» Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:40 am
Someone posted this:
So I'm really close to finishing this masterpiece and I gotta tell you, i can't remember the last shooting game I enjoyed as much as I enjoy Crysis 2. Seriously, where do I start?
I guess the obvious one, graphics! They are simply stunning, idk how crytek did it but they managed to get more outta a 360 than I have seen in the 6 years i've own the system. I'd play stuff like Uncharted 2 or Killzone 2 or 3 on my brothers PS3 think "I wish the 360 developers could make games that look this good." Now I have this game!
Story, subtle and easy to comprehend. I like how I don't have to fill in alot of blanks because like the vast majority, i didn't have the power to run Crysis 1 on my PC. Anyhow, the story unfolds wonderfully. Granted, I don't like silent protagonists but at least they up for it by making the suit the centerpiece of a lot of things on top of the aliens, spores, and C.E.L.L. Dbags running around to muck up Alcatraz's day. Good story all around.
Gameplay, unique, easy to control. Tactical too, and for real too. Not just giving you tactical gear to roll with and call it a tactical shooter. Granted, playing this on the hardest difficulty may warp my concept of the "thinking mans shooter" but really, this IS a "thinking mans shooter." Going it guns blazing into every encounter will get you no where. Absolutely no where. If you don't stop and take a look at your options and know when to hold them, it's will be a one sided S*** stomping done by the enemy. At least when you link up with friendly AI though, it isn't completely retarded and won't fire at the enemy and kill them. I dare say, they've actually saved me in a lot of spots. The weapons feel great. The fact I don't have to treasure hunt for the right set up is a dream. The suit abilities are awesome in theory and executed better than any similar game i've ever played. I like how each ability is useful too, they don't throw any useless ones in or any that absolutely make the game unchallenging.
All in all, I want to thank the dev's at Crytek for unleashing possibly the best single player shooting experience i've ever played onto the console world. I know they are more in touch with the pc side but i'm glad they saw some light. If they fixed the multiplayer server issues, this game would be a grand slam and COD killer in my honest opinion, we will just have to wait and see though.