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  • JWR3232
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    • Jul 2011
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    #121
    Re: Crysis 3

    Played my first few games of multiplayer and got destroyed. I played hunter mode seemed like fun based of in game description not sure why but out the 6 games i played i started as hunter everytime.... think i got like 2 kills overall lol. Also played a basic TDM did better but not great yet. Pretty fun overall lots of diffrent modes and diffrent ways to fight.
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    • Kramer5150
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      • Dec 2002
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      #122
      Re: Crysis 3

      I'm not exactly sure myself either...but here are some snippets with a little insight as to maybe why.....



      Hold all the horses, though. Just how paltry is that single-player offering I mentioned earlier. Eh, ‘pretty damn’ is the sad-faced answer. I clocked the campaign in exactly four hours, 55 minutes and 40 seconds, making Crysis 3 shorter than the offspring of Danny DeVito and Wee Jimmy Krankie (what a looker that kid would be). Even briefer than Black Ops II, it’s hard not to feel slightly short-changed by Prophet’s brisk jaunt through the Big Apple
      The key to any great shooter is pacing. Look at a Half-Life 2 or Resistance 3. Constructed from sharply defined levels and ingeniously engineered atmosphere, I can still remember Gogger’s masterfully chilling Ravenholm section or Insomniac’s shooter taking an unexpected turn by hurling you into a Chimera-infested prison. It’s a skill Naughty Dog demonstrate with every Uncharted. Start slow, establish character with quiet moments punctuated by light shooting then… POW! Hit the player with megaton setpiece spectacle (think the Nepal chopper chase in Among Thieves) that sees your DualShock shimmering with nerve-shredded sweat. Effective pacing needs peaks and troughs; Crysis 3, though mechanically excellent, is flat like Amsterdam’s tulip fields.
      Although they did praise the MP....

      Though the online component is paired down visually from single-player, take your Nanosuit onto PSN and the game sings a cheery tune about duffing up folk with lampposts. If the campaign is a little on the soulless side, then multiplayer brings a unique personality and flavour that really separates it from the COD-chasing crowd. Rocking 12 maps and eight modes (including two new additions over Crysis 2), the game’s online offering boasts stealthy slaughtering and muscular, frenetic fighting.

      But then Gameinformer goes on to say this......

      Crysis 3’s evolutionary enhancements don’t move the needle for the series very far, but it's a graphical tour de force.


      Crysis 2 traded the wide-open jungles of the first game in favor of a series of smaller micro-sandboxes. This approach still allowed players to use the attacking tactic of their choosing, but some players longed for the freedom the first game provided. Crysis 3 delivers a better balance of these two design philosophies. Many battles still take place in controlled spaces that limit your movement, but the action eventually opens up. The best missions, which come later in the game, feature multiple objectives you can tackle in any order, a healthy mix between standard infantry enemies and menacing heavies like the Pinger, larger tracts of land, and an array of vehicles the player can choose to use or ignore in favor of a stealthy approach.
      This impressive graphical fidelity takes a serious hit in the transition to multiplayer. Though Crysis 3 has some of the better-designed maps in the series, the muddied textures are a far cry from the jaw-dropping visuals of the single-player campaign, especially on consoles.

      With 50 levels, a progression system of unlockables, and your standard array of modes, the multiplayer doesn’t feel much different from its predecessor. The new Hunter mode, which pits a small team of nanosuit wearing stalkers against a larger force of human operatives, captures the thrill of being the predator and prey, but I still preferred the classics like team deathmatch or domination. The sketchy hit detection (of which there is ample evidence on killcams), questionable respawns, and some problematic terrain navigation need to be addressed if Crytek wants to compete on the high end of the multiplayer spectrum.

      Then IGN goes on to say this.....



      But new combat features aside, the biggest reason that Crysis 3 is such a consistent joy to play is because its control system is near flawless.
      As has become par for the franchise, Crysis 3 is an experience best enjoyed in the single-player campaign, but that’s not to say that the multiplayer component is in anyway poor. Once again outsourced to Crytek UK (the studio formerly known as Free Radical Design), the online side of things does a commendable job of appropriating the Call of Duty class/load-out/perk systems, but works best in the modes that leverage the Nanosuit powers. This is particularly exemplified by the new Hunter mode, which pits two cloaked hunters against a team of CELL troopers.
      While its multiplayer mode isn’t quite strong enough to tear you away from the genre leaders for long, it at least provides enough of its own flavour to present a worthy alternative
      It seems like the early reviews are all over the place,with no real consistency at all. Basically what I took from them...is if you enjoyed the previous installments,you'll enjoy this one as well.
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      • mgoblue678
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        • Jul 2008
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        #123
        Re: Crysis 3

        I doubt the people finishing it 4 or 5 hours are playing on Supersoldier, doing all the side stuff, and clearing all enemies from each area though. I mean if you want to you can sprint to the objectives and run past every enemy, but there is no fun in that. I have put about 4 hours on Supersoldier and am only about halfway through. Not to mention I can already tell I will probally want to play through a couple more times. I assume your suit upgrades probally carry over to other playthroughs, at least I hope that is the case.
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        • mgoblue678
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          • Jul 2008
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          #124
          Re: Crysis 3

          After playing the game some more, I am still confused by the reviews in comparison to Crysis 2. After the first 40 minutes, the level design has been putting Crysis 2 to shame. The dam section was one of the best level designs I have seen in a FPS. Nothing in Crysis 2 comes close to that.

