Crysis (PC)
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Inc. Part number: 16751
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Gamespot editors' review
Crysis (PC) price range: $29.99
- Reviewed by: Jason Ocampo
- Reviewed on: 11/13/2007
- Released on: 11/13/2007
It was hard not to be completely impressed when the first images and videos of Crysis appeared about 18 months ago. Scenes of lush jungles and towering alien war machines looked light-years beyond what seemed possible. Of course, the two questions that revolved around Crysis since its announcement were whether it would deliver on those visuals and whether it would deliver a game worthy of those fancy graphics. It turns out that the answer to both those questions is a resounding yes, as Germany's Crytek has proven that its 2004 hit Far Cry was no fluke. In fact, it was just the beginning from this studio. With its sophomore effort, Crytek has managed to deliver an incredibly advanced and exciting first-person shooter that practically rewrites the rules for the entire genre.
Welcome to the prettiest jungle that you have ever seen in a game. Notice that it's starting to snow?
Crysis is an alien invasion game set in the year 2020. An archeological team on a remote Pacific island is captured by an invasion force of North Koreans, and your US Special Forces team is dispatched to investigate and rescue the scientists. Clad in high-tech nanosuits capable of boosting your strength, speed, and armor, as well as cloaking you temporarily to the enemy, you're parachuted into a tropical paradise that's crawling with intelligent enemies and something else that's tearing both the North Koreans and US forces to shreds.
Like Far Cry, the first half of Crysis is essentially a "sandbox" game where you're put in the middle of incredibly large levels and tasked with an objective. How you get the job done is pretty much entirely up to you, which is part of the brilliance of the game's design. For instance, the environments are big enough to give you a wide range of latitude. Do you have to get to a certain point on the map? You can take a meandering route that avoids patrols and go stealthy, or try the up-front approach and try to blast your way through, with the danger of enemy reinforcements showing up. Need to infiltrate a North Korean-held village? You can try the front gate, or maybe explore and find a quieter way in.
Couple these huge environments with the powers of the nanosuit, and you have a ton more options. You can play like the eponymous character from the movie Predator and use your cloaking abilities to stalk North Korean patrols, picking them off one by one and watching the survivors react in confusion. That could be via a silenced rifle, or simply coming up from behind a guard and grabbing him by the throat and hurling him off a cliff, or through the roof of a building, or against a tree, or whatever catches your fancy. Enhanced speed and strength give you an amazing amount of mobility, so you can vault atop buildings and come down behind someone, or run up against a North Korean vehicle next to a cliff and push it over the side. In a heartbeat you can switch between different roles, from stealthy assassin to seemingly unstoppable death dealer. It's a game that makes you feel like a superhero, though not an invincible one, because you simply can't run roughshod over the enemy. Crysis rewards smart, fast thinking.
The firefights are stunning, as well as challenging, whether you're tackling North Korean soldiers or alien war machines.
It helps that the game features a high degree of advanced physics and destructibility in a highly dynamic world. Getting caught in a firefight in the jungle is a cinematic treat, thanks to the way the bullets will chop down trees, while branches sway from impacts. This isn't just a visual effect, either, as falling timber can kill if it lands on someone. There's all sorts of emergent behavior like that throughout the game, events that spring up completely unintended or unforeseen. In one instance, the flaming wreckage of a chopper landed on a hut, crushing it and killing all those inside.
Meanwhile, the gunplay and ballistics modeling make this shooter feel as if you're handling real weapons. Trying to hit a target at long engagement ranges is challenging thanks to weapon recoil and other factors. The North Koreans are encased in body armor, so they take some time to gun down, unless you aim for the head, which usually puts them on the ground. At your disposal is a variety of firearms, like shotguns and assault rifles. One of the neat aspects of the game is that you can fix up your weapons on the fly, adding scopes, silencers, and grenade launchers, provided you've found them. There are trade-offs for each add-on. Silencers let you take down guys quietly, though they reduce bullet damage, meaning you've got to make every shot count. Or flashlights mounted on your weapons might help you out in dark levels, but will give you away.
