Crysis? Tactical? Only in your imagination.

Alright ive seen these kind of debates since Crysis has released, while I am NOT one of those people that claim its nothing more than a flashy tech demo, I am one of the players that see it as nothing more than any other FPS on the market, and I do believe that alot of its prestige and critic score is heavily based on its technical feats as apposed to its gameplay.

The way I see it is, there are 2 kinds of people that play this game and look at it in 2 very dinstinct ways (other variations apply but the main 2 Im refering to.)

A) Those of you that claim this game is more tactical than most FPS games, and use that as an excuse to its score, and claim that its brilliant. You are the kind of people that are 100% relying on your imagination to get into this game. You are the kind that mayaswell be pretending to be a sexual predator on Grand Theft Auto, finding a female NPC alone at night picking her up and driving her off a cliff... you know... the stereotyped aspect of GTA .... you roleplay these outcomes even though there is no benefit to the player or any relevance to the games motivation.

B) The other ones are us... the ones that think its a typical shooter... with no more depth than Bioshock, Half-Life 2 (at least thats my view) as both of them have physic based help and some whacky weapons/powers... but are alittle more closed off. Type A will claim that we lack tactical play, that we play it as a regular shooter, and we dont make good use of the powers....

As Type B I would like to explain why I or possible WE look at it this way:

Lets look at the amazing powers....

STRENGTH - Double Jump, 1 shot melee, improved aiming - Whats special about this? Throwing Items at people and jumping high?

SPEED - Enhanced Speed, Super Speed - Base Speed difference isnt much, burst speed lasts no time at all.

STEALTH - Invisibility - Useful for initiation or escape... nothing else.

ARMOUR - Default, Energy Regain. Standard form.

So I ask you, other than a few feeble ambushes.... from this bland open nothingness, that is no more of a sandbox than RPG games such as Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines.... which has more stealth and more ways of taking people down than Crysis... IRONICALLY.

There is nothing tactical about Crysis, the AI on highest is not that great. its far more efficient to go around shooting everything like in any other shooter, theres no tactical advantage to the powers over any other shooter on the market.

If you believe I'm wrong, then explain or link/show some proof of these powers made useful and fun.

And I'm not talking about pre-school crap like lobbing a barrel at someone... I can do that with a gravity gun... in a much cooler way. I was to see this "Tactical enhanced gameplay thats not present in most other shooters and is a large reason why its scores are so high.". Because as far as anyone outside the rose tinted goggles can see, its multiplayer is awful and dead, the main campaign is absolutely nothing special for any genre and the world itself beyond its technical aspects is boring.... with its ... 5-6 different enemies to boot.

YawnGeneralShowzer

Translation of OP:

I have little to no imagination and I'm insulting those that have.

STRENGTH - Whats special about this? Throwing Items at people and jumping high?

Besides scaling rooftops and an alternate entrance to the second floor? Once in awhile I like to sneak up to KPA, grab them, then killing them without firing a shot. That usually don't alarm the other KPA like gunshots would.

SPEED - Base Speed difference isnt much, burst speed lasts no time at all.

It lasts long enough to get me under cover of trees if I'm caught in the open. But, it's my least-used nanosuit feature.

STEALTH - Useful for initiation or escape... nothing else.

I like to use it when grabbing KPA. It's also useful for sneaking in when I don't feel like firing a shot. It certainly was useful when I forgot to load up on ammo at the night time stage of Relic and I was trying to escape a net of KPA closing in from four directions. It was also useful in dealing with KPA nanosuits in the cemetery. No choice but to cloak because of their murderous sniper fire:

KPA Nanos in Cemetery

If you're bored with it, that's fine. I never expected everyone to have the same tastes as me.

................plus, I don't recall ever thinking of Crysis as a tactical shooter. You want a tactical shooter? Get ArmA 2.

Translation of OP:

I have little to no imagination and I'm insulting those that have.

Baranga

It's definitely a sandbox FPS.

You have different terrain in a lot of the stages. High and low paths. vantage point to climb and snipe from.

different vehicles to control.

When you approach a enemy base in the game your suit powers give you options on how to get into the base. You can jack a car and drive through and go all out. Stealth through. Run around the back and super jump over barbed wire. Drive through stealth out of vehicle and find cover...

Once in the base, you can Stealth right to the target and try to by pass all enemies. Jump on roofs and super jump across roofs whilst taking out enemies. Go into buildings and snipe from windows. Stealth to a vehicle or tank, and use the tank to take out all the enemies..

