Crysis 3 Review

 

Released: February 19. 2013

Platforms: PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360

Developer: Crytek Studios

Publisher: Electronic Arts (EA)

Websites: Crysis.com

Crysis 3 is the sequel to the popular sci-fi first-person shooters Crysis and Crysis 2. Players assume the role of Prophet, an enhanced super soldier capable of taking out entire armies by himself with the help of his Nanosuit. 

 

The super soldier has been well-worn by gamers, especially given that the vast majority of video games are specifically designed to make you feel like a gun-shooting god. Game makers know that there’s an overwhelming majority of gamers out there who play video games for one reason: to forget about their lousy day at school or the office and step out in the over-sized shoes of an almighty god of games for the evening.

the Crysis series has strapped you up in an exceedingly well-armoured and cloak-equipped Nanosuit and sent you out to leave no guard unmurdered in your pursuit of...the fate of the universe.

 

 It’s clear that this is an area that Crytek Studios has largely directed its focus, and perhaps why the core game play experience hasn’t really changed dramatically from Crysis 2. Crysis 3 roots its narrative in a fight against the oppressive CELL Corporation and the pursuit of the alien Alpha Ceph, but the story is propelled along by the relationship between protagonist Prophet and his sidekick Michael ‘Psycho’ Sykes. One is desperate to cling to his last traces of humanity, the other, newly stripped of his Nanosuit and tortured by CELL, is struggling to come to terms with his own mortality.

 

 excellent dialogue, voice acting and facial animation, Crysis 3's characters are able to emote at a level well beyond the reach of the smartass marines typically found in the genre. Crysis 3 is almost exclusively about killing, be it via an all-out assault or more surreptitious forms of slaughter. The new game is every bit as fluid and flexible (and fun) as fans have come to expect from Crytek's more sandbox style of shooting, and there are a handful of new additions to your arsenal that make each enemy encounter all the more entertaining.

 

Crysis 3 is a polished iteration on the previous Crysis titles. ts campaign mode features some much needed soul beneath the sci-fi sheen, which gives a sense of purpose to all the killing that has been previously absent from the series.