HIGH The original Crysis is still both a technically and mechanically exceptional shooter.
LOW Way too much content missing to be considered a true “collection.”
WTF …Boy howdy, centering the series around a pandemic was a bad call in hindsight.
HIGH Finely tuned predatory gameplay. Also, silenced shotguns.
LOW The abysmal final boss fight.
WTF The explanation for how Prophet's back in the saddle is ridiculous.
HIGH The new bow is pretty sweet.
LOW The final boss is everything that's wrong with boss fights.
WTF I can't punch a thin wooden door down? This is still a thing?
Crysis 2 is an excellent game and worth playing if you have ever enjoyed first-person shooters at all. On many levels, however, I thought the game couldn't really decide what it wanted to be about. Is it a game about making sound tactical choices in an operation against a superior force, or is it a (bad) story about squid attacking New York City with a bio-weapon?
HIGH Taking out every single soldier in a level, completely undetected.
LOW Alcatraz's status as a silly silent protagonist.
WTF Why can I bash this door down, but not that one?
Still putting time in with Crysis 2. I've got to say, it's pretty damned entertaining.
An unsolicited copy of Crysis 2 showed up at my door today (always a pleasant surprise when that happens) and I put about an hour into it. I've heard that the multiplayer demo available wasn't too well-received, but I never got around to checking it out and I never played the first Crysis either, so I was coming into the game basically as fresh as possible. First impressions of the campaign? Very positive.
HIGH Combating scores of aliens while being pursued by nanosuited KPA soldiers through dense, frozen jungles.
LOW Realizing it has to come to an end.
WTF Plasma cannon? Oh yeah!
Crysis Warhead is finally upon us, and that can only mean one thing—more tweaking! Before reading this guide, it is imperative that you read my original Crysis optimization guide, as I'm not going to re-explain how to alter configuration files or access console commands. The engine is largely the same, and all of the information from the previous guide is still valid. Fortunately though it is far less necessary to use "tweaks" to get great performance from Crysis Warhead due to heavy optimization of the game engine.
Crysis almost certainly did fall short of its sales potential, even if it sold over 1 million, and piracy may indeed have taken a significant toll. But it's not because the game is too system-intensive, or because the game wasn't any good; rather, it's because Crytek overlooked one of the key channels for modern PC gaming: digital distribution.
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