), ▁and ▁Mare k ▁Bron string ▁of ▁Advent ure ▁Gam ers ▁called ▁it ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁publish er ' s ▁" top ▁titles ▁premier ing ▁at ▁the ▁show ", ▁alongside ▁Tra itors ▁Gate ▁II : ▁Cy pher . ▁Earth light ▁Produ ctions ▁developed ▁Cry stal ▁Key ▁ 2 ▁with ▁Vir tools ▁and ▁V - R ay . ▁It ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁feature ▁spher ical ▁ 3 6 0 ° ▁pan or am as , ▁unlike ▁its ▁prede cess or ' s ▁more ▁limited ▁view ing ▁areas . ▁According ▁to ▁John ▁Math es on , ▁Earth light ▁sought ▁to ▁overcome ▁the ▁problems ▁that ▁had ▁affected ▁The ▁Cry stal ▁Ke ys ▁production ▁pipeline ▁and ▁give ▁its ▁art ▁team ▁more ▁room ▁" to ▁be ▁as ▁cre ative ▁as ▁possible ". ▁ ▁Initial ly ▁developed ▁by ▁Earth light ▁and ▁set ▁for ▁a ▁late - 2 0 0 3 ▁release , ▁Cry stal ▁Key ▁ 2 ▁under w ent ▁" many ▁years " ▁of ▁production ▁and ▁took ▁longer ▁than ▁The ▁Advent ure ▁Company ▁had ▁wanted , ▁Ben o ît ▁H oz jan ▁of ▁K he ops ▁Studio ▁later ▁remarked . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁K he ops ▁was ▁h ired ▁to ▁co - develop ▁the ▁game ▁late ▁in ▁production , ▁which ▁H oz jan ▁said ▁included ▁" the ▁programming ▁and ▁the ▁integration , ▁hand ▁in ▁hand ▁with ▁John ▁Math es on ." ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Math es on ▁estimated ▁Cry stal ▁Key ▁ 2 ▁as ▁ 7 5 % ▁complete ▁and ▁on ▁track