» Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:55 am so we start the vid in what looks like Grand Central Station, with one of the assault rifles advertised and a shotgun.
tac mode FINALY GIVES US THERMAL! something I have wanted for sooo long now, it even reads out the MG heating up and bullet impacts. Tac mode also tells us what we are looking at, in this case, it reads CEPH ORGANISM, later it reads other things that are highlighted, like AMMO CRATE. Creatures can also be tagged just like with the binoculars, and it outlines the enemies for you. it also acts as the new binoculars. we fight along side our marine brothers.
when we enter the station our HUD reads out that our new objectives are SAVE CENTRAL STATION and CLEAR THE STATION OF ALL ALIENS.
3 crosshairs (like Mass Effect 1 and now includes hitmarkers.
the health bar is gone, and instead we just have a big long battery bar. machine guns can be detached but have limited ammo.
the first alien fired upon is a large tank-type one "ceph" with heavy armor plating, it takes a bit to kill it with the MG (the same in the GTTV footage), and it doesnt explode emediatly afterword (or maybe not at all?) then up on a ledge behind us is the PINGER, and we are given an option to "look" prolly for a more focused and less confusing experience.
The JACKAL (shotgun) looks to hold at least 7 shots, and the range is greatly improved, but I cant tell how much damage is being dealt to the aliens, it is also clip-loaded.
the rocket launcher is called the JAW and is picked up from some crates near by, it only has one shot per each but does have a zoom. then the player switches to "MAXIMUM STEALTH" (no more deep male or female voice?? just a strange robot-y one.
the battle area is cramped, but offers plenty of halls to hide in
remember how in the origional Crysis you could have 1 bullet in the gun and 40 in the clip? well now the HUD reads out if you do, and says 40 1.
big boxes now have a "kick" option around them, maybe for use as cover? C4 is back, and better, with the detonator in one hand, and the actual C4 in the other.
the PINGER aparently has a blind spot right between its three legs, which is where the player puts the C4. but it does try to step on you. battery recharge is much faster this time.
in the backround, our marine friends say something about "Yeah, we got it!" then a final rocket is launched at it, and it dies. (thats 2 rockets, marine backup, and 1 C4 to the belly)
Above us we see some alien rockets being fired from prolly that tank alien upon a skyscraqer located next to the station. the marines curse (once again a STRONG LANGUAGE rating for this game) and say that the highrise is coming down and will fall on us. conveniently a jeep drives in and we all get in (us on the machine gun (wtf more rail shooters?)
we bust out in our jeep and are greeted by a slow-moving tank with civilians piled on trying to get to safety. aparently its in the way and our driver is pissed.
we are forced to stop and a civilian begs us to stop and help him get a woman to safety because she is buried under the rubble of the skyscraqer coming down.
other citizens crawl down to help them but we just keep on driving because the rubble will kill us.
they cry for the jeep to stop but we keep driving, they are buried alive and become casualties of war... thats the end of the gameplay video.
