Crysis 2 multiplayer demo now available on PC

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  Summary: If you haven't already grabbed it, the Crysis 2 PC demo is now available on Shacknews.com : XAVdeMATOS
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    offtopic: when will you change the comments system? It's out of place, IMO. : QuickFobos
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      Helpful feedback goes to greg-m. : XAVdeMATOS
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        Xav, I have lots of unhelpful feedback too, who do I SM that to? :( : Durajim
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          You just keep posting it loudly and often, especially in direct reply to the people that work here, watch... : Haxim
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            Also, bonus points if you can work in veiled enough personal attacks to skirt being nuked or banned. : Haxim
            • Additional bonus points if you make overt personal attacks but still avoid being nuked or banned. : noxiousgg
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      for now, try the "White and Blue" theme here: http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Customization : vynn
      • Thank you, kindly. It was not the point of the problem but still helpful. : QuickFobos
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      In what way? I hear people complaining about it but im new to it. WHats the problem? : apocreg
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        There (and here) is only ONE comment with lots of sub-comments. My complains are'bout that. : QuickFobos
        • Each sub-thread is just like a thread of its own. It will take some adjusting for people who spent most o... : noxiousgg
        • Your real problem is that you have no idea how this community / chat system functions. The sooner you ... : dedgecko
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  This should be interesting.. : ColoradoCNC
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    Can I just say, this tilting menu screen is a horrible idea. I shouldn't have to get seasick trying to ch... : ColoradoCNC
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      I was pretty meh on the 360 demo when it came out and was really hoping the PC version would be better, b : ColoradoCNC
      • Make a game for 360, hit compile. : Pneum0
    • Personally I dig it. : SpaecKow
    • It seems like it was made specifically for those with 3D glasses. That's my guess, anyway. : Jobos
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  Well, not at all surprisingly, the mandatory account creation screen does not work - it sits there 'creat... : MeestaNob
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    It's just a demo. The good news is the actual game is fun. : Wisp!
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      Why would a demo not be indicative of the actual game? : The Wilhelm Scream
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        The issues he is talking about are minor UI and menu tweaks. This is something that can be patched. For a... : Wisp!
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          an issue that prevents you from playing the game isn't minor. : grendel
          • Also the first bug that will be fixed. : Wisp!
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            GAME IS BROKEN. Download cancelled. : moe6
            • PREDOWNLOAD CANCELED. : menar003
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    Create on the web site. It may be on "creating" endlessly there too, but check your email after a few min... : Tawler
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      Which website? www.mycrisis.com which currently isnt loading? : ashkie
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        An HTTP error occurred while getting: http://www.mycrysis.com/register/ Details: "connect timed out... : ashkie
        • Yeah... that website. :( : Tawler
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          Yep, website is down for me too. Fucking hopeless. Although, from the comments of people who did get i... : MeestaNob
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            The singleplayer is a letdown compared to the 1st two Crysis : hanged_man
            • How could you have played it... : MeestaNob
            • Arggg matey I didn't know it be out yett! : Jimbo Ro
        • down for me as well : hanged_man
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    PROTIP: If you had a BF2 account, you can login with that name/password. :) : u sir name
    • Didn't work for me either. :( : MeestaNob
    • Didn't work for me... : Gerg0r
    • Worked for me, thanks! : Lakipo
  • Same for me, after a lot of retries I finally got it to create the account through the website but have s... : Orteko
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  Wait - are we supposed to post in this thread, or the already-created one? : The Wilhelm Scream
  • yes : vynn
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  Stuck on creating account for 10 minutes now. Bullshit. : ashkie
  • Me too. I created an account, clicked "Create", saw the "Creating Account" screen... I watched a movi... : Turtleey
• Why the fuck am I at work reading this? Maaaaaaaaan >:C : Snipergen
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  My initial impression after playing for 15 minutes or so. The FOV is, yep, consoled. Mouse movement feels... : u sir name
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    The aim is weird because they accidentally left auotaim in the PC demo. I'm sure that will be removed. Yo... : Wisp!
