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

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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Re:So, it's for multiplayer, and for benchmarks

[drinkypoo]

troll?

Troll is when you say something you don't believe to piss people off and get them pasting their pathetic, predictable reactions. I almost never troll. I also almost never shrink from pasting flamebait, which are comments which I admit will have little effect other than pissing people off. However, I have noticed the influence Slashdot has over other web media, with people regularly citing opinions here as if they matter. Consequently, I would like to express my opinion that games need a strong single player if they are going to be worth paying for. Naturally, I want to do that in the most effective way possible, which is going to involve potentially inflammatory wording.

Sometimes this strategy pays off handsomely, sometimes it backfires and I get downmodded into oblivion. But if you want to be effective, you've got to have some kind of strategy, and I prefer not to use one which is deceptive. So, I say what I mean, with relatively little moderation. Some people don't like this. A lot of people, as it turns out. Some of their concerns are justified, so I do moderate myself. Which is the scary part :)