Crysis 2: 6 Years Later

[@conor6436]

Need a 'Crysis 2: 6 Years Later: 6 Years Later' video now

[@MandaloreGaming]

Not too far in yet but I gotta say now that I 100% agree about the theme. It's so underrated.

[@MandaloreGaming]

Really on point with a lot and I never thought about the strange inconsistencies with the suit in story context until now. I totally agree that double tap abilities would've done wonders for making it fun without needing the radial menu back. Excellent video.

[@ChaoticDressler]

I will never forget the theme and the rest of these tracks. So are the three of you all friends? @MadaloreGaming @Raycevick and @Whitelight. I watch each of your review videos awesome content, brings back memories and feels of all these good games.

[@LightSightTCR]

It was not underrated. In 2007 and 2011 we didnt know about the next shit period of game industry, so we didnt appreciate games.

[@DarkshadowXD63]

2011 was the year of good themes with Skyrim, Arkham City, etc.

[@monojuice]

DarkshadowXD63 2011; Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 2, WWE ‘12, Saints Row The Third, Arkham City, Skyrim Elder Scrolls, Assasins Creed Revelations. Damn that was a great year

[@orebursac868]

I loved the fact that Alcatraz was just a pile of bones and organs being held together by pretty much just the nanosuit.

[@CaveyMoth]

It's kind of like how my life was nothing but Crysis 2, back in the day. Symbolism?

[@mr2meows]

im going to vomit now

[@15awesomehighfive]

I'm playing The New Colossus now, and BJ's situation with the suit reminded me of Alcatraz, and of how much I loved that character detail too.

[@TimeBomb014X]

Too bad 3 has him be Prophet's little meat puppet

[@Lifeislikeadoughnut]

@@TimeBomb014X I mean that just makes the situation more tragic. His name describes his situation, imprisoned in his own body with someone else at the wheel.

[@chrisandrew7577]

pro tip: decloak right before you fire your weapon, then cloak again. save that suit energy!

[@Whitelight]

Yeah I didn't discover how useful that was until late.

[@fakenews6133]

That was in the first game too. To stealth kill, swich to max strength, whack the dude, and cloak to get away.

[@Redbr34]

strengh mode gives you more accuracy

[@SemanticV0id]

On 360, I had mastered the art of lining up my sniper sights and then rapidly tapping RB-RT-RB such that it was almost like I hadn't uncloaked at all.

[@VideoGameLova1]

I'm surprised more people didn't do this in multiplayer. Switching from cloak to armor right before firing my weapon was almost always my go-to strategy.

[@GAMINGHUTHD]

It will never be possible to forget the epic music in this game.

[@notsogrand2837]

Crysis 1 and 2 had amazing music, Crysis 3 has good music just not as good as 1 and 2.

[@human-npc5523]

GAMING HUT HD yeah

[@JojOatXGME]

As I started the game the first time, the soundtrack from the menu did realy annoy me. However, after playing the game some time, I started to love it. It did fit to the game perfectly. At the end, I think it is the best soundtrack for a game I remember.

[@BlackHellHound1]

I hope I never will.

[@wraith8323]

@Traktor Oil No you feckless dolt. If you're into epic music you'll know that each composer has a different overall feel with broad variation within their works. In this case, much like with Tron Legacy, the score is potent enough to qualify as an integral aspect of the game. I dont like all of Hans Zimmers music as some of it is a bit formulaic, but he knocked this one well out of the park.

[@MarikBentusi]

