Crytek On This Generation: "There's A Certain Fatigue Level"
Crysis 3This generation has indeed lasted longer than previous generations in the industry, and Crytek founder Cevat Yerli said gamers are suffering from a "certain fatigue level."
In speaking to Gamasutra, Yerli talked about the recently released Crysis 3, which he considers to be the studio's "masterpiece" despite scoring lower with critics than previous games in the series.
He tried to explain the relatively lukewarm reception by the critics by saying gamers are just tired with this generation:
""Some games have lost up to 20 percent, despite the fact that the games are quite good still. That's because there's a certain fatigue level with the old generation currently. The markets are down[…]people's expectations are much more radical than the current generation of games are doing."
Yerli added that when the next-generation consoles hit the market, that will "reinvigorate" gamers and critics and "elevate new concepts of gaming which old platforms are right now limiting." What he says makes sense but I have one problem with the statement- You talk about "new concepts" but in fact, one of the big reasons Crysis 3 didn't score off the charts is because it didn't do anything new. Are you blaming that on old hardware?
Personally, I blame it on a more fast-food approach to that franchise, Mr. Yerli. Not that the game was bad (far from it), but I think Crysis aficionados and other critics understand what I mean.
Tags: crytek, crysis 3, crysis sequel, video games, gaming industry
3/1/2013 9:55:12 PM John Shepard
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Comments (36 posts)
Lord carlos
Friday, March 01, 2013 @ 11:36:22 PM
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The crysis franchise,great tech....average storytelling,although i do like the open ended approach to the missions.
Oh plus they need to work on the A I.
Last edited by Lord carlos on 3/1/2013 11:37:17 PM
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bigrailer19
Friday, March 01, 2013 @ 11:46:57 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 12:53:46 AM
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Beamboom
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 2:57:14 AM
@World,
now that's not fair. We got big heads in the console world too. Indeed we do.
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___________
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 4:59:37 AM
theres tons of ex PC exclusive developers who are not stuck up, in fact there the most humble developers out there!
blizzard, 4A games, CD project red, GSC Game World, remedy, just to name a few.
cervat has his head up his a$$ because thats just his personality!
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 12:03:56 PM
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Beamboom
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 3:42:07 PM
That bit is annoying but the typical console gamer is doing the *exact* same against those who do their gaming on stuff that looks or plays less impressive than on their console (how's smarphone gaming, anyone? Tablets? WiiU? Oyuo?...).
It's got nothing to do with platform, all to do with the nature of gamers. We really are a bunch of childish pricks at times.
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Snaaaake
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 12:19:02 AM
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Despite the inferior graphic, I'd take the Halo series over Crysis anytime.
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Killa Tequilla
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 6:43:29 PM
I'll take Halo 4 over any Crysis any day of the week, monday - friday.
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cadpig
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 12:35:52 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 12:54:45 AM
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Gordo
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 1:40:40 AM
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Beamboom
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 3:35:35 AM
Whether you *like* the character or not is of course a question of personal preferences. But Crysis is indeed one of the more characteristic shooters to come out in recent years.
And yeah, I *love* the franchise.
Last edited by Beamboom on 3/2/2013 3:51:22 AM
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ulsterscot
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 4:16:21 AM
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How some people can prefer shite like ni kon uni or what ever the hell its called over sheer brilliance like Crysis3 is completely beyond me.
I just hope Warhead gets a port too.
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Lord carlos
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 4:48:02 AM
In any case crysis has been going downhill ever since it went multiplatform which is the opposite to magnificent,should of remained on pc.
Why list a JRPG along side a FPS??.....apples & oranges,
Last edited by Lord carlos on 3/2/2013 4:49:44 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 12:06:43 PM
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Douchebaguette
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 3:21:19 PM
It's not as if the two games are even comparable anyway, but don't you EVER, compare them again. It's like a chav just came up to me and started taking a shit on more effortful in depth music whilst hailing sh***y a** autotuned generic sampled pop music. F**k.
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___________
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 5:03:31 AM
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take the title off BF3, and i could swear its MW3!
take the label off RE6 and i could swear its gears 3!
ect, ect.
people are just sick of playing the same game over and over and over and over and over and over again, thats all!
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Temjin001
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 6:38:14 PM
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Killa Tequilla
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 6:49:31 PM
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___________
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 9:12:00 AM
more COD than the realistic tactical heavy squad focused shooter it would have you believe it is!
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xenris
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 8:51:43 AM
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Blaming the hardware is stupid. Its like what a lot of other people have said in the comments, more and more games are rehashes that don't explore new concepts because the publishers are afraid to take a risk.
Hardware isn't going to make you come up with an idea every gamer hasn't seen before. In fact one of the best stealth games I have played Mark of the Ninja is 2D and very modest when it comes to system requirements. Its not revolutionary, but I would argue it has added a lot to the stealth genre that wasn't there before.
Dishonored was pretty fresh despite the "old technology" and we still do get games like Journey, and Unfinished Swan.
I see a lot of fun fresh indie stuff popping up on the PC on steam and other places and they are usually never visually demanding.
Unless all the devs complaining about this old hardware are planning on making super awesome AI I can't see the new generation doing anything much different than this gen expect for games are going to look better.
Look at Killzone:Shadowfall, that game looked impressive graphically, but what new stuff was there that we didn't see in any FPS that we have already played? Nothing as far as I could see.
Anyway, I have to take a wait and see approach, but I don't know why publishers would all of the sudden grow a pair of balls next gen when the last couple years so many games have genre blended, and tried in some ways to mimic the CoD formula of hi stimulai rollercoaster micheal bay type action low input,even if they arent part of the shooter genre.
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bigrailer19
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 10:57:09 AM
Last edited by bigrailer19 on 3/2/2013 10:58:05 AM
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ulsterscot
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 2:11:19 PM
It certainly is instant gratification though. Especially when played with a nice single malt at hand.
Last edited by ulsterscot on 3/2/2013 2:12:36 PM
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SaiyanSempai
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 3:07:25 PM
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Looks like they are missing an opportunity to better themselves...
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Temjin001
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 6:29:14 PM
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Temjin001
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 8:17:16 PM
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Hynad
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 11:03:21 AM
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So why are you complaining, Yerli?
Release an actual game for once, and maybe you'll get to complain.
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Hynad
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 11:03:21 AM
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So why are you complaining, Yerli?
Release an actual game for once, and maybe you'll get to complain.
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Teddie9
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Friday, March 01, 2013 @ 11:02:54 PM
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