Firearms Expert Reacts To Crysis Franchise Guns 

Can we appreciate the camera upgrade we got to see the real firearms and of course Jonathan better?

I do like how Jonathon does always allow for the "Rule of Cool" in his analysis. Sometimes in the "Historian X reacts" segment, they forget to account for game mechanics and what will look good on screen, and while Jonathon will nit-pick mistakes and poor design, he does appreciate what looks good and what works in a game setting, while still obviously being an absolute expert in guns. Always love his enthusiasm in these and Royal Armouries vids.

23:07 The reload actually changes based on the suit mode. The "armor" mode in Crysis 2 makes the player reload very stiff and aggressively

Crysis 3 Typhoon is one of my favorite Sci-Fi gun of all time, really cool design. Giant P90 overall look + LMG11 type huge detachable box magazine + Metal Storm ADS fire mechanism = Boxfeed minigun.

One little thing I always appreciated about the Crysis games is having the +1 round accounted for if you reloaded before your gun was empty. Not a lot of games do that.

I'm a little disappointed they didn't show off the SOCCOM's two-round burst feature. That was one of my favorite things in the original game. Also, Johnathan should look at FEAR's weapons.

Valkyria Chronicles maybe? Not sure we’ve covered a JRPG on this series, so that’d be interesting to see. And from the ridiculous weapon attachments and upgrades, to just the lances in general, Jonathan would have SO MUCH to break down and talk about.

6:45 - 7:36. This does put a big smile on my face, I'm always like to see the interactions between Dave and Jonathan, especially when Dave explained and introduced the context and information of the weapons to Jonathan.

Hey guys, I love your vids and can I just take a moment to say I really like when the videos slow down a little in pace. I like the fact that the small conversation about the typhoon was left in, and I loved when Johnathan took the time to hold up the North Korean AK and show off the markings. It's entertaining seeing game guns and their real life counterparts to begin with, but I think it is so much more valuable to take the time and appreciate the guns they're based on.

If anyone is curious about the North Korean/Korean details in this video, 11:30 The rifle Jonathan is holding is Type 58 rifle, a North Korean licensed version of AK(or AK47 you guys love to call it). the upper marking for selector says "련"(short for "련발", meaning multiple shots) and lower marking says "단"(short for "단발", meaning single shot). you might not be able to recognize it well because: a. the marking on that rifle degraded quite badly, b. they are written in deconstructed korean letter like "ㄹㅕㄴ" and "ㄷㅏㄴ" each. 16:15 the Korean marking on the side of the launcher says "단위56". "단위" generally means unit or standard in Korean and the word is not used for weapon names in neither the South nor the North. If they gone with correct naming code for NK weaponry, it would have been "56식" or "56형", which means "Type56" in English. Anything related to Korean in Crysis series is quite bad. It literally is a meme contents for South Korean memers. ps. I can't get how they came up with names like FY71 or AY69 for supposed NK firearm. Is Y supposed to be word for gun or something? FYI, assault rifles in NK are called "보총"(sounds "bo-chong"), short for "보병총"(sounds "bo-byeong-chong", means infantry gun) and MPs are called "기관단총"(sounds "kigwan-daan-chong", literal meaning is short machinegun). ps2. the reason for psudo XM8 having rails on both carryhandle and upper receiver is because the carryhandle is detachable. you have that version of the rifle in game, called SCARAB. I mean... bad naming sense.

I feel like the more modern a firearm is, the more it looks like every other firearm that came out around the same time. I'd love to see a series that takes a look at the early repeating firearms. Some of those were absolutely crazy.

Can we just appreciate the fact that Jonathan no only acknowledges the rule of cool. He also pull off some cool look of his own, like at 1:35 he looks like a hitman.

1:40 it's not "holes" in the suppressor. It's based on the KAC mk23 suppressor which has a sort of "bumps" texture.

I really want to see Jonathan break down the guns from The Order 1886

Jesus Christ, the Korobov rifle that Jonathan brings up, I looked it up, is a 1950's bullpup that looks futuristic even NOW! That is an AWESOME mention there by Jonathan, thank you for enlightening me on that design, I'm utterly amazed by it!

Always a treat listening in on Jonathan Ferguson talk about guns in games. Especially when it comes to games from most of my childhood like the Crysis franchise.👌

Excellenty as always, I like the bits where Dave and Jonathan talk to each other, it is very nice to see how the conversation and reasoning occur behind the cameras.

I think this is the first time I've seen a non-A1 MP7 before, seems they were pretty scarce before HK made revisions.

The dart firing feature isn't with the scar, it's an underbarrel attachment in Crysis 1

Gotta love seeing this. I commented a couple days ago on a different video on how I'd like to see Jonathan's take on the Crysis guns ,and here he is. Love what you're doing. Keep up the great work!

