Crysis 2
Game » consists of 37 releases. Released Mar 22, 2011
Set three years after the original Crysis, an ambushed Marine named Alcatraz dons the famous Nanosuit and fights his way through an obliterated New York City to stop the alien invasion.
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5 (15) 4 (21) 3 (8) 2 (5) 1 (0) 3.9 starsAverage score of 49 user reviews
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Good showing on Crytek. 8
I've never been much of a Crytek guy, I've found their tech impressive but the games behind them less impressive, the original Crysis gave people a different feel to the shooter genre but was always overshadowed by its stellar visuals. Crysis 2 reverses what once was, the setting while a bit generic is one of the most immersive settings out there but it's in it's gameplay that Crysis 2 truly shines, With loose ties to the first game this game is a beast all on its own. Set in 2033 it begins ...
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Not a Great Start But a Great Finish 0
Crytek is back trying to match the success of their graphics show horse-cum-game, Crysis. This time, the game can actually be played on systems available right now and not ones that are just coming on to the market...several years after launch. They have simplified the engine a bit, but it still has large vistas and many ways to attack your foes. It just has one minor problem. For most of the game...it just isn't all that much fun. At the end, once your suit is powered up, you no longer...
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A New York Minute 0
Crysis 2 has had PC gamers worried. Crytek’s first foray into this futuristic world of military grade Nanosuits and alien invasions was a landmark title for the platform. Besides from the open, sprawling battlefields and novel abilities granted by the Nanosuit, this was a shooter lauded for its technical profligacy. The gaming rigs of its day couldn’t run it at its highest settings, and if there was ever a reason to showcase the PC’s graphical prowess, Crysis was by far and away the game t...
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Maximum First Person Shooter 0
"For a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder." -F. Scott Fitzgerald First off, let's just get this out of the way. We all know about Crysis and what it stands for. The graphics look amazing. Or stunning. They might look both. They might be able to cover both t...
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Crysis 2 is a thrilling, visually stunning shooter. 0
It says a lot when a shooter can take many strides away from the norm, delivering an experience thats both innovative, inviting, Enter Alcatraz, the latest certified nanosuit badass. thrilling and fun. The original Crysis achieved just that--blending nanosuits with big levels that led to a ton of flexibility and all of that was coupled with some of the most advanced visuals ever seen on the PC, which prompted players to upgrade their hardware just so they could gock at all the...
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Back From The Park - Thoughts About Crysis 2 0
I finally sat down during my time off and both played and finished Crysis 2. I did play the first few levels of the game when it first launched but the DX10 version had some annoying glitches, such as a flickering effect that took place in any outdoor daytime scenes. I recently found out that the reason for this glitch was because I am using a dual graphic card setup. So a patch was released and I downloaded it, and it fixed it.So when I knew I had two weeks’ vacation coming up, I always ...
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A Unique Take On A Stale Genre 0
As of late, the first-person shooter market has grown a bit stale. For every Fallout 3 or Borderlands there's ten Call of Duty clones. Publishers and developers can't be blamed for trying to mimic the franchise which contains the two highest grossing video games to ever be released. But as a person who plays as many video games as I do, I don't want one of my favorite genres to produce game after game that looks, feels and plays the exact same way. Crytek, whether you love or hate the games ...
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A Fun, Refreshing Military Shooter 0
Crysis 2 has great lighting. It'll remind you of that alot. Crysis 2 has a lot of expectations to live up too. It’s the sequel to what many consider to be a landmark PC title, a game that set the benchmark for PC graphics upon it’s release. In addition to that, it’s is also the first game that developer Crytech has made simontaniesly for consoles as well as PC. Thankfully, Crysis 2 does not collapse under the pressure and delivers a fun, often thrilling experience with plenty of value for shoot...
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Rote 3
The Crysis franchise has become synonymous with being the test subject for newly built PCs. Even so much as the first achievement I got in Crysis 2 was titled “Can it run Crysis?”. The game is a technical showpiece. Even on console, Crysis 2 is easily one of this generation’s best looking games. That’s about it, unfortunately. Like that girl in highschool, this game is all about looking good but offers little beyond eye candy. Crytek’s latest is all about big-budget action. There are a ton of d...
