Crysis 2 v. Halo Reach Gameplay Comparison

For months gamers have waited and wondered what Crytek would

For months gamers have waited and wondered what Crytek would bring with their second installment in the Crysis series. And most recently those same gamers have likely gotten their short term fix with the Halo Reach beta ending just weeks ago. But now that we have had a chance to see both of these games in action it's only fair to put them side by side. After watching the video below it's not easy to declare a winner on one side or the other, but for anyone that's playing FPS in the Fall of 2010 you are in for two of the best FPS experiences around, if the recent gameplay videos are to be anything like the final product.

Crysis 2 Gameplay Montage
Halo Reach Gameplay Montage

By William Schwartz on June 5, 2010

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ps-move/mouse
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with Crysis 2 you will be able to use a mouse on the pc and you may/hopefully be able to use the ps-move (the ps3′s upcoming next gen controller) and subcontroller on the ps3…with halo you will ONLY be able to use the xbox 360′s last gen controller…
so its an easy…crysis 2 with the abllity to use a mouse and possibly use the ps-move on the ps3 and therefore have more precise control is the CLEAR winner in control/gameplay…..
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ps3 move EPIC FAIL
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move will be an EPIC FAIL… it’s just an un-imaginative wiimote ripoff. Think about it… do YOU want to point your arm at a screen for more than 10 minutes whilst playing an FPS? Seriously… think through your comment 1st. It’s a gimmick when used for FPS games. Natal will not be used as a clumsy add-on for standard games. Natal will OWN psmove through innovation alone. This Xmas people will be buying the XBOX360 in their MILLIONS just to get a taste of the next BIG THING… NATAL/WAVE.
Halo:Reach will be an EPIC game. The multiplayer will dominate Xbox Live for a couple of years. You can bet your bottom dollar that Bungie will produce some fantastic extras for multiplayer, be it cool new gameplay modes or a sandbox level creator (A radical expansion of Forge is their next big reveal for Halo:Reach imo).
Crisis2 looks great though.
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ps-move=win
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“do YOU want to point your arm at a screen for more than 10 minutes whilst playing an FPS? Seriously… think through your comment 1st.”
yes i WOULD ,and lots of other adults would, like to esp if that mean more realism and precision in mature games!!! after all im not some lazy fat-a!@# little kid or nerd that complains about having to move more then my thumbs and forefingers for more then a min at a time….
think about your comments before you write them and maybe you wont make yourself look like a lard a#$ that just wants to hold back next gen game control because you are too lazy and fat to truly see the benefits in precise and realistic game control…i mean you seem too dumb to even seem to see the benefits of a mouse over last gen controllers (like the xbox 360 pad)
DEV’S MAKE MATURE GAMES WITH REALISTIC/1:1/PRECISE CONTROL USING THE PS-MOVE AND NAVIGATOR CONTROLLER if people like this guy is too lazy and dumb to appreciate precise realistic control let forget them there are enough people that realize the benefits to make up for them….
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ps3 move EPIC FAIL x2
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Wiimote plus has already beat the psmove to the punch… move is DOA. It’s old hate mate… done, been tatsed by the masses years ago… but NATAL… well this is another story… side by side… NATAL DOMINATES the move in terms of appeal.
Think about it a mo mate… if you was the average punter… which looks more innovative, more appealing purchase this Xmas. The ps3 is going to get OWNED this Xmas by the Xbox360Slim + NATAL… game over mate… game over…. ps3 get’s a bloody good kicking Xmas2010… it could even be the last nail in the coffin for ps3.
move is so LAST GEN mate… so LAST GEN.
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fanboys are single minded
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“move is so LAST GEN mate… so LAST GEN”
well the xbox 360 was out…then the ps3 came along so do that mean the xbox 360 is a last gen system because a system came out that was simlur to it???
no it doesnt just like the next gen controllers (like the ps-move) isnt last gen and if you are not too much of a fanboy then you will read why below
the next gen controllers (like ps-move and natal) is a next gen controller because it offers a leap in control (such as precession and realism) that the last gen pads (like the xbox pad and the duelshock) cant and maybe if you wasnt a fanboy with you head stuck up your ass taking this personal and not looking at the facts you would see that…have you REALLY looked at what the ps-move and ps-eye CAN do? and im not taking about reading comments on message boards…
look if you like halo then play it i dont care but dont try and hold back gaming just because you have some loyalty to that game ok???
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mouse is better then xbox pad
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and its funny how you have ignored the fact that a mouse is more precice then then a last gen controller (xbox pad)
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lol
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Lol, sounds like that one guy bit@ching over Halo too much to realize the level of control that the ps-move can bring to 1st person shooters.
Get lost fanboy, your hold back videogames.
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wiimote=kids ps-move=adults
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BOTTOM LINE: The Wii was build for kids. The ps-move and ps3 was built for adults (Tho, they will still make some games for kids on it because every system has SOME kids games on it. Even the Xbox 360) . So that will mean you will see more MATURE games that use next gen controllers on the ps3.
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wiimote=kids ps-move=adults
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BOTTOM LINE: The Wii was build for kids. The ps-move and ps3 was built for adults (Tho, they will still make some games for kids on it because every system has SOME kids games on it. Even the Xbox 360) . So that will mean you will see more MATURE games that use next gen controllers on the ps3.
sdfsfas
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ps-eye=natal
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Look it up the ps-eye can do JUST what natal can do (headtracking/bodytracking). The only difference is that natal has an inferred camera so it might be able to work alittle bit better in REALLY dim light.
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mouse…
