In a recent interview with CVG , Crytek big guy Cervat Yerli talks up console versions for upcoming sequel, Crysis 2, and its impact on the game’s development. Betrayed PC gamers looking to wave the “DUMBED DOWN FOR CONSOLE KIDDIES” flag might have to look somewhere else to feel special this time, since it appears that developing for console has forced Crytek to make sure the game is even better this time around.
“We’ve focused on it from a consumer and technical perspective. I simplified it for our guys by saying there is one difference between the PC gamer and console gamer. I said the single most important difference is a PC gamer forgives you for about a minute,” says Yerli. “A console gamer gives you two seconds. It sucks or it fails and you’re either the top or a flop. They don’t respect any value you put into your development, either it works or it doesn’t work.”
Of course, I have a 1000/1000 Gamerscore for the abominable Lost game that says otherwise, but whatever. Obviously Cervat Yerli doesn’t understand how important Gamerscore is (it’s really important).
“I think the console situation helped to make for a better game,” he adds. “Optimisation happened in every area of design and the feature set. So we said okay, how can we made it more streamlined, more optimised, more accessible, more powerful. And that’s the DNA trail throughout the entire development.”
You can read the rest of the interview here. Of course, what Yerli isn’t banging on about (just this once) is that console versions of the sequel was always inevitable, given the poor sales – and alleged high piracy rates – of its predecessor.
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