Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #223 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2007-11-16
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Platform: Windows XP

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From the makers of Far Cry comes the most technologically advanced video game ever made, with graphics to make you gasp and enemy artificial intelligence so clever it could give SkyNET a run for its money. With Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 now well established, Crysis has become the new milestone for PC graphics and first person shoot ‘em-ups. The premise of the game involves an alien landing on an island off North Korea, with you as the only person that can stop it. The incredibly realistic looking environments are the game’s initial draw, with some particularly stunning looking jungle locales. All the levels include dynamic effects to make them even more realistic (and dangerous) including earthquakes, breaking ice, landslides and tornadoes. Since the alien decides to flash freeze the entire island half way through the game, and the final sections end up in a zero gravity spaceship, it’s unlikely you’re going to get tired of the same old environments.

As in Far Cry, there’s no strict level structure and you’re able to explore the island however you want; choosing to go in all guns blazing or taking a more stealthy approach. You can also customise your weapons to suit your preferred style of play with silencers, telescopic sights, laser sightings and more. Your special armour can also be modified as you go, so that you make less noise as you move, run faster, jump higher, recover energy or just take damage better and make use of heavier weapons. Naturally the game also includes an extensive multiplayer mode, but it is the stunning, near photorealistic, graphics and game world which is most certain to claim the game’s name in PC gaming history.
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Manufacturer's Description
Crysis is a PC sci-fi first-person shooter from the award-winning developer Crytek, the developers of the critically acclaimed Far Cry (MC90).

Earth, 2019: A colossal asteroid crashes down to Earth.

The North Korean Government quickly seals off the island chain, claiming the mysteries of the asteroid for themselves. The United States responds by dispatching an elite team of Delta Force Operators to recon the situation and report back to the Pentagon. Amid rising tensions between the US and North Koreans, the asteroid suddenly bursts open, revealing a massive, 2km high alien ship. The ship generates an immense force sphere, freezing a vast portion of the island and drastically altering the global weather system. The invasion of Earth has begun.

The two rival nations unite to stop the aliens and save mankind. The newly formed alliance fights epic battles against the marauding Aliens. With hope rapidly fading, the player must lead a crack squad through lush tropical jungle, harsh frozen landscapes, and finally into the heart of the alien ship itself for the ultimate Zero G encounter with the aliens.

Crysis offers players a highly immersive FPS experience in which they will have to adapt their tactics, weaponry, armour and gameplay style to survive and defeat the alien invasion.

Crysis uses the leading-edge technology of Crytek's proprietary engine CryENGINE.

Customer Reviews

Believe the hype
I played the demo when it first came out and at the time I didn't particularly have a great rig, I could only play Crysis on all low settings. At first I thought gameplay was average, I wasn't really trying the game out to see what the gameplay was like but more to do with how good my pc could run it at the time.

How the tables have turned; I recently got myself a powerful gaming rig and I decided to try the demo again and well what can I say, my system's optimal settings recommended high and it plays like a dream. Now that I own the game I have managed to tweak some settings and I have a mixture of high and very high and it runs as smooth as silk, personally I cannot enjoy a game unless the graphics are as amazing as they should be; This is important as it really sets the atmosphere of the game making the gameplay more immersive.

Gameplay wise, very fun indeed a lot of the content is similar to other shooters but hasn't all first person shooter games got the same kind of conecpt? However a lot of it is also origional, AI is one of the best I've seen in a fps game (not scripted and use environment to their advantage etc) Your nano suit is what keeps you alive, this is a very interesting new feature and it works well.

The story/plot is some what familiar and you do feel like you have been here before, but at the same time it is unique in it's own way and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish.

The multiplayer aspect of it is the only downside to Crysis which is why I only gave it 4 stars, it is a game designed more for single player and it feels like Crytek put the multiplayer in at the last minute.

Over all fantastic gameplay, beautiful graphics not so good multiplayer.

Really good fun
Hi all i bougth this game on release i didnt have a very good systme then pt4 processor 8500gt and so on terriable on a system with no bulk.

But if you have a powerfull system which i have now and be able to run it on high or even very high it looks very pleasing the only draw back is that its story gets a bit pradictable.

Those who rated it 1 star saying my system is good ect and only can run it low/medium well the thing is it did cost over 5 million to creat so it will need a bulky system.

The card i have is a 3850 overclocked by aroun 75hz on both core speed and memory. And i can run it on very high at 1024/768 runs smooth lose a few frames somtimes but nothing to interfer with the game.

Fail to see what the fuss is about
I saw some game reviews, videos and screenshots for this game recently and my interest was peaked. There's a lot of fuss and it seemed, on the surface, to be deserved. I had a look at the main site for the game and found a demo I could download. After playing the demo I am glad I didn't buy this game. I might have thought that the demo was not representative of the actual game, until I started reading the bad reviews which commented on the game play issues that I found. It seemed that there were a lot of very nice features and good ideas that have been poorly realised. I haven't played a PC FPC since Rainbow Six 3, which is a game I'd prefer to play over Crysis.

I can see how this game would appeal to a bigger fan of FPCs than myself. For those of you who only flirt with FPCs it is probably a good idea to download the demo first to see if you like it or just not bother with it. There are no doubt far better FPCs on the market that would make less demands on your PC.