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  1. AnonymousMC
    Feb 4, 2008
    9
    Aside from a brilliant engine there is a very solid well designed FPS game with a few tricks up its sleeve to make it great. The nano suit adds greater freedom to complete objectives with in the large detailed maps. With such freedom emergent gameplay is there to have.
    Performance will be a problem for some including myself but a stable <20 fps is all you need to enjoy playing.
    Aside from a brilliant engine there is a very solid well designed FPS game with a few tricks up its sleeve to make it great. The nano suit adds greater freedom to complete objectives with in the large detailed maps. With such freedom emergent gameplay is there to have.
    Performance will be a problem for some including myself but a stable <20 fps is all you need to enjoy playing. Multiplayer is also solid with plenty of room for playing how you want.
    Crysis is a great FPS built on a brilliant engine and provides many ways to complete most objectives providing a compelling experience due to it and you can`t fault the production.
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  2. CaseyY.
    Jan 31, 2008
    10
    A mediocre game running on an amazing engine.
  3. NickF.
    Jan 29, 2008
    5
    As far as gameplay is concerned Crysis is just another shooter, it doesn't bring many new features to the FPS genre. I find a major annoyance with this game, however. My system is far from high-end and the fact that you need a ridiculously expensive rig to play it as it was intended is a point that has been made to death and by far too many people. My problem is not that I can't As far as gameplay is concerned Crysis is just another shooter, it doesn't bring many new features to the FPS genre. I find a major annoyance with this game, however. My system is far from high-end and the fact that you need a ridiculously expensive rig to play it as it was intended is a point that has been made to death and by far too many people. My problem is not that I can't run it on high settings, but that medium settings look awful. Some of the textures look really poor but the worst thing for me is the insane amount of aliasing. Jaggies really spoil games for me and Crysis is full of them unless you have the hardware to turn AA on. Additionally, it gives me an average framerate only of around 20fps. Now, I'm not just complaining because someone made a game that I can't play as it was meant to be played, but i know that my PC is capable of more than this. I can run COD4 with all the graphics settings cranked up to full and it runs like a dream and looks beautiful, averaging about 45fps. My point is: Crysis is a very lazily made game and it feels like I'm playing a beta, it could really do with some optimising. Expand
  4. J.R.
    Jan 29, 2008
    10
    Brilliant game. It brings a very unique experience that Call of duty 4, halo 3 and other FPS's haven't brought. The amount of freedom allowed is excellent and means you won't always have the same result with each different enemy. The stealth is average, when people see you in a bush 50 yards away it is a bit silly. Graphics deserve a 10/10, even on medium they are better Brilliant game. It brings a very unique experience that Call of duty 4, halo 3 and other FPS's haven't brought. The amount of freedom allowed is excellent and means you won't always have the same result with each different enemy. The stealth is average, when people see you in a bush 50 yards away it is a bit silly. Graphics deserve a 10/10, even on medium they are better than most games on high. Only game graphically that comes close is unreal tournament 3 with its highly detailed scenery, but crysis is a lot more like a living, breathing world. Excellent, definitely a must have for FPS gamers bored of the same old, same old. Expand
  5. PaulM.
    Jan 28, 2008
    10
    I dont understand the negative comments about the game people seem to be caining the fact that it needs alot of pc power, well good! makes me feel like my system is worth it, and as for the game play i love it, love the nanosuit options and the storyline is great fun its not gonna be war of the worlds or cloverfield its a game its not gonna be something directed by spielberg! and as soon I dont understand the negative comments about the game people seem to be caining the fact that it needs alot of pc power, well good! makes me feel like my system is worth it, and as for the game play i love it, love the nanosuit options and the storyline is great fun its not gonna be war of the worlds or cloverfield its a game its not gonna be something directed by spielberg! and as soon i bought this i loved it, well done to crytek for a great game, and oh i found the koreans died quite nicely when aim for there heads, 1-2 shots, welcome to kevlar! Expand
  6. BrianR.
    Jan 25, 2008
    10
    This game looks amazing even on medium settings. my only complaint is the extremely terribly looking tire popping animation with low to medium physics but that is my computers fault not the game. demanding an outrageous system is not something to fault a game for it's something to fault your budget for.
