Crysis 2

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  1. TheMaximalist
    Jul 20, 2011
    10
    Best FPS ever it creates a tactical experiece that i can have fun with rather that just bullet spaming vietnamese dudes. It looks love sounds like im in New York being attacked by aliens or being shot at by super soilders. The mutiplayer is a total new experience and im loving being crap at this multiplayer. It's such and immersive and strategic game 2nd best game ive ever played 10
  2. riker13
    Aug 11, 2011
    7
    I rented this game thinking it was a masterpiece, all the review where saying top notch and all... While its not a bad game, I found the story to be badly told, you get small image (most of the time) at the top corner of your screen, ala nintendo from a long time ago, telling you what do do, a bit smallish in term of storytelling, The gameplay is very fun, using the different ability ofI rented this game thinking it was a masterpiece, all the review where saying top notch and all... While its not a bad game, I found the story to be badly told, you get small image (most of the time) at the top corner of your screen, ala nintendo from a long time ago, telling you what do do, a bit smallish in term of storytelling, The gameplay is very fun, using the different ability of you suit, but after a while it gets very repetitive and boring. For me to love a game I need to be involved in the story in a meaningfull manner, but here there is not much else appart from your standard, your the hero and need to clear a map kind of involvement, didnt try the multiplayer because Im not a multiplayer kind of person, like to enjoy a good sotry more than fragging real people online, so you can see why I didnt lovethe game since the story is minimal, so like I said not a bad game but not a masterpiece either...… Expand
  3. Abb67
    Oct 28, 2012
    10
    a nice game i got it yesterday and was expecting a good game but i was worried about the frame rate problems and lags but so far its been very fast with hardly any framerate drops. the graphics are out of this world this is what you could expect on how the world looks in a disaster . Multiplier is fine nothing groundbreaking but still solid a good game for future fps shooter
  4. illage2
    Oct 7, 2011
    8
    Crysis 2 is a fantastic first person shooter. The story, controls and graphics are pretty decent. The game will draw you in however there are a few things that might put you off.

    Fist of all, the frame rate tends to drop quite frequently, leading to me getting confused as to where I am, but I eventually got used to it. The multiplayer while good needs some work done to it as online games    Crysis 2 is a fantastic first person shooter. The story, controls and graphics are pretty decent. The game will draw you in however there are a few things that might put you off.

    Fist of all, the frame rate tends to drop quite frequently, leading to me getting confused as to where I am, but I eventually got used to it. The multiplayer while good needs some work done to it as online games are very unstable, and this causes further FPS drops. Also the audio is too high to hear the dialouge which is bad because the Crysis 2 storyline is very important, and it can be real off putting.

    Overall I praise the games controls, presentation and story telling, and if you can manage to see past the issues then this is a fantastic game.    … Expand
  5. Dankiller127
    Nov 8, 2011
    9
    In my publication anterior I put 10 but actually is 9. Okay other Things I forget say my another review alia Crysis 2 is like one Half life 1 but not so half life finally a very good game I buy it (I already buy that)
  6. Anton9090
    Nov 17, 2011
    10
    rysis 2 is best FPS ever made best graphics best gameplay I do take issue with the multiplayer though. The frame rate in multiplayer is horrendous. It's just plain straight up disgusting. but oh well, the singleplayer is more than enough to sell it.
  7. coldcalculated
    Nov 6, 2013
    8
    I picked this game up for a really good price, to my surprise it is actually a really good game. The Nanosuit is a lot of fun to use. The stealth is the best feature in this game. The plot is nearly non-existent, but I didn't really care due to the amount of fun i was having.
  8. golden31
    Nov 20, 2011
    5
    I was very much looking forward to crysis 2, but sadly i was disapointed, the shooting just wasn't all that fun, the story made no sense, but the graphics are great. I much recommend picking up the first one, there two very different games, this one being more linear, and crysis 1 an open world game. There are just better games to spend with your money, stay away from this one.
  9. Sebas236
    Mar 22, 2014
    7
    Story: 8 out of 10 Graphics: 8 out of 10 Gameplay: 8 out of 10 Fun: 7.5 out of 10 (depending on difficulty) Controls: 9 out of 10 Ease to Learn: 7 out of 10
    Length: 8 out of 10
    Re-play: 8.5 out of 10
    Audio: 7 out of 10
    Bugs/Glitches: Quite a lot, especially in MP, Glitched trophies as well
  10. LilD
    Mar 7, 2013
    9
    PS3 Version:
    A disclaimer is that I had not played the original Crysis. The game does more for the FPS genre than it gets credit for. While the graphics are its known core competency, the gameplay, story, and replay-ability are its lesser known strengths.
    The game leaves you in large open areas, large narrow areas, small open areas, small narrow areas, some busy with obstacles and    PS3 Version:
    A disclaimer is that I had not played the original Crysis. The game does more for the FPS genre than it gets credit for. While the graphics are its known core competency, the gameplay, story, and replay-ability are its lesser known strengths.

