Crysis

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2881 Ratings

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  1. Oseirus
    Jul 23, 2013
    4
    I wanted to like this game. I really did. The combat is fun and fast paced, and even for a six year-old game, the graphics are still quite pretty. That said, I'm pretty disappointed in it. For starters, the enemy AI is brick-sucking retarded, swinging wildly between playing fetch with your bullets and pulling off some incredibly cheap kills. The voice acting is robotic at best, weaponI wanted to like this game. I really did. The combat is fun and fast paced, and even for a six year-old game, the graphics are still quite pretty. That said, I'm pretty disappointed in it. For starters, the enemy AI is brick-sucking retarded, swinging wildly between playing fetch with your bullets and pulling off some incredibly cheap kills. The voice acting is robotic at best, weapon sounds are generic, bugs and glitches leak out of every proverbial nook and cranny, and the whole game reeks of a total lack of Quality Control. Sure it's all very pretty, but why is my several-ton tank getting stuck on the tiniest rocks and ledges? I can't count the number of times I was forced to abandon vehicles simply because they got permanently wedged somewhere that a children's push car would have no trouble navigating. Worse, the game would crash to desktop every time I so much as blinked at the graphics settings, and eventually degraded into crashing any time I tried to load a save game. I was about halfway through the game when this happened. Rather than slog through hours of bugs, glitches, crashes, and cheap deaths all over again, I simply uninstalled the game and moved on to something else. The Crysis Warhead mission fixes a *few* of the crash bugs that I had, but the moronic enemies and horrible driving mechanics were still firmly in place. All-in-all, Crysis is fun, but it's far too flawed and broken for me to enjoy.… Expand
  2. sinanm
    Jan 14, 2010
    2
    The gameplay is very bad, just overrated because of the graphics, and thats the only reason why i bought it. The game is bad, the graphic is good. If it had normal graphics it wouldnt have been in top 100
  3. ChiefTenBeers
    Dec 31, 2011
    1
    Nothing more than a glorified tech demo. Completely void of any depth, fun, polish or characters. Crytek are the Michael Bay of the gaming industry. Throw in a couple of guns, explosions and tanks and a basic poorly thought out plot and call it a game, then hype it up by talking about the graphics.

    Never mind the strange bugs that completely ruin immersion (AI floating, spinning around    Nothing more than a glorified tech demo. Completely void of any depth, fun, polish or characters. Crytek are the Michael Bay of the gaming industry. Throw in a couple of guns, explosions and tanks and a basic poorly thought out plot and call it a game, then hype it up by talking about the graphics.

    Never mind the strange bugs that completely ruin immersion (AI floating, spinning around and running into each other - which in itself is quite funny, penetrating walls, disappearing geometry, enemies surviving direct rocket hits and falling from towers unscathed. Not to mention I think the whole entire 1.2 million soldiers from the North Korean army actually seem to be on this island. Countless waves of them appear and are obviously spawned at random without any thought). The story is stock standard, most game elements are taken from from Far Cry and disappointing all of the bad things from Far Cry as well. Onto the gameplay thus far - raiding countless base after base, while your teammates for some reason always hang back and make you go in alone - what is this Crytek? 1995? Perhaps they spent all their time and budget modelling foliage? More bugs I remember, Helicopters that have xray vision through scrub-lands making the environment utterly pointless, enemies who always know where you are but pretend not to.

