PSXE Poll Update: Crysis 2 Hasn't Won Everyone Over
Basically, the results of last week's poll results just don't prove anything about how PlayStation 3 owners view Crysis 2.
Some say the game is awesome and the PS3 version is great as well, others say it just doesn't matter 'cuz they obviously aren't interested in the genre in question. There's just no definitive answer, despite our very positive review. But that's to be expected; those familiar with our readership will know we have an abnormal assortment of gamers. There are plenty of FPS fans, yes, but then again, there are plenty who simply despise shooters. Then there are those who have no strong feelings on the subject at all; they'd just rather play something like Dragon Age II or a more cerebral adventure more suited to their tastes. Even so, we continue to recommend Crytek's newest accomplishment due to the length and quality of the campaign, the refreshing nature of the multiplayer, and that uber-sweet twist to a basic shooter structure: the Nanosuit.
For this week's poll, we'd like to know what you think about Activision owning five of the top ten best-selling games of all time. When we heard the news, we were reminded once again that Activision had been close to folding less than 20 years ago...and now, just look. The question is, do you believe Call of Duty and Guitar Hero deserve to be viewed as industry leaders...?
Related Game(s): Crysis 2
Tags: psxe poll update, crysis 2, crytek, crysis 2 ps3
3/27/2011 8:53:22 PM Ben Dutka
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Comments (53 posts)
NoSmokingBandit
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 9:44:09 PM
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I love Crysis 2. Its not near as open and free-roaming as Crysis, but it has much more story and is put together very well. I think it is tied with Assassins Creed 2 for the best multi-plat game this generation.
Shams
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 1:16:25 AM
Alienange
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 9:49:59 PM
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GH is an industry leader because it showed, more than any other game, that playing music can be fun for anyone. Due to its leadership in our industry, many a copy-cat has come along.
CoD is an industry leader in online multiplayer. With its no-hassle, jump-in-and-play online component, its simple and fluent controls and its action heavy maps, there is barely a game out there that can compare.
They're both industry leaders. It has nothing to do with popularity or quality, although they both have those too.
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:41:46 PM
NoOneSpecial
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:34:24 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:43:08 PM
Godslim
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:24:13 AM
Who_KilledMe
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 10:49:32 AM
Qubex
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 9:54:42 PM
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Simply put, they obviously know their market and how to pander to the majority of gamers whims. If they weren't successful at what they do, then they wouldn't hold such an accolade.
This doesn't mean we need to like the games they produce; we are all individuals with our likes and dislikes, but you can't take Activision's success away from them. They know what strings to pull, what moves to make and the market has responded.
Admittedly this success does not mean it will last forever. The world changes, habits change, genre's change and evolve... everything is in emotion. What would be utterly astounding is if Activision can claim the same accolade in 5 or ten years time. If they can, it means ultimately, they are the best in the business, they can read the market and keep shoving crap down peoples throat that tastes good... and, in the end... it looks good to their shareholders... in this economy, it is all about profit and keeping your shareholders happy... that is what matters in the end.
To do this, it still means you have to make compelling titles that sell, bubble-gum games that can be played quickly and then spat out. Real; consumable products that are consumed by the millions through addictive game mechanics and low barriers to entry...
We will see how long it lasts... but like M$ or Apple, they know what they are doing it seems... for now anyways...
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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Alienange
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:10:49 PM
When it comes to CoD, I actually believe that is a huge reason for the large sales numbers. Its got a lot of good things going for it, but most of all, it's worth the asking price due to the large amount of gaming you can get out of it.
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:45:21 PM
Godslim
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:26:58 AM
booze925
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 9:59:00 PM
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seems to me that if you have no friends in real life to play CoD with, you probably won't like it. so my advice?
get some friends.
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:46:47 PM
Underdog15
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 9:39:23 AM
Victor321
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:10:05 PM
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As for COD, I found MW (or COD4) to be the peak of the franchise from a quality and innovative standpoint (on a side note WaW is my personal favourite, as unlike many I was never really exposed to WW2 games as often and as the PSXExtreme team have stated a couple of times, WaW is the last great WW2 game created).
It was only until MW2 released that the series exascerbated all the negativity and hate towards Activision (not to mention the product itself, as although a lot of it was immature and biased, there was at the very least some truth to many of the complaints) and even more so for Black Ops (it was buggy and was too dependent on the basics of MW2's design for multi and single player [although from a sales standpoint, "if it ain't broke, why fix it" right?] despite the fact that Black Ops introduced a few nifty well done innovations such as wager actions and split-screen online).
Put simply, if each successive entry in both of those franchises released 2-3 years apart from one another, the quality of the GH and COD series would either go up or maintain itself.
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Bloodysilence19
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:36:05 PM
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once i beat it, played the mp than got bored after awhile went back playing my other games.
i wish there was just more things to do being a game that was huge for its sandbox style in the first crysis. it felt not to linear but than it did at times in crysis 2. it would of been cool to have that huge open areas like crysis was than i think it would be a game i keep playing more. games that have that open sandbox style feeling like fallout or red dead, gta allow to do so much in it, kept me to go back and do different things, crysis 2 just sorta failed and took out that feeling that was crysis 1.
WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 10:52:44 PM
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I hate to be the graphics guy again, but pop in Crysis 2 for a multiplat example,then pop in Black Ops. The CoD comes up very Dreamcasty.
GH deserves the death it got because they refused to do much with it except pump out sequels and squeeze money from the same product.
Godslim
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:22:32 AM
WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:33:10 AM
BIGRED15
Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 11:28:23 PM
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kraygen
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 12:50:17 AM
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Long campaign, multiple play style options, etc, ect.
So I have changed my view to, when I can get it for less than $20 I might get some enjoyment out of it and I'll give it a whirl.
