Crysis 2 to get Patched with DX11 Support

Patch scheduled for March 29; will also include an advanced graphics menu

 

 

 

 

 

After much rumours doing the round around forums, a German website announced that a DX11 patch was under development for Crysis 2, along with an advanced graphics menu for PC gamers to squeeze the last ounce of performance out if their rigs.

For PC gamers across the world, Crytek was amongst the last bastions of hope; a studio PC fanboys would pride for bringing bleeding edge graphics and pushing the envelope of PC hardware and technology with games like Crysis. However, since Crysis 2 went console happy, PC gamers weren't amused at all. It got worse when the console versions looked less than spectacular, and with the PC release being found to be stuck in DX9 mode (and despite looking relatively stunning) the purists and overclockers alike burst a nerve.

It also didn't help that the PC port didn't even throw a bone at the PC gamers in the form of an advanced graphics options menu. The fact that Crysis - a hardware junkie's wet dream - devoid of an advanced graphics tweaking menu was nothing short of sacrilege. According to Maximum PC, Crytek has confirmed the patch and will be releasing it tomorrow.

PC gamers may rue that Crytek has sold out, but DX11 or not our Crysis 2 performance preview did show that the game was optimised quite well, and yet looked relatively good. Here's hoping the DX11 patch brings it up to the awesomeness of the original Crysis. Although, we aren't holding our breaths.