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Crysis 3 Review: Amazing Graphics, Still a Benchmark Buster, Boring Gameplay

Posted by Unknown on from the better-than-the-real-world dept.

MojoKid writes "Let's get one thing clear up front. Crysis 3's graphics are absolutely stunning. Crytek's latest game doesn't raise the bar — it annihilates it. At the highest settings, Crysis blows Battlefield 3 out of the water, makes mincemeat of Max Payne, and makes the original Crysis — itself a graphics powerhouse — look more like the first Call of Duty. Crysis 3 really is that stunning, provided that you've got the graphics card to handle it. Like the first game, this title is capable of bringing even a high-end card to its knees. Everyone who worked in the artistic departments at Crytek, from character animations to texturing, deserves an award. The people who wrote the game's plot, on the other hand, don't. The game's design and some poor pacing decisions completely undermine what should be its greatest selling point. Crysis 3 could've been a great game but it feels like a science experiment. How much poor gameplay will players suffer through in exchange for utterly amazing graphics?"

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  1. broken metaphor by bigdavex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crytek's latest game doesn't raise the bar — it annihilates it.

    wtf? Now there's no standard to measure games?

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    1. Re:broken metaphor by Westwood0720 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Obviously you've never packed a moving truck.

    2. Re:broken metaphor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Uh, park it first and you'll find it's much easier to pack.

  2. Re:Silly question... by Mitreya · · Score: 4, Funny

    [citation needed]

    [citation needed]

  3. Re:Silly question... by JustOK · · Score: 1, Funny

    [link]

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  4. Re:Idiots by Mitreya · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I want to see realistic graphics I would play meatspace aka THE REAL LIFE. Not even Crysis 100 can beat those graphics.

    Yeah, I prefer to look at the alien Ceph in real life too. They are far more realistic-looking than the in-game ones.

  5. Re:How good is it at its best? by chihowa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meaning you actually could become a glass cannon...

    Well, it looks like it's back to tvtropes for me. There goes the rest of the night.

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  6. Re:Silly question... by X0563511 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This conversation has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues in subsequent posts.
    * The neutrality of this conversation is disputed.
    * This conversation may contain improper references to self-published sources.

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