Crysis 3 Isn't Doing So Well On Metacritic Because of Gamer Fatigue: Crytek

Gameranx: "Crytek boss Cevat Yerli explains why Crysis 3, like many other games, isn't as well received as its predecessors."

[Tapani]

Yeah, gamer fatigue towards Crytek's games ;)

[ChronoJoe]

That's basically what he says.

"The developer says he thinks he knows why the game isn't scoring so well, and blames it mostly on what he calls "fatigue" for the franchise."

I think it's true to an extent though. Some franchises get boring much faster than others. Others like Call of Duty get away with recycling their content.

[morganfell]

This is because from the beginning the game was a supermodel. Nice looking (not the best) but dead and lifeless where it counts. Only Warhead had a glimmer of personality and this was due to the character of Sean Chapman.

[Boody-Bandit]

morganfell beat me to it.
I couldn't have said it better.

[Mounce]

I'm British, you muppet!

[Perjoss]

I've always liked the idea of a dev team alternating between 2 or 3 franchises. There's nothing wrong with waiting 3 or 4 years for the next chapter in your favourite franchise.

Crytek should have something quite different they can make in between Crysis launches. Like a space exploration game or maybe even an RPG set in the Crysis universe, they would obviously need to flesh out the world and lore much more though.

[Korix]

@morganfell
Crysis 1 wasn't the best looking game when it released? lol.
Then what was?

[TVippy]

The idea of making Cry sis 3 was superficial from the start. Crytek simply didn't want to do it, EA sort of made them.

[WarThunder]

Who cares about Metacritic?
MetaCritic =/= good game or bad game...

I played a game like Folklore (it had 7/10 on meta) and for me it was one the best game i played this gen.

Metacritic = bunch of useless opinions.

[Baka-akaB]

Sums up my feelings from day one bout crysis . Pretty but boring , and i never expected the sequels would lose the only other neat aspect it had going on : it's vast and open nature .

I vastly prefered Farcry 1

As for morgan's "not the best" part of the comment , i'm guessing he is not talking pure and raw tech where the game is a unchallenged beast , but artistry and design .

[ALLWRONG]

The game is too damn short with very little content.

[knowyourstuff]

Right, it had nothing to do with the gaming being less than 5 hours long and having a crappy, disjointed story. It also had nothing to do with the multiplayer being a camper's dream of sitting around with a stealth suit on sniping anyone with no chance of being caught beforehand. Way to balance things, Crytek.

We will see if there is fatigue when Bioshock comes out. I have a feeling the scores will be rather high despite it being also the third in a series within the same generation.

[omi25p]

i dont understand what people are moaning about. Im loving crysis 3.

[LAZL0-Panaflex]

Hell yeah! Graphics are sweet. Multiplayer is great. Just need to find that last collectable!

[Tyre]

Agreed, i'm loving it too! Cevat needs to be talking less and better checking ALL the sources instead of stating BS too early. He is causing most of the damage to his own franchise, please dude, stop running your mouth so fast, things are not that bad, f the journalists! Anyways, Metacritic & Journalism is BS.

[Rage_S90]

Opinions how do they work?

[SilentNegotiator]

Who's "moaning"? People not caring for a mediocre game isn't "moaning"

[Emzx99]

Probably because you're about as easy to entertain as a cat with a ball of yarn. Casual.

[Hellsvacancy]

Some people are easily pleased

Edit: Emzx99 beat me to it

I cant stand the Fast/Furious films, they keep making them though, someone must like them

[finbars75]

Im with you as well.I love the game.Im surprised that you got so many disagrees.If this was COD then there would be an uproar.

[SephirothX21]

One thing going for Crysis 3 besides the beautiful graphics is the non-corridor levels. Look at how linear the levels are in CoD, Halo and Killzone. Disgraceful. Though Far Cry 3 is better than all of the aforementioned shooters imo.

@Emzx99
What a very stupid and ignorant comment indeed. Just because he gets entertainment from something that you may not, doesn't mean he is easily entertained. Also Crysis 3 isn't a casual game. If you want to be hardcore, how about you try write a game? Go dig into CryEngine 3 sdk code and level editor and see what you can make.
Or make your own game engine like I have. Then you can call yourself hardcore.

[Baka-akaB]

"Do it yourself" is the argument of weaklings . Hell it's no argument at all ... positive feedback or not , it's a piece of entertainement it's there for all to judge .

And those games are linear for their own reason , they provide something else in return , wich we like or not .

C3 isnt even half the open experience of C1 , nor is it half the set pieces and narration from the games you mention ... resulting in a very mixed bag for some or plenty of us . It should have built on C1's strengths instead , instead of just fixing C2 being worse in those aspects

[starchild]

I know what you mean. Crysis 3 is a good game. Some "gamers" have such ridiculous bias and its obvious when they are all just jumping on a bandwagon.

[Bordel_1900]

Most of the people moaning about C3 have never played it.

