Comments on: How to: Completely Ruin Crysis For Yourself

By: Westie

Westie — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:09:09 +0000

Sounds all a little convenient to me. Are we sure that all this isn’t just another marketing ploy? Especially since the uptake of Vista has been sluggish. I’m sure that it won’t do sales of the game any harm now that many, many more people that haven’t upgraded to Vista have discovered that they can play the game with all the same visual effects. And Xmas is just around the corner….

By: Rock, Paper, Shotgun - PC Gaming » Blog Archive » Crysis Crisis Deepens

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:49:35 +0000

[...] the script for the entire game was discovered lurking in the demo files. Then a simple config file edit activated supposedly DirectX 10 and Vista-only graphical effects in [...]

By: supra

supra — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:30:37 +0000

what they should have stuck in the pak file is whether or not the game is any good!

By: Kismet

Kismet — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:03:54 +0000

I’ll refrain from reading it until I’ll have finished the game.

Meanwhile though, what I’d really want to know from people who’ve read the document, is it if it says if Psycho (the marine who’s always bitching about everything, on your left in the introduction) is, in fact, Kurt Russell.

Being on mission with “Snake” Plissken (or Jack Burton) would make way more bearable the whole super marine atmosphere. I don’t know how many “Aww Man” (or “No Man” or “Oh Man” not really sure what’s the guy on the radio is saying) I can sustain before snapping.

By: Chemix

Chemix — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:26:16 +0000

I second Drunkymonkey’s comment and add Deus Ex, and I’m not talking about the fact that you change teams, that’s to be expected.

By: drunkymonkey

drunkymonkey — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:26:51 +0000

“I don’t think anyone’s ever been completely blown away by twists in an fps’ story ”

Bioshock?

By: Weighted Companion Cube

Weighted Companion Cube — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:21:35 +0000

Thanks for spoiling Tetris, Radiant.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:58:43 +0000

The shareware version of Yendorian Tales Chapter 2 on an old PC Gamer disc hasa bug which causes the built in hintbook to unlock fully – this gives you the registration key (a password for a door) thus enabling the full game. That’s a bit similar. Only worse.

By: Radiant

Radiant — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:16:21 +0000

Other games that were spoiled early?
Tetris:
They showed you all the blocks in the game on the front of the box.

I don’t think anyone’s ever been completely blown away by twists in an fps’ story [ie the only thing killing Sarge blew away where all the dreams and plans of fanfic writers everywhere].

What they should have stuck in the pak file is whether or not the game is any good.
Do I still have to walk backwards pouring bullets into unrelenting damage sponges?
How is the gameplay different to the trillion other special ability shooters released this year?

Do I get to see any titties?
Real talk.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:49:34 +0000

Another couple of companies that did something similar.

Sierra, Gabriel Knight 1 demo. Gave you a blow-by-blow account of each day, not entirely ruining every plot twist, but pretty much removing any need to play the game.

Origin, Wing Commander 3. Released a demo disc (I think it was on PCG) which contained the full screenplay. Kinda neat. But it did rather ruin any surprises.

By: Thiefsie

Thiefsie — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:48:24 +0000

People got around that in Far Cry with the console saving. Criminal that it wasn’t actually implemented via the GUI or shortcut buttons tho!

By: Chis

Chis — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:39:31 +0000

FarCry was awesome until you meet… enemies. Then you realise that it’s impossible to play the game with much stealth.

Crysis CAN be played stealthily, although it makes the game very easy even on the hardest difficulty. Still, it’s a LOT more fun than FarCry, if only because – hallelujah – you can save where you want.