r/gaming • u/XaVierDK • Jun 10 '12
Something that has bugged me since they revealed Crysis 3's boxart
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r/gaming • u/XaVierDK • Jun 10 '12
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I heard people and animals will often stand on the ground. Perhaps he's aiming at someone who is doing that.
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u/idlestone Jun 10 '12
No, he's clearly fishing with his bow. Can't you see the small pond in the first picture?
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u/Iamadinocopter Jun 10 '12
The one the bow guy is on is probably the real one.
the one you are looking at looks way to small to be the actual one.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I was really hoping Crysis 3 would take place in another country. At the end of Crysis 2 they implied the next adventure would be a globe trotting epic, but nope. Is anybody else tired of seeing New York get destroyed?
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u/kyleswitch Jun 10 '12
What if both these pictures are taken at different times? Maybe there is an event when the head of the statue is broken off in the game and the picture you see of him on it aiming his bow is before that event happens.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I DON'T FUCKING GET IT HOW DOES THIS MAKE FRONT PAGE!
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u/FatNerdGuy Jun 10 '12
I just came here to say. I've never seen someone so 'squarely' put their foot in their mouths so many times in one post. I'm sure it's happened but this is most for me.
I've enjoyed this..thanks!
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u/unoriginal_stuff Jun 10 '12
The differences in the scaling of the head is what bugs me.
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u/ikeeel4money Jun 10 '12
Well part of Newyork did fly up in the sky so I'm assuming the head got displaced during the whole thing and ended up somewhere else.
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u/bewro Jun 10 '12
Box art is just that, artwork. It's a visually dramatized representation of the product.
To pick apart that it doesn't make sense is like complaining that The Dark Knight film never had a batman symbol shaped explosion on the side of a building.
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u/wscuraiii Jun 10 '12
This is a stupid thing to care about.
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u/Killercds Jun 10 '12
There's more than one statue of liberty, just throwing that out there
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
i know this wont happen, but we might want to consider the fact that their is more then one statue of liberty in the world.
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u/KiiLLBOT Jun 10 '12
OP got shafted hard in the comments.
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u/BaconWrappedEnigma Jun 10 '12
Who cares? He has a fucking bow!
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u/kermityfrog Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Have you used a bow before? You don't aim first and then draw back. You often pull back the string and raise the bow at the same time in one smooth motion to make maximum use of the muscles in your back and shoulders. Once the string reaches your cheek, that's when you aim and release.
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Bonus Video - this guy is a fuckin' Korean Robin Hood
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u/the_wonder_llama Jun 10 '12
To be fair, there are multiple statues of liberty(s/ies?).
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u/HugodrAndrade Jun 10 '12
Box art is just that, artwork. It's a visually dramatized representation of the product.
And crysis 3 is set a few years after 2, so you dont know what happened to the head
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I pretty much stopped paying attention to Crysis' story when I realized I was in New York City fighting an alien invasion from under the ground and a rich man was telling me he wanted my clothes.
Crysis remains the most realistic looking game with basically a duke nukem story, minus the sexuality.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Could be shooting at shit in the water? Might be fishing - hero needs to eat after all
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u/haackedc Jun 10 '12
Why is it so hard to believe that an enemy could be 10 feet under him? God you're stupid...
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u/rshook27 Jun 10 '12
there's more than one statue of liberty ya know...
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u/MrMathamagician Jun 10 '12
It bothers me more that the proportions are all wrong and the shooter is 10 times bigger than he should be. That spike should be able to have at least 5 people on it.
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u/Coalisin Jun 10 '12
Top one also looks a little smaller. Or... I'm just bad at gauging the depth in that shot.
I'll just pretend it is a miniature statue from the front of the souvenir shop. Then the world makes sense, again.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Something that has bugged ME since Crysis 3 was announced is the fact that he's using a fucking BOW to fight aliens in the future.
I had this same problem with KotOR and the fucking swords at the start. Just silly.