For a FPS there's a lot of different styles of gameplay in there. Can't really complain.

this is a video I made for Crysis a few months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w140BzgtQ_c

I think you may be failing to grasp the fundamental factor of a game, which is essentially, to give the player a sense of enjoyment.

I myself do not find it that fun constantly running into a situation with no strategy.

It makes the game more enjoyable for me to try out different way of tackeling a situation, and Crysis is one of those games that offers you these numerous ways.

You must be used to rail shooters like the whole Cod franchise where you must do what the computer tells you.

All in all, it's a matter of opinion, no one is wrong or right about crysis being a good tactical game or not, it's a pointless argument and i think that it should be dropped and be an opinionated statement only.

"Crysis is one of the best tactical games out there, in my opinion".

I also don't know why imagination has to be in a bad light. It's part of immersion. I imagined myself as actually the one in the game. I don't see anything wrong with that. When I'm immersed, I do things my way.

For example, the swamp in Warhead..... My backseater wanted me to stay and protect the car with the alien remains inside. I could've just followed the game and stayed with the train using all the nanosuit powers. But, I imagined myself as really being there. I thought, "Yeah, right. I'm not going to stay with the train and get myself killed". I'll fall back a little farther behind the train where the terrain and trees were to my advantage which resulted in this clip:

Warhead Swamp

Since it seems the OP made this topic only to insult those who enjoyed Crysis I will just say that your opinion on anything means absolutely nothing seeing as you play HoN. As to your criticism of Crysis...all it basically does is show that you must hate all FPS games since these days there is no such thing as a tactical shooter with the exception of ARMA and the new Flashpoint to a certain degree.

Cool story bro :D

It doesn't matter if you don't like it. As long as the people who play it thought that it was a worthwhile purchase then your opinion doesn't matter at all. Your opinion is just another piece of sand in the desert.

If there's nothing tactical about it, why will I get killed if I just run into a group of enemies and start shooting? Skittles_McGee

Just like every other shooter.

Birdy, you dont know wtf you're talking about.

If you think it is typical, it is because you lack imagination, and you are accustomed to being bosses around by the game, having it tell you what to do.

If someone thinks otherwise (that Crysis is inventive, sandboxy, and tactical) it is because they recognize Crytek has given us the tools, and has take nthe leash off to let us do what we wish.

For those accustomed to being on a leash (people with your mindset) this newfound freedom can be frightening; you look around, you don't know what to do...you might experiment a tiny bit just to test it out, but it is abnormal, and thus distasteful, so you keep doing things the way youve been doing things.

I'd keep going, but frankly I am tired of arguing against people that think games need to be as formulaic as Call of Duty. Instead, read my blog post if you like.

http://www.gamespot.com/users/mrbojangles25/post_blog_entry.php?msg_id=m-100-276715584&user=mrbojangles25

In a thread a few days ago the subject of Crysis came up and, as usual, it started to turn into a debate about the technical merits.

So, to change the subject to where it mattered (gameplay) I put forth the idea that the reason Crysis is an excellent game is because of excellent gameplay. This is the reply I got, and my response:

[QUOTE="The_Capitalist"]

I remember how hyped this game was four years ago when they announced it. Then, it came, made some good money for Crytek, had an expansion pack and hasn't been heard much of since.

Crysis was great for a few hours, but it lacked the staying power of many games I have played. Graphics were very nice... but it just felt like another generic shooter. I beat it, and haven't touched it in years. It's still sitting on the shelf...

And Crysis 2 hasn't hyped me up all that much either. Oh no, aliens invading New York City? How original!

mrbojangles25

I can see where you are coming from, but I beg to differ.

The thing with Crysis is that the developer gave you all these amazing tools to play the game how you want to play it. Unfortunately, most gamers are so used to generic shootersthey treated Crysis as a generic shooter even though it is far from it.

Imagine youre given a recipe and the ingredients to bake a cake. You have everything you need to make an ordinary yellow cake with bland frosting. And that is exactly what 90% of the population would do; they would follow the directions, as they do with all other things, and leave it at that.

But what about the other 10% of the population? They would do something creative, something inspired...they'd say "Im not gonna make some ordinary cake, I have all the tools I need to make a grande gateau!" So they take these tools and ingredients and whip up an amazing, multi-tiered cake that looks and, more importantly, tastes amazing.

