crysis if ****ing awesome

[jverne]

i'm quite surprised i've liked it that much.

sure the story isn't insanely original, and the game is just about shooting.

but hell, it does the shooting part extremely well. i never ever remember having such awesome firefights in any game till now.
i've played it on hard for the first time. weapons react beautifully, movement is genuine (for a game), action is very pristine.

oh and if we look past the few quirks of the enemy AI, i was actually never that pleasantly surprised in any game so far. the perform flanking extremely well (compared to other games), they frequently make good use of cover, they make nice evasions, grenades are often properly thrown. i really can't think of any game that had such good AI considering the vast amount of space and changing environment the AI needs to adapt to.

i really liked the cut scenes, but they weren't that extremely spectacular.

at first i was very unpleasantly surprised that you're health automatically recovers. but later i realized it was actually a very good way to make you feel more vulnerable in a battle. you're not that much more resistant to enemies so direct firefights on hard rarely end without dying quite some times.

the vehicle battles were abnormally cool.

oh i can't even name all the awesomeness encountered in the game.

i'd really liked to see more gore and gibbing considering the type of game it is, but ok.
i like scifis with aliens so the story didn't really bothered me, i kind a like it. well i like all kind of aliens vs humans storys so i don't complain.
the narration seemed a bit rushed, i'd really like more suspense.

i went to play this game expecting it to be a shooter, considering i've played it's predecessor. and oh boy... and did i get some action.

for me this is hands down the best pure FPS ever played. no game really came close to the intensity, richness and pristine feel of combat.

i'd give it a 9.8/10 from an purely action perspective.


even tough i kinda despise automatic compasses and the sort to point you in the right direction, but the GPS system in crysis actually is very believable.


wow...considering i haven't played any game since stalker and oblivion i'm kinda impressed.

oh and i've tried bioshock earlier today at my friends house. i really wasn't impressed, actually it seemed very dull and silly.



oh oh...yes forgot...the ending of crysis was really disappointing but what the hell...i've enjoyed every minute of the game...who cares

 

[RyanG]

I'm not going to get involved in the particulars, but I just have to say that I disliked the game very much.
If you like it, cool, but it wasn't for me.

 

[Lucid]

Glad you enjoyed it. :|
I thought it was incredibly average.

 

[jverne]

I'm not going to get involved in the particulars, but I just have to say that I disliked the game very much.
If you like it, cool, but it wasn't for me.

well ok...fine...why don't you like to explain a bit why not?

 

[Dalamari]

I've played the demo on my new comp. Basically the game looks great but then when I actually started playing it I was bored to shit

 

[ray_MAN]

I got incredibly bored after the first mission.

 

[soulslicer]

NOW WAIT A ****ING MINUTE.

didn't you say you're boycotting the gaming industry until they come up with a good game, and you said that in a Crysis thread.

OH U!

 

[OmegaX]

I never did finish it. It did look great and have good physics. That was pretty much it.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

I hated it, nice to see someone liked it though

 

[morgs]

I never did finish it. It did look great and have good physics. That was pretty much it.

I'm with you

 

[Gray Fox]

I enjoyed it, it can be nice and playful at times. And technically beautiful graphics impressed me more then I expect.

 

[Loke]

Glad you enjoyed it. :|
I thought it was incredibly average.

It started to suck hard at the second half. Just like Far Cry. Will Crytek ever learn?

 

[TwwIX]

Visually, it's breathtaking. They could have done a better when it comes to the plot and gameplay though.
Physics weren't that overall impressive to me either. As i said, great visuals but it's mainly a benchmark to test your hardware in my honest opinion.

 

[jverne]

NOW WAIT A ****ING MINUTE.

didn't you say you're boycotting the gaming industry until they come up with a good game, and you said that in a Crysis thread.

OH U!

well technically i still hate the gaming industry. i just try a game every now and then.

i'm also quite surprised i got so hooked. i don't know...i've always wanted to fight aliens in such epic battles.
and surely...what game has more intense and surprisingly quite realistic battles?
the fact that you can die very quickly changes things.

as i said i'd really like more gibing and gore but it wasn't bad without it.
maybe some more adult themes wouldn't be that bad. like the time when Aida in Unreal 2: The awakening got killed. i've almost cried at the end.
crysis is a bit more cliche. but in a enjoyable kinda way

i didn't go into this game expecting an intellectual debate...it was just about action.
games suck when you expect something of them and they don't deliver. like bioshick...i was expecting the creepiness and claustrophobia of system shock, but with some innovations. sadly i've only got an silly underwater watered down rpg. and besides i don't like the premise.



oh and actually the game physics really had an impact on the game play it wasn't purely for eye candy.

 

[Dalamari]

and surely...what game has more intense and surprisingly quite realistic battles?
the fact that you can die very quickly changes things.

Well, I've always thought the first Ghost Recon had the most realistic and intense battles, co-op sniping with my mates and calling out our shots over vent was always damn fun...so I suppose it's different for each person

 

[Saturos]

LOL @ jverne for not resisting the urge to play a game, thus nullifying his own boycott.

