Crysis had a great 5 years of existing as a franchise. But it seemed to fall down after Crysis 2. Giving us the best graphics. This time CELL and the Ceph where going to get it. Will Cevat Yerli truly prove us he is a great game director?
STORY
Again it takes place in New York and oh by golly out of all the amazing places we had to choose the most overused Hollywood Summer blockbuster setting. So after years even if Alcatraz has defeated the Ceph Army in a grand sacrifice. The Earth has been under siege by CELL and CEPH. They both have been harvesting the Earth for the energy and thus you Lawarence Fishburn must defeat the Alpha Ceph. It's a pretty epic looking story but it's just over the top Micheal Bayness. You are in for a Universal Studio theme park Ride. Everyone here is back from the Crysis 2 that has not been killed off. And new people that will be killed off and you might feel sad for. Psycho is back to help kick ass the whole way
GAMEPLAY
Crysis 3's gameplay is give or take better than Crysis 2. The choices are more obvious yet the level design still feels simple and linear. You can sneak around and shoot things with a bow that has 3 different powers, regular, explosive, electric, amongst other things. They do a great job of interacting with the environment. The AI somewhat slow but still responsive. It's pretty easy if you ask me. With easy bosses.
The controls of have been even more simplified down to the point where you only have the option of choosing either invisibility and invincibility. The leaning and cover shooter has been stripped. But the RPG elements remain. Everything is streamlined in this game. You can slide however. Which is just wonderful. You can ride automobiles sometimes. But these aren't a choice, they are just highly suggested mini games. Trust me.
You can hack in simple puzzles and other things.
Too bad the game is too short and easy compared to it's Dark Souls Predecessor.
Multiplayer lobbies exist. You can battle in multiplayer and pick a few matches. Casual, and unbalanced. Crysis 3 has has some unbelievably unbalanced fights. Where you can be a rebel or raptor team or CELL. But overall no one is there anymore. I try look for some servers in US and I am yet to see anyone still playing Crysis 3.
GRAPHICS
Have you ever looked at the face of God?
Enough here has been said.
Unless you have a potato PC. But still C3 looks great at any resolution do to it's wonderful atmospheric art direction.
Crysis 3 looks wonderful, it's the best looker of the generation 7. Everything is detailed, though the Micheal Bay explosions and art Style maybe a bit mmmm degenerate, you cannot deny it still. Everything is in full force, the flowing vegetation is back, somethings are blocky despite tessellation on frogs being promiced, but who am I kidding, no one cares about that because the scifi style keeps it from being bad. The water shimmers, everything shimmers, everything is lovely. I love it. The special effects are good to. Sparks fly, lighting dazzles. So many crazy unique looking scenes with atmosphere. Crysis goes less for realistic and more artsy like 90% of the time but totally worth it.
SOUND
The production qualities in Crysis 3 are top notch. Everything has crazy scifi sounds. Gone are the days of cheesy music. You can also listen to audio logs. But no one cares about that. Everything sounds explosive I highly suggest you get a dolby surround system for this.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, Crysis 3 is a great video game. It may not be perfect but it's still worth the romp when you have no attention span and a GTX 1080