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Crysis 2

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4 star:		(57)
3 star:		(21)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

This review is coming from a guy who after playing the demo for 6 hours still wanted more

The good:

*Campaign is big, and took about 11 hours with a fair amount of graphics ogling and exploring (to put this into perspective, I beat modern warfare 2 in about 4.5-5)

*The levels that take place directly in the heart of the city have this sandbox feel to them that I haven't felt since metal gear solid 4, you really feel like you have freedom to approach the situations as you see fit.

*Just finished my play through on the hardest difficulty. You can get through 16 of the 19 levels without firing a bullet if you're stealthy enough, and the other 3 only have one required firefight in each. Very impressive for an fps.

*Slipping in and out of cloak for stealth kills on the humans is badass, especially when they are aware something is wrong

*TONS of weapon and suit customization, you wont get all of it in one play through.

*Graphics(HD tv, probably the best I've seen all year)

*The musical score is absolutely amazing, Hans Zimmer working on this project is just awesome

*Didn't know this, but apparently it supports 3d, for the 8 of you out there who that applies to

The Bad:

*Multiplayer matchmaking is still kind of wonky

*Complaints from the demo are still present(Stealth kill animations don't work right occasionally, host migration sometimes fails and ends the match, etc)

* As usual the writing suffers at a few points, but show me a game that doesn't


I would put it as a contender for game of the year, but with Skyrim, mass effect 3, Arkham ciy, uncharted, portal 2, La noire, witcher 2 and sooooo many other high profile games to come, crysis 2 sets the bar high, very high, for this years video game entertainment along with the likes of killzone 3 and dead space 2. 2011 is off to a great start but Crysis 2 is definitely leading the way.

I got Homefront and Crysis 2 on the same day but I'll leave my Homefront review for another day because since Crysis 2 went into my 360 it hasn't left it.

Graphically really nothing comes close to Crysis 2. Now let me clarify that statement from the angle from a retired video game programmer : there are other games currently available such as Halo Reach or Mass Effect 2 which do seem to offer equivalent next gen visuals but they're fudging a lot of what you see. In many cases the lighting may not be dynamic or the reflections aren't really true, the game engine instead falls back on pre-rendered shadow maps and refmaps - to use the geeky jargon. The Crysis 3 engine does it all and seemingly for real. A good example would be at the beginning of the game I came across a blue flashlight just laying around. I thought it was important and picked it up thinking it would come in handy later. But no, it's just there to show off the realtime shadows that EVERYTHING in the environment casts. It was toy the devs put there for you to play around with. And your onscreen character also casts shadows everywhere not just where the programmers thought it would look cool in the level.

But graphically there's so much more - the water effects, the smoke, the mist, the ultra realistic fire, the in-game rendered cut scenes and of course the massive NY buildings are all a step above what any other game offers. I could ramble all day about the visuals but really you should download the multi-player demo to get a tiny taste of it.

Of course, visuals alone do not a good game make, and the gameplay has to be equally as good. Thankfully Crytek learned from their other 360 outing (FarCry) which was rather lacking in the things-to-do department, and with Crysis 2 they added a slew of entertaining ways and unique tools to approach any situation. Sure, what we have here is a glorified corridor shooter where your direction is preset due to the commands barked at you from a static intercom. But most of the action is in huge open areas with distinct hints depending on your choice of play - want to stealth it out and take out the bad guys silently? No problem. Want to go in guns blazing? Again that's no problem. Want to do a bit of both, heck that's covered too. I never felt rushed even on levels that were applying pressure to get to the end and I completed the missions at my own pace. The tension is real, caused by the intense on-screen action, and not because of some fake clock timing down in the corner of the screen. This game deserves to be savored at your leisure and let's you do so.

I really don't have anything negative to say about the single player campaign even though the game has a couple of my ultimate pet hates. One, you will lose all of your weapons and powers at some point and there's nothing you can do about it and two, boss battles. Boss battles can destroy a game for me turning what could be a fun experience into an exercise in repetitively learning the correct way to kill the boss - but not here. It all felt flowing and natural and not forced or repetitive.

I completed single player on the easiest setting in 9 hours and 45 minutes. It felt long and these days that's a good thing. I immediately started a new campaign from the beginning on the hardest setting. I want to get some of the collectibles that I missed but also relive the game's finer moments. You can tell it's a good game when despite needing sleep you decide to do one more mission.

Multiplayer is where I'm holding off. It can take weeks, months sometimes to get enough experience in an MP game such as this to decide just how really good it is. Frankly I consider MP to be a bonus and would easily have paid the full price for the SP alone.

