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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. Re:I feel pathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    MIDI is not FM synthesis. They aren't even remotely the same thing.

    Do you know that your favourite song, movie, game probably uses MIDI? Professional musicians still use it to this day.

  2. Re:I feel pathetic by Pubstar · · Score: 4, Informative

    This. MIDI is only a data stream that carries note information (paraphrasing). MIDI notes can be anything, it all depends on the VST/Synthesizer you run it through.