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Crysis...a good FPS but distant runner up for Game of the Year

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 71 / 114
Date: November 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is the long awaited follow up to 'Farcry' (one of the best FPSs of 2004). We now finally get a look at this newest offering.

Here are some of the things that I've liked in the single player mode...

1.)This is a FPS in which your nano armor gives you special 'skills"; these 'skills' include enhanced speed, strength, armor and invisibility; and you'll need them all to survive.

2.)Graphics that are smooth and flowing...plus excellent audio; both add a spooky, creepy ambiance to this jungle based horror game.

3.)The ability to use and control vehicles (on land, at sea and in the air), as well as the mounted weapons on these units.

4.)Generally good (but not great) enemy AI! Although some will just stand out in the open, there are some that will sneak up on you or hide behind cover; also they must reload empty weapons. Due to their larger numbers and the fact they're usually spread out, will necessitate your using your special 'skills' and the surrounding environment to defeat them. This is the basic, reoccurring challenge for this game.

5.)Easy, anytime save/loads with F5/F9 respectively, as well as game generated checkpoint saves.

6.)If your taking a beating (or find it too easy), you can change the degree of game difficulty anytime, as you play; you don't have to start a new game. This is a nice feature!

Cons:

1.)I've had a couple freeze ups, requiring reboot; also some minor video fragmentation (after extended periods of play).

2.)I found the controls on flying the VTOL (vertical take-off & landing) craft were difficult to operate (the plane just didn't seem to respond to commands quickly) with the result of frequent crashes.

3.)There was one extended section where you were floating (in either space or water), that I found confusing, tedious and boring. I was lucky it was very linear, or I might never have gotten out of there.

4.)A high end system is preferable. Although playable on XP, Vista can use Dx10, and combined with good hardware and a high end video card, it does make a difference in being able to run a lot of the 'extra' graphic details.

Conclusion:
All the pre-release hype made it sound as if this game would easily qualify for Game of the Year honors; I don't think so. Graphically it is beautiful and it is a good game, but it's not a great game! If you liked 'Farcry' then you'll probably like 'Crysis'. Was it worth the wait...probably, but somehow I was expecting something more. Over all, I liked 'Farcry' and its gameplay a little more. However, still worth a 4 1/2-5 Star rating.

Lackluster

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 14 / 51
Date: November 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had eagerly anticipated Crysis after Far Cry won my respect.

Sadly, Crysis disappoints.

The game does not cooperate with multi monitor systems, forcing me to operate it in windowed mode in order to play on my favorite monitor (or to totally reconfigure my multimonitor system).

The dialog is unimpressive and rather infantile. The story, from what I have seen of it, is rather uninspiring.

The suit is an annoyance... in every respect. Constantly managing the suit to turn on different superhero powers is just so comicbook. I felt like I was switching between the invisible woman, the hulk, captain america, the flash, and superman. If I wanted a comic book fantasy, I would have spent a few bucks on a... well... a comic book.

The kills are far too difficult and unrealistic. Pumping lead into Koreans point blank, and they just stand there and fire back. Are they all on drugs or something?

The AI has issues: I was spotted creeping in the bushes high on a mountainside, overlooking the waters... by men in a boat, who of course fired on me. First, no way I could have been seen. Next, the AI guys that they fired PAST (eg: they were between me and the firing boat), did not respond to the action.

My system is pretty high performance, not extreme, but no slouch. All settings for Crysis had to be set to low, and even then, I have a crappy frame rate. (Athlon 64 2.41GHz, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX, 2G Ram, Win XP)

I compare this to Call of Duty 4, also recently released. CoD4 is ASTOUNGING by comparison. Excellent missions, wonderful maps, good story, supreme frame rates on modest hardware (xbox 360).

I think I will try to sell my Crysis SE, and go back to CoD 4

Ignore Mike Powell

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 26
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The rater with 3 stars is an idiot, ignore him.

Who cares about multi-monitor, get a nice 21 or 24 inch and you're set. The dialog is pretty good, especially the part where the Koreans speak, you know, Korean (but you can set them to English if you want).

The story is a mix of a special ops kind of game and something Cthulu-inspired, I'll leave it at that.

The suit and its powers are kind of the key to the whole thing. They are sci-fi extensions of what we see now, brief bursts of strength, healing, etc. A little fantastic, yes, but this is a GAME, you know, something where you pick up health packs and what not. Why anybody who picks up a GAME is surprised says something about their intelligence.

The kills are finally difficult. I have always wondered why the hero can take a bunch of rounds, wear all kinds of armor, yet the baddies are cut down in droves. Mr. Mike Powell is just a bad shot. Pump a bunch of sub-sonic rounds into the torso of a Korean soldier wearing body armor, and yes, it's a tough kill. On the other hand, sneak up behind one and put a couple pistol rounds in the back of their head, and that's it. The kills aren't hard, they are realistic.

The AI is very good, but not perfect. Once in a while they seem oblivious, other times they all scurry over to see what the noise is all about. They use a semblance of squad tactics. They try to flank you. And, something very rare, they may even run away if you lay waste to enough of their fellows.

