Crysis Demow as released not so long ago. The demo file itself is a whopping 1.7 gigs! I’m only on Starhub’s lowest plan, the 6Mbps one, and it took me about 45 mins at almost full speed to download the whole thing. What is even more amazing is that I didn’t download it off local servers. I downloaded it off EA’s US servers.
Was it worth it?
In a word, yes!
Check out the video below:
It’s just a short 6-minute snippet from the “first level” of the game. From here I could already tell I’d be hooked (youtube allows only up to a 10-minute clip).
For those who might be interested, the game ran at 1024×768 with ALL graphic settings on LOW (autodetect). Actually, it autodetected my “optimal settings” should have been at 800×600, but I bumped it up to 1024×768.
Even so, at LOW settings, the game looks great. Considering that it’s supposed to run its best on DirectX 10, ie a Windows Vista system, my 4 year old rig could run it at that setting, and still look great, is nothing short of amazing!
My 4 year old rig:
Pentium 4 3.0Ghz HT
2GB DDR400 RAM
nvidia 7600GT AGP
So, don’t worry people… even if you have a 4 yr old rig like me, you can still play it really well, if you go for 800×600, and all settings at LOW. You’re still getting amazing eye-candy at this level.
But hey, if you’re too poor to upgrade your PC (like me), there’s not much you can do anyway eh?
