Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #933 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.
HARRISON DENT

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

pretty but flawed
I was really looking forward to playing Crysis but untimately disapointed. The game looks good but only as good as FAR CRY and no where near as good as COD 4. The enemy are not at all realistic and appear to be bullet proof. When trying to line up on them they perform a sort of side stepping dance routine moving backwards and forwards, which no human could match, whilst returning fire. Sometimes they stand still and aim up into the sky right in front of you. Not sure why. I once put a whole mag into a guy stood in front of me with no effect. When you press crouch there is no transition from standing, the screen simply drops in an instant. The general game play is poor and reminds me of games like Red Faction. Which was good in its day but now feels dated.

Forget Benchmarks, enjoy the game!
This game can be as graphically demanding as you want it to be. It has made a quantum leap in terms of aesthetics for a game and near completely destructive/interactive environments.
A lot has been made of the island levels, but the scale of this game in undeniable, it is a long journey into the depths of this island and there are no short cuts getting back either.
Buy it now, enjoy it now, and if you get a better PC in the future play it all over again. I've played it with an ATI x1950 on med settings, a HD3850 on high settings and in time I will play it again on Very High settings...
If you struggled with the controls, get an Xbox360 controller(for Windows), its already configured for the game, so just plug into your usb port and you've got the best of console gaming(easy controls) and the best PC games have to offer(amazing graphics).

Probably the 2nd best game ever!
I have probably overlooked this game previously as the cover was a bit 'monsterish', so I presumed, wrongly, that it was a monster based game rather than human and realistic.
I was very wrong. The game is 90% action and the graphics and FPS are accurate, realistic and absolute attention to detail has been made. At the end of each level I was thinking, right that's the end, and then another scene would start...an amazing legthy game, unlike COD and MOH which only last a few hours.
This game had everything a fps should have.

Don't be put off the beginning where you realise that you have to select a certain suit-type (strong/invisible etc) and gun type, you get used to it very quickly and easily.
An absolute MUST of a game. You won't be disappointed. Honest!
You may be wondering from my review title, what my 1st choice of best game is? Well it has to be the very first Medal of Honour...I still love it. Oh, and Far Cry is amazing too!