Crysis®

I bought this game for the memories of tactical freedom. The world simulation in this game is amazing. Allow me to demonstrate with a story; One time during my first playthrough, there was a wooden hanging bridge that connected a mostly jungle area to an enemy camp. A firefight ensued and the bridge exploded in various wooden pieces onto a river below, due to a grenade going off. Enemy numbers were a little higher than expected, so the option was die or run. I dropped down to the river, climbed and went prone on one of the planks that fell from the bridge and allowed the water stream to carry me down the river past an enemy outpost, while I was using active camouflage to avoid detection. This is one of my best gaming moments, in any game. Buy.

Crysis is one of those games I've always heard about but never got to experience. I'm just recently getting back into PC gaming after over a decade of owning workhorse PCs that couldn't run any games. With the purchase of a somewhat budget gaming laptop, I decided to give this much loved PC classic a try. Did I think it lived up to expectations? Yes and no. Even 13 years later this game looks incredible. I can understand why it's still talked about to this day. The vistas are huge, the areas expansive, the level designs intricate with foliage, mountain ranges, waterfalls, and the like. From a gameplay perspective, I can imagine that this blew PC players' minds upon initial release. Suit powers, cloaking abilities, weapon mods on the fly, being able to use stealth or blunt force to work your way through enemy territory. That being said, I found the game to be needlessly difficult at times. I admit to being a mostly console/gamepad guy for a long, LONG time. I'm still trying to get used to mouse and keyboard after over a month of getting a decent gaming laptop. Still, sometimes this game just throws so much at you that I found my fingers getting extra fat and sluggish. I died often. I died constantly. It got frustrating in certain points, especially the last boss fight where ammo is at a premium and the sky is literally falling on your head. Frustrations aside, I give that a pass. I appreciate the game for what it is: an adrenaline fueled sci fi shooter with brains that doesn't hold back and is filled with some rather spectacular set pieces. I can see why this thing was melting top end gaming rigs even ten years after release. Honestly, I'm surprised my budget level Acer was able to run it as solidly as it did. I'm also glad I gave this game a shot. It's definitely a classic.

I spent half of my time in the game crouching invisible in a corner waiting for the enemies to appear so I could pick them up one by one. It was fun.

Ive played Crysis several times recently over the past 20 months. I was an original purchaser when it was released in 2007. I was blown away with this FIRST PERSON SHOOTER by the graphics and story line. The AI is very well thought out. Weapons selection is great with the occasional "Alien technology" built in. The voice acting is fantastic (James Vincent Meredith plays the lead role "Prophet", Sean Chapman as "Psycho" and many other greats (there's a cameo voice of Steven Yeun [Glenn from The Walking Dead] as "Korean Soldier 2"). The fact that this game really taxed NEW game systems when it came out in 2007 says a lot about it's graphics. Each blade of grass moves independently, the sound is rich and intense, and although the game *IS* linear, its still a wide open space to explore. Many will say "its not linear", but it is. It gives you several directions to take in order to progress. If you don't take either one, then you are just running around playing with the scenery. If you dont buy it now, put it on your WISHLIST and get it when it goes on sale.

I complete this game with two days. Its original, have nice graphics and good atmosphere. But is buggy at the end and I dont have that good feelings about defeating big, bad, terrible looking aliens. But it was FUN. A original game indeed.