Very First First Impression: Crysis
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Written By: Thunderface
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, this is a different atmosphere than before-literally. The tropical isle landscape is made over with more traces of life in the local flora and interesting enough the fauna. Though there were some significant frame-rate issues due to our obsolete PC the game will inevitably be a force to be f**ked with adequate enough specs. The NK forces demonstrate AI that is formidable though not too human. In short they are very observant because well obviously anybody would be freaked out by a 6.4 black-suited fellow with red eyes crawling through the foliage. Though we played the demo on Easy they were very persistent in trying to hunt me down- groups of four to six. But with enhanced armor, sprinting about 50MPH, and jumping greater heights allowed us to outflank and ambush a small base from the back with little error. This crack team of Delta Force operators will deploy November 16.
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