If you read my other game reviews you'll see I'm quite harsh on games. It's rare, although not unprecedented, that I consider a game worthy of all stars. This is one and it should be in your game collection immediately.

this was a day one buy for me. i was fairly confident from my research into this game and my time playing and watching the demo, that this was going to be something special...understatement...

since i had played the demo and no other previous crysis games, i decided to engulf myself in the campaign. i watched my buddy play multiplayer a bit. it looked like it had a few changes. otherwise i've only experimented with the customization a bit. so let me just get to the good stuff..

graphics-10/10 - this is the most beautiful game i've ever seen on the 360. it is amazing! installed on my old school jasper xbox it runs with no issues. fast, beautiful, nutts...and i don't own a flatscreen tv either. this game has 3d options, which i think would be even more gorgeous.

gameplay-9.7/10 - controls are very solid. one of the complaints that you might get is that you have to double tap y for grenades. but come on! this game utilizes the back button for multiple things!? yes, the back button. so the controls take some getting use to, but are very solid like i said. it more about honing your skill as this super ninja, then the controls...and when i mean honing your skills; it looks like the more you kill and through the different difficulties your suit abilities stack. not for sure but it looks like it. also i'd recommend trying out tactics in campaign, because most of the suit abilities that are in multiplayer. (also try all the guns..try all the guns while on the move..etc)

story(campaign)-9.5/10 - i promise, no spoilers.. i thought the story was pretty good. everything together with the story is awesome. but i can't compare to the other crysis games because i haven't played them. i watched all the cut scenes on my first playthrough and i thought it great.

music-10/10 - hanz zimmmer did an amazing job with his music for this game. i tried listening to my own music while playing, but it didn't feel the same. the zimmer music is amazing with the game. like i said, overall as one package its well done.

multiplayer- 9.0/10 - i believe theres 12 maps and 4 game modes. 6 vs 6. amazing and fast paced. to me it felt more like battlefield than cod. some halo. i felt i really needed to us this pimped out ninja suit to my advantage. situational classes. lol. (i'm a geek) controls are similar to campaign, same for abilities. you have 3 stats; strength, speed, stealth. by using those you can gain abilities from there tree of "perks". the customization is pretty indepth. not black ops, but doesn't fall too much short of that. from the abilities and guns that i've tried i really think they did a good job of balancing things. considering that everyone has a nanosuit... just like cod by using abilities they can get better and theres all these other "assessments" that are similar to cods challenges. multiplayer really take some insight into your strengths and weaknesses to figure out what your good at. like i said, use single player to figure that out.

overall this is well worth the 60 bucks. multiple playthroughs for sheer awesome-ness and collectibles, furious multiplayer, and an overall very well done and polished product. i said to my friends this was going to be my filler till BRINK came. well....i feel silly for calling something as amazing as this filler...buy it. trust me on this one...

THIS GAME was the best i have played in a while. Hits the nail with the campaign, features and extensive multiplayer with a few bugs/glitches but what great game doesnt? The nanosuit sets this game apart from every other, choose to either stealth, run and gun, or a combination. To understand the campaign you dont have had to played the first game, as it has a different plot and characters. All in all this game is amazing recommend it to anyone a fan of FPS, defiantly a nominee for game of the year.

First-Person shooters are the type of genre that originally got me interested in video games. There've been several good FPS games released this year (2011) but Crysis 2 is the first one that I feel is worth the $60, especially for us single-player only gamers.

In Crysis 2 you play Alcatraz, a marine who's sent with a team to assist with a viral outbreak in New York City. After your team is taken out, Alcatraz is saved by a man named 'Prophet' who's being hunted by renegade "Cell" soldiers. After being given his super suit, Alcatraz is mistaken for Prophet and you're thrown into a sci-fi plot that involves outbreaks, conspiracies and aliens. I'm not sure how any of this ties into the first Crysis (I never played it) but the story is solid enough with some memorable characters and plot-twists that kept me interested. That's more than I can say for most FPS stories.

The controls of Crysis 2 are borrowed heavily from Call of Duty but with some fun customization. Alcatraz's suit which, along with weapons you pick up can be customized to fit your playing style. Along with your suit's tactical visor (which lets you zoom in/out, tag enemies on the field and shows tactical hints) there's your suit's 'stealth mode' which allows you to turn invisible and sneak around and stealth-kill enemies. Also there's a 'power mode' which allows you to take incredible damage. Add to this a chapter-selection which allows you to play through any chapter (on any difficulty) you've completed with all of your purchased upgrades which increases replayabiliy. This is the most fun I've had playing an FPS in recent memory.

The game progresses in a linear fashion (going from point A to point B) but allows a lot of freedom as the playground of New York City gives you access to sewers, buildings and streets allowing you to progress through a level however you want. Half the fun of Crysis 2 is finding alternate routes and solutions to firefights and levels. The game really makes you think about using your environment as a tactical advantage.

The one thing that is a let down in the gameplay department is the enemy A.I. Most enemies react the way they should, running for cover and trying to outflank you but you'll still see a handful get stuck in the environment or try to run through walls. It's not a gamebreaking flaw but you will notice this.

The graphics in Crysis 2 are some of the best I've seen on a console system. Getting into epic firefights, watching your suit turn invisible, seeing roads and building crumble out from underneath you is done very smoothly....for the most part. There's still some slowdown during action-heavy moments of the game as well as slow loading of mission objective updates, objects in the world, and enemies. Again I probably wouldn't notice things like this in other games but when the graphics are so detailed and immersive, the minor flaws stick out more than they should.

