Crysis 3- The Battle Against the Cardboard Grass
If anyone is wondering what that random introduction is about, all will be explained later. We will start this review with the story line. I can't give away spoilers because I'm not that kind of person. The story is pretty much your average guy has to save the world against all odds plot, with the twists, turns and upsets but hey I'm not complaining it was pretty good. At one point I didn't realise how long I was playing and realised I'd been on for hours. In my opinion it is better for more games to do this kind of story line rather than explore new not so good ideas. The story is set with prophet being the last fancy nano suit soldier left on earth, and he battles through the apocalyptic looking (think I am legend) New York dome. You fight on the rebel's side against the hyper energy corporation of Cell (could be sell - didn't have subtitles on) who are using a mysterious energy source to fuel their business. All turns to shit from there. So all in all the story line was good, not great, just good, with a great ending.
Now for the graphics, anyone who reads my blogs knows my PC build isn't the best however Bioshock Infinite I could run on all very high and a few high settings. This will run high and medium due to the cry3 engine being ridiculously strong. However I've seen this game on the highest settings and it is a very pretty game. Apart from one thing. The grass looks like a 2D cardboard cut out. I mean really developers, you can make your grass sway in the breeze like it's real but you can't make it look 3D? I may be being picky but I want some good grass in my games, especially since it's everywhere in the apocalyptic NYC. All in all I do like the graphics in this, especially model detail on the suits and weapons.
That leaves us with gameplay. I have to say, I tried my ass off at stealth, it was hard to say the least. The AI find the bodies of the people I just murdered then I panic and shoot everyone. Either that or my energy runs out when I'm invisible, staring with into the gunman's eyes when it comes up with "energy low" I become visible and end up dead. But other than that it's really good to have an option of how to play, stealthily kill, sneak past, go in guns blazing, set up a trap with their own defences etc. So props to you guys for that! One problem I occurred frequently was the clunkiness between switching the arrows on the awesome bow. They tended to bug and you'd have to wait a while before you could shoot which can be somewhat problematic. Overall the gameplay is great. As for multiplayer, it is a good experience, especially the hunter mode where you either kill the invisible-ish archers or you are one. I loved it.
So in conclusion, Crysis 3 is a really good game as the modern games go, and with a few tweaks (like the grass and some top notch story) it could be perfect. 7/10
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