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No king of the hill, almost top of the heap 0
Last month, I played and reviewed Killzone 3 which had a campaign that I thought exemplified my problems with Guerrilla Games: they make great looking games but the "game" part is lacking. Crytek to a certain degree has been called this by others and while I don't have a computer that can run the original game (or Far Cry for that matter), Crysis 2 seems intent to being the developer's first major console release and a step forward for them. However the transition isn't as smooth and for every m...
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Pretty, but all round "meh." 0
Its weird - even though I've been playing Back to the Future, for some reason it feels like it's been a long time since I've played a new, core-gamer focused PC title. I figured Crysis 2 would scratch that itch, and having played the last game, I knew what sort of experience to expect. I just didn't expect that it would be pretty much the same damn game for four years ago.Developed by Crytek, Crysis 2 is the sequel to the 2007 game that you probably didn't play because your computer di...
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Be strong, be fast, be motherf***ing badass! 1
It is easy to ignore FPS's nowadays. Many don't match the qualities of Call Of Duty (take Homefront for example). But this one is very different. Why? Because it doesn't try to be Call Of Duty. It doesn't need to, developers Crytek have made there very own unique game. And it's pretty sweet.You've probably heard before, but the graphics are top-notch. I'd seen screenshots prior to release, but you have to see it to believe it. I knew it was going to look stunning, but at the beginning of the gam...
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Maximum "Flame" Armor Activated 0
Alright, let's get my feelings on the first Crysis out of the way: I enjoyed most of it.Let me clarify that statement a bit. I actually played Crysis 2 on the 360 first. I enjoyed it immensely, and wasn't terribly bugged by the hitching framerate and texture pop-in mostly because it looked so darn nice that I didn't notice all that much. Then I got my new PC, and decided to try out the first Crysis. It looked amazing, though of course the lack of focus and an ending almost as bad as Halo 2's kin...
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Crysis 2 review. 0
Crytek's debut on the consoles leaves the PC fanbase unharmed and provides a cool experience for all players, no matter what platform. Crysis 2 is a very strange game. The moment I started playing the campaign, I wanted to nitpick the hell out of it. I'm a huge fan of the original Crysis games for the freedom they provided. Every encounter could be approached differently, even in the more linear levels- the nanosuit allowed you to either go in guns blazing, or to kill everyone in stealth using ...
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Crysis 2 Review: Will you want it to run Crysis 0
With Crysis 3 newly released I though that it would be an appropriate time to take a look back at Crysis 2, and my thoughts on the 2011 release. Crysis 2 follows in the footsteps of a predecessor that is still hailed to this day as the showcase for PC graphics, and was notoriously difficult to run. Crysis 2 was also on consoles, and swaps the jungle setting of the first game for New York City. So, does Crysis 2 provide another technical showcase, or the “best looking game on consoles”? Well, ye...
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Nothing special, really. Definitely not up to the hype. A middle-class, console-intended shooter that I won't remember. 0
When I first read some reviews about how different Crysis 2 is going to be compared to the first one, I thought "well, if it's different, then it has to be better; there's no way they can make it worse than the first one". Well...no.Graphic wise it's bad. I mean, the scenes of NY are beautiful, the sky is nice and the sun looks amazing. But it's not even close to the effect that the graphics of the first Crysis had on people (and their hardware). It looks too colorful, almost cartoonish, the mod...
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Crysis 2 Video Review 0
This is my video review for Crysis 2, if you want to see a written review, I could muster one up. ...
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It's good but is it great? 0
With the power of the nano suit at your disposal, Crysis 2 delivers a great shooter experience that many others in the genre lack. It provides a myriad of different ways to approach situations in the game and make the game play diverse so that the player will be engaged for the entire campaign. By making itself different experience than the other shooters on the market, Crysis 2 is a must have for fans of the genre looking for something that adds some diversity to a saturated ge...