Crysis is exactly this. It is full of multiple tools and ingredientsa gamer can use for whatever they like. Unfortunately, only a small number of people really take advantage of such generosity and make the most of it. The rest? Well, they just leave armor mode on and shoot their way through the game.

This is why, imo, Crysis is the most misunderstood game in history. People judge it by its cover ("Oooh its just sexy, but lacks depth of gameplay") and dont see the true potential. People have become so used to Dooms and Quakes and FEARs and corridor after corridor and games tellign them how to play that they have forgotten how to apply their God-given creativity to games that let them play around for once. We have become slaves to visuals to the point where we almost equate looks with quality.

In short, Crysis is a true gamer's game. The sheer potential gameplay one can extract from it if they are willing to apply their mind to it makes it one of the greatest shooters in history.

Those are just my thoughts on the matter. Not to continue the cake analogy, but the visuals in Crysis are merely icing on the cake. The bulk of the game's success, imo, is due to an amazing singleplayer experience that is unique and unlike any other game I have experienced.

While it is not my favorite game overall (that goes to Halflife saga, for combining multiple elements to form a solid game), Crysis has the best FPS gameplay I have ever experienced.

1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ore80pmNEso

2-Well, you can prone, crouch and lean in Crysis; you can walk, run and sprint (note: you can't perform some of this in a "military sim" as Flashpoint 2, and tons of recent shooter).

3-You can also use both Strength and Speed to strafe jumping as in Quake and UT games. You can select the fire mode in most of weapons between single shots or full auto.

4-You can customize in real time your weapons adding silencers (with the drawback of less damage), laser pointers (less spray, but you're more easy to detect), reflex sights, assault sights ant telescopic sights. You can attach a tactical flashlight and/or use enhanced vision.

5-The suit provides you Armor mode, in which your health bar refills at 4 health points x second and uses the energy as shield, whereas in the other modes isn't energy shield and you only refills life at 2 HP x second. Strength gives you increasing range launching grenades, better accuracy and insta-kill mele attacks, whereas Speed open the door to strafe jump and exhilarating flanking capabilities. Cloak mode is only useful in Power Struggle since in Team Instant Action the camping is a lot less effective.

6-The game gives you 4 different grenades (frag, smoke, flash bang and EMP), claymores, AT mines, C4 demolition charges, repairing tools, a pistol, 2 kinds of smg, 2 assault rifles, 2 sniper rifles, a shotgun, 2 types of grenade launchers and 4 types of heavy weapons (Gatling, missile launcher, MOAC and MOAR), plus a few vehicles (boats, hoovercrafts, Humvee, various APCs, two MBTs, 2 aircraft vehicles. Not the biggest arsenal in the world, but pretty decent.

I'm answering since the mp part of the game, since I wrote a 70+ pages article and spent over 320 hours only in the mp. I think that ArmA II and Quake Wars were a lot more tactical and some other shooters have better balance between weapons (UT III) since in Crysis Wars the SCAR clearly rules, but aside from the low popularity I think that the game is far deeper in gunplay mechanics than Half-Life 2, Bioshock and some other recent shooters that heavily fail in the gunplay department.

My review about the mp (sorry, is not in English) :

http://zonaforo.meristation.com/foros/viewtopic.php?t=1313668&highlight=Dossier

Alright ive seen these kind of debates since Crysis has released, while I am NOT one of those people that claim its nothing more than a flashy tech demo, I am one of the players that see it as nothing more than any other FPS on the market, and I do believe that alot of its prestige and critic score is heavily based on its technical feats as apposed to its gameplay.

The way I see it is, there are 2 kinds of people that play this game and look at it in 2 very dinstinct ways (other variations apply but the main 2 Im refering to.)

A) Those of you that claim this game is more tactical than most FPS games, and use that as an excuse to its score, and claim that its brilliant. You are the kind of people that are 100% relying on your imagination to get into this game. You are the kind that mayaswell be pretending to be a sexual predator on Grand Theft Auto, finding a female NPC alone at night picking her up and driving her off a cliff... you know... the stereotyped aspect of GTA .... you roleplay these outcomes even though there is no benefit to the player or any relevance to the games motivation.

B) The other ones are us... the ones that think its a typical shooter... with no more depth than Bioshock, Half-Life 2 (at least thats my view) as both of them have physic based help and some whacky weapons/powers... but are alittle more closed off. Type A will claim that we lack tactical play, that we play it as a regular shooter, and we dont make good use of the powers....

As Type B I would like to explain why I or possible WE look at it this way:

Lets look at the amazing powers....

