Crysis

Crysis is the new sci-fi themed first person shooter from the minds at Crytek, who released the great looking and great playing 2004 FPS Far Cry. Crysis, however, is an all new game that is being published at Electronic Arts and on the show floor we got a live demo of the game itself


The game takes place in the near future where you are a US Delta Force team member assigned to an Pacific island where an asteriod has crash landed. Except that it's not an asteroid; it's an alien invasion and you are on the front lines as you combat both North Korean troops who also want the alien ship and the aliens themselves. Two levels were shown at E3. The first took place on the island itself and on the surface looks and felt similar to Far Cry. However the island enviroment is far better looking than Crytek's first game; not only is the foliage more dense but the lighting and visual effects give it a better sense of realism than Far Cry.

Once again, the visuals of Crysis are pretty incredible and it's clear that when this game is released it will become the new benchmark on what PC first person shooter graphics should be. Indeed, our E3 demo was based on DirectX9 on Windows XP but Crytek has already announced plans to support DirectX10 on Windows Vista so the visuals should be even better. Start saving your upgrade money now.