Crytek: Past, present and the future - Part 2
PC enthusiasts also noticed that the PC version of Crysis 2 did not look as good as it should have and the new engine was poorly optimised with lots of graphical pop-ins, animation and clipping bugs and artifacts on screen. It was however one of the best
looking games on the consoles.
Crysis 2 was criticised by fans for having locked downloadable content already present on the disc which in case of the PC version could be unlocked by modifying some game files. The game did feature a solid multi-player and through that the game managed
to sell around 2 million copies on consoles.
EA is also to blame in part for the poor PC sales of Crysis 2 as EA removed the game from Steam and made Crysis 2 exclusive to Origin, which is EA’s digital store and game download client that is not really popular with Gamers. The plan was to drive Origin
with the success of Crysis 2 which backfired and resulted in poor sales because of Origin exclusivity.
Disappointed yet again with the lack-lustre sales even after the marketing push, Electronic Arts announced Crysis 3 for PC and Consoles at this years’ Electronic Entertainment Expo (e3 2012). Using a more optimised and improved version of the Cryengine 3,
Crysis 3 is set to bring back what fans loved about the first game. The sandbox elements mixed with the tighter more ‘Call of Duty’ like game-play and some of the best graphics of the e3 show are bound to make Crysis 3 a must have game for all First Person
Shooter fans.
“I think it runs better than ever before. Crysis 3 as a technology gets more and more optimised every day.” said company CEO Cevat Yerli, when asked about the performance of the game on consoles. He did not comment if Crysis 3 was going to be exclusive to
Origin on Pc or not by stating, “That is yet to be determined. It's all in motion and I can't talk about it.”
Apart from Crysis, Crytek is also working on a few other games such as Homefront 2 for THQ. Nothing has been shown as of yet but judging from the first game, Homefront published by THQ, the sequel is likely to be a good looking ‘Call of Duty’ clone. Crytek
is also working on RYSE, previously known as Project Kingdoms, for Microsoft’s Xbox 360. RYSE is going to be Cryteks’ attempt at doing a hardcore game featuring Kinect and Microsoft is keeping this title well under wraps for the time being as there is only
one game-play video available from last year’s e3.
When asked about how RYSE was coming along, Cevat Yerli [Crytek CEO] stated, “The same update that Microsoft said. It's still coming strong but we couldn't show it yet.” He also mentioned that the fans should not worry as the project is coming along well
by mentioning, “Ryse is one of my personal darlings so it's going to be rock-solid and strong.”
Aside from developing games based on Intellectual Properties owned by other publishers, Crytek is also developing ‘Warface’, which it claims will be a free to play First Person Shooter that looks as good as any $60 shooter in the market. Yerli claims that
Free to play games are the future of first person shooters but whether it’s true or not, remains to be seen.
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