Crysis - Maximum Fail, Maximum Review!

[Grindstone]

About freeform; I'm talking about the game layout itself. You're never given the option (aside from about... three, four times) to cut through the jungle itself. There are only a few extraneous military bases. What I'm saying is that despite boasting a sandbox-type environment, it still resorts to using cliffs to prevent you from wandering too far off. I mean, you're given a map, you'd think they'd let you use it.

As for the cloak; yes, sure, the batteries drain. But it comes back to the AI: enemies will shoot in the same place unless you sprint away, then they'll notice the dust you kick up and shoot at you. So yes, it is cheap, though it wasn't meant to be. Now if it could only be used while stationary...

And pardon me if I came across as an ass beforehand. Was impatient and in a rush.

 

[Abako]

Since many other people have picked apart most of the other flaws I found in your review I will add just one point.

You discuss how much the nano-suits powers are like "god-mode" and say that this is all crap. This makes me want to look at you and say "Well no fucking duh you retard, it's a super high-tech nano suit thats been put on an already elite soldier." God mode it kind of the point considering that its 5 people (4 if you count that Aztec never actually gets into the fight) vs. an entire fucking korean army.

Look at almost every other FPS where the player single handedly engages and destroys vast legions of enemies when he himself is supposed to just be a regular, or at least elite soldier. That scenario works so much better when you have a suit that gives you super-natural abilites!

So theres that. All in all I found your review to be nothing but flaming the game. Please try to examine all aspects of the game and the way it is presented before making another review. Or please just dont make another

 

[Grindstone]

Abako, I follow you, but let's see here. Most FPS games give you some excuse to allow you to take multiple body shots. Half Life? Government-funded nuclear operation gear. TimeSplitters? Futuristic armor while everyone else uses dated weapons. 007? You use top-of-the-line gear while everyone else's gear sucks. Halo? Same. Gears of War? Same.

However, Crysis not only gives you that, but a whole armory of techniques- strength, cloak, speed, armor, binoculars, night vision, the grapple... the armor part is excusable. But the strength is a one-hit kill. The grapple is dead silent. Speed is actually balanced, because you can knock down enemies and it drains reasonably. But aside from that, well... eh.

 

[Xaozano]

Meh, I never found a reason to ever want this game. My initial reaction:

So, what's this Crysis game about?......Oh, it's got great graphics? What else?......So wait, it's just a standard FPS then?......Oh. Hey look, Assassin's Creed is on PC. Let's grab that and Pokemon.

 

[TheKbob]

I have to wholly disagree with the review and to anyone who claims the game is a mere "tech demo".

I had many friends who laughed at me for getting Crysis and a PC to run it... that is until I setup my rig at a friends flat and they all played it for 2 days straight and now whine when I don't bring my PC with me so they can continue their fun.

It's all about learning to manipulate the suit and thinking outside the box and not just "RARRARARGH ME SHOOT #$*&! RARARH!". Crysis, CoD4, Orange Box, Bioshock, Halo 3. 2007 was the best year for Shooters, to date.

Sorry you couldn't wrap your mind around it, but next time, make a more intellectual review, as well. This was poorly written and sounds like a person whining because their PC can't adequately run it, thus condemning the game as garbage.

 

[Aurora219]

I am afraid you missed a cardinal rule of reviewing a game; empathy for others' views and not being biased before you start.

 

[runtheplacered]

I stopped reading after you assumed we forget about the most graphically gorgeous game of all time

This is exactly what I thought, and really did stop reading too. I realized this review was going to have maximum bias.

 

[Jazoja]

You are absolutely right.
The game was good for only a technical demo.
I think the biggest problem was with the developing this game is the lack of a normal man in the studio.

Key elements what make original far cry a success:
- a simple man in a hawaii shirt (easier for the pleayer to identify himself with the character)
- a bit romantic and lovable story (finding a nice woman)
- frightening atmosphere in the night hearing (and meeting) the mutants
- a beautiful environment


Key elements what caused crysis to fail:
- an agressive soldier with only technical knowledge (kill all, speed, strength, shoot, grabbing korean soldiers by the neck, etc.)
- sci-fi story elements with stupid flying aliens
- annoying controlling of the modes (speed, strength, etc), invisibility last for seconds, turns off when shooting, and the other ones what you have said too

And after all, the whole game has a story-line and gameplay what is liked by only boys aged between 5 and 10 years.
Of course these boys can not or will not buy the game. This caused the business-failure and not the piracy.

 

[Aenir]

I stopped reading after you assumed we forget about the most graphically gorgeous game of all time and mentioned how a super suit was the hook of the game, and not the jaw droppeningly beautiful graphics.

After that, I realize you missed the point of the game entirely.

This.

And furthermore I fully enjoyed Crysis. The nanosuit was never gimmicky and was a very nice change in gameplay versus other games. Multiplayer was fun as well. Staying invisible for minutes at a time and slowly taking down the KPA one at a time like Predator was very enjoyable.

And then there are mods like MechWarrior: Living Legends and it just becomes excellent.

Stop the flame.

Edit: Skimming through the "review" (cough)...you should be ashamed of yourself for posting such garbage online and calling it a review. -snip-

Wait why was this necroed? wtf.

 

[Jazoja]

One thing I think cryengine could be perfect for is to develop on it the real spiritual successor for the original XCOM (UFO:Enemy Unknown), while in crysis nearly everything is given for that. (who interested in it, look for XCOM: Crysis in google)

 

[Sebenko]

The point of the game was fucking with Koreans while watching the sunset.

Also, predator pyramid- you are the predator to the koreans, alien is predator to you.

Except in the second half of th- there was no second half.

 

[Tharwen]

Everyone stop posting! This is a two-year old thread!

[sub]And it's WRONG! Crysis is amazing![/sub]

 

[Xanadu84]

...I loved Crisis. It was a technical wonder slapped on competent, above average game play. By the nature of innovation, MOST games need to simply be competent versions of a tried and true formula.

 

[Jazoja]

And it's WRONG! Crysis is amazing!

Yeah. Visually...

 

[Jazoja]

It was a technical wonder slapped on competent, above average game play. By the nature of innovation, MOST games need to simply be competent versions of a tried and true formula.

Yeah, and just by copying far cry story-line this could have been at least 2 times bigger success.

 

[Jazoja]

Don't forget the massive maps either, fucking about in a massive jungle was great fun.

No I dont forget. I loved the videos, and I say it is technically impressive in every aspects. But the story and the gameplay...was by far the weakest chain-link in the game.