Ha, you thought I was going to give you a link, or tell you that it's out.

Nope.

Even though it should have been released about 15 hours ago. Only people who pre-ordered the game are allowed to download it right now.

There's still about 13 hours left, even though it's been October 26th for the past 15 hours....

Thanks EA.

Torrents have got it.

But yeah EA sucks.

It's up over at fileshack , but the free servers have like an hour wait line... :angrygame

Come on people.

Filefront should be the first place you look.

I just got home from work, I' downloading it now, 800k/s

Gonna be done in 23 minutes ^_^

If this doesn't run well on an 8800 I'm taking an axe to my neighbours at 3am, wearing a hockey-mask, 'cause I'm just that tense...

Just got through with the demo.

Performance wise, the game runs fairly well on my system. I have everything on low, running 1440x900. I get a pretty constant 60fps, but it chugs along in some physics intense moments. My specs are as follows, well, the important stuff at least.

Opteron 148
7600GT
1 gig of ram

Ok, back to the game.

Even on low, the game looks damn good to me. The enviroment detail is pretty much junk., but that doesn't bother me.

Here's one part that I love about the game. The sound. The sounds used for the guns are just awesome. They just sound powerful. The sound of bullets flying is just great, makes the action intense.

EA has balanced the powerups pretty well. Not one powerup is too strong, and they each last a fair amount of time. The powerup I used the most was the Armor powerup. This was mainly because I rushed in guns-a-blazing. The most fun powerup by far.: Strength. I've never been able to punch may way through a building, but now, I can.

Voice-overs: Best I've ever heard in a game. There were a couple of problems with some of the commands given to me via headset though. Some of them lapped over each other. A minor bug.

From what I have played, I would buy it.

Damn, this game had better not be near the final stages of optimization.

On very high settings it pulls in 15-20FPS with AA turned off too!

The auto-detect sets me to very high, and I heard that the original showings of the game they were running on an 8800GTX.

So yeah... even on high settings FPS is not satisfactory, to push 60FPS it's all gotta be medium-low.

I'm sure it's not my PC, as I can run Jericho on absolute max settings and push a good 40FPS (60 without AA), and I'm not noticing much of a difference in graphics between the two. Even in smaller areas with nothing happenig.. ugh...

Great game through, fantastic. Just a shame about the graphics engine's poor optimization thus far.

They only have two weeks left until release, I can't see them improving much between now and then.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Fiddles Damn, this game had better not be near the final stages of optimization. On very high settings it pulls in 15-20FPS with AA turned off too! The auto-detect sets me to very high, and I heard that the original showings of the game they were running on an 8800GTX. So yeah... even on high settings FPS is not satisfactory, to push 60FPS it's all gotta be medium-low. I'm sure it's not my PC, as I can run Jericho on absolute max settings and push a good 40FPS (60 without AA), and I'm not noticing much of a difference in graphics between the two. Even in smaller areas with nothing happenig.. ugh... Great game through, fantastic. Just a shame about the graphics engine's poor optimization thus far. They only have two weeks left until release, I can't see them improving much between now and then.

Just run the game on High, I'm sure it will get considerably higher framerates than 15-20 fps with an 8800gtx. If not, possibly an issue with your pc.

Jericho runs in the UT3 engine if I can recall. The UT3 looks good, but the Crytek 2 engine is a little higher up if you ask me.

I'm running it on low if it's any consolation. Just play the game and don't worry about visuals.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wafflesomd Just run the game on High, I'm sure it will get considerably higher framerates than 15-20 fps with an 8800gtx. If not, possibly an issue with your pc. Jericho runs in the UT3 engine if I can recall. The UT3 looks good, but the Crytek 2 engine is a little higher up if you ask me. I'm running it on low if it's any consolation. Just play the game and don't worry about visuals.

Yeah if I play on DX9 mode with everything on high I get like 30+.

And yeah, Jericho is UT3 engine. On very high I'd say it's better than UT3 engine, but not on high.

I'm one of those gamers who can't enjoy a game properly unless it's on the highest settings. Just knowing it has higher settings than I can play it on comfortably drives me absolutely insane.

Please, dear Lord, let it be nothing more than optimization holding me back.

The original reason I bought an 8800GTX was for Crysis...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Fiddles I'm one of those gamers who can't enjoy a game properly unless it's on the highest settings.

That's really dumb.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Fiddles Yeah if I play on DX9 mode with everything on high I get like 30+. And yeah, Jericho is UT3 engine. On very high I'd say it's better than UT3 engine, but not on high. I'm one of those gamers who can't enjoy a game properly unless it's on the highest settings. Just knowing it has higher settings than I can play it on comfortably drives me absolutely insane. Please, dear Lord, let it be nothing more than optimization holding me back. The original reason I bought an 8800GTX was for Crysis...

Are you running the latest Nvidia drivers? I'm downloading the demo from Nzone right now, and it prompted me to update to the 169.01 BETAs before playing the game. I think we're back to the old order of things - only the highest end cards/SLi can run the most graphically demanding games properly. We've been so spoilt lately with various iterations of the Unreal 3 engine and Source this feels weird.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wafflesomd That's really dumb.

