Back in September 2020, we informed you about an unofficial remaster of the original PC Crysis game in Cryengine 5.6.6. This remaster was promising to introduce a lot of new graphical features, and bring the original game to a brand new version of Cryengine. However, it appears that Crytek has shut down this project.
Spotted by Reddit’s balubalai, the creator of this mod has confirmed that Crytek has not approved this project (which basically means that it shut it down).
In case you weren’t aware of, this unofficial Crysis Remaster would have Raytracing, SVOGI , and Volumetric lighting. Additionally, it would have Dynamic and Volumetric Clouds and Fog, as well as more CE5 exclusive features. Basically, this unofficial remaster promised to feature most, if not all, of the graphical improvements of Crysis Remastered.
We don’t really know why Crytek has decided to shut it down. My guess is that the team was not comfortable with such a mod. After all, this unofficial remaster would – obviously – put pressure, or even harm, its very own remaster.
Furthermore, it appears that Crysis Enhanced Edition has been also shut down. When trying to access its download page on ModDB, gamers are greeted with the following message.
“The file you are trying to view (CrysisEE Install guide – CrysisEE_install.1.rar) uploaded by RStudio is no longer available. This may have occurred at the uploaders request, or it may have occurred because it violated the sites Terms of Use.”
In conclusion, Crytek has shut down two mods that were aiming to become better than its very own remaster. It’s a sad day for the modding community, but it is what it is. Ironically, though, Crytek has not resolved yet the Crysis Remastered’s grass physics bug.
UPDATE:
According to Remaster Studio, a new version of Crysis Enhanced Edition will release soon. Two weeks ago, the team stated that it’s working on an update, and that it’s hoping to deliver it very soon. Still, it’s unknown why it has taken down the previous version of the mod.
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What’s the legal basis to shut down a modification?
It goes like this : “You cannot modify something you own”
As stupid as this sounds. I bought the game. I modify the game. Imagine if car makers would go and say “HEY you can’t customize your car, here’s a court order that stops you”.
There surely are laws because it seems this is not the first time a modification has been shutdown.
I am totally against it and i should be able to modify whatever i bought and sell it or give it or show it to anyone i want. Ibought the damn thing, i’m not exposing it’s secrets
No need to imagine it is already happening, just look into the “right to repair” and be baffle.
Yea i knew and i’m not okay with that. I’ve been following Louis Rossmann on youtube for years and it’s a complete clsterfk. Louis is very very precise on the information he gives etc and he makes it very easy for anyonr who watches his videos to understand what he repairs and how he repairs. Guys like him should be able to freely repair whatever they want without the fear of an APPLE (in this case)
Yea anyone with enough brain matter can’t see this is not good for anyone, but the powers that be want to turn everthing into some sort of service as they look to end any sort of “ownership” that is not theirs.
IF your stupid I suppose…..Its not rocket science or some hidden secret…You DO NOT own the game when you purchase it, you own a license to operate the software on the platform you purchased it on….NO its nothing like purchasing a car, your actually purchasing the car not just a license to operate it….You have NEVER owned the game going all the way back to the dawn of software….
Maybe mental midgets should actually know what the hell they are talking about instead of constantly trying to compare apples to condoms….
I love it when kids get their panties in a twist and suddenly think they’re tough guys on the interweb.
Listen dipsh*t, not one single person has ever claimed they “Own” the actual game, seriously calm your t*ts kiddo.
Firstly, anyone is entitled to do what they want with their games, they can burn them if they so desire, but they can also mod them. What they can’t then do is DISTRIBUTE copyright files, completely different thing.
You know, when t*ts like you defend these things is the very reason we have these stupid asinine laws that only benefit super-rich mega companies, so they can push for more and more draconian laws such as 90 f*king years copyright. The more you idiots defend this sh*t, the more these companies will push back and before you know it we’ll be playing games via some cloud server hundreds of miles away and you won’t ever own a disc or digital download ever again.
Internet, i present you proof of the result of incestuous relations.
Anyone not lacking like you that owns a modern car knows said car has a “computer”.
You the so called owner of the car without being authorized can’t do anything to that computer, is illegal. A car with a damage “computer” is the same as a game without a license, you can’t do sh*t with it but look at it take up space.
In some places you can’t even resell “your car” unless you do it through an authorized dealer.
Maybe incomplete beings like you should try to be less ignorant by the time they try to look smart or educate others.
Now go back to suck and lick corporate gonads.
That’s not what’s happening. They’re re-using assets from the original game in a completely custom build of the game in a different engine version. They’re not taking the game an changing it. They’re making a new game with assets from Crysis.
HOWEVER, having spoken to the creator of the remake multiple times, they made it clear that they received permission to use those assets from Crytek. So it’s just disappointing to see Crytek go back on their word but that’s not so surprising anymore.
That i didn’t know. Was kind from Crytek to let them do that. Was also trash to stop it after.
