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Re: Crysis (EA game) leak

#21

Post by ZoFreX »

teamonkey wrote: post #19
electromagnetic wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I highly disliked Far Cry, it was the epitome of graphics over gameplay. The graphics were astounding, but the gameplay was a tedious uncoordinated piece of crap. Story basically had all the point of a Mario game, stealth didn't exist as the AI could seemingly spot you from 200ft away with their backs turned (maybe a little exaggeration). I disliked the game so much that I've essentially avoided any game with 'Cry' i…

> I disliked the game so much that I've essentially avoided any game with 'Cry' in it since playing Far Cry. Somewhat irrational, since Crysis plays differently and the sequels to Far Cry were developed by different company. I guess that's brand power for you.

His reasoning may be fallacious but his conclusion is correct - Far Cry 2 is a terrible, terrible game. I actually quite enjoyed Far Cry and Crysis though, YMMV.

Re: Crysis (EA game) leak

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Post by ZoFreX »

djtumolo wrote: post #6

Here's a rewrite that I think is much more pleasant, and would build good will, and probably increase sales: Crytek has been alerted that an early incomplete, unfinished build of Crysis 2 has appeared on Torrent sites. Crytek and EA are a bit shocked, but surprisingly ok with the news. Saves us the trouble of writing a demo! So check out the pirated, unofficial demo, and be sure to buy the full game when it comes out…

I'm not sure how wise this was. I couldn't resist the Half-Life 2 leak, and it did actually detract from my experience of the final game. It was buggy, crashed a lot, many of the levels were completely untextured or unscripted, but there was enough dialogue already in the game to spoil the plot. I agree it could use a more pleasant rewrite, but in their position I would want to put people off playing the leak for that reason alone.

Oh, and they have made a demo - it's been out on the 360 for a couple of weeks I think.

Re: Crysis (EA game) leak

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Post by electromagnetic »

teamonkey wrote: post #19
electromagnetic wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I highly disliked Far Cry, it was the epitome of graphics over gameplay. The graphics were astounding, but the gameplay was a tedious uncoordinated piece of crap. Story basically had all the point of a Mario game, stealth didn't exist as the AI could seemingly spot you from 200ft away with their backs turned (maybe a little exaggeration). I disliked the game so much that I've essentially avoided any game with 'Cry' i…

> I disliked the game so much that I've essentially avoided any game with 'Cry' in it since playing Far Cry. Somewhat irrational, since Crysis plays differently and the sequels to Far Cry were developed by different company. I guess that's brand power for you.

I worked as a game reviewer, Far Cry was actually one of the games that started making me jaded because we were basically forced to rate it well so that we would keep being supplied review material.

I never touched Crysis, but perhaps I should. I heard much better reviews, but never heard anyone who didn't play Far Cry say it was a great game which is why I avoided it like a plagued corpse.

Re: Crysis (EA game) leak

#24

Post by teamonkey »

ZoFreX wrote: post #21
teamonkey wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I disliked the game so much that I've essentially avoided any game with 'Cry' in it since playing Far Cry. Somewhat irrational, since Crysis plays differently and the sequels to Far Cry were developed by different company. I guess that's brand power for you.

His reasoning may be fallacious but his conclusion is correct - Far Cry 2 is a terrible, terrible game. I actually quite enjoyed Far Cry and Crysis though, YMMV.

FC2 strongly polarises opinion more than most AAA games. :) http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/far-cry-2/user-reviews

Re: Crysis (EA game) leak

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Post by nickik »

electromagnetic wrote: post #12
_delirium wrote: post #5

That's a weirdly worded paragraph. The first three sentences are fine, then the fourth sentence is marketing copy awkwardly squeezed in ("Nanosuit lets you be the weapon as you defend NYC from an alien invasion"), then closes with a generic statement about piracy. Will be interesting to see what effects this has, though. Apart from the simple fact of early availability to pirates, these kinds of leaks can change the…

I highly disliked Far Cry, it was the epitome of graphics over gameplay. The graphics were astounding, but the gameplay was a tedious uncoordinated piece of crap. Story basically had all the point of a Mario game, stealth didn't exist as the AI could seemingly spot you from 200ft away with their backs turned (maybe a little exaggeration). I disliked the game so much that I've essentially avoided any game with 'Cry' i…

FarCry was not to good. FarCry 2 was bullshit. Crysis how ever rocks. I really like the stuff I have seen from Crysis 2.

Re: Crysis (EA game) leak

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Post by GrandMasterBirt »

Ok, let me make a nice analysis of responses about that post:

1) EA is obviously upset. They are asking people to wait to buy the game. This has two main reasons. The first being that the beta release is still buggy and will give a bad impression. The second being that they don't want people who would have otherwise bought the game get impatient and download it. Possibly seeing what a heap of crap it is.

2) EA did not bash the community. They just said "fans, please support us, piracy hurts our industry." Piracy of course referring to actually downloading and helping spread it. The response is basically "piracy is good, stfu, fuck off, you deserve it assholes". The response is completely blown out of proportion unless the OP was modified later on.

3) EA has nobody to blame but themselves. However they know this, and did not blame anyone else in the post. The responders seem to think otherwise.

4) I hate EA as much as the next buy, but lets be fair here.

That is all.

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