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This is to short..but is ok...

I view Crysis as a tech demo rather than a game. It wasn't very well thought out and the aliens are ripoffs and not a lot of work went into the game itself--everything toward the engine and graphics. It is beautiful, and despite it's shortcomings it is still very fun to play. I give it a solid B.

This time around, they had a chance to flex their creative muscles and they failed. They over-scripted a story onto the sandbox gameplay of the original and the overall effect is quite a letdown. The fun is curtailed by the stiff feel of the game. It's still beautiful and it fun at parts, but cut scenes every two minutes kind of spoil the fun. I don't like being transported where I need to go by a cutscene, just give me a briefing over the radio and let me make my own way. It gets a C-.

I hope Far Cry 2 won't be inhibited by this same sort of micromanagement of the game experience.