[djtek184]

What about Far Cry or COD?

[That-Guy]

Far Cry? Are you mad?

[brave27heart]

Far cry had a longer development cycle so we didnt seethe games so close together.

I have no sympathy for Crytek since they're sitting on the timesplitters license nd refuse to do anything with it. Its a golden ticket yet you insist on pushing Cryengine 3 at us.

[brave27heart]

Far cry has a longer development time so we dont see the games as often. It works.

I have no sympathy for Crytek since they're sitting on the timesplitters license and refuse to do anything with it. If they want commercial succes they may want to start with that golden ticket and stop pushing Cryengine 3.

[3-4-5]

Only one group of people were in a position of power to change that and they chose to walk the same beaten path.

Nobody's fault but their own.

They were given 2-3 years and millions of dollars and that is what they came up with.

I'm willing to bet other smaller dev's with the same budget and time could have created something at least twice as entertaining and fun to play.

games like crysis fall into the Generic games genre of this era.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I think it has something to do with them telling people how great the game looked and their doing "next gen" things with Crysis. While the game looks great on consoles it shines on PC and console gamers know this and feel like they're getting shunned with limited tech that can only take them so far.

believe it or not consumers look for gameplay rather than a games with good lookin graphics.

People don't see next gen in Crysis, its just a game that looks really great with average but with somewhat unique gameplay mechanics.

To top it off they're releasing the game late in the gen. People got they're fix of what this gen can offer and are playing games that are familiar to them.

Despite AC and Cod still getting away with yearly releases.

[ATi_Elite]

Yeh gamers are tired of your $60 Linear tech Demo!

They did fix the MP by adding in some parts of the experience you get from Warface but the SP is Meh!

Crysis is just not worth $60 to Gamers. Makes for a NICE RENTAL though.

[StraightPath]

it is atnoshing how many ignorant gamers are on here. So what if a game got around 80% metacritic. This game far excels Crysis 2 in everyway and builds upon its mistakes. I am playing on it on the PS3 and the graphics and visual effects are just outstanding. This game is not all about graphics the actual gameplay is great! Lets you play how you want in open and detailed lush environments brimming with eye candy. Let it be the water , the grass or the lighting the game is one of the best looking console game i seen. i really wonder how amazing it would look on very high settings on a powerful pc if it looks this good on consoles.

use your brain and play the game before you start judging it based on reviews. This one of the best fps on consoles and the best on PS3. I havent played MP but enjoying the campaign being a predator and taking enemies out one by one clearing the entire area without being spotted.

The game is far better then many fps these days. At this moment i can see the game being short as i only see 7 levels

[Raider69]

You love playing games on consoles at 20-25fps right!I dont!Crysis3 is crap,it cant give the player a smooth play on consoles,gameplay is bland,its all graphics with no substance!I prefer to pick or save my money on Tomb Raider,Gear of War..Metal gear rising,God of War A.Bioshock infinite to the crap Crysis3 any day!Well i prefer Runner 2 to it!I even have a pc able to play it at max settings but guess what,the game is just a pile of crap on the gameplay that im passing it in favour of the other ones i mention and play them on a console.

[MuhammadJA]

Well said! Gamers here are *cool* and love to jump on the hate bandwagon just because some pros out there said so. Their only argument is "it's bland" or "the gameplay sucks" when these hypocrites don't realize that most FPS games play the same.

[bunfighterii]

Exactly. Crysis isn't Call of Duty. You can't just keep releasing the same game and think people won't get sick of it.

I've always thought Crysis games were all flash and no soul. I have the first 2 on PS3 and they were very 'meh'. Didn't finish either of them.

[showtimefolks]

i am a single player only gamer so for me a game with 5hrs of single player means waiting for a half off sale or a big price drop.

everyone who has played the game i know likes it so i don't know why the devs are worried about metacritic.

crysis 1 was very good
crysis 2 i believe took a wrong turn but now for
crysis 3 they are back

[IAmLee]

It's just another generic FPS is the big wide market...

[yeahokchief]

I was thinking about getting the 2nd crysis for ps3, but all of the graphic comparison analysis and focus on graphics turned me off.

Ended up not buying any of them because EA will not get a penny of my money. Although perhaps i could buy em used eventually.

[Kornholic]

I do not get the hatred towards Crysis 3 - it's by no means a mediocre game. I find it highly enjoyable, sure it might not be the best game ever, but still a decent game.

[ShugaCane]

Or maybe because you spent too much time praising how spectacular and revolutionnary the game was. Well, guess what ? It's neither.

[booni3]

Sure, gamers are the reason the MC score is low. There's no way there's anything wrong with the game itself.

[Godchild1020]

I think it's because of how Crytek went on about how their game will be the best looking game on consoles for the next 2 or so years. It left a bad vibe, because that is all I heard about the game; how good it looks, but not much about the story. If you look at any of the upcoming exclusive(s) on the PS3, 360 and/or PC, you can see that they don't only look great, if not better, but their story will be better than what Crysis 3 has brought to the table (Just by trailers and gameplay videos).