I have a quad-core Intel CPU, 7800 GT card, 2 gigs RAM.....and Windows Vista. It runs like a dream at the highest settings. Mr. Powell apparently failed to read that Crysis is designed for DirectX 10 and Windows Vista. Ooops for him. Trust me, with a good gamer system built in the last 6 months, you will see every leaf and branch moving and reacting, getting brushed aside by your gun barrel, getting shot or blown off, etc.

CoD 4 is nice, but it's just the same old rat maze every other CoD has had. I get tired of having to move along one path and fight endlessly spawning bad guys until I move past a checkpoint. THAT is hokey. Crysis is more like the Rainbow Six games, where there are set numbers of enemies and it's up to you how you want to pick them off. Personally, I just like driving a truck into their camps full bore and leap out guns blazing, but you can snipe them too.

So don't be a Mike Powell - get you a top of the line Vista machine and enjoy Crysis, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed....

oh boo hoo.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 19
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

so you cant play it on your multimonitor setup. big deal! does that mean it's a lousy game? NO! Demo is great, and so should be the Finished version.

Aweome game! CPU/GPU killer!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, to start off, I shouldn't have purchased Crysis yet. My system is okay, I have a Duo Core processor and a Nvidia 7800gtx so I have to run the game on low settings. I feel like I'm ruining a great game running it on my current set-up. I recommend waiting for the 9000 series GPU to come out in a couple months, because even with the high end 8800 ultras, you can't get the very high settings. The gameplay is awesome, the combat is action packed and the powers are fun to use! I highly recommend this game if your computer has the stones for it. If not, wait until you upgrade.

Exceptional inovation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best I have ever played. This game is to me what Half-Life 2 (HL2) was to me 3 years ago. The physics engine of HL2 brought a grand sense of imersion that had me grinning ear to ear the whole time I played. That's how I feel when I play Crysis. The very large destructable environments give me a sense of freedom I have never felt in a game. It's not just the graphics, the game really inovates by allowing the player to choose his/her own path to resolution.

Recent FPS games (Bioshock, Halo 3, HL2 Episode 2, and Portal) have been great, but I feel constrained by them, there is always one or two blocked paths that open up miracusly after you defeat the current group of enemies. With Crysis, I feel like I can play the way I want, I can play stealthy, or I can go in guns a blazing! It's neat that when I die, and have to repeat an area, I find myself doing totally diferent things, atacking from a different point, or sneaking by the enemies unseen. Some people probably think this makes the game too easy, but I personally LOVE the fact that I can snipe alot, you can attach the sniper scope to a regular rifle, so you don't only have 5 bits of sniper ammo. Of course there is a dedicated sniper rifle (with little ammo), but I prefer to use my ordinary rifle with lots of ammo:) THANKS for the CHOICE!!! I love you Crytek!

There are some bugs in the game. I saw some guys run into the water and drown. I had a problem where I couldn't get rid of an empty rocket launcher. So yes, there are problems, but I'm glad to be playing the game now. If this stuff bothers you, just wait 6 months for all the bugs to be patched and for the video hardware to catch up before you buy. If it was a Valve game, it probably would have been delayed for another year. Instead, I'm overjoyed to play it now, and I will surly be playing it later.

My system:

Windows XP
1 GB RAM
Intel Core 2 E6600 OC'd @ 3.4 Ghz
ATI X1900 XT 256 Mb
Kolance water cooler w/ waterblocks on CPU and GPU

I run in medium/high settings with no framerate problems except the first ~30 seconds after loading.

Update,
I added 2Gb of RAM (total of 3Gb) and I can play on high settings @ 1280 x 1024. Also, the RAM fixed that super annoying inital load problem. Now, I need to download the hack to play Ultra settings with Windows XP:)

If you're not sure how this game will run on your PC, then download the demo before you buy! Easy-peezzy.

Crysis - The new standard game benchmark

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Crytek's success with Far Cry seems ages ago, but it seems that it will be known again with Crysis. This game is beefy, and you'll be playing it for days on end. Here's what I thought about the game:

PROS-

Excellent graphics - By far the best DX9 graphics I have ever seen in a game.
Storyline - I got wrapped up in the storyline quick, considering I spent most of my time surviving the Korean's onslaught.
Physics - While I was limited to DX9 only, you can still mow down trees no prob with a well placed grenade or MG fire.
Sound - Gunshot and voice echoes, grenade blasts, bullets hitting nearby plants, incredible. Voice actors are well done, not overperformed or lacking at all.

CONS-

Graphics - Absolutely murder's current gen systems. Even the 8800 Ultra buckles at 1280x1024 with 2xAA on Ultra settings.
Physics - You can walk over a dead body and it moves, but it doesn't respond to further gunfire or melee attacks? Even on high settings...
Performance - As stated before, only 8800 Ultra's in SLi, a QX9650, and 2Gb DDR3 will run this game at decent framerates anything above 1280x1024. High res? Forget it.
Aliasing - Pretty wicked aliasing, and sadly, you can't use AA or else performance tanks.