(I remember that thread too)

 

[stemot]

It's a good game, it's peoples expectations that were a disappointment.

The core gameplay is fun enough to compete with any other shooter on the market. It has stealth, freeform, firefights, on-rails, off- rail vehicles, big boss fights etc etc. For me at the minute there are no games released within the last 2 years that attempt that much get so much of it right.
Secondly, the graphics are amazing, then again, I don't think anyone really disputes that.

Also, people bitch about the second half of the game with the Aliens, but for me, that's where the action part of the game really ramped up, and it was nice to finally have a change of environment and see a few more cutscenes using those gorgeous graphics, all of which were well acted and animated.

I love this game, hate the developers that made it, but love the game, and I have Warhead pre-ordered too and I don't care if it is just more of the same cos that's all good for me.

 

[jverne]

Well, I've always thought the first Ghost Recon had the most realistic and intense battles, co-op sniping with my mates and calling out our shots over vent was always damn fun...so I suppose it's different for each person

wait wait...you're comparing single player vs multiplayer?

it's not just the intensity...it's more the epicness of them. especially the latter ones.


edit: and as for the boycot...well...in average the gaming industry still sucks ass, considering the road it has taken. hope it will change

It's a good game, it's peoples expectations that were a disappointment.

The core gameplay is fun enough to compete with any other shooter on the market. It has stealth, freeform, firefights, on-rails, off- rail vehicles, big boss fights etc etc. For me at the minute there are no games released within the last 2 years that attempt that much get so much of it right.
Secondly, the graphics are amazing, then again, I don't think anyone really disputes that.

Also, people bitch about the second half of the game with the Aliens, but for me, that's where the action part of the game really ramped up, and it was nice to finally have a change of environment and see a few more cutscenes using those gorgeous graphics, all of which were well acted and animated.

I love this game, hate the developers that made it, but love the game, and I have Warhead pre-ordered too and I don't care if it is just more of the same cos that's all good for me.

personally, i couldn't wait to fight those aliens. i liked the transition very much.

Spoiler

the crumbling mountain was really ****ing awe inspiring...what was that level? tremors?

 

[Lucid]

You want realistic battles that are incredibly intense?
Play Operation Flashpoint or if you're a graphics whore play Armed Assault.
If you look up epic in the dictionary, those two games will be in the definition.

Ghost Recon's singleplayer was/is awesome, shootouts were great... strategically placing your men and waiting for an enemy squad to walk past you and then opening fire.

 

[jverne]

You want realistic battles that are incredibly intense?
Play Operation Flashpoint or if you're a graphics whore play Armed Assault.
If you look up epic in the dictionary, those two games will be in the definition.

Ghost Recon's singleplayer was/is awesome, shootouts were great... strategically placing your men and waiting for an enemy squad to walk past you and then opening fire.

well maybe i should try. but what i liked about crysis is the sci fi, the battle between armies, vehicles. everything fit so well together.

oh and stemot said already...i never played a game that gave you so much freedom to engage in battles with different tactics, especially since the game is quite linear.

 

[CR0M]

I agree, Crysis was surprisingly great to play despite all the crying over it I had read. Yes the storyline is cliche and tapered off towards the end. Yes it was the same old fps methodology. Yes it required stupid hardware to run it pretty.

But...

The engine is so well written it is almost flawless, making the play mechanics the best and most realistic I've ever seen. By that I mean Physics, AI, Environment, Firepower. Every other fps I have played before and since is clunky, limited and predictable - this includes Bioshock and CoD4, the two most overhyped games imo of recent times.

I don't usually replay a game once I have finished, but I have replayed firefights many times in Crysis, each time the same scenario is different, intense, challenging and entertaining. My favourite replay areas are the bay -> hostage village -> river to the cave, and Onslaught - those tank battles are intense with the 5.1 cranked up and the sub vibrating your bones to powder. Not too interested in shooting flying robots, but it added a bit of variety.

As a first person shooter, the game just plays... right. It feels right, from climbing ladders to weaponry to object handling to swimming. And like Crytek said right from the start, this wasn't supposed to break new ground in gameplay, it was in fact made to be the best possible shooter of the time using the latest technology. They succeeded in creating exactly that, and surpassing it graphically too - there is absolutely no excuse for other, newer games not to look as amazing, or have the insane detail that has been included in the engine.

The engine allows so much that other games don't - or can't. It's the engine, not the game, that you play in Crysis.

 

[stemot]

You want realistic battles that are incredibly intense?
Play Operation Flashpoint or if you're a graphics whore play Armed Assault.
If you look up epic in the dictionary, those two games will be in the definition.

Ghost Recon's singleplayer was/is awesome, shootouts were great... strategically placing your men and waiting for an enemy squad to walk past you and then opening fire.

OF was a little too realistic to be fun for me, I like to be able to make a mistake and not have my face shot off at 100 yards.
Also, you say it's realistic, how can that be when your leader gets wasted in one mission, then is amazingly alive again in the next?

As for Armed Assault, wasn't it bug ridden to hell while needing a machine from 2029 to run it? If they have fixed that then it might well be worth a play, then again if it has the same flaws as their first game I'll give it a miss.