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Great execution but doesn't stick the landing. 0
Crysis 2 is fast action, first person shooter with large history of games that push video game presentation behind it. However, unlike the previous games (Crysis and Far Cry 2), Crytek decides to sacrifice open world game play for more focused and enjoyable experience. Crysis 2 takes place in New York city and in the year 2023. You play as Alcatraz, a man that is rescued by Prophet, one of the main characters of the original Crysis game. The main factions of New York are the paramilitary...
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Suits you sir... 0
Platform: Xbox360, PS3, and PC Certificate: 15 Developers: Crytek Publishers: EA Genre: Sci-Fi FPS I know what your thinking: "Dat ass" With Crysis 2 being the next in a long line of first person shooters to arrive this year after Bulletstorm, Killzone 3, and Homefront there is an added emphasis on genre titles having to define themselves in an increasingly crowded market. Fortunately Crysis 2 rises to the challenge by offering players an alternative to the highly scripted linear...
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Crysis 2 - First Impressions 0
First Impressions - Crysis 2 If you haven't heard of the name Crysis before, don't feel bad, a lot of people haven't. Crysis was a game that was released a few years back to the die hard PC gaming community. Why die hard? Because the machine you needed to play it at anything other than a lower quality had to be a hind end machine. As a result, not a lot of people outside of the PC community got their hands on the game. It's a shame really because the game was a technical feat, even at today'...
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Strap on your cyborg suit for a powerful shooting experience 0
Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC Genre: First Person Shooter Release Date: March 22~25, 2011 Developer: Crytek Publisher: Electronic Arts No longer do people have to fear the Crytek engine and its demanding requirements, as you don’t even need a PC to play the latest first person-superhuman-cyborg-shooter, Crysis 2. It is , not essential that the first Crysis is played to completion but it will definitely provide you with some background to the story. Contrary to the common shooter th...
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Pros and Cons: Crysis 2 0
Four years after the release of Crysis, German developer Crytek is at it again with the technically awe-striking Crysis 2. This time, however, the team has left the actual jungle for the urban jungle of Manhattan. You play Alcatraz, an ordinary soldier who is quickly outfitted with the game changing Nanosuit and charged with tracking down a valuable ally while repelling an alien invasion. While the first Crysis played like a long tech demo, Crysis 2 is anything but, featuring an engaging campaig...
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Crysis of faith 0
this was written by my close friend, Kimerex who doesn't have an account here (yet) so I am posting this on his behalf Sony had Killzone. Microsoft had Halo. In the slew of all these things, PC birthed a game to show the non-believers that the platform should never be looked over. Crysis hit the stores with intent to burn out as many power rigs as it could. Even I spent a lot of time trying to tweak my set up to run Crysis at mostly high settings with a little at maximum. Eventually, with...
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Enter Nanosuit 2.0 0
Crysis is a game that needs no introduction, at least for PC gamers. In 2007 Crytek released a game that was considered to be far ahead of its time, and which shocked the PC gaming world with jaw-dropping visuals like no other. For those fortunate enough to own a system capable of running the beast, Crysis was surely an unforgettable first person experience featuring the most realistic graphics ever seen. Crytek showed the world the capabilities of CryEngine and DX10; since the game's release th...
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A stellar tactical FPS 0
Note: These are my feelings of the single player campaign only. Pros: The combat makes this game for me. Coming up to an area full of enemies fills me with joy at deciding how to take them all out effectively, instead of most shooters that have me spending more time staring at a compass so I know where the game specifically wants me to go through their lazy level design to stand at the exact right spot and use the exact right weapon as brainless meatheads charge towards me. It's the sam...
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Crysis 2 - A Horseman's Review 0
Back when my computer was the staple of my entertainment system, Crysis was used as the benchmark for my computers performance; actually, this was pretty much the case for all "Hardcore" PC Gamers. As a game, Crysis was decent, with a large and generally open-world environment for the player to explore and experiment. I've been looking forward to Crysis 2 for quite awhile. I didn't except a huge graphical leap, especially since I was going to play the 360 version, but I was expecting a high-qua...
