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Stncold · 14-06-2007, 11:34 PM

They shouldn't wait until next year if they want to optimize their playerbase as high as possible. If they do that they will have too much competition to even really be a major player in the industry. With Planetside systematically dying yes they will pretty much be a monopoly on their specific genre. If they were smart they'd aim for a early November release. At that point I figure a lot of people will be getting bored of H3 and start looking for a new FPS with long-term playability.

Releasing this game only for Vista would be the stupidest possible thing they could do, they would lose out on a lot of customers.

Crytek is playing it smart, and even though the only Vista and DX10 will get the most out of their game, they are still optimizing it for XP and DX9.

Back to my original point, they'll have a lot of trouble if they release next year even though we don't have much in the way of FPS's as far as I know. Next year has three absolute guaranteed colossuses. SC2, WAR and Fallout 3. SC2 alone should make any game developer *bleep* themselves.

Since H3 is going to be just for 360 at least for the next two years, I'm sure if they were to release this about a month or so after it they wouldn't have much of a problem. Crysis's multiplayer doesn't really look like anything that hasn't already been done either. Crytek has already said that the single-player campaign will be about 10-12 hours too. Which is nothing because Twilight Princess was like 45 hours for the average person and most people beat it within a week or so. So shorten that to about 2-3 days for Crysis.

I'd say they should release before WAR which is scheduled for Q1 2008 at this point, and that's when it will probably get here since EA is no doubt pushing on Mythic to get it out. If they do that they can probably get a good established playerbase and many people won't then leave for WAR.

14-06-2007, 11:34 PM	#22 (permalink)
Stncold Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 38	Re: Bored..Of Waiting Petition! They shouldn't wait until next year if they want to optimize their playerbase as high as possible. If they do that they will have too much competition to even really be a major player in the industry. With Planetside systematically dying yes they will pretty much be a monopoly on their specific genre. If they were smart they'd aim for a early November release. At that point I figure a lot of people will be getting bored of H3 and start looking for a new FPS with long-term playability. Releasing this game only for Vista would be the stupidest possible thing they could do, they would lose out on a lot of customers. Crytek is playing it smart, and even though the only Vista and DX10 will get the most out of their game, they are still optimizing it for XP and DX9. Back to my original point, they'll have a lot of trouble if they release next year even though we don't have much in the way of FPS's as far as I know. Next year has three absolute guaranteed colossuses. SC2, WAR and Fallout 3. SC2 alone should make any game developer bleep themselves. Since H3 is going to be just for 360 at least for the next two years, I'm sure if they were to release this about a month or so after it they wouldn't have much of a problem. Crysis's multiplayer doesn't really look like anything that hasn't already been done either. Crytek has already said that the single-player campaign will be about 10-12 hours too. Which is nothing because Twilight Princess was like 45 hours for the average person and most people beat it within a week or so. So shorten that to about 2-3 days for Crysis. I'd say they should release before WAR which is scheduled for Q1 2008 at this point, and that's when it will probably get here since EA is no doubt pushing on Mythic to get it out. If they do that they can probably get a good established playerbase and many people won't then leave for WAR.