The car analogy doesn’t work. You don’t actually buy the game, rather you buy a license to play that game.
Doesn’t matter. The right to repair debacle has been going for years. My analogy doesn’t work you’re right. Still there are companies that do not let you repair/modify what you own and that’s a problem.
If you’re not aware, search for Louis Rossmann videos on youtube.
Maybe the car analogy would be that you buy a car, then decide to create your own car company using exact or similar parts. Not sure it matters if you give them away or sell them cheap, the original car company isnt going to like it.
You don’t own the games you buy. You’re just buying a license for them.
You cannot modify a car and distribute it in a way that hurts the car manufacturer.
Well i do not see how, in this case, the modders would hurt crytek. From my POV i’d never touch Crytek’s remaster wether i could or couldn’t play the modded version. So i would let the modded version do their thing and see what happens next.
But i’m not crytek’s CEO.
As for the car, mostly any car modification can potentialy “hurt” the manufacturer. What if i modified a Civic to the point where it looks like a sentra or whatever and people would see it and end up knowing that this “was” a civic and is now looking like another car that they find nicer so they end up at nissan ? I mean anything is going to hurt entry level cars because they can be heavily modified in many ways that will push potential customers elsewhere yet everyone can do it.
It’s my pov doesn’t mean it’s right.
I get what you say but it’s illegal to distribute modified cars in a way that hurts the manufacturers. Check the fake ferrari-Lambo case in Brazil, for example. Of course, you are allowed to modify the game or car for your own use only. Not distribute it though.
Ah ok, that makes more sense
Corporate ego, they don’t wan’t some random dev to make them look like the incompetent pos they are.
Bathesda doesn’t it mind it much since they get their pockets filled everytime but that’s not the same for crytek.
The legal basis is the modder was doing a better job porting crysis than crytek and they want you to buy their port.
Give crytek a dose of nostalgia they deserve and pirate it, or better yet don’t. It sucked when it first came out and it sucks now.
The article is somewhat inaccurate. There’s nothing to indicate that Crytek requested the Enhanced Edition mod be taken down, at least not in any permanent sense. The statement from the mod developers is “We are receiving a lot of messages asking what happened to the files. We can’t reupload them now. We’re sorry for that, patience will be needed. We are seriously working on a new update, your patience will be worth it.”
As for the project that was remaking Crysis in CryEngine V, this fell foul of Crytek’s hardline stance against using Crysis assets in the standalone CryEngine SDK. They turn a blind eye to a lot of things, but they absolute forbade it back in 2011, and they still forbid it. It’s very similar to how Ubisoft/Crytek would not allow anyone to remake Far Cry 1 in CryEngine 2. Because the licensing arrangement with Ubisoft specifically forbade that kind of thing. Crytek have made it explicitly clear for many, many years that you are not allowed to take assets from Crysis — not even a turtle — and use them in SDK projects.
The project, while very pretty, hadn’t gone past environmental recreations. They had no animators, no modelers, etc.
You get similar situations with Bethesda. Assets for Skyrim and Fallout 4 are compatible with the other game. But nobody dares use them in mods outside of their designated lane, because Bethesda WILL come after you for doing that.
Ah, I wasn’t fast enough. I’ve updated the story, Remaster Studio is working on a new update (though they did not specify why they took down the previous version).
Indeed. It is understandable that people are confused by the behavior of the Enhanced Edition team. I can only assume it’s either a case of them wanting to solve the graphics problems in the more recent versions of the mod, or else they were using assets in the mod that they didn’t have the rights to. This can happen. Crytek have never sent takedowns against similar mods that I know of. There’s an unstable 2018 Russian mod that ports features from the 360/PS3 version into the original game. https://www.moddb.com/mods/crysis-remastered-pc-edition Crytek completely ignored it, despite being called Crysis Remastered PC Edition.
CrybabyTek….
+1 for the pun.
hehe….Well done!
Pointless to try and protect their remaster version when its already been cracked. This is just whining over a mod that looks and plays better then theirs does.
Yup I torrented it but since the remaster is crap. I won’t bother playing it lol
Of course they did that when a mod had all the chances of looking better than their remaster crap… :)))
The salt is real.
LMAO, the Crytek sh*t show continue!
Who needs Demaster if you can slap an actual Remaster onto already owned game.
> Cryengine 5.6.6
> Raytracing
There is no raytracing in 5.6.6
> Cryengine 5.6.6
> Raytracing
There is no Raytracing in 5.6.6
Crytec sucks at everything.
crytek is pathetic
Why do these people keep doing this out in the open on the “normal internet” . They are smart to make games but not so smart to hide themselves. Use the dark web with the Tor browser so you will never be bothered. No one will go after you, there is a sh*t ton of illegal stuff still up there for years you think a dev will really bother ? LMAO yeah ok 😀 If they all did this we all would have so many fan made remasters and remakes for years. Oh and I torrented your game CryTek care to do something about that haha. F*k off dev 😀