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Crysis (PC DVD) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
New (5) Used (8) from £18.99
Rating:  115 reviews
Sales Rank: 848
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: sci-fi-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930052645
ASIN: B000FN5ETO
Release Date: November 16, 2007
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From the makers of Far Cry comes the most technologically advanced video game ever made, with graphics to make you gasp and enemy artificial intelligence so clever it could give SkyNET a run for its money. With Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 now well established, Crysis has become the new milestone for PC graphics and first person shoot `em-ups. The premise of the game involves an alien landing on an island off North Korea, with you as the only person that can stop it. The incredibly realistic looking environments are the game's initial draw, with some particularly stunning looking jungle locales. All the levels include dynamic effects to make them even more realistic (and dangerous) including earthquakes, breaking ice, landslides and tornadoes. Since the alien decides to flash freeze the entire island half way through the game, and the final sections end up in a zero gravity spaceship, it's unlikely you're going to get tired of the same old environments.As in Far Cry, there's no strict level structure and you're able to explore the island however you want; choosing to go in all guns blazing or taking a more stealthy approach. You can also customise your weapons to suit your preferred style of play with silencers, telescopic sights, laser sightings and more. Your special armour can also be modified as you go, so that you make less noise as you move, run faster, jump higher, recover energy or just take damage better and make use of heavier weapons. Naturally the game also includes an extensive multiplayer mode, but it is the stunning, near photorealistic, graphics and game world which is most certain to claim the game's name in PC gaming history.
HARRISON DENT
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 CRYSIS EA GAMES January 1, 2009
John
THIS IS SOMETHING I LOOKED AT FOR YEARS TO RELEASE, AND THEN WHAT DID I GET BACK IN RETURN AN UPLOAD OF THE CRYSIS WARHEAD. LOOK FOR MITTEENS JUST MAKE LIKE A TREE......
 Yes...No?? I dont know! December 27, 2008
K. Mayers (Stockport,England)
Ok, so this game is amazingly great when it comes to its looks. The graphics are the best!!!!!!!!...When at high or ultra high settings , and in order to do that you need to raid the savings and spend minimum 750 if u want this game to look like what it does on the back of the box. I can only run this game at all high, with shadows medium and no anit-aliasing @ 1680 res. Its ok but its not top quality settings and really if ure only gonna play at those settings just get cod 4, which runs on anything practically. My specs,
AMD x2 5000+ 2.60GHZ
Radeon 4870 1gb (was a 8600gts, had to upgrade if i wanted to play crysis for its full 40 worth)
4gb ram
do ok with this game but even at high this games playable but i still dont get fantastic frames. I dont like EA, buttt i think they just did ok with this one. The storyline isnt anything to get hyper over and also there is a steep learning curve to this game.
 The only game ive played that YOU and not the game are in control. December 18, 2008
Mr. P. J. R. LEWIS (Llandudno N Wales)
Crysis with its simply stunning graphics especially at its highest settings is a game whereby you dictate the action.
If you donot want to confront the enemy you can avoid them almost indefinately which i know goes against the spirit of the game but once you know what is actually coming up from level to level and village and outpost it is totally up to you where and what you do.
I cannot think of many games whereby you can go where you want and do what you want.You can even retrace your steps right back to the begining which to my knowledge is unique in any first person game other than its sister game Crysis Warhead.
As i have said this game is about graphics and processor capability.
The North Koreans move like real people,die like real people and even bleed like real people.
The action when it gets intense at the village where the first hostage is to be found can be relentless.You have to learn what room to enter to retreave the Rocket launchers.You have to think what weapons to discard or keep and above all you have to think tactics.
Shall i use the boats or vehicles to get around this island or to approach stongholds.
Once you know how and what happens at each stage you can think what to do.
The end result i know will be the same DESTRUCTION of the alien beings and saving of mankind but CRYSIS with its to die for visuals and sound effects is and will remain the most polished computer action game there is.
Playing it in Vista with its reliance on Direct X10 graphics technology brigs a further dimension to the game.Underwater action is extreamly realistic with little fish swimming by.
The longer you play the game the more you realise what a magnificent achievement it is.You can go where you want and do what you want to achieve your end goal.
BRILLIANT ACTION WITH COLOURFULL LANGUAGE TO MATCH.
I can't put it any other way - Superb! December 10, 2008
Luke Vincent (United Kingdom)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Now if your thinking of buying this game and you're currently looking through reviews the one question you have to ask yourself is will your computer cope. I know originally I tried playing the demo on an old rig of mine and I had an interesting experience where all I could see was character eyeballs. Now after that I didn't take my time to write a review on how I can't believe the top visually stunning FPS to date wouldn't work on my mediocre PC. I simply accepted the fact and a few months down the line (ignoring the large hole in my pocket) I bought the game having completely renovated my PC. I'm using an 8800 and I can say with distinction the game runs like a dream.
So let's be fair, make sure you can run it before you buy. I suggest you get on the website and download the demo (it's easy to find).
That all being said and you having played through the demo without flaw - Why are you still here? Buy the game already and stop wasting your time when clearly one of the best FPS around is collecting dust in a warehouse when it should be gracing your monitor with its stunning visuals.
That being said I will choose to lay down some, what I would consider relatively worthwhile points that perhaps have not been repeated enough times already.
I will not in any detail comment on the aspects of the campaign because I think that's just about all covered in other reviews. I will say however I am now on my fourth run through of the campaign. So yes it's that good.
It is in no way a short single player; it spectacularly manages to continue on at points when you were sure it had finished and perhaps where other games plots would have lost the courage. Anyone who claims its short has simply lost all sense of time probably because they enjoyed it too much.
It's a shame there's a degree of negative feedback coming from some diehard FarCry fans. In response, ok, so it's not as open ended or non-linear as FarCry was on specific levels but then few games are. I think its key to point out that any game that wishes to have a gripping storyline (and Crysis has just that) some freedom has to be sacrificed. It's also relevant to point out that FarCry had a (excuse my French) pants storyline and a game that was originally great, in the closing levels... sucked.
But enough about that - get the game - it's amazing. 5 star!
Too much power not enough reasons to buy. December 9, 2008
D. Harper (Liberty City)
If you cant play a game in all its glory then its not worth any more than 1 star. This does require a powerhouse of a pc but for the power to graphics ratio it doesnt look all that amazing.
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