Crysis 3 – PC

Crysis 3 is a beautiful game. Let’s get that out of the way first.
There’s no denying it looks stunning and you’ll often stop to look around at the environment you’re in. You’ll likely want to play certain checkpoints over and over again to take everything in. With that said, Crysis 3 plays just as well as the others.

The A.I. isn’t any smarter and make for easy targets. With the new Predator Bow that allows you to kill without going out of Stealth, you’ll often feel overpowered and maybe even cheap. If you’re only interested in the Single Player experience, you’re in for a short ride. The Campaign isn’t very long following in many other FPS footsteps offering a fun ride but one that ends too soon. Crysis Vets will likely play the Campaign a few times to find all the hidden goodies and Nanosuit upgrades but for casual players that will play this once, you’ll be paying for the beauty, not the substance.

Graphics don’t make the game, they just enhance it. The game is better than good but it’s not great. The AI is stupid (better than Aliens Colonial Marines though), you can simply be in stealth mode the entire game and wreak havok on any enemy you come across. I’m sorry, but the first crysis is still both the most fun and the best game overall out of the series. This one has the “best” multiplayer yet in the crysis universe, but compared to other multiplayer FPS’s cmon now, it just simply doesn’t compete to something like BF3. It boils down to this, this is a remarkable looking game and truly jaw dropping even on modest settings, but that gameplay is trite and mediocre, which is a shame.

The campaign also has a better pacing, with 6 to 8 hours gameplay. Crysis 2 was indeed a bit longer, but had some very boring parts. Some gameplay features are a bit useless, like that hacking which is very poor. The vehicles sections are painful, the handling of the buggy is hard.

Crysis series continued with prophet and Psycho.Most wonderful art design for levels and great lighting effect,very good textures,awesome dx11 effects and solid gameplay.

The story is the perfect finish to a fantastic trilogy. If you liked both the Crysis games for what they were, you’ll love this third addition. The multiplayer is great fun if you’re a fan of the Crysis mechanics and various cloaking maneuvers, and I’d definitely give it a shot if you’re a CoD fan as well, as it’s much like a crossover between it and Halo. So, without hesitation (even if it is on Origin), give this game a few hours of your time. You won’t be disappointed.

Having loved Crysis 1 and 2 I of course pre-ordered this along with many others who may also be wishing they hadn’t paid top dollar for it. I haven’t played multiplayer yet so these comments are just for the campaign:

Pros:
1. Next generation graphics and slick UI

2. Munitions and enhancements

3. Allows for adaptive gameplay, from stealth sniper to in-your-face tanking

Cons:
1. So short! Less than 15 hrs of game play to win.

2. The plot lacks intrigue, is highly predictable, and doesn’t really offer anything new, just borrowing concepts like Hivemind and mind control from other games and movies. Also due to how short the game is, the character development is pretty shallow

3. Childish screenwriting e.g. "I am better than you" no where in the same league as Mass Effect or Assassin’s Creed screenwriting

4. Poorly balanced and tested gameplay: some zones are way too easy and overall "Veteran" difficulty was a cakewalk. The hardest parts were more due to some frustrating non-combat element like finding the switch for an elevator in a huge control center

5. Poor graphic optimization, perhaps intentionally. Like many others with top-end, overclocked systems, my framerates dropped below 30 on Very High settings in may outdoor environments like the opening zone of the game. I have read articles spotting reasons from grossly unoptimized ropes to intentional lack of optimization to make Crysis seem like it is pushing the envelope and also drive sales of newer graphics cards, which I’m sure NVIDIA and ATI don’t mind.

6. No spoilers but the ending was just so disappointing for me

I may add some more comments after trying out multiplayer, but I wanted to get this up there for those considering purchasing this mainly for the campaign.

Crysis 3 is to date the most graphically advanced game ever created. One should seriously look at the water ripple when you walk in bodies of water. This game, I though I would never ever say thus, looks so much better than Crysis 1 and warhead now. It is cool that Crytek did not put consoles before PC, and this is what CryEngine 3 should look like. Destruction is better than Crysis 2 and in some places Crysis 1 too. The game play combines the good of both Crysis 1 and 2. I seriously recommend this game to everyone who like a sci-fi fps which allows you to do almost anything you wish on the map.

No spoilers here, but dang the ending is mind blowing. Definitely much better than Crysis 2 and one of the best story I have ever played even though I hope it could be longer.