    • Scratch that, I was wrong about the console command. Read it on a forum and then went to test it in-game.... : Wisp!
  • Ya, I couldn't get the mouse sensitivity to feel right at all and it jumps in increments of 5. Really hop... : vynn
  • It's not a bug, it's a feature. : Epsilon Sector
  • Noooo! For like the past year I've been all like, "Crysis 2 will have perfect FOV - they did it in the f... : Jobos
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    The FOV thing sucks. That might be enough to completely ruin the game for me. Low FOV fucking sucks ass. : SockMonkeh
    • The FoV being changeable via .cfg in BioShock 2 was the thing that saved it from my burning a Steam refun... : Marrbe
  • is anyone really surprised? PC shooters are dead and buried, the only people that can make money off that... : gokart.
• :C mycrysis is still taking a shit :C : moe6
• Yawn. After 15 minutes : darkfox321
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  I'm having fun! but i never played any of the call of duties in multiplayer except maybe twice for 10 m... : xxx2xxx
  • I thought the same thing but had the opposite conclusion; it's fast, boring and mostly unoriginal. CoD w/... : exit button
• Way to send a password through plain text in the confirmation email Crytek/EA you morons. : ZenzenTen
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  Account is being created... : Goblin au
  • An HTTP error occurred while getting: http://www.mycrysis.com/user/reset/numbers/morenumbers/bigol'has... : ZenzenTen
• Awwww yeah!! http://steamcommunity.com/id/ZenzenTen/screenshot/540635318086146411 : ZenzenTen
• Not able to make an account to play. No "offline" mode available....an account is required....Boo. : Jimbo Ro
• When is Sandy Bridge available? Only way I'll be able to play it... : CrustaR
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  6 hours later and this clusterfuck of a web page is still down.. : biofrog
  • And people said the Bad Company 2 beta / demo was a cluster.... : Jimbo Ro
  • UPDATE TWENTY NINE hours and I still can't log in to the fuckin site! : biofrog
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  Downloading... So how is the DX11 in this game for those that have played it? Tessellation? Anything c... : valcan_s
  • Some that have played it said its DX 9 only. : Jimbo Ro
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    Don't think the demo has full bells and whistles bro but I bet it'll be freeking awesome. : moe6
    • Why do companies release demos without all the bells and whistles? "Hey here's a DEMONSTRATION of our ... : Schnapple
• What about the PS3 demo?? :C : ichfan
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  Anyone find a config or a way to enable the console? I really need to tweak this FOV. The game looks ... : pyide
  • Leaning is still there but context-sensitive : henrikb
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    FOV fix via the command line option works, thankfully it's the same command as Crysis. Probably some othe... : pyide
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      Is 90 good FOV for shooters? Wasn't Half life 2 60 or something? (I model my 3D stuff in 90 FOV, I li... : Snipergen
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        A good FOV is whatever you prefer. For me personally that means something not so low and zoomed in that I... : pyide
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          eh? isnt horizontal FOV the correct way to calculate it? or is vertical? the correct way gives you wider ... : retarded talking dinosaur
          • You want a wider horizontal fov, yes. Certain games however calculate the overall fov in the engine by us... : pyide
      • HL2 and episodes have a slider from 75 to 90 in the menu. : Marrbe
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        Faster shooters need a wider FOV. QW & Q3 asked for 110 for me. Anything below 90 literrally makes me sea... : pillzer
        • I used a 120 fov in Quake 3 for years and I mean years. : Savoy2001
      • remember that the FOV for some games is actually controlled vertically rather than horizontally : vynn
    • Direct link? http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/577790014994757440/2CFFEBB9F2F637365CAFC3FAFFB2ED6FBB55C38... : pyide
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      ads/zoom can be switched to toggle in the options/game menu but ONLY while you're in a match, otherwise i... : vynn
      • lol, thanks for the tip! : pyide
    • 75 FOV feels about right for me : vynn
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    As indicated, leaning is still there it just isn't toggled by a button at any time anymore. Its contextua... : Toth21
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      I haven't seen a single instance of it yet in the demo. SP only? : pyide
      • Hmm.. could be actually. : Toth21
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  Looks like they forgot everything that made the first one such a success on the PC. Either that, or threw... : YerMothah
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    In what universe was Crysis 1 multiplayer popular? : Wisp!
