Where do you see first-person shooter boundaries being pushed in the future?

Yerli: I believe AI isn't finished yet. I believe interactivity - physics and AI - will be the major pushes we'll see in the next generations. After the next two generations you'll also see merging of genres happening. But principally I would bet on AI.

Did you ever expect Far Cry to be as successful as it was?

Yerli: No. We don't expect certain things today either. Generally I say, "Don't expect and you won't be disappointed". I say rather we hope it [Crysis] will have a similar impact as Far Cry.

When Far Cry came out, our only hope was there'd be a clear difference between our gameplay and that of others... I thought, "I hope people will get it, I hope they will get the gameplay".

It was very critical to get the demo out before the game so that people could actually try it first. I was convinced the demo would convert people, that it would evangelise itself.

When the demo came out, we saw people saying on forums, "I hated this game, but you know what? After three times playing it, now I love it".
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