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I bought Crysis a few days ago, thought I’d play it and give a review. My initial thoughts were “Holy Cow This Looks Great!” I played it a bit more, and thought “Holy Cow this game looks great, but when does it get exciting!” Besides the graphics, does Crysis deliver?

Crysis Review

Answer? Yes and No. Take away the wicked graphics, and Crysis is an average game. There isn’t a ton of gameplay here, there really isn’t. Its not like Grand Theft Auto where you can explore with incredible command and precision. Sure, you can hop in a hummer and go for a cruise… but you really aren’t going anywhere. The surroundings don’t really have a purpose for the most part.

I was really getting into the game, when once again.. Aliens have to come into the picture. I hate it when they bring aliens into video games for no reason. If I wanted to kill aliens, I suppose I’d buy a game based around this premise. Why do they always have to huck aliens into my video games?

Then I had to spend a couple hours swimming in an alien environment for some reason. It would have been enjoyable for one level.. but damnit.. 3 levels? No thanks, I didn’t sign up for this in a FPS. Just let me shoot people, buildings, vehicles and leave me alone. I don’t want to swim in The Matrix, which this game entirely ripped off BTW.

The Problems

The vehicles don’t handle well. They are slow and unresponsive. For example, hop in a Hummer and see if you can go up a little hill just off a main road. Nope, you’ll stall. Everyone raving about Crysis, because of the graphics, they really aren’t focusing on the game play.

Still, there are lots of bugs with Cryisis. Even if your system has more than enough power you’ll encounter lots of issues, that sucks. My game crashed often and lots of glitches preventing me from completing levels without tricking the game. Some levels I couldn’t shoot the enemy, I had to strangle them.. or I couldn’t proceed.

The Verdict

Remember when Dragon’s Lair came out? All everyone spoke about was the graphics, because well.. the game itself wasn’t very special. I feel the same about Crysis, its pretty to look at .. but .. thats about it.

Oh yeah, stupid aliens, enough is enough.