Gaming » Details confirmed on worlds sweetest looking game
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A few days ago IGN published new details around the development on Crysis, the Crysis staff took some time to have a Q&A session with community members at the Leipzig Games Convention 2007.
New singleplayer, multiplayer and general info details have been revealed
New singleplayer, multiplayer and general info details have been revealed
Multiplayer
* Voice over IP (VoIP) is now a confirmed feature.
* Both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 players will be able to connect to a DX10 server. Balancing will be done by the server.
* It will take much more server load to run a DX10 server than a DX9 server.
* Statistics and ranks gained during one map will not be persistent to the next.
* Time of day will be handled automatically by the server. The server admin can also manually adjust the time.
* Server admins will also be able to regulate parameters to activate natural disasters.
* Max players is 32 and it's not possible to play as the aliens, but you do fight over their technology.
Single Player
* The time of day and weather will be automatically modified at certain key areas of the game.
General Info
* There are other games in with "Cry" in their title in development and the studios in Budapest and Kiev will support Frankfurt during production.
* You must be 18 in order to purchase the game in Germany.
* The ever-expanding alien shield will dynamically change the world. The water is not dynamic, but there are several models to choose from.
Modding
* The SDK will be available with the game launch on Nov 16th.
* You cannot remove the nanosuit.
* The destruction of vegetation is an encoded function, so it's able to be modified.
* Models are easily imported into the game as long as guidelines are followed to make them compatible with the engine.
IGN has also posted a new developer interview on their site, check it out here (an advertisement video comes first, just watch it lol). The video is pretty interesting, I'd say what are you waiting for?
Crysis has an upcoming beta, a multiplayer demo, and a singleplayer demo. The singleplayer demo will feature the entire first level of the game, whilst details on the multiplayer demo and open beta are still unknown. Crysis developers said they have some big surprises upcoming, be sure to watch it (if your machine can handle it
).The official requirements have not been published yet (although some sites claim they have them
). Here are however the most common seen, and most likely in the range of the official ones:Minimum Requirements
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP
Recommended Requirements
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista
Some more game info
Oceanic Release: November 15, 2007
North American Release: November 16, 2007
European Release: November 16, 2007
Developer: Crytek
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: Science Fiction, First Person Shooter
Platform: PC
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