Crysis 3 is a futuristic Science Fiction First Person Shooter (FPS)
set 24 years after the 2nd game and is set in New York
2.0, which compared to the original New York is an upgrade. Instead
of busy streets everywhere and various amounts of tall buildings, the
city has lots of overgrowth. As in the 2nd game, you fight
against the C.E.L.L Corporation and also the alien Ceph race. You
fill the role of Laurence Barnes, whose call name is Prophet, which
he is called throughout the game. Even though you play the game as
Prophet, your character is in an enhanced Nano suit of both human and
alien upgrades. If you have not played any of the other Crysis games,
there is an on disc movie that shows you the backstory of the events
in Crysis 1 and 2. The story itself is mainly an action drama, but
there is a humor part to it and the story is extremely deep. The
campaign is a bit short, with the game taking me 11 hours to complete
it. The side missions do not seem like they have any impact on the
missions other than extending them.
In the game, you can use both the
Human and Ceph weapons. My favorite Ceph weapon is the Reaper Cannon
due to the rapid fire shooting that can be done with it. My least
favorite Ceph weapon is the Incinerator due to how often I found it
(once). Even though the game is primarily an action game, you can use
stealth at any time, as long as your Nano suit has energy, which auto
recharges. If you want to have all action, there is also an armor
feature that uses the same energy as the stealth. If you choose to
use stealth, the kills by use of stealth are very satisfying. If you
choose to have it an action game, the melee kills are just as
satisfying.
During the game, there are multiple
times you can hack in game to obtain other weapons and suit upgrades.
You can further upgrade the purchased upgrades by doing various tasks
stated in the suit upgrade menu. Along with suit upgrades, you can
hack into enemy turrets as well and turn the tables on your
opponents. In order to hack, you have to match the wave frequency,
which for the most part is very simple.
The controls are for the most part
very well done. The only major issues I had was holding the back
button for weapon customization, and just pressing the back button
for suit upgrades. The other main control complaint I have is the
ending, the controls feel very floaty. The map seemed very vague on
where mission objectives were and only gave a general idea on where
you had to be.
Something that I thought was unique
and different was there is a side achievement for doing a certain
actions during the mission (for example, shooting down the helicopter
at the beginning of the game with the bow).
The graphics are well above the
industry standard and the physics are very well done as well. The
best part of the game for me was the music. I felt that every song
fit where it was used.
The multi-player aspect can be brutal
for new players, but Crytek has a simple solution. There are servers
specifically made for users in Death Match and Team Death Match modes
in which level 10 or lower ranked players can participate. There are
also two different Capture the Points modes, and also a Maximum
Damage Death Match and Team Death Match modes included on the Crysis
3 disc.
I put this game as a 8/10. Crysis 3 is
out for the PS3, Xbox 360 (which was used for this review), and also
for PC. It was developed by Crytek UK and Crytek Frankfurt and
produced by EA.