I had very low expectations, and I was extremely pleasantly surprised. I ignore hype, and I didn't like FarCry at all; with crysis I was expecting a bad game.
And I'm happy to say I was wrong.
The thing I wanted most from FarCry was a stealther. Somthing in my brain tells me that if i'm in a jungle, I should be stealthing. While it was possible in FarCry to stealth, it was awkward - and the AI didn't really facilitate it. Crysis, though, is a completely different animal. It has AI that isn't oriented towards, but completely facilitates stealth. Which is perfect. It means I can play my game as a stealther, but when I attack, all hell breaks loose with wild firefights.
The nanosuit just gives for so many styles of play, it's much deeper than a standard run n gun game. And these styles of play all play offeachother, all at once. For example, I may invis around the back of a building, use strength to leap up onto it and survey the scene, then smash the roof open to drop inside. Use speed to tear outside and into a group of 3 Koreans, switch to armour and blow them apart.
Compared with a game where my oly choice would be to walk forwards and shoot at the enemies when I see them, Crysis is really something.
And playing the game at 1600x1200 with everything on high, I'd say the game looks pretty damn gorgeous. It's not as good looking as running it at very high in DX10, but I never expected it to. Crysis is the best looking game my pc has ever seen, though, and It's a simple pleasure to look at.
If you're disappointed, it's because your expectations were greater than the game provided for, and that's really your own fault. I went into Crysis expecting a bad game, and I think it's awesome.
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