Crysis 2 review - single player (MyGaming)

10 hours! well damn, that's quite a bit for fps's these days eh? i mean the standard is what? 5-6 hours?
 
Nice review. My first playthrough was done in just under 11 hours so it's definitely not your average FPS campaign. I agree with the inconsistent difficulty if you just cloak and walk past all the enemies, but if you're like me and you absolutely have to kill every enemy that the game puts in your path it can get quite challenging. (Although this can also be done by cloaking and using a silencer and then taking out the enemies one by one, it's more fun to take the enemies on in a more traditional sense). I remember one particular encounter with two armoured vehicles that took me at least 10 - 15 tries to get past because I wanted to take them both out with my newly acquired C4 without being spotted. I actually really enjoyed the story, although I do agree that there isn't much to it. Despite the occasional AI freak out such I really loved this game and I cannot wait for the inevitable sequel. Although the game isn't quite perfect it still gets 10/10 in my book. Crytek did an amazing job with bringing the nanosuit and everything that goes along with it to the console and for this I commend them.
 
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Enjoyed the review. Glad to see that the single-player campaign is actually a decent length (a 10 hour length should be standard for an FPS IMO). Well done to Crytek for making the title stand out visually on the ageing current gen console hardware. Now if only they'd hurry up and release a DX11 patch I might get interested in buying it on PC :P
 
I have yet to finish it, playing it small sessions, but so far 80% seems about right. Just hate the indoor/tunnel/corridor sections.. the city in turmoil looks awesome. It seemed to have kicked up a gear last night.
 
James said:
Enjoyed the review. Glad to see that the single-player campaign is actually a decent length (a 10 hour length should be standard for an FPS IMO). Well done to Crytek for making the title stand out visually on the ageing current gen console hardware. Now if only they'd hurry up and release a DX11 patch I might get interested in buying it on PC :P
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Precisely what he said.
 
That room is frustrating even on normal difficulty. (Which I'm totally not playing on....:p)
 
shadowfox said:
We know, we know. You were just .... ummm ... doing comparitive testing
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................yeah totally :p Having completed the game nine times on Super Soldier by just throwing a teddy bear at my enemies, I thought, 'Lets see how the N00bs do it'.

Noobs. Shame. :p
 
Azimuth said:
;P

(It's also a lie. That room with the helicopter had me stuck and swearing for over an hour.)
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Yeah. That and the two tank things I mentioned and also the first time you encounter one of those big alien walker things. I almost threw my controller through my screen in rage.
 
Murph said:
That room is frustrating even on normal difficulty. (Which I'm totally not playing on....:p)
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I kept making it to just after the chopper's second or third sweep, when the guys with the rocket launchers rappel into the room. Blam! BLAM! BLAM BLAM BLAM! I must've retried it 10 times or more.
 
Azimuth said:
I kept making it to just after the chopper's second or third sweep, when the guys with the rocket launchers rappel into the room. Blam! BLAM! BLAM BLAM BLAM! I must've retried it 10 times or more.
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Yeah the challenge (for me at least) was the you never had a clear line of sight to take the chopper down. I tried the 'Reckless abandon, guns blazing' approach twice, before developing my 'Cloak, peep, shoot, run like hell' sequence.
 
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Azimuth said:
I kept making it to just after the chopper's second or third sweep, when the guys with the rocket launchers rappel into the room. Blam! BLAM! BLAM BLAM BLAM! I must've retried it 10 times or more.
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I think I was lucky there because when the okes started rappelling, I went behind the wall and waited for them. It went silent. Too silent. I though "Wtf is going on here.." Took a peek and saw the guys were getting killed by each others nades on the roof. HAHAHA!

But that aside, it was a really cool part in the game for me!
 
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to0kenZA said:
Took a peek and saw the guys were getting killed by each others nades on the roof. HAHAHA!wit
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They were expecting a fight - and you bored them. They decided to add the "...to death" bit by themselves.

But it's a novel approach. Beat a game by waiting for your enemies to just take their boredom out on each other. I should try that sometime :D
 
shadowfox said:
They were expecting a fight - and you bored them. They decided to add the "...to death" bit by themselves.

But it's a novel approach. Beat a game by waiting for your enemies to just take their boredom out on each other. I should try that sometime :D
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Hahaha! Don't make fun of me, make fun of them! :p

I was waiting for them to BRING IT!!! xD I was pumped and ready for them rascals! Apparently they weren't ready for me! :D
 
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