Crysis 2 Remastered

It's Crysis, but slightly more accessible. Story is uninteresting personally and I don't necessarily like the new Aliens. Combat and the Suit functionalities were improved greatly, however I find combat in this game an absolute slog.. it's boring, unrewarding and it more often than not feels like I did something wrong whenever I have to engage in it. So, stealth all the way for me unless it's a forced combat arena. The remaster did improve some performance issues with the game but the AIs are still laughably stupid, they barely work half the time and the Map clipping issues and detection through objects is still a thing. Play it out of nostalgia really, because there aren't that many reasons to get this game nowadays.

6o% "Crysis 2 Remastered" is an upgrade of the classic first-person warzone shooter "Crysis 2". It looks absolutely gorgeous. But the gameplay wants us to embrace an open world while also, fundamentally, behaving extremely restrictively. This shooter feels at times like we are just playing cinematic sequences with no real variety or creativity to the outcomes. Instead of an open world, we enter one after another, open arenas - littered with enemies often too distant to appreciate and too armored to feel satisfying in a take down. 9 rounds to the body is just too much for a grunt. With the original Crysis, what elevated the game above other shooters of its type was the Nanosuit that made us feel superior to everything around us. Dominant. Here, the Nanosuit feels insignificant. A normal shooter would have the elements of the Nanosuit just built into the gameplay. You would have a shield and be able to jump and climb, and have some sort of night vision goggles. Instead of elevating the gameplay we feel as if we are struggling to get to mediocrity. What is the point of a skill tree where the upgrades are the kinds of things you wouldn't pick normally but are suddenly our only options. You'll get nothing and you'll like it! *Threat Tracer* simply allows us to determine from which direction we're being shot at? Meh. It's a visual jumble of streaking lines that is far more invasive than helpful. Instead, how about fix our minimap so oppnents show up and stay marked when marked. Just a thought. The gunplay isn't smoothe, the action is irratic and limited. Warzones are oversized and feel entirely abstract. I really don't like this game. Even so, "Crysis 2 Remastered" is a functional shooter with stunning visuals and an interesting story. But the same can be found in a lot better places. Skip this one.