# What should I get instead of Crysis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192 "2007-12-07T18:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/1 "2007-12-07T18:40:01Z")
I’ve been very disappointed with what I’ve read about Crysis, as well as my own experience with the demo. I really enjoyed Far Cry, so what’s the hot game of that theme that I should get instead? ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/2 "2007-12-07T19:59:12Z")
Having no idea what else you’ve already played… [BioShock](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/bioshock/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews) maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/3 "2007-12-07T20:05:16Z")
BioShock is very good, but it’s nothing like Crysis or Far Cry. Splinter Cell Double Agent gets nearer, but still not spot on. What are your system specs? ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/4 "2007-12-07T20:14:49Z")
For the record, I was going with “well received FPS”, not “military based FPS”. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/5 "2007-12-07T20:20:11Z")
> [@lobsang](#): > > What are your system specs? 2 GB Pentium D 2x3.4 GHz, Geforce 8600, 1280x1024 screen (x2), Vista. And I use a trackball, not a mouse (thank you, twinges). ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/6 "2007-12-07T20:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=RogueRacer] For the record, I was going with “well received FPS”, not “military based FPS”. [/QUOTE] That’s no excuse. Your answer was inadequate and you should be punished severely with fire and goo. 😉 Anyone with a decent PC should get BioShock. Crysis isn’t bad (except that it’s HAAAARD and you may not be able to play it with all the setting on maximum, even with a high-end PC) What kind of bad things have you heard about Crysis **Quartz**? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/7 "2007-12-08T00:16:31Z")
Simply bad gameplay. I’ve [played the demo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441956&highlight=crysis) on one of my other PCs and had problems with the control system. I’ve read [Omi no Kami](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445308&highlight=crysis)’s thoughts, plus reviews on [Firingsquad](http://www.firingsquad.com/games/crysis_review/) and other sites. I’m not prepared to waste my money on that, so I’m looking for something good. ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/8 "2007-12-08T05:58:30Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Simply bad gameplay. I’ve [played the demo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441956&highlight=crysis) on one of my other PCs and had problems with the control system. I’ve read [Omi no Kami](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445308&highlight=crysis)’s thoughts, plus reviews on [Firingsquad](http://www.firingsquad.com/games/crysis_review/) and other sites. I’m not prepared to waste my money on that, so I’m looking for something good. [/QUOTE] I heartily support your decision. 😃 Crysis is, in my mind, the perfect “Play at a friend’s house” game: there are some universal issues like the poor control scheme and bad storyline, but the first 35-40% of the game can be really fun. I went in expecting to sneak through the jungle killing people, and that’s exactly what I got to do. Then it starts sucking really badly. My advice is to wait for a couple of years, and when Crysis 3 is coming out, pick up the original Crysis for $15.99, play it, and go “Good god, I would’ve been pissed if I had payed full price for this thing”. As for other shooters, I’m not sure if there are any recent releases that fit the bill, but if you don’t mind squad-based shooters I found Rainbow Six: Vegas to be an awful lot of fun. It wasn’t open ended, and it almost completely did away with the strategic planning components that R6 is known for, but it’s a lot of fun as a simple shooter. I understand that the Halo series plays like a linear, simplified version of Far Cry, but I’ve never played any of them so I couldn’t say. ^^ ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-instead-of-crysis/429192/9 "2007-12-08T06:14:38Z")
Single-player: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chenobyl. Very eerie atmosphere, day/night cycles, wide-open terrain, great graphics, and lots of satisfying gunplay. Also an insanely vast amount of different weapons to choose from. Multiplayer: Battlefield 2. Find a server with mature players who know what the hell they’re doing, join a squad, follow the orders of the leader, and it’s a lot of fun, though challenging. Play as a medic to heal your comrades, a special forces guy with a laser sighted rifle and C4 explosives (love to set traps and then blow them all up when enemies have gathered around them,) a sniper, engineer, and other positions. There are tanks and APCs and Hummers (drive them or serve as a gunner on them) and if you’ve got a joystick you can fly helichoppers and jets too. I’ve also heard very good things about Call Of Duty 4, though I haven’t played it.