    Luckily I only got this for $7 off steam. Not even worth the download, but then again coming from these developers I knew I'd be in for a graphics tech demo - not a game. Poor game with great potential.    … Expand
  4. bosnian
    Mar 18, 2012
    4
    Great graphics, very nice open world concept (at least in the first part of the game) that lets you try and use different tactics to beat the same area. Interesting mid game level design.
    Horrible AI, and I can't say this enough. Choppers that can follow you even when you are in stealth mode, but they don't shoot at you until you lose stealth. Horrible squad AI, teams standing in wide    Great graphics, very nice open world concept (at least in the first part of the game) that lets you try and use different tactics to beat the same area. Interesting mid game level design.
    Horrible AI, and I can't say this enough. Choppers that can follow you even when you are in stealth mode, but they don't shoot at you until you lose stealth. Horrible squad AI, teams standing in wide open, with cover on both sides of them, letting you shoot them without moving. Bad final boss that seems to have been just slapped there for the purpose of having a final fight.
    The biggest problem with this game is that it gets compared to Half Life 2 and as such it fails on so many levels, no matter how pretty the graphics are.    … Expand
  5. JackH.
    Dec 8, 2007
    4
    Oh, goody, another game whose storyline is based on cheesy 80's action B-movies. Aside from the graphics, which are amazing, I'm finding this game tedious. There are way too many outright mistakes, which are a distraction. The AI stinks. I just spent 5 minutes running through a forest in the dark with a helicopter trailing me and shooting at me, even under a canopy of trees, Oh, goody, another game whose storyline is based on cheesy 80's action B-movies. Aside from the graphics, which are amazing, I'm finding this game tedious. There are way too many outright mistakes, which are a distraction. The AI stinks. I just spent 5 minutes running through a forest in the dark with a helicopter trailing me and shooting at me, even under a canopy of trees, even when cloaked. It could even see me through mountains - it would start shooting at me before it crossed ridgelines. Shoot a chicken, then walk over it, and it still clucks. The tires of vehicles squeal in gravel, sand, and grass. Occasionally wierd things happen with the physics like a soldier stuck through the center of the wall of a destroyed shack, tumbling in place. Did anyone play-test this game?… Expand
  6. robertsharp
    Nov 22, 2007
    2
    The game starts out ok but the later levels are horrible. It goes from a nice wide open non linear game to complete linearity. I lost all interest after the Core level because from there on its nothing but alien crap. The end boss was extremely cheesy and seemed like it was added at the last minute just to have a boss.
  7. Mad_Diplomat
    Jul 9, 2011
    0
    To me this game offers nothing. The gameplay is weak and the story is boring. The only positive thing are the graphics, but today they look dated, even though I maxed everything out. Not worth a purchase.
  8. elmeo
    Aug 28, 2011
    1
    very poor copy of Far Cry, who cannot match the prototype. The only advantage of this game is graphics. Don't waste time on it. Better get back to Far Cry.
  9. Dnackkckce
    Jul 17, 2011
    2
    I hated it. The only thing that's good about it is the graphics. the beginning was all good but then it all turned to be garbage. The flight controls in this game were just dumb. Last boss was a joke. terrible.
  10. Baenlynn
    May 26, 2011
    3
    A schizophrenic gameplay experience that can't decide what it wants to be, punishing the player for taking one role for more than 10 seconds at a time. A well designed engine with such potential for tweaking and customisation can't save this game and it's trite, overdone, and lackluster story. The numbers in this game need a serious overhaul and a definite position on whether or not it's aA schizophrenic gameplay experience that can't decide what it wants to be, punishing the player for taking one role for more than 10 seconds at a time. A well designed engine with such potential for tweaking and customisation can't save this game and it's trite, overdone, and lackluster story. The numbers in this game need a serious overhaul and a definite position on whether or not it's a stealth game, a cover-based shooter, or a terminator versus the horde game. I've had better experiences from the bargain bin, and if it wasn't for the ability to tweak the numbers I'd have demanded my money back.… Expand
  11. ThomasM.
    Jan 3, 2008
    4
    Im not sure where people are gettign photo realism from ... as someone who works with computer generated photo imagery every day i can tell you it is YEARS off photo realism. In all it's a poor game - the graphics are in fact (IMO) pretty pants and the gameplay isnt good enough to bring it back up to scratch. Hit boxes are terrible and the "physics" is decidedly questionable.... That Im not sure where people are gettign photo realism from ... as someone who works with computer generated photo imagery every day i can tell you it is YEARS off photo realism. In all it's a poor game - the graphics are in fact (IMO) pretty pants and the gameplay isnt good enough to bring it back up to scratch. Hit boxes are terrible and the "physics" is decidedly questionable.... That said it isnt a BAD game there are just much much much better ones about (COD4 for example) at the moment.… Expand
  12. 12
    Feb 4, 2010
    3
    Don't know how this game can be rated so high. Have a 5850 and can played on very high settings, got bored fast. The suit functions don't really help, gameplay fairly repetitive, plot line seems like someone was throwing darts at a dartboard. OOH look, I hit Koreans and ice aliens. That'll be interesting.
  13. ChristophH.
    Nov 22, 2007
    3
    It really isn't that good as everybody says... there seems to be no story at all and the graphics aren't as good as the developers wanted us to believe.
  14. IraH.
    Nov 24, 2007
    3
    This game's only use is to show how crappy your pc is. Nothing more. Gameplay is exactly the same as FarCry, at least back then it was something new. All this hype for nothing. It's shocking that it got such great reviews... Don't waste your money on this, better spend it in games made by devs who actually respect gamers (COD4 immediately comes to mind...).
  15. BenT.
    Nov 28, 2007
    0
    All graphics, no gameplay. Terrible AI, terrible missions. What a waste.
  16. AndrewG.
    Jan 13, 2008
    2
    Stunning, absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, the story is banal, the actual shooting within this shooter isn't that much fun, its short and it ends pitifully. The most enjoyable thing to do is to use strength to bounce around, jumping on enemies and punching them through houses, then picking up the bits of building and throwing them at other baddies.. Additionally, the suit stats Stunning, absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, the story is banal, the actual shooting within this shooter isn't that much fun, its short and it ends pitifully. The most enjoyable thing to do is to use strength to bounce around, jumping on enemies and punching them through houses, then picking up the bits of building and throwing them at other baddies.. Additionally, the suit stats are very easy to tweak in a config file - otherwise running and cloak only last a few seconds. Surely strength should make for faster running?.. Stunning, but a dull premise. Presumably this game will suffer as Doom 3 did, when it was released before mainstream PC's could handle it properly.… Expand
  17. AndyG.
    Jan 15, 2008
    2
    Totally overrated. Period. The story is cheesy (the voice-over alone is terrible !) and combat just isn't fun. The landscape looks kinda nice, but only on - at least - a "medium" detail setting. Anything below - and 99% of you won't even be able to run the game smoothly with even "medium" settings - looks just really, really cheap and ugly. I have a brand new high-end PC, so Totally overrated. Period. The story is cheesy (the voice-over alone is terrible !) and combat just isn't fun. The landscape looks kinda nice, but only on - at least - a "medium" detail setting. Anything below - and 99% of you won't even be able to run the game smoothly with even "medium" settings - looks just really, really cheap and ugly. I have a brand new high-end PC, so it's not the hardware that makes me rate this game so low. It's just that you can buy other FPS games that use your system's ressources to much better effect, like BF2 or COD4. Make sure you download the demo before buying the game and see for yourself if your system can run the game decently and to find out if the cheesy sci-fi theme is really your cup of tea.… Expand
  18. DanielM.
    Nov 14, 2007
    4
    The grafic looks amazing and real but the AI and the story are not very good.
  19. OverRated
    Nov 14, 2007
    4
    In the end, its just another shooter. Sure, its pretty, but when you spend the better part of a decade making the same game over and over, you'd better perfect what you're doing. The biggest thing I can't get over is the AI. Far Cry and Far Cry 2 had brilliant AI, and this is a HUGE step down. When people stop drooling over the graphics long enough to realize that the In the end, its just another shooter. Sure, its pretty, but when you spend the better part of a decade making the same game over and over, you'd better perfect what you're doing. The biggest thing I can't get over is the AI. Far Cry and Far Cry 2 had brilliant AI, and this is a HUGE step down. When people stop drooling over the graphics long enough to realize that the gameplay is uninspired and even a step back from what Crytek has done before, they'll put this one down, move on to something better, and never play it again.… Expand
  20. GearnB.
    Nov 21, 2007
    4
    Poor performance, buggy engine, bad controls and poor AI with really pretty graphics bolted-on do not make for a very fun or compelling game. It's unfortunate how so many PC owners are looking for visual benchmarks more than gameplay. This game fails on all fronts except graphics. Yes, it has some amazing visuals, but everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) else is just wrong with this Poor performance, buggy engine, bad controls and poor AI with really pretty graphics bolted-on do not make for a very fun or compelling game. It's unfortunate how so many PC owners are looking for visual benchmarks more than gameplay. This game fails on all fronts except graphics. Yes, it has some amazing visuals, but everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) else is just wrong with this game. Don't waste the 50 bucks people. This thing is bargain bin material as control is horrible and not sharp, game AI can't even compete with the likes of Far Cry or FEAR or even the first HalfLife. The engine is riddled with bugs and anomalies, and the game is coded horribly where even the highest end PC will choke and sputter in areas where they just cut short development.… Expand
  21. I.A.
    Nov 28, 2007
    0
    The game is way overhyped, it has nothing apart from top notch graphics, and games should be about gameplay!
  22. InsanelySane
    Dec 7, 2007
    3
    WHAT A JOKE. Great features for variety in play using nanosuit. Regardless of which boost you choose, it doesn't truly help the boring gameplay. Far Cry actually had very good fps mechanics and you could 'feel' your own involvement throughout the cheesy story. In Far Cry 2.0 (or, Crysis) you've got a super nano suit which makes you look cool but you've got zero WHAT A JOKE. Great features for variety in play using nanosuit. Regardless of which boost you choose, it doesn't truly help the boring gameplay. Far Cry actually had very good fps mechanics and you could 'feel' your own involvement throughout the cheesy story. In Far Cry 2.0 (or, Crysis) you've got a super nano suit which makes you look cool but you've got zero aim, even though you clearly are aiming at enemies' body and head. It just seems to pass through them MOST of the time. Who wants to labour through this sort of tedious inaccuracy in gameplay? story is straight out of patriotic US blockbuster cheese. Who cares about anything when everything is so predictable and shallow and contrived. Where is the creativity? Oh the graphics are great apparently but only 10% of us gamers will understand or know why. To the rest its low specs to get frame rates running ok. Wow anyone who enjoyed Far Cry is going to be disappointed at the giant leap BACK that this game somehow has managed to achieve. Its just a boring, frustrating experience and I cant believe such anticipation is shattered after a few hours of crushing disappointment - the experience becoming a reality not just holding my breath thinking "I'll grow into the game". Send Crytek the right message - gameplay first and above all! More than just a disappointment!!… Expand
  23. JesusG.
    Nov 22, 2007
    0
    Crysis as a benchmark is impressive. However as a game it falls flat. Weapons lack any punch whatsoever and the gameplay is mostly generic and uninspired once u get past the impressive photo realistic environments.
  24. DinkusM.
    Dec 28, 2007
    3
    You know, I never finished Far Cry, because it bored the snot out of me....now it looks like I'll never finish Crysis for the same reason. Of course, a pretty little game it is, however I fear the majority of the populatio will never see the beauty of it at it's full effect due to the ridiculous system requirements. By the time that they can, Crysis will be relegated into the You know, I never finished Far Cry, because it bored the snot out of me....now it looks like I'll never finish Crysis for the same reason. Of course, a pretty little game it is, however I fear the majority of the populatio will never see the beauty of it at it's full effect due to the ridiculous system requirements. By the time that they can, Crysis will be relegated into the bin of "been there done that" games that pollute every retailer. This game, has been quite simply, overhyped since day one. There is nothing new or innovative whatsover in it, aside from the pretty graphics. If you enjoy pumping the dumb ai with a full clip of ammo only to watch them standing there laughing at you, invincible....then this game is for you... Otherwise, go out RIGHT NOW and buy a masterpiece like COD 4...you see, crytek, infinity ward has one up on you...they know how to deliver a game that keeps on delivering...not just delivering hype.… Expand
  25. LynxLynx
    Dec 29, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Recently I finally got a comp. good enough to handle few games I got. Not really playing the game before I jumped into Crysis, hearing good things about it... And I was completely disappointed.

