Crysis 2

Maximum Awesome! Crysis 2 was looking GOOD at eurogamer this year. I played about 45 minutes in a New York city, decimated by the ravages of climatic disaster, war and alien invasion. Crytek described the backdrop for the Crysis sequel as a maletrom of death, an environment I have always wanted to kill people in. I was looking forward to placing small pieces of metal into peoples faces at high velocity with a massive city burning and collapsing around me. I knew Crytek wouldn’t dissapoint, but I never thought they’d do it in 3D too!

Yes, that’s right, if you have the readies to splash out on a new monitor and you have an NVIDIA video card good enough to support it, Crysis 2 places itself amongst the lofty ranks of games willing to blow your tiny mind in 3 glorious dimensions. I’m still not 100% sold on 3D gaming yet, it still has a ways to go, but it DOES mean that when the plasma rounds of distant invaders tear up the clods of earth just in front of your toes – the mud and debris will seem to spatter on your glasses, making you duck slightly, swear loudly and return fire with maximum prejudity* which can only really be described as downright fucking awesome.

This version of Crysis 2 seemed to be the XBOX360 version, running on a PC. I was controlling it with keyboard and mouse but all the controls and calls to action on screen showed the familiar blue\green\red\yellow of the 360 joypad. This is good news for Console owners, because if they really can get it to run at that speed and resolution on a console, gamers accross the board are in for a real treat.

Besides swapping out the environment from a jungle in the West Pacific to the urban chaos we see in the screens and vids, Crysis 2 boasts a new Nanosuit that is as customisable as the weapons you carry. Offering you the chance to unlock a range of new supersoldier abilities and weapon\suit combos. Multiple playthroughs of the game will be needed to experience the full range of abilities offered up to the user.

Last but not least, multiplayer is being developed right here in England by Crytek UK. The usual FPS game modes look to be available here, plus a new game mode, Crash Site

“Crash Site is a team-based game mode where 2 sides compete for control of Ceph Drop Pods launched periodically into the map by dropships patrolling overhead. Teams score points by guarding the pods and keeping enemies at bay.”

All said I’m very excited about this release and am now off to play Crysis 1 all aver again – brimming with anticipation. Crysis 2 will be released on the 25th March 2011 for PC, XBOX360 and PS3. Available for preorder from March 22nd 2011. Make sure you buy it! Adam out.

*a word I have just created. Prejudity, verb – an awesome measurement of prejudice.