It's like watching Die Hard 4 on a TV the size of a postage stamp - you're just not going to enjoy it as much as if you were at the cinema. It's the same with games - if the graphics aren't at max you're not viewing the game as the developers intended, and I'll spend most the time wondering what they could look like. I guess it's down to whether you prefer gameplay over graphics. I still say Deus Ex is the best game I've ever played, but graphically it's poop. However, I often find myself drooling over new games like Jericho because they look so good. Meh.

I found a way to screw them over last night. Direct download link straight into the heart of EAs network. I got brilliant speeds from this link last night when you couldn't get it anywhere else.

http://na.llnet.cdn.ea.com/u/demos/Crysis_SP_Demo.exe

Quote: Originally Posted by Wafflesomd That's really dumb.

See what Dex said. It's pretty much standard procedure to want to enjoy something as it was intended to be enjoyed. Especially when you went out and spent £500 on a gfx card just to make sure you could play this game, then put up with all the delays waiting for the final release just to find your (what some consider to be stupidly high-end and cannot even dream of affording) gfx card can't handle it worth a crap.

It's like if I got used to playing all my music on some £800 studio monitors then went to an old 80s hifi. Yeah you can still hear the music but ...it's sh*t...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dex I found a way to screw them over last night. Direct download link straight into the heart of EAs network. I got brilliant speeds from this link last night when you couldn't get it anywhere else. http://na.llnet.cdn.ea.com/u/demos/Crysis_SP_Demo.exe

That's where I got it ^_^

Does anyone know of any statements from Crytek regarding the demo's level of optimization? I think I read somewhere that the game will be 8x more efficient performance-wise than the beta is, so is this demo better than the beta or the same (to anyone who played the betas)?.

And I do have a high-end card, an 8800GTX OC'd to 650/2100. My whole rig is OC'd to hell and with aaaaall the latest drivers, but on DX10 and very high settings (AA off) it's still about 15-20FPS. I've never had performance like that on any other game/beta/demo of the last few months.

I heard of a guy with SLi 8800gts and a 6800 quaddie getting nigh the same FPS as me with the same settings just a little higher on the res. Bear in mind I'm only playing 1280x1024 so really I would expect a lot more.

As far as I'm concenred the only truly acceptable FPS is 60+. I can't hit that unless I',m on lowest settings. The way it looks right now, anti-aliasing of any kind lookes like something Crysis won't be capable of for the next few generations of cards. Even dual 8800Ultras can't seem to do 8xAA on very high right now...

That what happens when devs get overly ambitious :geek:

Fiddles.

Gameplay > Graphics.

You'll probably figure that out eventually.

I'm downloading it now from the Nvidia NZone site :-)
Crysis by Electronic Arts

Hopefully my QX6700 with 8800GTX's in SLI will play it
as it's meant to be Played :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by Wafflesomd Fiddles. Gameplay > Graphics. You'll probably figure that out eventually.

No sh*t, Sherlock. If I only preferenced graphics I'd go watch Advent Children on a continuous loop.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to enjoy a game on higher settings. If the options are there why wouldn't I want to use them? Working within your fundamentalist gaming criteria I'd have sell my 8800 and bye a Geforce4 MX and play everything at 640x480 on Windows 98.

I personally find that clearer, realer graphics and special effects help to make a game that little bit more engrossing, impressive, and in-turn enjoyable. Graphics contribute to the gameplay experience as a whole.. Imagine the first physics bridge collapse in HL2: Ep.2 on 1600x1200 max settings, then imagine it at 800x600 on low settings. Which would you rather play your game on, given the choice? And add to that if you purchased the best card on the market specifically so you could have that pleasure, with that particular game (worth noting also it's the first decent card I've owned. Before this 8800 I'd always got by on crappy gfx, but got this pretty much in anticipation of Crysis).

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Fiddles I personally find that clearer, realer graphics and special effects help to make a game that little bit more engrossing, impressive, and in-turn enjoyable. Graphics contribute to the gameplay experience as a whole.. Imagine the first physics bridge collapse in HL2: Ep.2 on 1600x1200 max settings, then imagine it at 800x600 on low settings. Which would you rather play your game on, given the choice?

Wouldn't matter to me, watching virtual rubble fall is not something I consider fun :geek: As long as the graphics show me what has to be shown then I'm good. For example, Fallout 1 and 2 had rather simple graphics, but made it up by using good written descriptions (actually I prefer that over visual since my imagination is better than any stinking graphics card).

Quote: Originally Posted by 4x0n Wouldn't matter to me, watching virtual rubble fall is not something I consider fun :geek: As long as the graphics show me what has to be shown then I'm good. For example, Fallout 1 and 2 had rather simple graphics, but made it up by using good written descriptions (actually I prefer that over visual since my imagination is better than any stinking graphics card).

So you wouldn't prefer better graphics were they available to you?