"Crytek UK's Staff No Longer Going To Work"

[TopWargamer]

Source: http://kotaku.com/sources-crytek-uks-staff-are-currently-on-leave-1599923133?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

 

There's still trouble at Crytek, the independent game developer behind games like Crysis and Ryse. And as of yesterday, the bulk of employees at Crytek's UK office are no longer going to work, according to people familiar with the situation.1

 

This comes in the wake of numerous reports that Crytek, which has studios across the world, has had trouble paying staff on time. Though Crytek has publicly denied facing financial difficulties, I've heard from close to 20 current and former employees stating that, as we reported last week, paychecks have been late and a Ryse sequel was cancelled following a dispute with Microsoft over who would own the rights to the franchise.

 

Wow, things certainly aren't looking good for them. It's a shame to see such a titan game developer fall like this. Not paying out their employees, cancelling games, and now the majority of their staff isn't going to work. Only time will tell what will happen to Crytek, but their future isn't looking too good as of right now. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they got shut down sometime soon. It's not like Crytek makes bad games. They do make good games, so I'd really like to see them get out of this slump they're in. I wish them the best.

 

What's your take on the whole situation with Crytek?

[qwertywarrior]

i will always remember u for making Crysis 1

 

i will try to forget everything else  u guys made so i can keep your memory pure

*sheds tear*

[brownninja97]

well this sucks, crytek was a nice company but they are faltering 

[Imabigmac]

it seems rather odd that a major game company with established titles can fail. Its not like the car industry where it takes huge supply lines, years of engineering, thousands of employees and strict standards that have to be met in order to make a car and then there is marketing. 

 

Its pretty simple to succeed if you have good titles and good workers. Its pretty simple, make a game with good visuals, decent storyline and a good multiplayer and with enough ads you will sell the game and don't make bad optimisation choices and release a finished game you might just have another blockbuster game. They don't have to make a new engine just update the current one. 

 

But has history has shown us, when game makers fail, their game rights and other game related assets are sold and bought up among the other major players, it doesn't necessarily mean the end of the line for Cyrsis. 

[Askew]

Ever since I played Crysis 1 and Warhead I've wished for more games exactly like them.

[Đỗ Đức Huy]

I'll always remember the day that I fired up one of the games from this guys and my pc begged for mercy.

[wng_kingsley7]

Well...competitive campaigns are now graphically down the drain

I would've liked to see some other developers who're oriented around creating sci-fi & action genre based games to invest into gaining experienced dev's from crytek.

[StingBull]

it seems rather odd that a major game company with established titles can fail

 

The problem with Crytek is that it's almost like they didn't want to make games. There exists studios quarter the size of Crytek yet put out more games. Crytek on the other hand made one game every once in a while to show off their engine and wanted to make money off of the licensing the engine, which is a stupid business practice.

 

And really, what well established titles are you talking about besides Crysis? The term one trick pony comes to mind.

[Sharif]

tears shed

[Imabigmac]

The problem with Crytek is that it's almost like they didn't want to make games. There exists studios quarter the size of Crytek yet put out more games. Crytek on the other hand made one game every once in a while to show off their engine and wanted to make money off of the licensing the engine, which is a stupid business practice.

 

And really, what well established titles are you talking about besides Crysis? The term one trick pony comes to mind.

Well I was thinking the same that their major failure is business practices, its what I was alluding too just didn't really say it. Crytek was behind the original far cry was it not? While still not behind the new ones it got that franchise which will go into the 4 edition rolling and clearly off to an okay start. While yes Crysis is clearly the biggest and most well known game they have they could very easily pull off a new type of FPS given the right amount of time. They are also supposed to release the new Homefront which is also a decent game series with interesting story,

[Commander Llama]

Crytek itself makes pretty mediocre games.  There is no doubt at all their engine is amazing and produces some of the most phenomenal visuals the industry has ever seen, but gameplay is the core of a game every time, and in Crytek's case it's usually status quo stuff.

 

This bothers me not so much for games that will not see the light of day coming from Crytek, such as a Ryse sequel.  However inefficient/annoying CryEngine is to work with, though, what about the third-party developers using CryEngine IF Crytek goes under suddenly?

 

Star Citizen?  Kingdom Come?  Evolve?  Eek.

[Nick Paviour]

Well I hope they sell of Cry-engine3 as one of its assets to another company who use it in some future games, Shame to see such a nice engine used in so few games.

[Beskamir]

If Crytek falls I would expect the major devs that are using CryEngine3 to band together and keep it functional for their upcoming games. There really doesn't seem much of an option for them other than switching to something else which I expect indie devs to likely end up having to do.

 

Good news is that two of the major indie games I'm looking forward to (Star Wars Battlecry and Lays of Althas) have already switched to UE4 (Although I guess that also contributes to Crytek's fall as they don't get money from them)

[ericlee30]

Damn, this really sucks, i dont want Crytek to go away

[noc]

I'm sure some company will buy Crytek. Lord Gaben should have enough money from the recent Steam Summer Sale

[Victorious Secret]

Crytek was all show, no go. 

