Gamers Evolved

The countdown has begun to one of the most highly anticipated FPS (first person shooter) ever for the PC (save for some of the Counter Strike releases, Boom Headshot!). From their press release: “Electronic Arts Inc. and Crytek, award-winning developers of Far Cry, today announced that Crysis, will be hitting retail stores in North America and Europe on November 16, 2007 exclusively for the PC.” So what does this mean to you? We”ll explain.

What makes this game so special is the graphics. Not just good graphics, but something likely to bring even the most badass rigs to their knees. Actually, that’s a problem… but the developers are working on making sure even decent 2-3 year old systems will have no problems ticking off decent frames.

Some have likened the wait to play this to ”visual tormention“ and it’s easy to see why. Rather than go off into a rant about how cool the headshots are or how how cool the 32 player deathmatch is… we’ll just throw up (yet another) a lazy quote:

Offering true, open-ended gameplay, Crysis gives gamers an unparalleled amount of freedom that fosters completely unique gaming experiences. Players are outfitted with a revolutionary Nanosuit and an arsenal of fully customizable weapons, giving them a wide array of options not only in approaching the entire game, but every single objective or individual encounter. And they will need every advantage they can get going head to head against a menacing and highly intelligent alien threat amid dynamic, hostile battlefields that range from lush, tropical jungles, flash-frozen landscapes and a horrifying zero gravity environment.

Crysis also breaks new ground in multiplayer with the introduction of PowerStruggle – a unique team-based strategic mode for up to 32 players, where opposing sides battle for control of advanced weaponry and vehicles to overcome their enemies. For those who prefer the pulse-pounding action of deathmatch, Crysis will also feature an Instant Action mode, with the highly adaptive Nanosuit serving as the ultimate tool to outwit your opponents.

Yay for copy and paste! That saved some time. Crysis hasn’t been evaluated by the ESRB or PEGI yet but it’ll probably be good (meaning gory 17+ stuff probably). It was recently crownded “Best PC Game” from the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2007. For more info on the game, including updates (if we’re too lazy to do it, might just happen) visit the game’s official website at nanosuit.com. Oh yea, another thing… November 16, 2007. That’ll (hopefully) be the day.