Even with it's flaws Crysis 2 is an excellent game! With open-ended level designs, player customization, a good story and a lengthy single-player campaign (a little over ten hours on the first play-through!) with high replayability this is an FPS that's more than worth the money you put into it. Highly recommended!

I had been playing Halo Reach and Black Ops since release and got burned out on them so I switched over to Crysis 2. I have had the game for a couple weeks now and I have really enjoyed the game. In my Opinion the Campaign is much better than Black Ops and if there was an inclusion of Coop it would have been on Par with Reach. Multiplayer is also fun but for me is slightly behind both Reach and Black Ops for multiplayer.

Maybe as I progress through the multi more it will get better. And one thing it does MUCH better than Black Ops is pairing you up with opponents that are at an equal playing level to yourself. In Black Ops you were almost always completely over matched or completely dominating. There was no middle road in the matchmaking and Crysis does a GREAT job with this.

The Campaign has an AWESOME open fell to the levels and the aspect of the Nanosuit are great for gameplay. The storyline is also very well written and played out. The campaign also does a great job with the difficulty levels in the campaign allows new FPS players to get there feet wet but also making the very difficult for experienced FPS players.

The best part of the game in the GRAPHICS, they are INCREDIBLE!! The Cry Engine from game one (Far Cry) has been spectacular and the new CryEngine3 is the absolute best yet.

Pros:
Campaign
Graphics
Matchmaking in Multiplayer
Nanosuit

Cons:
Multiplayer as whole not as good as COD or Reach
A few bugs in the game but will be fixed soon!
Lack of Coop in campaign (single person story line i know but inclusion of another twist with Coop would have been AWESOME!!!)

Crysis 2 is definitely a must-have! There isn't any other game like this; The graphics and game play are amazing. There are flaws in this game like buggy enemies and solid to boring campaign. The multiplayer is great too; in fact its the most interesting part of the whole game. I'm giving this game a 5/5. BTW, I can't believe that x-play gives this game 4 stars and Marvel vs Capcom 5 stars. The multiplayer in Marvel vs Capcom is laggy. Unbelievable!!

For those that don't already know, there is no "standard edition" at this point. They're selling it as only Limited Edition for I'm not sure how long with the original price tag of $60. It's a market strategy to sell more copies. So buy from here with confidence and get the extra usefull content that comes with the LE.

The Game is awesome.

=Crysis 2.

This game is beyond amazing in my opinion. It offers everything any FPS fan could ask for, and it is blended perfectly together. The maps are huge and what's great about it is you can go about any situation however you want. There is really no "stealth missions" or "all guns blazin' missions", you can play it however YOU want to play it. Avoid a swamp of aliens and silently take them all out, or rain hell upon everything in sight. This also makes for great replay value. I beat the game mostly being sneaky in cloak mode, so i'm very excited to go back and take it on like a walking tank. I really liked the story as well. It kind of took some weird twists and turns, leaving you thinking, "so...where'd you come from?" but mostly everything comes together by the end of the game. The graphics are by far, the best I have ever seen. The lighting is absolutley stunning. I did run into a few glitches now and then, but like other reviewers stated, you get that in any game. Nothing at all that made the game frustrating, you just notice it, and continue what your doing. The campaign is also much longer than most fps's lately. I beat it within 2 days, probably averaged around 15 hours give or take. I highly recommend Crysis 2 for ANY fan of ANY type of action game. You really cannot go wrong with this one.

My personal rating is 5 outta 5.

If I was a professional reviewer and was very critical on everything, 4.5 outta 5.

What it really comes down to... is it worth the price? for what Amazon has it on here for, without a doubt, YES! I paid the $60 for it, and don't feel that a penny was put to waste. I NEVER SAY THAT.

BUY IT!

This game is awesome...truly, awesome. I've played a LOT of shooters, and this is one of my all-time favorites. The graphics are incredible, the gameplay is fluid and awesome, and (most importantly), it's just plain fun. Story is decent...way above average for a shooter, though shooters aren't known for their stories. The fact that this story is decent is actually saying a lot, then.

But it almost doesn't matter because the gameplay itself is so good. Just so well executed. Lots of upgrades that make you want to keep playing, and this is by no means a short game...one of my pet peeves is all of these "marquee" games that have skimpy single player campaigns (I'm looking at you, COD games!). I'm a SP games...couldn't care less about online, multiplayer nonsense. Local multiplayer is one thing, but I'm not getting online with a bunch of teenyboppers who love to park themselves somewhere and snipe people at a spawn point. No thanks. Crysis 2 has one of the meatiest SP campaigns I've played (especially for a shooter)...and it's not just that it's got decent length; it's that it's all quality, fun stuff that you're doing throughout.

Overall, an absolute joy to play, and I can't recommend it highly enough.