The Typhoon was developed specifically to deal with the Ceph (aliens) in the game. The Ceph are cephalopod-like (hence the name) and operate in combat using machine exoskeletons. The idea behind the Typhoon was to spew out so many rounds at the Ceph that they would get into the gaps of the armored exoskeleton and shred the alien inside.

I still think he should have a look at the guns from STALKER, hopefully before 2 comes out. Some real interesting ones in there that are based off real weapons and a few that aren't. Would be interesting to see how realistically they've been portrayed too.

Man I love Crysis, probably more than I should. But no shame, Crysis 2 was amazing, Crysis 1 and 3 had some great parts too, good gunplay and level design. Glad to hear it won the poll, and thanks to Johnathan for doing this series as always!

I never heard of that East German 1980s AK that he showed, but it looks pretty cool and I wouldn't mind seeing it put into other games.

I think the second rail underneath the carry handle of the "XM8" makes sense if you assume the handle can be taken off. In that case you'd have a flat top rifle and could mount optics closer to the bore.

Something to note about the missile launcher in Crysis is that it's actually a disposable weapon. If you look closely, the 'ammo' that is being picked up is actually a whole launcher, and the action the user is going through when they first pull it out to use it is to pull out and extend the weapon, like how an M72 LAW is designed. It's basically a fancy M72 with 3 shots instead of 1.

I love how in crysis 2/3 has difriend reloading animation for the nano-mode. Like when you're in maxed armourd mode your reload animation is much more agresiv,or stealth mode where you reload more cearfully.

6:56 That noise of confusion and disapproval made me actually laugh into my morning coffee. Nice.

The North Korean Assault Rifle (the AK) is also present as a hidden kind of easteregg weapon in one of Crysis 3's later missions where you need to take down 3 anti air guns in a large open area. Its been slightly updated from its appearance in Crysis 1 and also happens to be the single most customizable weapon in the 3rd game. A supposed nod to the more open nature of the first game, compared to the later two entries.

I'm so happy with the camera upgrade. It does help a lot on showing the guns aaaaand our favorite host

For one of the future ones, I think having Jonathan analyze the future weapons from Darkest of Days (2010) would be interesting to see.

I always took the scar to be an imagining of what the next gen of G36 would be. It feels more inspired by the G26c than the XM8 to me. Although they are so similar that might be a distinction without a difference. I believe the holes on the pistol suppressor were meant to mimic the dimples on the original Knight's Armament MK23 suppressor.

Would love to see Jonathan do a dream list of weapons he'd like to see in games.

This needs a part 2. There are so many more guns that need to be explored.

I love when games have evolving weapons. like here you can see how the "good guy gun" with each new game devoloped bit-by-bit. also got to love how this man pulls gems out like "yep, here I have one of the few we have..." the perks of working in one of if not the biggest weapon museums

MGS4 had some of the best modeling and persistence of shell casings for the time that it came out in. They even did unique reload animations based on if the gun was empty or partially empty. So much detail put into it that you wouldn't normally pay attention to.

I love the hammering of the LMG throughout the whole reload process, except for the gentle flick of the belt into position in the middle of the whole gun violence.

the metal storm based gun mechanically makes perfect sense to break the whole thing open and remove/replace the entire barrel assembly. the real company had a 4 barreled handgun using the same tech and the reload procedure was replacing all the barrels.

Wonder how long it'll be before Jonathan gets to take a peek at Receiver 1 and/or 2? The handling in those games is... pretty crazy. (Including Receiver 2 having negligent discharges as a mechanic!)

I will simply NEVER tire of Jonathan

I suppose the argument on the LAW's backblast warning boils down to "If you can read this, you are standing in the wrong place".

its wonderful content once again Mr Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries

I can’t wait for this guy to take a look at some of the guns in a game I’m planning on making in a few years time, some of the weapons I’ve cooked up are just insane

Also love the new camera! Yes, we can see everything now!

Vermintide 2 might be interesting considering that jonathan is a curater for a museum and the game uses old black powder firearms in a sort of early renaissance late medieval ish setting.

Please Jonathan, made a video on *METAL GEAR SOLID 3* weapons. So many weapons in MGS3 to react and comment on like the Patriot's infinite ammo magazine, the EZ tranq gun, Snake's customized officer M1911A1, Snake whittling the pistol grip to use a knife for CQC, Ocelot's SAA juggling skills, The End's paratrooper tranquilizer Mosin Nagant, the Davey Crockett recoil-less nuclear launcher and Eva's chinese mauser clone. There are so many more other interesting trivias and weapons in MGS3 so please gamespot and Johnathan make a video for the game.