The way the game looks, is not the only thing that matters. The game can look great, but the gameplay and story can suck and bring the whole game down.

[bluetoto]

"The way the game looks, is not the only thing that matters. The game can look great, but the gameplay and story can suck and bring the whole game down."

Wish more devs realized this.

[FATAL1TY]

metacritic: 77 (PC)
user score: 66

hahahaha :D

[BrianG]

Looks like all that talk from the Dev's helped it out immensely /s

[JohnApocalypse]

I feel like critiques are being more critical to games now a days

[LightofDarkness]

Yes, it's the reflexive action caused by the dilution of gaming journalism. The "any moron with a blog" problem that rears its ugly head all too often around here. Journalists are now starting to realise that they need to differentiate themselves as actual journalists from the indistinguishable mass of fanboy websites and morons with blogs. It's got a long way to go yet, but it might just get there.

Not only that, but many have begun to shine a light on the somewhat under-handed tactics and shady dealings between publishers and gaming press giants (IGN, Gamespot, etc.), and gamers have grown increasingly distrustful of the once stalwart centres of gaming journalism. They're not likely to completely cease the culture of paid/incentivised reviewing, but they will be working to strike more of a balance between credibility and profit/relevance.

[isa_scout]

So should we have no game journalists? You scold the "any moron with a blog" which I find more trustful than big websites like IGN or even Gameinformer which is owned by Gamestop. Then you say that real journalists like IGN and such are beginning to distinguish themselves from the "any moron with a blog" crowd. Then you call the big sites like IGN, Gamespot, etc. out with their underhanded shady tactics. You need to make up your mind. Do you want more fancy reviews that you have to question the true motives behind the score or do you want less articulate writing but honest reviews from the so called "any moron with a blog" people. Because after all the idiots with a blog are doing it without being paid, but instead as a hobby because they love the medium.They aren't getting a bonus for reviewing a game well, and they aren't recieving gift baskets to sway their opinion. Hell, most of the time their buying the games with their own money. As a writer I find your comment distasteful and harsh. When I review a game I review the game from a gamers perspective, and at the very least people can read my reviews knowing I wasn't paid to give a certain game a certain review score.

[mamotte]

Also, in the past times -really old times- the internet wasn't as big as it's now, and the only way we could know if a game was good or bad was: Try it somehow, or buy a dedicated magazine. So there were only like three or five opinions. Now, everyone (Literally: Everyone)can be a reviewer, or post an opinion about a game. With so many people, with so many tastes, no game will ever please anyone.

We get an overload of information these days. The emotion of discovery has gone to hell too, with so many leaks, opinions, users giving spoilers...

[banditscout]

LoD, and mamotte-- Well said! I couldn't agree more worth the points you two make. Thanks for sharing that.

[mi_titan27]

I also feel, too many games too short of timeframe and too little time, im a core gamer, but as i get older i have less and less time to game with sooo many games out these days, i tend to play less of them, sequels really lose my purchase.

Games that i havnt played but played the first couple in the series.
-Dead Space 3
-Crysis 3
-Halo 4
-Gears of War: Judgment
-Forza Horizon
-Fable 3
-RE6

just start to lose interest after a while, need NEW ip's

[Gamer-Z]

@mi_titan27

I agree there's been to much recycling this generation and not enough new ip's to keep things fresh. Devs have literally ran out of ideas so they resort to tacking on useless and unwanted features to a games that are already great in an attempt to keep the ip relevant or they change the game completely to cater to another demographic (casuals).

[Eyeco]

That's a fascinating point, and it reminds me of why I respect a company like Nintendo I'm not really a big fan of their games, in one hand you can critique their use of the same IP's on another you can praise the fact that they only release sequels for the most part every 4-5 years.

Now this is great because a wider time frame for the most part allows for a more refined, evolved game. The problem is where seeing to many sequels released every 2 years, to the point where you just get more of the same rather than a more evolved expansive game.

Where seeing too many sequels released in the 1-2 year time frame, its bloody ridiculous, some of the games on you're list are sequels to games we were playing same time in 2011, wasn't Gears Of War 3 released in late 2011 and Judgement is just a few weeks away what is that 18 months ? come on. What we need is fewer sequels, longer release dates and newer IP's to fill the void.

[bluetoto]

@mamotte
Agreed.

@mi_titan27
"I also feel, too many games too short of timeframe and too little time, im a core gamer, but as i get older i have less and less time to game with sooo many games out these days, i tend to play less of them, sequels really lose my purchase."
Sorry to copy your entire post but it begs to be repeated.

Games that i havnt played but played the first couple in the series.
-Dead Space 3
I still haven't finished 2. It's good, but just more of 1.
-Crysis 3
See point 1
-Halo 4
Couldn't even finish Reach.
-Gears of War: Judgment
See point 1.
-Forza Horizon
-Fable 3
-RE6
Still haven't even finished 5.

