While Crytek has been hard at work refining the intense online game Hunt: Showdown, as well as making Hunt’s currently delayed Halloween event accessible to console players, documents have leaked regarding the studio’s future projects. While it is unclear how recent the documents were gathered and how reliable the leak is, the most interesting information is related to the Crysis IP, as Crytek supposedly has both a VR Crysis game and a battle royale in the works.
The Crysis series could certainly use some positive news, as the once-loved benchmark game recently received a messy remaster. Crysis Remastered received mostly negative reviews due to no changes being made to its dated gameplay, numerous bugs, and inconsistent graphics improvements. With the game being more of a visual reimagining than an upgrade, even its biggest selling point has left fans a bit disappointed.
Still, the concept of a Crysis battle royale game is interesting. There is no denying that that battle royales have changed the gaming industry, and love them or hate them, plenty more are likely to be released as time goes on. This specific battle royale game that Crytek is possibly developing is titled Crysis Next, with its main draws being “100s of players” and the “adaptive nanosuit powers” that the series is known for. Crytek also seems to be aiming the game at popular streamers, as the “free to play battle royale” will feature “the ultimate live streaming experience.”
With another leaker recently stating that future entries in the Crysis series would move away from singleplayer offerings and a story focus, this description of Crysis Next adds up. Intriguingly, a battle royale based on the Xbox One launch game Ryse may be in development as well. With a game called Ryse Next being mentioned in the leaked documents, and the “Next” subtitle being shared by the supposed Crysis battle royale, the only assumption to make is that players could one day get to experience a battle royale game set in Ancient Rome if the leaks are true.
The documents also mention Crysis VR, though the demo supposedly made the developers testing the game “violently sick.” It is unclear if the project continued, though another VR project was listed in the leak as well: Robinson 2. Considered by some to be one of the worst games of 2016, the original Robinson failed to live up to the hype set by its original trailer.
Hopefully, if this sequel truly comes, it keeps the original’s gorgeous visuals and drops the mind-numbing puzzles and motion controls. It is worth noting, however, that this Robinson sequel and any other games mentioned in the leak could have been canceled or redesigned heavily. Further, one of the original people posting about the documents even questions the legitimacy of parts of the leak, so the information should be taken with a grain of salt.
With one gamer managing to install Crysis 3 on a graphics card, the gaming industry has clearly evolved to the point where just about anything can run Crysis, as the impressive graphical quality of Crytek games is far more common than it was years ago. With VR plans and battle royale projects potentially in development, however, Crytek seems to be trying its best to evolve along with the industry.
Source: Reddit