I find the whole "Games for Windows" initiative annoying, since it forces DX10 and Vista upon us, poor PC gamers, and also it takes away system-selling exclusives from Xbox 360 users. Basically noone has really reason to like this.
Still, in the framework of "Games for Windows" there's a couple of gems indeed : Gears of War, Assasin's Creed and Crysis. During Tokyo Game Show 2007 I had the opportunity to play the last two titles. I already had covered Assasin's Creed, now it's time to share initial impressions of playing Crysis.
To sum up briefly : I am totally amazed by how incredible this game is. Contrary to most people out there, I was a sceptic from the beginning. Yes, I've seen screens and movies, read a bit on the game, and it basically didn't turn me on.
Having played the game changed my approach completely. Suffice to say that I am thinking about upgrading my PC, which I has solemnly swore not to do for next years. Yes, it is really THAT damn good. Graphics are incredible, the details, the bloom, the smearing of the screen when player turns around rapidly. Thousands of little things that build up total visual wonder. Also, the cinematic presentation creates incredible atmosphere - jets flying past look sound so real, getting shot is almost painful, enemies move naturally and their AI isn't of the usual imbecile kind. I ended up dead pretty quickly, but the overall impression has left me with my jaw on the floor.
And that was just the part with regular human soldiers. Remember how many things good, old Far Cry had in store for us after the initial levels? Crysis promises even more and seeing this snippet of the game, I am really sad that my current config won't allow me to play it. One more game to wait for!
Still, in the framework of "Games for Windows" there's a couple of gems indeed : Gears of War, Assasin's Creed and Crysis. During Tokyo Game Show 2007 I had the opportunity to play the last two titles. I already had covered Assasin's Creed, now it's time to share initial impressions of playing Crysis.
To sum up briefly : I am totally amazed by how incredible this game is. Contrary to most people out there, I was a sceptic from the beginning. Yes, I've seen screens and movies, read a bit on the game, and it basically didn't turn me on.
Having played the game changed my approach completely. Suffice to say that I am thinking about upgrading my PC, which I has solemnly swore not to do for next years. Yes, it is really THAT damn good. Graphics are incredible, the details, the bloom, the smearing of the screen when player turns around rapidly. Thousands of little things that build up total visual wonder. Also, the cinematic presentation creates incredible atmosphere - jets flying past look sound so real, getting shot is almost painful, enemies move naturally and their AI isn't of the usual imbecile kind. I ended up dead pretty quickly, but the overall impression has left me with my jaw on the floor.
And that was just the part with regular human soldiers. Remember how many things good, old Far Cry had in store for us after the initial levels? Crysis promises even more and seeing this snippet of the game, I am really sad that my current config won't allow me to play it. One more game to wait for!
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