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Crysis 2 stripped down for Xbox 360 and PS3?
PC gamers can expect a different gameplay experience to the original.
Written by Steven Williamson, 12 March 2010
Part of Crysis' appeal was that it was one of the most technologically advanced PC games that we'd seen in recent years. News this week from the Game Developer Summit 2010 reveals that the next game in the Crysis series will be made more accessible to those who own lower-end PCs, which suggests that Crytek has stripped down its CryEngine perhaps to cater for its debut on console.
P3Zine Issue 50
For our latest Crysis 2 coverage, click here to download P3Zine Issue 50 for free.Though the minimum specs of Crysis ensured that anyone who had bought a PC in the last three or fours years could still run the game, it was really only those gamers with high-end PCs that could play the game to maximum effect. With Crysis 2 coming to Xbox 360 and PS3, Crytek is obviously aiming its first person shooter toward mass appeal and, of course, the more people that get play it the better.
A spokesperson for Crytek, Carl Jones, has now revealed that Crysis 2 will have lower system requirements, but will still offer better graphics. The hype behind the original Crysis was unprecedented, and so it will be with Crysis 2, but what has Crytek done to its engine that's going to allow for many more PC gamers to play it? It sounds like Crytek has tweaked the original engine to cater the Crysis experience for consoles - as a result something must give.
Maybe Crytek is looking to deliver a more stream-lined game with less focus on the all-singing, all-dancing game engine of its previous game? Crytek, however, still claims that CryENGINE 3 will set the benchmark for complete game engine solutions. The proof will be in the pudding when Crysis 2 is released later this year, but one thing's for sure - Crysis 2 is going to be a different experience from its predecessor for better or for worse.
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