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Crytek released the first footage of Crysis 2 running on PlayStation 3 on February 24, 2011. [31] [32] The second Crysis 2 multiplayer demo was released on March 1, 2011, on both Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. [33] Among bug fixes from the first beta, the map 'Pier 17' was added to the Xbox version and extended to the PC version.
If this parameter is not specified and "useminandrec" is set to "yes", then the first parameter value will be used in its place (via column-spanning). For example, to describe the minimum CPU requirements for the 2nd platform that is specified, define a value for the parameter "cpu2"; the recommended CPU requirements would be "cpu2rec".
Crysis is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and released in November 2007. It is the first game in the Crysis series. [2] A standalone expansion entitled Crysis Warhead was released in 2008, following similar events as Crysis but from a different narrative perspective.
As of July 1, 2011, the Mod SDK version of CryEngine 3 specifically to create custom maps, mods and content for Crysis 2 is available on Crytek's website. Crytek also released a free-to-use version of the CryEngine for non-commercial game development. It was released as of August 17, 2011 under the name CRYENGINE® Free SDK. [31] [32]
These requirements are almost always of a significantly higher level than the minimum requirements, and represent the ideal situation in which to run the software. Generally speaking, this is a better guideline than minimum system requirements in order to have a fully usable and enjoyable experience with that software.
Until this generation of games, a powerful CPU was able to somewhat compensate for an older video card. Average Video Hardware requirements: minimum was a GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500, strongly recommended was the GeForce FX, Radeon 9700 (or other cards with Pixel shader 2.x support).
GamePro honored Crysis with a score of 4.75 out of 5, saying it was "a great step forward for PC gaming", but criticized the steep hardware requirements. [31] IGN awarded it a 9.4 out of 10, hailing it as "one of the more entertaining ballistic showdowns in quite some time."
The E3 2000 Crytek demo disk. Crytek was founded by the Turkish-German brothers Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli in September 1999 in Coburg, Germany. [4] One of their first projects was a tech demo of a game called X-Isle: Dinosaur Island, which showcased their game engine technology that offered larger viewing distances than other game engines could at that time.