Crysis

Publisher: EA Games

Developer: Crytek Studios

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 11/13/2007

Digital Download - 09/16/2008

Official Game Website

GameZone's Review

9.3
GZ Rating

Gameplay	9
Graphics	9.8
Sound	9
Difficulty	Medium
Concept	9.3
Multiplayer	9
Overall	9.3

Reviewer: Steven Hopper

Review Date: 11/27/2007

The most photorealistic shooter you’ll see this year is also one of the most fun to play.

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Avg. Web Rating

9.1

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Steven Hopper - 09/20/2007

The second section of EA’s demo for Crysis showcases some zero-gravity situations.

Steven Hopper - 09/14/2007

Crytek’s highly-anticipated shooter dazzles with incredible graphics and an awesome world.

Steven Hopper - 07/13/2007

Crytek’s hyped shooter looks to offer the goods with amazing graphics and cool gameplay features.

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Crytek’s new shooter promises to be a revolutionary new experience that takes full advantage of DirectX 10’s new abilities.

News

Crytek Launches mycrysis.com
New community portal for the Crysis franchise online

Crysis Warhead Coming To Steam
Latest from Legendary Studio Coming to Leading Online Platform

Games for Windows branded title “Crysis” dazzles industry insiders with February awards and successes.
“Crysis,” has proven to be a massive critical success

The Academy Awards Honors Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, and The Orange Box
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Inducts Mike Morhaime Into Hall of Fame and Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award on Ken Kutaragi

Sumthing Else Music Works Announces Release Of The Crysis Original Soundtrack
The CRYSIS Original Soundtrack features over an hour of original orchestral music

All News for Crysis

Description

Crysis is a a stunning technical achievement, Crysis combines incredible visuals, cunning gameplay and an epic story that challenges gamers to adapt to survive.

Global tensions have reached boiling point as the U.S. and North Korea square off in the South China Sea. At stake: a mysterious artifact uncovered by a team of U.S. archeologists.

The North Korean government quickly seizes the area, prompting the U.S. to dispatch an elite team of Special Forces operatives on a rescue mission. During the siege the true nature of the artifact quickly emerges, pointing to the existence of an alien presence on Earth, and ultimately the trigger for a massive-scale alien invasion.

The battle to save Earth begins as the aliens’ flash freeze the tropics into a ghostly-white frozen landscape.

As gamers take up arms against the aliens, they will be outfitted with customizable weapons and a high tech Nanosuit, allowing them to adapt their tactics and abilities to a hostile, ever-changing environment and a mysterious enemy.

Powered by CryENGINE 2, Crysis delivers the ultimate DX10 gaming experience for the PC, including unparalleled graphics, special effects and artificial intelligence. The game is also scaleable to deliver a breath-taking FPS experience for older DX9 PCs.

Features

Adapt to Survive – An epic story thrusts players into an ever-changing environment, forcing them to adapt their tactics and approach to conquer battlefields ranging from newly frozen jungle to zero-gravity alien environments.
Suit up! – A high-tech Nanosuit allows gamers to augment their abilities in real time on the battlefield. Players can choose to enhance their speed, strength, armor and cloaking abilities to approach situations in creative tactical ways
Customizable Weaponry – A huge arsenal of modular weaponry gives gamers unprecedented control over their play style. Blow the opposition away with experimental weapons, discover alien technology and utilize custom ammunition from incendiary-tipped rounds to tactical munitions that can silently put foes to sleep.
Veni Vidi Vici – Lifelike enemy AI challenges players to assess a situation and approach it strategically. It isn’t about having the fastest trigger finger – players are challenged to be proactive in the fight, not reactive.
Zero-G Gameplay – Battle a horrifying alien species in a true Zero-gravity environment, where physics change everything as players must adapt to moving in Zero-G and contending with the recoil from their weapons and more.
Next-Generation Graphics – Built from the ground up using Crytek’s proprietary CryENGINE 2™, Crysis’ visuals define “state of the art,” with full DX10 support and scalable options to deliver solid performance on older machines.
Open, Physicalized World – Choose your own path through the open world of Crysis, destroying obstacles, driving vehicles from VTOL’s to boats and using the environment itself against your enemies.
Bring it Online – Full-featured multiplayer for up to 32 players with real-time armor and weapons customization. For a pure adrenaline fix hit the Instant Action button, or prepare yourself for the all-new multiplayer PowerStruggle mode that combines economy and vehicle warfare, alien technology and ranking, all wrapped in a strategic objective-based experience.

Hardware Requirements

OS – Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor – 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista)
Memory – 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card –256 MB**
Hard Drive – 12GB
Sound Card – DirectX 9.0c compatible

Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.

Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

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