    The game leaves you in large open areas, large narrow areas, small open areas, small narrow areas, some busy with obstacles and barriers, some devoid of any tactical items; the levels are plenty varied. The campaigns objectives felt like they added to the story and felt less 'busy work' like some of the campaigns do nowadays. No hitting switches, doing item X to get through a doors, little to no 'aww man bad luck…..this easy objective will take extra long now because freak accident X occurred". You are basically in a state-of-the-art nanosuit and it finally gives justification as to how you can dispel an entire army as a one man team, which most FPS have to suspend your disbelief. There are many ways to complete an objective; stealth, walking juggernaut, etc. The suit can even tell you different ways to complete a mission. The game does a great job of making you feel like you are thrown into a superhuman state in Manhattan.

    The story is pretty decent for a FPS; I may even say my favorite since the original Modern Warfare. There are plenty of twists and turns and the plot feels more like an elongated movie than a video game because of the campaign factors I had listed earlier.

    You can almost use the same guns the entire game. It gives you freedom to do what you want. There is a decent variety with ones that fuse current tech with future tech that make them look and feel like real guns in the not-so-distant future as well as some oldies but goodies if that's what tickles your fancy.

    While everyone will talk about its graphics, the AI is horribly inconsistent. They can see me through walls when I uncloak, be overly intelligent or overly dumb when cloaking and uncloaking. I also noticed a ton of AI bugs where the enemies are stuck or stuck in a routine causing them to spin a mile a minute.

    This game gave me the biggest "wow" factor I've had since I first played Combat Evolved, which is saying a lot. The vast pretty environments will tend to do that.    … Expand
  11. rickybr
    Nov 15, 2012
    4
    Crysis 2 gave me a awesome single player experience, the story line was both trilling and epic at the same time. The story comes together if you played crysis 1 to be able to chain the story together and your able to think back what they meant with that comment. However, when i switched over to the multi player aspect, my dream to have a awesome multi player experience, falls into theCrysis 2 gave me a awesome single player experience, the story line was both trilling and epic at the same time. The story comes together if you played crysis 1 to be able to chain the story together and your able to think back what they meant with that comment. However, when i switched over to the multi player aspect, my dream to have a awesome multi player experience, falls into the depths of the sea.. horrible lag issues, game breaking problems that made your playstation freeze (is still possible on the single player), and a very weird and not beleave able looking kill cams.