    1. You're just thrown into the plot without ANY explanation from where they got the suits. You just watch the games trailer.
    2. AK-47 and Heavy Machine Guns shoot 100 bullets per minute and are as precise as sniper riffles, capable of taking you dawn from across the map. Also, they can kill you in 10 hits [counting armor] while you have to feed them 30 bullets and quit often they still stand and fire at you.
    3. AI meanders from stupid to ninja-level of **** either walking into the wall, or shooting you from across the map. They can see you when you're in stealth and just wait until you run out of it to shoot you in the face. They do not need to reload or wait for cooldown.
    4. Ammo is to precious to use, since your enemy, that can take forever to kill and shoots 100 bullets in minute, carries only 30 bullets and they come in the squads of 10, often leaving you without ammo and killing you, so basically rush your opponents and punch them whenever you can.
    5. Suit is useless, because you do not have time to switch modes [enemy fires at you] and you will be stuck in the situation, where you're better off with extra armour anyway.
    6. Did I mention that I played for 2 hours and still, didn't get past 1 mission? Yeah, when enemies hit every time from across the map, leave you without ammo after a minute of fight and still are alive after feeding them 200 bullets [on normal difficulty nonetheless] and you have MANUALLY pick up ammo I just gave up on this.    … Expand
  26. A.C.
    Nov 20, 2007
    4
    This game is pretty, BUT the multiplayer is not nearly as good as BF2142 or QW:ET, the first major DX10 game has a very pretty environment that boggs down a 8800GTX. The campain is weak at best with a storyline that feels like someone got drunk and watch Cocoon, ET, and then played a game of BF2142 on crystal Meth. Is it pretty?, yes Is the multiplayer good?, sparlingly Is the single This game is pretty, BUT the multiplayer is not nearly as good as BF2142 or QW:ET, the first major DX10 game has a very pretty environment that boggs down a 8800GTX. The campain is weak at best with a storyline that feels like someone got drunk and watch Cocoon, ET, and then played a game of BF2142 on crystal Meth. Is it pretty?, yes Is the multiplayer good?, sparlingly Is the single player good? Makes Halo 3 look lie a shakespearean soliloquy, and Halo 3 is meh at best, maybe a 5. All in all if you have to get a game to justify the 500-2000 dollars you spend on high end graphics card(s) and the other 1000-2000 dollars for a system I guess I would be giving it a 10 so I could still live the lie. Unfortunately for crysis, valve decided to release the best gaming value in modern recorded history and 1 match of TF2 makes the the 60 bucks I spent on Crysis look like a it would have been better spent on buying the orange box for one of my friends or a nice logitech headset.… Expand
  27. RickJ.
    Nov 21, 2007
    3
    This is basically a Far Cry 1 game with beef up graphic and a nice little suit, or I should say this is just another CryEngine Tech Demo since the original Far Cry. Story is non-existence and the game play is repetitive.
  28. MessiahL.
    Nov 21, 2007
    0
    Depthless. Just depthless.
  29. IvoI.
    Dec 18, 2007
    4
    Total Chrome Ripoff! The Nanosuit abilities,the wide open spaces...everything.I'd preffer Chrome over that,despite the amazing graphics.
  30. DannyJ.
    Dec 19, 2007
    1
    This is simply a continuation of FarCry with some nicer visual yet mostly the same terrain. If it wasn't for the updated (although) impressive graphics, I'd think this game was 2004 era. Don't buy it. Spend your money on something like Call of Duty 4. Now that's "gameplay", Crysis have non of that. The end
  31. Lysanders
    Nov 16, 2009
    3
    One word. Aliens. Killed the game, gameplay, and storyline. AI is generally retarded, best part about the game would be the physics engine, and it gets old real fast. Most amount of fun you can have with this game is throwing barrels at a tin house to watch it fall down, because the gun fights aren't even mentionable. Just a sub-standard FPS with sci fi inputs, with a cool graphics engine.
  32. ChesusK.
    Nov 13, 2007
    3
    This overrated snore-fest is about as playable as a scientific calculator. The graphics, which try desperately to be photorealistic end up in a similar state of affairs as it's spiritual predecessor: A lot of really awesome looking trees, with structures that look like they were thrown together in milkshape and characters that look like plastic, fully posable action figures. If you This overrated snore-fest is about as playable as a scientific calculator. The graphics, which try desperately to be photorealistic end up in a similar state of affairs as it's spiritual predecessor: A lot of really awesome looking trees, with structures that look like they were thrown together in milkshape and characters that look like plastic, fully posable action figures. If you played Island Simulator 1 (I mean Far Cry) there's no need to waste your hard earned money on Island Simulator 2 (I mean Crysis), it's the same thing, except the mutants are now aliens and that sense of boredom is not a sense of deja vu.… Expand
  33. JonW.
    Nov 19, 2007
    4
    what should have been a fun game, turned out to be quite a disappointment. I don't know what game reviewers were thinking when they said all of this. Best looking game ever? The graphics were sub par. Facial features were horribly cartoonish and they do not come near the likes of Call of Duty 4. The graphics aren't HORRIBLE but, its what I expect to come out around the Half-life what should have been a fun game, turned out to be quite a disappointment. I don't know what game reviewers were thinking when they said all of this. Best looking game ever? The graphics were sub par. Facial features were horribly cartoonish and they do not come near the likes of Call of Duty 4. The graphics aren't HORRIBLE but, its what I expect to come out around the Half-life 2 era, not now. The gameplay is fun, the powers are cool, however...with objects disappearing at a certain range then reappearing when you're close (even enemies) it's impossible to scope out a place and find the safest route because as you run for an area suddenly an enemy "appears" in what looked to be clear area beforehand. How unrealistic is that? Next, even if I do find an enemy at a safe distance and go for a shot, the guns you use are horribly inaccurate at a range of more than point blank. I remember doing single shots at maybe 200 meters from the enemy and have about half a clip unloaded before he died. This leads me to another thing..a guy gets shot, he looks around searching for you, runs around aimlessly, does not look to take cover. horrible AI anyone? I think EA MUST have paid these guys to give this game good reviews because this is not NEAR any of the recent FPS's that have come out and are not even in the same category. Please, someone, show me how all my points are incorrect. But thus far, me and 3 friends who have played the game found the EXACT same problems. Its not only me.… Expand
  34. ScottT
    Dec 24, 2007
    2
    Ok, Like WOW! Graphics were amazing, And the use of directx 10 makes things so super sexy.
    The weapons were amazing, the suits not only looked fucking sexy as hell! But also included amazing abilities, that suited not only certain conditions, but also certain play styles, like stealthy (as I'm more of a Metal Gear Solid fan), or "Rambo" style... etc.
    But now we come to the bad    Ok, Like WOW! Graphics were amazing, And the use of directx 10 makes things so super sexy.
    The weapons were amazing, the suits not only looked fucking sexy as hell! But also included amazing abilities, that suited not only certain conditions, but also certain play styles, like stealthy (as I'm more of a Metal Gear Solid fan), or "Rambo" style... etc.

    But now we come to the bad part of my review.
    I'm going to start with, what I am calling the, "fists of fury" inaccuracy.
    In the game, your suit allows you to temporarily, Very temporarily, increase body functions, armour or become invisible.
    So during the later parts of the game, In one of the alien missions, you encounter these VERY Matrix's "Sentinel" looking creatures, they even spread their tentacles to walk along the ground and attack you. I was being swarmed by about 3 of them, firing my weapon madly at them, throwing grenades and everything, Sparks were flying off them, but they still wouldn't die. But as one crawled closer to me, the "grab enemy" icon come up, So I grabbed this squirming robotic alien creature, And began punching it (because your weapon will automatically switch to fists when grabbing something large) and found if you increase your strength, and continue punching it, you'll actually deal A LOT more damage, than with your bolt action, precision sniper rifle, or your under-slung grenade launcher.

