The stellar graphics cannot make up for the notorious bugs/glitches, and laughable storyline.
Gameplay 6/10
The gameplay is the same as any FPS formula. W, A, S, and D to move, and moving your mouse to aim. Simple, right? WHAT THE HELL IS SO REVOLUTIONARY ABOUT THAT? All I heard about this game is how it's going to change FPS games and blah blah blah. People expected this game to change the genre like Half-Life and Doom did, unfortunately it didn't. The only thing that makes for some interesting situations is your nano-suit. Speed makes you move faster. Cloak hides you from enemy view (which drains your energy overtime). Strength allows you to jump higher, have less recoil, and well...obviously stronger (punching). There is nothing redefining about that, nothing at all.
The other thing is the open-ended maps. Has this been done before? Yes, and in multiple games. Farcry and Battlefield 2 (as crappy as that game is) already brought us that. These open ended maps are nothing new. Another complaint would have to be the guns. How many are there? A handgun, SMG, 2 automatic rifles, 2 precision rifles (gauss included), the alien gun (which you only use for about 10 minutes), the gatling gun, missle launcher, and TAC gun (which you only use for not even 5 minutes). The last 2 aren't even really guns, but I know people will cry if I didn't mention them. Overall thats about 5 guns that are always accessible to you throughout the entire game. This has to be the lowest amount of weapons I've honestly ever seen in a game.
The spawn points for enemy's are a whole other story. Enemy patrols? Thats a funny joke Crytek, because I saw maybe only one or two parts where the enemy's were doing something besides shooting at me. When I'd cloak in to an enemy base/outpost the AI would just be standing there not doing anything at all. Non-scripted AI you say? I think this video will judge that: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6pfmws7mjPE . During shootouts the AI will cluster in to about groups of 5 - 20 and will just swarm you. This is insanely hard to get out of. I played the game on normal, and at parts where this happened (which is pretty common) the game became incredibly difficult.
Graphics 9/10
Now who could complain about the graphics? They are simply amazing. But there is one problem. No one, and yes I mean NO ONE CAN "MAX" THIS GAME OUT. If you think you can your obviously smoking some cheap drug. No hardware currently available can play this game on Very High, 16x AA, at 1600x1200 resolution, and have an FPS always above 40. Even the best graphics card and CPU get destroyed by this game. I play with some settings on medium and high and I only every reach maybe 45 FPS. It drops down to about 8 - 15 fps during a fire fight. And yes I know your probably saying "WELL TURN YOUR DAMN SETTINGS DOWN". Well, the problem is that I like looking at nice graphics (which is the only reason I played this crap) and I know everyone else does too. Now, whats the most important thing to do when developing a game? MAKE IT GODDAMN SCALABLE SO CURRENT HARDWARE CAN PLAY AT HIGH SETTINGS. I mean, what the hell is the point of releasing a game that NO computer can play well on High settings? It's just stupid. By being able to play it "well", I mean 4x AA and High settings with at least an average of 50 FPS.
Sound 4/10
This is probably where all the glitches and bugs are mainly focused around. The music is absolute crap. You'll hear the same freakin' song every time your in a fire fight. Sound files sometimes either don't even play at all or just cut out at random points. Another thing which is pretty funny is when a enemy yells something like, "Frag Out!" or some other type of speech that indicates that they are throwing a grenade. 75% of the time they don't throw crap when they say that.
Getting in to more bugs, there are times when I WOULD END UP UNDER THE GODDAMN MAP, WTF IS THIS? Other bugs include spawning and then dying instantly, lighting problems, constant freezing, being unable to beat the FINAL BOSS, dropped guns (on the floor) actually firing, and getting stuck (being unable to get unstuck).
Value 5/10
Don't know what all the hype was about. If your wondering about multiplayer, it's nothing new at all. It's just like Counter-Strike and Battlefield 2 combined. Large maps and shooting people up (with vehicles and guns). That's it. Nothing new, nothing genre re-defining.
The story also leaves out so many questions, and the ending just made me laugh because it was so terrible.
Overall 5/10
Can't believe this is the finished product. Anyways, flame on.