Crytek declares war on Crysis 2 cheaters

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 31 March, 2011

You have been warned.

Crytek has promised to eradicate Crysis 2 exploits and punish those who use them.

In a statement released on the game's official site, the German developer issued a stark warning to those who cheat.

"We do take cheating very seriously here at Crytek," it said. "We are currently taking steps to permanently remove exploits from Crysis 2 and to penalize those individuals that choose to utilize them.

"We thank you for your patience and want to ensure you that we will continue to work hard to keep the integrity of Crysis 2 intact and cheat-free."

Crysis 2 is currently the UK's number one game.

It's also publisher EA's biggest UK launch of 2011.That means the 8/10 shooter developed by Crytek has enjoyed a bigger opening weekend than Dragon Age II, Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm and Fight Night Champion - the games EA has already released this year.

Crysis 2 marks the series first multi-platform foray. Wrote Eurogamer reviewer Simon Parkin: "Story aside, Crysis 2 is a hell of a video game about shooting stuff. It's challenging, facilitates and then demands the use of tactics, and is more generous in scale than almost any other first-person shooter of the past few years.

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Comments (32) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • ZizouFC #1 1 year ago

    Good stuff.

  • carlitoswagon #2 1 year ago

    This is what happens when the rif raf start playing.

  • davisorle #3 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 20:44:35 16-04-2012

  • Ultrasoundwave #4 1 year ago

    "That means the 8/10 shooter developed by Crytek has enjoyed a bigger opening weekend than Dragon Age II, Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm and Fight Night Champion - the games EA has already released this year."

    Fair play EA, that is a cracking start to the year. Best game publisher going at the moment, hands down.

  • xero521 #5 1 year ago

    nice to hear, really enjoying this game at the mo

  • youhavenomail #6 1 year ago

    Does this mean they're getting rid of the invisibility cloak?

  • nafter #7 1 year ago

    "...the German developer waissued a stark warning to those who cheat"

    Waissued? They must really mean business!

  • bad09 #8 1 year ago

    Good news there is some dodgy stuff going on. The other night I watched a kill cam and the guy was actually aiming at someone else and I watched his bullets actualy veer off to the left and shoot me!

  • Retro_ #9 1 year ago

    I hate cheats !

  • jumpdeveraux #10 1 year ago

    There were some horrendous cheat vids on youtube from the MP demo.

    One dude stood in a room and racking up instakills everytime someone spawned, don't think he even fired his weapon (not that he could see who he was killing) ... hack must have just sent some sort of "kill success" message back to server and the server simply accepted it. Bizarre.

  • coolbritannia #11 1 year ago

    What version is all this cheating on?

  • pantherjag #12 1 year ago

    Is this all on PC or is it happening on the consoles?

    I play on PS3 and admittedly im not the best player, the muzzle flash and recoil kills me but the amount off times iv been behind someone unloading bullets into them whilst in armour mode and they just turn round and put a bullet into my head is getting depressing.

    Worse thing is i watch kill cam and it doesnt even look like they hit me!!!!

    I will confess at times its my dodgy aiming but i know on other occasions iv hit the guy with 20 bullets and its still happened. either theres cheating off some sort going on or lag is causing some terrible hit detection.

  • Matchstick #13 1 year ago

    I think the cheating primarily on the PC version, with reliable reports of a variety of aimbots etc for download plus tweaks which can be made to client side config files that alter things like suit energy use.

    Quite how Crytek missed all this (along with the other glaring bugs like vanishing Nano Catalyst in the SP campaign) is seemingly left as an exercise for the reader.

  • deanbmmv #14 1 year ago

    They take cheating so seriously they released the game with absolutely no safe guards to stop client side config files over riding the (I'd guess non-existent) server side settings.
    If Crytek had paid a bit more attention to the PC version, which they claim the did, then this wouldn't of happened. People tweaked the campaign mode of the game. They did it in the first one too. (They're PC gamers, they modify games, what did Crytek expect?) It's not their fault that they then played multi-player and found that because there was no anti-cheating or server side settings to override suit powers, all their story mode tweaks carried over.
    If Crytek had maybe done what they claim they had then this wouldn't of been an issue. The MP was made by Crytek UK, aka Free Radical, aka a company that's never made a PC game in it's existence. So maybe it's understandable they're not used to the players been able to tweak the game on their end. But Surely Crytek HQ could of given them a few pointers?