For the Pic rail inside the carry handle of the rifle, it's just the right size for a 45 degree canted iron sight, or a flashlight/laser mount, or the new trend of a 45 degree canted pic rail, which would have a small pistol red dot mounted on it.

Just to make a point that I don't think Jonathan noticed, you don't reload the LAW in Crysis. It's a one and done system. Fire the three rockets, chuck it and grab another. The rear panel with the warning either breaks away, or is on a hinge.

I am a huge fan of the Heckler & Koch Mk23 and seeing Jonathan holding one was so awesome. Such a badass pistol

The "crew-served pistol" joke was genuinely hilarious.

Yall finally got my man a new camera! About time!

Jonathon, not only does it resemble the HK Mark 23, but it also caught some characteristics from the very rare HK UCP. The design remained in prototype stage as of 2006, and was reported as entering limited trials, but the development and design got terminated in 2009.

The SOCOM pistol was actually heavily based on the prototype H&K UCP "Ultimate Combat Pistol" which was chambered in 4.6x30mm. The game also uses this same caliber.

Can't wait to come see the museum in November Mr Johnathan. I informed the front desk guy that you are my spirit animal. Haha😂😂😂

Really fun seeing the team tackle games less in the current zeitgeist like Crysis! I'd still love to see Johnathan go through the Killzone games some day, because a lot of their weapon design is SUPER interersting!

19:35 If you say that's the best 3d ejected case you've seen, check out the updated cartridge set H3VR got for the revolver cartridges a month ago. There's even very slight discoloration from the temperature

Man it’s been forever since I played Crysis. Good stuff.

I'm glad that there was an upgrade in the quality of Jonathan's webcam, perfect timing for the GPU melting graphics of Crysis!!

List of a few other details: Bauer SOCOM/ M12 NOVA: Looks like a futuristic version of the earlier Hk UCP prototype (eventually became the USP). SCAR: Futuristic version of the Hk XM8 (would have been called the SCAR if it won the Scar program). Crysis 1 was chambered in 6.8 with Crysis 2-3 making the change to 4mm Sabot. Under-barreled weapons also include a miniaturized Gauss rifle and a miniaturized Typhoon system to add variety to player choice. Typhoon: The rifled barrels are housed in the front of the weapon and only the magazine with stacked ammunition is removable (as seen in the “7 Wonders” Crysis 3 Typhoon trailer). Gauss Rifle: The weapon is in a bullpup configuration to maximize barrel length. I would also surmise that the profile is inspired by the G11 given Crytek (a German company) featuring a lot of weapons inspired by Hk. Feline: Chambered in the same 4.7mm as the MP7, I wonder why they made that change from the Crysis 1 SMG? I personally always felt that the weapon felt underpowered for its size, and I wonder if the visual design of a more compact weapon would have changed the perception of its performance? Mk 60 Mod 2: strong resemblance to the MG4 with the dust cover on the side of the top cover (yet another German weapon reimagined for the futuristic setting).

The XM8 proprietary PCAP attachment system has the benefit it retains zero when taking off and on the accessory unlike picatinny rails which needs to be zeroed every time

Crysis is one of my absolute FAVORITE games ever. Awesome vid

One neat detail about Crysis 2 and 3 is that the reload animations are different between when the player is cloaked, using max armor, and default. The cloaked animations are much slower and more deliberate while max armor animations are quick and forceful.

Good catch on the Metal Storm! Dave’s becoming quite the firearms expert in his own right

Finally we get to bask in the glory of Jonathan Ferguson, The Keeper of Firearms And Artillery at The Royal Armouries Museum in the UK in HD quality.

Squad will be running a playtest of a major weapon handling overhaul, whenever that’s out and finished, it would be cool to take another look at the game

I think the rails on the inside of the carry handle for the assault rifle are for the fixed or carry-handle iron sights. I know the AR platform has that where you have to actually mount iron sights on and they can either be flip ups or fixed.

Regarding the SCAR/XM8 having that bit of rail under the carry handle. That's where the carry handle is attached to the gun. If you take the carry handle off and replace the fixed stock with a collapsing one, it becomes the SCARAB.

Thank you for getting this man a better camera!

The Typhoon has a really good animation of it working in one of the Crysis 3 trailers, would love to see him react to it. It is called "Typhoon" 7 Wonders of Crysis 3: Episode 4

Nice to see Metal Storm get referenced.

Would love to see Johnathon cover the guns of Warframe as some look similar to the real world while others are completely of the wall crazy

A whole generation of gamers will not understand the benchmark that was Crysis. Nowadays the joke about pc's is "can it run minecraft" but crysis was literally the test of how good your pc was.