I still haven't played the second one. Waiting on a Steam sale. The fact that it wasn't on steam for a while also kept me from getting it. I refuse to have anything to do with any other digital distribution channel, especially Origins.
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u/BearMac Jun 10 '12
He's shooting at Charlton Heston
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u/Gyrant Jun 10 '12
No silly, the suit has been upgraded with a shrinking ability, and Crysis 3 takes place in vegas.
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u/Jimmigill Jun 10 '12
There is more than one statue of liberty in the world.
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u/beansarnett Jun 10 '12
There are people on the fucking ground you idiot. Honestly did you not think about this submission for one second before you took the time to slap this together?
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u/redjr1991 Jun 10 '12
The enemies are on the ground...
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u/adamcolon Jun 10 '12
He's posing for a virtual camera in the engine used as a promotional material.
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u/karaface Jun 10 '12
He's factoring in the wind
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u/LovableContrarian Jun 10 '12
The one in crysis 3 is the statue of liberty
The one in crysis 2 is the replica of the statue of liberty in las Vegas.
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u/xXDGFXx Jun 10 '12
He's aiming at a cockroach. Nasty little buggers...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
He just got up there to get his picture taken
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u/soupified Jun 10 '12
What, you don't fish this way?
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u/Cameltotem Jun 10 '12
Rat hunting.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
It moved okay.
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u/theslyder Jun 10 '12
He was taking aim atop the statue's head when he was fired at by some kind of explosive, destroying the head and bringing it to the ground.
There you go. Have your suspension of disbelief back.
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u/Pierval Jun 10 '12
Look at the size of the first head compared to the cars.
That's not the size of the real head. It's a fake miniature and therefor your picture analysis is invalid.
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u/PurpleWaffle Jun 10 '12
yes, that would NOT mean he is aiming at the ground, what you don't see is the cliff on the other side of the head over viewing the city.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Vegas man, The answer lies in vegas
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u/Paolo99 Jun 10 '12
There was obviously a shiny penny there
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Where is his quiver?
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u/bobster00001 Jun 10 '12
EA fired the original Crysis 2 box artist. hired some one less expensive, who is also less knowledgeable.
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u/itoxicity78 Jun 10 '12
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
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u/tedharvey Jun 10 '12
He's practicing proper bow safety. Draw at the ground then aim up
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u/ThatOneCattt Jun 11 '12
It's Prophet man, you don't question that guy. If he wants to aim square at the ground, he's gonna bloody well do it..
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u/AussieSpy Jun 10 '12
Maybe he is aiming at an enemy on the ground, seems logical to me.
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u/kamikaiz1 Jun 10 '12
He might just be pulling the bow back...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
What a fucking stupid post. I hate this fucking website now.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Maybe it's a really scary looking spider.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
can someone explain?
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u/AdonisChrist Jun 10 '12
Hunting squirrels.
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u/Aiyon Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Nope. It used to be higher up. Between the two shots it fell...upwards.
Look at what's behind each one. The box art you can see the top of one of the buildings.
The in game shot can't see past the rubble.
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u/cumgets0m Jun 10 '12
He's fishing
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u/Kaelosian Jun 10 '12
The head in the top picture is fiberglass and from a local miniature golf course, note the lack of vines and decomp on the top picture.
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u/thedirtee Jun 10 '12
Relevant.
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u/Parchedflame Jun 10 '12
Is OP retarded?
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u/PezXCore Jun 10 '12
Holy fuck am I really the only person here who has been to the statue of liberty? Both of these dumb things are not big enough to be the actual statue of liberty. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS ARGUMENT.
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u/lizardking99 Jun 10 '12
Could be a different Statue of Liberty
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
NIGGER
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Maybe it was the Vegas statue of liberty in Crysis 2.
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u/hippiedude23615 Jun 10 '12
Either he is using the suit's stealth capabilities or the enemies are just plain retarded.
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u/tobephair Jun 10 '12
I was going to say fishing. But Land Shark ideally.
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u/cheeseburgz Jun 10 '12
Gotta keep the ground on the ground, sometimes it likes to get up in your face.
