Crysis Review - 10/10
Well i've had Crysis long enough now to give the game a good long play, played with the graphics and had a good feel of how hard the game is and all the features. I will probably update this review as i progress through the game, changing bits and pieces and adding in other things i have found, without giving away spoilers of course.
Graphics: 10/10
This is a no-brainer. A game which the creators have said won't run on any current gen console has to look unbelieveable and this game certainly delivers (yes the devs have said a port is possible if they dumb-down the graphics). It really has to be seen to appreciated though. Little things like the weeds sticking out of the leaves on the ground, the well-formed rocks that never look alike, the explosion that results from shooting the petrol canister on the back of a jeep, every 3 second you'll find yourself stopping to marvel at how good it looks (as long as you aint getting shot at). Even more incredible is the realistic way trees are torn apart by your bullets, and shooting one spot repeatedly breaks the tree in half in ery realistic fashion.The characters in the game look amazing, with perfect lip syncing and facial expressions. This games main feature is obviously the graphics and without seeing it in person (and a great computer to play it on) you really can't appreciate how magnificnet this game looks.
Gameplay: 9/10
Right from the start of this game it feels like Farcry. More gritty, more intense, much harder, but it does feel a lot like FarCry, which isn't a bad thing. I always loved sneaking through the jungle off the beaten path to find a vantage point to take out enemies and it's still just as fun, even more so cause it looks so good doing it. Enemies are a lot smarter now, and sneaking up on a hill top to pick people off always runs the risk that someone with a sharp eye will see you, shoot up a flare into the air, and you'll see people arriving on boats and jeeps as backup. Taking enemies out is made all the more fun with the environmental kills. I've dropped trees on enemies heads (which looks incredible graphically), picked up barrles and tossed them into enemies faces, and shot exploding barrles near huts (which takes out the hut and everyone near it!). The only small beef i have with the gameplay is the difficulty, even on normal. A small encampment can take 4-5 goes to take out not just because the enemies are very smart, but because you're almost constantly low on ammo. When 5 guys are running at you, and you only have enough ammo to take out 2, you need the ammo from the 2 dead guys to kill the other 3, and it makes it a lot tougher. You end up dieing and you have to rethink everything. Situations like this can be overcome if you take a long time to do it and use heaps of the cloaking ability, but it's quite tedious and i personally don't have the patience for it. The special powers your suit has aren't overpowered and run out quite quickly in fact, but do help out immensly if you use them smartly. The super speed gives you fantastic running speed, but only for 2-3 seconds (enough time to get a good distance on the enemy). By default, the extra armor is always active, and always reactivate if you run out of cloaking, so if you are revealed to enemies you stand a chance. Practising the abilities helps out immensly in battle and i recommend it.
Sound: 10/10
The sound in this game is incredible, especially with a good set of headphones. Shooting a tree in half results in a perfect tree-crashing-to-the-ground sound, explosions sound fantastic and the enemies talk to eash other frequently, yelling at each other and telling you to die. The sound from your footsteps changes perfectly with the terrain you walk upon which is always welcome. Vehicles and gunfire sound top-notch too (when you've got ammo lol) and the panic you can here in enemies and team-mates voices is very convicing and adds to the games incredible immersion.
Overall: 10/10
This game is a must-buy for any FPS fan. Spend the money to upgrade your PC if you must. I bought my computer:
Dual Core AMD 4400+
MSI Neo Motherboard
2 gig 800mhz DDR2RAM
2x 160gig HDD in Raid0
Xpertvision Geforce 8600GT 512mb
Pioneer DVD Burner
Nice case/psu
For only $950, and you could put in an 8800 series videocard and a 6000+ amd for a mere $300 extra, which would smooth out the game further (and allow some anti-aliasing, mine looks a bit jaggy) so $1400 would buy you a good enough PC (provided you already had everything outside of the tower) from www.umart.com.au (the online store section) to run this game very well. I picked mine up, so postage would be extra, but the game is worth every cent of money you have to spend upgrading your PC, and it's unlikely any game will be this system intensive for at least the next 6 months. Not even currently released games like COD4 or Bioshock need anywhere near the specs, so if you buy a Crysis-ready PC now, then you're set for a long time. Get this game OMG!
Submitted by Foetoid
15/11/2007
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