"just start to lose interest after a while, need NEW ip's."

Spot on. These pubs and devs are only hurting themselves in the long run with copy and paste gameplay with a new coat of paint.

[nirwanda]

I think that crytek don't try and buy reviews either,
The big problem with hyping up a game is that if it falls even slightly below expectation it will be marked down far more heavly than if it came out of nowhere.
If they hadn't gone on about how much better the pc version would be then they probably gained better scores from the console versions.

[Axonometri]

Then maybe it's time to make something innovative in the FPS genre. It's been the same old thing with better graphics for two decades. Yes, good game, but can not someone try something new in the first person!?

[OcelotRigz]

Exactly, its like if their game looks great and "melts PCs" then they're happy, who cares if the gameplay is the same and as boring as every other shooter out there. Great graphics dont make great games, great gameplay makes great games.

I never liked Crytek, they seem very arrogant and cant take criticism. They're always making excuses like this one and the other usual one "consoles are holding us back because they're limited", well you have a console, you know what it can do, make the best possible game for that consoles specifications. Thats how things work, know your limits, dont make one too "powerful" for it then complain about the limits.

Resistance 3 was the last shooter that felt fresh to me, atmospheric, immersive story and characters that you care about and the most creative use of weaponry ive come across.

[DARK WITNESS]

I think thats one of my biggest problems at the moment. For all the power that is available now the only thing stepping up is graphics... story seems to have taken a dive. this like AI that I really expected to improve are hardly any better the the AI in HaloCE on the old xbox.

my big worry going forward into the new Gen will be that it's just a repeat of the same.

At the moment I just feel like I can't be bothered with 90% of the games coming out now. They may look good but thats the problem, thats all they seem to do, look good !!

[nirwanda]

@dark witness, i think fps's instead of trying to be all set in big open spaces with no story, make small corridor style games with characters and good storys and choices like deux X.

[first1NFANTRY]

lol nice excuse there Crytek.

But there's some truth in what he says. And that is we're fatigued from the huge amount of shooters this whole gen. Frankly I think the only time a dev should be called a AAA dev is when they show their talents by creating successful games in different genres ala Naughty Dogs

[listenkids]

Why are Crytek up their own arse so much

[Reverent]

The funny thing is, they're blaming current gen consoles for this. Even though the game is out on PC. They really need to stop crying.

[_LarZen_]

People are getting tired of the same FPS games that comes over and over again.

It is in most cases not enough with better gfx and a new story that is like a bad B movie.

[SlyFamous02]

The only fatigue I am experiencing is in my wallet, but thats because of the great games that are being released of which Crysis isnt one of them, learned my lesson after crysis2.

[cleverusername]

Blaming it on consoles again!! Go PC only then and see how long you last!

[talisker]

Hey, I like reading what Cevat Yerli produces here and there. He's such a clown it's fun to have a laugh here and there.

I'm ready to dig the bargain bin for Crysis 3 in 6 months or so.

[wallis]

I actually enjoyed crysis 3 but as developers these guys drive me mad. There is no conceivable reason why crysis 3 should be linear. That whole action bubble stuff was impressive in Far Cry, fun in crysis, and in crysis 3 it's looking more and more outdated. Just give us a freaking map and let us pretend to be the predator - even the suits who bought far cry could see that.

I understand they came to an impasse with graphics because of the console limit, and yeah I s'pose you've got to eat, but crysis 2 should have at least been ambitious on SOME scope. Now, maybe I'm just an idiot but if you can't improve graphics then add amazing new technology in other areas like AI, ecological life cycles, or epic huge worlds. They've clung to a design that was revolutionary around about a decade ago but they just didn't evolve the concept to its logical conclusion. Who the hell looked at crysis and asked for it to be smaller in map size and shorter in length? Who gets turned off by destructible buildings?

And they can make it as pretty as they want it still sucks when I realize a sky scraper I'm looking at is literally a 3D block with little flat windows drawn onto it. That is not really my idea of next-gen.

[DARK WITNESS]

well said, very well said.... does make me wonder where the dev's get their feedback that leads them to do some of the stuff they do..

[OcelotRigz]

Crytek remind me of Dice, they tell us what we want.

[DEATHxTHExKIDx]

My friend once said told me Crysis is just a really good tech demo with average gameplay.

[Irishguy95]

It is....but it's above average gameplay.

The first 1 at least. Second 1....not so much

Have not/will not play the third.

[EbeneezerGoode]

Nobody was fatigued with crysis 1! in fact it could be played over and over again unlike any FPS before or since (at least until the crappier alien parts later on).

Crytek are blaming everything except the obvious.

THEIR engine and THEIR prowess was put to best use in Crysis 1. I felt in C1 the studio was unique and peerless in tech, immersion and feeling of empowerment and freedom.

