I’ve just been reading Raven Software’s Manveer Heir over on GameSetWatch. He’s talking about how games that allow you to make choices are generally the more interesting experiences, with specific reference to how the early parts of Crysis are better than the final act. The suit powers, he argues, are a neat way of giving the player distinct choices. However…
This choice virtually went away with the new enemies. They could often see through my cloaking and it became almost useless. I played the rest of the game barely using my special abilities, which changed the way the game felt and played. Couple that in with the more linear levels, and it becomes evident that the end of the game offers far less choice than the beginning.
He’s dead right, the opening few hours of Crysis are incredible, but then Crytek seemed to lose sight of what they’d invented: the Nano Muscle Suit.
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