Crysis®

I never bought any of the Crysis games for PC because I couldn't stand the 50 machine activation limit that it comes with. When I saw it on GOG I swooped on both Crysis and Warhead. No better reason to drop your cash than a classic game that you own without messy restrictions.

Crysis continues to be a fantastic piece of history of PC gaming. The game is beautiful, and will probably run great on most pc nowadays. Gameplay is also really good, though the second half of the game is not as good as the first half. (the switch from being a predator, to being the prey is very jarring, and it's an issue that i disliked in every single Crysis game. Now for the GOG version, the game will run out of the box (which is good, the other versions usually required you to patch the game to even get the game to launch). However I still needed to download 3rd party files in order to remove the 50fps cap that the game has with Vsync turned on while playing on DX10 mode. Not a big deal, but if for those who have the same issue i did, check the PCGamingWiki page for the game to get the fix.

Love the game but did´nt work for me at first. The game just crashed for me so i downloaded a fix from github called "c1-launcher" by Daniel Hryzbil/ccomrade. I just put the files in my crysis folder an overwrote the existing files. Now it works great for me!

So I figured buying this game as a stress test for my PC at 5 buckaroos would be a steal. Unfortunately, it was so engaging I beat it in a few days of on and off play, much like how FEAR gripped me. In order to actually play it at 1080p, I had to throw everything on medium, which yeah, it was mostly sub-30fps, but I'm so used to that I didn't even care, as long as it didn't stutter horribly. This was fine up until the final fight where my PC didn't much care for all the moving polygons and particle effects. The game itself is rather fun in its own right. I always appreciate a sandbox approach when a game allows it, and this is no exception. I'll detail some other thoughts I had on the game. 1. The only useful gun is the fake Kalashnikov and maybe the gauss gun. The SCAR doesn't get enough ammo until the end to make it appreciable, the SMG sucks, I almost never used the shotgun, the sniper rifle isn't reliable or given out freely enough to overcome that, and the pistols while fun are only good as backups. So the weapon that is reasonably powerful and accurate with plenty of ammo? The AK. 2. Armor is almost useless. I played on Delta and let me tell you, some of the enemies are tougher and more accurate than you. I found it easier to cloak and not getting hit than to rely on 5 guys shooting at me 5 times, which is a shame because I deliberately got into fights because they were fun. This isn't me complaining about the game being hard, just more the balance sways away from getting into shootouts. 3. I found the lack of a map editor dismaying. It didn't come with the GOG files, and doing a search basically said it was straight up no longer available. A shame because back then I dreamed of messing around with it, but now it's digital dust. 4. Pro-tip: Switch between cloak and speed. Cloaking basically makes you invincible, and speed makes your walking speed arena shooter levels, which doesn't eat your energy as long as you aren't sprinting.

Crysis was groundbreaking for its day, providing large-scale arenas with lots of dynamic elements - explodable and throwable environments, lots of enemies with sophisticated AI, and a cool set of gadgets on a nanosuit without the complexity of games like System Shock 2. The story is nothing particularly imaginative, but any game that has combat in zero g is worth a romp! Yes, the game crashes. It's not well-optimized for all the assets it has in play, no matter your hardware or graphics settings. It has something to do the the save system; the game saves ALL its save files -- quicksaves, autosaves, chapter saves, everything. I was able to play through by periodically deleting old save files, just keeping the last two or three and the chapter saves. I also found that the game would crash if I quickloaded, so I just made sure to always play until I died and let the game reload me. I also avoided too many quicksaves, relying on the autosaves which are plentiful. This allowed me to get through to the end, although like everyone my frames dropped a bit on the final showdown. Still, overall it was a very smooth experience, especially once I figured out the trick with deleting the save files. Hope this helps others enjoy the game!