Crysis is a PC sci-fi first-person shooter from the award-winning developer Crytek, the developers of the critically acclaimed Far Cry (MC90).

Earth, 2019: A colossal asteroid crashes down to Earth.

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.

Crysis uses the leading-edge technology of Crytek's proprietary engine CryENGINETM 2.
# An immersive story that puts you the player in the pivotal role to repel an alien invasion and save mankind.
# A unique three-act structure that forces the player to use real-time armor and weapons customization to adapt to an ever changing dynamic world.
# Encounter a compelling, frightening and totally original alien species that uses its senses intelligently and work in combination with each other to present players with the most challenging opponents yet in an FPS.
# Enemy and ally AI utilise real-world military tactics.
# Take control of a wide variety of land, sea and air vehicles including trucks, tanks, boats and helicopters.
# Explore a living, dynamic world where earthquakes, breaking ice, landslides, and tornados pose a real and an ever-present danger.
# 32-player Multiplayer with real-time armour and weapons customization and an all new mode that combines player modification and tactical objectives.
# Emergent gameplay; actions taken in the game affect future outcomes giving each player a unique experience.
# Highly robust and easy to use mod toolset allow players to create their own expansive levels with game modes for both multiplayer and single player.
# The most realistic environments, spectacular special effects, physics game engine, lighting system and enemy AI through CryENGINETM 2.

MakesKidsKill wrote:

is it just me, or are the posts out of order?

I believe they are, and it's kinda screwing with me.

Did I read somewhere that they were using the new dell quad SLI rig for that?

Looks brilliant.

here's a question, at what point do we reach a plateau in graphics because there simply aren't enough man-hours to model and places every single tree, bush and blade of grass?

they'll probably have to automize the mapping process to a great extent, eventually...

zeroKFE wrote:

That video is sh*t hot. I await the Elder Scrolls V with bated breath.

Man Oblivion has only been out a week and already you're looking to the next version.

Looks expensive (and very depressing).

The game literally yells you to go and rob a bank. Man, I just don't want to update my PC every year...

Isn't Crysis Vista/DirectX10 only? So it'll require more than just a new graphic card..

The one thing about Cryteam is that though their engine pushes the envelope in tech they still optimize it heavily. At the time FarCry was cutting edge but still ran very well.. others devs should take note.