As for Cod and GH, most people know what I think, there are a lot of spoiled children playing video games these days. I'm sorry, but if the average gamer was over the age of 22 and was smarter than Mr. Ed, those games wouldn't have sold as well.
I'm not saying everyone who likes them is a child or lacking in intelligence, I'm saying the average person probably is though. I'll agree that an intelligent adult can enjoy them, but if you look at the audience, they are not the majority.
bigrailer19
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 1:14:10 AM
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bigrailer19
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 12:59:52 AM
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Back to the topic though, GH did something great, theirs no question it deserves everything it's gotten, and now it's time has run out. COD also did something amazing when MW released and garnered aot of attention or what ot achieved as an FPS! But more importantly I think it started on the right track, and obviously pulled gamers in. But unfortunately they've played it safe with COD since and stuck with the same tried and true formula. I think because of that the time for COD should run out. It prolly won't, but really if MW3 doesn't have something that pushes the franchise further, or sets it apart from the others well then what it receives from here on out, I don't think it deserves! Games can't become revolutionary doing the same thing over year after year!
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FM23
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 3:15:56 AM
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Godslim
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:14:29 AM
bigrailer19
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 1:13:25 AM
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___________
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 2:59:09 AM
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lowest score the game has gotten is a 8 and thats some?
just finished it last night, and i can honestly say it has the best ending in a video game ever!
for once a ending leaves me feeling satisfied, not hanging off the edge of a cliff like GOW3, or left dazed wondering WTFs the rest of the game like homefront or KZ3!
enjoyed it so much i went out and bought the PC version since the DX11 patch is coming out tomorrow.
first game i have dived straight back into after finishing it since infamous!
FM23
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 3:12:08 AM
Snaaaake
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 3:15:03 AM
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As for Activision, I've said it many times before, it's all about marketing and advertising.
Not to mention CoD and GH aren't crappy franchise, they're good but not S grade.
In fact, I watched every trailer of Black Ops prior to the release and I admit those were cool and if I never knew CoD, I'd be convinced for a purchase by those trailers.
Especially that "There's A Soldier In All Of Us" commercial.
It literally showed that everyone can play CoD and it's true though, CoD is one of the simplest FPS to pick up and play without any complication.
Though despite what I said, based on quality CoD is not even in my top 5.
And do I think it deserve the all the success?
No, Activision doesn't strive to push the video game industry forward and I don't think they deserve the success CoD has been raking in.
But then again, who am I to judge the taste and opinion of 20 million people out there?
FM23
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 3:21:11 AM
Snaaaake
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 3:40:19 AM
Godslim
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:18:27 AM
Excelsior1
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 6:54:01 AM
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cod is good at being a close quarter run and gun shooter that caters to the twitch gamer. i'm not so sure there are many casual gamers playing it. in fact, most are hardcore gamers. does it deserve the the ridiculous sales it gets? probably not. it'll still get those sales regardless of what i think, though.
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Godslim
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:16:56 AM
Excelsior1
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:26:54 AM
Godslim
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:28:23 AM
not really but a casual gamer will maybe just preorder a game because he wants to play it with his friends......i dunno i think cod has turned alot of casual gamers into cod hardcore players tho
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Douchebaguette
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 7:26:51 AM
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ulsterscot
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 8:48:57 AM
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Is COD the industry leader? you bet your ass it is. I know on this forum everyone falls over themselves to protest how much they hate COD more than everyone else and would never buy (zzzzzzzzzzzzz) but the fact remains COD4, 6 and 7 were the best games each year and 5 was not bad. The tight controls and instant action make the COD series irreplaceable. I love BCBF2,MOH,KZ (and now Crysis) - but COD rules hands down. My buddies (we are all auld yins in our late 30's) play COD more than anything else - If you don't have time to devote to 'thinking/strategy' games and want a quick blast of mindless fun when the wife gives you a few minutes peace - COD is without equal.
CH1N00K
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 11:08:29 AM
I'm in my 30's and don't have time to put long hours into games anymore either, but for the short amount of time that I do have, I'd like to enjoy it. That's why when I look at shooters to buy, I look for a great single player campaign first and if the multiplayer is good that's just an extra bonus. Which is also the reason that there are no Call of Duties sitting on my shelf.
The games I've enjoyed so far that I've invested a lot of hours into online are short compared to my list of games I actually own that are online capable. The ones that I have enjoyed the most are the ones with the Co-operative play like Uncharted 2 and Red Dead Redemption Co-op missions. The Burnout Challenges was another one. And of course the ranked games in Socom: Confrontation. It's a different game when you've only got one life to play with per round.
The rest of the run and gun respawn games don't stay in my system for very long because I find them un-inspiring and dull. Sure there's lots action going on onscreen, but the recipe for most online shooters is the same as the back of a shampoo bottle. Rinse, Lather, Repeat....over and over, and myself, I don't find that very stimulating.
But that's my personal opinion, and I've kind of been a late adopter of the FPS genre, so obviously not everyone will agree. (By the looks of FPS sales records, not many will agree. Lol)
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Underdog15
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 1:36:15 PM
no thanks. Haven't touched CoD in over a month now.
BIGRED15
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 11:36:58 AM
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BeezleDrop
Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 12:56:33 PM
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I can say that the graphics on Cry2 make CoD games look like dooky. I am actually enjoying Cry2 quite a bit, the atmosphere, musical score, and sound design are right up there with the best and am under the impression that CryEngine 3 would be extremely impressive when its optimized on the PC.
And ___________, best ending in a game ever may be a bit overrated yeah?

Crysis 2









PasteNuggs
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Sunday, March 27, 2011 @ 9:16:02 PM
Guitar Hero no way, as for COD, maybe COD4 but otherwise no.