Crysis 2

Crysis 2

Cover image missing, please upload it
Developers
	Crytek
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	CryEngine 3

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Crysis
Crysis	2007
Crysis Warhead	2008
Crysis 2	2011
Crysis 3	2013
Crysis Remastered	2020
Crysis 2 Remastered	2021
Crysis 3 Remastered	2021
Crysis 4	TBA

General information

Crysis Website

MyCrysis Forums

Crysis Wiki - A wiki for everything Crysis related

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Steam Community Discussions

Improvements

Patches

Patch 1.9 prepares Crysis 2 for DX11 features and high-resolution textures. Each need to be downloaded and installed separately from the 1.9 patch.

DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade

Features

With this package the following DX11 exclusive features will be activated

• Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
• Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra
• High Quality HDR Motion Blur
• Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field
• Parallax Occlusion Mapping
• Particles Motion Blur, Shadows and Art Updates
• Water Rendering improvements and using Tessellation + Displacement Mapping

Requirements

• DX11 compatible graphics card with 768MB Video Memory
• 545MB HD space

Download

The DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade can be downloaded at MyCrisis.

High-Resolution Textures

Features

The High-Resolution Texture Pack doubles the fidelity of many of the games art assets.

Requirements

• 64-Bit Operating System
• DX9 compatible graphics card with 768MB Video Memory

Download

The High-Res Texture Pack can be downloaded at MyCrisis.

NTCore 4GB Patch

Crysis 2 is very memory intensive. This app improves performance for Crysis 2 on 64-bit Windows systems with more than 2GB RAM by allowing it to access up to 4GB RAM.

Modifications

BlackFire's Mod 2 and MaLDo HD Textures

For those who truly want to push Crysis 2's graphical fidelity to its limits, BlackFire's Mod 2 and MaLDo HD serves their needs. A step by step list of instructions is available at this forum post over at Crydev.net [1].

Game data

In-game general settings.

Video settings

File:Crysis 2 General Graphics.png

In-game general graphics settings.

File:Crysis 2 Advanced Graphics.png

In-game advanced graphics settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

In-game general gamepad settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings for the player.

In-game gamepad layout settings for vehicles.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Issues unresolved

Statistic screen

The statistic-screen in the menu displays that 13 weapon-attachments are findable in single-player but in fact there are only 12. Therefore it is not possible to achieve "100%".

Issues fixed

Extreme lag while using Nvidia video card

Instructions

External TV locked at 24Hz

Instructions

Instructions

Other information

Skip intro videos

Instructions