My 2 cents on the Hargreave questions: - the main character takes Hargreave's syringe not because he trusts the guy, but because he has to take the gamble. Hargreave's anti-Ceph spores are the only known effective weapon against the aliens. The preceding Barkley chapters established that Earth's military, even with your help, is barely equipped to stall the aliens, leave alone defeat them. - Hargreave probably doesn't simply ask you to let him wear the suit because there's no good reason for you to comply or for Hargreave to expect you to comply. Hargreave is a civilian that wants to play hero and taste freedom - he's unqualified for the mission. Even before Lockhart developed a personal vendetta against you, CELL was hunting you for your suit and executing your washed-up Marine buddies from mission 1, so Alcatraz probably also doesn't have any love for Hargreave and his faith in him is shaky at best (which is why Hargreave explicitly states he's going to try to earn Alcatraz' trust during their first meeting). So there's no logical or emotional reason for Alcatraz to comply. Plus with how scared Hargreave is of death (hence his brain-in-a-jar and grasping for nanosuit immortality), he probably doesn't think others would let go of their life that easily. - Hargreave did try to knock out the player via EMP before the surgery but the mutated nanosuit was unexpectedly resistant to his methods. That's what causes the surgery equipment malfunction, which is why Hargreave then resorts to putting a bullet through your head. Maybe good ol' anesthetic would have worked better than EMP, but by this point your body is more nanosuit than flesh, so probably not. - the brain-in-a-jar thing was to establish that Hargreave a) is really afraid of death and has been prolonging his own life by any means necessary b) is stuck and desperate to climb into your suit. Considering the nanosuit is already adept at keeping someone alive that ought be dead, I don't think Hargreave's life support was far-fetched for this setting. The glowing tank was a pretty kitschy eyecatcher tho. - Hargreave goes mental after you've taken the syringe because up until this point he's dreamed of being the hero and finally getting out of his stasis prison and now he's completely lost control of the situation and signed his own death warrant. Considering Tara Strickland's and Lockhart's comments on his sanity, this isn't a first for him either, it just didn't happen during his brief time of talking with you. Makes sense, when you originally met Hargreave's plan was still largely on track and he needed to appear trustworthy. Now that he's about to die anyway, he can let loose. - Hargreave did fortify his HQ: The PRISM is a private island with its own power grid and it's stacked with CELL troops. But it's been established that "this isn't a fight ordinary humans can win", so of course it's gonna fall eventually, just like the rest of the NYC. If conventional defenses were effective, people wouldn't be pinning their hopes on nanosuits, nukes and experimental bioweapons. - The nanosuit doesn't transfer someone's consciousness, it clones it. The real Prophet killed himself right in front of you. A copy of his consciousness survived within the suit. Hargreave probably wasn't interested in a mental clone surviving, he was interested in his own survival. - Hargreave probably wasn't "in a bunker halfway across the world" because he didn't just want to survive and run away from the aliens, he wanted to play hero and defeat the aliens. He goes on a whole rant about how he fancies himself Prometheus who stole fire (tech) from the gods (aliens) to enlighten humanity (build nanosuits). He was camping outside the dragon den waiting for his armor to be delivered. ----- And some 2 cents on other story stuff: - I think your suggestion for the "couple stuck in debris" scene has a very different goal from the one it fulfills in the game. In the game it's a bitter pill you have to swallow just after you felt great about besting a massive alien tank for the first time. This mix creates a bittersweet atmosphere that lets you know "don't let your accomplishments fool you: things are still looking grim". If Alcatraz had just taken that opportunity to play hero again and the evacuation sequence had gone basically without a hitch, it wouldn't have built enough pressure to suggest you need something far more powerful than one guy in a nanosuit to save the city. - I'm not sure that Lockhart needed more actual characterization in the grand scheme of things. He basically works like the Half-Life 2 chopper that, despite lacking any personality whatsoever, you're happy to get revenge on just because it's been harassing you all game long (and had your fellow marines shot in mission 1). I think without his death the rogue section of CELL would have been too prominent of a loose end to just sweep under the rug, and Lockhart had been kind of set up as the brawn half of the "brawn and brain" Crynet villain duo that you could actually get to fight, unlike Hargreave. It's like the invisible super-Ceph right before the park's spire. I think if anything Lockhart could have done with less characterization (worked better for my examples of the HL2 chopper and the invisible Ceph), but I guess they needed him for exposition. - The suit's power level "schizophrenia" I think makes sense if you don't try to view it as the "ultimate badass". It makes you superhuman, you can easily kill CELL mooks all day with it, but it has limits and struggles against the aliens' trump cards. That's why the *actual* ultimate weapon against the Ceph is the spore bioweapon, not the suit.

[@Whitelight]

Well, that was an interesting read. Thanks for responding.

[@cypher7031]

In Crysis legion they actually explain commander Lockhart more in depth. Especially the reason he hates the suit so much. Look it up. It's a great read.

[@DeathBringer769]

Good post. I agree with nearly everything you said ;)

[@uliseto]

Hargreave was a pretty interesting character, and the voice actor did a great job

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

"Alcatraz and the suit TOGETHER, thats the weapon!"

[@ArtaShrike]

Joseph Anderson tweeted out a recommendation for this. I think I may be developing an unhealthy obsession for long-form critical video essays of video games narrated by people with smooth voices, but heck with it, I'll subscribe anyway. Good work!

[@ZachFett]

I know I'm late here, but do you have any other recommendations? I'm already subbed to Raycevik, MandaloreGaming, Noah Caldwell-Gervais, and Examined Life of Gaming but I need more!

[@Legoman791]

@@ZachFett Joseph Anderson!