    And the characters for the Game were such stereotypical action movie characters. Even though you're a Special forces squad, and I know for a fact you ALWAYS work in, or very close to your squad, in real life, for some reason, your higher ranking, and more experienced team leader, orders you to Leave the squad and attack a villiage of hostiles on YOUR OWN! It's stupid! I know the US army is dumb, But their Special forces aren't THAT dumb!
    I'm about to talk about the story, so stop reading if you, strangely, want to play this game.
    Towards the end of the game, you find yourself in the most obvious Hollywood scene ever. You've been saved by your best buddy, who you saw being dragged off and wounded by a large robot, but somehow lived; it never explained it.
    You're then taken to a nearby aircraft carrier. where You're told to go to go to the bridge where you hear a general ordering a nuclear attack on the island, But an intelligent, and hot, researcher/scientist's daughter, is pleading him not to attack, because attacking them will only make them stronger. Anyway, the dumb American general talks about saving his "planet", Not his country, But his whole planet, and then disregarding ALL scientific evidence, research and suggestion, by nuking the whole island, and making them stronger and angrier... WOW! Big surprise, like that's not the over-used type of American character. That would never happen, it'd make too many other countries angry, including the Koreans who were also on the Island.
    But then, after he admits he might have been wrong, nothing happens to him! You don't know if he lives or dies, because he orders you to go out on the deck, and fight the aliens that he just pissed off! When you come back, all the crew are gone! Some how they escaped while you were fighting the aliens.

    And the Plot is just Stupidly and boringly close to Farcry's plot! It was exactly the same, except replace the mutated creatures with aliens... BAM! Same game, better graphics. That's it.

    In Conclusion; The Graphics were amazing, and beautiful. The suit was modeled and animated beautifully, I often found myself stopping in combat, just to check out the suits. And the faces during the cinematics are so beautiful and realistic, You can actually see the emotions, It's an amazing feat.
    And the special effects, were a great addition into helping to immerse me in the feel and atmosphere of the area.
    The suits' abilities, the jungle areas and fooling the AI by running into a bush, cloaking then running out the other side were also very enjoyable.
    So to the coders and the Artists, Well done! You guys deserve an award, or a medal. Especially the Artists, for all their amazing work. Well done.

    But to the writers and game designers... Go write some low-budget horror films or action films in Hollywood, you'd fit right in with all the other senseless crappy plots. Don't write for games! The story is the same as Farcry's, the progression was WAY too fast, the change from Koreans to Aliens was dumb! Fighting the Koreans was the only fun part. Which is like the first level, so if you want to play the only good part of the game, get the demo... Seriously.    … Expand
  35. RoryT.
    Jan 15, 2008
    0
    Very poor game, all crytek are doing is prooving they can make a good looking game but sacrficing everything else that makes a game ...FAIL.
  36. blaskiasdf
    Dec 18, 2007
    0
    I can't believe I paid money for it. OK at times, crappy most of the time. Where's the gameplay? Were all the reviewers giving this game a high score on drugs or on EA's payrolls?

    I'd give it a higher score was I not so friggen disapointed. So it gets a zero. EA, you suck!
  37. JoeI.
    Nov 13, 2007
    0
    The Game consisted of nothing more then graphics, The game looked good, but that is all, no fun, over-hyped
  38. greatest
    May 7, 2011
    1
    Unfortunately, there was an issue with the latest release of Crysis through Steam's engine and no one seems to be able to install the application with an effective registration code. Thus, hundreds of people have downloaded the application and are not able to play what seems to be a revolutionary game!!
    While I am sure this will be resolved I specifically intended to play the game today    Unfortunately, there was an issue with the latest release of Crysis through Steam's engine and no one seems to be able to install the application with an effective registration code. Thus, hundreds of people have downloaded the application and are not able to play what seems to be a revolutionary game!!
    While I am sure this will be resolved I specifically intended to play the game today in order to review it here on Metacritic early next week and get this game an updated review. When I can play it, I will update this review with one that actually relates to the gameplay. Bummer Steam, Bummer EA!!    … Expand
  39. Nicolt
    May 20, 2011
    0
    One of the worst game i have ever bought. I can't judge the multiplayer but the solo campaign is really short. The ending is bugged even after 3 years. Some vehicles might be bugged or so slow that i almost crushed my keyboard. The graphics are good, the beginning is ok but the rest of the game is just boring and frustrating.
    Don't buy it.
    0
  40. socketwrench14
    Jul 25, 2011
    0
    This game is terrible, to sum it up. There are two options in this game:
    1.watch a beautiful world unfold around you
    2.button mash and get killed This game has some good potential, but it fell short. What really breaks it, is the controls and sheer number of things to do with a gun are a bit over the top. Using suit powers is just a frustrating joke, since doing so means stopping mid    This game is terrible, to sum it up. There are two options in this game:
    1.watch a beautiful world unfold around you
    2.button mash and get killed

    This game has some good potential, but it fell short. What really breaks it, is the controls and sheer number of things to do with a gun are a bit over the top. Using suit powers is just a frustrating joke, since doing so means stopping mid combat, and in this game you are easily hurt. What also makes it frustrating is that ammo is far too precious. When you have to pick up all the ammo you come across on normal difficulty, you know there is something wrong. In addition, when I did get ammo, you had to pick it up manually, as if you would deny yourself of ammo? Often this caused me the trouble of pick up a weapon I did not want and dropping the old one with all the ammo I had saved up.

    Whoever made this game's driving system needs to die. Never have I seen a car drive so poorly. Not only are you forced into 1st person driving, the steering is also rubbish. The steering is unresponsive and sluggish. I commend anyone who can get through anywhere at a decent speed without crashing.