THEN they started chasing the console $$$ and made more linear games. Suddenly they were thrown into a different competition against skillfully woven (but still linear) FPS games that had better stories better characters better voice acting etc... they tried to compete for the big money and failed.

THey should have stopped with what they know, and what made them unique and great. Crysis 1 style gameplay. Open world, empowering, PC only (because - even as a BIG PS3 fan/gamer it's true the consoles just can't do that stuff due to Ram issues for one thing).

They had the world at their feet with Crysis 1, but it wasn't enough.. they thought they could be like epic and transition to consoles and do even better... but they lost their vision along the way.

The Crytek of Crysis 1 era were heroes to many PC gamers, a studio that finally understood what we wanted and wasn't afraid to deliver, even if it had a shitty story it was the gameplay and immersion that counted.

They lost that gameplay in C2 and... it seems in C3.

They only have themselves to blame, not gamers or consoles.

[isa_scout]

The thing for me though is that graphics in my opinion doesn't just entail how good it looks in HD or whatever. I feel like Far Cry 3 for example looked far and away better than Crysis 3; not because of the reason you're thinking about though, but because it was just far more impressive that a game as huge as Far Cry 3 could look as amazing as it did. With solid face and body animations,vehicles,custimizat ion, wildlife, and a kickass story all in a vast open world. Damn, now I wanna play Far Cry 3 again. To me the art and visual style of a game should be taken into account when talking about graphics, and Crysis(even the first one) has always had a boring look about it, like it wasn't original or it didn't do enough to set itself upart from the rest of the FPS pack. Crysis is a supermodel chick. Hot as hell on the outside and shallow as hell on the inside.

[EbeneezerGoode]

The 'shallow' part comes down to the player's imagination in a game like Crysis. It's ALL you - the player - that makes that game. I don't want story fed to me on a plate, or hand holding, or cut scenes every few steps (not saying FC3 has that but too many modern games do)

Crysis to me looked more 'real', because of the lighting and the way things moved.. back then that was a massive deal. It made me believe I was there crawling around prone in the grass.. every move, every bullet counted... it was awesome.

Far Cry 3 is far more traditional, and a great game for it, and is 'prettier', has better art direction... it's more of a game. Crysis is more of an experience and a hint at the future of real feeling/looking worlds. It was a MASSIVE step up in believability and made everything the player did within that world more 'fun' because it felt like your actions were tangible. You had to fool your brain a bit, you had to want to believe...

Any game can look pretty, but to actually make you feel that you are in an almost photo realistic world rather than a cartoon world has rarely been done before or since.

It's not as impressive now simply because so many games do similar things now, DOF effects, good lighting, foliage physics etc... it's still the daddy that marked the shift in level of tech/graphics AND physics in an FPS game. Think we'll have to wait a few more years before we get another 'shift' feeling like that (possibly something on Oculus Rift/VR can do it though, even with similar graphics because of the interface)

I realise gamers all think differently and we all have different tastes, I'm not so much about a game, or linear experience these days, I want to feel I'm enjoying every step, with as much of my own freedom/thinking as possible while feeling what I'm playing is a believable world. I guess my age and how long I've been playing games has made me crave to feel more immersed than when I was a Kid on my Atari VCS in 82!

There is gameplay and then there is self empowered immersion where "gameplay" isn't at quite the same importance as the experience itself.

I have so many great memories of unique things *I* did in crysis 1 to dispatch the bad guys, or work around them, things that had been impossible in previous FPS games... the last time I felt that way in an FPS was the original Deus Ex and that was only a hint of freedom of choice.

Graphically it was the first Unreal (moving from PS1 to PC in 98) that was that 'shift' in immersion and graphically rich worlds + Deus EX/System Shock 2 (gameplay) and Half life/2 story/interaction combined.. Crysis combined all of those feelings into one game and shifted it a massive step again - 10 years later, yes it suffered in place with silly AI, bad writing etc... but the experience of being in that world far outweighed any trivial negatives about a script (I really don't play games for scripts these days, I have films, books for that).

I remember one afternoon I spent in crysis as the sun set on the banana plantation area.. I was crawling around like a ninja popping the bad guys off one by one, then all hell broke loose and bullets were flying everywhere.. I lay in the grass next to some corrugated fencing totally immersed and empowered... it was dream like. And almost every 'level' in that game felt that way in how you could approach it. It was amazing. And better still because the lighting and physics made it look so believable at the time.

Far Cry 3 is a fine game but it doesn't have the paradigm shift that Crysis 1 had.

If you weren't on a fast PC in 2007 playing Crysis 1 then you won't understand.

[jaklink]

I enjoyed Crysis 3, the multiplayer is fantastic. But I found the campaign to be lacking, especially in the awful writing and cliché ending.

