Crytek's flagship first-person shooter Crysis wowed everyone who experienced it. But those people were few in number. The PC-only shooter made such heavy demands on its player PC that only those with the most powerful machines were capable of slipping into the main character suit.

Unreal visuals; Accomplished voice acting; Suit modes supremely well balanced

Weak story; SBland main character; Two-weapon system feels limiting

Running on the third iteration of the CryEngine, Crysis 2 is one of the best looking games you'll see on this generation of console hardware. The visual style is one of heightened reality, it's often vivid and bursting with colour in areas you wouldn't expect.

Crysis 2 is definitely one of the best FPS games of 2011. Crysis 2 single player campaign and online multiplayer give players plenty of hours to play through. It has stunning graphics and breathtaking visuals.

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Crysis is a game with a reputation; sadly, though, it's a reputation with very little to do with the game itself. The game reviewed well and was praised for its stunning visuals and physics but famed for needing a serious beast of a PC to play it.

The combat heavily revolves around the Nanosuit, a futuristic piece of tech which is integral to both gameplay and plot. The Nanosuit has a variety of functions; cloaking allows Alcatraz to turn invisible, and is now more versatile than the relatively feeble cloak from the original games.

is certainly a daunting task. The first-person shooter received almost universal critical acclaim after its release on PC in 2007, and the game is also often held up as the benchmark of PC hardware performance due its system-sapping requirements.

Formats: PS3 (tested) | Xbox 360 | PC Developer: Crytek Publisher: EA Release Date: 25th March 2011

I found Crysis 2 quite a hard game to get into, but when it all finally clicked for me it was a great gaming experience. What first struck me were the graphics; the lighting effects are simply beautiful and bring real depth to the surroundings.

Excellent graphics; good multiplayer

Level design could be better