Crysis lived up to the hype and then some.
First and formost crysis is an amazing looking game but it will kick your computers ass at max settings. That doesnt mean that the game isnt well optimized because it is extremly well optimized, its just that this game is future proofed. Even at low to medium settings the game looks better than anything else out there today but you loose alot of the eye candy that at the higher settings.
As for game play it controls like most other shooters but this game is'nt on rails, which baicly means that you can go anywhere and do anything you want the entire game is a sandbox. Also you dont pick up your weapons just by walking over them you have to manually look at them, hit the F key and it goes into a picking up motion which is nice, and same goes for ammo for the guns.
Another amazing thing about the game is the AI, which there is basicly two types of, theres the korean military AI, and then theres the alian AI. The korean AI is the best AI ive seen in a game, they will flank you if your caught, hunt you down if you hide, and if you gat into a vehicle and try to run away they will chase after you, but they also do stuff any normal soilder would do, they take naps on the job, play around with their guns, even go to the bathroom! Now the alian AI is basicly they dont think they just go for you, which makes sense because they are alians after all.
Now the physics in the game are really somthing that will blow you away, From being able to shoot trees down, to punching the walls down of shacks that the enemy is hiding in, and later on in the game you will even get to a level where you enter the alian space ship and everything is in 0-Gravity. so basicly that entire level has you looking up, down, left, right, and behind for enemies and it is easy to get confused or lost on this level but that what makes it so fun!
The sound in this game is really somthing to brag about, the guns really sound authentic and explotions are insane to hear, the games voiceovers are also dne very well. If you want the full sound experiance I recomend having surround sound speakers because it really makes the game come to life.
There are multiple types of guns you can use also, theres the /basic assault rifle called the scar, then you have shotgun, a fancy type of AK, pistols which you gan duel wield, Sniper rifle, Rocket launcher, Tac launcher (which fires a mini nuke) Mini gun, turrets, and also some from the alians like one that shoots out Icicles at enemys like bulltets and has unlimited ammo. Another thing about the guns is they really feel like guns like your actually doesing damage to the people. And the neatest thing abotu the guns is that you can mod them on the fly real-time, so you can put a sniper scope on a shot-gun or you can put a laser pointer and silencer on your pistols, whatever you like.
Which brings me to the coolest thing i think about the game which would be the Nano Suit! This thing puts master chiefs sparten armor to shame. It basicly has four modes. Theres armor mode which which makes you take less damage and regenerates your health faster, Speed mode which increase your speed and your punch speed. Strength mode which makes your punches super powerful, makes you jump a good bit higher, and reduces recoil o weapons and steadies your aim, and finally cloak mode, which pretty much turns you invisible. Being able to swap through these weapons on the fly + the physics of the game really make it a good gameplay expreiance.
Now you wont be on foot this whole game, you can board many vehicles such as a Vetol(A flying plane with guns pretty much) Helocopters, tanks, Jeeps, Trucks, Big rigs, boats and hover crafts. And you also go to deifferent places than the jungle island "paradise" such as a frozen version of the jungle,the alia space ship, and even an aircraft carrier.
So ontop of the amazing single player theres also and awsome multiplayer aspect of the game as well, theres your regular deathmatch mode, but the game seems to be missing a team deathmatch mode which is odd. And then theres a power stuggle mode which is pretty much a mix of battlefield capture and hold the controll points but then once you have enough resources from the controll points you can buy a tac launcher and hurl a nuke at the enemies main spawn point(base), first one to blow the other teams base up first wins the match.
So all in all crysis is a must buy game if you have the computer for it. And its definently one of the best shooters ever made and game of the year for 2007 for me for sure.