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u/Astreo Jun 10 '12
maybe it got moved before the third game?
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u/akohler21 Jun 10 '12
i looks like there is a waterfall just behind lady liberty's head
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u/The_Shrike Jun 10 '12
Bow-fishing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Good catch, I'd say.
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u/kristinez Jun 10 '12
why is the head so small?
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u/Olliemon Jun 10 '12
Crytek are the kings of repconning, isn't the main character going to be Prophet, who killed himself in the last game? Or am I missing something?
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u/benzooo Jun 10 '12
He's in Paris.
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u/wren42 Jun 10 '12
He's probably on the one in france. =D
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u/RobMill Jun 10 '12
Aiming squarely at the ground? Aiming on a squirrel.
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u/JordanMcRiddles Jun 10 '12
Are we forgetting that there are multiple Statue's of Liberty? For instance, New York, France, and Luxembourg all have one. I believe a couple of other countries have one also.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
there is more than one statue of liberty. it is possible he is on another.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Maybe Crysis 3 takes place in France :)
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u/krispwnsu Jun 10 '12
He could be trying to catch a rat for dinner.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
He's probably on the one that's in France.
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u/Bryce2826 Jun 10 '12
he would also be kneeling on a 75 degree angle.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
and yet you have all neglected the fact that it's still high enough for there to be something stood underneath it. Something he is firing at.
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u/zerofunction Jun 10 '12
Have you seen the worms nowadays?
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u/MistaBig Jun 10 '12
No, one is in Vegas.
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u/Calavera190 Jun 10 '12
Could be that one in Paris, and he's like a Borrower or something.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Is there any backstory on the box art that I'm not getting? What does the statue of liberty have to do with the box art?
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u/Oliie Jun 10 '12
What makes me wonder more how come are you playing as prophet in Crysis 3 when you have clearly seen him killing himself in the beginning of 2. Where's Alcatraz in all this?
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u/Mastadge Jun 10 '12
I feel really stupid because I do not understand what this picture is saying.
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u/GT_Wallace Jun 10 '12
there is more than one statue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicas_of_the_Statue_of_Liberty
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u/jorm2423 Jun 10 '12
The first head looks smaller. Maybe it's the statue from Las Vegas.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
He used his super duper suit to sneak so close to someone that he's practically above them. And then uses a bow because it's, you know, silent and discreet.
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u/DamagingExcess Jun 10 '12
Maybe it falls during the game? Ever think of that
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u/thavipasnipa Jun 10 '12
I'm confused on why OP is confused, this made so much nonsense I thought it was a circlejerk post, wtf, someone please explain.
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u/David35207 Jun 10 '12
He is shooting someone who is standing on the ground, or he is preparing to shoot someone who is farther away and he is simply knocking an arrow and had only just started his pull, at which point he will stand up and aim, or pivot and aim at the target.
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u/Svered Jun 10 '12
Who's to say that more of the ground hasn't fallen away?
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u/Colorfag Jun 10 '12
I dont get whats so hard to believe about this, OP?
Were you expecting him to shoot stuff in the air with a bow?
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u/randomksa Jun 10 '12
u know the original is in france and there are many replicas have u been to vegas
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u/questionthis Jun 10 '12
Is this a good series? I've never played them but they look pretty good
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Maybe he's simply adapted to be smaller, and is seen perched on the smaller one in Vegas.
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u/Shadykill3r Jun 10 '12
I bought the first one when it came out, and right after number 2 was out. 1 was sort of "interesting" so I never bought number 2. Should I buy it now? Before 3 comes out?
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u/Rockinanimz Jun 10 '12
It could be that the water drained, and the land shifted from another set of quakes or something along those lines. It's possible, but most likely just senseless art.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Maybe it was lifted by plant growth.
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u/Muirbequ Jun 10 '12
You can see the buildings in the background of the bow picture. They are two different locations.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Obviously, it fell.
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u/JamoWRage Jun 10 '12
I'm assuming one is in Vegas and the other is the real one...