          I just don't get what people want from this series. People complained about the level design being too constrained in Crysis 2 (which it was), so they open it up a little bit and people still don't like it. Great graphics, with fun and flexible combat. Other than a better story, what else do people want? I just don't see how people can call the gameplay average, espcially in comparison to typical shooters.

          The last part could very well go downhill, but it is not like that didn't happen with the first two games either. Unless it is literally the worst hour or so of gameplay ever, there is no way Crysis 2 is the better game.

          I mean if you want to compare individual elements to Crysis 2:

          -Graphics are better
          -The level design is better, and flat out blows Crysis 2 away in certain spots
          -Environments are more varied
          -Hacking is a nice addition
          -The story is about the same, since it hasn't been very good in either game. Still no worse than most science fiction type games, however.
          -The gameplay itself is more flexible
          -Both games have some nice set pieces
          -The bow is an awesome addition, though OP with cloack.
          -Aliens seem to be a little more interesting to fight than in Crysis 2

          Other than length, most of the elements are better than Crysis 2, and the ones that aren't are basically the same. Having more length doesn't make the content in Crysis 2 better.
          Last edited by mgoblue678; 02-20-2013, 08:17 PM.
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          • goh
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            • Aug 2003
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            #125
            Re: Crysis 3

            Originally posted by mgoblue678
            I doubt the people finishing it 4 or 5 hours are playing on Supersoldier, doing all the objectives, and clearing all enemies from each area though. I mean if you want to you can sprint to the objectives and run past every enemy, but there is no fun in that. I have put about 4 hours on Supersoldier and am only about halfway through. Not to mention I can already tell I will probally want to play through a couple more times. I assume your suit upgrades probally carry over to other playthroughs, at least I hope that is the case.
            Most people don't do that. Also artifically lengthing the game doesn't make for more content. A game could have 3 levels that take 20 minutes on easy/normal and 60 on hard because you keep failing but there's still only 3 levels.

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            • mgoblue678
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              • Jul 2008
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              #126
              Re: Crysis 3

              Originally posted by goh
              Most people don't do that. Also artifically lengthing the game doesn't make for more content. A game could have 3 levels that take 20 minutes on easy/normal and 60 on hard because you keep failing but there's still only 3 levels.
              Um, the side stuff and harder difficulties are part the game's single player content. If people don't want to explore/utilize all the content that is not the devs fault. Somebody complaining because they beat something in 4 hours by running past some enemies on a easier difficulty, is flat out stupid. The person is complaining about length, while doing something to intentionally shorten the game. The whole point of this game is dispatching enemies in fun ways using the suit. This is one of those games, where it's enjoyment is largely dependent on player creativity. If people play it with a boring style, it is no surprise they will think it is boring.

              Also wanted to point out that if somebody keeps on failing on Supersoldier, they really must be terrible at the game. Supersoldier is not hard if you actually use the suit to your advantage. Now if your playing it like COD it might be more difficult.

              And yes the game doesn't have a ton of levels, but some of the them are pretty big in terms of their size. Do I wish the game was longer? Absolutely yes, but I also realize that Crytek had a budget and deadline to meet. Also it's not like it is a single player only game.

              To be frank, people have been finding ways to hate on Crytek ever since they decided to go multiplatform. Some it is justified (Crysis 2 was a step back from Crysis 1 after playing both), but it seems like they aren't getting credit for making improvements from Crysis 2. Basically Crytek is caught between the crossfire of PC gamers who are still ticked about it going multiplatform, and players who don't play the game with any creativity, and than call it boring.
              Last edited by mgoblue678; 02-20-2013, 09:01 PM.
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              • goh
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                • Aug 2003
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                #127
                Re: Crysis 3

                I say that about any game. I have no hate for Crytek. Haven't even played this,waiting for a sale because there doesn't seem to be anything overly new or more intresting about it. (EX: New suit abilities.)

                Here's a look at the game...

                <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RIoUelM-4pk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

                ...as you can see constantly failing doesn't add content.

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                • mgoblue678
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                  • Jul 2008
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                  #128
                  Re: Crysis 3

                  Originally posted by goh
                  I say that about any game. I have no hate for Crytek. Haven't even played this,waiting for a sale because there doesn't seem to be anything overly new or more intresting about it. (EX: New suit abilities.)