    Crytek fucked up, but of course it's much easier to blame the "exploiters" than be the big man and admit they should of made sure it wouldn't happen in the first place.
    Edited by deanbmmv at 31/03/11 @ 10:59

  • GamesConnoisseur #15 1 year ago

    Would be interested to know ACTUALLYA how wide spread the cheatings are on each version, as a consumer I would gladly purchase the version with the LEAST incidences.

    I would imagine affects all but most on the PC and then PS3 and X360 comes last? Without clear stats, that is what it seem to be to me.

  • MattyD #16 1 year ago

    It's embarrassing how easy it was to cheat in this game. People were writing custom config files (like the ones we all used to make up for the first game to tweak the graphics) that gave them unlimited suit energy, instakill ammo, etc.

  • dingo75 #17 1 year ago

    (Crytek)-Business as usual:

    Crytek fucks up.
    Crytek starts bitching / complaining at everyone around them instead of admitting mistakes and shutting the fuck up until they have fixed it.

    At least they have a fitting name:
    CRYtek -> Want some cheese with your whine? (tm)

  • mcmonkeyplc #18 1 year ago

    It'd be swell if I could even play the game in MP mode on the PC, Crytek/EA.

    It's a good thing I dont give a shit about MP as I'm still doing the pretty good campaign.

  • carlitoswagon #19 1 year ago

    Only issue's with 360 mp version is connection and hit detection. Much like that other military shooter there's plenty of cases where you empty a clip into someones back with no effect, while they turn and kill you with a few shots. The armour ability isn't that strong.

    Could be host advantage?? Not sure. Could be a case of finding a lobby with a good connection, but that's not exactly ideal. Will this improve? Unlikely imo.

  • DiamondIce #20 1 year ago

    I've not had a chance to play the MP yet but I hope they fix the horrible grain/scan/fuzz, or whatever you call it, graphical problems on the campaign.

  • Whizzo #21 1 year ago

    Are they and EA going to get around to fixing the MyCrysis website so you can actually redeem the LE and pre-order codes as well?

    At the moment if you toss a coin and it lands on its edge you maybe able to have it work.

  • mrblonde #22 1 year ago

    yeah the list of EA titles shows what a stellar line up EA have had this year and its only march, superb publisher nowadays. Hopefully activision will follow suit one day.

  • dsmx #23 1 year ago

    Well I've given up playing the MP on the PC it's pretty much impossible to get a game that doesn't have a cheater in it.

  • Golgo #24 1 year ago

    I imagine that cheating is the only enjoyment you can get out of this fucked up mess of a multiplayer. I'm tired of spawning inside level furniture and having to blow myself free with grenades. It's ridiculous. When I finish the campaign I'm lobbing this back at the shop.

  • coolbritannia #25 1 year ago

    *pats xbox*

  • Spydy #26 1 year ago

    Very first game I had online via PC and some guy had gun mod where each bullet headshots opponents instantly.

  • Whizzo #27 1 year ago

    If people want to cheat in A GAME THEY F***ING PAID FOR!!!! let them

    What about people who paid for it and want a level playing field without people cheating?

  • rojjer #28 1 year ago

    At least we console players only have to worry about being shot by people that have got outside the map

  • Scopeh #29 1 year ago

    About time, theres people running around with Speed hacks, Invisibility Hacks and God-mode hacks...o wait..

  • Dogs-not-Gods #30 1 year ago

    Damn, I'm absolutely rubbish at MP and this was my only pitiful excuse. Without cheats playing I can only look at myself!
    Edited by Dogs-not-Gods at 31/03/11 @ 17:56

  • DRUNK3N-_-DRAGON #31 1 year ago

    @matchstick
    tell the truth! your a hacker!

  • Diff4rent #32 1 year ago

    I don't know how cheaters cheat yet, but I still get killed all the time anyway and it feels like everyone is cheating. Probably mostly from lag, but I cant get a ping lower than 109. There should be a reward for getting killed by a cheater and a reward for killing one, like, always show them on the map. I think if there are votes on a cheater but not enough to ban them, half the votes should make them permanently visable on every players map. Maybe just make a cheaters server and give medals to those trying to contend that aren't cheating. Sometimes its fun having everything available, that way you can experience what you'll get when you work for it. Or maybe you'll figure out you dont like the game and move on. There are so many solutions, that the makers could have easily spent money on to fix. Or maybe, wait for it to be provided to them for free from comments, Just pay someone to read them all and take the best solutions and work from that. Then they could become the cheaters themselves.. Hmm, Maybe thats how Cheaters are allowed... It's the makers.....