[@kazza5575]

@@ZachFett Take a look at the channel GVMERS , if u havent already

[@JustSkram]

You mean diet mathewmatosis?

[@ZachFett]

Thank you!

[@EtheralFusion]

To be fair, Alcatraz had a lot of injuries from surviving the sinking sub then getting shot by the Ceph. I can understand why the Nanosuit couldn't entirely make him into a superhero at times, seeing as he was fighting with a more-or-less broken spine.

[@TheIdiotPlays]

This is 9months late, but just to add to your comment, the suit was also repairing him, which prolly consumed a lot of energy.

[@madezra64]

@@TheIdiotPlays 6 months late, It wasn't so much as repairing him as it was actually bonding/combining with him. Repairing him would have been healing his wounds. In the deep suit scan cutscene they briefly explain and show the nanosuit GROWING into Alcatraz himself. Further evidenced in Crysis 3 where Psycho and his team were literally skinned alive to have their suits removed since the Nanosuit bonds with the wearer (host). Remember, Prophet uses the word "Symbiosis" in the beginning of Crysis 2. The nanosuit and the person wearing it is a symbiotic relationship. You are ONE with the Nanosuit when you wear it, and eventually this is a permanent physical and genetic change when finally at the end of Crysis 3 we see the body of Alcatraz using the likeness of Prophet. PROPHET is the combination of Spirit, Body and Mind. The body of Alcatraz, the mind of Laurence Barnes work together to create the spirit of Prophet. Hope that helps!

[@phoenixjones7191]

@@madezra64 one week late. Skinning somebody alive is pretty fucking grim....geez.

[@BUSSTISEBOOST]

phoenix jones one month late. Yeah boi, but what happened to Nomad? And I was always disappointed with the “Death” of Alcatraz as I never got the point of why his subconscious was overwhelmed by Prophet’s.

[@Detren]

@@BUSSTISEBOOST 2 months late but in his Crysis 1 critique Whitelight brought up the comic, in which Nomad dies.

[@Naingwinzaw]

I wanted to add a very small and easily missable display of how "awesome" the nanosuit was, in the first mission when Prophet suicides, when Alcatraz wakes up and exits the building he gets to a push bar on an emergency exit door and tries to open it like a normal human being and easily rips the push bar clean. In some subsequent missions, Alcatraz open push bars with a finger. Only noticed it on my third playthrough.

[@rasplez9889]

And now this video is 6 years old

[@IlMemetor72]

Making the game 12 years old Jeez...

[@garnetcobragaming]

@@IlMemetor7213 years now. Game came out in March of 2011 🤯

[@ravenslikewritingdesks]

10:15 In Crysis 1, there is an option to enable suit mode shortcuts. When enabled, double tapping sprint (shift key) will activate maximum speed; double tapping melee (T key?) or jump (space key) will activate maximum strength; double tapping S key will activate maximum armor; and finally double tapping crouch (Crtl key) or prone (Z key) activates cloak. Had this feature became default in Crysis 2, there is no need for combining strength and speed into power for the sake of fewer key presses to activate those modes.

[@bugrilyus]

Yes, this feature was great

[@Scroolewse]

double taps suck though

[@LightTheMars]

4:48 "And still put everything else to shame now in 2015" You've sat on that script for a while haven't you?

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

About the music in Crysis 2... If you know Hans Klok the famous Dutch musician, either he or the person that picks his music really loves Crysis 2 because I went to 1 of his shows once and there were multiple soundtracks from this game used. I even heard the iconic mechanical walking noises from the Ceph going all around me (Becaus of the seround sound system in that theater) at some point during his show.

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

But the iconic "screaming" at the beginning of the main theme is what really made me go from "Is this guy using Crysis music?" To "100% that's Crysis 2 main theme! Denying that is literally mot possible anymore!"

[@CaptainEggcellent]

Love these kind of videos. You’ve earned my sub!

[@idiot5292]

I was just watching this video by whitelight and I went to the comments and I saw you I’m subbed to your channel keep up the content

[@instinkt900]

It makes me so unreasonably sad that the multiplayer is dead. Although I'm sure I would never play it again, and there would probably never be enough of a community to make it fun again, I had such a great time with Crysis 2 multiplayer. I'll never forget the feeling I used to get, booting into the menu and listening to the title music and queuing up.

[@politure]

Matthew Cotton Dude, can't ever forget that music track beginning with the slow violin bit during loading, amirite?

[@darkitachi50]

Amen

[@ArabianFreedom]

Which version? I think the PC version is so dead.

