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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Crysis 2

You spelled "Crisis" wrong. Dumbass. 

Since I’ve already mentioned this game when it was selected as my most overrated game of 2011, I’ll cut straight to the chase.  One of the greatest things about the original Crysis was its drop-dead-gorgeous visuals.  There’s no way around it.  It’s an awesome game otherwise, but it wouldn’t have been the same without those stunning graphics.  So why the hell didn’t Crysis 2 look as good as its predecessor upon release??  C’mon, Crytek had to send out a DirectX 11 patch months after release because they were too worried about profits instead of giving us a completed game.  Granted, it looks wonderful now, but I’m too bored of the damned game for that to make a difference now.  And, screw it, the original still looks better.  And that’s pretty pathetic considering how relatively narrow the levels are in Crysis 2.
 The only thing more pathetic than the aliens are your friendly NPCs.

With that last point in mind, allow me to sum up the weakest aspect of this game.  That is, instead of continuing the trend of the original Crysis with large open-ended maps, Crytek decided to make yet another Call of Duty clone with hours of underwhelming corridor shooting.  Even when you’re fighting outside, the battlefield is noticeably smaller than in the original Crysis, and it rarely gives you more than one path to take.  The powers of your nanosuit have also been cut down to make it simple for console controllers (no surprise, PC games that are “consolized” are virtually always scaled back considerably in more ways than graphics).  There is no more “maximum strength” and “maximum speed” is now utilized through the sprint button.  Perks have been added, and if you choose to upgrade your suit with the best stealth options, even the hardest difficulty becomes a complete joke as you won’t have to fight 90% of the enemies, and most of the rest can be dispatched with a back-attack.  Shouldn’t a difficulty setting called “Supersoldier” be a… challenge?

I’m going to go ahead and wrap this up by saying: what the FUCK did they do to everything laid down by the first Crysis?  These aliens don’t resemble the ones from before in the slightest.  They look like aliens from any other Sci-Fi FPS, and aren’t nearly as intimidating as the ones that would fly around and wreak havoc from above.  And the story… what the hell happened?  I mean, yeah, the plot in the original was terrible anyway, but this one doesn’t even seem to be related.  A character from the original is back and… uh… yeah.  That’s it.  And don’t ask me what the story was actually about because I wasn’t even sure right after beating it on Supersoldier.  Oh, but the multiplayer is marginally better than it was in the original, so there’s the game’s positive aspect.
 
The aliens spread some kind of virus thing and you've gotta do something to stop all the I don't know.

But seriously, just stick with the original and don’t even bother with this crap (don’t even click on the links below).

6/10

 

1 comment:

  1. Man i love how you trash all this overated crap, the gears of war review was hilarious "homoerotic" lol.

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