  7. ChadN.
    Jan 24, 2008
    10
    One of the best FPS experiences I have had in a long time. Although the story is cheesy along with the dialog its been proven that a game doesn't need a story to be good. It is perfectly playable on my computer which I got a year before the 360 release running Windows Xp, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX graphics card, 3.0 ghz dual core processor, and 1 gig of ram. The game is fairly One of the best FPS experiences I have had in a long time. Although the story is cheesy along with the dialog its been proven that a game doesn't need a story to be good. It is perfectly playable on my computer which I got a year before the 360 release running Windows Xp, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX graphics card, 3.0 ghz dual core processor, and 1 gig of ram. The game is fairly realistic and on the harder difficulties forces you to use your suits powers to survive. A.I. is a challenge but with a few glitches hopefully fixed by the second patch. And to all those who say the A.I. is subpar when was the last time CoD4 didn't funnel you down a hallway where the bots could do no wrong. You can play this game anyway you like a lone wolf stealth character or a guns a blazing Rambo Style badass. In the late game they introduce Alien critters which honestly we could of down without the no grav situations are really cool but the game then quickily becomes CoD4 not a bad thing but with the total amount of freedom Crytek gives you in the first 2/3rds of the game it is a let down . Also all of the 0's im assuming are from console fanboys who want the game to fail the lowest score a sane person could give this game would be a 7 maybe a 6. In the end you don't have to listen to any reviewers score of Crysis that doesn't really matter just download the demo which is the well best described as the first level giving you an introduction to the game, the cheesy as hell story, and amazing gameplay. Expand
  8. EonfgeD.
    Jan 24, 2008
    6
    It's overhyped game. everyone sais it's awesome, but besides the craphics it's notihing more then Farcry 2.0 Combat feels the same, and come on, how often will you trough someone through a wall? It's cool you can, but useless in terms of game-experience. I've played on low as well on high-end systems (crysis scale, so we couldn't get above 50 FPS) and unless It's overhyped game. everyone sais it's awesome, but besides the craphics it's notihing more then Farcry 2.0 Combat feels the same, and come on, how often will you trough someone through a wall? It's cool you can, but useless in terms of game-experience. I've played on low as well on high-end systems (crysis scale, so we couldn't get above 50 FPS) and unless you got one kickass pc, It all looks quite ugly. lot of anyoing blurs and in combat, your fps drops instandly with at least 10 fps. as said bevore, combat is oke, but not reinovating or extreamly challanging. O, and most people online are those pesty noobs who like to tell to others how great there pc is and how much is has cost, besides that, online is oke again, very farcry. Expand
  9. JamesG
    Jan 22, 2008
    10
    im using an alienware with a 8800GTX 2.6core2duo with a physX card and 4mb ram and this game runs flawless and i thought the game play was fantastic, the ending kinda pissed me off but only b/c it leaves you hanging knowing that they are coming out with a sequel, im also using the g9 laser mouse and a glass steelseries mouse pad with these little feet that you glue on the bottom of yourim using an alienware with a 8800GTX 2.6core2duo with a physX card and 4mb ram and this game runs flawless and i thought the game play was fantastic, the ending kinda pissed me off but only b/c it leaves you hanging knowing that they are coming out with a sequel, im also using the g9 laser mouse and a glass steelseries mouse pad with these little feet that you glue on the bottom of your mouse which makes a big difference in the aim'ing and movement in crysis. i thought it was a good game and ive beaten it on every difficulty setting except EASY. maybe u need a rig like this to get the experience, if so ,that sucks for crytek considering that the majority of gamers are not that fortunate to spend 3-5k on a rig just to play a game. the game only crashed 1 time and that was after i had beaten it and i was showing a friend the game from a saved part of the game, figures, runs perfect then when i show it off it shits on me : but i thought it was an amazing singleplayer experience, i havent tried multiplayer yet but the tutorial looks fun. just 1 mans opinion amongst many. Expand
  10. 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
  11. Wutung
    Jan 19, 2008
    9
    This game is perfectly playable on medium settings on my laptop which has an 8600M GT and slow as crap 4200 RPM hard drive. Hardcore PC gamers are only complaining because they can't get 200 FPS on very high settings at full HD resolution. This game gives you just an amazing sense of freedom, if you're short of imagination that I can understand why you'd think this game This game is perfectly playable on medium settings on my laptop which has an 8600M GT and slow as crap 4200 RPM hard drive. Hardcore PC gamers are only complaining because they can't get 200 FPS on very high settings at full HD resolution. This game gives you just an amazing sense of freedom, if you're short of imagination that I can understand why you'd think this game would suck, but if you use your head a bit there are just so many possibilities. Sneak in and use silencers, hijack a boat or jeep and gun your way through, lure the soldiers to a fuel tank and throw a grenade for huge explosions, snipe from range, throw soldiers off cliffs, knock down structures with super strength, shoot the fuel tank on a moving jeep, its all possible in this game .... its your call, unlike COD 4. Crysis gives you levels which are big playground to have fun in, its up to you in how you go about objectives, and where you want to go on the map. Expand
  12. 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!
