Crysis 2: the battle of New York

Electronic Arts recently revealed the first official information about Crysis 2, the game developed by Crytek as a natural successor of the first Crysis and Crysis Warhead, which offer the same kind of events from a narrative perspective.

Unlike other sequels placed in a similar environment to the original one Crysis 2 abandons the classical jungle for an urban challenge in New York City, which the producers called an urban jungle. The name is not random at all as New York City was evicted because of an extraterrestrial invasion, so it is the perfect scenery for a shooter.

Gameplay

Even though New York is one of the biggest urban centers of the world the environment in Crysis 2 is not as vast as we would have expected it to be compared to other similar games, but it still remains vast enough. At this sensation that the environment is not vast enough missions that only have one exit to the exterior for the player also contribute.

Weapons

Along with more freedom of choice when it comes to weapons and an increased number of options the player will benefit from the new version of the popular Nanosuit.  The way it is used has suffered a few changes compared to the nanosuit present in the first version of Crysis. All powers are concentrated on two game modes: aggressive and invisible. Opposed to the original Crysis in Crysis 2 the player will benefit from all powers when he wants to be aggressive, but will be able to become invisible when he wants to initiate a tactical attack.

Here is how the new nanosuit will look according to the official trailers:

Artificial Intelligence

Electronic Arts confirmed that the AI will have a lot of new improvements in Crysis 2. Even if the publisher of the game preferred to not give many details in this sense, the main new feature is represented by the possibility of cooperation with extraterrestrials. Once on the track of an opponent the player may notice that he will be helped by a team mate, which will make finishing the mission harder. Other AI modes that are at least as interesting will be revealed later according to Electronic Arts.

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Development

Crysis 2 will be the first game based on the Cry Engine 3, produced by Crytec and officially launched in October 2009. At least 3 other games will be based on this engine in the near future. There are great chances that one of them will be STALKER 2.

Availability

The new Crysis 2 is available both on PC and on PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 consoles starting at $38 on Amazon.com (chose the version you need from there).

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Here is one of the official trailers of Crysis 2: