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• SUMMARY: Shacknews gives its final word on the Xbox 360 and PC version of Crysis 2, examining everything ... : XAVdeMATOS
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  Nice review! Did you key your key to save yet after writing this? Their "fix" for that one is linked o... : pyide
  • No. I still get the error. : XAVdeMATOS
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  So why did the video autoplay? : one random winner
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    I'm noticing this with several stories on the Shack lately. : MaxPete82
    • Quite frustrating :/ : one random winner
    • same here : technotica
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    That's a bug that we're looking in to. Basically, if you've filled out the AGE GATE stuff... your browser... : XAVdeMATOS
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      Alright, this is the first time I've seen this happen so I thought I'd ask. : one random winner
      • Happens all the time to me. I didn't even know it was supposed to pause. : zehh
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  Interesting. Basically Xav said the story is full of cliches with broken enemy AI. The reason to play C... : EnderWigginDA
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    Just dosen't feel fluid to me.. played both single player and multiplayer on PC with specs optimized at m... : meoff
    • meoff. May 17th. Brink : EnderWigginDA
  • The AI in Crysis was not broken at all. At least not like this. : Jimbo Ro
• Great review, I have to say this game was pretty impressive... I got a little sick of the music after aw... : Batmanshack
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  Remember one of the first Cryengine 3 videos that showed the dev creating a map on the fly, which happene... : Milleh
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A03p5BkDRBo&feature=related Like the first 15 seconds of this - anythin... : Milleh
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      I think I am nearly finished and it's all concrete jungle so far. : the_burd
      • :( : Milleh
• Why don't more characters allow you to wear suits made of BLACK TWIZZLERS? If for no other reason the... : ChazWinterbottom
• I don't want to read the review yet as I'm not done with it and i don't want something annoying pointed o... : RetroRedEyeJr
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  For PC, is this an instant buy, or good sale fodder? It's hard to get a feel for this game. This revi... : pantsburgh
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    There's a demo on steam. Check it out. : jonin
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      Unless they released a new one the demo is MP only and was shut down a week before the game came out. : catman1027
      • ahh thats right : jonin
    • It's not working anymore. : vx2o
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    I dunno. I'm really enjoying it so far. It's far from perfect, but it's fun as hell. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Are you talking about the single player campaign? I'm considering it because the SP in #1 was pretty fun... : Don Vito Corleone
  • Arstechnica gave it a BUY rating. : LoioshDwaggie
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    It's not heavily consolized. It's really awesome. There are only a few things that stand out as changed m... : SockMonkeh
    • This sounds like Dragon Age 2! : Wisp!
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  Has any one played the SP part of the game? Is it longer then the shit 3.6 hours I got out of Homefront? ... : ShXIII
  • It took me 8 hours to complete. : kaankasim
  • I get the feeling I am nearly finished and I've put about 8-10 hours into it on delta. : the_burd
• Thanks for the writeup, good read. : loppsided
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  So here's something I noticed during GiantBomb's quicklook, but didn't really think about it until now: C... : AxeMan808
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    You can carry two primary weapons such as pistol, shotgun, assault rifle or sniper rifle. You also get c4... : sigpro
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      Heavy machine guns are great. :D : Arcanum
      • Yeah, I love them in multiplayer. : SockMonkeh
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      OK, I haven't seen anyone with a Rocket in vids yet. Wasn't it 3 weapons in Crysis? I remember carting ar... : AxeMan808
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        You could switch out the scopes to make your assault rifle a sniper rifle but you could only carry two we... : Hemtroll
        • Yeah but your pistol and sub-machinegug (Warhead only, I think) were in a separate slot. : SockMonkeh
      • In Crysis you could carry a pistol and a sub-machinegun as well as two primary weapons and then C4 and a ... : SockMonkeh
    • so its pretty much the same as crysis 1 then : ballystix
  • 2 weapons and a large weapon (I've only seen rocket launchers) : kingdepork
  • What do you mean now? You were always limited to two of every class. : singlespace
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  Something I neglected to clarify: This game doesn't give a lot of context for the story. You kind of h... : XAVdeMATOS
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    Even having played the first and Warhead the story doesn't make much sense : / Oh well, shooting robot... : the_burd
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      SQUID! : XAVdeMATOS
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        Flying squid with freeze rays magically transform into robotic squid who consume human flesh in just 3 ye... : Wisp!