    What really ended it, was the way they made the controls work. The way I see it, they could have combined several key strokes in a few places to save the player. In fact, some essential controls, weren't even mapped on the keyboard for default! In the end what ruins the game is the feeling that you are fighting your own body, more than the enemy. This game would be great if EA knew that crouch and crawl don't have to be 2 different buttons.    … Expand
  41. JohnD.
    Jan 2, 2008
    0
    This game is terrible, really. Who cares about overblown graphcs that can't run with nice FPS fastest PC's. The physics seem nice at first glance, but later you can clearly see that you can only do thing programmers predicted. Some objects can't be destroyed, no matter how big is your gun - pathetic. The AI is really terrible, enemies get fooled easily, often do absurd This game is terrible, really. Who cares about overblown graphcs that can't run with nice FPS fastest PC's. The physics seem nice at first glance, but later you can clearly see that you can only do thing programmers predicted. Some objects can't be destroyed, no matter how big is your gun - pathetic. The AI is really terrible, enemies get fooled easily, often do absurd things...plus AI cheats in a visible way. Get used to being cased by 30+ soldiers, a tank, 2 hellicopters. Maybe it only seems strange to me when a hellicopter wastes over 20 rockets to kill me - one damn American supersoldier. The stroy seems stupid as well - enemies in nanosuites, aliens... like we haven't seen that before. And the stupid idea of making the player something like 80's action-movie hero that does everything solo. You're like John Rambo, you kill the whole army. With time you get bored with constant 'sneak - headshot - run - sneak - headshot' routine and avoid enemies unless 'the mission' forces you to face them. It's really more of an advanced benchmark with ambitions rather than a real game...just like FarCry.… Expand
  42. ArnandoGizmando
    Feb 7, 2008
    0
    Utterly pointless game. Good graphics but only good with a bit of chicken. My Emperor recomends this game. My cockney weasel friend also suggests that this game is not up to today's bugweasel standards. rofling, i staggered to my desk and picked up this pos. thank you, i am so proud.
  43. MichaelL.
    Jan 19, 2008
    0
    This is by far the worst First Person Shooter EVER made... The graphics is nothing too impressive even running on 8800 ultra/4GB ram/Intel Quad Core. The game plot and characters are just plain and stupid! It deserves this word, "STUPID"! Once you play it, you'll know what I mean, but don't waste your time. Compared with CoD4 and Half-Life 2, Crysis is to the point of This is by far the worst First Person Shooter EVER made... The graphics is nothing too impressive even running on 8800 ultra/4GB ram/Intel Quad Core. The game plot and characters are just plain and stupid! It deserves this word, "STUPID"! Once you play it, you'll know what I mean, but don't waste your time. Compared with CoD4 and Half-Life 2, Crysis is to the point of intimidating. Playing this game made me angry to the point I feel making such a bad game should be considered a crime. Never will I play another Crytek game.… Expand
  44. RoyF.
    Feb 15, 2008
    2
    The graphic is awesome, but the performance is very slow. Its nearly impossible to play this game with an older system, the story is a bit boring, it is a standard story, nothing really new. The physic in this game is cool but unprecise, I often see corpses which rotating on their weapons and roofs standing on one balk and the corpses fall down like stones, its just unrealistic.
  45. HungK.
    Mar 5, 2008
    0
    No idea why this game is claimed to be so good. There is nothing good in it. Wonder who paid the reviewers to write favourable reviews about this 'i can draw tropical islands only' engine with poor attempts to have a gameplay. If you want shiny graphics, latest 3D mark should be on the list as well, with 100 points.
  46. AnonymousMC
    Sep 7, 2009
    2
    This game is nothing but graphics. It was an alright game at first then the aliens came into the game and i was floating in zero gravity, wanting to commit suicide. This game is a terrible overrated game and isn't even an average fps it was a game that was reviewed on its graphics and nothing else showing the sad world of bad reviewers we live in.
  47. BillyD.
    Jan 18, 2008
    4
    A really average shooter with good graphics, if you can afford to drop 3 grand on a new pc. Far Cry was a better game by leaps and bounds. My pc is about a year old and I can only run it on medium and believe me it looks awful. These new "photorealilisitc" games like Crysis and Bioshock are proof that graphics really are not a substitute for good gameplay.
  48. SimonM.
    Feb 23, 2008
    3
    Shoot 1,000 N Koreans and then 500 aliens (in the later levels) to save the planet. God this is so awful a story that the graphics can't save it. Yawn your way through the obvious paper thin plot and generic linear levels. Will somebody in the gaming industry produce a game with real atmosphere and immersion and make the industry grow up? Doom was over a decade ago. Where is the real Shoot 1,000 N Koreans and then 500 aliens (in the later levels) to save the planet. God this is so awful a story that the graphics can't save it. Yawn your way through the obvious paper thin plot and generic linear levels. Will somebody in the gaming industry produce a game with real atmosphere and immersion and make the industry grow up? Doom was over a decade ago. Where is the real improvement over this other than graphics?… Expand
  49. JanK.
    Mar 29, 2008
    0
    Total waste of time. How can people claim it's good just because of graphics? So 3DMark should be the best 'game' in the world. This game is poorly optimized, the engine is BAD as it clearly is not capable of rendering anything else than tropical island environment. There is NO freedom, as you always move from point A to point B. You can't go in any direction, one must Total waste of time. How can people claim it's good just because of graphics? So 3DMark should be the best 'game' in the world. This game is poorly optimized, the engine is BAD as it clearly is not capable of rendering anything else than tropical island environment. There is NO freedom, as you always move from point A to point B. You can't go in any direction, one must be blind not to see that. The nanosut is a stupid idea. Not much wiser than health kits and body armors form other games. Here you're a self-healing man...awesome. Gameplay is boring and repetitive, with time you start to avoid fighting not to die from boredom. And the alien part is just absurd.… Expand
  50. JonL.
    Mar 3, 2008
    2
    The engine may have potential, but this game reminds me of the poor quality WAD custom maps that people made for Doom and Doom 2. It's not good level design to fill up arenas with too much stuff. This game is thwarted at every turn by trying to be graphically impressive to the point where the gameplay is either ruined or forgotten. The shrubbery at the start of the island is a The engine may have potential, but this game reminds me of the poor quality WAD custom maps that people made for Doom and Doom 2. It's not good level design to fill up arenas with too much stuff. This game is thwarted at every turn by trying to be graphically impressive to the point where the gameplay is either ruined or forgotten. The shrubbery at the start of the island is a perfect example of this. The engine itself has an awful time dealing with this because you can't find a patch of uncovered ground that doesn't have a destructable tree, or some stupid bush. It gets old really quickly and there aren't any memorable aspects of level design that show the designers had any idea how to make the game immersive. The kicker with the abundance of items in the environment is that to keep a decent fps I need to play on all low settings, yet I have a quad processor at 3 GHz, 6 Gb of RAM and a 512 Mb video card. This game isn't a technological or graphical marvel, it's just a long series of lazy attempts at coding, and a long forgotten purpose. This just doesn't compare to what CoD4 has, or Half Life 2 - when Valve made a physics engine they incorporated it directly into the gameplay and it ran great on existing hardware or it could look great on a top of the line new rig. When the Crytek team made this they didn't factor in gameplay at all, and were so busy patting themselves on the back from overworking the hardware that they completely forgot about the experience for players. I really wanted to like this game - but it's just misdirected. It reminds me most of Quake 4 - a poor game made on a buggy engine. The reviews of this game listed above on Metacritic are very misleading. Some even give Crysis 4 out of 5 (or 80% as Metacritic shows it), yet the quotes chosen don't tally with this. You don't miss out on anything from not buying or playing this game, there are loads of other shooters that would be better purchases.… Expand
  51. Anonymous
    Jun 1, 2008
    0
    Sure, the graphics are really amazing, but I spent $1500 on a new gaming rig and couldn't even play it on High settings without extreme lag. Crytek, we're from the 21st century! Not 31st century! Also, I could not believe the amount of errors in this game (You can see for yourself by pressing the console key while in the game). You will get around 5 big errors from the start Sure, the graphics are really amazing, but I spent $1500 on a new gaming rig and couldn't even play it on High settings without extreme lag. Crytek, we're from the 21st century! Not 31st century! Also, I could not believe the amount of errors in this game (You can see for yourself by pressing the console key while in the game). You will get around 5 big errors from the start even if you did patch the game. Gameplay wise it's mediocre. Story is ridiculous (Aliens? Give me a break). Overall, big waste of my time and hard earned money. I don't see why PC gaming is so much better then consoles. Who'd pay so much for a frigging video game? I thought gaming was for pleasure, not for pressure!… Expand
  52. Shaddox
    Nov 12, 2009
    4
    Wow, it's amazing what low standards people have. I seen a retard here say this game is best FPS, even BEST PC GAME ever made. Do not let yourself fooled by the beautiful eye candy, it's just a barely average shooter with some retarded programming. The stealth missions are particularily stupid because enemy can see you and shoot you at over 9000 km and several bushes between.
  53. SHODAN
    Nov 23, 2007
    4
    I don't have much positive to comment say about this game. The game play and design seems to be somewhere between Far Cry and Half-Life and is quite uninspired in that regard. The narrative/writing seems to be present only so far as to allow for the action. It seems kind of arbitrary therefore, like anything might suffice. It makes for a somewhat meaningless world where I never got I don't have much positive to comment say about this game. The game play and design seems to be somewhere between Far Cry and Half-Life and is quite uninspired in that regard. The narrative/writing seems to be present only so far as to allow for the action. It seems kind of arbitrary therefore, like anything might suffice. It makes for a somewhat meaningless world where I never got the sense that I was killing REAL people for any REAL reason. Sure, this is an FPS, true, but the genre has been kind of stagnant since DOOM and Half-Life. Some attempt at innovation in game play and storytelling would have been refreshing. Perhaps some sense (illusion, even) of choice and consequence, non-linearity or ethical ambiguity would increase replayability value. Particularly considering that this game has been heralded as something quite special. However, there is little here that isn't monotonous and somewhat dull considering. For example, I found the cloaking ability to be far less rewarding than traditional sneaking. Almost a simplification of it... a shortcut, so that I needn't be too bothered. Similarly, simply running advances in AI and Physics in to game play represents more of an inclusion of feature sets the industry has come to expect more than it does design innovation. A mere addition of available, expected technologies on top of the game rather than a well-thought over design decision that actually alters the feel of the game for a specifically intended goal/reason consistent with the overall game. So, what redeeming qualities does the game have? The music is indeed nice, but nothing special or unique. The graphics... the graphics while indeed shiny, are not blinding for this reviewer: While the graphics are certainly impressive in a technical sense, artistic direction is lacking. Simultaneously, the environments tend to be unvaried and very reminiscent of Far Cry. Nevertheless some people will see the graphics as a reason to purchase and play through the, probably short, plot. It isn't enough for me and it's interesting to ponder what, if any, reason a person might have to come back and play this in 5 years time.… Expand
  54. ElliottF.
    Dec 4, 2007
    2
    I give Crysis a 2. Now I understand there's going to be some people all huffy about it, but let me explain somethings that people have been touting about the game ad-nausium that just aren't true. 1) The Nano suit - acclaimed to be a new and innovative, I guess people forgot that Deus Ex paved the way on that one which had all the features the Crysis one did and more. It could I give Crysis a 2. Now I understand there's going to be some people all huffy about it, but let me explain somethings that people have been touting about the game ad-nausium that just aren't true. 1) The Nano suit - acclaimed to be a new and innovative, I guess people forgot that Deus Ex paved the way on that one which had all the features the Crysis one did and more. It could be said to be implemented better, but is by no means a first or the greatest about it. Sure you could toss people objects, run fast, be invisible, but the game play will still for the most part come to, put armor on shoot, kill, resuply, move on. 2) The graphics - Yes impressive, for the most part I like how it looks, however, it does not reflect how the game plays nor does it fully assist in the game play. Jungle combat is primarily one sided, ie you don't see but are seen and easily shot. I have problems with the A.I. not being impeded visually by objects between player and enemy. As well there are some major clipping / texture issues with it. 3) AI - is for the most part a step, backwards. Sure it tries squad tactics, runs to use turrets and cover at times, but all too often I found it would give up to the point where I could walk up to enemies and shoot them. In one instance a boat gave up shooting at me because I was hiding behind a rock too long, to which I then swam out to it, jumped up on to it and had no resitance as I killed the occupants. Another instance, the boat driver got stuck driving into a rock. 4) Physics engine - is great over all, still some bugs as an enemy soldier died with his hand in a latice fence where the soldier, fence and a door where unable to settle for a time. Another phyics glitch happened as I approched a demolished building which did not settle where upon standing too close to a stuttering roof part killed me. The game needs work. The sys requirements should be primary. It's nice of them to make an engine for the future, but we're living in present as well should have some substance in present games.… Expand
