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BRING ON THE CRYSIS MODS!

YES! :D

Heres my take. 7 out of ten, and I don't knock it because of bugs. In my experience Crysis is one of the most stable well polished games I've played in a while. I did encounter some bugs, but very few.

As for the AI, I only saw it doing one profoundly stupid thing in two playthroughs. (I came up behind someone, started shooting, and he just stood there and took it till he died.) I think the AI is suppose to be more realistic, as in there not all emotionless killing cyborgs with perfect 360 degree vision. They get confused, surprised, distracted. I just wonder how many people are mistaking this behavior for bugs.

People seem to be glossing over the legitimate issue. Which is that as good as the first part is the last third is awful. The design goes completely to crap once you start fighting the aliens. The ice level, the escort mission, the VTOL, the aircraft carrier all bad. They took the great sandbox levels that encourage planning, strategy, improvisation. And they replace it with a linear path connecting scripted sequence after scripted sequence. And these aren't the superb scripted sequences of Half Life. This is "oh wait we need a story and a boss battle, let slap some crap together at the end gameplay be damned".

Its a good game, but its has some major flaws and there not technical in nature.

Just finished it a few hours ago and I'd have to say about a 8 out of 10. Overall a VERY fun game, but like the others have said before me, weird bugs and just really strange things. Like dopefish mentioned, shooting a Korean in the head in front of his comrades alerts no one. This happens throughout the game and really bugged me since I pretty much played the whole thing Solid Snake-style. Other inconsistencies like the reactor room, etc. It didn't bother my experience that much, just left me scratching my head a little before I continued. The last boss was pretty cool though; felt like I was in a classic arcade game. Probably unwanted though, in this day and age.

I have a problem with my game where the menus and movies all stutter/lag until I have the actual game loaded. Don't know why.

All in all, it was a fun experience and I eagerly await the sequel.

The gameplay is great fun, but its hard to shake the feeling that its just a tech demo that they tried to shoehorn a story in to at the last minute. I never got that feeling with FarCry.

I am still looking forward to the next one.