Overall, I love this game so far, but with a Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz, 4Gb DDR2-800 from Crucial, P35 mobo, and an X1900 can't even average 30 fps with no AA, medium-high, 1280x1024. It's kind of disappointing that the engine had to be built like this but hey, it's fun, you'll love it, so buy it, but beware that you NEED a high-end system to fully enjoy the game.

Good Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is awesome. Got it last night and played for 6 hours straight. Various tactics make playing the same part over and over again relatively fun. If you take your silencer off your gun is 3x as powerful, so it's not impossible to kill people. I've found a couple of bugs but overall it's far more polished than any other new-release game I've bought from EA. It's actually hard when set on hard! It looks very good visually.

CONS: It comes on a very very crappy dual-layer DVD. My brand new drive makes 3-5 minutes of frightening noises and slow-down before it eventually loads the disk. It works fine on my roommate's computer, but I haven't had problems with any other DVD discs. From what I've read this is an all too common problem. It's crazy annoying, so it's getting 4 stars based on this alone.

It's silly how you can't grab and hold someone from behind. Who grabs EVERYONE face to face bully-style by the neck?

AI is improved over most games, but still flawed.

EA loves annoying you with extra crap software imbedded in their games.

The rest is about SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.

You don't need a super high-end system to play the game. I've got 2 computers w/ XP, 3d mark scores 3700 (Pentium D 805 w/ 7800gs 256mb) and 13000 (3.6ghz E6750 and 8800gt 512mb :o) ). As long as you run the 3700 at 800x600 it gets 35fps with medium settings. I primarily run the 13000 at 1650x1050 @ high settings (you can only use very high settings w/ Vista, which I'm never buying) and get 40fps. Driving a boat down a foggy river at night is the worst perfomance I've gotten,probably 15-20 fps.

So it IS playable on a 2 year old high end system.

More than good looks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

With all the hype around Crysis' great graphics, I was expecting a mediocre FPS with stunning visuals. I was presented with much, much more.

The gameplay is very malleable, which accords players the freedom to play Crysis like Splinter Cell/Hitman, or like Quake 3. The levels are spacious enough so that the player isn't forced to confront enemies head on. You can easily sneak past enemies and subsequently pick them off, or avoid engaging them entirely.

The destructible environment also contributes to the unique experience of Crysis by adding a great degree of dynamism to combat. Falling trees, exploding vehicles, collapsing houses, etc. are all tactical factors to consider while playing Crysis, and forces the player to be alert to more threats than just enemy fire. For instance there were times I thought I could find secure cover in a small house from a circling helicopter, only to be crushed by the roof after the helicopter opened fire on the house.

Crysis' story isn't anything groundbreaking, but is entertaining, and if you allow yourself to be immersed into the game (which isn't hard) I think you will find it very enjoyable. The way the story is narrated borrows strongly from Half-Life, in that it sticks with the perspective of the player.

All in all, Crysis is much more than the sum of its parts. There is something inexplicably epic about this game, that is more than just having all the right features of an FPS.

My system:
AMD X2 4000+ @ 2.73ghz
2gb ddr2 @ 800mhz
evga 8800gt 512mb ssc
24" Dell 2007wfp-hc 1920x1200
fps: with dx10 hack i get 10-40 fps, with standard dx9 i get 25-30 consistently.

Incredible but short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: November 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

In spite of having to run the game on med-low resolution settings I found the game to be excellent. The story flows very well and you never get bored with it. The graphics are excellent, characters are well played for the most part, and the final battle is epic. Even the escort mission (the achillies heal of most games) felt realistic and worked well.

So why 3 stars? I'm taking off .5 because for some reason it won't allow me to map the flight functions to my joystick (wingman extreme). Not that big of a deal since the mouse keyboard does actually work in the game but not very well.

Now for the big hit. I'm taking off 1.5 stars because of the length. I just don't get games these days. They make them with flashy graphics, hopefully a good story, and if it's a really good game it feels epic. However, they make them so short that it just leaves you feeling empty. After the final battle in Crysis I was sitting there waiting for the next section to load when the credits came up. I sat looking confused for a few minutes before I turned the monitor off in disgust.

It's like if they had released Deus Ex and it ended the game after you retrieved the virus or System Shock after you got to the second level of the station or Far Cry after find out about trigens. I brought the game home Friday, played from about 7pm-11pm. Got up the next morning and played from about noon-11PM. I finished the game just after 11PM and I was playing on the hardest difficulty level, took breaks for meals, and ran out to the store to pick up snacks.

It used to be that when you bought a game, you expected to get at least a week of play out of it. Are we now reduced to less than 24 hours? Personally, I'd give up the years worth of work on graphics flash that they spend, for more game time in the story. The multi-player doesn't make up for this either as that's a common excuse.

I loved the game (what little of it there was), but I can't go any higher than 3 stars.

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