Crysis

YAY!! FInally, I finish playing Crysis!!!! Too bad the ending SUCKS like mad as it totally leaves me hanging. I wonder why game developers like to use this type of ending!! Guess it's for the sequel.

Although the ending sucks, other parts of the game are excellent, especially the graphics. The game was developed using CryENGINE 2, successor to CryENGINE 1, the engine that made Far Cry.

Only 2 words can describe Crysis - "VISUALLY STUNNING"!! The graphics really made you feel like you are playing in a painting. The trees, water, snow, even the land texture looks very real and nice, until I am speechless!! Also, almost everything in the game is interactive, you can shoot a tree until it breaks, and if the tree hits you when it's falling, you will die, LOL. You can bomb the house until it broke down, or break a car's tire by shooting it, thus slowing the vehicle, and etc etc. I think it's fair to say this game has the best graphics technically so far. Of course, good graphic means better VGA card. Crysis is a very demanding game due to its super nice graphics. You are going to need a high end PC to enjoy the game's full potential. Too bad my PC can only support LOW to MEDIUM settings.

If a game is only nice because of its graphics, but has a terrible gameplay system, it won't impress me at all. The 2nd thing that impresses me is its super duper cool Nanosuit. The Nanosuit has 4 modes:

ARMOR - Provides better protection then other modes during combat, and has a very fast health regeneration rate.

SPEED - Faster walking and sprinting speed. It is also said to increase reload speed, although I never notice bout it when I was playing.

STRENGTH - Able to lift, throw and strike with very heavy objects. Has stronger melee attack and jump up to 20 feet. Reduces recoil from gun.

CLOAK - Cloaks the suit making the player close to transparent, with some blue electric-looking flickers across the player.

Another component I like about the game is its open-ended gameplay. You can try to accomplish your objective in a lot of ways, either you want to rush in and become Rambo, killing everybody standing in ur way, or you wanna be a silent assasin, killing people silently using cloak mode, its your choice!! There are tons of ways to accomplish a mission, letting you to play countless times without feeling bored.

Let's talk about the story. Crysis is an alien invasion game set in the year 2020. An archeological team on a remote Pacific island is captured by an invasion force of North Koreans, and your US Special Forces team is dispatched to investigate and rescue the scientists. Clad in high-tech nanosuits capable of boosting your strength, speed, and armor, as well as cloaking you temporarily to the enemy, you're parachuted into a tropical paradise that's crawling with intelligent enemies and something else that's tearing both the North Koreans and US forces to shreds.

GameSpot's review awarded Crysis a score of 9.5 out of 10, describing it as "easily one of the greatest shooters ever made".

This game deserves a 9.8/10 from me, with the flaw being the stupid ending!! Now I gotta wait for either the expansion or Crysis 2 to finish the story.

PS: All the screenshots above are in ULTRA HIGH settings.