        • I thought it was revealed that they got the taste after Prophet bonded with their shit when he flew into : Crabs Jarrard
        • I don't think the squid eat humans or even use them at all they just created the bugs to eat the melted h... : johnlocks
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    story: step 1. Nomad step 2. Psycho step 3. ????? step 4. Prophet : smax
    • You're so punny. : GoS-CPT-Stewart
• I'm having fun with the multiplayer but the single player is marred by some terrible AI. Guys stuck all o... : House
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  Anyone running this on a gtx280? Just wondering if I can run it maxed out at 1920. : Cubictoast
  • You can probably get away with very high. I would guess that it'll be choppy on extreme based on my exper... : Crabs Jarrard
  • I have it running at 1680-1050 on a GTX280 and its super smooth on extreme, but occasional artifacting. I... : Chipwarrior
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  I'm on the fence here - is this actually worth $60 or should I wait for the summer Steam sale or somethin... : TabsAZ
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    I'm glad I bought the game but not that I paid full price. I could have waited. : SpaecKow
    • K, I think I'm gonna wait and grab at $30 or whatever they do later in the summer. : TabsAZ
  • I'm loving it so far, and I hear it gets better a few hours in. No buyers remorse at all, it's very exci... : Pneum0
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  i wonder why none of the aliens from the first game were in this game. : grendel
  • and also why these aliens didn't care about it being cold : grendel
  • Because Crysis 2 is a reboot of the Crysis universe. : vx2o
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  Single player has been a lot of fun. This is the first fps game I've played in a very long time that eve... : ManiacalMoose
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    I take it you didn't play Crysis or Warhead if this is the best single player shooter since 2000. : Jimbo Ro
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      It's better than Crysis and Warhead IMO. : moe6
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        The AI is not as good. The maps are not as large. There have been no epic fights like the ones you had ... : Jimbo Ro
        • I've not played for more than a few hours yet, so won't say which is better, but there certainly are upsi... : ramshot
        • A few hours in and maps seem way larger than I was anticipating. And the number of routes they cram into ... : Chipwarrior
        • The AI doesn't see you coming from a mile away either nor is there a chopper incessantly kicking your ass... : moe6
        • You can literally walk past every enemy in the game. It's stupid as shit. : Gvaz
    • I've played both Crysis and Warhead. I thought that Crysis was notable for raising the bar in terms of w... : ManiacalMoose
• Im actually pretty disapointed with the story, esp after they had the help of one of the best sci-fi writ... : corair
• Is the last difficulty equivalent to delta in C1? : thejm4n
• Crysis 2 is a much-welcomed refreshment after the disappointment that Homefront was. : TigerRobocop
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  Bought it, pretty good SP so far. Maybe 4 hours in? Very polished game, very good graphics. Couple o... : Freon
  • The nano stuff disappears pretty quickly, so maybe it dropped but evaporated before you could grab it? ... : XAVdeMATOS
• I would describe the MP as COD and Halo having a baby. I like it, its fast paced, but rather laggy right ... : Ruaerikoholic
• i played that eyecandy the whole day. it is awesome in some ways, but for me, i now know more than ever w... : fw_rams
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  The game that is made to boost ATI + Nvidia sales returns. Part Quatre : mrshrinkray
  • They need to try harder then, even maxed this game is smooth. : Pneum0
• Just finished the game, truly epic. Now where's the DLC? I want to play more. : fmellish