    • The MWLL Multiplayer : LoioshDwaggie
    • I never did the multiplayer, strictly single player. : YerMothah
    • not this one, but it's a shame. It was a lot of fun (at least during Beta). I hear there was a lot of c... : MamiyaOtaru
• Comcast was being an asshole last night so I didn't get this demo downloaded but this thread makes it sou... : SockMonkeh
• crytek took a page from the serious sam 2 demo, can't believe how consolized crysis 2 was. Not certain w... : stgdz
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  I miss the days of single player demos, I have zero interest in the multiplayer for this game. : Derringer
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    Agree, but at least you get to see the game run on your system before 22nd. Why the hell have SP demos... : valcan_s
    • Because with the length of SP campaigns these days if you release a demo you're giving away like 1/3 of t... : DirkSpanners
  • Yep, the SP demo for Crysis 1 is what got me to buy it. : Begawkiness
  • agreed : AMikaboshi
  • Perfectly agree. I don't want to have to clog through the over-capacitated register servers to play with... : Turtleey
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  Am I missing where I can customize my visual settings? Are we really limited to just three preset, rathe... : Zips
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    crysis 2 is not a pc game, its a port. were lucky to have any options at all : retarded talking dinosaur
    • But we have a server browser, that has to count for something! ... Oh wait, it's f'ing GameSpy, nevermin... : Zips
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      FUCK, are you saying it has no graphics menu? Please tell me this is not true. : vitek r
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        There is one, with resolution options and 3 graphics settings. It looks like you'd have to get ini editin... : crummynz
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          I'd hope you can adjust things in the full game... it would suck if its just locked to 3 settings. :( : Shadowdane
          • A Crytek dev posted this on the Steam forums: On the topic of "console ports", please note that this : pyide
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            They're going to fuck you out of making your custom config. : Crabs Jarrard
            • Yup word is the configuration files are binary or encrypted... fuck that : Shadowdane
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          Theres no INI or CFG editing either. All the files are generated on game start up and can not be altered. : var987
          • command line variables work at least: http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=25390355#itemanchor_25390355 : pyide
• SP demo please : retarded talking dinosaur
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  The 360 demo is out of retirement with an extra map and an extra game mode like the PC version http://... : dantastic
  • anyone want to party up and give this a shot tomorrow night, maybe 9pm EST? : dantastic
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  I hope the MP plays nothing like the single player. God it is so fucking bad. Armor takes away energy b... : Jimbo Ro
  • sigh. i loved crysis, it was probably my favorite pure shooter since HL2. it really breaks my heart to ... : vitek r
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    its definitely a lot worse than Crysis 1 and the SP is fun but not great : hanged_man
    • You've played it already? : pyide
• Steam demo link: steam://install/99850 http://store.steampowered.com/app/99830/ : pyide
• MAXIMUM AWESOME!!! I'm lovin' it! : ZenzenTen
• Good game! : moe6
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  OK, this game is a lot of fun! The controls feel good, smoother than Crysis. The game runs super well on ... : crummynz
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    Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to run so smoothly on the hardcore graphics level. : The Grolar Bear
    • There's no destroyable buildings, barely any trees, it's 12 players, and they made it for consoles. If th... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Post usernames for Crysis 2 Friendlists - We need Shackbattle up in this bitch. jscooba (it still ... : Crabs Jarrard
  • ZenzenTen : ZenzenTen
  • TheGrolarBear : The Grolar Bear
  • pyide : pyide
  • rolecks : rolecks
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    ColoradoCNC : ColoradoCNC
    • You can't play till we get pics. : Crabs Jarrard
  • smbz : supermonkeyballz
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    It's too fucking bad I have to do this for every retarded, worthless, fucking awful GameSpy/EA game that ... : LoioshDwaggie
