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Review: Crysis 3 (This Is My Joystick)

In the first Crysis game, set in the year 2020, you play as First Lieutenant Jake Dunn, otherwise known as ‘Nomad’. Part of a military team called Raptor Squad, his teammates include Laurence ‘Prophet’ Barnes, Aztec, Jester and another important character: the wise-cracking Londoner, Michael ‘Psycho’ Sykes who only really makes a brief appearance here, but is quite integral to the rounding of the plot.

The nanosuit-wearing Raptor team are sent to the Ling Shan Islands (fictional islands just off the Philippines), to rescue a group of civilian archaeologists that have unearthed an artifact a few million years old that turns out to be of alien origin. With some rather topical involvement with North Korea, it is here we welcome the ‘phone home’ aliens known as the Ceph.

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EA’s best multiplayer games have now shut down for good

Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.

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OtterX547d ago

I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥

SonyStyled547d ago

I was able to find games in the Vietnam dlc on ps3 the last week. There were articles on here about the server closure when it was announced in April

DaReapa547d ago

BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.

Inverno546d ago

I got really into 43 when I bought Bf3, and preferred it. Everything that I disliked or found annoying about Bf3, wasn't an issue in 43. Too bad they never bothered releasing it on PS4 or PC.

1nsomniac546d ago (Edited 546d ago )

Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!

anast546d ago

Once people stop buying micros, these companies close the doors.

Xenial546d ago

Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!

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EA has finally removed SecuROM from Crysis 3

Electronic Arts has released a new update for the PC version of Crysis 3 that removes its SecuROM protection system.

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The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn & more running in 8K/30fps on NVIDIA GeForce RTX3090

Bang4BuckPC Gamer tested Crysis 3, The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn and Final Fantasy XV, with all of them running with 30fps in 8K.

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RazzerRedux1694d ago

Yep. Wait a couple of years and get this level of performance on a RTX 4070 or 4080 at a much lower price.

Killer73nova1694d ago

And wait a couple more years for rtx 5070 or 5080 at a much much lower price

Yung-T1694d ago (Edited 1694d ago )

That headline is a tad misleading.
The rig stated in that YouTube video is extremely high-end (ryzen 3950x oc, 32gb etc) and utilizing special water-cooling solutions, loops with pumps etc.

This rig easily costs 5k+ and a normal pc with a RTX 3090 wouldn't get close to these framerates or sustainable temperatures.

Aggesan1694d ago

Who has a "normal" pc with a RTX 3090?

Yung-T1694d ago (Edited 1694d ago )

There's still a difference between a high-end GPU+CPU and a custom-made water cooling system including a Waterloop&pumps etc though, it allows for much higher performance due to the better temperature management that would fry the GPU&CPU with normal builds.

lonewolf101694d ago

That's why people need to read the articles, most headlines are just to get you to click.

Rainbowcookie1694d ago

You would think yes, but honestly does it happen often 🤣 enough

I_am_Batman1694d ago (Edited 1694d ago )

Most of the threads of the 3950x were barely utilized and none of the games that were tested allocated more than ~12.5GB of system memory. Gaming at 8k is pretty much as GPU bound as you can get so you won't need a water cooled high-end CPU or 32GB of memory.

Psychotica1694d ago (Edited 1694d ago )

How does the cost of the PC make the headline misleading?

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Father__Merrin1694d ago

Mega powerful video card but the games you can play on that card are all available elsewhere. I want to see compelling pc only goty material titles ASAP

Psychotica1694d ago

And where else can you run them in 8K or even in 4K with the same level of performance?

averagejoe261694d ago

Who cares? Nobody has 8k screens and the majority don't even have 4k screens.

This push for pointless high resolution is ruining progress. Give us better framerates, lighting, physics, etc. Stop wasting power on needles 8k.

lonewolf101694d ago

@averagejoe26

There are people with 8k monitors though.

Bender65021694d ago

And still we can't escape 30fps.

JCOLE131951694d ago

I mean given the fact the games are running at 8K it doesn’t surprise me...

MrDead1694d ago

DLSS 2.0 no doubt has a big part in this too, The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn and Death Stranding run like a dream on my 3080, 4k ultra set to 60fps no drops or stutters and the system runs very quiet. Playing Borderlands 3 on badass settings, Red Dead or Division 2 on 4k ultra all run great (Red Dead has a few drops below 60fps) but my PC is working a lot harder on games that don't utilise DLSS, my room warms up nicely when playing those games.

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