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• This sucks :( : Dontdrop
• lol. they'll probably go console only after this. : thebigbeefsandwich
• uhhhhhh??? GG DICE Crytek : Hemtroll
• Fuck sake :( I mean its not like Crysis 1 was pirated a lot is it. : Chipwarrior
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  How the hell does shit like this get leaked? Does a resentful programmer do it out of spite? : denixen
  • I'm curious as well. : LoioshDwaggie
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    I've seen builds get leaked from the ESRB, from external config testing labs, from developers, from teste... : RomSteady
    • don't forget gaben! : GloriousCow
    • What do you think is going to happen now, Rom? Will they change the release date to, well, change somethi : Nitrium
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      sometimes cheaper and faster to FedEx a build than it is to FTP it Can you explain how this could ever... : Attica Blue
      • Due to connection/upload speeds I would guess. : Iwannaacura
      • A business Internet connection is only so fast. Builds can be dozens of gigs especially before optimizati... : OverloadUT
      • I don't know about games, but in film when we send/recieve large batches of plates, they are almost alway... : FlamingGimp
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    Builds get passed around a lot for QA and outsourcing and marketing and publisher reviews and other stuff... : dpgagnon
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      Most people have no reason to leak a game, it's not like there's anything in it for them in exchange for ... : Zek
      • scene access for life? : cdrd
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    49 days early, will it have gone out to publishers and shit already? : Hemtroll
    • Console version would have probably gone to certification. PC version would have a six week lead time if... : RomSteady
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      38 days early. : vx2o
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        I didn't count, was just going by the Facepunch thread : Hemtroll
        • More like facepalm. : vx2o
  • Back when the DOOM 3 thing leaked (the build of the game they were showing off at trade shows) the leak c... : Schnapple
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  jesus fucking crysis. : pyide
  • hahaha : steve_o
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  At least they can probably replace the online master key. : famine101
  • True, it's not too late to fix that at least. Or add Steamworks. : MeestaNob
  • Cracked auth servers will easily be made I have a feeling :/ : pancake humper
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  this is terrible. I haven't been happy with them lately and had no intention of buying this, but ugh. T... : MamiyaOtaru
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    What do you mean haven't been happy lately? Are you in an ongoing relationship? : Chipwarrior
    • the relationship a potential buyer of products has with the producer of the products, sure : MamiyaOtaru
• ugh, how do you recover from something like that? it's gotta be pretty disheartening to have put 2+ years... : TrulyVexed
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  i was going to wait for a sale, but i might buy the game release day just because now : harold.johnson
  • I was thinking the same thing harold. : guyver-za
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  MAXIMUM INSIDE JOB : MeestaNob
  • MAXIMUM TERMINATION : Tech T
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  Now, the developers will REALLY hate pc. Fuck! How did this happen?! : ArtilleryMarker
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    I blame bastards mostly. : one random winner
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      Alien bastards? : CrustaR
      • What a pigcop they are to release MP authentication info :(((( : SpaecKow
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  This sucks, thanks pirates, thanks, this was supposed to be an actual PC-oriented title. : SpaecKow
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    Hardly : pancake humper
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      I dunno about their changes to the SP gameplay, but I imagine Crysis 2 was going to be one of the few gam... : SpaecKow
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        Crysis 2 was primarily designed with consoles in mind across the board gameplay/location/tech wise. PC ve... : pancake humper
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          There are at least a few things that Crysis 2 is doing that most ports don't bother to do: - include ... : SpaecKow
          • "Hay guise it's Crytek so they'll have a good interface for the PC cause they know PC gaming and they're : SpaecKow
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          The tech still involves the PC in a big, bad way. Crysis 2 is still a showcase for Cryengine 3, which pro... : pyide
          • I didn't mean it as a negative aspect. What you said is all obvious for any current PC game. It will a... : pancake humper
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    You know what? Crytek should just be like "here you go fuckers" and release the game right now on Steam a... : SpaecKow
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      speaking as someone who pre-ordered the game, i would be even more pissed off at a company who would do s... : ETPC1
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        Yes but could you be angry Crytek? I'm not sure. Basically, when people pirate these games, they're a... : SpaecKow
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          you discourage it by not caring about it and learning to live with it because piracy cannot be stopped, p... : ETPC1
          • you discourage it by not caring about it and learning to live with it because piracy cannot be stopped, p : SpaecKow
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      But why punish the gamers when the leak was (i'm assuming) internal? I think Crytek should instead bury ... : Tech T
      • Of course, that wouldn't exactly work if the fuckhead pirates don't actually buy a copy... ugh, how short... : Tech T
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        Because the gamers are the shits, they give the pirates a willing and grateful audience. The scene is all : SpaecKow
        • you've really thought this out, haven't you? : harold.johnson
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        leaks like this are usually via a third party who got a preview copy of the game. like the Doom 3 leak w... : mikecyb
        • and Crysis 2 would be something hardware vendors would want to stress test their shit I'd imagine : mikecyb
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      You seriously think joe six pack can follow the thread of thought that long? If the game doesn't work the... : AgentPothead
      • I think they will be able to compare the game on 360. If you pirate the game on PC, and then your friend ... : SpaecKow
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      Pretty sure the 0day pirate faggots would just find that funny. For the lulz! : Schnapple
      • I'm sure they would lulz, but at least their product wouldn't be awesome and popular anymore. : SpaecKow
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    it could just as easily have leaked for the 360 or ps3 tho? it just happened to be the pc version that leaked.. what would the stories have been if it had been the ps3 version instead? omg lets blame geohot?