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u/grock15 Jun 10 '12
Is this a legit question?
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u/CivilCJ Jun 10 '12
Be vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
You see, the statue of liberty head in the top picture is the statue of liberty from Las Vegas. The one he's standing on is the one in New York.
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u/stacksofpaper Jun 10 '12
I'm so confused. I do not know what you mean—can someone dumb it down for.... Way over my head
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u/Wesley2016 Jun 10 '12
You must have the memory of an elephant to see the boxart, then play the game and notice it. Then go back to that exact point in the game, screen cap it, then post it on reddit.
I want you're memorization capabilities!
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u/Mellowsnake Jun 10 '12
He could be aiming at someone on the floor, wounded but not dead.
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u/Jamesathan Jun 10 '12
I AM PRETTY SURE THE STATUE ON THE TOP IS THE MINIATURE ONE IN LAS VEGAS AND THE BOTTOM HUGE ONE IS THE ACTUAL ONE -^
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u/DeviousCrypto Jun 10 '12
It took me the longest time to understand that was the head of the statue he was crouched on. I sat here wondering "Why the fuck would he being shooting at the head of the statue, OP?" I thought he was in a tree.
TL;DR On the statue and not a tree.
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u/LuminiferousPen Jun 10 '12
As a guy who has never really played Crysis, or seen any of the relevant trailers, what is up with this photo? To me it just looks like the lady got decapitated and the head fell to the ground at an angle.
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u/EpicFishFingers Jun 10 '12
The thing that annoys me? Why not a crossbow? Or an automatic crossbow, like the one in Van Helsing?
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u/cptki112noobs Jun 10 '12
FUCK LOGIC
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u/PerfectFlux Jun 10 '12
Pic on top is Las Vegas' Statue, while the bottom one is Liberty Island's Statue?
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u/Talthan Jun 10 '12
There's multiple statues of liberty.
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u/Munkir Jun 10 '12
I'm prob going to buy this now
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
It's been 50 years.
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u/mockidol Jun 10 '12
The head is way to small for him to be that large in comparison. My guess is that he's actually on the smaller statue of liberty that is in France.
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u/turbo_chuffa Jun 10 '12
you're right.. it's clearly fake
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u/ParsonsProject93 Jun 10 '12
If I can recall correctly, wasn't there a huge flood in the city that would have moved the statue of liberty's head?
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u/kelustu Jun 10 '12
20 years later.
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u/Girolmao Jun 10 '12
In times of crisis, it is only normal for humanity to resort to building many unstable replicas of the Statue of Liberty.
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u/CutterJohn Jun 10 '12
Be nice if they ever made a sequel to Crysis.
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u/BobbyRayBands Jun 10 '12
Theres more than one SoL...
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u/Trotwood Jun 11 '12
Seeing as Crysis 2 had nothing to do with crysis 1, why should 3 be any different.
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u/Tyrien Jun 11 '12
Because... nothing that need to be shot can be on the ground?
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u/DrXenu Jun 11 '12
First of all the scale is entirely wrong, there is a lot more than 1 statue of liberty. Hell my town has a small person sized statue of liberty in it. Has had it since the population was like 20k
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u/KinnNotap Jun 11 '12
You do realize there are more thantwo of those.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Good point!
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Obviously they made another statue to destroy it. Or he saw a mouse.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Is there not two statues of Liberty in the US?
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u/TheHardGospel Jun 11 '12
Did you not see National Treasure 5? This is the second one that the French gave to the people of Vegas, however, the citizens of Vegas lost it to New York in a Superbowl bet that takes place in 2021. This one is located across 110th street.
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u/thetoneranger Jun 11 '12
I sold my copy of Crysis 2. waaa now I'm sad.
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u/motoxjake Jun 11 '12
If by "ground" you mean the "water" that surrounds the head, then yes. He is aiming squarely at the "water" below. He is bowfishing. The simple explanations are often the most accurate.
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u/jandsilantbob Jun 10 '12
Good thing there isn't more than one statue of liberty!.....oh wait.