I would never describe Crysis as realistic except for the visuals and the human AI, which at times is comically brilliant, such as when they just catch a glimpse of your cloak moving past some trees and then begin to panick and fire blindly in all directions. Brilliant.
It's just fun to fight these Koreans, and in my opinion, the Aliens added a new variation on enemies just as the humans are becoming a little weary to fight. Plus the Aliens were done so much better than the Trigens were in Far Cry.

 

[Gray Fox]

Koreans had brilliant looking outfits.
For that matter all outfits looked good.

 

[Lucid]

OF was a little too realistic to be fun for me, I like to be able to make a mistake and not have my face shot off at 100 yards.
Also, you say it's realistic, how can that be when your leader gets wasted in one mission, then is amazingly alive again in the next?

Oh come on, that's just nitpicking.

 

[jverne]

i think i must explain just a bit about realism.
well it's not that realistic that you have to micromanage every detail. but the feel is good, it just feels satisfying. it's not just shooting like in most FPS.
i don't know how to describe it...the combat is just rich and...damn...to me it's the best combat system i ever played.

 

[B_MAN]

i enjoyed it too
unfortunately, imo, the second half of the game is far superior to the first in terms of gameplay
that's probably why so many people have felt let down; because they only played the first few missions and got bored of it
i'll definitely be getting Warhead

 

[stemot]

Oh come on, that's just nitpicking.

Erm...hang on, it's nit picking that a character central to the story can die in the mission, then be brought back for the next without any kind of repercussion or story explanation? Hell, even make them injured and not killed, that would work. It's just bad design that they make the character vulnerable to fire and able to die if you don't fail when they are killed or they are not indestructible ala Call Of Duty. Otherwise, don't make them available for the rest of the game.

Nitpicking my arse, seems pretty unrealistic to me.

 

[Lucid]

Meh, whatever.
The game still kicks all sorts of ass and is much more realistic than most other games on the market today.
I still call your point nitpicking, seeing as the game's storyline and characters don't really matter at all considering they're all meat shields... it's war simulator, they die... come back again... so what? :|
I never actually noticed seeing as all I ever did was play with the editor and custom missions.

 

[jverne]

Meh, whatever.
The game still kicks all sorts of ass and is much more realistic than most other games on the market today.
I still call your point nitpicking, seeing as the game's storyline and characters don't really matter at all considering they're all meat shields... it's war simulator, they die... come back again... so what? :|
I never actually noticed seeing as all I ever did was play with the editor and custom missions.

look man i've tried to explain...crysis isn't the most realistic shooter out there, but it does successfully merge fun and realism together especially for the type of game it is.

 

[Lucid]

look man i've tried to explain...crysis isn't the most realistic shooter out there, but it does successfully merge fun and realism together especially for the type of game it is.

I'm having a little argument with stemot, not you.

 

[jverne]

I'm having a little argument with stemot, not you.

ok fine...i'm just clearing up my previous statements for future readers.

 

[stemot]

Meh, whatever.
The game still kicks all sorts of ass and is much more realistic than most other games on the market today.
I still call your point nitpicking, seeing as the game's storyline and characters don't really matter at all considering they're all meat shields... it's war simulator, they die... come back again... so what? :|
I never actually noticed seeing as all I ever did was play with the editor and custom missions.

That's fair enough, I bought it for the single player, and that was one of the things that peeved me off, that and it was bastard hard, guess I'm more into the far fetched than realistic, you know, more COD4 than Advanced Warfighter 2.
Seeing as I only play single player, that had better be damn good, and I was let down by OpForce and although they are completely different games in terms of gameplay mechanics, I had more fun with Crysis than OpForce.

Just so I know, Is Arma actually playable now, and is it still as hard as the original?

 

[Lucid]

ArmA is great, as long as you have the computer to run it.

 

[stemot]

ArmA is great, as long as you have the computer to run it.

If I can run Crysis on High/Very High .ini changes, how will this run?

 

[Lucid]

Beautifully.

 

[OmegaX]

ArmA ran horribly on my computer until I downloaded the Vista Service Pack. It was weird how that one update increased the fps about 4x.

 

[stemot]

Beautifully.

Hmmm may have to try it again then.

EDIT:- Tried it, with latest patches etc, it's still one **** ugly game. I thought S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was unpolished, this makes it look like something from EA.
The control setup is awful, as is the gameplay, which is the same unforgiving gameplay from Op Flashpoint. One bullet in the first mission at the start and I was dead.
To me that is not fun. I' ll stick with games like Crysis I think

 

[MRG]

It started to suck hard at the second half. Just like Far Cry. Will Crytek ever learn?

Now you wait just One. Cotton. Pickin. Minite. Sir! Farcry did not in any way suck! You take back what you said & you do it now! Understood? Crysis was enjoyable for me for around 15 minutes. Of course I didn't play much beyond that, so if it got better or worse, I really couldn't say, but I sure did love FarCry & played through more than once.

-MRG

 

[ríomhaire]

Far Cry. Dear god that game was retarded in so many ways.

 

[Dalamari]

Far Cry sucked once I saw my first mutant