We've seen Jonathon talk about weapons long enough, I'd like to see him have a range day, and fire a selection of firearms

At long last! I remember asking about this at the start of the first hunt video and you did not disappoint :D I would've liked to see your take on the tac launcher though.

14:58 It's okay to think energy weapon sometimes when it comes to railguns, plasma and other ionized gases are also magnetic, plasma railguns are a thing and the U.S. military has worked on a plasma railgun called M.A.R.A.U.D.E.R since the 90s.

@Johnathan Ferguson RE: backblast from rockets/recoilless guns. I was just reminded of this, there's a guntuber that i watch by the name of Brandon Herrera ('The AK Guy' as he is called and he does a playlist called 'The Darwin Awards' in one of these videos it shows a clip of what is presumed to be a middle eastern soldier using some kind of rpg. Right as he fires it one of his partners steps into the backblast and presumably dies from it as he's not shown getting up before the clip ends.

I would also love to see him react to the Predator bow from Crysis 3 and ripping out the HMG from its socket and using it handheld.

6:08 Think it's pretty clear the carry handle is designed to be removable and you can optionally flattop it in case you need big optics.

I would offer my left arm to watch this man breakdown the weapons of Warframe.

Multiple small bits to answer some of Jonathans questions and elaborate a bit: - The SCAR (Superior Combat Assault Rifle): Since Crytek is based in Germany, it would be best compared to a G36. - The underbarrel dart from 3:56: This is a tranquilizer round. Hit enemies drop sleeping for a bit when hit. And since the mechanic wasn't really fleshed out, ammo doesn't exist for it. And if memory serves correctly, then enemies you're in combat with don't sleep. I could be wrong with that though. - The AY69 also has a big brother in Crysis and Warhead called the MPX8, which is like a scaled up MP7. I also hope Jonathan makes a part two about the Crysis weapons and gets to see the MOAC and TAC Launcher. Just to fry his brain a bit. And should Jonathan ever get to play the games: Have fun!

I would really like to see a part 2. There are still a lot of interesting guns to go over.

I'd be super interested for gamespot to do one of these firearms expert reacts, but also include a videogame Developer that worked on the guns for the game.

more then any one game in particular id love to see him and a designer have a conversation about guns and not ones that are trying to replicate real ones, but fictional and where the inspiration comes from.

when he extended the mp7 stock, my stock also extended

Cant wait for october when we get a video on starfield's weapon. 👀

I think Jonathan would appreciate the cases and reload animations in new hunt showdown weapons especially revolver, worth a revisit I’d say.

As a massive fan of Crysis 2 I've never understood why the SCAR and SCARAB rifle had to be so similar and yet separate. They're both assault rifles with 40 round mags chambered in 4mm Sabot, the differences being what you can equip to each rifle.

I would love to see Jonathan react to some of the guns from Ground Branch, I got into it recently and I’ve been having more fun with how real the guns feel than I am completing missions

I think interior rail is there because the devs made the whole carry handle detachable for some reason. The “standard” SCAR-AB in Crysis 2 does not have the carry handle attached, making it much more like the ACR in look. This version without the handle looks really weird as the gun was clearly proportioned with the carry handle attached making the rifle look a little strange.

You could stick a laser in-between the xm8's barrel and carry handle and have it zeroed for the same distance.

They added loads of new weapons to *Hunt: Showdown* (also made by Crytek) and are about to release more in the upcoming event. It'd be cool to revisit that game.

An episode were Ian listens to Snake and SIGINT's speel about the 1911 and EVA's proposed explanation for it's presence in Tselinoyarsk and gives his take.

When Crisis 2 came out, the gfx in that game completly blew my mind .... they looked so good. In fact, for that time period, the game looked much better than any video or game trailer found on the internet, wich was just wild.

How in the heck did i miss this episode for three months!

Pushing as always for you guys to have Johnathan cover Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and to cover the M8 and MRI Caseless specifically as well.

Absolutely love these videos, I’m 19 and just recently got into buying guns, seeing the real life counterparts and comparisons of my favorite video game guns is just amazing

Anton, the developer of H3VR is slowly going through and refreshing the ammunition models, spent cartidges included. They now show proper dimpled primers and even discolouration. Though its definitely not enough for a video, (and you've covered H3VR before anyway) I think Jonathon would enjoy gawking at the details, even if in his own time.

FY71 might be inspired by North Korean Type 88-2 rifle, which was supposed to be modernized AK-74, locally produced as Type 88. Except when it actually came out (3 years after OG Crysis), it turned out to be just AK-74 with top folding stock.

You guys gotta make a firearms expert reacts playlist

The picatinny rail under the carry handle could be because the handle is removable. There is a variant of the xm8 in the game called SCARAB which is a carbine variant that doesn't have said handle.