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I'm sure you all read my preview on Crysis Warhead right? RIGHT!? Well if you didn't don't worry because now that I have played and completed the game I have a nice review here for you. MAXIMUM SCOREAGE!
In the original Crysis you played as Nomad, an American special forces commando sent to an "off the map" island between Korea and Japan. The mission starts out simple enough. You and your team have to extract a load of US citizens (scientists in this case) who were on the island doing some research when along came the North Korean Peoples Army who seized the island and claimed it as a part of North Korean territory, taking the scientists hostage in the process. As tensions between the US and North Korea escalate more and more, strange things begin to happen on the island. As the game plays out it turns out that the island is a burial site for an ancient alien ship that the US scientists had begun to excavate. The game then boils down to You vs North Korea vs Aliens.
That all remains pretty much the same for Warhead as it is set during the events of the first game. Warhead begins as you playing as Pyshco, the British ex SAS serviceman who is now part of Raptor team (the same team as Nomad) on the other side of the Island chasing down one of the alien "drones" that you see captured on-board the aircraft carrier at the end of the original Crysis. Anyway I don't want to ruin the plot for you so I shall leave it with the closing statement of AWESOME! Can't wait for Crysis 2 to carry it on.
Now onto the graphics. They are immense! If you have played Crysis then expect pretty much the same level of detail (in other words stupidly high if you run it max) but with much better optimisation. By that I mean it will run better than Crysis in regards to framerate, on older hardware (not too old), etc.
If graphics are not enough then what about the gameplay? Well Crysis was fun and lengthy in my eyes but people did complain about it's linear objectives and overuse of run - shoot - cloak - run gameplay. Well this time in Warhead most of those problems are gone. The game is sheer adrenaline fuelled carnage from beginning to end. The fire-fights are more intense, the vehicle sections are actually really fun and the pacing has been thought out a lot better. Oh and there's two new weapons. A very cool grenade launcher and a new type of duel wield able pistol. Like Robobcops!
Lastly, Crysis Warhead comes with multiplayer called Crysis Wars, which is really fun. Powerstrugle returns (plays like Battlefield, capturing base's etc for points) with all the awesomeness of building tanks etc for your team and upgrading your guns with the points you get from kills and capturing bases. New to Wars is a team and normal Deathmacth modes. All in all a nice package. Did I mention it has 21 maps?
So in closing, I thoroughly recommend this game to anyone able to run it. If you have a PC then this is the shooter for it this year.
Posted By Whackeygrunt
In the original Crysis you played as Nomad, an American special forces commando sent to an "off the map" island between Korea and Japan. The mission starts out simple enough. You and your team have to extract a load of US citizens (scientists in this case) who were on the island doing some research when along came the North Korean Peoples Army who seized the island and claimed it as a part of North Korean territory, taking the scientists hostage in the process. As tensions between the US and North Korea escalate more and more, strange things begin to happen on the island. As the game plays out it turns out that the island is a burial site for an ancient alien ship that the US scientists had begun to excavate. The game then boils down to You vs North Korea vs Aliens.That all remains pretty much the same for Warhead as it is set during the events of the first game. Warhead begins as you playing as Pyshco, the British ex SAS serviceman who is now part of Raptor team (the same team as Nomad) on the other side of the Island chasing down one of the alien "drones" that you see captured on-board the aircraft carrier at the end of the original Crysis. Anyway I don't want to ruin the plot for you so I shall leave it with the closing statement of AWESOME! Can't wait for Crysis 2 to carry it on.
Now onto the graphics. They are immense! If you have played Crysis then expect pretty much the same level of detail (in other words stupidly high if you run it max) but with much better optimisation. By that I mean it will run better than Crysis in regards to framerate, on older hardware (not too old), etc.
If graphics are not enough then what about the gameplay? Well Crysis was fun and lengthy in my eyes but people did complain about it's linear objectives and overuse of run - shoot - cloak - run gameplay. Well this time in Warhead most of those problems are gone. The game is sheer adrenaline fuelled carnage from beginning to end. The fire-fights are more intense, the vehicle sections are actually really fun and the pacing has been thought out a lot better. Oh and there's two new weapons. A very cool grenade launcher and a new type of duel wield able pistol. Like Robobcops!Lastly, Crysis Warhead comes with multiplayer called Crysis Wars, which is really fun. Powerstrugle returns (plays like Battlefield, capturing base's etc for points) with all the awesomeness of building tanks etc for your team and upgrading your guns with the points you get from kills and capturing bases. New to Wars is a team and normal Deathmacth modes. All in all a nice package. Did I mention it has 21 maps?
So in closing, I thoroughly recommend this game to anyone able to run it. If you have a PC then this is the shooter for it this year.
Posted By Whackeygrunt
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Nice Review, its a big shame I can't play it.
I do hope it comes to consoles
Posted on 9/10/08
No video review, whats going on I thought you were doing video reviews for every game
Posted on 9/10/08
Loved the multiplayer on this game
Posted on 9/10/08
Crisis most overhyped game EVER
Posted on 9/10/08
multiplayer great, story not for me
Posted on 9/10/08
Thunder we are not going to be doing a video review for every game. There will be one for every major game. It is just not possible for me to edit them in time. Sorry
Posted on 10/10/08
good review, I also dont have a good enough PC to run it
Posted on 10/10/08
does any one have a good enough PC to run it except whackey???
Posted on 10/10/08
Excellent review Whackey. I loved this game. I would have to say its one of the best games ever made.
Posted on 10/10/08
EVER MADE
WOW - The whole series is so over hyped and the fact hardly anyone can run it, I mean they brought out their own PC for people to buy in order to play this pile of ****
Posted on 10/10/08
flowerpower Tril and lemon both have the game and can run it on high, so can whackey as you know, blood can run it but not to the max and i dont have a chance not even if there was an ultra low setting!
Posted on 10/10/08
Good review
Posted on 10/10/08
Merc, tbh anyone can still PLAY the game even if they have an average PC. As long as it was made within the last 3 years you should be able to run Crysis in some form, whether low, medium or high. Yes, of course it is best to run it max and like you said not everyone can afford to do that. But that's why they are not Crysis's target market. Hardcore PC gamers who do upgrade their PC's are and believe me, there is still alot of them around. All I'm saying is that the game is a beast on high settings, which is true. Fair enough if you don't like the game, I know a few people who would agree with you. But then I also know other people who love the game and others still who just play it because they can. Me, well I wouldn't say it's one of the best games ever but it's definitely a very good, solid game that I will come back to from time to time.
Posted on 10/10/08
AGREE AND AGREE AND AGREE WHACKEY. DON'T HATE A GAME JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T RUN IT. IT'S NOT OVER HYPED! DON'T HATE MERC.
Posted on 10/10/08
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