  55. YanoZ.
    Jan 19, 2008
    4
    Besides the graphics, everything else is VERY annoying! The plot is scattered and horrible voice overs... The Koreans are nearly immune to bullets. It takes around 10 bullets to kill a single NPC... VERY ANNOYING, I do not recommend this failure of a FPS game to anyone!
  56. JeffJ.
    Feb 10, 2008
    0
    Some people got so blinded by 'graphics' that they cannot see that it is just an illusion. How can you say there is freedom in this game when you're always limited. Who cares how you reach the target when you always have to do it. You can't skip anything, you can't go back. Add a boring story that is not even anything new or creative... The Nanosuit is just a Some people got so blinded by 'graphics' that they cannot see that it is just an illusion. How can you say there is freedom in this game when you're always limited. Who cares how you reach the target when you always have to do it. You can't skip anything, you can't go back. Add a boring story that is not even anything new or creative... The Nanosuit is just a stupid idea - self-healing, self-recharging is even worse than collecting body armor and health kits. Weapon modifications suck, no idea where do you get all the silencers and other addons since you can do it unlimited number of times. After you play it for a while, and continue to do so...for some strange reason, you start to avoid fights whenever you can. Just because it is so boring, absurd, unrealistic and schematic. As for the visual part itself - it is just one big failure. Requirements are way to high for what we get. Some elements look horrible one you start looking for weak points of the game. I highly doubt that the engine is capable of 'drawing' something else than a jungle. So it is useless as well. Great work CryTek - another stupid benchmark, not a game for sure.… Expand
  57. JesusC.
    Feb 20, 2008
    3
    The graphics are pretty but the gameplay is monotonous and predictable. The thing that really ruined it for me was how the baddies always know where you are, no matter if you are stealthed. They don't shoot at you when you have stealth on but they will follow you around and the moment the stealth comes off they open fire. This is really a game ruiner considering how weak they make The graphics are pretty but the gameplay is monotonous and predictable. The thing that really ruined it for me was how the baddies always know where you are, no matter if you are stealthed. They don't shoot at you when you have stealth on but they will follow you around and the moment the stealth comes off they open fire. This is really a game ruiner considering how weak they make your body and how is it is to get killed. Also, notice how every gaming site has been giving this game glowing reviews yet the user reviews are abysmal. The makers of this game is spending a lot of money on advertising at our favorite gaming review sites and has bought them all off. Same thing as with that crappy Kane game.… Expand
  58. Benjyx
    Feb 29, 2008
    4
    This game was massively over - hyped. Yes it looks incredible but it has very weak gameplay. The suit felt more gimmicky than anything else to me and the enemies (especially the aliens) were quite poor and uninteresting throughout. I think this will probably go the way of Far Cry, which became much less reveard when it's graphics became older.
  59. ChristGod
    Mar 16, 2008
    2
    This game was a major disappointment. Especially after I had spent $300 revving up my computer to be able to run it. I was left extremely disappointed by the countless bugs, issues and problems that run amok in the vanilla, unpatched game. This is not to even comment on the horrible control scheme, that forces me to change my suits power preferences every 2 seconds (which is fun at first, This game was a major disappointment. Especially after I had spent $300 revving up my computer to be able to run it. I was left extremely disappointed by the countless bugs, issues and problems that run amok in the vanilla, unpatched game. This is not to even comment on the horrible control scheme, that forces me to change my suits power preferences every 2 seconds (which is fun at first, but becomes a bore and a chore after a few minutes into combat). The gameplay is sub-par stuff you can find in ANY First-Person-Shooter, nothing new or revolutionary here. The graphics are all this game has going for it right now, so don't be surprised when you play it and realize upgrading your PC to handle it was a waste of money, like I did.… Expand
  60. ClarkM.
    Apr 5, 2008
    2
    It looks very nicely made with beautiful graphics and fun gameplay. However, I just bought a new 1800 dollar laptop with 4 gb ram and intense video card and Hard-drive, and Istill can't even run the game. Crytek simply asks too much of its consumers.
  61. JimD.
    Apr 5, 2008
    3
    Here's my scoop on this game. Firstly, I pretty much upgrade my machine every year, with just below the top of the line goodies. That being said, I felt very well prepared for this game. I also was one of the many who anticipated the release date with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm. I like many others was initially immersed in the graphics. But in time, the linear gameplay and two Here's my scoop on this game. Firstly, I pretty much upgrade my machine every year, with just below the top of the line goodies. That being said, I felt very well prepared for this game. I also was one of the many who anticipated the release date with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm. I like many others was initially immersed in the graphics. But in time, the linear gameplay and two dimensional storyline left me feeling empty and ripped off. The suit was pretty inspiring at first, but became rather boring as the game evolved. Similarly, as the game progressed, I started noticing that it seemed to progressively lag, now Im talking about frames per second lag. I realized that this thing actually drains memory. Bleeds it. I tried to install the patch, but couldn't do it. It started crashing, and then it started shutting down my whole system. Then it did something I never expected. No, Im not talking about the weapons, or even my arms that appear to sometimes float in front of my field of view, Im talking about crashing my system to the point that I had no choice but to reload my whole OS. I started getting blue screen crashes, and SOMEHOW, this game managed to corrupt my pagefile, and completely fill it up. I tried every possible remedy to solve the provlem, but my virtual memory was completely used up, minus about 40 megs. I couldn't dump it, view the contents of the pagefile, or anything. Virtual memory was used up? Anyway, the culprit was this game. It was the only thing I was doing at the time. Don't waste your time on this albatross. In my opinion, Far Cry was much better, and much deeper. Nevertheless, I will never load up another Crytek Product in my machine again.… Expand
  62. buttfat
    Sep 17, 2008
    2
    This game reminds me of windows vista. I don't have a great computer but I have a 2.4 ghz core2duo and a geforce 8800gtx but this game is still extremely slow running at about 15fps during fight scenes with the settings on medium and low which looks a lot like it belongs in the year 2001. THE ONLY REASON TO BUY THIS GAME IS IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER THAT KICKS ASS AND HAS DX10. Other This game reminds me of windows vista. I don't have a great computer but I have a 2.4 ghz core2duo and a geforce 8800gtx but this game is still extremely slow running at about 15fps during fight scenes with the settings on medium and low which looks a lot like it belongs in the year 2001. THE ONLY REASON TO BUY THIS GAME IS IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER THAT KICKS ASS AND HAS DX10. Other than that it sucks, its really hard, repetitive, and has many glitches.… Expand
  63. NateC.
    Dec 20, 2007
    4
    Cryssis is overblown. I looks pretty. (I am soposing, since I only run this game on an overclocked 7900 GTX, insert irony here) The game may be wonderful, but its overreliance upon future technology makes it kind of suck now. Also the AI cheats. There is no two ways about it. I recommend the demo, but have not played it. I bought the suspect through EA link or whatever its called now. I Cryssis is overblown. I looks pretty. (I am soposing, since I only run this game on an overclocked 7900 GTX, insert irony here) The game may be wonderful, but its overreliance upon future technology makes it kind of suck now. Also the AI cheats. There is no two ways about it. I recommend the demo, but have not played it. I bought the suspect through EA link or whatever its called now. I have not played it for over a month.… Expand
  64. AlexD
    May 31, 2008
    4
    What I like: Graphics, the sort of customizing your weapons What I dislike: The story is boring, dull, has a lot of stereotypical dialogs and the ending is disappointing. The AI, you have to empty a clip into them for them to die. Head shots don't do the trick. And if you are far away and have no sniper rifle...forget about taking them out. Ok sure close combat might have been What I like: Graphics, the sort of customizing your weapons What I dislike: The story is boring, dull, has a lot of stereotypical dialogs and the ending is disappointing. The AI, you have to empty a clip into them for them to die. Head shots don't do the trick. And if you are far away and have no sniper rifle...forget about taking them out. Ok sure close combat might have been anticipated with the nano suit, which is pretty cool in the beginning gets pretty much useless later on. You occasionally use the strength feature to jump places that "randomly" stand in the way between you and the objective. After a few hours of playing I tried evading contact as much as possible, switching between speed and cloak. Yes the graphics are nice and yes you need a top notch computer to run it but even with one you ll get memory lag after some time. Call of Duty 4 might not have the best graphics or story but it certainly is more entertaining and still looks very nice and is much more fun than Crysis.… Expand
  65. AnonymousMC
    Jul 26, 2009
    3
    I thought the game was decent and fun in the beginning then the aliens just killed it. I was hoping for something much more fun. This is a game only worth playing once if that. I have a core 2 duo e6850 4 gigs of ram 9800gtx sli all liquid cooled and overclocked and this game still runs poorly. dx10 vs dx 9 shows pretty much no graphical improvements other than degraded performance.I thought the game was decent and fun in the beginning then the aliens just killed it. I was hoping for something much more fun. This is a game only worth playing once if that. I have a core 2 duo e6850 4 gigs of ram 9800gtx sli all liquid cooled and overclocked and this game still runs poorly. dx10 vs dx 9 shows pretty much no graphical improvements other than degraded performance. running the game on high requires me to use a lower res in order to get a decent framerate. I wouldnt bother with this game unless you want to do a bench mark. i'm glad i didnt spend money on this. and the game wasnt all that difficult even on the hardest settings once you figured out how it wants you to play it.… Expand
  66. AnonymousMC
    Nov 28, 2007
    2
    Crysis is a retarded tech demo, just like Far Cry. If seeing shiny realistic graphics and physics is your thing, go ahead and get it; if you're in for the gameplay, forget it. Another, easier way to see shiny realistic graphics and physics, by the way, is to look out the window.
  67. wintergleam
    May 5, 2011
    4
    Prone to crashing. Do NOT get this unless you have at least a duo core. The game itself is very pretty, though nothing dramatically better than other games of this genre like Halo 3. The A.I. is very tough, even on easy
    setting so your in for some heavy firefights against good opponents that will beat your ass if your stupid. As for
    the plot...well, Crysis can't figure out if its    Prone to crashing. Do NOT get this unless you have at least a duo core. The game itself is very pretty, though nothing dramatically better than other games of this genre like Halo 3. The A.I. is very tough, even on easy
    setting so your in for some heavy firefights against good opponents that will beat your ass if your stupid. As for
    the plot...well, Crysis can't figure out if its Battlefield 2 or Half Life 2 and ends up being Halo 2 1/2. Super soldier
    of tomorrow takes on the aliens. Its not a bad game, its just not a good game either.    … Expand
  68. Agrajagg
    Dec 17, 2012
    3
    Weak story that contains all the typical alien cliche's. Not supported and barely patched. It also has one of the most annoying things that will turn me off to a video game. When you are in a firefight that has been set-up by the developers to be an absolute pain, with fighter that have gun bots the have bullets that can go around cover. You have the lazy, good for nothing, AI team matesWeak story that contains all the typical alien cliche's. Not supported and barely patched. It also has one of the most annoying things that will turn me off to a video game. When you are in a firefight that has been set-up by the developers to be an absolute pain, with fighter that have gun bots the have bullets that can go around cover. You have the lazy, good for nothing, AI team mates yelling at you what to do every 10 seconds. Yes, I KNOW I have to shoot the turrets from the first 10-20 times you said it. It is just proof that some game developers think you are stupid. The only good thing about this is that I did not pay full price for this half finished, unsupported (typical for EA games) game. I would suggest not buying this for any computer beyond Windows Vista as it runs poorly on windows 7 and beyond.… Expand
  69. Klarcius
    Dec 10, 2011
    4
    At the time of release, 2007, the graphics requirement was over the top. I do remember vividly when I loaded this game in ultra high settings my high-end graphics card struggled to run at acceptable fps. But that doesn't change the fact that the scenery was very attractive to look at.
    I wasn't particularly impressed with the gameplay though. Despite its rather open environment, it felt    At the time of release, 2007, the graphics requirement was over the top. I do remember vividly when I loaded this game in ultra high settings my high-end graphics card struggled to run at acceptable fps. But that doesn't change the fact that the scenery was very attractive to look at.
    I wasn't particularly impressed with the gameplay though. Despite its rather open environment, it felt very linear. All of the weapons in this game were bland, not much recoil and not much damage. I particularly disliked the cloaking function, and in that sense Crysis 0.0 (Far Cry) was better.
    This game is pretty much Far Cry with nice graphics without mutants, but you do get some black squid shooting lasers.
    Playable game? Yes. Do I recommend to a friend? No.    … Expand
  70. Zoso
    Jun 15, 2012
    4
    When I'd played through Mass Effect 2, I got to like the shooter mechanics (not usually my cup of tea) so much that I started to look for a shooter that was A) very tactical in nature B) not multiplayer and C) had a twist. After some in-depth research, I ended up buying Crysis - and was bitterly disappointed.

    Some time later, I tried again (though reluctantely) with Battlefield 3 - and    When I'd played through Mass Effect 2, I got to like the shooter mechanics (not usually my cup of tea) so much that I started to look for a shooter that was A) very tactical in nature B) not multiplayer and C) had a twist. After some in-depth research, I ended up buying Crysis - and was bitterly disappointed.

    Some time later, I tried again (though reluctantely) with Battlefield 3 - and that was what I'd been looking for, although the twist - admittently - is missing from that one.

    Bottom line: Stunning visuals and a twist - yes. Just not for me.    … Expand
  71. dikketietje
    Sep 30, 2012
    1
    Best shooter i've ever played. Awsome graphics.. and? Awsome graphics. So i spent 30 euro's on this most retarded game ever invented. If u dick only graphics u will love this game. If u like gameplay and other stuff then graphics; never ever buy this game. It sucks... Real hard..
  72. Dronin
    Nov 20, 2012
    0
    To see this game get such a high user score killed me inside a little bit.

    First off the gameplay is nothing groundbreaking, its fairly mundane, it also requires you to shoot enemies in the head 3 or 4 times on higher difficulites to get a kill, where it is still a 1 punch hit with your suit. Which bring me to the suit... Ok there are some nice things about it, but the way you activate    To see this game get such a high user score killed me inside a little bit.

