Crysis demo countdown clock

**Beirut** · 10-14-2007, 21:09

http://www.crysisdemo.com/

Lists the "official system requirements" as well.

I'll be one of the many shmoos in line for this. Will probably be a big fat 1GB+ download as well. Their servers are going to combust.

**edyzmedieval** · 10-18-2007, 17:39

I'm really interested to see if it's a must or a bust.
You need about 14GB for it!

(the same amount for M2TW too...)

**Husar** · 10-18-2007, 19:15

Originally Posted by Beirut

Will probably be a big fat 1GB+ download as well.

I might die of laughter if they managed to compress it to a 900kb download, remember that really small shooter?

**Bijo** · 10-18-2007, 23:06

A while ago I received a multiplayer beta invitation. I was delighted. Of course, it took some time to download whereafter one was to carefully read the instructions and perform many actions such as checking a code, checking this, checking that, checking another thing, and another code, and so forth. Finally I was able to start playing. And then what? Well, my settings were forced to Low. "No big deal," I thought. No, no, NO! BIG ******* DEAL. Other games that are played in DirectX 8 (forced or not) can be set to High and look very good, while all this new technology and effects on Low look terrible. Add to it the terrible ATI drivers and I am not even mentioning the Control Center.

Oh, and I did not like the multiplayer gameplay.

So when you know your MP beta runs at a terrible pace or quality, checking the demo is not something I would do. And I suspect SP gameplay -- the most important aspect -- will not be so interesting anyway. A Far Cry lookalike updated with graphics, some gameplay elements, a story and lots of Hollywood-like action with alien monsters. I dare say I would find Bioshock better to play and that's something that pains me to admit. Argh, pain, pain, dammit! See? :P

**Beirut** · 10-19-2007, 11:29

Originally Posted by Bijo

A Far Cry lookalike updated with graphics, some gameplay elements, a story and lots of Hollywood-like action with alien monsters. I dare say I would find Bioshock better to play and that's something that pains me to admit. Argh, pain, pain, dammit! See? :P

As Opus said when Steve chocked on his herring flavoured toothpaste. "To each his dentifrice."

Though Bioshock looked great, it wasn't the kind of gameplay I like. Far Cry, on the other hand, kept me going right through. A new Far Cry with better graphics and cool aliens is exactly what I want. My rig meets the recommended specs and I'm looking forward to some next-generation eye-candy.

One week to go.

**Bijo** · 10-22-2007, 00:31

Originally Posted by Beirut

As Opus said when Steve chocked on his herring flavoured toothpaste. "To each his dentifrice."

Though Bioshock looked great, it wasn't the kind of gameplay I like. Far Cry, on the other hand, kept me going right through. A new Far Cry with better graphics and cool aliens is exactly what I want. My rig meets the recommended specs and I'm looking forward to some next-generation eye-candy.

One week to go.

Well, then that is good for you. May you rejoice.

What is bad about Bioshock: everything that is not the graphics and story. A shame I wasted monetary resources on it as I didn't even continue playing it after a short time. It was too shallow for my taste.

Far Cry was decent. The end seemed as if stuff was thrown together hastily and the overall game seemed more like a showcase of technology that was manipulated into being a game which if it weren't for its refreshing technology would not be so interesting. It seems Crysis will be superior compared to FC, but even then... It appears too much of a rechewed FC to me, man. I do not play games for graphics first but for gameplay.

Anyway, yes, let us await the demo. I shall check it out since I read somewhere it was being delayed due to making it as best as possible, including performance tweaking. Not that this would matter much for me, but it would still be nice to see how it would run.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 10-22-2007, 00:47

Originally Posted by Beirut

My rig meets the recommended specs and I'm looking forward to some next-generation eye-candy.

Out of curiosity, can you PM me your computer specifications, and how well FSX runs on your computer?

**Viking** · 10-23-2007, 19:20

http://www.crysisdemo.com/

Lists the "official system requirements" as well.

I'll be one of the many shmoos in line for this. Will probably be a big fat 1GB+ download as well. Their servers are going to combust.

It better be good.

**Beirut** · 10-25-2007, 21:45

Less than 24 hours to go.

**Whacker** · 10-25-2007, 22:18

Originally Posted by Beirut

Less than 24 hours to go.

You are drooling. It's very unsightly.

I shall be testing this out on the beast as well, it looks pretty and should be a wonderful stress test. Oddly enough, and I'm sure a few will get good laughs out of this, Far Cry didn't really interest me at all when it was out, I was too busy playing Doom 3 and later RTW. Perhaps this will hold my interest also.

**Beirut** · 10-25-2007, 22:29

Originally Posted by Whacker

You are drooling. It's very unsightly.

I'm not drooling. I just like free toys. Especially free toys with cutting edge graphics.

**Husar** · 10-26-2007, 05:46

Do you really think you can get it in less than 24 hours?

I suspect they might make it an exclusive deal where you have to pay some network to get access to the fast servers or get into a line that says: "Hello, you're only the 1 millionth person to wait for the Crysis demo, estimated wait time: 4 months" or maybe they'll make it public but for the first 24-48 hours most servers will probably be slow anyway.