Crysis 2 – E3 gameplay footage impressions

“The Pingu attacks E3 2010… I mean Pinger… I mean Metal Gear Rex”

Seriously. Call it Pingu. Get it done.

As we approach E3, we’ve been lucky to get a nice taste of the sweet sweet love Crysis 2 has to offer. Seriously, if you haven’t played Crysis 1, do so before its proper sequel arrives on the Xbox, PS3 and PC next year.

Time to kick some alien butt!..... While I'm cloaked...

To be honest, the new gameplay footage hasn’t really revealed much more that what we know now. More like, it’s reconfirmed several features that will appear in the game. The numero uno improvement that we can see is the streamlined functionality of the nanosuit 2.0. In one instance the player jumped from one roof to the next, using the Strengh function, and then immediately and seamlessly cloaked, ready to ninja a Crynet thug from behind. Nice!

Ninja's do it from behind.

I also believe a new weapon has been confirmed: the grenade launcher. About time. I’m assuming your generic fps weapons will also make an appearance somewhere down the track too. Weapons will also be customiseable, much like how they were in Crysis 1.

Jumpin' from building to building. Just another day using the Nanosuit 2.0

Apparantly you’re ARE playing as a NEW character, which is weird, because I swore you were playing as Nomad. Anyhoo for those not in the know, for some reason you pilch the Nanosuit 2.0 (who wouldn’t), so the Crynet guys are after you (seriously, wtf dewd! Humanity’s screwed, and all you’re worrying about is your precious Nanosuit?!?!?!?). You also have to deal with an alien invasion bent on overtaking the world (which ones aren’t, seriously).

You will see red~

That put aside, Crysis 2 looks jaw-droppingly, face-pwningly amazing. To think that Crytek aims to surpass the first game graphically! This is a game to follow during E3.

Ouch. This is gonna hurt a bit.