Crysis

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2881 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. HonASim1
    Feb 2, 2023
    3
    Кроме крутых костюмов в игре ничего не заметил классного
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Frgtuw
    Dec 7, 2020
    0
    Игра не работает. По сравнению с шикарной второй части - это полное говно. Я разачарован
  6. Shimmeywill
    Feb 25, 2020
    4
    Mediocre FPS with competent story and gunplay. While graphics are good, the visual design of the game is average.
  7. 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 ****
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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..
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. 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
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#5 Best PC Game of 2007
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#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2007
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#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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