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Crytek: Nanosuit “Came Late” To Crysis

Crytek has revealed that the Crysis IP was not originally designed around the nanosuit.

Speaking at EA's Spring Showcase this week, Crytek's Nathan Camarillo explained that the idea of the suit, and the combat advantages it provides, “came late in the development of Crysis 1.”

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Djorgo5509d ago

Funny how it has become such a big part of the game.

I think I heard similar things about the original StarCraft story line. It never circulated so much about Kerrigan, it was a late development idea.

Dorjan5509d ago

I bet the lightsabre wasn't meant to be the focal point of StarWars either! :P

Fyzzu5509d ago

Really? That seems... kind of a fundamental part of the game. To the extent that it was the main selling point, at least. Surprising. I wonder if they previously just had the powers on, but less developed - no stealth, but you had speed, strength, and armour perpetually on?

Setting armour to a different mode was very, very clever though. It made you horrifyingly vulnerable when not using it, but using the other suit abilities required you to switch away from it.

AndyA5509d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if the original protagonist in Crysis was an extension of the guy in Far Cry.

edgeofblade5509d ago (Edited 5509d ago )

This is very telling to me... that the major gameplay mechanic that makes this game fun came so late.

I get the feeling Crysis almost flopped and they stumbled into a good idea. Otherwise, it would have just been a graphics-whore game.

Maticus5509d ago

That's quite a surprising development - I suppose it shows how things just fall together when games are being thought-up.

mdefalco255509d ago

Did anybody check out the trailer on PSN? I was pretty disapointed in the quality from a CGI trailer. I hope they still have a ton to polish yet but figured for a game that is talked like it is going to blow away KZ2 and sorts is hard to believe by the poor quality that I saw. Just curious what others thought.

AndyA5509d ago

It's not really the visuals I'm concerned about. I just hope they've managed to maintain the sense of freedom from Crysis.

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Can you run Crysis in VR? Crysis VR Mod Available for Download

Holger Frydrych has just released a cool VR Mod for the 2007 version of Crytek's first-person shooter, Crysis.

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PrinceOfAnger140d ago (Edited 140d ago )

Playing it right now looks amazing! :D
so much fun, i hope they make a vr mod for crysis 2 / 3 too!

DivineHand125139d ago

This is amazing. This is the direction VR should go in to boost adoption. Since I have beaten every Crysis except 1, this is now a good excuse to correct that problem.

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Crytek Wanted Crysis To Be "Future-Proof"

According to Crytek CEO Cervat Yerli, "I want[ed] to make sure Crysis does not age, that [it] is future proofed, meaning that if I played it three years from now, it should look better than today." Yerli and the team designed Crysis' highest graphical settings for the PC hardware of 2010 and beyond.

While Crytek has officially announced Crysis 4 is in development, nothing new has surfaced. For now, gamers' only way to scratch that itch is to play the Crysis Remastered Trilogy available on PC and consoles.

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RaidenBlack144d ago

OG 2007 Crysis (not the remastered weirdo), is & will forever be a legend amongst the PC community.

PrinceOfAnger144d ago

This video will always be impressive to me, even for years to come. Some things here are better than games we have today, OG crysis is the best version!

https://youtu.be/SVg63_aNr-...

RaidenBlack143d ago

OG Crysis physics, man ... amazing! Thanks for the reminder!

PrinceOfAnger143d ago (Edited 143d ago )

Looks really nice with VR mod too

FinalFantasyFanatic143d ago

I'm still shocked that it looks as good as it does today, puts some modern games to shame.

Profchaos142d ago

I thought the remaster was fine tbh some rough edges at launch but after some patches it's decent

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isarai143d ago

I mean the lighting and physics still hold up extremely well. I still revisit it from time to time.

RedDeadLB143d ago

That CPU performance thing is preventing it.

isarai142d ago

Yeah unfortunately Crystek's decision to bet on the linear progression of clock speed in CPUs was derailed by the unforseen shift towards multicore CPUs. It just wasn't built with that in mind because that wasn't even in the conversation at the moment

DivineHand125143d ago

I remember when I tried to play Crysis with my Intel Pentium Dual core E2200 @2.2GHz , 4GB ram and GeForce 9400gt. I was a kid back then and that was the best I could do. I would get about 15 to 20 fps. When I over clocked the CPU to 2.8GHz I would get about 40fps. The experience wasn't good at all and it was the only PC game I could not run back then unless and put the settings on low. At that point the game went from cutting edge graphics to PS2 graphics. To this day I haven't completed the OG Crysis. I was able to complete Crysis 2 and 3 after building a new PC when I got my first job.

HyperMoused143d ago

Never played it, worth a try you think?

Profchaos142d ago (Edited 142d ago )

Worth a try just because it's the only game that lets you pick up a turtle on the beach and throw it at enemy soldiers that should have been a back of the box feature.

But nah seriously unless you're nostalgic for it I'm not sure if it will hold up

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Crytek went so overboard on the Crysis tech and sent devs to photograph leaves in Haiti

"The shader work that came out of this was mind-blowing at times."

RaidenBlack156d ago

Amazing, often misunderstood
The dumb AI was deliberate, so that the players can explore and experiment with the world and all the features.

vTuro24155d ago

It really is. Most people only remember it for its graphics but the gameplay was equally amazing.

RaidenBlack156d ago

Hope they try to pour nearly same amount of dedication to the new Crysis 4

DefenderOfDoom2156d ago

Well worth the extra work ! I enjoyed all 3 Crisis games and would also love a new one .

JunonZanon156d ago (Edited 156d ago )

Still wish game development was overall this passionate and minutious about their projects. Obviously, there are still some great studios as exceptions.

LikAChicken155d ago

I’ll never forget Far Cry 2 and the amount of details they packed in.

Yea there were some issues with the gameplay loop and the sickness aspect but you could tell they really tried to nail details.

DivineHand125155d ago

I haven't beaten the first Crysis but I did play Crysis 2 and Crysis 3. I know some PC players were annoyed by the last 2 games being developed with consoles in mind but I believe it was an improvement. I had a great time with Crysis 3 to the point where I believe it was too short.