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.

There's a widely-reported problem of Crysis not being able to start up. I still have the same OS (Windows 10) and hardware from when I last played it on GOG, so I think it was broken by either a Windows 10 and/or a GeForce driver updates. I found a very simple fix to get it working for me, which does not involve downloading anything: 1) In GOG, go to the Crysis main page 2) Settings > Manage installation > Configure > Features 3) Scroll to the bottom and click "Add another executable / arguments" 4) For File, select your Crysis launcher file. On my machine, this is: C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Crysis\CrysisLauncher.exe 5) For arguments, enter "-dx9" (without the quotes) 6) Select "Default executable", then click OK 7) Click Play, the game started running normally for me

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.