Crysis 3 Single Player Review
The story of Crysis 3 is not anything we haven't seen or heard before. You are Prophet, a Nano Suit wearing soldier with a mission to save Earth from the Ceph. But there is a third party involved... The CELL. They are using the Ceph's energy for World dominance. (Greedy bastards) You must take the fight against both the Cell in the Ceph in hopes to save humanity. Are you up for that?
I was and I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The voice acting was wonderfully done, although cheesy at times. The facial animations are some of the highest leveled animations you will see in a game. That helps immerse the player into the cut scenes thus helping the story and characters feel believable.
If you have never played a Crysis game before you will probably be lost but do not fret. Like I said... the story is nothing we haven't seen before. You will still be able to keep up even if you don't exactly know who Prophet, Psycho and Claire are.
Graphics:
Come on now... this Crysis were talking about. Graphics are what Crytek does best and they did it again. This is easily one of the best looking 360 games you will ever see. The characters, world and cutscenes are an amazing sight for your eyes.
The thing I enjoyed most about Crysis 3 was New York. Crysis 2 was full of dull buildings and streets but in 3, New york has turned into a jungle. Literally... grass, weeds and trees have taken over. One of my favorite parts in the entire campaign was fighting Stalkers in 6 to 7 feet high grass. The way the grass moves with the wind and player/enemy movement is off the charts. I just loved everything about the look of Crysis 3 and you will too.
Gameplay:
The gameplay of Crysis 3 is also well done. I won't say it's the best FPS out there because it's not. It's not even close but it a damn smooth game to play. The combat is fun, the AI is decent but the difficulty is way to easy. You can expect to die very minimal in the entire campaign. No real challenge except for a few battles but once you get the hang of how to go about defeating those specific enemies it becomes easy. Way to easy. I played on Normal so for those of you looking for a challenge you should go ahead and pump it up to a higher level of difficulty on your first playthrough.
So if there is no challenge then how is the combat fun? Good question inner Derek! I will answer you now. The game is fun because of the openess and freedom they give you. You want to play Crysis 3 stealthy? Go ahead. If you want to run in guns blazing... then go right on a head. This again is nothing we haven't see or experienced before but it is still done well here in Crysis 3.
Replay Value:
The campaign clocks in around 6 to 7 hours. This immediately brings a negative thought to many gamers but the mindset of today's gamers can be wrong. This game is fun and if you beat it once then beat it again. Take 6 to 7 hours and double that. I'll take replaying a good game over a 12 to 14 hour bore fest of a game filled with lame fillers and unnecessary back tracking. I'm looking at you Halo!!! So I would say the Replay Value is decent here and I'm not even talking about the multiplayer here.
Final Word:
If you can't tell I like this game. I enjoyed 3 more than I enjoyed 2 but in reality there are a ton of FPS out in the market. I say this game is worth a purchase if you are a fan of the series or if you can get a good deal on it. I so happen to be a fan of the seires and got a good deal on the game. I wouldn't recommend just dropping $60 on it. I can say this... if you are a FPS fan you will enjoy this game.
Story: 7.0
Graphics: 9.0
Gameplay: 8.0
Replay Value: 8.0
Final Word: 8.0