Now that crysis 3 is done, im wondering which of the two games the community likes better,
and why.

personally i like crysis 2 much more, i have many more hours in it.

reasons
it felt much more balanced, ya their is more variety in weapon choice in 3 but most the guns are useless.
better maps, and i honestly dont like that 80% of the maps in 3 are the jungle theme.
i hate that both teams look exactly alike except for the stupid red hue, even when cloaked
i felt like their was more variety in perk choices in crysis 2, everyone in 3 uses manu and aa
the energy system worked much better in 2, its honestly almost unneeded in crysis 3.

the only thing i can say crysis 3 did better was the optimization, no annoying massive lag due to orb strikes.

i do like crysis 3, but i miss the days of crysis 2. i had much more fun with 2 then i did with 3.

imo it seems like they tried to open crysis 3 up to a broader audience, dumbing it down to be easier. which was stupid since the only people playing are the dedicated fans.

for instance in crysis 2 i only had a 1.7kd, which i had a lot more hours in.
in 3 i had a 2.11kd.

what are you guys thoughts? and please dont say crysis 1/war, i didnt include them for a reason.
and im talking specifically about multiplayer

Crysis 2 had rhythm. Kill someone cloak right away and escape. Granted everyone should've been given a form of energy transfer. The pace for Crysis 2 was the best I have ever experienced in a FPS MP. Yes optimizations on the lag orbital strikes were of course much better in 3, and 3 also has better graphics. But in the end, 2 was a much more fun experience.

In Crysis 2 guns behaved better, maps were better designed and the overall gun balance was better too. Perks werent so overpowered and gun attachments didnt help u so much.

I prefer Crysis 3 over Crysis 2. Crysis 2 feels very slow due to how it limits constant "fast" movement with the energy. Granted, it made the game more tactical but it also made the gameplay less fun when almost need to stop running all the time so that you can use any of the suit modes properly. The maps are also worse but those are still quite good. Crysis 2 does have some small advantages, like much better unlock system, better version of extraction and cooler visual style. I just don't like the gameplay itself.

Crysis 3 does have more problems with its balances but it is more fun to play. Melee isn't annoying thing people use all the time, grenades don't feel like they are nukes, Marshall doesn't spit punches up to two meters, poles and shields are hilarious to use and so on.

Where's the option for Crysis 1?

def c3, cos anti cheat system & hacker perma bans, better graphics, no more super lags(orbital+glass etc), better votekick system, less dog tag bugs, more interactive, more weapons, etc etc

i really liked c2 but couldnt stand meeting diff cheater every day, n retard noobs never voted which made it 100 times worse.. ><
how can u possibly say c2 mp was better than c3 mp, when c2 mp was FULL of cheaters???

c3 would have been much better if they didnt triple nerf the stealth mode imo(no more longer lasting stealth enhance, no possible way to recharge stealth energy, slower movement in stealth) but meh im used to it now. n didnt really like c3 maps at the start but i like em now.

but i think i was def better player in c2 mp cos im used to reflex+ads n didnt have to worry bout getting raqed by laser+hipfire in c2. iirc i never really had to worry bout gettin raqed by anyone in c2 mp after i killed ~30-40k..
c2 mp = killed ~55k, 1.85kdr (but i started with really low kdr, no gaming mouse etc at the start) http://c2stats.com/pc/p_aw3s0m0
c3 mp = killed ~37k so far, 1.85kdr (slowly goin down cos im using noob weapons for dog tag etc) http://crysis3s.com/stats_pc/B4NK41

C3 MP wins by default because it has Crytek actively patching stuff, dealing with cheaters and keeping in touch with the community.

I spent 9x more hours playing C2 mind you (~450 hours in C2 vs ~51 in C3), but the above 3 things can still make or break a game and C2 was just way too broken with cheaters, glitches and lack of community focus. It was an unfinished product and continues to be.

Did I have vastly more FUN in C2? Yes, it's the most fun I've ever had in a shooter. I could list out lots of things that C2 did drastically better than C3 (and I have done before). But is C2 better than C3 overall as a finished product? Sadly no.

If C2 had featured with the 3 things that C3 has, I would've easily handed it the "best multiplayer fps of the decade" award (no, seriously). Absolutely mind-blowing potential.

C3 took about half of C2's potential, made it into a complete properly-supported game, and thew the other half of the potential off a bridge.