Electronic Arts has today confirmed some great news for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers. Courtesy of Crytek's multiplatform CryENGINE 3 technology, the next installment in the previously PC-exclusive Crysis series will be coming to Sony and Microsoft's platform.

“The development of Crysis 2 marks a major stepping stone for our studio,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. “This is not only the next game in the Crysis franchise, it’s the first title we are developing for consoles and the first title being built on CryENGINE 3.

Originally, Crytek claimed that the PS3 and Xbox 360 wouldn't be able to handle the processing power required to run Crysis efficiently. However, the developer is building the sequel from the ground-up specifically for home consoles, so it's going to be very interesting to see whether it will be one of the few games to really harness the power of the PS3 to bring top quality results. Guerrilla Games did it with Killzone 2 and we'd put money on Crytek achieving similar results.

We'll be keeping our ears to the ground at E3 this week for any further information.
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Seriously!? Oh wow.....Should be interesting. PC Elitists won't be too impressed. Gametrailers will be going crazy I can imagine.....Of course once again they'll be losing out since the game will be "dumbed down" for consoles. We'll see how it goes. I never did have interest in the first crysis, so we'll see how this turns out.

Thanks for the info!

Sweet the first Crysis for PC is unbelievable. Hopefully they dont cut down the console entry to much.

And I'm convinced it's going to look a lot better on the PS3 than it will for the 360, if not their really shitting the bed on that one.

alright im kinda digging this one up, but for good reason.. i promise
im actually kinda stoked for this game

here is the latest tailer and a demo reel

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I downloaded and watched the teaser from the PSN yesterday.

I'll watch it while close to the TV later, because I wasn't particularly impressed by it.

this has a bunch of stuff on it (crysis 2, FEAR 3, Red Faction: Armageddon and some EA Partners Stuff on IG)

Is it just me or does anyone else think the devs of this game are getting overly obsessed with the graphics . I mean , the first one was fairly criticized for being a fairly average shooter despite the huge graphical achievements and advances that it showcased . Still looking forward to this one nevertheless .

Played the MP demo (360 only)

At its very core it plays a lot like call of duty. However unlike cod all the soldiers are super soldiers, so you can do things like sprint real fast, jump real high, active active camo, or extra armor, or even ground smash an enemy by jumping on them (and pressing B in the air)

It is also much more vertical, not only can you jump really high (hold A for a "super jump") but you can climb virtually any ledge, and you can climb at about eye height. You can even combine that with the sprinting to jump a 30 foot gap.

on the one map in the demo their is a point of the map that is really high and you can see most of the map from there, there are many ways to get to it, my favorite is jumping onto one of the greenhouses that the spot overlooks, and sprint jumping up their.

they also have an interesting way of using water to balance a map. there is a couple spots on the map where there are broken pipes are water is pouring out of them, and sometimes the water covers an entrance, and when you walk through the water your screen is covered in water for a second or two making it hard to see when you go through one of those spots.


I am not a big fan of CoD, and even though the MP was similar to CoD I throughly enjoyed the many hours I spent playing this game tonight.

EDIT: Almost forgot, all those abilities and such I mentioned are all rather easily accessible. (LB for armor, RB for stealth etc) easy to use, but also limited enough that they cant be abused. You have energy which recharges pretty quickly when you are using it, but it goes down when you are in armor or stealth mode, or when you sprint or super jump. so you cant stay in those modes indefinitey

That sounds pretty epic , ninja COD . How are the graphics ? .

graphics are really damn good. im not someone who typically cares too much about the graphics, but I did notice the especially the lighting and the water effects are really good. as good possibly better then U2s water effects, (though also a little more limited then U2s water since its just mostly streams of water gushing from pipes, and water running down your screen)

there have been a few times where I spotted an enemy because I noticed his shadow

I've heard they are pushing the consoles pretty hard in that respect . Crytek used to claim Crysis couldn't be done on consoles as they didn't have the power to run it eficiently . Seems like thy have somehow done it .

thats rather typical of developers

Sounds pretty good.

Just picked this up. Anybody else?

Waiting for reviews and appropriate amount of funds. But I do have my eye on it.

Good review from IGN,


I am annoyed that despite the more-than adequate power of the PS3 , Developers are still tailoring multiplatform games to the xbox360 and giving the PS3 a less polished version !!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Crytek even said they were pushing the 360 harder than the PS3 so why do we still get the 2nd rate version !!!!!!!!!!!

Because they are loyal to more than 1 brand. With a multiplatform release, they are tailoring to more than just Playstation owners. As such their focus is on more than just playstation releases. If you're looking for complete 100% quality you need to look for first party developers to focus on us.

To be fair - Crysis 2 is better than most games releases on PS3 thus far aside from possibly UC2 and KZ 3. It is an overall solid game. (from what I've watched in multiple video reviews. But this is just opinion)

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Because they are loyal to more than 1 brand. With a multiplatform release, they are tailoring to more than just Playstation owners. As such their focus is on more than just playstation releases. If you're looking for complete 100% quality you need to look for first party developers to focus on us.

To be fair - Crysis 2 is better than most games releases on PS3 thus far aside from possibly UC2 and KZ 3. It is an overall solid game. (from what I've watched in multiple video reviews. But this is just opinion)

TBH your probably right Raist, especially as 360 currently has the larger fan base.

This does look very decent , 9/10 is a good score.

Raist, it has FFA! (^_-)b

i love this game

I got to play this game for a couple of hours & it was SICK. (^_-)b

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Raist, it has FFA! (^_-)b

zomgbbq! :rain:

Yeah dude, this is a good one. The graphics are amazing and the MP is pretty solid. Only played FFA and TDM so far. I like how you have to grab the dog tags in order to get your killstreak. Makes things interesting when you get a kill out in the open and you're one dog tag away from getting a drop ship. There is a perk that collects them for you automatically but I haven't leveled up high enough to unlock it yet.

Gyeah! I'm not sure if I'm a fan of a perk that lets you collect the dogtags, though. I'd like to see something like the ability to collect 1 max per life or something like that.

I have to get this game..