May 23rd, 2007 - The award-winning developers Crytek, the team behind the critically acclaimed Far Cry, are bringing Crysis to the PC this winter. The game, set in 2019, begins with an asteroid crashing to Earth, with both the Americans and North Koreans both laying claim it. The game features a three-act structure, as gamers begin battling the North Koreans, then team up with them as the asteroid reveals itself to be a mammoth alien spaceship, to eventually entering the spaceship and taking on the aliens themselves in a zero-gravity environment.
Setting Crysis apart from many other first-person shooters is the dynamic world the player faces themselves in. There are no cut scenes, no detailed explanations that tell the player what t o do next, and a very loose story structure. For example, you can skip certain missions, but doing so will affect the outcome of your game. If you lose a man, along the course of your play, he is gone and will never return, making later missions that much more difficult. Earthquakes, landslides, and tornados will also change the environment permanently. The vehicles, weapons, and biosuits are all highly customizable, with a variety of options including components of the alien technology.
Crysis also features a wide variety of multi-player options, including Tactical Deathmatch, Tactical Team Deathmatch, and Power Struggle, which provides an interesting twist on the typical multiplayer kill fest. Power Struggle starts players off with basic equipment, and they must earn points that they can use to upgrade and buy better weapons, equipment, and vehicles. There is also a ranking system for the players, so that a kill of a newbie by an expert player will be worth fewer points than the opposite. These complex mechanics ensure that these types of battles can literally go on for hours.
In addition to the unique mechanics, the game’s visuals are also simply stunning. Running on Windows Vista and DirectX10, Crysis shows off just what the cutting edge PC’s can do. TheCC had a chance to go to a Windows Vista Gaming event, and it’s no surprise they used Crysis to show off the amazing capabilities of the new tech. Gamers who don’t believe that PC games can stand up to the consoles may want to check out Crysis when it’s released.
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