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PC | Action | Crysis

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  • GRAPHICS: 5.00
  • SOUND: 4.50
  • CONTROL: 4.50
  • FUN FACTOR 4.75
  • AVG USER SCORE 4.3
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.6
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Preview: Crysis: More Single-Player Impressions, Screens & Video

Preview by Chris Morell | 10/30/2007 | 11:47:43 AM PST

Nanosuit abilities and many wonderful explosions. We show off the first three levels of Crysis.

Possibly more than any other game this holiday season, I'm so excited about the release of Crytek's Crysis. If you never played the original Far Cry on PC, you really missed out. It's one of the best first-person shooters of all-time, and while it now has a huge franchise name, I am constantly shocked by how many gamers I know that have never played it. It almost seems a little cult-ish.

Crytek teamed up with EA, left Far Cry with Ubisoft, but hasn't completely ditched the "Cry." Crysis is the developer's next game, and it really is the PC game to die for. Every PC gamer is going to be impressed by Crysis is some way, be it the impressive "next-gen" PC tech, gorgeous jungles or the do-as-you-please style that's made possible by the game's inventive Nanosuit.

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Check out more single-player impressions of Crysis.

Check out more single-player impressions of Crysis.

The Nanosuit is the gameplay center of Crysis. It has four abilities you can use on the fly: armor, speed, strength and cloak. Each ability drains your energy (separate from health) differently depending on how you use it (for example, crouching and walking slow drains less cloak energy than running). It's each player's creative use of these Nanosuit abilities that dictates how much fun Crysis will be.

The physics engine is a real showoff.

The physics engine is a real showoff.




There's also an on-the-fly weapon customization screen that lets you mod most guns while you play. The best part is that you're not really limited to what makes the best sense. If you want a sniper scope on an assault rifle, you can go ahead and snap one on, though the aiming reticle will bounce all over the place.

The video below shows off some fun I had using the Nanosuit abilities on the first three levels of the game. I was running the DX10 version of the game, though I had to crank down the resolution and some effects while taking video. Check out some of the environmental destruction. It's bitchin' and this is just scratching the surface of what you can do in Crysis.

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