    4/10 because i think there are still problems and lag issues on the game they did not fix yet, and they wont, they are already working on the next one, great story, but a horrible mechanics.    … Expand
  12. MentalVortex
    Jan 11, 2014
    7
    Even though the gameplay is relatively typical shooter fare, the story was suprisingly mature and made for an enjoyable campaign. The Nanosuit which is the main feature that seperates the Crysis series from other FPS' is fun to use, and swapping between Armor, Stealth and Power modes is a pleasant and necessary chore when playing online. However, unlike the first Crysis on PC, you can'tEven though the gameplay is relatively typical shooter fare, the story was suprisingly mature and made for an enjoyable campaign. The Nanosuit which is the main feature that seperates the Crysis series from other FPS' is fun to use, and swapping between Armor, Stealth and Power modes is a pleasant and necessary chore when playing online. However, unlike the first Crysis on PC, you can't use all of each class' skills simultaneously, and are forced to make sacrifices. So for example, the Air Stomp ability is nice to have, but you are forced to make other heavy sacrifices in order to use it which I found to be annoying. The online is pretty enjoyable, but without dedicated servers, North American players will often be paired up with laggy Euro gamers which makes for a terrible session. Still, now that the game has been out for several years and can be found for cheap, I recommend everyone check it out.… Expand
  13. OwtDaft
    May 16, 2018
    8
    + Fantastic Graphics. The music is fantastic.
    + Voice acting and the animation is fantastic.
    + Game-play is fresh with the suits powers and the tactical advantage given to you to choose from.
    + Story is decent, but not as good as it could of been.
    - Feels buggy and sloppy in areas, unfinished.
    - Having to keep switching on your armour is a pain.
  14. chrisjones914
    Sep 29, 2013
    9
    Crysis 2 is an absolutely beautiful game with absolutely awesome gameplay!! The shear amount of detail in the environments is mind blowing! Never once did i come across a texture that look blocky or muddy, nor did i come across a vista that i didn't catch myself staring at! On top of that, the amount of variety when approaching each combat encounter is ridiculous! There are so many optionsCrysis 2 is an absolutely beautiful game with absolutely awesome gameplay!! The shear amount of detail in the environments is mind blowing! Never once did i come across a texture that look blocky or muddy, nor did i come across a vista that i didn't catch myself staring at! On top of that, the amount of variety when approaching each combat encounter is ridiculous! There are so many options when it comes to combat that i'm not gonna try to name them all here for fear of leaving something cool out haha! The only complaint i had with this game was a lack of focus in the narrative. However, that means absolutely nothing when the rest of the game is so great! I'm sure most gamers already have this one, but not there is no better time then now to go pick this one up!… Expand
  15. Pickle
    May 4, 2013
    5
    Crysis 2 is not a good game is not even a decent game, i mean there isn't anything too much to like really.
    Are the graphics good? yeah, well how about the gameplay? nooooo...
    Im not going to say crysis 1 was better or anything like that but jesus there is really not any reason for you to care about the main characters, why? because they don't explain you anything about them literally    Crysis 2 is not a good game is not even a decent game, i mean there isn't anything too much to like really.
    Are the graphics good? yeah, well how about the gameplay? nooooo...
    Im not going to say crysis 1 was better or anything like that but jesus there is really not any reason for you to care about the main characters, why? because they don't explain you anything about them literally anything not they're attitude, heck not even who they are or how are they relevant,
    this goes until about half of the game at wich point you're going to be upset of noticing how the big suspense could've just been telled right at the beginning.
    The gameplay is also ugly you're going to be presented with several "tactical options" such as "Explore", "Flank", "Escape", this options are presented through you by your binoculars it just makes everything feel extremely linear and just makes you think why could you just find this yourself they're not that hard and most of them not really have any sort of unique appeal to them, it would've been twenty times more rewarding to find this yourself than just have them presented to you in a silver platter.
