Continuing our "Ask Crytek" series, we've got another answer to a great question from you, our loyal Crysis fans!
"Will Crysis 3 be more open like Crysis 1 or more linear and story driven like Crysis 2?"
So before we get to the center of the question in regards to Crysis 3, let’s take a look at the history of the Crysis series.
Crysis 1 really did a great job at showcasing the power of what we were able to achieve in the CryENGINE 2 to create these very open and lush jungle environments. Seeing is believing, of course, and having a visual reference point to more open environments created a great impression of an open space. It’s a fact that you were able to run around within these large areas, but at the end of the day, much of this space was devoid of any real action sequences and interactions. To spend time filling this space out would draw people away from the goals we were trying to set.
In Crysis 2, there were many technical challenges that were presented when fleshing out the CryENGINE 3 for this product. The first and foremost was breaking this version of the engine down to prove that we could not only deliver on the PC, but consoles as well. Whatever your views are on Crysis 2, it provided a much different experience over the former and offered what some considered to be a more linear experience. We believed this had more to do with the visual reference points I mentioned above and how we utilized urban grid layout for Crysis 2.
This brings us to today and what we want to deliver to you in Crysis 3. I would say that we’ve learned a lot over the last 5 years and between these two games, and what we have set out to do for this one is bring people the best of both worlds. At the core of the storyline in Crysis 3, as with the two prior, is a very linear experience. This time around, we think people are going to be very pleased with how we have created more depth and interactions between the characters. Crysis 3 will also be helping to answer some of the burning questions people have been asking on the prime fiction side for years. On the flipside of the story elements we have the gameplay and environments. Crysis 1 and 2 had their merits and, to different extremes, their drawbacks. We worked to identify these and have set out to bring people an experience that is much more refined. Creating a unique environment like the Urban Rainforest has allowed us to integrate these two elements into Crysis 3 and create a sense of openness where the player has various options in the way they tackle the action sequences in the game. More Nanosuit customizability, weapons, attachments, environmental manipulation, exploration rewards, and the return of secondary objectives will help take this even further.
As we move up to launch, we’ll be demonstrating how more of what I am talking about for Crysis 3 and beyond what we demonstrated at E3 with the Canyon wonder. I’m certain you’ll be pleased with the results.
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