Crysis 2: The New-age FPS

Platform(s): PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Genre: First Person Shooter
Multiplayer: Yes
Contenders: COD: BO, Halo: Reach, Medal Of Honor, Killzone 3

I <3 NYC? 

If you haven't already jumped on the band-wagon, you better hurry up because Crysis is zooming it's way to PC and consoles! If you haven't already checked out the many trailers and gameplay previews... WHY THE HELL NOT? If not you've missed out on seeing a preview of the most interesting upcoming shooter on the planet (yes of course it's a black ops beater). Set in the year, 2023, New York City is slowly being overrun by angry aliens.
In the middled of all this is you, delta force agent Alcatraz, he steals a nanosuit (left) and heads to the Big Apple to save the world. You'll be joining forces with the army and freedom fighters, desperately holding off the invasion that has been carried over from the original game, the game is designed around a free roaming/linear element which allows you to approach missions any way you want (no you can't run through the streets holding flowers, chanting No Woman No Cry, that's gotta be my personal fantasy), and without the Nanosuit V2, it would be no where near as fun.

Hero Alcatraz gives the OddHead Gaming Team
The Evils... Not the first time.

The Nanosuit is a futuristic masterpiece in technology, it allows the user to turn invisible, have super strength, jump high, run fast, and best of all look cool (there are many more things to name BTW). The best part in all this, however is the ability to upgrade your suit and powers to suit your play-style! Stealthy, silent, ninja blade runner? Upgrade your invisibility, jumping and stick a silencer on the end of your M9. Crazy, all out heavy, punching monster, macho SOB? Strength, speed and big LMG's it is for you! As well as over 40 different upgrades for the Nanosuit there are also plenty of weapon upgrades for each individual gun, online included! This approach allows for players to play how they want, along with the semi free roam, online players who suck in firefights can go invisible and snipe, those who want to go in, silent kill, go out can upgrade speed, there is so much versatility in this shooter Call Of Duty: Black Ops ends up looking like a pack of one flavour sweets. The game allows you to hop all over NYC, across enemy filled sky scrapers and bullet ridden streets.

Halo: Reach is a clear contender but
from what we've seen, lacks the depth
of Crysis 2, even in multiplayer.

Obvious things to compare with are COD and Halo, neither are even close, this game is so deep and new that some people could place it in a completely new genre: Awesome. Of course this may be unfair as I am not a fan of either but the truth remains that COD is the same game every year, you can dress it up with fancy killstreaks and gun camos but underneath a boring shooter sits cloning itself with a different mask, Halo isn't worth discussing, new weapons and trying to be more like COD won't cut it unfortunately, and the new forge just isn't worth £40! Crysis and Crysis Warhead were brilliant shooters with brilliant ideas which were put into play well, however they required super-computers to run properly, this new take is on consoles and pc, diminishing that problem. Overall Crysis 2 should be brilliant and if the world is fair, beat COD and Halo in sales. I know I'll be heading into a gameshop, and buying my self a copy when it comes out March 22nd in America and March 25th in England.

By Editor in Chief; BigHead