STRENGTH - Double Jump, 1 shot melee, improved aiming - Whats special about this? Throwing Items at people and jumping high?

SPEED - Enhanced Speed, Super Speed - Base Speed difference isnt much, burst speed lasts no time at all.

STEALTH - Invisibility - Useful for initiation or escape... nothing else.

ARMOUR - Default, Energy Regain. Standard form.

So I ask you, other than a few feeble ambushes.... from this bland open nothingness, that is no more of a sandbox than RPG games such as Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines.... which has more stealth and more ways of taking people down than Crysis... IRONICALLY.

There is nothing tactical about Crysis, the AI on highest is not that great. its far more efficient to go around shooting everything like in any other shooter, theres no tactical advantage to the powers over any other shooter on the market.

If you believe I'm wrong, then explain or link/show some proof of these powers made useful and fun.

And I'm not talking about pre-school crap like lobbing a barrel at someone... I can do that with a gravity gun... in a much cooler way. I was to see this "Tactical enhanced gameplay thats not present in most other shooters and is a large reason why its scores are so high.". Because as far as anyone outside the rose tinted goggles can see, its multiplayer is awful and dead, the main campaign is absolutely nothing special for any genre and the world itself beyond its technical aspects is boring.... with its ... 5-6 different enemies to boot.

Birdy09

i managed about 5 lines of that. not bad going all things considered

The problem with Crysis is that while there are various different ways to handle most situations (at least as long as you are fighting humans), there's no need to change tactics. I play Crysis like a regular shooter because I can't be bothered to try something different when run and gun does the job. If Crysis forced you to think differently, it would be great for me.RK-Mara

that is hardly the game's fault though, and this is my main objection: a lot of people lacking the will to get out of their safe little box blame the game for that.

if the game forced you to play and think differently, then youre removing the choice of playing it how you want which makes the game so great.

It is a double-edged sword, a lose-lose, and its a damn shame Crytek gets blamed for people's laziness.

I found crysis to be an extremely pretty but shallow game. But that's just, like, my opinion, man.

The problem with Crysis is that while there are various different ways to handle most situations (at least as long as you are fighting humans), there's no need to change tactics. I play Crysis like a regular shooter because I can't be bothered to try something different when run and gun does the job. If Crysis forced you to think differently, it would be great for me.RK-Mara

[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]The problem with Crysis is that while there are various different ways to handle most situations (at least as long as you are fighting humans), there's no need to change tactics. I play Crysis like a regular shooter because I can't be bothered to try something different when run and gun does the job. If Crysis forced you to think differently, it would be great for me.chandu83

qft

crysis quite a good game..liquid_snake20

I found crysis to be an extremely pretty but shallow game. But that's just, like, my opinion, man.

Revolution_DDM

[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]The problem with Crysis is that while there are various different ways to handle most situations (at least as long as you are fighting humans), there's no need to change tactics. I play Crysis like a regular shooter because I can't be bothered to try something different when run and gun does the job. If Crysis forced you to think differently, it would be great for me.mrbojangles25

that is hardly the game's fault though, and this is my main objection: a lot of people lacking the will to get out of their safe little box blame the game for that.

if the game forced you to play and think differently, then youre removing the choice of playing it how you want which makes the game so great.

It is a double-edged sword, a lose-lose, and its a damn shame Crytek gets blamed for people's laziness.

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]The problem with Crysis is that while there are various different ways to handle most situations (at least as long as you are fighting humans), there's no need to change tactics. I play Crysis like a regular shooter because I can't be bothered to try something different when run and gun does the job. If Crysis forced you to think differently, it would be great for me.RK-Mara

that is hardly the game's fault though, and this is my main objection: a lot of people lacking the will to get out of their safe little box blame the game for that.

if the game forced you to play and think differently, then youre removing the choice of playing it how you want which makes the game so great.

It is a double-edged sword, a lose-lose, and its a damn shame Crytek gets blamed for people's laziness.

thats why I said giving the play such choice, and having to rely on player creativity/ambition, is a double-edged sword: youre going to have people praising Crysis for its ingenuity and choice as much as you're going to have people criticizing it for not bossing you around.

Crysis is a linear game on the surface, so people expect linearity, but Crysis also allows several different options all the time, and even more options is specific situatons (i.e. taking out patrols, bases, etc).

its not really tactical, not any more than bioshock as that other poster suggested, both games give you the tools be creative but that doesn't mean its tactical. The game doesnt REQUIRE tactics hence its not tactical, you play with your own imaginative tactics but thats about as useful as just running in and gunning everything down.