    Plus the game can get really repetitive after a while, this caused by same model enemies, exact same stealth kill animation every time you try to be stealthy, is just not rewarding at all. At the end is 13 to 14 hours of this, it's just not worth your money or your time.    … Expand
  16. DaEagle
    Nov 16, 2013
    7
    Crysis 2 transports you in the post-apocalyptic New Work, successfully immersing players into the city and entertaining them with fun gameplay. While the new environment may immerse you, the options are more limited here for approaching enemies. It provides a more linear gameplay than the first, which is a shame considering how much potential this game has.
    First, I'm going to tell you    Crysis 2 transports you in the post-apocalyptic New Work, successfully immersing players into the city and entertaining them with fun gameplay. While the new environment may immerse you, the options are more limited here for approaching enemies. It provides a more linear gameplay than the first, which is a shame considering how much potential this game has.
    First, I'm going to tell you how visually mind-blowing this game is. The environment looks stunning, even on consoles. It makes for a possibility of instant immersion. But, it isn't as impressive as the first game. Ironically, even though the graphics look amazing, in some parts they're worse than it's predecessor's fantastic visuals. But, it does impress on today's standards, so that's the important thing.
    The gameplay doesn't completely satisfy, for the fact that it's not quite improved when talking about freedom. That was quite of a disappointment, but the combat is quite improved at least. The guns feel powerful and the nanosuit is quite improved and simplified. Also, sneaking is way smoother and easier this time. These improvements raise the score immensely. The single-player needed more freedom, just that.
    The multiplayer is sometimes fun, but disappointing and sometimes even unoriginal. It's a blast to use the nanosuit in multiplayer, but when it's exaggerated power comes to multiplayer, it gets deeply frustrating. The reason why I relatively dislike the multiplayer is because players tend to overuse cloak: killing you by mostly using cloak without you even detecting the enemy, gets stressful. And, imagine, all the players on a single map cloaking. *sigh*
    Crysis 2 is an immensely fun single-player experience with a few disappointments, and a multiplayer chaos (in a bad way). (Final Score: 7.82)    … Expand
  17. newb
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    1) stellar graphics better than Arkham asylum, Borderlands 2, and on par with bf3
    2) Single player is complex with multiple ways to advance through each checkpoint, stealth, sniping, flanking. In addition there are multiple ways to "pimp" out the nano suit.
    3) multiplayer is similar to the battlefield collection games with its long term unlock style. Unlike games like brink your    1) stellar graphics better than Arkham asylum, Borderlands 2, and on par with bf3
    2) Single player is complex with multiple ways to advance through each checkpoint, stealth, sniping, flanking. In addition there are multiple ways to "pimp" out the nano suit.
    3) multiplayer is similar to the battlefield collection games with its long term unlock style. Unlike games like brink your character will be truly unique.    … Expand
  18. rhysmyself
    Dec 18, 2014
    7
    Crysis is a great looking FPS with more stealth and options than traditional titles, good game
    Positives: great looking title, solid mechanics for an FPS
    Negatives: Doesn't deliver balance of gameplay very well the stealth and armour aspects seem to detract from solid FPS mechanics
  19. Immortal198
    Feb 20, 2015
    9
    Good graphics, good gameplay (I love the nanosuit!), fun multiplayer, AIs are pretty good. No problems at all.
    Kinda linear compared to crysis 1 and crysis warhead.
  20. djalpha
    Jul 12, 2016
    9
    I thought Crysis 2 was a really good game,with oiled shooter mechanics that worked well to give the player a great roller-coaster ride through out its immersive campaign. Multiplayer is just..well,fun! I cant really say anything special about it,because its similar to what youll find in COD games. Overall,the plot was a little linear,but i reccommend this game to everyone!
  21. TheSnitchfather
    Sep 9, 2020
    10
    10/10, one of the easiest ratings I have ever done.
    CryTek has never disappointed me up until after Crysis 3, when they abruptly stopped making games, I guess due to Crysis 3 making poor ass sales, such a shame.
    I mean Crysis from 2007 has legendary status, everybody remembers the jokes about someones PC "but does it run Crysis though?", the game was absolutely insane for it's time.    10/10, one of the easiest ratings I have ever done.
