Crysis 2

Man in a suit punches people to space. Best looking game on xbox by a clear mile. Multi player isn't the best, but not bad either. The main game however is one of the best games I've played to date on xbox.

I loved Crysis on my PC. I built a very powerful PC to run it smoothly and I was skeptical about the Xbox 360 version. However, I got a TX-P42GT30B 3D TV as a Christmas present to myself and read a review saying that Crysis 2 on the Xbox was stunning, especially in 3D, so I took the plunge. What can I say - the game's interface is slick, the graphics in 2D are pin sharp, smooth and glorious. The single player campaign is really enjoyable and challenging. It's so fun to sneak up on the enemy and melee them before they even know you're there. The multiplayer is a pretty big leap forward over my usual favourite, MW3; the nano suit's powers make the game more interesting and tactical...as well as terrifying because your enemies might be cloaked and therefore you can't see them hiding and waiting to blast you into tomorrow.

As for the 3D - it's eye poppingly beautiful and much more immersive. It literally adds a new dimension to the experience. Add a pair of headphones (I have the PX5's, which are great) and you enter the game and feel part of it. It isn't as good as the immersion you get from wearing a virtual reality headset but it's a step closer and until VR becomes a household technology then this is the next best thing. The graphical resolution in 3D mode looks very slightly less than 2D mode and I read an article saying that the technology does indeed currently not allow full HD in 3D but that is a problem they believe they will be able to overcome in future Xbox 360 titles. It's minor and normally I don't notice it.

A brilliant game, which is unexpectedly good on the Xbox and if you have a 3D TV then you're going to be even more impressed. 5 stars.

Compelled to write a review as I can't believe only one person has and that, that review was negative, guess everyone's to busy playing it what with it being top of the Xbox Live charts for the second week running. I'm 3/4's of the way through the campaign (on Supersoilder difficulty) and genuinley enjoying it, the graphics when you first put the disc in are fantastic, I've just finished playing Bulletstorm (a very under rated game) and the step up here in visuals is very apparent! However, as we all know it's very easy to get used to something and after a while when the impact of the graphics has subsided it always comes down to gameplay. It's very good, if you play the game in the spirit of, and they way it was meant to be played. Popping a guard in the head after just decloaking then disappearing again as the guy standing next to him wonders what he's done to deserve his fate, this as you decloak again to grab the fellow by the throat and throw him off of a bridge, oh yes it can be a very satisfying game!

Games that were originally based on the PC, in my opinion have more of a narrative. This is no exception and the game is very story driven, it's a game for grown up's :P, I doubt people who bought COD just so they could hurl abuse at people in the lobbies as they themselves get bullied in the school playground would appreciate this (FYI I'm a huge fan of the COD series, just not the obnoxius people it attracts!). The story's driven and you don't need to have played the first Crysis, I didn't and I've got the jist... though it certainly would have helped! Throw in some very nice 'interactive' set pieces and it's a game I'd highly recommend.

The Gameplay's good, and you just have to get creative, one achievement for instance offers you 10g's for killing a guard with a giant doughnut... enough said! The controls are responsive the powers are easy to use with the customisation of suit and weapons having been streamlined so that it works on a console. The environments are varied, the enemies numerous and the different weapons and mods avaliable vast, basically buy the game :D !

It isn't however without fault, bare in mind ive been playing the campaign for over 8 hours, on two occasions I've completed an objective run half a mile cloaked and bumped into an enemy who's literally appeared out of thin air! The surprise resulting in a short sweet firefight where I get one in the head. Also if your cloaked and a guy gets the jist of where you are sometimes he'll run straight into you bu the option to grab him isn't immediatley available, again resulting in your death, made ultra annoying by the distant checkpoint saves! With respects to the storyline I think people who played the first maybe feeling a bit shortchanged, this within 5 minutes, I won't spoil it but I believe they've done it to make the game more accesible to new players to the series.

Overall a very good game with good visuals, good gameplay and an adult storyline which keeps you interested, would recommend, FYI i'm yet to play the multiplayer as i'm trying to save New York, when I do I'll update further.

****** EDITED, I've just completed the game on Super Soilder difficulty (9hrs) and the achievement for doing so didn't unlock... checked the forums and it's been happening to loads of people, pretty damn annoying!