I enjoyed my first playthrough of the game for the most part and I'm playing it a second time to check out the DX11 effects but this game falls short of the magnificent Crysis and decent Warhead. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised though at the delay in implementing DX11 as it took Crytek two months just to add Advanced Graphics options to the game and those should have been there from Day One as well.
CRYSIS 2 HD TEXTURE PACK UPDATE
Until I read this article I wasn't aware that anyone else had had problems installing it as the forums I've been on was full of people discussing the game itself! I guess we were all just lucky then.? )Īnyway, a very nice update but it comes a little late IMO as the game should have been delayed to include it out of the box when it would have had more impact amongst the PC gaming community. I'm using the retail disc version by the way. After that it was just a simple matter of installing the DX11 Ultra and the hi-res texture packs which I'd downloaded before. The installer then ran and patched the game.
CRYSIS 2 HD TEXTURE PACK PATCH
all I did was launch the game from the shortcut which prompted the downloading of patch v1.9, which took around a minutes. The update worked perfectly for me first time. As I've said before, it's just a game don't like, you don't have to buy it and you can move on. They add to the experience in more subtle ways now by building the atmosphere of the world, instead of being the centerpiece like they were when 3D first became popular, or the last generation of consoles came out.Īnyways, sorry for the rant, I just have felt that way too many of the 'hardcore' PC gamers have been taking this whole situation way too personally.
The improvements Crytek made to the game aren't trivial, they're just the kind of thing that if you don't stop and look for them, you won't consciously notice. And hell, even the (PC exclusive) Total War Shogun 2's DX 11 patch was delayed for a while after launch!įinally, in terms of having only minor graphical improvements, let's face it, advanced graphics are experiencing diminishing returns as technology advances. While I'm not saying you're the only person that experienced these problems, I haven't heard of any other major complaints (with the installation at least) across several game forums.Īs for the complaints with Crytek, again, is this the first time you've had problems with a game at launch that weren't fixed immediately? The first time a feature was delayed? I take it you've never bought a Valve game before or tried to play a DICE game's multiplayer at release. I had it installed in under 10 minutes (after downloading of course) and the Steam version auto-patched to 1.9 without a hiccup. So wait, you're telling me you've never had issues installing an update before? One person having problems does not mean that the update was "fail".