Crysis:
| Rating: | Platinum |
| Release(s) Tested: | Steam |
| Application Version: | N/A |
| WINE/Proton Version: | GE-Proton 8.1 |
| Test Scope: | Entire single-player compaign |
| Input Method: | Keyboard & Mouse |
| Launch Options: | |
| Date of Report: | 31 May 2023 |
Summary
The experience is very similar, but not identical to Windows. Some areas of the game perform better, some slightly worse.
Installing & Running
Installs and runs out-of-box on Steam.
Results & Issues
The game ran better than Windows in some areas. Most notably, the poorly-optimized office area before the crusher yard, with the single tank, was perfectly smooth on Linux, but has always stuttered for me on Windows. I did not observe any lag before large explosions (another common Windows issue).
There was sometimes a slight stuttery effect when looking around with the mouse during combat. This occurred uncommonly and I could not directly reproduce it. This may be judder rather than a true stutter, as framerate was not measurably affected. The issue did not affect aim precision and was only a minor annoyance, but prevented the game from feeling perfectly smooth.
Some minor graphical artifacts were observed with terrain and water.
Lip-syncing was very slightly delayed during some cutscenes, by no more than a few tenths of a second.
I experienced occasional, random crashes. The game froze at one point when I pressed Escape to bring up the menu.
The game consistently crashed/froze when attempting to exit it; the only way to stop the game seems to be through the task manager or via Steam.
Notes
Intro videos can be skipped by renaming all files beginning with Trailer_ in the Crysis/Game/Localized/Video folder. For example, renaming Trailer_Crytek.sfd to Trailer_Crytek.sfd.BAK will prevent that video from playing.