                  Here's a look at the game...

                  <iframe height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RIoUelM-4pk" frameBorder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

                  ...as you can see constantly failing doesn't add content.
                  While for one, the level design in the middle of the game is certainly more interesting than what was seen in Crysis 2.

                  Also with regards to the Crytek stuff, I am not talking about you specifically or anybody else on OS when I said that Crytek has gotten some pretty sigficant hate (some it excessive IMO) since going multIplatform. I am more refering to the general sentiment among other gamers. There is a certain segment of PC gamers who are determined to hate everything Crytek after they went multi-platform, while some console gamers don't see the appeal of the game because they are so used to one type of FPS. Really is a difficult spot to be in.

                  What other suit abilities could be added? I mean you got cloak, armor, super strength, and enhanced speed, and now you got hacking. That pretty much covers everything. I really don't see why you keep repeating the failing constantly stuff, nobody said that failing adds content. I am not sure how it is on the PC, but the hardest difficulty on consoles will not cause you to fail constantly, if you know what your doing. Still even if your not dying, playing on the hardest difficulty will increase your playtime, which is what I was saying initially. Also at least on consoles, armor is not useless on the hardest difficulty like the video said, armor is working just fine when I have used it.

                  Just a side note, the guy in the video did say he was enjoying it quite a bit at the end.
                  Last edited by mgoblue678; 02-21-2013, 05:10 AM.
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                  • DirtyJerz32
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                    #129
                    Re: Crysis 3

                    This seems like a really solid shooter. May take advantage of GS 50% trade in value and pick this up.

                    For those of you that picked it up, how are you liking it?
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                    • Flightwhite24
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                      #130
                      Originally posted by DirtyJerz32_OS
                      This seems like a really solid shooter. May take advantage of GS 50% trade in value and pick this up.

                      For those of you that picked it up, how are you liking it?
                      I rented this from Blockbuster and I just can't get into it. Can't really pinpoint why but I'm just not feeling it. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful DJ32.

                      Could be because baseball is less than 2 weeks away???


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                      • DirtyJerz32
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                        #131
                        Re: Crysis 3

                        Originally posted by FLIGHTWHITE
                        I rented this from Blockbuster and I just can't get into it. Can't really pinpoint why but I'm just not feeling it. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful DJ32.

                        Could be because baseball is less than 2 weeks away???


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                        • mgoblue678
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                          #132
                          Re: Crysis 3

                          Originally posted by DirtyJerz32_OS
                          This seems like a really solid shooter. May take advantage of GS 50% trade in value and pick this up.

                          For those of you that picked it up, how are you liking it?
                          It is, enjoying what I played so far more than Crysis 2. Like I said in another post though, the player's approach to the game is large factor in determining what they will get out of it. In other words your odds of liking it became alot better, if you play the game like a dude with Superhuman abilities, and not like you would play a typical FPS shooter.

                          Originally posted by FLIGHTWHITE
                          I rented this from Blockbuster and I just can't get into it. Can't really pinpoint why but I'm just not feeling it. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful DJ32.

                          Could be because baseball is less than 2 weeks away???


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                          Not sure how far into you are but, the first 45 minutes to a hour aren't that great, it starts kind of slow to be honest. Things get alot more interesting what you actually get into the city, and level design opens up. Also like I said a large part of what you will get out of Crysis is really up to the player and how creative they want to be. I mean playing the game like your typical corridor type shooter is not really going to be that exciting.

                          Also, did you like Crysis 2? If so, this is basically Crysis 2 with refinements or improvements in certain areas, though it is shorter. If you didn't like the core base from Crysis 2, though, you probally won't be able to get into this one. Or it could just not be your type of game, nothing wrong with that, it happens.
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                          • stlpimpmonsta
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                            #133
                            Re: Crysis 3

                            Quick question. I havent played Crysis 1 or 2. Could I start on 3 without being lost storywise? btw if it matter my brother has all 3 of pc.

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                            • mgoblue678
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                              #134
                              Re: Crysis 3

                              Originally posted by stlpimpmonsta
                              Quick question. I havent played Crysis 1 or 2. Could I start on 3 without being lost storywise? btw if it matter my brother has all 3 of pc.
                              I think I saw a previously in Crysis tab on the main menu of the game, I assume it recaps what happened in the first two games.

                              Edit: There is in fact a previously in Crysis video, under campaign, on the main menu. Just watched it, and it basically tells you all you need to know to not be lost, so you should be good to go.
                              Last edited by mgoblue678; 02-21-2013, 11:23 PM.
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                              • DirtyJerz32
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                                Definitely going to be picking this up tomorrow. Thx for the info fellas. Always count in OS with great info.
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