[GABRIEL1030]

Short campaing and forgetable multiplayer, Crytek is now much more worried answering press interviews that programming games, tha same happens with Bleszinski...back to work boys¡

[madduey]

Blah blah blah he's always got an excuse face it mate Crysis 3 is like the girl you pulled in a club she looked fantastic hair was perfect make up done really well and that all importing push up bra!
But after waking up next to her the next day you realise that underneath fancy hair fake tan and push up bra she's just an average run of the mill girl that you see and been with time and time again and have no interest in going back!...
Trading in Crysis 3 tomorrow and will be jumping straight into bed with miss Lara Croft :) lets see how long she lasts

[madduey]

One more thing... Fatigue???? I didn't see Farcry 3 having any such issues a FPS also on consoles rated one of the best games of last year!... Ill be thinking twice about buying one of your games day 1 again my friend that's for damn sure

[oIITSBIIo]

The story mode is so boring I can't complete it .

[madduey]

I had to force myself to finish it today just so I could try justify the £40 I spent

[yaz288]

"It is better than Crysis 2. It is better than Crysis 1. Technical and creatively, and storytelling -- all aspects,"

I agree on the story and I agree that its far better than crysis 2. however its still not better than the orginal crysis overall imo.

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I still didn't finish crysis 3 but I am enjoying it so much so far. the characters and the story are so well done here. The bow is the best thing that happened to crysis3!. the graphics are fucking impressive where crysis 2 failed. you don't need to hold the hit button to delver power blows but still not in crysis 1 level and the animation feel clunky, hope they fix it. the sprint dosen't consume energy, shouldve been long time ago. (wish I can prone and hide in the grass .. god its annoying knowing you can't)

I am still holding my final judgment till I finish it and see all the upgrades.

[XboxInnovation]

Gamer fatigue toward run of the mill shooters.

They released Crysis 3 too quick. Crysis 2 had a lot of hype because of Crysis 1 on PC, and the franchise never reached consoles yet. They should have saved Crysis 3 for next-gen, and now the franchise may suffer down the road for EA greediness for a quick cash-in.

[Kietz]

I think his comment holds water. Crysis 3 was an improvement over the second, though it reviewed weaker. That said, it became a boring series after the first. Hard thing to get excited for.

[Arai]

Crysis should have remained a benchmark of some sort, gameplay is utterly boring but apparently Crytek doesn't get it even after almost 6 years.
They always seem to blame everything and everyone else but themselves, one cannot help but wonder how ignorant/blind they are.

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[ApexHell]

77-81 is doing good are they on crack

[RandomDude655]

Shut up Crytek...holy smokes they release a statement every week...no one gives a shit

Just put out an inspired game that is fun to play...that's all.

[Ryder49]

Hm... not surprised.

While the game is fun, it certainly lacks in many aspects. Story issues, glitches and odd design decisions all add up in the end. Problems the first two games were devoid of.

[spektical]

the game is just boring, although a lot better than the borefest in crysis2. Its a shiny game, I love the way it looks on my rig, but its a dull , plain story.

[clrlite]

These crytek comments are becoming more annoying than there most recent TV spot here in the US. Pretty cool song though :)

[CanadianTurtle]

Off topic but please tell me you don't actually think Haze is a good game do you?

[hazelamy]

yeah, it's not the game's fault, it's the people.

everybody else is wrong, and he's right.

hey Cevat, what's the weather like on bizarro world?

[kevnb]

ya he does that a bit, like when he thought the only reason crysis didnt sell more was piracy. he was expecting halo numbers, but without halo marketing.

[mochachino]

No risks were taken with Crysis 3s SP or multiplayer. It's an average decent game with nice graphics on PC.

[sway_z]

I like all the Crysis games...smashes COD games on a technical level and Prophet is a more appealing character than faceless master chef 4.

Crysis 3 is awesome on PS3.

**Before the PC techs jump on this...'yeeeees PC ultra settings with fibre threaded ultrafantastic MX2121222 cores and cotton tights on obviously better yes' ...i'm saving up £5,000 so I can buy a killer PC and be future proofed for 10 years lulz

[KillrateOmega]

Not surprised. It's an okay game, but nothing incredible. The only impressive thing about it has been the graphics, but that's all that the series has even been about. Take away the graphics and there's not much left to distinguish itself and earn praise.

[TemplarDante]

Because its boring, Yerli.

[PersonMan]

It's not because of the un-inspiring gameplay and generic story?

[Hazadess1]

Just finished Crysis 2 again about an hour ago. 12hrs 45mins of single player bliss. Played Crysis thru again last week, also excellent and about 12hrs.

Installed Crysis 3 a few mins ago, cant wait to get stuck in. Bit worried about lenght of campaign but I never seem to finish things as quick as everyone else. If i get 7hrs I'll be happy.

Not bothered about multi-player on any game, single player all the way. Took 55Hrs to 100% Far Cry 3 and loved every min.

