CrazyGamer

As a longtime gamer I was happy to hear that Crysis tanked, though not so happy to hear Unreal Tournament 3 sold poorly. I purchased both games, and I don’t think piracy explains the sales figures. UT3 did deserve better however, I throw up a little in my mouth every time I hear a game critic wax poetic about Crysis’ “breakthrough design,” The game is completely derivative and badly designed: Take the oft-copied and tensionkilling health-regeneration system from recent Coll of Duty games; balance it with frustrating, instant death at every turn; add watered-down Crac^Wown/superheroic powers (but make sure they’re only available in three-second spurts so it’s not too fun!); crap out another Far Cry game for the basic framework; and this time make sure the writing is predictable and crammed with dispensable, one-dimensional characters. Presto, we have Crysis, a game that “deserves” and gets a high score in every review, but that, I’m happy to hear, is a game we ain’t buying.