Crysis 2

[gameranand]

Amazing. Much better graphics than Crysis 2 for sure..!

Crysis 2?? Damn that looks better than Crysis 1 at DX 10. LOL

Find me a better than this,

Well I can but I would rather not hell I can't even bear her. How would I bear better than her.

 

[comp@ddict]

No need to eulogize more about your hand

haha, okay okay

back to crysis 2's graphics

 

[vickybat]

Finally crysis 2 is getting dx11 support tomorrow i.e monday in the latest v1.9 pack.

Changes included in patch v1.9 include the aforementioned DirectX 11 support and the option for users to install a high resolution texture pack. The newly introduced DirectX 11 features include: tessellation and displacement mapping (which introduces improved water rendering), high quality HDR motion blur, particle motion blur, and quality-of-life fixes, such as the formerly broken bullet penetration and stat glitches in multiplayer.

Source

 

[varunb]

You have the incomplete information. There are a total of 3 patches coming live tomorrow. Patch 1.9, DX11 patch & High resolution texture pack. Patch 1.9 will allow the other 2 remaining patches to be installed. The last 2 patches were leaked 3 days ago. Only patch 1.9 is left to be released.

 

[tkin]

You have the incomplete information. There are a total of 3 patches coming live tomorrow. Patch 1.9, DX11 patch & High resolution texture pack. Patch 1.9 will allow the other 2 remaining patches to be installed. The last 2 patches were leaked 3 days ago. Only patch 1.9 is left to be released.

What will be the total size of the patches? The ones leaked in TPU are extremely huge.

 

[vickybat]

You have the incomplete information. There are a total of 3 patches coming live tomorrow. Patch 1.9, DX11 patch & High resolution texture pack. Patch 1.9 will allow the other 2 remaining patches to be installed. The last 2 patches were leaked 3 days ago. Only patch 1.9 is left to be released.

Are you a mass effect fan? Sorry for the Offtopic question buddy.

 

[comp@ddict]

27th, I want thee patches!

 

[tkin]

27th, I want thee patches!

Me too. On torrent cause its huge and I can only download it at night time.

 

[cyborg47]

Am I missing something?
The DX11 upgrade is 545MB and the High-res texture pack is 1.65 GB.
Why are people so worried about downloading just 2 gb of data? :\

 

[tkin]

Am I missing something?
The DX11 upgrade is 545MB and the High-res texture pack is 1.65 GB.
Why are people so worried about downloading just 2 gb of data? :\

Because the leaked files in techpowerup was huge, absolutely huge. some 10gb total.

 

[cyborg47]

Hmm...Well the official links are working now.
just 2gb for both of them
Have fun!

EDIT-
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*img225.imageshack.us/img225/8138/crysis22011062723183384.th.jpg

Will upload more pics the next day

offtopic-
The thing that I always hated about crysis's visuals is that the game looks fantastic while its still, but the animation is where its all screwed up. I mean, I'd played crysis 1, warhead, and 2. But honestly none of them look as good as Half life 2 interms of animation. The smoothness in HL2 was never achieved in any game till now (may be, except BF3).

EDIT- WOW!! just wow! Crytek has done magic with their 1.9 patch seriously! Totally enjoying the multiplayer now.
The FOV seems much much better, and the servers look filled with players, probably coz of the dx11. The game just got better! love you crytek!

People with the legit version, should seriously get back to this game, you all wont regret, believe me.

 

[topgear]

27th, I want thee patches!

Me too. On torrent cause its huge and I can only download it at night time.

they can be downloaded from here - 100% legit link

Spoiler

*international.download.nvidia.com/...onal/patches/crysis2dx11uu/Crysis2Patch19.exe - 136MB
*international.download.nvidia.com/...rysis2dx11uu/Crysis2Directx11UltraUpgrade.exe - 545MB
*international.download.nvidia.com/...s2dx11uu/Crysis2HighResolutionTexturePack.exe - 1.65GB

 

[thetechfreak]

Oh. Thats too big for me
looks like I cant get the patch

 

[gameranand]

@ topgear
Oh thank god you saved me. I thought I had to download the whole damn 10GB for DX11.

 

[comp@ddict]

I've only the texture pack left.

The game has become, DARK, I dunno. What's wrong?

And the performance has taken a hit, but barely see anything THAT VISUALLY ATTRACTIVE added to explain this.

 

[cyborg47]

Yeah it got a little darker. And the FOV also has been tweaked..
Actually, the game looks 'clear'.
Anybody tried the multiplayer? lot of players now.

 

[comp@ddict]

DX11 up and running. Only Texture pack left.

But I decided to play the game anyways.

Disappointed. Heavy disappointment. My autoexec wasn't working, so fov set to console's ultra low spec, 60 I think. fov command doesn't work. After playing for 5 minutes, I could feel my eye squinting with a FHD screen running a game at 60fov. Stopped the game before headache starts.

Things I noticed:

1. Water now reacts to bullets, but who cares? It's not essential to the game, at all.
2. Shadows have become a tone down, the over-brightness has come down a little bit, that's good
3. Performance has taken a hit. For what? Supposed visual upgrade which you will NOT NOTICE AT ALL.
4. Sure everything looks shiny now, the taxis shine, particles everywhere. Hardly a way to put a DX11 entry, forcibly reducing performance(not DX11, but stupid shining armor and bug like particles everywhere)

VERDICT: I'm not wasting 1.9GB download on the Texture Pack.

~ My 2 cents

I have Sapphire HD5850, all stock clocks(undervolted however), playing at my usual 1920x1080. Here's what I observed.

Reduce "OBJECTS" from "Ultra" to one notch down, instant 20fps boost. Infact, Objects is taking the fps toll everywhere.

 

[cyborg47]

@compaddict
Weird, I played the mp about 2 1/2 hours last night and felt that the FOV is improved(im no techie, so dont ask for numbers ) unlike earlier, where i couldnt even play for 20 mins or so. Probably its a personal thing, suits some and doesnt for some.
And, about the brightness, I liked it. More contrast in the colours too coz of which it appears more realistic. Lighter areas more lighter, and darker areas more darker.
Particles- yeah, kinda overused, so much that im not even able to see the enemies in narrow places..dirt particles all around lol.


Like I said, its more clear now and Im enjoying the mp more than ever.
Im not recommending it to anyone..play the game for a while, see if its fine for your eyes. If its not, then ditch the game

Reduce "OBJECTS" from "Ultra" to one notch down, instant 20fps boost. Infact, Objects is taking the fps toll everywhere.

Noted, thanx

 

[tarey_g]

Reduce "OBJECTS" from "Ultra" to one notch down, instant 20fps boost. Infact, Objects is taking the fps toll everywhere.

I think you lose tessellation if you go one notch down, so the 20fps has a price. Not sure of that though, saw it on neogaf.

 

[gameranand]

If we are getting performance hit then I ain't gonna waste my night downloading texture pack. I thought that there will be improvement in performance with visuals but after seeing so many views on other site and this site also I decided that Crysis 2 is not worth my 2GB bandwidth. I guess I won't love this game ever.