Crysis inherited the solid core gameplay from Far Cry + the suit abilities which includes also the possibility to modify your weapons to your liking with enhancements you so far gathered in the field. Many things are destructable in this game,not just trees,and you can grab things - even enemys - and throw them. The players mobility is well done in this game and additionaly you can use vehicles of all sorts. Basicly the first half of the game consists of more or less large levels that functions as sandboxes. You have your objectives,but large freedom is given to you on how to tackle them. The second half of the game is way more linear and ends as a corridorhooter on an aircraft carrier. So its a balanced mix of different fps styles. The game has not a epic length. A decently skilled player will need around 12-15 hour to complete it. However,there is a ton of well done fanmade maps out there,that prolongs the fun for many hours more. Mostly available nowdays at ModDB,like for example Nuclear Cataclysm. Personaly Crysis is still after all those years one of my favourite fps,simply because its core gameplay is nicely done.
Imho back when it was released this was one of the better 4x games at the time. It certainly isnt a modernised MOOII,but rather a CIV like game in space,hence the title. So imho ppl who are disappointed because its not what it never was intented to are missing the point entirely. Anyway,while this game is enjoyable and easy to learn,it certainly has its flaws - like every other game out there - but no showstopping bugs. Its still worth a recommendation in 2020
Back in the day this game was a major disappointment for all who liked the original and it was duped "Unreal 2: The Verarschnening" in some game relevant foren in germany at the time. On first impression this looks like a pretty decent and good looking fps for the time but it realy isnt. Well,i have to admint that im a grey gamer and have played all "classics" when they were first released. So my personly perspective on this game and the entire genre is certainly very different than that of a youngster. Anyway,back then this game killed the Unreal singleplayer franchise for good. On the the other hand the free XMP multiplayer expansion is very good.
This game comes over as a smoothed out,and for the casual gamer simplified version of older MOO`s with influences of CivV written all over it. The UI is intuitive and the grafics are ok for a 2016 game but imho for example the older GalCivII looks better. Compared to classic 4x games like Pax Imperia or Imperium Galactica this game is shallow and can only score point with better grafics.
