So far the game is quite good. The only gripe I have is that the AI seems to have taken a huge nosedive from the first game. It's kinda surprising because the AI in the original is one of the reasons it was so excellent. Still though they found ways to make up for it. The graphics are excellent and the gameplay more or less still feels very much like the original, minus some of the open ended freedom, I guess, but still feels like Crysis to me.
Originally posted by Smasandian
It's weird with the AI, it can be brain dead but sometimes the AI can be very surprising.
Agreed. The AI is incosistent. Sometimes it is extremely dumb and blind. You standing 3-5 in front of them and they don't notice you. Other times you swear they won't be able to see you given how dumb it is, but it does! LoL.
Crysis 2 DirectX 11 patch confirmed
Following no shortage of rumors, Crytek has finally confirmed a DirectX 11 patch is in the works for the PC version of Crysis 2.
While most PC players seem to have enjoyed the experience on the whole, many have complained about the lack of visual fidelity over Crysis, which is where DirectX 11 comes in.
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/16186-crysis-2-directx-11-patch-confirmed/
Now that's what i call very good news. damn it's good to be a pc player. i got my 360 but it just doesn't compare in everyway.
Finished the campaign today. Overall was very impressed. Better than the original in a lot of ways. The setting and atmosphere was much more interesting, the guns were all more fun to use (in the first game i only enjoyed using the SCAR). The aliens were more fun to fight this time, and the story was better as well. Only thing lacking really was the crazy sense of freedom from the first game, but it made it a tighter experience over all I think. Oh and the AI.
Originally posted by Zack FairCloaking is just game breaking for me. It makes the single player ridiculously easy and the MP retarded. There is no coherency in multiplayer, it's just everyone running around the map in circles while cloaked. I don't know this for sure, but I'm pretty sure the game doesn't even spawn you near your allies. It spawns you were enemies aren't, which kind of results in a cluster****.
What is keeping you?
Plus the weapons are unbalanced. Due to the fact that long range fighting is pointless (due to cloaking, max armor and sprint, and every weapon except full auto's needing at least two seconds to kill someone), the tiers of weapons is basically decided by rate of fire. The higher the RoF the better the gun.
In short, every match is a huge cluster**** of people who are cloaked accidentally running into each other, then spraying and praying.
Also the maps are repetitive and boring. 😐 That's not really a big issue though.
As far as the balance is concerned, I think it would be helpful if they got rid of bullet lag for all weapons and put a greater damage difference on weapons with low RoF. Sniper rifles for example should be a one-hit kill anywhere on the chest and head, imo, and two shots if the target has max armor on, that way Sniper Rifles aren't useless (compared to other weapons).
The AI's stupid as ****, yeah.
There's a lot I don't like about the campaign. Story's confusing and not really explained well, characters are utterly forgettable and the dialogue is lame. The set-pieces are kind of boring, and the levels are pretty repetitive for the most part.
I wasn't expecting a lot from the campaign though, which is why it doesn't really bother me. I knew for awhile that the campaign in this one wasn't going to be as good as in the 1st one.
Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Cloaking is just game breaking for me. It makes the single player ridiculously easy and the MP retarded. There is no coherency in multiplayer, it's just everyone running around the map in circles while cloaked. I don't know this for sure, but I'm pretty sure the game doesn't even spawn you near your allies. It spawns you were enemies aren't, which kind of results in a cluster****.
I understand the issue with cloaking, but you are not forced to use it. I have no problem being spawned where the enemies are not. Much better than getting killed multiple times in a row because you return in the middle of the action. I prefer these spawns over Black OPs's broken Team Deathmatch spawns. That shit is just plain retarded.
Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Plus the weapons are unbalanced. Due to the fact that long range fighting is pointless (due to cloaking, max armor and sprint, and every weapon except full auto's needing at least two seconds to kill someone), the tiers of weapons is basically decided by rate of fire. The higher the RoF the better the gun.In short, every match is a huge cluster**** of people who are cloaked accidentally running into each other, then spraying and praying.
Also the maps are repetitive and boring. 😐 That's not really a big issue though.
As far as the balance is concerned, I think it would be helpful if they got rid of bullet lag for all weapons and put a greater damage difference on weapons with low RoF. Sniper rifles for example should be a one-hit kill anywhere on the chest and head, imo, and two shots if the target has max armor on, that way Sniper Rifles aren't useless (compared to other weapons).
I have no issues with the weapon balance. My main issue comes from the consistent red bars in almost every single match. Nanovision > Cloaking. Some of the maps are boring but others are just plain awesome like Skyline. Oh well it looks like the game isn't your cup of tea. Shame.
Also the story wasn't explained well? I wasn't lost at all throughout the entire thing. In fact it was kind of straight forward.