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Crysis 2: MAXIMUM REVIEW 0
NOTE: This review pertains to the retail Xbox 360 version of Crysis 2MAXIMUM STORYTo say that Crysis 2's campaign story is bad would be an understatement of sorts. It's not just that it's a bad story overall but the way it's told makes it that much worse. I would give a synopsis of what transpires but the fact is that at a certain point my brain put up some sort of protective measures that prevented my from absorbing any more of the poisonous stupidity Crysis 2 was injecting into it. The best I ...
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Crysis decided to be like other derivative, forgettable shooters. 0
The first Crysis, as I’ve written about in a previous review, is much more than an average first-person shooter. The fact you had at your disposal the possibilities of your “super suit” actually made it a much more dynamic experience than what we were accustomed. Things haven’t changed much, FPSs maintain the “all flash, no substance” unofficial motto, so clear in much of today’s games. The fact that it’s probably the most mainstream game genre in...
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A real surprise. 0
The first time I played the first crysis was in 2009. I truly liked the game but I felt it was nothing special. It was essentially a tech demo of Crytek's cryengine. The gameplay was lacking and most of the time I would just stop and look at the graphics. It wasn't perfect but it was special in its own way. Because of this I never really considered buying Crysis 2 and I didn't. I was only able to play crysis 2 through borrowing my classmates copy in exchange for one of my games. I never expected...
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A fun shooter 0
I enjoyed the first Crysis but liked the urban feel to this one more. I was not very warm to some of the suit changes at first, particularly with the stream lining of the strength and speed components, but I found out later that this made the game flow a lot better. I liked the single-player, as far as shooters are concerned. The whole campaign was presented well and gave me the most enjoyment I've had with an FPS single player in a good year. The game, at least the way I played it, required th...
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Perfectly competent rendition of shooting aliens in New York. 0
It’s hard to comment on a game like Crysis 2, one which is incredibly well-made and -designed, generally a pleasure to play through, no major problems to quibble about, and something you will probably immediately forget as soon as you finish.There’s just not much to really latch onto with Crysis 2. Is it better than the first Crysis? In many ways, yes. It’s generally an easier, faster-paced game that gives you ample opportunity to plan approaches into bases (the hallmark of Far Cry and Crysis ga...
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A gorgeous step down 0
Weird story: back when I first bought a new laptop, I decided to buy the original Crysis since despite its notoriety for being hard to run, me (with no tech knowledge whatsoever) thought a brand new laptop can run a 2 year old game. Heh, nope. So when I finally got me a gaming PC and new video card, Crysis was the first thing I popped in. And while I already played Crysis 2 on consoles, this year was the first time I was able to play the games "as they were meant to be played" with fully maxed o...
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Crysis 2 0
Crysis 2, the latest graphical powerhouse from developer Crytek, marks a number of firsts for the developer. For the first time they have left the lush tropical setting and moved to the urban jungle of New York city, providing a number of gameplay changes from previous games in the city. Crysis 2 also marks the first time the developer has targeted the console platforms as well as the PC. This decision was met with some disappointment from some of the PC gamer elitists. All of Crytek’s previous ...
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Brilliant tech coupled with pathetic game design and lots of bugs 0
Oh boy, lets start with the good stuff. Crysis 2 looks really pretty and runs really well on my not-so-fast computer (Core Duo 1.8Ghz, ATI HD5670) when turning down the details and switching to DirectX10. Especially the way it handles motion and focus blur has a realism to it that I haven't seen in other games. The core gameplay is also still solid and retains the armor and stealth modes of your nano suit that allow you to dynamically vary your playstyle from one second to the next.But enough wi...
