Of the few PC faithful games arriving this pre-Holiday November, Crysis will have the chance to be the standout. Aside from running the demo on the lowest possible settings on our crap-ass "rig" Crysis still ran fairly well at a constant 25-30 FPS(the other FPS) while still looking half as well as the gameplay screenshots. Though in order to even see the faces of our North Korean pals I had to tweak the resolution. Like BioShock this is a "spiritual sequel" to the groundbreaking Paradise-gone-awry adventure-thriller of FarCry so heavy observation and reconnoitering is aim of the gameplay and for survival. Though this time it is not about an ex-military fighting guerilla warfare against barbaric mercenary forces. This time the player has somewhat of an advantage in the form of an experimental nano-exoskeleton with most of the trapping one would expect from the military. This includes the bionic modes of Maximum Speed and Strength along with space-age Armor and Cloaking. So we should expect a huge headache for the occupying North Korean forces. Oh and there's vicious cryo-powered aliens invading the South China Sea. Gameplay-wise the game is as captivating as FarCry and somewhat less difficult than it. But enough comparing, ...

Why not celebrate the first of many posts then discuss the most potential or promising franchises of First-Person Shooter releases? Hey, less effort on my lazy-arse. In no particular order of badassness or importance this entry is will lay out the original(or nearly original) releases of 2006 and 2007. Note that this is a fairly amateur entry so some recipients can be arguable so don't be predictable with the playerhatin'. Because we here possess the love for all of the FPS' god's creatures of gaming-even freaking Daikatana- I even beat that game when I was like, ten. Heres a tribute to the successors of Halo, Half-Life, and Battlefield. 1: Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3) No favoritism or anything but this the first title that came to mind upon this writing. It could possibly be the intriguing premise of a rather messed-up alternate history surrounding what would have became World War II. In short, WWI ended abruptly and as result a more unified Europe was recreated, Einstein begins to make several discoveries and advancements in modern technology, Germany's Weimar Republic prospers with no Adolf or Socialist party in sight, and America didn't hassle through the Great Depression. Everything seemed pretty tight...except for Russia. ...