 

Their games were at their core exceptionally mediocre. They just looked very nice and hey, rose tinted glasses and all that. 

 

Im okay with this. Developers should know better. They are businesses first, act like it and they might avoid closing their doors so soon. 

 

I'll feel bad for the employees who suffer due to the incompetence of management.

[BiG StroOnZ]

Crytek was all show, no go. 

 

Their games were at their core exceptionally mediocre. They just looked very nice and hey, rose tinted glasses and all that. 

 

Mediocre? Every single Crysis title from the first, to Warhead, to the second and lastly three was thoroughly enjoyable; on top of that they all had the graphic fidelity to go along with the gameplay. Crytek set a standard for what video games are supposed to look like on the PC, they are the pioneers of what the PC is capable of putting out graphics wise. And their games were fun, period.

 

Nobody should be "okay" with this. 

[fringie]

Linus should sell more of his lambos and bail them out.

[Victorious Secret]

Mediocre? Every single Crysis title from the first, to Warhead, to the second and lastly three was thoroughly enjoyable; on top of that they all had the graphic fidelity to go along with the gameplay. Crytek set a standard for what video games are supposed to look like on the PC, they are the pioneers of what the PC is capable of putting out graphics wise. And their games were fun, period.

 

Nobody should be "okay" with this. 

 

 

Thats just like, your opinion man.

 

Crytek made great engines and their games were visual show pieces for what technology could do. 

 

Beyond that? Meh. Mediocre. Not my (and many peoples) cup of tea. Weak mechanics, weak dialogue, weak gunplay. There is a FPS standard, and Cryteks creations are not that, to say nothing else of what else they made. 

 

Good graphics does not a good game make.

[BiG StroOnZ]

Thats just like, your opinion man.

 

Crytek made great engines and their games were visual show pieces for what technology could do. 

 

Beyond that? Meh. Mediocre. Not my (and many peoples) cup of tea. Weak mechanics, weak dialogue, weak gunplay. There is a FPS standard, and Cryteks creations are not that, to say nothing else of what else they made. 

 

Good graphics does not a good game make.

 

They made good games, the graphics were just icing on the cake. The mechanics were awesome (have you not played the original Crysis?), the dialog was intriguing, the gun play was just like any top of the line FPS.

 

Anyone who says otherwise is a delusional bandwagon jumper.  

[carolkarine]

I respect them for cryengine. It's an amazing game engine. I feel like everything else they've done is meh.

[Victorious Secret]

They made good games, the graphics were just icing on the cake. The mechanics were awesome (have you not played the original Crysis?), the dialog was intriguing, the gun play was just like any top of the line FPS.

 

Anyone who says otherwise is a delusional bandwagon jumper.  

 

So just because I don't have rose tinted glasses and think Crysis is the greatest thing since sliced bread, I'm a bandwagon jumper? Really? 

 

Crysis was a graphically stunning game, it was also rocking piss poor optimization and as a game it didn't exactly blow socks off for actually being that fun. Its fun came from how good it looked, not how good it played. 

 

You seem to have issue with people not liking Crysis, Crytek or holding them on a altar for all that they've done. Calm down bro, its just my own opinion. 

[Derangel]

They made good games, the graphics were just icing on the cake. The mechanics were awesome (have you not played the original Crysis?), the dialog was intriguing, the gun play was just like any top of the line FPS.

 

Anyone who says otherwise is a delusional bandwagon jumper.  

 

You are coming off as a crazy fanboy. People have different opinions, deal with it. I was never a huge fan of Crytek games myself, even going back to the original Far Cry. FC looked amazing had some decent mechanics and a great setting but towards the end of the game everything went to shit. Same exact problem I had with Crysis 1. The parts where you were walking around the island fighting the Koreans was fun and the game gave you some nice freedom in how to approach situations. As soon as alien appeared it basically become your average FPS, complete with vehicle missions (the VTOL mission was fun but the tank mission was terrible) and a shit escort quest they also removed all the combat and area freedom. Warhead was a nice improvement. 2 was eh. The urban environment did nothing for me though the large combat arenas were nice. 3...I cant comment on as I've only played a little bit but it's pretty. I'd call their games decent but not amazing. I never felt compelled to replay Crysis outside of testing out new hardware and 2 never grabbed me enough to get me to bother finishing it. I'm not a person that gets impressed by graphics really so the original never had that "wow" factor for me (especially since the released game didn't even look close to what they showed off at E3).

[JigglyPufflez]

How the fuck could such a huge company come to fail? Like I'm confused on where they lost their money, almost every game they made was super successful (Ryse being the exception) and don't they get money from people using their CryEngine to make games?

[Derangel]

How the fuck could such a huge company come to fail? Like I'm confused on where they lost their money, almost every game they made was super successful (Ryse being the exception) and don't they get money from people using their CryEngine to make games?

 

Ryse was successful enough to warrant planning a sequel but Crytek always expected COD level numbers from their games. That's why they turned Crysis into a console franchise. They really didn't licence the engine to that many people. They tried to be Epic without figuring out how to be Epic. They also bought companies, opened studios, and picked up IPs seemingly at random. Combine all that with reports of mismanagement and you have a failed company.