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the Call of Crysis 0
I rented Crysis 2 because the cryo-suit on the box caught my eye. Very cool design. It reminded me of call of duty as well but with better graphics. The trees gently blowing in the wind with detailed shadows actually detracted from the game because the landscape was very busy and hard to look for enemies. The tutorial/menu font was RIDICLOUSLY small and that frustrated me because there was important info that I needed to see. Also, the raspy optimus prime voice doesn't need to say "cloak engaged...
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(Identity) Crysis 0
Crysis 2 is a confused game because I'm not sure it knows what type of game it ultimately wants to be. It plays like a FPS, but it succeeds more when it's played as a stealth game à la Metal Gear Solid. Granted, you have a nano suit that gives you augmented abilities like increased strength and armor. But those abilities are almost rendered moot considering you can often avoid combat all together with the cloaking ability that makes you invisible for a brief period of time (but which you can inc...
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Crysis 2 and why game devs should die 2
Ok, so way back a few years ago, Crysis was released on the PC and people were like HOLY SHIT THIS GAME LOOKS AWESOME. Well the crazy good graphics made people overlook some of the core gameplay flaws, but it was a game that worked and that attempted to say: pc gaming isn't dead. Well it's 2011 and EA and Crytek have decided: fuck pc gaming, lets generalize Crysis 2 to the consoletards. Really I don't hate my 360 or my PS3, but I have an undying love for my pc because 1: better controls, 2: bett...
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Fun, but not groundbreaking 0
Crysis 2 had big shoes to fill. The first Crysis was fun and expansive with gameplay that lived up to the promise of providing strategic options through the unique nano-suit mechanic. All this was wrapped up in what were some ground breaking and memorable graphical settings. Crysis 2 comes off with all the same elements still in good form, but their impressions have been unfortunately muted. Admittedly the graphics are what drove me to the game, and although they still are some of the best aroun...
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Solid graphics, but the story and gameplay are frustrating 0
Picked this game up to have an nice mindless shooter and that is sort of exactly what I got. This game has some really good looking graphics, even on the Xbox. Once you get past that though everything else feels rather "ho-hum". One of the core pieces of the gameplay is the ability to go stealth or use a sort of armor to approach scenarios. While fairly interesting at first, it grows rather tedious once the game progresses. Almost all of the level designs drop you into a large area. You develop...
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Crysis 2 Review: Will you want it to run crysis 0
Crysis 2 follows in the footsteps of a predecessor that is still hailed to this day as the showcase for PC graphics, and was notoriously difficult to run. Crysis 2 is also on the consoles, and swaps the jungle setting of the first game for New York City. So, does Crysis 2 provide another technical showcase, or the “best looking game on consoles”? Well, yes and no. Its a game that has tried to evolve from its predecessor, but in many areas has failed in some fundamental ways. The story of Crysis ...
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Maximum Review, engaged. 0
I must state upfront that I don't talk about the multiplayer, I did try it, but didn't have enough fun to stop me playing the campaign. Crysis is a game that is perhaps more notorious for utter ridiculous hardware requirements rather than the actual content of the game. My biggest hurdle with the original game was the controls, they were needlessly complicated and made everything about the game far more frustrating than it needed to be. Crysis 2 tackles that issue head on and completely revam...
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Graphics do not a game make 0
Full disclosure: I never played Crysis or Crysis Warhead. I didn’t have a computer that could run them, or hell, run any modern game, back in 2007. But I was aware enough to respect Crysis for what it was: a sort of “Far Cry with super technology” gameplay experience that changed what everyone thought game graphics could be. What I mean to say is, it was pretty. So now Crysis 2 has come along, and a lot of the fans of the firstCrysis and its expansion have critisized it for its linearity, statin...
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A good relatively unique experience 0
Not having played the original Crysis I came in with almost no expectations for this game, and while the first 20 some odd minutes didn't exactly have me sold, I eventually got into the rhythm of the gameplay and started to enjoy it. Generally speaking I feel like you get some of the most unique environments in a first person shooter here, not many games let you fight on skyscrapers, jump between buildings, or traverse large urban earthquake damaged areas like this one.Once you start to figure o...
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