Crysis can be played in VR thanks to a mod which adds immersive gameplay, as well as full support for 6DOF tracked controllers. Crysis, the groundbreaking game released in 2007, has been a legend for years. It was a serious question across multiple generations of PC hardware. But for some, it truly set the benchmark. My PC is an Intel i9-13900K clocked to 5.8 GHz with 64GB DDR5 memory and an RTX-4090 graphics card. I use the Quest Link function of a Quest 3 through USB. It was a great experience to play Crysis in VR with the full 6-DoF controls. The game still runs smoothly, 18 years after its release. Mod includes the ability to tap your temples for night vision, and body-anchored weapon holstering. The mod is a VR-optimized version of the original game. The voice from my suit, uttering phrases such as “Maximum Armor”, “Cloak Engaged”, was nostalgic and coming through the speakers on my Quest 3 heightened the experience. I felt as if the voice was actually coming from my in-game helmet.
Crysis Performance In VR
While the mod does deliver an immersive and engaging experience in VR, players with lower specification machines should brace for a performance challenge. Crysis may not be a big challenge for modern PCs when played on flat screens, but it still needs some robust hardware in order to run well. The mod’s Github page gives the following warnings about performance and recommendations for the hardware you will need to play at full frame rates:
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Installation Steps To Play Crysis In VR:
Install the original version of Crysis from GOG or Steam. Visit the
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of the mod. Steam can be used to locate the game in your system (right-click on the title of Crysis, select “Manage,” and then click “Browse local files”). If needed, Steam can be used to find where the game is in your system (right-click on the title in the Steam interface, selecting “Manage,” and then “Browse local files”).
Launch the Game:
The installer offers the option to create shortcuts. To launch the VR version of the game, click on the VR shortcut.
Adjust settings:
Be advised that Crysis in VR needs fairly potent hardware. This is in part due to it being Crysis, and in part due to the method I’m using to implement stereoscopic rendering not being the most efficient one. Unfortunately, due to the limited engine and renderer access being available to me, that’s about as good as I can make it.
On the CPU side, expect even the most powerful CPUs to struggle and cause reprojection! I’d recommend playing on a Ryzen 7000 or 5800X3D or an Intel 12th gen or up. Expect more issues as you go down. A Ryzen 3000 is not going to provide a very good experience.
On the GPU side, it is less clear, and you do have some options to trade visual quality vs performance via the SteamVR rendering resolution and the ingame quality settings. Still, in my testing an RTX 2080 Ti was struggling (although that may have been in part due to its pairing with a weaker CPU). A 4090 does perfectly fine (duh), as does an RX 7900 XT.
Getting Started With The Crysis VR Mod
Players must first own a copy of the original Crysis from 2007 – not the remastered version. If you don’t already have it in your library, Crysis is available on GOG After launching the mod navigate to “VR Settings”. This will allow you to personalize your experience. For a better gaming experience, disable anti-aliasing and make sure your hardware is up to standard. Steamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnRpebIwHYI
Recently on our live Friday VR Gamestream we featured the Crysis VR Mod and it was exhilarating to see the audience enthusiasm for it matching my own, with fholger joining live chat alongside Team Beef and Flat2VR Studios.
- Overall, the community support for bringing in classic games to VR seems to be accelerating. There are more and more VR versions of older games available, from store releases to new installers released almost weekly. While most of our coverage is focused on VR games built specifically for headsets, there are some PC users and developers who have high-end VR systems that play Crysis in VR. So tune in Fridays to my Gamestreams in the weeks ahead as I line up these mods as best I can for quality streaming.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO1GdQEGQQ4GitHub pageAs we focus more on these recent mods and retrofitted classics for VR over the coming weeks, highlighting VR-specific features that fans are adding to these classic worlds, you can download the installer or
- us about interesting mods we should check out.