A game rated based on all aspects and the deliverance compared to the rest.

User Rating: 9 | Crysis PC
Get ready for a long read, mates.

This game was originally just a video made by EA and Crytech just to show off their ability in making an ultra realistic game. People were so amazed by the graphics that they wanted more, and hence they made the game.

Several people have rightly noted that this game is a computer hog. Only the best of the best computers can run this game on the "Ultra High" graphics and a high resolution. I ran this game using a 8600GT OC graphics by nVidia, and I was able to enjoy the game on Medium-High graphics.

Literally this game starts off with a bang. As soon as the game began I was completely amazed by the shear magnitude of the island itself and its details. Furthermore, the physics of Crysis was flawless in many cases.

The island itself is quite destructible. One can find bushes being shredded, massive palm trees being torn down, and mud flying in their faces while fighting the Korean soldiers. The game play environment is very interactive and helpful during one sided fire fights. There are intricate road systems, random yet conveniently placed outposts, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, cliffs, and a surrounding ocean that one can swim in. There are also some nagging flies and mosquitoes that (with a 7.1 surround sound) can instinctively force you to swing your hands over your head. Overhead the sun moves along with time and it's rays beam through leaves. In all actuality this game has a very and almost total interactive ability that is seemingly engaging.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and non-player characters (NPCs) are relatively smart. For example, they will find and take cover, and they will communicate with each other on the battle field. One can often find patrols strolling around the island time to time. They respond to both sight and sound. However, they only carry about three kinds of guns with them. This limit to the AI's carrying power can make them predictable and easy to kill. Also, sometimes the AI will bunch up together if you happen to alert more then one patrol. This came make the game play either really hard (extra bullets flying in your direction) or easy (grenade). Yet, overall the AI present a convincing comprehension to their surroundings and times of conflict.

The game starts off with you jumping off a plane in a multi-million dollar nanosuit. Since your parachute gets jammed, you are forced to take the full impact of landing. However, this suit of yours has the ability to drastically reducing the impact of any external objects. After barely surviving the hard landing, you have to meet up with the rest of your team. I want you to take notice of the time of day upon landing (if you have never left the monitor to see the outside world since you were born then I will like to tell you the time is just before the crack of dawn). The game allows you to check out your new suit, the surrounding environment, and the physics capability of the game. Your suit has the ability to allow yourself to take extra damage (maximum armor), become invisible ("cloak engaged"), extra strength (maximum power), or extra speed (maximum speed). However, there is no way that you can excessivly use these powers. Energy consumption is very quick. Therefore, most of the game play deals with your skills and your ability to manipulate the surround the environment to your advantage. The use of the suit if solely for the purpose of turning the tide of battle. Which in a lot of cases will be to your disadvantage, because of numerous AI and their smartness. In the beginning you can see the entire island while falling on top of it. Only the grandest of computers will allow a player to enjoy the environment to its full extent. At the beach you will find several broken boxes and crates lying around. Pick one up and throw it around. This is a good way of seeing how masterfully done the physics implication was. After playing around for a bit and killing a patrol of Koreans, now check out the sky and see that either the sun has come out or the sky is at least less dark.

There are many ways of approaching this game. You can either sneak around, openly fight, or engage the enemy with both techniques. If you don't feel like fighting you can run around the island which is massive and enjoy the sights. Not only were the graphics of this game wonderfully done, so was the story. The story itself was not original, but it did not allow the game to become a ruin because of its linear appearance. Though the story is one of the weaknesses of the game itself. The beginning of the game drastically changes before the end. The second half the game (when hell breaks lose and all the aliens burst out in a lust for destroying the entire known world) is much harder. The world becomes a frozen paradise. From now on the game is more action packed then anything else. In the end with the two bosses are easy yet hard at the same time. If you don't know what to do then you will die in a short time, however if you know what you are doing then the battle becomes quite easy. The end of the game is open ended which suggests that there will be a second game.

There are also rumors of there being a Crysis game coming out for PS3 in November of this year. Therefore, some of you who are complaining of the their computers not being able to handle the game can now play it with ease. However, those who could not afford a nice computer nor a PS3 are in a predicament. My suggestion is to just forget the game entirely for about a year then buy a computer that will be able to handle it which by then will be under $600.00. Or you can wait a little while (about 6 months) and buy a PS3 for about $300. This game is worth playing. Those who are rating it otherwise are a bit pissy because their computer can't handle it. Well, this game was aimed for hardcore gamers with $1,200+ gaming systems. Some games are just intended for certain people. If you were not included with them then there is no reason to pout about it.

I recommend this game to all those who own a computer that can handle this game. (Specs to handle the game on Medium/High settings: 2.8Ghz dual core, 2GB RAM, Vista, 8600GT or better graphics card) Or you can wait for it to come out for PS3 or Xbox.