[sandman224]

I think the game is great. The only thing they should have done Is waited till ps4 and 720 came out then bam! It would of been a better experiance for non PC owners like me

[landog]

pc version is hands down, without a doubt, the best looking game ever wittnessed, better by far tha killzone shadowfall, deep down, that lame kids game, watch dogs, its already beyond anything any next gen consoles will do

the gameplay is fluid and smooth, the weapons are unique and well designed, the story is pretty dumb to be honest, but cool in that sci fi channel kind of way

the multiplayer is great, on pc at least, runs at 45-60 frames with everything maxed and fxaa on my 680

there are tons of varied maps, hunter mode is outstanding

now, the console versions, i can see why its not selling, it looks last gen, it feels like its running at 20-25 frames, the jaggies are insane, the pop-in, the textures are awful

but aren't we to the point yet were we realize that all last gen ps3/360 games look like that unless they are 2d side-scrollers, honestly thats the only thing 8 year old hardware can render properly without jaggies, screen tear, pop-in etc...etc..

[sjaakiejj]

It's not gamer's fatigue.. It's franchise fatigue. Crysis was never much more than a Tech Demo for the CryEngine. Underneath everything was an average run of the mill shooter, and that hasn't really changed much.

[DigitalSmoke]

Wouw, what a lyer.
The game has gotten far to high scored for doing what COD has done a few times already.

[TheOwnmaster]

I played the game and liked it alot, I admit it had its ups and downs. Hardly a reason for so much hatred.

[BrianC6234]

This sounds like Uncharted 3. That game was way better than the first two technically but a lot of people preferred Uncharted 2. Is the story in this game mediocre? I haven't played it at all and don't really want it. Maybe people are just bored of the series.

[baraka007]

What they need to do is stop making so many sequels and start looking at shin magami or final fantasy and start just using the game play and graphic engine but with a new story and setting. It keeps things fresh but familiar.

[Kevlar009]

We want Timesplitters dang it

HD Collection all the way

[kenshiro100]

...Just couldn't get into the Crysis series. Just wasn't my cup of tea.

[esemce]

I finished this yesterday the game looks great on PC but if nothing special gameplay wise and is very easy on normal and quite short, it has a few great moments, there is a nice flight section towards the end being the standout for me.

The way the game ends hints that maybe the next one will go back to their roots, they should make it open world next time or make Timesplitters4 now, I enjoyed Farcry 3 way more.

This review sums it up:

http://www.giantbomb.com/re...

[pissed999]

It's not doing w€ll b€caus€ it was built for consol€ and €A is b€hind it. Sam€ thing happ€nd with Biowar€. Its a st€ady downhill slop€.

[IK IR Y IP T]

For one who cares what anybody says on this website and who in the hell cares about meta critic reguardless if u like the ip the crysis franchise has been amazing! but if u dont like the game or the developer stop trolling and get a life i swear this site is getting more pathetic as more ads go up and more idiots sign up

[Ashunderfire86]

I don't think this console generation is to blame, its the developers copying games like Call of Duty. Well let me explain. Crysis 2, and 3 is Halo and Call of Duty having a baby, which is like an exact copy of them. The new James Bond games is a straight up copy of Call of Duty, Medal of Honor is another Call of Duty. So basically almost every FPS shooter this gen has done the same thing like Call of Duty, which is getting fatiguing. Whatever happen to Timesplitter 4, Perfect Dark 2, Quake, and Unreal this gen? All of those game's franchise never copyed Call of Duty. Mirror Edge, even though it was single player, it did something new and revolutionary for FPS by putting Parkour in FPS!!! Well I digress.

I argue that current generation for FPS, didn't do much to innovate this gen. So much time waste and we been playing the same shooters since the old Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube days. Well here hope that FPS will innovate even more next gen. Starting with Killzone ShadowFall, please Guerilla!!! make that game very innovative. I still like Crysis 3 and wish people would play the multiplayer, but I understand why gamers are not playing it that much anymore. Crytek make sure Homefront 2 is great with next gen goodness.

[EditorAtGNG]

The first Crysis had something going (besides the PC-melting hardware requirements). The Nano-suit driven gameplay coupled with the open-world environments made it one of the "must experience" type of FPS of this generation. The sequels never lived up to that standard (check under "console optimization") and tried to mimick COD / Battlefied to become more popular which in my opinion, was the reason for their expected downfall.

[MasterCornholio]

Gameplay>Graphics

That is all.

Motorola RAZR i

[PurpHerbison]

While this is true at the end of the day. I find it very, very hard in this day and age to get immersed into a game if the graphics aren't on point. In my opinion, they are equally as important. I need good game play so I actually enjoy the game, but at the same time I need good graphics for complete immersion.

[EbeneezerGoode]

@PurpHerbison Same here. Gameplay is vital but great graphics are very much needed to believe in a world as we play more and more stuff and age...

Which is why Crysis 1 is still so awesome. Good gameplay AND amazing graphics.

Crytek lost the plot from C2 onwards as said.

[Dead_Cell]

It took us three games before people finally realised it's nothing more than a glorified Tech Demo but we got there. Pats on the back all round gentlemen.

