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The North Korean Government quickly seals off the island chain, claiming the mysteries of the asteroid for themselves. The United States responds by dispatching an elite team of Delta Force Operators to recon the situation and report back to the Pentagon. Amid rising tensions between the US and North Koreans, the asteroid suddenly bursts open, revealing a massive, 2km high alien ship. The ship generates an immense force sphere, freezing a vast portion of the island and drastically altering the global weather system. The invasion of Earth has begun.The two rival nations unite to stop the aliens and save mankind. The newly formed alliance fights epic battles against the marauding Aliens. With hope rapidly fading, the player must lead a crack squad through lush tropical jungle, harsh frozen landscapes, and finally into the heart of the alien ship itself for the ultimate Zero-G encounter with the aliens.Crysis offers players a highly immersive FPS experience in which they will have to adapt their tactics, weaponry, armour and gameplay style to survive and defeat the alien invasion.

bit-tech Review

"Is Crysis revolutionary? Kind of. Is it a game of the year contender for me? Unfortunately not. Any other year, definitely yes, but this year there has some stiff competition and games like BioShock and Episode Two have to take precedence in my eyes.

The most telling thing I think is that I’m actually getting tired of talking about the game, although I still have things to say. That’s something which doesn’t happen with other games, such as (yes, I’ll point to it again) BioShock or Episode Two.

Let down by a poorly told story and gameplay which isn’t as fantastic as the graphics and hype would leave you to believe, Crysis is a classic example of something which has a lot of trouser but not enough...um, nevermind. Because of that it just gets pipped at the post and misses the final hurdle.

Doubtlessly you’ll pick yourself up a copy as soon as you can run it, as well you should because despite my negativity this isn’t a bad review. When you do play it you’ll probably disagree with me, but the more you play I think the closer you’ll get to my point of view. If not then, well, that’s what the forums are for." - 16th November 2007

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