'Super soldier' doesn't even begin to describe it. The North Koreans are moving some new weapon over a tropical island. It's up to one soldier to track down the package and keep it from being used. Unfortunately, it turns out there are things worse than Communists on this island.
1. Gameplay
The original Crysis game ended on a cliffhanger that left far too many questions unanswered. Crysis: Warhead seems to answer some of the questions, but most of the time consists of its own separate story within the same events. Gamers will play as a separate character completely from the first Crysis game and while some references are made to the events of the original game, players have their own mission with its own challenges. In some ways this is a good thing. While Crysis and Crysis: Warhead felt very similar, the events of the latter were somewhat new which made this game slightly more enjoyable. Unfortunately, the majority of this game is spent on foot in stealthy combat, which I felt was this game’s greatest weakness. The vehicle mechanics and the heavy open combat were awesome, but these times were far too seldom. In addition, while I felt awesomely overpowered in the nanosuit (in a good way), the weapons were all absurdly underpowered. It would often take dozens of rounds to take down a single human enemy, let alone the heavily armed and armored alien enemies that would constantly attack. This made combat seem less like fluid, constant motion and more of a grinding push forward over the course of a few hours. I waited years to play this game and I’m not sure that it was worth it. Hopefully it serves as a decent setup to its sequel.
This is quite possibly one of the shortest games I have ever played. Up until recently that award went to Kane & Lynch, which took me a measly four(ish) hours to beat. Crysis: Warhead took me an abysmal 2.5 hours to complete. I have to admit that this is an expansion pack, not a full game, so it must be expected that this would be far shorter than a full game. But still, the price that I paid for this expansion is not worth the amount of content I got out. There is almost zero replayability to this game and no multiplayer content unless the player installs the “Crysis Wars” add-on that came with this game. I had no desire to do so, so I have no reason to replay this game at all.
There were two elements that were a constant frustration in this game. The first, and most prominent, were the aliens. The player will have to fight dozens of alien enemies throughout the course of the game. Unfortunately, every alien of every size is heavily armored and does a decent amount of damage. They are fast, nimble, and difficult to hit. It would be frustrating to have to shoot at a single enemy for what seemed like an extremely long time before that enemy would be killed. And that was assuming I managed to land all of my shots. Some weapons could deal massive amounts of damage to enemies. Weapons like the gauss rifle could take down large alien enemies in a single hit. However, human enemies would sometimes have these weapons. This would be unbelievably annoying since a single gauss round could kill me even if I had full health and full shields. Since the first shot that an enemy fires is almost always accurate, I had to save before going around almost every corner in some sections. If I died, I would have to figure out a way to find and kill the gauss rifle enemy before they saw me. It was less strategy and more luck most of the time. PC gamers have railed this game for its built-in Digital Rights Management software. The software, which gets installed onto the player’s computer when the game is installed, prevents the player from being able to install the game more than a certain number of times. This hinders legitimate users in a vain effort to prevent piracy. If the maximum number of times I can install this game on any computer is 3, the disc is useless after I install the game three times. I don’t suspect this will be a problem with this game due to its low replayability, but it’s unfortunate that companies are resorting to these measures to prevent piracy. This was a serious issue for this game that significantly hampered its ratings and its sales figures. 2. Parental Notices
The violence in this game is average for a first-person shooter. The player will use a small number of firearms to shoot at human and alien enemies. Hits against human enemies will release a small splatter of blood, but the player often doesn’t get close enough to the enemies to make it noticeable. If the player turns on “strength mode”, he can run up to and grab human enemies by the neck. He can then use them as a human shield or throw them into other enemies. Eventually the aliens arrive and a good portion of the island freezes. Many human enemies are frozen solid. The player can shoot or melee these enemies, which will cause them to shatter. Explosions will simply cause enemies to fly into the air for a short distance. There is no gore involved at all in this game.
Sexuality is not an issue in this game.
In a few sections there are bars with bottles of alcohol and cans of beer. The player can pick up these objects but is never able to use any of these substances.
Gambling is not an issue in this game. 3. Other Factors
There are modding tools available for this game, but I have not found any adult mods of any kind. The mods that have been released either tweak the physics (such as to make the player fly) or add on new campaigns.
Religion is not an issue in this game.
Anti-law is not an issue in this game.
“Crysis Wars”, a multiplayer version of this game, is technically a separate game. Therefore, this game does not have a multiplayer game mode.
The player’s suit allows him to perform superhuman feats for short periods of time. For example, the strength part of the suit allows him to pick up enemies, heavy objects, and other items that the player would not normally be able to lift and throw them across long distances. The strength mode also allows the player to jump absurdly high heights. There is also a speed mode that allows the player to sprint extremely quickly for a short period of time. The player can only sprint for a few seconds at this speed, though. In one section the player will have to drive a hovercraft in order to pursue the main antagonist. The hovercraft chase isn’t necessarily fast, but it can be difficult to control at times.
Magic is not an issue in this game.
Weapons of Mass Destruction The North Koreans are suspected of transporting nuclear weapons to the island onboard ships. The player eventually finds what is suspected to be a container with nuclear weaponry, but it’s actually an alien of some sort. Torture
The main antagonist has some sort of an electrical device that messes with the main character’s nanosuit. The device tortures the character by constricting the fibers of the suit. The specific ways that the device works aren’t made clear, but it seems to be very painful.
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