    • are you from the fucking future or something? : Turd Ferguson
  • Dynotaku : Dynotaku
  • MarkovChain : MarkovChain
  • killergrapefruit : Alastayr
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  I really wish I could login :( : nomaad
  • If you make a Gamespy account on the IGN website, you can login with that. : Crabs Jarrard
  • Yeah, all I want to do is play around and see how it runs on my system. There should be an offline mode. : gooblerampling
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  Well, very consolly ("press start button"?!?) from the interface to the FOV, but on a pure visual level, ... : Gorkgork
  • I too noticed the 'press start button' - how lazy is it to leave that in? Why not 'press any key'......bu... : niceguynick
• Update: Still not fucking validating account. This is infuriating : steve_o
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  Demo is on Steam now as well.. http://store.steampowered.com/app/99830/ : watcherxp
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    do you still need a mycrisis account? : steve_o
    • believe so. Just like BFBC2 needing an EA account. : watcherxp
• I am a Dirty Dozen Exhibitionist!! http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540635318093804974/445E01CB91F493D6F... : ZenzenTen
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  wow its fucking amazing : eeeealmo
  • I played the 360 demo a bit and it was mega fun times. Can't wait for the full game now. : nomaad
• Alter FPS, FOV etc through command line: http://www.fpsadmin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97204&postcount=3... : Cygnus X-1
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  Liking the gameplay a lot. Played a few rounds with Crabs and pyide for a bit but then the friends list started removing friends... The server browser has everything you want in terms of filters I think. However, when I select restrict region to NA, I only get 12 servers returned. I've just been scrolling down to the 109ms servers (after all the 0ms DE/Amsterdam/etc ones) and selecting LA/CA/etc. Pings have been in the 20s for me in-game. No noticeable lag in my games so far.
  
  Controls are tight, switching between suit modes is fluid if you set your binds up. Mouse buttons bound just fine. Bumped the graphics up to the best option and didn't really notice too much from 'Gamer'. Not sure if they disabled anything for this beta but it runs very nicely on my althon II x4/gtx 470. FOV doesn't bother me anymore really, but I can understand the complaint.

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  Liking the gameplay a lot. Played a few rounds with Crabs and pyide for a bit but then the friends list s... : rolecks
• Having finally played a bit of this, I'm disappointed. It looks good, but not spectacular. It plays : MeestaNob
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  This game is utterly fantastic! I can't understand how people can complain about this. : henrikb
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    I'll assume you're playing the console demo, yes? Otherwise there seems to be some reasonable issues for... : wytefang
    • I'm enjoying it, actually my only real complaint so far is a kind of narrow FOV and letterboxing. : Dynotaku
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      none of the "issues" are "reasonable" on pc. people are just bitches : eeeealmo
      • Ohhhh...that's why people are unhappy. Got it. : wytefang
      • They're plenty reasonable. I mean, fuck, I couldn't even create an account for most of the day. : Conan
      • yep. : justwr!ght
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      Nope PC. FOV is fixed by this command line: +g_skipIntro 1 +cl_fov 90 +r_DrawNearFoV 90 +pl_movement.pow... : henrikb
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        Is there any way to host a match? For the life of me I can't find one. : Conan
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          http://www.katzforums.com/showthread.php?t=4229132 : dignan
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            ^^ at the bottom of the first post it lists some shit, i didn't read it too well but remembered your ques... : dignan
            • Info from the leaked pirate copy doesn't help; the menus are different. I have no option to start a match... : Conan
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        how do I add this in win7? im not seeing it in properties of the exe or shortcut : dignan
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          wtf, shortcuts don't even say which .exe they refer to in the properties... am i missing something? : dignan
          • Navigate over to C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis 2 Demo\bin32 and make a shortcut of... : rolecks
