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Crysis director says it was so hard to run it became a meme because its highest settings were meant for future PCs: 'I wanted to make sure Crysis does not age'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "A lot of people tried to maximise Crysis immediately, and I'm like, 'Oh, that's not why we built the Ultra mode, or Very High.'"
Crytek went so overboard on the Crysis tech it created a whole blushing system, implemented nose shadows, and sent devs to photograph leaves in Haiti to get the translucency right: 'We went over bonkers on this one'
By Rich Stanton published
News "The shader work that came out of this was mind-blowing at times."
Crysis' magical Nanosuit was so convincing that a nanotech conference asked Crytek's boss to give a keynote speech: 'I said, excuse me, but this is all fake'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Crysis 2 and 3, however, are documentaries.
There may never be another Crysis moment for PC gaming
By Jacob Ridley published
News Has PC gaming grown out of absurd system requirements?
Crysis reinstall: does the graphical powerhouse still hold up?
By Andy Kelly last updated
suit up Andy revisits the highly demanding and still gorgeous Crytek shooter.
The real cost of running Crysis in 2007, upgrade by upgrade
By Phil Iwaniuk published
Profit Margin That time we collectively realised our PCs just wouldn't cut it.
Hitman 3 game director will lead Crysis 4 development
By Shaun Prescott published
News Crytek is on a big recruitment drive for the next Crysis instalment.
Crysis 4 has been announced
By Mollie Taylor published
News Crytek announced the game with a little teaser trailer.
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