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The lack of a mouse alone would make me not want to play halo.
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Mark
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Sorry, but, i would have to side with the ps-move. because those “masses” you talk about were little kids and there mothers. as other people have pointed out Sony is pushing the ps-move as much at adults and mature games as they are at kids and casual games. Sony even point out that they can and will refuse mindless shovelware. So, unless your a fanboy, I dont see why you couldnt see that the ps-move going to not only change game control for mature games the BETTER, but sell really well to adults also.
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movewillrule
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Just wait till dev’s start making fps’ and other mature games for the ps-move. and wait till adults (real gamers) get there hands on mature games that use next gen control AND are able to run at a steady framerate and have next gen graphics. Then you will will see a true change from outdated last gen control in hardcore games to next gen control that only next gen controllers like the ps-move/eye can offer.
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ps3 move EPIC FAIL x4
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NATAL = eyetoy ?!?!?!?!
Dear oh dear… you guys are really have no idea do you, hence being a sonyfanboy.
Natal tracks 16-20 major bones on the human body, being able to replicate 1 for 1 motion from the person controlling the game to the character controlled in the game. In essense it’s performing realtime motion capture at 30fps. The eyetoy did NOT and CANNOT do this.
move and it’s GIMPED little second controller can’t even match the wiimote for functionality(it doesn’t have a motion tracking device in it … even the wiimote has a motion sensor in it’s second controller). .
As for a mouse being better than a control pad… of course it is(love TF2 on PC)… but at no point do I state it does … stop being delusional please. But listen, when you have something as cool as Halo/Gears to play, even gamepads are awesome, and millions upon millions of players can testify to that point. Check out the numbers still playing MW2 on both systems :).
And please remember the bottom line is this…
Historically… hardcore gamers do NOT decided the fate of a gaming machine… the casual gamer does… look at the Wii, look how many units and games it sold, that wasn’t hardcore gamers, that was the casual crowd… look at the ps2… it wasn’t the hardcore gamer that put it on the map, it was the casual crowd and the casual games… the ps2 sold the numbers is has because of the casual gamer…
So step back a while with your ‘mature games’ and have a real good hard think about who is going to win this battle….
Move?
Which is a more accurate, slightly gimped, version of the wiimote, with games that appeal mainly to the hardcore (who already own a ps3)?
or
Natal?
Which will appeal to the casual gamer with pure innovation and fun? (Let’s not forget the Xbox360 has the BEST hardcore games and the BEST crossplatform games)
My money, and I bet millions of casual gamers money, will be on NATAL(XBOX360Slim) this Xmas.
So long ps3… you’re OUT!
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Fred
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anyone knows what music is used in the Crysis 2 Montage?.
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- Bill Hess
  Love Like A Sunset Part I – Phoenix on Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Album
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Skryabin
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“Natal tracks 16-20 major bones on the human body, being able to replicate 1 for 1 motion from the person controlling the game to the character controlled in the game. In essense it’s performing realtime motion capture at 30fps. The eyetoy did NOT and CANNOT do this.”
concerning Natal’s ability to track skeletal motion…
That kind of technology is software. I’m on a project that is building code for a typical computer camera, of comparable ability to the eyetoy, that can track more bones and joints than natal can. as far as 1:1 capture goes: yes. that too.
so the eyetoy DOESN’T capture full skeletal animation? correct
the eyetoy CAN’T capture full skeletal animation? It will if they ever get their hands on the right code
not that I’m a sony fanboy or a microsoft fanboy. I have both consoles but ultimately I’m more a pc guy. Just thought I’d throw in my two cents.
oh and Crysis 2 ftw.
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Halo is for kids
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Historically… hardcore gamers do NOT decided the fate of a gaming machine… the casual gamer does
i KNEW Halo was a casual game and thats why it and the 360 sold so well. ok, have fun playing your casual Halo reach. I will stick with Crysis 2 on the pc. Face it, pc games may not be selling as well as 360 games, but i guess thats because pc games are for hardcore players. Pc gamers dont need a little mini map in EVERY GAME And we like innovative control.
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Halo is for kids
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“Historically… hardcore gamers do NOT decided the fate of a gaming machine… the casual gamer does”
i KNEW Halo was a casual game and thats why it and the 360 sold so well. ok, have fun playing your casual Halo reach. I will stick with Crysis 2 on the pc. Face it, pc games may not be selling as well as 360 games, but i guess thats because pc games are for hardcore players. Pc gamers dont need a little mini map in EVERY GAME And we like innovative control.
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Your mom
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Dinners ready with a bunch of chicken bits.
halo reach roxs
crysis 2 roxs
uncharted….. casual kiddy game that rips off indie jones
dead space rox
little big planet .. should be wii game
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Your mom
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o did i mension the chicken
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Your mom
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for the win
ps3 and wii r average
pc best
fanboys f**k u
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GoldenEye007
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All that glitters is not gold.
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muffins
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Nintendo wii – nintendo started videogames and invented the whole motion idea that is so populat 2day
Xbox – natatl is gana be epic and a big change compared to the move and wii controller
ps3 – there controller is a copy off and a pathedic excuse 2 use a camera but cosle is ok.
o ya and it looks like a dildo
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