    
    i'm sure we'll hear more about this over the next 24hrs.. crytek will be getting to the bottom of it asap i imagine.

    Feb 11, 2011 2:58pm PST
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    it could just as easily have leaked for the 360 or ps3 tho? it just happened to be the pc version that le... : TrulyVexed
    • I give no fuck if someone leaks 360 and PS3 games. : SpaecKow
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      There would have been no story because most PS3 (and 360 games) leak early. Even Halo was out a few weeks... : LoioshDwaggie
      • That's interesting, i didn't realize that. : RetroRedEyeJr
    • 360 and PS3 games leak early far more often than PC games at this point. It's just not a story when it ha... : Talonus.
    • 360 version also got leaked apparently : stgdz
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  Pirates once again prove that they're pieces of shit not worth the oxygen they breathe : ColoradoCNC
  • But all culture must should be free and accessible to the public. : -efx-
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    It's definitely the pirates who leaked it. : danws6
    • Nah, but those wastes of life will be downloading it. : ColoradoCNC
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  Awful, even if this is a Beta. What kind of security issues allow this to happen? : SigmaDraconis
  • Fuck this. Now I get to read impressions from assholes playing the unfinished game. : at0micgarden
• I have to admit I am tempted to try it but I will wait : stgdz
• i wonder how many people in this thread are downloading it after saying shit like "oh this is disgusting ... : gyokuro
• Were their passwords: 12345? : Godhatesfatpeople
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  There are videos popping up on youtube already. And holy shit it looks gorgeous. Also, human enemies! ... : Beady
  • press start ! : HisKillSkill
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    so are you saying the North Koreans in Crysis 1 aren't human? I dont understand why are you are highly th... : gyokuro
    • One of the previews I saw a while ago mentioned there didnt seem to be any humans, and other than the cli... : Beady
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      Because it's set in the Us and all the trailers have only shown alien enemies. : marmite
      • Not true. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/be-strong-crysis-2/710063 @27ish and later. : Fenring42
      • This is so not true, there was one trailer with just aliens in it, and apparently that was enough to star... : Toth21
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      Because a lot of people didn't see all the trailer where you fight humans and thought the game was going ... : Fenring42
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        Any aliens is too many aliens for Crysis :( : SpaecKow
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          I agree for the most part, but from a few of the trailers it seemed like the average alien was more like ... : Fenring42
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            Dude if you want Elites, you play Halo. The whole appeal of Crysis/Far Cry is that you have a base full o... : SpaecKow
            • But I play to do that same kind of thing with the Crysis aliens. Take one out then run away, then do it a... : Fenring42
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            One of the things that is fun about fighting humans is that they tend not to be tougher. They are vulnera... : Beady
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              I think it *could* be fun if they do it right. Killing lots of average soldiers is fun, but I think it ge... : Fenring42
              • Killing the humans in Crysis never got old. : ArcKnight
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                They won't do it right. Somebody needs to slap the shit out of Cervat Yerli and shout NO! BAD! STOP IT! B... : RetroRedEyeJr
                • YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. Let me live in ignorant bliss until I buy it. : Fenring42
        • Agreed, seriously fuck the aliens so hard. We all hated those aliens and now Crytek just puts them in aga... : Snipergen
• Oh well, offline single player PC gaming had to die sometime... : donjuancarlos
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  For dudes thinking of pirating this game - From what I have read, it has incomplete textures, placeholder... : at0micgarden
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    so you are saying they should wait to pirate the full version? : gyokuro
    • I am saying do not pirate this incomplete version and purchase the game at release like normal person wit... : at0micgarden
  • Yeah it's actually an older beta of the game, it's apparently feature complete but the content is missing... : SpaecKow
• It was nyranger that's why he lost his job. : sposh
• that sucks. not like this changes my decision to buy the game though, i was always looking forward to pla... : smacknca
• HERES YOUR PC DEMO GUYS ! : HisKillSkill
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  Someone in the RPS comments says that it actually contains a bunch of modding tools (probably the interna... : Beady
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    apparently the source code as well : HisKillSkill
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      Could you explain to me why that's so important? I always assumed every copy of a game came with the sour... : Fenring42
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        Compiled code is machine readable, but not human readable anymore. Source code is human readable but not ... : enyakk
        • Okay, thanks. I think I get it. : Fenring42
        • Source code is human readable, but only nerd understandable : gyokuro
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        what : HisKillSkill
        • it was a fair question/misunderstanding : gyokuro
    • Fuck I hope not. : Toth21
  • didnt the first crysis have full mod support? sandbox editor and then stuff like the mechwarrior LL mod..... : smacknca
• All it's going to take is the 5% of PC gamers that are hardcore piraters to spread this like herpes and c... : ajvitaly
• I assume this is the PC version? Also, a leaked developer build? I figured the leak would be from a di... : Dr_Cube
• That's awful and I hope it doesn't cost them any sales. Actually watching youtube clips of the leaked gam... : Dynotaku