the gameplay just aint fun for me. Crytek is trying to do something different and I hope they succeed.

[Pandamobile]

Aim for the top, even if you only do half as well as COD, you'll still sell 6-8 million units.

[-Gespenst-]

For a lot of people, COD was like their first videogame. COD's fanbase isn't just hardcore gamers; everyone seems to play it. Only gamers really know about Crysis, so it can't really become as big as COD.

COD made gaming cool for jocks and assholes, and now they think they know what good gaming is. That said, COD is good, but I really think Crysis 2 looks so much better and that's the honest truth.