So I decided to finish Crysis and had many issues along the way.  Understandably I’m running Windows 7, however the game had Vista support.  Since I’ve been running Windows 7 x64, I’ve ran flawlessly in terms of games outside of the initial issues with Battlefield, which always seem to exist on releases from Dice and they were clearly the issue of a game needing TLC from the developers.  However, with Crysis it seems to be bugs, as well.  I ran into turrets that wouldn’t fire properly (they’d stop, only fire once per click or not work at all) and then suddenly start working without issue.

There was one point where I saved the game while trying to take a boat with heli’s on my ass and I died in the boat, however, when I re-spawned they were on top of me and I died immediately every time I spawned…over and over and over again.  I got pissed, left the game to play something else and started the next night and viola, it was like it was the first time through, where the heavy fire was after I got into the boat and I made it after a few tries.  This occurred a few times including the game saving during a fight for some reason (reminded me of Men of Valor issues) and I died every time I spawned and had to go back and start over from the previous save.

I had a few lock ups here and there that reminded me of the old days of gaming where after a few hours of play, a game would crash.  This seemed to remedy itself when I restarted.  Finally tonight, I get to Reckoning, the final level, and the game started locking up again.  There’s a cut scene with the Admiral that requires you to knock down the door and head for the flight deck for the showdown.  First time through the flight deck door wouldn’t open so I restarted the last save and pressed space bar to get past the cut scene.  I kept locking up when I went out, so I restarted, rebooted and finally reloaded the previous save, which put me through the freakin’ cut scene again that I let play through since I thought that skipping it corrupted the last save game.  FINALLY!!  The game saved as I entered the flight deck door (that opened this time) and I was on to the finale, or so I thought.  I hit the flight deck and it crashed again.  I rebooted, turned off AA and got out on the flight deck, kicked some ass and boom…blue screen, which is where I draw the line.  I finished the game by watching it on YouTube after reading a lot of people having issues on Reckoning but most of the posts were from 2008 and even 2009.  I didn’t go far enough to see if anyone tried the game this year.

I can only hope that Warhead won’t be the same crap.

I find it unbelievable that it’s already been 6 years since Doom 3 was released.  I was going through some old games that I want to finish and noticed the dates, it amazes me that it was that long ago, seems like it’s been a while but not that long!!  I guess age is catching up with me.  Unfortunately I didn’t finish the game, I got probably 1/2 way through and something like Battlefield or something else got in the way.   I want to get through it and I also need to finish F.E.A.R. and Crysis.  Crysis is the big objective right now since I want to finish it and WARHEAD before Crysis 2 hits, another game that I started playing and dropped for some reason (2142 maybe?).

Regardless it just blew my mind that it’s been 6 years since Doom 3 was released and 5 years since F.E.A.R. first hit.  Too many games I have that I didn’t finish for one reason or another and I plan to start going back through.

Looks like Crysis 2 will be hitting around March 2011 bumped from the original Holiday 2010 release time frame.  Nice video footage of New York City being destroyed, complete with Time Square!

Very cool video, not sure about Linkin Park and the “techno-ish” track but at least it’s a little more than traditional game track music.  Looks like MoH will take motion sickness to a new level!   Why not Zakk and BLS? The dude in Tier 1 looks like him with that beard!

I guess it was inevitable that BF3 would be on the horizon but I’ve been satisfied with Bad Company 2 and haven’t been checking weekly for an announcement for a new one!   No details on the era but my guess is that it will be much like BF2 with a new version of the Frostbite Engine and Destruction (BC2 runs on 1.5 and 2.0, respectively).  Maybe we can get a new release of Strike at Karkand as a released map!   Speaking of which, where’s Wake in BC2?

The Medal of Honor announcement page:

Get Access to the Battlefield 3 Beta

Want to be among the first to get hands-on with Battlefield 3? If you own Medal of Honor Limited Edition you will receive an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta within 12-months following the release of Medal of Honor.

Medal of Honor Limited Edition features other special content out-of-the-box including the MP-7, a weapon utilized by real-world Tier 1 Operators in the field.  With its light weight, high rate of fire as well as its ability to penetrate body armor, the MP-7 handles like a pistol yet allows targets to be engaged like a rifle.

BATTLEFIELD 3 BETA DETAILS

Beta offer is contingent on Beta availability within 12 months of Medal of Honor release. Beta will be available for a limited time only and offer expires upon close of Beta events. Participation in Beta requires acceptance of Beta Agreement. Must be 18+. Xbox GOLD membership required for Xbox users. Visit www.ea.com/beta for details, including availability.

Got the requirements, did the pre-order of MoH last month. w00t!

Pre-order Medal of Honor Limited Edition at Amazon:

Surprised I didn’t post this, I think I was too busy spreading it around to everyone else.   Looking forward to my favorite era of War FPS hitting my favorite game of the moment!  Bird bird bird, bird is the word….