EA's got Crysis on its hands

By Tom Bramwell Published 30 January, 2006

Crytek's new FPS announced.

Those of you wondering what Far Cry developer Crytek's been up to since EA gobbled up the rights to its children have your answer: Crysis, an original PC first-person shooter, release date TBC but probably Q4 2006.

Based on the developer's CryENGINE 2, Crysis players "will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customisation of weapons and armour in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion."

Hrm. Not much like Far Cry then in terms of setting. Those of you hoping for more jungle-based slugging will have to put up with Ubisoft's efforts on Xbox, Xbox 360 and PC.

Then again, Crytek's fantastic work with enemy AI and freeform environments in Far Cry bode well for Crysis, and "adaptive tactics" and "dynamic, hostile environments" suggest they haven't lost their taste for it either.

What's more, some early info from a German games mag (which also said Crysis would be the first DirectX 10-enabled game for Windows Vista) last week had some artwork that bore the jungly hallmarks. Guess we'll have to wait and see how it balances out.

Here's what Crytek's Cevat Yerli had to say about Crysis: "Our focus has always been on innovating gameplay and technology, and bringing new experiences to gamers through our original intellectual properties. Crysis will be a showcase for that commitment and will offer gamers from all over the world the next step in FPS gaming." Not that the EA thing is rubbing off or anything, then.

Look out for more Crysis info soon.

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Comments (13) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • mouse Verified Graphic designer, Eurogamer Network #1 6 years ago

    Stop saying "cry"!

  • matrim83 #2 6 years ago

    UncleLou got there first, with some excellent pics. EA huh, please don't spoil what promises to be one of the best of the year guys.

    Still this sounds feckin ace. Sold. Just wondering though, what would you need to run a DX 10 based game? Can even the 360 cope with that?

  • dbeamish #3 6 years ago

    the tech demo Crytech released arecently which shows their new engine looks amazing with dynamic shadows and foliage, as well as various other graphical marvels.

  • space_ace #4 6 years ago

    crykey!

  • wizbob #5 6 years ago

    Farcry was the only FPS that didn't bore the hell out of me in recent memory, so I'm pretty hyped about this.

    Whatever about DirectX 10, having to get a new version of Windows is really going to spearate the wheat from the chaff.

  • ecureuil #6 6 years ago

    "will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customisation of weapons and armour in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion."

    Horrific alien invasion? Ugh.. please. Those stupid mutant monkey things damn near ruined the first game, and now we get another aliens games? The best thing about the first game was fighting people, no-one wants to fight stupid weird monsters. Idiots.

  • matrim83 #7 6 years ago

    Hmmm I actually enjoyed fighting the monkeys. Nothing like going up against a fatboy in a tight corridor with naught but a shotgun. A nice change of pace from the usually superb outdoor fights. Oh and cloaked trigens FTW.

  • Derblington #8 6 years ago

    Oooh, I like the sound of this...

    I'll keep my ears open at work.

  • matrim83 #9 6 years ago

    You work at EA Derbs?

  • Derblington #10 6 years ago

    Yeah.

    (Don't moan at me).

  • matrim83 #11 6 years ago

    Heh. So what exactly do you do? Do you get your hands on a lot of pre release stuff?

    Oh and heard anything about a new Medal of Honur (PC)?

  • Talha #12 6 years ago

    Laugh all you want, but I tremendously enjoyed the atmosphere of Far Cry. Despite the super-cheesy storyline and characters (deliberate, methinks), the atmosphere, the lush landscape and the amazing score did make you cringe everytime you saw the danger meter filling up. And have you seen Catacombs? That has to be the most impressive looking FPS level in recent memory.

    So for me, this announcement ranks right alongside Half Life 3 in excitement stakes. My only concern is, with Ubisoft owining the rights to Far Cry, and EA owining Crytek, will we ever get to see a good sequel to Far Cry, or even a decent expansion pack?

  • UncleLou #13 6 years ago

    Horrific alien invasion? Ugh.. please. Those stupid mutant monkey things damn near ruined the first game, and now we get another aliens games? The best thing about the first game was fighting people, no-one wants to fight stupid weird monsters. Idiots.

    Huh?

    And of course it is entirley impossible that the aliens in this game aren't the stupid monkeys from Far Cry, but a replacement for the smart enemies, right?