Like previous games, Crysis 3 doesn’t simply give you crazy abilities to use, it demands that you use them well. I sneak up to a vantage point, mark my targets, deck out my guns, and stealth up until my cover is blown by the automated turret, then slap on armor mode to take the last few guys in a straight gun fight. The series staple that allows you to mark targets and see enemies with thermal vision. What am I missing here? Ah yes, Nanovision. So let’s see what this silencer and reflex sight can do when I go invisible. Second attempt, I remember that Crysis games let you customize your weapons on the fly. Seeing as how I’ve been on a Call of Duty: Black Ops IIbinge for the last few weeks, my first instinct is to rush out with armor mode on and blast everyone in sight. I check my ammo - okay, I have a SCAR rifle with a fresh magazine and one in reserve, a bow with only seven arrows in the quiver, and few frag grenades. I have enemies ahead of me, enemies below me, and enemies above me. The demo starts in an abandoned warehouse with overgrown shrubbery cracking through the walls.

Like its predecessors, Crysis 3 aims to walk the line between a thinking man’s shooter and the action-set-piece leanings of today. The first thing I’m reminded of as I start the single-player demo is just how intimidating the Crysis games could be to those strictly accustomed to the corridor shooting galleries of today’s most popular first-person shooters. Having gotten some time to play around with Crysis 3, I feel pretty confident that the romance is going to carry on come February.Ĭrysis 3 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)

For a game that was never on my radar (I never played the original on PC), it absolutely swept the rug from under me.

It had a relentless pace, gorgeous visuals, and gameplay that tickled my brain as much as my trigger finger.

Crysis 3 demo