Crysis 2

[fishepa]

Gave it more time, about done with the online. It's just too much of a Call of Duty clone. The perks are way over used and just doesn't feel balanced to me at all.

Just my opinion, as I know most are loving the online. I was just hoping for something more than Call of Duty: Future.

I can't stand the MP. I have to empty a whole clip in someone to kill them. Somehow people only kill me about 3 bullets. Hit detection is awful. Just feels like a giant cluster **** online. Not for me.

[willIam9387]

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I'm loving the single player campaign. Haven't played a lot of shooters before, mainly COD and their campaigns aren't all that long or great. However, Crysis's campaign is well done. The aspect I like most is the difference in difficulty between facing the alien lifeforce and the human soldiers. The alien cephs are hard to take out, are athletic, and pack a punch in close combat. and the alien mechs they have are difficult as well. The difference is really noticeable when in the campaign you switch back to a firefight against human soldiers they didn't stand a chance against my guy lol. That aspect of the game is really nicely done. Also as you play more and grasp the controls, it's so much fun as you feel more in control and def take on an ego like the predator lol.

[sportsdude]

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For those having trouble online, I heavily suggest burst-firing. It is so much more accurate than just holding down the trigger. Also, don't hip-fire at all it's extremely inaccurate. I got a lot better when I started using the SCAR with ironsights, no scope. The ironsights helped me line up my shots better than the scope, for some reason so perhaps you could give that a try. The sniper is hard to use, the heavy MG takes some adjusting to and the Jackal shotgun is worthless, but the SCAR seems just right.

[Feared]

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For those having trouble online, I heavily suggest burst-firing. It is so much more accurate than just holding down the trigger. Also, don't hip-fire at all it's extremely inaccurate. I got a lot better when I started using the SCAR with ironsights, no scope. The ironsights helped me line up my shots better than the scope, for some reason so perhaps you could give that a try. The sniper is hard to use, the heavy MG takes some adjusting to and the Jackal shotgun is worthless, but the SCAR seems just right.

There is a perk you can use, forgot which tier but it's like Steady Aim for Aiming down Sight. Reduces recoil while Aiming down range.

I think most people's problems with this game though lies in the Peer to Peer connection, how well you do really depends on how well you can connect to host and that is more apparent in here because of the Armor abilitiy. To kill someone you really need your bullets to be connecting. Still don't understand how come a company like EA/CryTek couldn't get dedicated servers for this... while Kaos could for Homefront.

[mgoblue678]

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I can't stand the MP. I have to empty a whole clip in someone to kill them. Somehow people only kill me about 3 bullets. Hit detection is awful. Just feels like a giant cluster **** online. Not for me.

I haven't played online yet, but are you sure it is not because the other people are activating their armor mode when you are shooting them. From what I have seen in multiplayer videos using armor mode and cloak mode at the right times is a large part of being successful in the MP.

[sportsdude]

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There is a perk you can use, forgot which tier but it's like Steady Aim for Aiming down Sight. Reduces recoil while Aiming down range.

I think most people's problems with this game though lies in the Peer to Peer connection, how well you do really depends on how well you can connect to host and that is more apparent in here because of the Armor abilitiy. To kill someone you really need your bullets to be connecting. Still don't understand how come a company like EA/CryTek couldn't get dedicated servers for this... while Kaos could for Homefront.

Most console shooters don't have dedicated servers.

[Feared]

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Most console shooters don't have dedicated servers.

I know it's more cost effective for the developers, but it's a shame because I hate dealing with console p2p connections. Obviously dedicated servers won't solve all the lag problems, but I'd still rather connect to a central server than somebody-else' Console, where they can simply Dashboard if they get mad and the whole match gets dropped because the game can't migrate the host data.

[sportsdude]

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I know it's more cost effective for the developers, but it's a shame because I hate dealing with console p2p connections. Obviously dedicated servers won't solve all the lag problems, but I'd still rather connect to a central server than somebody-else' Console, where they can simply Dashboard if they get mad and the whole match gets dropped because the game can't migrate the host data.

Dedicated servers aren't the end-all though, I mean some console shooters with dedicated servers that come to mind are Left 4 Dead 2 and Homefront. Left 4 Dead 2's servers were so bad I always chose to play on a p2p connection instead of the servers (luckily there was a choice). Homefront, I don't have it personally but I've heard it's not always perfect online and when the game first launched it had massive problems.

Having said that, I agree with you. I prefer dedicated servers as long as they work. That's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to Gears of War 3, aside from being a huge fan of the series.

[fishepa]

Dedicated servers aren't the end-all though, I mean some console shooters with dedicated servers that come to mind are Left 4 Dead 2 and Homefront. Left 4 Dead 2's servers were so bad I always chose to play on a p2p connection instead of the servers (luckily there was a choice). Homefront, I don't have it personally but I've heard it's not always perfect online and when the game first launched it had massive problems.

Having said that, I agree with you. I prefer dedicated servers as long as they work. That's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to Gears of War 3, aside from being a huge fan of the series.

Home front has great hit detection IMO. I've tried burst fire, but by the time I burst fire 2 or 3 rounds I'm dead. I may give it another shot but it's frustrating. Reminds me of Halo MP which I was not a fan.

[LingeringRegime]

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I haven't played online yet, but are you sure it is not because the other people are activating their armor mode when you are shooting them. From what I have seen in multiplayer videos using armor mode and cloak mode at the right times is a large part of being successful in the MP.

Sure is. One of the main reasons I love it so much.

[Behindshadows]

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Here are a few images I promised of the PC version in HD.

[LingeringRegime]

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[Pimpton23]

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Loving the game so far! Going through the game on the hardest difficulty. Gonna try to get all the Achievements in this one. But I do have a question on that. For the "Get 25 Stealth Kills" and the "Get 10 Grab and Throw Kills", how in the heck do you get em?! I've stealth killed at least 50 enemies and haven't gotten it yet and probably grabbed and thrown 30+ enemies and haven't gotten that one either. Am I missing something here? WTH?!

[LingeringRegime]

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Last night the servers were pretty bad. I hope it clears up tonight.

[CaptainZombie]

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Here are a few images I promised of the PC version in HD.

That looks amazing on the PC. At some point when the price drops, I'd like to check this out on there too since my system should be able to handle it.