[@genos876]

Koko the Arabian no its still going on steam theres like 3 fuul servers

[@ArabianFreedom]

@Genos Cool. Will download it!

[@ivanmclennon]

So glad to see such dedication and talent on a channel this small. I am 100% the type of guy to enjoy videos like these so thank you.

[@CultOfMonika]

Dude, i'm so glad i found your channel. I really miss Crysis and these videos helped my nostalgia fix.

[@bigmanayyman]

poeciloteria same man, until helpfully crysis 4 or more crysis games come out

[@olliegarner4601]

Well. They are making a new Crysis game. EDIT: My bad. I was incorrect. I was thinking of the new Metro game.

[@willreading4958]

On the bright side, the new Metro game looks amazing and very much like it'll be the sort of graphical marvel that Crysis always has been

[@bugrilyus]

@@olliegarner4601 twitter.com/Crysis/status/1249714251360501761

[@iplaygunz1]

Man I loved this game. It's a shame so many people just write it off as a dumbed down Crysis, because it is so much more than that.

[@timbelcijan9858]

It is not *much* more than that, it is in many aspects a dumbed down version of the original. I guess in terms of story and worldbuilding it does the job it sets out to do but that has always been the series' shortcomings anyway so it doesn't really add much to the game. I'm not saying the original was a masterpiece but at least it made sure its' core mechanics were fun such as the nanosuit. And it gave you an environment that promotes its' use in different ways, something the sequels severely neutered due to the fact they were set in destroyed cities that are arbitrarily blocked off to guide you through the story. Not my cup of tea and not what Crysis was originally about. As good as the games might be in their own regard, they don't deserve to be called Crysis games.

[@Myrmeleosi]

crysis 2 is amazing. if it wasnt a sequel to the first game it really would have been seen differently. its my favorite one of the three games, i havent played warhead

[@bfedezl2018]

@@Myrmeleosi That is simply a testament that Crysis 1 is PC master race mentality at its finest. I have played all the games and found Crysis 1 and warhead mid at best while 2 and 3 are some of my most memorable games ever

[@pbluma]

@@bfedezl2018 That is simply a fact you dumbed down zoomer. Not enough fancy cutscenes and explosions for you? Crysis 2 and 3 are ''mid'' at best when compared to the originals.

[@pbluma]

@@bfedezl2018 That is simply a fact you dumbed down zoomer. Not enough fancy cutscenes and explosions for you? Crysis 2 and 3 are ''mid'' at best when compared to the originals...

[@adrianatkins10]

Stumbled on this channel by accident and you have become one of my favorite gaming analyst/critic. You clearly put alot of research, editing and writing in to your videos. The narration is calm and clear. Great work!

[@Whitelight]

Thanks man

[@Cringetality]

Todd Howard would force you to buy creation club credits

[@FairPlay0007]

The voice acting esspecially for Hargreave in Turkish is absolutely awesome. Cevat Yerli, who is Turkish, done a great job hiring those voice actors. Because those voice actors are also the ones that dub Hollywood films.

[@choongweijie5851]

2:58 start 5:44 gameplay 23:45 story 36:14 43:25 46:00 Outro

[@baneofthespliff]

Its so weird to me that this video has now been around for the same amount of time that Crysis 2 had been around for when the video was made. Wild

[@kupokinzyt]

Life is short man, it sucks.

[@NguepNang]

There's nothing wild about it. This is the same level of nonsense as those silly NBA "records".

[@judgejudys3xdungeon94]

Finally, somebody with an actual opinion of the game besides "ugh it's dumbed down for us elite PC gamers." Anyway, this was a great review.

[@-pROvAK]

"ugh it's dumbed down for us elite PC gamers." The final point was that yeah, it was really dumbed down lol. Crysis 2 and 3 can be finished by morons.

[@shyspacewolf4675]

So can the first one. Hell I was a kid when i played and finished it.

[@fossilfern]

pROvAK the first game didn’t take much intelligence to beat lol.

[@typie34]

after i watched some crysis 2 videos like this, i started to play the game again after 2 years when i played it through. first playthrough i thought: meh but now i think its better than most people say. the gameplay, the story and the whole atmosphere is very nice. battling my way through aliens and soldiers through new york is very entertaining. while i still like crysis 3 a bit more, because of the gameplay which is improved upon crysis 2, i also like this game a lot. but the first one will always be my favorite

[@lucasart328]

the first one is defo harder

[@DrPhil-hz4up]

We really need a Crysis 4. Imagine how amazing that game would look with the current hardware we have.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i see you have an rtx 2080, but can it run crysis 4?

[@juglansregia1433]

Dr.phil

[@KCJbomberFTW]

Crysis 2 HD?