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          I had to make a new shortcut to Crysis2Demo.exe" add it after the quotes. : Turd Ferguson
          • just figured this out as well. wow, they screwed up on this in win7. right click / open file location b... : dignan
• I keep going between liking and hating it. I hate it at the moment. The fucking mouse sensitivity keeps r... : Crabs Jarrard
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  Does anyone else have a problem running this in Windows 7 64-bit? Everytime I try to run it, I get a ... : Landrosradick
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    Q9550 (no overclock), 8GB DDR2, GTX285 and Gigabyte P35 if anyone is wondering... Just updated the driver... : Landrosradick
    • Works here. : hussdelrio
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      no prob here Win6-64 : watcherxp
      • +1 : watcherxp
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  What the fuck is wrong with naming the graphics presets Low, Medium, High, Custom : JMro
  • wayyy to confusing for console gamers : headbone
  • im on 'gamer' , you forgot one : dignan
• Just played for a couple hours, it's not terrible but it feels like it's missing something. Also it feels... : headbone
• I liked the demo. The presentation is slick - graphics and sound are both top notch. It feels solid and... : megarust32
• Wouldn't let me create a username, kept saying it can't contain numbers or symbols when it was just lettt... : HL3dsx
• This runs way faster than Crysis or Warhead for me. Granted its probably only medium res textures since ... : Turd Ferguson
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  runs better than crysis 1 AND supports 360 gamepad. so far I'm like it it. now if it handles the dr... : X-GOUKI
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    Crysis 1 supports the 360 gamepad.. : Landrosradick
    • Playing an FPS on the PC with a gamepad? What's the point? : Topsiderover
  • It uses SolidShield - Like Shank and Dead Space 2. : Crabs Jarrard
• I say bring on Brink. The demo is fun but it's confusing at first and it's missing a lot of options. Also... : razlebol
• still can't log in to the game or the site : grendel
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  It's fun, but not 60 dollar fun, and I don't think the multiplayer will hold my interest for very long. : u sir name
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    I doubt I will play the MP more than I just did. I played the hell out of some TDM back in the day, but ... : Turd Ferguson
    • CounterStrike Source is the only deathmatch game I can play for hours on end. A few quick rounds of Halo ... : Dr_Cube
  • This is what's going to doom it. I am sure the tech will be even more impressive for the retail release b... : Dr_Cube
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  You level up fast! i hit level 10 in about 2 hours. The game plays and looks great after I fixed the FOV ... : DarkDeus
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    how do i turn off the blur? : dignan
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      http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=25393733#itemanchor_25393733 : Turd Ferguson
      • ah, now i see that part in the line... doh! thanks : dignan
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  After finally getting in a fucking game my suspicions are confirmed that the sound isn't working. Also, t... : SockMonkeh
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    lol : eeeealmo
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      Okay, actually, after getting the sound working this is pretty awesome. : SockMonkeh
      • Well, apart from the technical issues this game is fun. The server browser is a complete piece of trash, ... : SockMonkeh
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  server browser is shit. 1/2 have 0 ping, filtering by N. America only shows 12 servers but thats not true... : dignan
  • Yeah, it's like it was coded by DICE /ducks, sorry efx ;) : TabsAZ
• Want SP demo. : HisDivineShadow
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  Changing the FOV (went to 90) makes it look a little fisheyed. : The Wilhelm Scream
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    So drop it down to something that looks good to you. The correct fov is entirely subjective and a persona... : pyide
    • I noticed that if I'm up against a corner at the right angle with FOV set to 90, my view will clip throug... : SockMonkeh
  • That might be the vertical FOV ala how it is in BC2 - see if setting 65 or 75 looks right. : TabsAZ
• Guys I'm having trouble and I can't play the demo. Ok so I got past the tutorial video and I'm at the me... : ManiacalMoose