[ame22]

But the GRAPHICS...?

[trenso1]

Everyone I've talked to said this game is boring or just not as fun as other games they own, why would people want to purchase an a average game that looks good. Graphics don't make great games some devs and people need to realize this

[jakmckratos]

Gamer fatigue? Oh you mean the game sucks and offers nothing new?? Okay gamer fatigue it is then!

[RAFFwaff]

no.......it isnt getting the best reviews because some might say its no more than a glorified tech demo.....

[Drainage]

The MP is way funner than any trash out currently. Takes a certain level of skill for the most part. Lots of modes, 12 maps, great experience. Screw the haters who probably suck at it and say its a 'mess'.

[JeepGamer]

You can make it as pretty as you want. The fact is you made another FPS... in a market with a billion of them.

[DOOMZ]

Most people wont pay $60. for a short game...

[tommygunzII]

They should have stayed exclusive to PC. Less money, but money isn't everything.

[kevnb]

who cares about metacritic though really?

[-Gespenst-]

It is true that if Crysis 3 had been released a few years back it probably would have been received better, and fatigue / jadedness towards videogames is a definite phenomena, but if want it to go away, you've gotta be more innovative. We're at a point where big companies have just latched onto really derivative, safe ideas and are just churning out the same shit over and over to get our money, and that induces jadedness. If you want your game to succeed, all you really need to do is to break this cycle. Just be relentlessly different.

You can't give out to gamers when you yourself are completely complicit in this adherence to old ideas. Crysis 3 looks pretty special, but it really is nothing beyond it's visuals- beyond them it's just a generic shooter.

[SITH]

I got to admit, crysis 3 is lacking in the enjoyment department. Beautiful game but I did not buy it just for the looks.

[Dagobert]

Crysis is a benchmark software. It's not even a game. Personally I think 3DMark is better and cheaper, I think it was half off on Steam a few weeks ago.

[Orionsangel]

Crysis 3 feels like Crysis 2.5. I don't know why I was expecting a bigger leap in graphics and sounds. It felt like more of the same just slightly improved.

[Avery]

*Large 64p maps?
*Custom Maps?
*Big selection of vehicles?
*Great gameplay?
Should have been an evolved Crysis Wars not evolved Crysis 2. Crytek went backwards.

[MrUndrhill]

This is a pretty honest take on your own product. Franchise fatigue has become a problem. I love this gen, but I am looking forward to the next level of creativity and interactivity.

[Gigglefist]

Personally, I feel each Crysis is a downstep from the previous.

The original Crysis was revolutionary. It's still absolutely GORGEOUS. They downgraded the graphic capabilities with Crysis 2. I understand why, considering how demanding Crysis was. But they just seem to be trying less and less now.

Crysis 2 and 3 were rather dull in my opinion.
The original will always hold a place in my heart though.
This is my opinion, anyway.

[ufo8mycat]

HELLO CRYTEK - The game isn't doing so well because the gameplay is boring.

Maybe you guys need to learn that graphics means absolutely NOTHING if the gameplay is average.

I ended up pirating the PC version instead of buying the 360 version, as there is no way I was going to give you guys $$$, because I KNEW the gameplay would be crap. ONLY reason I played it was to continue following the story.

YAWN

Here is a lesson Crytek - Focus priority on gameplay NOT graphics.

[NoTheMama]

I know i'm over games which look & play (mostly) like most other games. Which is why I picked up Tomb Raider for something a bit different

[talocaca]

They should hire Peter Molyneux! He rocks at giving excuses, therefore perfect for Crytek.

[ndl1531]

well im loving crysis 3. maybe because i love scifi games im sick of military shooters but crysis 3 has aliens and their pretty cool lol loved crysis 2 also not so much the first crysis but yea crysis 3 is awesome for me it looks really good too and im playing on ps3 and yes i own all the bad ass ps3 exclusives and im saying crysis 3 looks amazing to me cant stop playing it .

[mochachino]

I remember the grain glitch and how Crytek never fixed it.

That being said I haven't reviewed Crysis 3 on metacritic because I'm done with Crytek games. I paid $60 for Crysis 2 on launch day and the thing was broken and they never fixed it. They totally f'd me last time.

[SSJBen]

*before release*
"Crysis 3 is the best looking game we've ever made, you won't see another better looking game on the PC or on a console.

We've gone all out mad on the game, story, gameplay.. we've put everything we can in it.

You want a game that you can't max out? We'll give you one..." *sneakily inserts buggy rope physics*.

*after release, sees metacritic*

"Oh, it's because of gamer fatigue that the game are being ill received by gamers and fans."

So... they only bothered to read message boards, blogs and editorials before they were making Crysis 3? Hmmm.

[joefrost00]

I love crysis
The score, gameplay, story was all top notch
The only serious flaw I thought it ever had was the multi player
The problem with crysis is perception is bette4 than the average shooter but was the epic great game when looking at the scope and everything in Single player it certainly tried to be