Crysis is an open-ended first-person shooter that I really enjoyed until the second half. The nanosuit abilities were cool and different enough to keep gunfights engaging for the most part. That was until the number of enemy vehicles skyrocketed and the game became unbearable. The tanks were fine to maneuver around, but the constant onslaught of HELICOPTERS was infuriating. This was around chapter 5, and the game went further downhill from there. I’ve never experienced motion sickness from anything, but chapter 7 made me so sick I had to stop and lay in the floor until my head stopped spinning. The alien enemies were just plain weird to fight against and the look of horror on my face when I learned that they had HELICOPTERS too was probably a sight to see. Flying the VTOL in chapter 10 was slow, tremendously clunky, and straight up not fun. The final boss was equally annoying, because I knew exactly what to do, but couldn’t seem to make it happen. I did the same thing like 5 times and for whatever reason, it worked the last time.

All this being said, I’m not going to let the back half of this game ruin the opening hours. The core gunplay and ability management was awesome, and I hope the sequels capitalize on these aspects! The story was cool, but nothing groundbreaking.