Crysis®

I must say this is a classic and solid PC FPS that are very rare these days. The game-play and action is very fun but if you want a challenge I recommend the Delta difficulty I finished the game recently on the hardest difficulty more. I love hitting this game up from time to time so am glad to see the GOG release works very well. Without the DRM that was present in the original boxed copy that had limited activation playing it again is much easier. Also apparently non GOG versions of this game don't have the 64-bit executable but the GOG version definitely has got this.

I replay Crysis & its Warhead expansion annually, it's still that good—thank you Crytek for this & Far Cry. If I ever get tired of it, there are some great mods to try. I won't repeat other reviewers' descriptions. The first 2/3 is an outstanding open-world multi-choice experience—each replay I try to remember what I did last year, and look for an alternative this time. Warhead mirrors this part of the game. I've only played the last 1/3 of the game once, just to complete the game. Very different experience, which I do not enjoy at all—much more of the closed-world on-rails guns blazing in other popular games I don't like. But the first 2/3 is so good, it's still a 5-star game. Tech quality is also outstanding, both gameplay & interface, it's obvious it was made for PC first. If you like strategic & tactical choices in an open world environment, Crysis & Warhead are still top choices.

The graphics really hold their own, though the story is pretty much stock plot #37a. Nothing too taxing either in game play - or plot. Game-play spoiler in describing a game breaking bug follows: In a frozen area you find a lost squad member. After repelling a few waves of hostiles I believe you are meant to be able to (but can't) blast your way out of the area (through a blocked pass) before the dude freezes to death (which he does). Searched the interweb and found (1) ways to un-glitch this - which didn't work for me; and (2) that the bug is known about after game release, and the last comment on it I could find was many years after game release but still many years old now - so don't expect it to fixed ever. HOWEVER you mileage will vary and you well may not have this issue. Also at this point I had had my fun and the game was starting to outstay it's welcome - so I wasn't overly butt-hurt about it.

Crysis starts off amazingly. From the moment you drop into the world you know that this isn't like any other shooter. Rather than playing through linear levels, like in most modern shooters, you are placed in large maps with multiple routes through them and multiple objectives. There are many ways to get through a level including: being stealthy, running and gunning, going for environmental kills, etc. However this changes at the halfway point. After you clear your first overarching goal, the levels become really linear and the tactics mentioned above aren't all that important. It's fun, but it's a sudden change. There are a few levels that players may find frustrating, but I didn't have any issues with them. Regardless of the flaws I still wholeheartedly recommend this game.

Pro: Everything up to you enter the mines. Story, background, game play, weapons, "freedom". Got a Halo feel. Con: Most after you enter the mines. Story, game play, silly boss fights.