GamersCrib
09-14-2008, 10:32 AM
Crysis Warhead is really getting great feedback from around the PC gaming community, IGN (http://pc.ign.com) gave the game a 9.4/10 and an editor's choice award which is really a high mark among reviewers. Lets check it out:
Crysis shipped with a multiplayer mode called Power Struggle that is, in hindsight, far too complicated for its own good. It tries to emulate a Battlefield-style experience, but is crippled by a mess of confusing rules and moving parts. As a result, Crysis never built up much of a multiplayer community. Crysis Wars makes things better and more fun by introducing a slew of new maps geared toward good ol' fashioned team deathmatch gameplay, but with the added bonus of everyone having nanosuits. The same kind of dynamic abilities that you have in single-player can be used in multiplayer to great extent. Have to expose yourself while climbing up a long ladder? Cloak and don't let an enemy sniper have a free shot at you. Run out of bullets? Go to strength mode and try and get in a punch. Or speed lets you dart between cover before the enemy can draw a bead on you.
Finally, we get to the part of the review everyone wants to know about: performance. Crytek claims that Warhead is better optimized than Crysis, and everything I experienced confirms this. In fact, what's amazing is that Warhead not only runs better than Crysis, it looks better than Crysis. Keep in mind, a year has passed since Crysis shipped and there still isn't a non-Crytek game that approaches it in terms of visuals. Warhead features more definition to the terrain, and the lighting and particle effects have gotten big boosts. I found myself walking through jungle with the morning light piercing the canopy and had to stop and just absorb the moment. It had a level of atmosphere that I can't recall from the first game.
Closing Comments
For $30, Crysis Warhead is an incredible value, and you’d be hard pressed to find a better shooter on the PC this year. The single- player campaign is tight and superb, and the multiplayer portion delivers something that you can have fun with. I love the intelligent gameplay of Warhead; this isn’t a game where you simply react to highly scripted events, but one where you have to think on your feet, and you’re rewarded for doing so. Crytek once again proves that its one of the premiere shooter developers in the industry, even if it does get an unfair rep as being “just” a technology company. Comments like that make it seem as if the Crytek had a chip on its shoulder, because it addressed almost every complaint about Crysis and then some. I found Warhead to be challenging, exciting, wild, and, yes, very much full of swagger and fury.
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To check out the rest of this review, visit here (http://pc.ign.com/articles/909/909584p2.html).
Crysis shipped with a multiplayer mode called Power Struggle that is, in hindsight, far too complicated for its own good. It tries to emulate a Battlefield-style experience, but is crippled by a mess of confusing rules and moving parts. As a result, Crysis never built up much of a multiplayer community. Crysis Wars makes things better and more fun by introducing a slew of new maps geared toward good ol' fashioned team deathmatch gameplay, but with the added bonus of everyone having nanosuits. The same kind of dynamic abilities that you have in single-player can be used in multiplayer to great extent. Have to expose yourself while climbing up a long ladder? Cloak and don't let an enemy sniper have a free shot at you. Run out of bullets? Go to strength mode and try and get in a punch. Or speed lets you dart between cover before the enemy can draw a bead on you.
Finally, we get to the part of the review everyone wants to know about: performance. Crytek claims that Warhead is better optimized than Crysis, and everything I experienced confirms this. In fact, what's amazing is that Warhead not only runs better than Crysis, it looks better than Crysis. Keep in mind, a year has passed since Crysis shipped and there still isn't a non-Crytek game that approaches it in terms of visuals. Warhead features more definition to the terrain, and the lighting and particle effects have gotten big boosts. I found myself walking through jungle with the morning light piercing the canopy and had to stop and just absorb the moment. It had a level of atmosphere that I can't recall from the first game.
Closing Comments
For $30, Crysis Warhead is an incredible value, and you’d be hard pressed to find a better shooter on the PC this year. The single- player campaign is tight and superb, and the multiplayer portion delivers something that you can have fun with. I love the intelligent gameplay of Warhead; this isn’t a game where you simply react to highly scripted events, but one where you have to think on your feet, and you’re rewarded for doing so. Crytek once again proves that its one of the premiere shooter developers in the industry, even if it does get an unfair rep as being “just” a technology company. Comments like that make it seem as if the Crytek had a chip on its shoulder, because it addressed almost every complaint about Crysis and then some. I found Warhead to be challenging, exciting, wild, and, yes, very much full of swagger and fury.
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To check out the rest of this review, visit here (http://pc.ign.com/articles/909/909584p2.html).