It's not just infantry combat, as you can hop into almost every vehicle in the game, as well as take part in an incredible tank battle.
Crysis gives you all of these toys and ratchets the action higher and higher the deeper you get into it. The first level of the game introduces you to the sandbox combat and the nanosuit. From then on, the battles become larger and more intense as the action escalates. You'll storm North Korean-held villages and bases; encounter their counter to your nanosuit; take part in a chaotic assault on a North Korean harbor; and from there the game accelerates. Next is a wild tank battle in a tropical mountain valley, with helicopters and jet fighters roaring overhead. There's a sheer rush as your tank plows through vegetation and knocks down trees as missiles and tank fire erupt all around you. Meanwhile, the vehicle explosions are convincing, right down to the way ammunition cooks off and sends spirals of smoke outward. It's visual poetry of destruction. You're not confined to your tank the entire time, either. You can jump out at any time and use your suit powers and rifle to take on enemy infantry. When they're dead, pick up their dropped rocket launchers and engage vehicles in a cat-and-mouse-style game.
User reviews
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could not be a better game
by Jeffrey H. on November 18, 2007
Pros: every thing about the game is a PRO only one con.
Cons: wthat those folks with less powerful rigs can't play the game
Summary: the game is pretty awsome, the only problem is the mega deaths you have until you learn to properly use the suit.
Summary: the game is pretty awsome, the only problem is the mega deaths you have until you learn to properly use the suit.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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One of the best FPS out there.
by DarthIsis on May 12, 2009
Pros: Great replay value. Fun gameplay... Your able to go through the same scenes nearly infinite times, never doing it the same way.
Great use of vehicles. Awesome graphics.Cons: AI could use minor improvements (ability to get into vehicles).
Summary: Must have for those who can run it.
Summary: Must have for those who can run it.
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Great game, but frustratingly hard.
by adam.acp on December 1, 2008
Pros: Graphics are pretty amazing.
Gameplay is intuitive.
Very expansive world.Cons: Just too hard. A game should be challenging, but not frustrating. As a part-time gamer, I had trouble getting though the first level on Easy.
Summary: Great for die-hard FPS fans. Casual gamers should avoid wasting their effort.
Summary: Great for die-hard FPS fans. Casual gamers should avoid wasting their effort.
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Great FPS,but it wants more graphic power
by jscott418 on May 2, 2008
Pros: Great first person shooter, graphics are great.Story line good.
Cons: Needs a top of the line graphics card to really show off the game
Summary: In my opinion this game plays well and is enjoyable on a older P-4 with a Nvidia 8600GT. But it still plays at a low graphics setting. Too bad, because ...
Summary: In my opinion this game plays well and is enjoyable on a older P-4 with a Nvidia 8600GT. But it still plays at a low graphics setting. Too bad, because many will not be able to afford what Crysis really wants in a card. I know I can't.
I am sure it will leave many feeling shorted because the game requires so much graphics power, that they cannot experience the game fully.I feel that way, and believe I paid for a game that I can only get 2/3rds use out of it. -
A must have, but bugs can be fustrating
by jmarcharel on April 20, 2008
Pros: By a long way, the best graphics
Cons: Many bugs & freezes
Summary: Here's my set-up: CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66hz, GPU 2GB, RAM 8GB, HDD 10,000rpm, Screen 2ms
The Good: Amazing Graphics, Amazing Interaction with environement, OK ...Summary: Here's my set-up: CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66hz, GPU 2GB, RAM 8GB, HDD 10,000rpm, Screen 2ms
The Good: Amazing Graphics, Amazing Interaction with environement, OK Story Line, Good Weapons Option
The Bad: System freezes quite a bit, updates add to issues
Bottom Line: Buy it anyway, it is a must see if you have the hardware to support it! If Crytek fixes its bugs, i'm buying shares in that company! -
If your PC can't handle this game, get a new computer.
by jyanee on February 18, 2008
Pros: The game to own for your PC.