The fact that it gives you a lot of things to mess around with doesn't mean its a core part of the gameplay, its just another fun thing to do. Its like sayng hiding behind cover in modern warfare is tactics, i sure sniped from a lot of buildings aswell, it doesn't make it a tactical game, it doesn't make it a bad game either. Its like saying GTA is tactical.

I think crysis is a great game, but not because its tactical

The problem with Crysis is that while there are various different ways to handle most situations (at least as long as you are fighting humans), there's no need to change tactics. I play Crysis like a regular shooter because I can't be bothered to try something different when run and gun does the job. If Crysis forced you to think differently, it would be great for me.RK-Mara

Translation of OP:

I have little to no imagination and I'm insulting those that have.

Baranga

I think you may be failing to grasp the fundamental factor of a game, which is essentially, to give the player a sense of enjoyment.

I myself do not find it that fun constantly running into a situation with no strategy.

It makes the game more enjoyable for me to try out different way of tackeling a situation, and Crysis is one of those games that offers you these numerous ways.

You must be used to rail shooters like the whole Cod franchise where you must do what the computer tells you.

All in all, it's a matter of opinion, no one is wrong or right about crysis being a good tactical game or not, it's a pointless argument and i think that it should be dropped and be an opinionated statement only.

"Crysis is one of the best tactical games out there, in my opinion".

lucfonzy

Cool story bro :D

It doesn't matter if you don't like it. As long as the people who play it thought that it was a worthwhile purchase then your opinion doesn't matter at all. Your opinion is just another piece of sand in the desert.

ShadowsRunner

The thing is, anything can be generalized and trivialized. You could say, Half Life is nothing but a extremely linear game where you point and shoot at things.
Is that a lie? Actually no. But the game is not just that.
Same goes with Crysis. You could say, its a generic FPS with good visuals.
Crysis is no more generic than Half-Life. Yes, story leaves a lot to be desired, I get it, but its serviceable. It does the job. The gameplay is where the fun is at, if you know how to play it and enjoy it.
If you do not, well, too bad. A lot of us enjoyed it. chandu83

It's definitely a sandbox FPS.

You have different terrain in a lot of the stages. High and low paths. vantage point to climb and snipe from.

different vehicles to control.

When you approach a enemy base in the game your suit powers give you options on how to get into the base. You can jack a car and drive through and go all out. Stealth through. Run around the back and super jump over barbed wire. Drive through stealth out of vehicle and find cover...

Once in the base, you can Stealth right to the target and try to by pass all enemies. Jump on roofs and super jump across roofs whilst taking out enemies. Go into buildings and snipe from windows. Stealth to a vehicle or tank, and use the tank to take out all the enemies..

For a FPS there's a lot of different styles of gameplay in there. Can't really complain.

this is a video I made for Crysis a few months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w140BzgtQ_c

Solar-X

[QUOTE="Solar-X"]

It's definitely a sandbox FPS.

You have different terrain in a lot of the stages. High and low paths. vantage point to climb and snipe from.

different vehicles to control.

When you approach a enemy base in the game your suit powers give you options on how to get into the base. You can jack a car and drive through and go all out. Stealth through. Run around the back and super jump over barbed wire. Drive through stealth out of vehicle and find cover...

Once in the base, you can Stealth right to the target and try to by pass all enemies. Jump on roofs and super jump across roofs whilst taking out enemies. Go into buildings and snipe from windows. Stealth to a vehicle or tank, and use the tank to take out all the enemies..

For a FPS there's a lot of different styles of gameplay in there. Can't really complain.

this is a video I made for Crysis a few months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w140BzgtQ_c

Birdy09

You just seem to be complaining about the game because it plays like a FPS. You complain because I sniped three soldiers off. What did you want me to, walk up and shake their hand. It's FPS, the point is to blow stuff up.

If blowing stuff up is not enough for you then best not play FPS. I play Crysis because the gameplay is good not for the graphics. I've been playing FPS on PC since 1995, I know what good gameplay is.

And you can compare Crysis to any other leading FPS like COD. You only blow up a vehicle because the game tells you to shoot the vehicle. There's no choice there. You don't have a option to shoot the driver and then jack the vehicle, or blow the tyre and watch it flip or blow the exhaust. You simply shoot the vehicle and it explodes because you're in a part in the game where you're supposed to that. It's all scripted events. And most FPS are like that. No randomness. And that is not realistic or immersive.

