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

[JigglyPufflez]

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.

IP?

[Derangel]

IP?

 

Intellectual Property. Game franchises basically.

[JigglyPufflez]

Intellectual Property. Game franchises basically.

Oh alright thanks. I see now.

[killz2much]

Goes to show you. They were once a PC dev, and in this time, they made Crysis 1 and you couldn't go to any hardware review without having it mentionned. Hell, the game marketed itself because of how much better it was then anything out at the time, and several years after it. I don't have numbers, but this was probably their most profitable time. Then, for some ungodly reason, they decided to produce for the consoles, dumbing down the experience in order to catter to a different, less interested crowd. And then finally, they go all the way to making a console exclusive and they are paying dearly for it.

 

I will still remember them as being the makers of Crysis 1. The ONLY reason I decided to get into PC gaming in the first place was this game.

[ACatWithThumbs]

I don't think that AAA games are the reason for their problems.
They just expanded to much while having not enough profit to warrant that expansion as well as their bet on Free2Play which clearly didn't working out.
They have more studios than DICE while selling waaay less copies and having less profit.

[That Norwegian Guy]

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

 

Wasn't even a good trick to begin with.

[Victorious Secret]

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.

 

They sold 910k copies (best guess here) and if you tally each sale at 60 (even though not all would be) thats still a little over 54 million dollars in gross sales. Thats hardly anything to scoff at, especially for a brand new IP.

 

Crytek just got greedy. They wanted more, and more, and more. and they thought they knew better than the true giants of the industry. Hell, they had the gall to get pissy with MS over who owned the IP to Ryse. Seems like MS gets the last laugh there and might still end up owning Ryse entirely.

[Victorious Secret]

Wasn't even a good trick to begin with.

 

Most people forget how shitty Crysis actually was once you got down to it. Great graphics, little else. Rose tinted glasses and all.

 

Oh, that was assuming you could even run it. One of the single most unoptimized piles of shit to hit the PC that we've ever seen. 

[ShadowCaptain]

Most people forget how shitty Crysis actually was once you got down to it. Great graphics, little else. Rose tinted glasses and all.

 

Oh, that was assuming you could even run it. One of the single most unoptimized piles of shit to hit the PC that we've ever seen. 

 

It was and still is one of my favourite FPS games, only beaten by the original Far Cry (although neither are my number 1, they are in my top 10 fps games)

[Derangel]

Goes to show you. They were once a PC dev, and in this time, they made Crysis 1 and you couldn't go to any hardware review without having it mentionned. Hell, the game marketed itself because of how much better it was then anything out at the time, and several years after it. I don't have numbers, but this was probably their most profitable time. Then, for some ungodly reason, they decided to produce for the consoles, dumbing down the experience in order to catter to a different, less interested crowd. And then finally, they go all the way to making a console exclusive and they are paying dearly for it.

 

I will still remember them as being the makers of Crysis 1. The ONLY reason I decided to get into PC gaming in the first place was this game.

 

Crysis sold over a million copies in a month and exceeded EA's expectations. For some reason Crytek thought it would push COD level numbers. They also got angry about how much the game was pirated (understandable) and said they would never again make a PC exclusive. The believed they could make more money on consoles. Crysis 2 ended up selling over 3 million copies. It's said that the original had sold more at the time but the last official numbers for Crysis came from 2010 and that was at over 3 million. The only numbers from Crysis 3 were that it sold 205k in the first 12 days in the US and EA said it failed to meet expectations. I don't think there was ever really that much hype for Crysis on the console end, it could just never compete with COD, Gears, or Battlefield.

 

I don't think that AAA games are the reason for their problems.

They just expanded to much while having not enough profit to warrant that expansion as well as their bet on Free2Play which clearly didn't working out.

They have more studios than DICE while selling waaay less copies and having less profit.

 

Pretty much. If they had stuck to just their core studio making a new Crysis every few years and selling a handful of licenses as well then they could easily have survived on their numbers. Nine total studios is absolutely crazy.

[razor767]

Sad times, I really hope they can find a way to get out of their troubles. 

[BiG StroOnZ]

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. 

 

People expect too much out of FPS games in general. For instance, there is a whole band of people who hate Battlefields single player campaigns (even though I enjoyed every single one and thought they were pretty damn exciting). They hate generally not because they are actually bad by any means, but because one person said it was bad so another person says it was bad. Most of them don't even finish the game or have a basis around how good they are because they never fully played them (they simply heard from word of mouth how bad it is, so they continue on that trend). I don't think Crysis is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it was a great game and I liked all the sequels as well. I think calling them mediocre is quite a stretch. Not really sure what you are talking about optimization wise, since every game I have played by them ran smoothly on all my rigs; even at max settings. 

 

I have an issue with people thinking it's okay for a company like Crytek to go down in flames. When they are one company we need around to push the envelope on the PC for other studios. 

 

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).

 

So because you never felt compelled to replay the game that means it's not that good? There are only two games in my entire life I felt compelled to play again Doom 3 and Half Life 2. So I wouldn't use that as a judgement on how good a game is. If you are not impressed by games graphically, then the last game you are going to be impressed with is any of the Crysis series; meaning you are going into playing the game with a bias already.

[pixeldensity]

My greatest fearis who will own cryengine if crytek goes bankrupt.

[matin94]

well they kinda went down hill, someone has to buy them out sooner or later

[Inkz]

If only so many people did not pirate their games they could have made a lot more.

[Derangel]

So because you never felt compelled to replay the game that means it's not that good? There are only two games in my entire life I felt compelled to play again Doom 3 and Half Life 2. So I wouldn't use that as a judgement on how good a game is. If you are not impressed by games graphically, then the last game you are going to be impressed with is any of the Crysis series; meaning you are going into playing the game with a bias already.

 

Did you even read all of the complaints I leveled at Crysis 1? No I'm not saying it's not good because I didn't want to replay it I'm saying it's not good because of EVERYTHING ELSE I brought up. So because I'm not blinded by good graphics I'm biased against the series? Sorry but I judge games based on everything they offer me and try not to get blind sided by one single aspect of them. It was a very good looking game for it's time and the first half while not mind blowing was enjoyable. Everything past the aliens appearing I felt was bad, especially the last level. I had a moment of "Okay this ice and snow stuff looks really good" then moved on and realized they stripped out everything I was enjoying in the game. 

[Derangel]

If only so many people did not pirate their games they could have made a lot more.

 

Don't believe Crytek's bullshit. Crysis 1 is one of the best selling PC titles of all time. It's not PC gamers fault that Crytek thought they could sell COD levels with a PC exclusive marketed solely as a graphically intense game. Their marketing for the game drove a lot of people to believe they wouldn't be able to run it unless they were on a top end system. Crytek, EA, MS none of them talked about how well it ran on mid-range hardware or anything but how it would push PCs and how it was designed for hardware generations ahead. Yes a lot of copies were pirated but 3 million units is nothing to sneeze at for a PC exclusive title, especially when both MS and EA were paying for part of the development. It also doesn't help that Crytek showed off "in game" footage that looked MUCH better than the game at release.

[iNothing]

Warface is a great Next Gen Game.