Aug 5

Summer of Crysis: Crysis Marathon

Category: Crysis,HPAW,Marathons

Welcome to the long awaited (by us) Crysis Marathon. Crysis is a game which I have wanted to feature on HPAW since it came out, however, my PC never had the power until now. It wasn’t that my computer couldn’t handle Crysis at max settings, it’s that it couldn’t handle recording Crysis at the same time. The framerate was just to low to even play.

Now a new video card and quad core cpu later, the problem with recording is not “gone” but now the game remains playable. Turning down the settings was always an option but I don’t think anything but max settings really show off the true beauty and excellent design that Crysis has to offer. To compliment this I am using better encoding settings than normal, including a raised bitrate and a slower, higher quality encoding method.

HD Versions:
Crysis Marathon Part 1 (HD/720P+) (1.3 GiB)
Crysis Marathon Part 2 (HD/720P+) (1.1 GiB)
Crysis Marathon Part 3 (HD/720P+) (1.3 GiB)
Crysis Marathon Part 4 (HD/720P+) (1.0 GiB)
Crysis Marathon Part 5 (HD/720P+) (1.3 GiB)
Crysis Marathon Part 6 (HD/720P+) (461.7 MiB)
Crysis Marathon Part 7 (HD/720P+) (845.6 MiB)
Crysis Marathon Part 8 (HD/720P+) (1.1 GiB)
Crysis Marathon Parts 9 & 10 (HD/720P+) (1.8 GiB)

If you have problems playing back the videos email videosupport@hpaw.net and we will handle it on a case by case basis.

The marathon features Mempf, Teclis and Kaisuke and runs from the start of the game until the end. Parts will be split up in 40-45min sections due to a potential YouTube HD bug we are working around. As usual parts will be uploaded one by one over the course of the coming weeks.

14 comments

14 Comments so far

  1. Darthsabr3 August 6th, 2009 12:43 AM

    hey I was wondering why i cant watch it i click to download it and it just says save or find and there’s no sugested player do you no what i can download to let me watch it

  2. Efrendal August 6th, 2009 7:16 AM

    Crysis’ graphics never cease to amaze me. They look so damn good.

  3. Twilit_End August 6th, 2009 10:24 AM

    Hooray! Crysis marathon! Because I’ll likely never get to play the game myself! =D

  4. tiwggybk42 August 6th, 2009 2:19 PM

    Wow good game what are the requerd settings for pc

  5. crywolf727 August 6th, 2009 6:14 PM

    i just got a better game card and grafics and im having a blast but that good have fun i know i will.

  6. gh0st assassin6 August 7th, 2009 8:54 AM

    this is the first time i’ve seen crysis in action and it looks sweet, although the video is slowing my video player so much its like its lagging the video to death. any suggestions?

  7. Wrightworth August 7th, 2009 10:00 AM

    yeah the quicktime ver lagged like hell for me, so now I save the link and play it with VLC player. Loving the marathon so far, can’t wait for the next part!

  8. lethial August 7th, 2009 12:28 PM

    Looks great! Thanks for the great video and esp. thanks for not compressing the video so much that it looks like crap!
    Maybe I missed it, but what resolution are you guys playing the game at?

  9. gh0st assassin6 August 7th, 2009 3:25 PM

    not quicktime i watch mine on itunes

  10. Wrightworth August 13th, 2009 10:55 PM

    gotta masterblast me with that part 5, son!

  11. salasvalor01 August 16th, 2009 8:15 PM

    You guys have always made the best videos for any podcasts I have ever seen. Keep it up 🙂

  12. gh0st assassin6 August 21st, 2009 5:11 PM

    that was the most epic marathoon i’ve seen yet.

  13. tiwggybk42 August 23rd, 2009 9:05 AM

    Good game guys srry about YouTube being gay

  14. pangpondpon September 30th, 2009 5:44 AM

    So Good! Thank You

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