For some reason i think people find scripted events alot more exciting than doing it all of your own accord.

It's a shame, but that's what scripted events are supposed to be like, you see it from a set angle at a set time so everything goes off in perfect cinematic fashion.

The reason that people don't find the freedom in such games as Crysis fun is because they aren't seeing it from a set point of view where you can really take advantage of the epicness you know?

i bet OP plays MW2 every day

[QUOTE="Birdy09"][QUOTE="Solar-X"] Right, I'm looking at your video, and first off im impressed by the rig defintly, looks amazing on yours even while recording. but I again fail to see the amazing gameplay that isnt present in any other shooter with additional powers of open fields. I mean, you up above that river? You stealthed... made it all seem flashy with the music... and yet.... they couldnt see you anyway.... you jsut popped them all off with a sniper rifle in a linear line. wether or not you led them there is a different story. The rest is just typical blow up or grab a vehicle which again .... ive done before and didnt warrant those games incredible scores or cult fanatasism. Infact, your whole video is mainly about THE GRAPHICS.. which is why you all delve into your imagination so much, the same reason people mod oblivion to death to make it look prettier or even more "life-like". I stand by what I say, the rose-tinted goggles are based in a vast majority on the graphics.... no the intellectual property, tactical gameplay or amazing story... or amazing multiplayer, because those things are very much in the average category.Solar-X

You just seem to be complaining about the game because it plays like a FPS. You complain because I sniped three soldiers off. What did you want me to, walk up and shake their hand. It's FPS, the point is to blow stuff up.

If blowing stuff up is not enough for you then best not play FPS. I play Crysis because the gameplay is good not for the graphics. I've been playing FPS on PC since 1995, I know what good gameplay is.

And you can compare Crysis to any other leading FPS like COD. You only blow up a vehicle because the game tells you to shoot the vehicle. There's no choice there. You don't have a option to shoot the driver and then jack the vehicle, or blow the tyre and watch it flip or blow the exhaust. You simply shoot the vehicle and it explodes because you're in a part in the game where you're supposed to that. It's all scripted events. And most FPS are like that. No randomness. And that is not realistic or immersive.

i bet OP plays MW2 every day

Eneru112

tactic: A manoeuvre, or action calculated to achieve some end. Keyword there being calculated, as in planned, thoughout.

Tactic 1: You run into a group of enemies not using cover. You invariably die. You cannot take gun fire from more than 3 people and survive, and quite often there are far more then 3 enemies around.

Tactic 2: You run into a group of enemies using your suit functions, such as cloak. Here you survive for longer. You get the upper hand on at least a few of them, but you're still not using cover, so you're soaking up those bullets like a sponge.

Obviously these tactics are not working. Sure you thought about it for a bit, but something isn't right. How can you take out so many guys without dying? Let's think about it. Using your suit certainly helped, but what didn't was rushing out of cover and giving away your position. So the key is to stay hidden and to let the enemy be confused for as long as possible.

And yes, YES, the enemy can be CONFUSED if you mvoe yourself around, under cover, using the suit functions - either speed, or cloak, to hide as fast as possible.

Tactic 3: You use a silenced weapon and stay under cover. You either use a dart to knock out guards, or you try and kill them before any others are alerted - which they will be regardless. Now that you've started your attack, displacement is key. Move from your current position, staying under cover, or while cloaked, to a new position. Now the gaurds are looking in the wrong spot, or better yet have their backs to you. Take out afew more, rinse, repeat.

Tactic 4: Play on easy and throw chickens and sea turtles at enemies.

That right there was three (four :P) different tactics utilising game mechanics and not my imagination.

It's definitely a sandbox FPS.

You have different terrain in a lot of the stages. High and low paths. vantage point to climb and snipe from.

different vehicles to control.

When you approach a enemy base in the game your suit powers give you options on how to get into the base. You can jack a car and drive through and go all out. Stealth through. Run around the back and super jump over barbed wire. Drive through stealth out of vehicle and find cover...

Once in the base, you can Stealth right to the target and try to by pass all enemies. Jump on roofs and super jump across roofs whilst taking out enemies. Go into buildings and snipe from windows. Stealth to a vehicle or tank, and use the tank to take out all the enemies..

For a FPS there's a lot of different styles of gameplay in there. Can't really complain.

this is a video I made for Crysis a few months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w140BzgtQ_c