Games

Crysis

Crytek Frankfurt

2007•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 11 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical shooter that is expansive, fast and unsavoury. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

83 / 100

803 ratings

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About This Game

From the makers of Far Cry, Crysis offers FPS fans the best-looking, most highly-evolving gameplay, requiring the player to use adaptive tactics and total customization of weapons and armor to survive in dynamic, hostile environments including Zero-G.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Earth, 2019. A team of US scientists makes a frightening discovery on an island in the South China Sea. All contact with the team is lost when the North Korean Government quickly seals off the area. The United States responds by dispatching an elite team of Delta Force Operators to recon the situation. As tension rises between the two nations, a massive alien ship reveals itself in the middle of the island. The ship generates an immense force sphere that freezes a vast portion of the island and drastically alters the global weather system. Now the US and North Korea must join forces to battle...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Modern warfareAliensHelicopterVehicular combatBloodyGravitySharkDeath

Where to play

Details

Developer: Crytek Frankfurt
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Released: 13 November 2007
Series: Crysis
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 5h rushed, 11h normally, 5h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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