Some time ago, I was looking up weapon info on the Crysis wiki when I came across an entry for Crysis: Legion. Turns out the game, unsurprisingly, had a companion book. The author's name didn't ring a bell, but his previous books sure did: Blindsight and Maelstrom. One was a fascinating look at a disparate crew sent into deep space on the trail of ( Read more... )

Graphically, Crysis 2 definitely looks gorgeous, even the urban landscapes, which could have turned out boring. They are anything but, detailed and cluttered, a city literally under siege. What I liked most, however, was the juxtaposition of the familiar and the alien all in the same scene, like in many of the pics I've got here.

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Not that the last mission, although named as such, was easy. Still, I really liked the irony, and the appropriateness (it's Central Park, after all, but like you've never seen it). So I've finished Crysis 2. I've been taking screenshots along the way, so I'll probably be posting some once I've sorted them out.

Among the memorable firefights was the ( Read more... )

Been playing Crysis 2 for over a week. After all, what better way of trying out a new system than getting a game that's notorious for demanding hardware requirements. Looks great, of course, with almost all the settings at Ultra. Despite getting Crysis 2 more for the graphics, I was pleasantly surprised by the gameplay itself ( Read more... )