Crysis Artificial Intelligence

I've seen a bunch of mentions in previous reviews of the Crysis demo and the game in general, and I've seen it written that the AI in Crysis has issues, but that has not been my experience so far. I started off playing in Normal mode, but that proved to be a bit too easy. If a fight is too tough, run away and hide. So I cranked it up to Delta mode, and that made it a lot more realistic. The Koreans quickly came to the aid of a fallen comrade using cover and splitting up to surround me. It was the toughest battle I remember from a single-player game against the computer.

Another time I was on the beach watching one of those super deadly patrol boats offshore. I thought they had the same bad AI that all other games have, so I shot out the gunner from a distance and then forgot all about them to take on the other enemies near me on land. After I took those guys out, I turn around to start heading towards my objective again, only to find that patrol boat beached in front of me with the driver ducking behind a rock, poking out to take shots at my head! It scared the daylights out of me as it was completely unexpected from a game.

I have to admit, I have seen the drivers of those boats be pretty stupid, driving around after I shot out the gunner. I had only seen this happen when playing in Normal difficulty though. You would think that the driver wouldn't just sit there in the drivers seat, but switch to the gunner position and resume shooting at me. I'll have to test this out in Delta mode next time I play.

So far, I have to say, this game rocks! I'm honestly not looking forward to fighting aliens though later in the game. I'm always partial to human enemies. Hopefully it doesn't ruin the game.

Crysis Demo Hacked!

It appears some very eager gamers with way more time on their hands than I have, have discovered "hidden" content included in the Crysis demo. I remember reading an interview with someone from Crytek and they mentioned that the demo would include the first playable level, the sandbox editor, and other surprises. I wonder if this is what they were referring to, knowing someone would tinker with it and discover the included content?

Over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun read an article about some of the hacks that have been uncovered in the demo. From enabling DirectX 10 only effects under XP and DirectX 9, discovering the full script for the entire game in the demo files, to being able to use the entire arsenal of weapons and vehicles from the full game, there appear to be all sorts of details about the full game that made its way into the demo.

If you don't mind spoilers, check out the details at Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

Also, preorder your copy of Crysis at Amazon.com today!