Hard men in space suits!
Another visually stunning first person shooter set in the near future (no, this isn’t Tomorrows World and we DO NOT stand by any predictions of the future). The player controls a special forces soldier (Again! Has anyone really ever met one of them? Well, apart from that chubby, unshaven guy with the odd looking hearing aid who lives next door to me. No, honestly, he keeps telling me to punch him in the stomach to prove how tough he is! - Sorry, got a little carried away there) equipped with a hi-tech battle suit called the “Nanosuit” which enables him to perform amazing physical feats. Crysis is extremely demanding on hardware and it will be necessary to dial down the settings on all but the most powerful systems.
The single player campaign starts off with escalating tensions between the USA and North Korea. American scientists have discovered what they believe is an alien artefact (it’s really a silver wheelie bin) on a remote island and the North Koreans quickly take it over and the scientists end up as hostages. The US sends in a special forces team to rescue them (again!).
What happens next?
Initially the player fights against conventional solders and vehicles and the game features a good mix of stealth and action while later on the game evolves into a far more complex battle. The AI and gameplay is a little quirky and sometimes the AI can be downright annoying but this will likely be fixed with a patch or two.
Multiplayer games are quite entertaining although the game only features two modes. These are instant action and power struggle. The instant action is simply a quick and dirty deathmatch mode whereas power struggle is more complex involving capture points and objectives for teams.
Maim, kill, destroy…
Yeah, we like this. Not first choice on the list and, to be fair, although very attractive we did get tired of the death match mode relatively quickly. It’s a good game for a general audience rather than those sneaky, die-hard ex-special forces type who live next door to me!
Popularity: 10% [?]
