Thoughts on Crysis 3?

Im seriously debating this game. The second one was a major let down and it was the only Crysis I played, what do you think of Crysis 3?

I loved the campaign from crysis 2...and 1...So I'm looking forward to it....but if the MP is as bad as it was in 2 then I hope they leave it out...although I know they won't...crysis 2 had that trophy where it would pop when you played 6 months after your first time online...cheap way of trying to get gamers to avoid selling...

it could be really good...but, i miss the jungle...i really liked crysis 1 and warhead, and while crysis 2 looked good and was a different way to try bringing about the same gameplay, i really missed stalking the enemies thru the jungle and settin up ambushes and the such...i feel as tho the new one could either be really good or just feel like more of the same, they should have changed the setting, they did the jungle and the ice wasteland, they did the city, i was looking forward to a dessert or something like that...oh well

The gameplay they showed did nothing for me to be honest. It seemed more open than C2 but not by much. There is far too much the same though for my liking. Like the HUD is identical, weapon sounds, ambient sound effects, enemy call outs and natural talking.

In short; not impressed yet

I very much agree^

It looked far too similar to Crysis 2 to me. I mean, the HUD is a mirror of C2's, with the same effects during the enter/exit cloak or armor mode. I'd like it to be more open and expansive than 2, which I still enjoyed, but I don't know at this point. Still too early for a definitve stance.

I thought it looked a little too much like Crysis 2. Not in a bad way, I enjoyed Crysis 2 as well as the first + Warhead, but it dosen't really seem to bring anything new to the table.

Also, did Psycho's voice actor change? His line in the demo sounded nothing like him. If so, I'm disappointed

I wasn't really impressed with Crysis 2 on much, so I'll pass on this one.

The affect console development had on the game was totally evident.greasemonkey42

Crysis 2 had a long and enjoyable single player campaign. If Crysis 3 is of similar length and quality i will definitely get it. I could care less about the MP.

[QUOTE="greasemonkey42"]The affect console development had on the game was totally evident.Black_Knight_00

Yep, this is the reason. Consoles didn't affect the game as much as EA did I think. EA have a tendency to gut franchises and casualise them. Mass Effect, Crysis and Dead Space to name a few

Looks like eactly the same game as Crysis 2: linear and scripted. I'll still get it when it drops to 15 bucks, but I know what to expect. Ijust hope they balanced suit powers so you can't play the whole game cloaked an never fire a shot.Black_Knight_00

Even though I'm not that big of an FPS fan (or even player) Crysis 2 is my favorite FPS so I'm lookin forward to Crysis 3. Its the only FPS on my "to buy list" honestly

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"][QUOTE="greasemonkey42"]The affect console development had on the game was totally evident.seanmcloughlin

Yep, this is the reason. Consoles didn't affect the game as much as EA did I think. EA have a tendency to gut franchises and casualise them. Mass Effect, Crysis and Dead Space to name a few

When I said that I was mainly thinking about how the nanosuit mode switching functionailities had been streamlined and hotkeyed to buttons around WSAD, along with a lot of movement options being taken out as well from Crysis 1 as well. Controlling the nanosuit for movement and combat had to become a lot simpler to cram everything onto a console controller.

I mean they even took out dual pistols!

I'm sure EA had some impact but there were loads of noticeable aspects that were more likely due accomodating console development. I've seen console development severely impact other shooters which were originally on PC - FEAR 2 is the most notable example I can think of. That wasn't under EA but the way the game had to be also designed for consoles was completely evident and pretty much turned it from an A grade shooter to a B grade shooter.

Looks about the same as many other shooters at the moment. I don't have good or bad feelings about the shown gameplay. It's just kind of... there.

Well, it looks like Crysis :p

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] The effect EA had on Crysis, not consoles.greasemonkey42

Yep, this is the reason. Consoles didn't affect the game as much as EA did I think. EA have a tendency to gut franchises and casualise them. Mass Effect, Crysis and Dead Space to name a few

When I said that I was mainly thinking about how the nanosuit mode switching functionailities had been streamlined and hotkeyed to buttons around WSAD, along with a lot of movement options being taken out as well from Crysis 1 as well. Controlling the nanosuit for movement and combat had to become a lot simpler to cram everything onto a console controller.

I mean they even took out dual pistols!

I liked Crysis 2 even if it was more linear. My only gripe was Crysis 2 not taking the fight into the vertical high enough (except for the start of Dead Man Walking) considering all the skyscrapers in the game. Perhaps Crysis 3 might remedy that.

I have not played Crysis 1, however I am currently playing through Crysis 2 at the moment and so far I really enjoy it. It may be linear but it leaves the environment open so that I never feel boxed in. The visuals are great on PS3 (don't care how it looks on PC) the weapon handling is some of the best on consoles in my personal opinion. Sound design is great, great pacing.

The suit really adds to the gameplay, giving the player options. The ability to use stealth is neat but hardly useful. I can just run through an area with no problem, much of the time I don't even need to fire my weapon, just keep running to the next area. So I wouldn't really class this as a stealth game, if I did I'd say it's pretty lousy at it.

But the third game looks great. They really seem to be blending jungle with city, and that could be really cool. But Crysis 2 was so enjoyable that I don't mind more of the same... atleast this time. For Crysis 4 though I expect them to really add to the expierence and take it to a different locale and fix up some of the A.I and animations and so forth.