  13. 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.
  14. FareedD.
    Jan 15, 2008
    5
    Those who are unaffected by the massive hype surrounding the release of this supposed photo-realistic game will probably see Crysis as a rehash of old, tried and tested but now boring gameplay mixed with a graphics engine that looks nice but seems to have completely missed the point that the graphics are there to assist the gameplay, not the other way around.
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. Czar
    Jan 13, 2008
    6
    Nice graphics that quickly wear off. Boring gameplay. Feels like a supermod for far cry. I got COD 4 at same time and that just blows crysis out of the water. VIsta and 8800gts 640MB is not going to give you a wicked game experience. Very dissapointed.
  19. LeonardoAlves
    Jan 12, 2008
    10
    Crysis is a great game, an a game doesn't need over the top graphics to be a good game. Like Half-Life from 1998, the graphics may suck but the game is still great. The game gets really exciting when you get into the Assault part. Crytek's engine will get superated by the Valve's HPRV engine that will be applied to Half-Life 3, and it will have a better visual and a betterCrysis is a great game, an a game doesn't need over the top graphics to be a good game. Like Half-Life from 1998, the graphics may suck but the game is still great. The game gets really exciting when you get into the Assault part. Crytek's engine will get superated by the Valve's HPRV engine that will be applied to Half-Life 3, and it will have a better visual and a better performance. Expand
  20. ScandiM.
    Jan 12, 2008
    9
    For all those reviewers who basically badmouth Crysis cause its graphics are not great and the AI is dumb and the story has been done over and over again, id like to hear what game completely counters all of Crysis' advantages. Like World War II and Mario games haven't been milked for all they are worth? Crysis is beautiful even on MEDIUM settings which is what i run it at with For all those reviewers who basically badmouth Crysis cause its graphics are not great and the AI is dumb and the story has been done over and over again, id like to hear what game completely counters all of Crysis' advantages. Like World War II and Mario games haven't been milked for all they are worth? Crysis is beautiful even on MEDIUM settings which is what i run it at with a steady 40-50 FPS. Yea the A.I. is sometimes stupid and will just run to random places with no cover, but try and name any game where the A.I. is flawless. If you try and notice, if you have been spotted by launching a shoulder mounted RPG into a village of KPA officers and resort to hiding in a building afterwards, the A.I. WILL flank you from all sides. You'll find yourself laughing when you pick off a few enemies, then hiding, then getting shot at from all sides as you run around the edges of a village looking for more ammo. Plus theres a range of missions where you an drive civilian cars, KPA armored jeeps, tanks, and planes. With the addition of the NANO suit you wear, you'll have fun sneaking up behind enemies with your cloaking mode, switching to strength mode and flinging enemies across the forest. Crysis is worth the buy as long as you have the system to run it. My only Con is that unless your playing on NASA's supercomputers, your not gonna get to play on Very High settings. It's worth the buy. Expand
  21. JohnnyM
    Jan 10, 2008
    6
    Crysis, the most anticipated game of the last couple of years. Was it worth the wait, well frankly the answer is no. Average graphics, dodgy AI, a story you couldn't care less about, gimmicks which have all been seen before (admittedly in slightly different form), way too easy and way too short. During the first half of the game I thought I'd gone back in time, and I was playingCrysis, the most anticipated game of the last couple of years. Was it worth the wait, well frankly the answer is no. Average graphics, dodgy AI, a story you couldn't care less about, gimmicks which have all been seen before (admittedly in slightly different form), way too easy and way too short. During the first half of the game I thought I'd gone back in time, and I was playing Far Cry again (which I have to say is a far better game, and parts of it are prettier). If you want a good shooter then try Bioshock, Stalker, HL2, Timeshift or Gears of War before this. Hopefully Far Cry 2 will be the game that Crysis was supposed to be. Expand