Cons: None. The language is adult oriented. Keep the kiddies away.
Summary: Solid story line. Nonstop action. Fantastic graphics. This is the new standard for FPS PC gaming.
Summary: Solid story line. Nonstop action. Fantastic graphics. This is the new standard for FPS PC gaming.
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Best Game OF 07 for A Reason
by Raidzex on February 13, 2008
Pros: Fast paced easy to really get into.
Cons: A little short in single player. Hope they add more levels in downloads.
Summary: Graphics are great, Story is good, Game takes a worth while twist towards the end. All in All I am very happy to have played this game. Its one of ...
Summary: Graphics are great, Story is good, Game takes a worth while twist towards the end. All in All I am very happy to have played this game. Its one of those games you invite a friend over and say hey look at this. Even my G/F who doesn't play games thought it was good. My only thing was I beat it on Normal in 2 days (by accident). And I did alot of secondaries. If they add more Single content it would get a 10 wish I could pick 9.5.
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A FANTASTIC game! EA has real support issues
by galindenba on February 5, 2008
Pros: Great graphics! Cool weapons! Great story line.
Cons: EA support has not very helpful
Summary: I just want to say up front that Crysis is one of the best PC shooters I have ever played if not the best. I love the weapons and the ...
Summary: I just want to say up front that Crysis is one of the best PC shooters I have ever played if not the best. I love the weapons and the nano suit. The storyline is interesting, not predictable, and it's nice and long. Everything I want in a shooter with one issue. It has awesome graphics if you have the machine to run it, but it runs just fine on my 5 year old Dell XPS. However. this game has not run well on my very high powered Velocity Micro dual core/nvidia graphics, etc., etc. machine. It crashes almost every time I get killed or reach a checkpoint. Reading the forums this seems to be a fairly common issue. My Old Dell is running XP and the Velocity is running VISTA. Could this be the problem? It wouldn't surprise me. VISTA seems to have a lot of game issues. EA support site has not been of much help yet. Has anybody else had this issue and how do you fix it?
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I agree with all the other reviewers that this is one of the coolest games ever made. When it was working I enjoyed it immensely!!! However, when I patched the game to 1.2 and 1.21 from the EA website thats when the problems started. Now I cannot save or load a game without the program crashing and taking me back to windows. I running a very powerful velocity micro with plenty of speed, ram, and graphic cards(Dual Nvidia) to run this game on Vista Ultimate SP1. Can anybody help me because I do love this game? -
Totally Awesome
by ACRScout on December 5, 2007
Pros: Graphics, Story line, play area, etc, etc, etc. WOW
Cons: None that I can find.
Summary: I used to be a firm devotee to the Battlefield and Call of Duty franchises, but this FPS monster blows them all away. I am into Crysis and not even ...
Summary: I used to be a firm devotee to the Battlefield and Call of Duty franchises, but this FPS monster blows them all away. I am into Crysis and not even considering looking back. This is a game that gets it all 100% right, both in realism and Creativity. KUDOS to E.A. for another game of quality.
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simply amazing
by nb2000nb on December 4, 2007
Pros: Graphics, AI, player freedom, dynamic world, etc
Cons: Will take a while for hardware to catch up
Summary: This is the next step in PC gaming. This game has it all and is very interesting to play. Just look up the specs and technology used in a google ...
Summary: This is the next step in PC gaming. This game has it all and is very interesting to play. Just look up the specs and technology used in a google search and compare it to other games
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Inc.
- Part number: 16751
Product Basic Spec
- Platform PC
- ESRB rating Mature - Blood,Violence,Strong Language
- Genre Action
- Number of players 1 Player
- DirectX version v9.0c
- Operating system Windows XP/Vista
- Online modes Team Oriented,Competitive
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