    CryTek has never disappointed me up until after Crysis 3, when they abruptly stopped making games, I guess due to Crysis 3 making poor ass sales, such a shame.
    I mean Crysis from 2007 has legendary status, everybody remembers the jokes about someones PC "but does it run Crysis though?", the game was absolutely insane for it's time.
    Crysis 2 is actually one of my all time favourite games, it's up there with some legendary PS2 games and it's predecessor.
    Story was nice, I also liked the change in environment from Cryisis to Crysis 2, going from Jungle to Concrete Jungle and doing the complete opposite was a good idea in my book, the only thing I found a bit sad is that they didn't keep the suit colour changing for each ability you're using, what a shame I loved the Nanosuit 1.0. But god damn, when the game dropped, it held the title of best graphics right up until PS4, they were ridiculously good and CryEngine is AMAZING. Too bad all the games that flopped tend to use this masterpiece of an engine. I so hoped for another CryTek game, but this'll have to be a farewell on my part. It was a pleasure playing those revolutionary masterpieces. Salute to you CryTek.    … Expand
  22. AlvaroK95
    Feb 20, 2021
    5
    Está entretenido pero es muy corto y, a diferencia del primero, es más "sobre raíles", además de tener un final que deja bastante frío.
  23. WudzZalesia
    Jul 20, 2020
    8
    This game was pretty good. I didn't play the first game but i'll most likely play the remaster. Great graphics, good gameplay, well written characters and interesting plot. Although, i experienced a lot of bugs, for example: NPCs T-posing, enemies falling through floor, side characters being stuck at a wall and many more, but it wasn't that interrupting. Also i felt the game was a bit tooThis game was pretty good. I didn't play the first game but i'll most likely play the remaster. Great graphics, good gameplay, well written characters and interesting plot. Although, i experienced a lot of bugs, for example: NPCs T-posing, enemies falling through floor, side characters being stuck at a wall and many more, but it wasn't that interrupting. Also i felt the game was a bit too short, but it's not that big of a deal.… Expand
  24. hector_bcn98
    Nov 9, 2022
    8
    Un tocho técnico y jugable del que no recuerdo nada a nivel argumental. Podría ser el resumen perfecto de la saga Crysis.
  25. RTCWFAN
    Jun 20, 2023
    9
    Haven't played the first part, but after replaying Crysis 2, I will give it a chance. Nice futuristic fps with fast action and an interesting story. Overall rating: 8.6.
  26. Domdom21br
    Feb 2, 2022
    7
    Até que eu gostei porém fica muito repetitivo, os inimigos são meio burros e facilita demais, o jogo só é "difícil" pois há muitos inimigos. Os gráficos estão até que bonitos porém o FPS cai constantemente e isso prejudica a jogatina, por isso eu darei nota 7
  27. Ez1459
    May 7, 2023
    10
    probably the best fps game I've ever played, seriously don't understand why soo many are give this low scores for no reason at all
  28. HuevoAlce
    Jun 27, 2022
    8
    What makes Crysis 2 shine is its versatile gameplay. You have a plethora of option when encountering enemies.
  29. JrDouble
    Dec 20, 2022
    9
    Awesome first person shooter with an interesting story, great graphics, and gameplay.
  30. Joe2539
    Jan 2, 2023
    10
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#24 Best PS3 Game of 2011
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#100 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2011

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 54
  3. Negative: 0 out of 54
  1. DailyGame
    Dec 12, 2011
    87
    Crysis 2 may not live up to every expectation, but its pleasant surprises make up for most of its shortcomings.
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  2. Gamestyle
    Jun 5, 2011
    80
    The game is fun though. It does get repetitive, and it does feel like a corridor at times, but the desire to see all of New York City, destroyed and lying in ruin, is what will drive you forward. Towards the end of the game it does overstay its welcome, and you'll be wishing you could just walk through the levels with no enemies in sight, detracting from the wonderful visuals. With all that said, the suit powers are enjoyable the first few times and any fan of shooters will have a good time in the game's dystopian New York City.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    May 27, 2011
    90
    Don't make the mistake of viewing Crysis 2 as a new shooter on the block that has to desperately prove itself to all the established PS3 heavy-hitters. In many ways it's actually the other way around. [May 2011, p.69]
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