  22. ChrisC.
    Jan 8, 2008
    8
    It's people like John D. down there who are convinced by their friends that a game is so horrible before they play it, that when they finally do, they're jaded and filled with that crappy propaganda "friends" tend to feed to gullible people. Give me a game that lets you destroy more of your environment than Crysis. Then let's see everyone stop complaining. Has anyone It's people like John D. down there who are convinced by their friends that a game is so horrible before they play it, that when they finally do, they're jaded and filled with that crappy propaganda "friends" tend to feed to gullible people. Give me a game that lets you destroy more of your environment than Crysis. Then let's see everyone stop complaining. Has anyone noticed that the entire plot is MEANT to throw a single American super-soldier into hordes of Korean soldiers? It's a complete mash-up of every Rambo-style plot out there, aliens and all, except with this one, the enemy is smart enough to avoid being torn down one-by-one, and actively flanks and hunts you down to be sure you don't. Does Call of Duty 4 have intelligent enemies who actively hunt you, using flanking maneuvers and every trick of the tactician's sleeve? Absolutely not, it throws waves of stupid, utterly scripted baddies at you. But like Crysis, it's a rampant blow-everything-up gunfest. The thing is: In Crysis, you have to think about your situation. Play the game on harder difficulties, and the active, sensory AI becomes quite a challenge to take on as just a single Rambo. Unlike the game's detractor's, if one can think about how they use their suit - cloaking in bursts, using strength for stealth kills and jumping getaways, speeding from cover to cover - Crysis can become quite a thrilling shooter experience. You're constantly on your toes in a combat situation, and recon is a recommended strategy - don't expect to rush head-first into the fray as in Call of Duty and expect to do anything productive. My only complaints come from the shoddy Korean voicework (especially on General Kyong), and the nigh-impossible tank controls. When you reach Onslaught on harder difficulties, I wholly recommend ditching the tank for speed/cloak, and planting C4 charges on enemy tanks. One last thing - the helicopters may be absolutely annoying, but if you know what you're doing, it's possible to avoid provoking an airstrike altogether. That's what counts - diversity of gameplay. Expand
  23. GlennP.
    Jan 8, 2008
    10
    This is the greatest shooter I've ever played and I've played them all. It's beautiful and the environment is incredibly interactive. AND the game runs fine on lower graphics settings and still looks awesome. I really don't know why everyone is complaining - it's awesome.
  24. Mobius
    Jan 8, 2008
    10
    Seems that most of the poor reviews for this game are from XBOX360 owners and people who don
  25. JohnDoe
    Jan 7, 2008
    9
    Very, very pretty. Sure, you need a silly system to get the best out of it and the engine's top settings have clearly been designed with future hardware in mind, but if you've spent a lot of money on hardware recently it'll make you feel like you know where it went.

    Single player campaign is nicely textured and not quite as linear as is usual for an FPS - there are often
    Very, very pretty. Sure, you need a silly system to get the best out of it and the engine's top settings have clearly been designed with future hardware in mind, but if you've spent a lot of money on hardware recently it'll make you feel like you know where it went.

    Single player campaign is nicely textured and not quite as linear as is usual for an FPS - there are often multiple ways to reach your objectives. Not much new to be had though, there's no game element that stands out as particularly innovative once you've got past the sheer beauty of the environment. Multiplayer in particular is a bit meh, there are a million FPS offerings and this just isn't one of the best online ones. Still gets a 9 from me, but it's mostly a shallow 9 for its looks.
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  26. MatthewC.
    Jan 5, 2008
    8
    On the plus side: open-ended gameplay, beautifully presented, the nanosuit! On the minus: graphics aim too high (I really don't understand this - it's just cuts out a huge portion of the potential market and by the time most people can play it, it will be 'old'), aliens lack 'oomph', anticlimactic.
  27. 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
  28. ChrisZ.
    Jan 2, 2008
    10
    This is by far the most beautiful game I've ever seen. That said, it's not the best game. It's certainly a contender, but the campaign is pretty short and the multiplayer will leave you either fulfilled or pissed off by hackers. I hate that people say you need a beast of a PC to run it. That's only if you set everything to super high. I play it at all low and it runs This is by far the most beautiful game I've ever seen. That said, it's not the best game. It's certainly a contender, but the campaign is pretty short and the multiplayer will leave you either fulfilled or pissed off by hackers. I hate that people say you need a beast of a PC to run it. That's only if you set everything to super high. I play it at all low and it runs perfectly and it still looks good. Expand
  29. 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
  30. AlessandroB.
    Dec 31, 2007
    5
    Crysis is a good base for a game, and i tend to agree with those that consider it just a showcase for Crytek engine. The first part of the game is mostly ok and challenging, the "alien" part is plain boring, and the final part plays as an insipid prelude to what should have been the rest of the game, and that reveals instead to be Crysis 2... It took me just a few days of not so intense Crysis is a good base for a game, and i tend to agree with those that consider it just a showcase for Crytek engine. The first part of the game is mostly ok and challenging, the "alien" part is plain boring, and the final part plays as an insipid prelude to what should have been the rest of the game, and that reveals instead to be Crysis 2... It took me just a few days of not so intense gaming to finish it (and at Delta level nontheless). I'd recommend putting your money elsewhere. Expand
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. 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]
  3. 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.