    First off the gameplay is nothing groundbreaking, its fairly mundane, it also requires you to shoot enemies in the head 3 or 4 times on higher difficulites to get a kill, where it is still a 1 punch hit with your suit. Which bring me to the suit... Ok there are some nice things about it, but the way you activate "powers" is a load of bull. The story in crisis also is a big load of woeful pants. Finally the graphics are good but I cannot give a good review based on graphics, loot at grand theft auto vice city or half life 1, they don't have good graphics but they are still great games even today.    … Expand
  73. Kharnivore2099
    Aug 23, 2021
    2
    Though it looked great at the time and arguably has held up in that regard, the game itself is actually pretty poor. Incredibly slow movement, awful gunplay, skills that are useless more often than not and a trait seen quite frequently in many AAA shooter titles of that time...style over substance.

    See a lot of reviews here stating "best fps I've ever played", but none seem to really    Though it looked great at the time and arguably has held up in that regard, the game itself is actually pretty poor. Incredibly slow movement, awful gunplay, skills that are useless more often than not and a trait seen quite frequently in many AAA shooter titles of that time...style over substance.

    See a lot of reviews here stating "best fps I've ever played", but none seem to really explain why. Which is incredibly telling. The physics are fun for a few seconds, until your jeep shoots into the sky for absolutely no reason, but that's all the fun there is to be had here.    … Expand
  74. ArrowToTheHead
    Jan 13, 2014
    4
    5 or now 6 years ago i got a new pc.
    i wanted to use the hardware well, so i got myself this piece of software.
    i played and thought it too easy. didnt use the suit anymore, and still too easy. i kept on playing half out of boredom, half because really it had awesome graphics. but graphics, that you taught me well crysis, is not worth a damn if the game using the graphics is like you.    5 or now 6 years ago i got a new pc.
    i wanted to use the hardware well, so i got myself this piece of software.
    i played and thought it too easy. didnt use the suit anymore, and still too easy.
    i kept on playing half out of boredom, half because really it had awesome graphics.
    but graphics, that you taught me well crysis, is not worth a damn if the game using the graphics is like you. had another part of the design been half as good as the graphics, well....maybe...
    i tried...really, but just couldnt stand it any longer.
    no challenge here, but lots to see. poor me.
    i think it was stalker with mods after that......

    4 for the graphics no for the show no for no story and here we go.......    … Expand
  75. Broyax
    Apr 13, 2017
    2
    Ah c'est le même problème qu'avec le premier Far Cry : une infiltration aussi limitée que maladroite, une IA qui a des yeux derrière la tête et des oreilles dans le dos. On passe alors au "plan B" sans grande conviction tout en essayant de gérer les capacités de la combi mais avec une interface aussi mal faite, ce n'est pas une sinécure, c'est juste un calvaire à manier.

    Scénar digne    Ah c'est le même problème qu'avec le premier Far Cry : une infiltration aussi limitée que maladroite, une IA qui a des yeux derrière la tête et des oreilles dans le dos. On passe alors au "plan B" sans grande conviction tout en essayant de gérer les capacités de la combi mais avec une interface aussi mal faite, ce n'est pas une sinécure, c'est juste un calvaire à manier.

    Scénar digne d'une série Z, VF très correcte. La musique est insipide par contre. Mais que reste-t-il à Crysis ? un moteur graphique époustouflant, toujours magnifique malgré son âge... mais qui exige une config actuelle qui fait tourner sans souci le Crysis 2... 2 fois plus beau !

    En bref, ce premier Crysis est un concept très intéressant mais mal développé et mal exploité et qui n'a fait parler de lui que parce qu'il mettait à genoux les PC les plus puissants à sa sortie. Coquille vide sans âme. Heureusement que Crytek a très largement corrigé le tir avec sa suite, prouvant qu'il n'est finalement pas un simple développeur de démo interactive mal branlée.    … Expand
  76. riken
    Mar 7, 2019
    2
    I guess the game looked nice in 2007, but now it doesn't and the rest of that game is just empty.
  77. hoho060
    Aug 3, 2019
    2
    it was my worst game ever, because of the story. Story is not solid, and I don't know what the story tells me. It was boring to. I just go around unnecessarily, and kill enemy. IF this and the graphic was better, it would be a good game.
  78. Shimmeywill
    Feb 25, 2020
    4
    Mediocre FPS with competent story and gunplay. While graphics are good, the visual design of the game is average.
  79. Frgtuw
    Dec 7, 2020
    0
    Игра не работает. По сравнению с шикарной второй части - это полное говно. Я разачарован
  80. AlexKVideos1
    Mar 13, 2021
    4
    I'm not a hater to be a hater, I generally think Crysis is not a good game. I heard so much of this game before to a point were I was so excited, and let down is every way possible.

    This game is horrendously optimized. It doesn't run good even on modern systems, with constantly FPS drops and stutters even not on the highest setting. It even crashed on me twice, like what a lord of crap    I'm not a hater to be a hater, I generally think Crysis is not a good game. I heard so much of this game before to a point were I was so excited, and let down is every way possible.

    This game is horrendously optimized. It doesn't run good even on modern systems, with constantly FPS drops and stutters even not on the highest setting. It even crashed on me twice, like what a lord of crap that this game is 'optimized', stop listening to the lies.

    Everything about the gameplay is awful. The suit abilities are underpowered to the point where they aren't fun. Gun play is some of the worst, with a ton of recoil and bullet spongy enemies. Everything little thing can kill you, like using super speed can kill you if you run in something.

    The game is also glitchy, like I saw props bugging out, a gun shooting itself, multiple graphical glitches, the list can go on.

    Don't get me started on the last 'mission'. Without any spoilers, let me just say I had to grab a weapon that was needed later on. I forgot to grab it, so when that part came, I didn't have the weapon. So I went back to grab it, but found out that I couldn't go back. I had to load an earlier save just to get the weapon. That is the worst mission design I have ever seen.

    Crysis is a bad experience that has been undeserving praised to a extremely high level. This isn't the amazing game people crack it up to be.    … Expand
  81. elolugo
    Jan 3, 2020
    3
    buggy unoptimized game. Can't play with 60 fps in 2020. CTD out of the box. Save yourself some money and don't buy this ****
  82. DonyDoNya
    Feb 13, 2023
    3
    I don't get the popularity of this game. Its very buggy on modern computers though but it doesn't change a lot. Graphics is old now, you can feel it: you can see pixels in background images and how objects show up in front of you on max graphics. And I swear I hadn't saw any blood in this game, which is frustrating. The difficulty is too much considering the unfair AI that sees throughI don't get the popularity of this game. Its very buggy on modern computers though but it doesn't change a lot. Graphics is old now, you can feel it: you can see pixels in background images and how objects show up in front of you on max graphics. And I swear I hadn't saw any blood in this game, which is frustrating. The difficulty is too much considering the unfair AI that sees through plants and HUD effects when taking damage make battles a lot more irritating all together. "The skillpoints and upgrades would make the game better", I thought all the time because the unique supercostume doesn't make you that badass. You feel yourself just a simple soldier: your armor is regeneration, speed boost regenerates too slow, Its lazy to push strength boost just for the jump or hits. It would be better if all boosts were not connected to only one charge line cause its not fun. The atmosphere is just any battlefield company one half of the game and the next half is second half of the Borderlands 1. Alien enemy: robots jellyfishes, spiders and ghosts; ancient as dinasours, more developed in techonoly, but stupid and unfriendly as any animal or movies' aliens. Thats Crysis for me.… Expand
  83. HonASim1
    Feb 2, 2023
    3
    Кроме крутых костюмов в игре ничего не заметил классного

Awards & Rankings

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#5 Best PC Game of 2007
5
#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2007
4
#4 Most Shared PC Game of 2007

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 56 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 56
  3. Negative: 0 out of 56
  1. PC Gamer
    98
    Destined to be a classic, Crysis is a creative and technological marvel that eclipses every other shooter released this year. [Holiday 2007, p.60]
  2. PC Zone UK
    92
    Crysis thrives on putting the onus on you to create your own brand of action and adventure in its stunningly beautiful locations. You and the game can haphazardly create moments of such gaming brilliance that often you pretty much have to stand up and applaud. [Christmas 2007, p.44]
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  3. IGN
    94
    This is some fast, well designed gameplay with enough options to allow players to use their own style of attack with satisfying suit abilities and weapons. Crytek has upped their attention to detail in presentation and dropped the worst parts of "Far Cry’s" story.
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