[@tanklessbunny3992]

Boy your wish has been granted, they teased it recently, 3 years goes by quick lol

[@DarthMirasshtar]

I just love how they all live(or die) up to their names... so well done.

[@929Finn]

I gotta say despite the inconsistencies with everything regarding the Roosevelt Island level, I enjoyed the level and it's music. It was really well done up till that point. (also due to this game when I visited NYC I made sure to check out the island)

[@dio-samaC4]

now I'm watching "Crysis 2: 6 Years Later" 6 year later

[@NotA-Real-Therapist]

Im about to make my lets play soon, 6 years after this video. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!🎉

[@ViralWatchMedia]

Good stuff mate, earned a sub.

[@trooperodst6880]

So damn underated game Loved every second of the game and the video! Great work man!

[@sunky-rf9ut]

6 years later...

[@dylanr.cerezo4325]

This was the first M rated game middle school me was allowed to have and boy did I love the shit out of it.

[@davidthorne5715]

Crysis 2 ost went so hard I still listen to the epilogue every once in a while. It has such a weight and sense of triumph and accomplishment that few other games even come close to. I also never would have ever known about or played this game if it didn’t come to console, for better or worse. I can’t wait for crysis 4

[@Demonskunk]

I always got the feeling that the suit wasn't working at full capacity because instead of a fit and strong soldier inside, it has what is basically a corpse. That's why I figured Alcatraz never spoke, because you're basically dead and can't even croak out words that aren't grunts. Does he even grunt?

[@apieceofcrap8794]

love watching crysis 2, 6 years later, after the video has been made 6 years ago.

[@tylovset]

Very thougthful presentation of the most important game series for all the reasons you mention. "Crysis 2 - Intro" and "Crysis 3 - New York Memories" are absolute pinnacles in game music for sure.

[@ParasiteDelta]

"...See the protagonist do some kind of good for us to care..."

[@EtyPereira]

for me this is my favorite fps game ever. It has awesome soundtrack that I still enjoy to this day. The power fantasy a gamer crave, good story, really good graphics even for my 360 console. Crysis 1 and 3 are good but 2 is the best for me. Thanks for bringing back these memories OP.

[@wofuljac]

What I love about Crysis 2 more than other FPS's is that it takes time, build up tension, contently pushing through the narrative with meeting different characters, seeing small dispatch of aliens in the beginning and watching New York slowly turning to a war-zone thanks to more aliens later on. It really feels like an unpredictable adventure that's unique to the genre.

[@tehnoobleader7673]

28:55 I think the main reason Alcatraz trusted hargreave was because even the suit was like "take the syringe" And considering the suit acts semi human through the entire game(notice how the suit talks in crysis 2 compared to crysis 3, and I mean related to everything, the way it describes and reads exactly what the next mission is etc), I think Alcatraz at that point began to trust basically everything the suit said

[@nicolaskubiki7247]

Crysis 2: 6 Years Later: 6 Years Later

[@hemangchauhan2864]

To me Crysis 2 is the perfect Hollywood popcorn flick. It's fantastic during it's runtime/playtime. But after you are finished you leave it behind and don't think about it. You know, an entertainment "product"

[@raresmacovei8382]

Maybe you didn't think about it. I was sad Crysis 3 wasn't as long, with a story at least as good and level design as consistently good as Crysis 2.

[@SPI-fr3tg]

Hemang Chauhan that's what it's meant to be, in a good way.

[@elnineminecraft1474]

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[@elnineminecraft1474]

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[@elnineminecraft1474]

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[@akshaydabhadkarofficial5104]

I'm a 100 percent sure that this guy has actually spent a respectable amount of time on each game he reviews. Unlike other review companies. With you lots of likes and subs.

[@Tapiola666]

C2 is still one of the best FPS games I've ever played, despite all its problems, bugs and glitches. I love the Crysis trilogy. Crytek is at the same time a company that for me created one of the best pieces of FPS gaming history there is, while at the same time being a company that utterly destroyed its own product with the most horrible service and technical support I've ever seen, combined with the complete disregard for the esthablished fan base that loved C1 and what made Crysis great. Their handling of so many issues was utterly disastrous. Despite that, fuck do I love Crysis.

[@the_kekromancer9779]

Tapiola666 This

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

The fact that you aren't as powerful in the Campaign as you should, is because you are Alcatrez in the suit and not Prophet. You are a as good as dead regular soldier held together by the suit itself rather than a highly trained Spec Ops soldier like the one who is supposed to use it. It's not the suit itself that makes the supersoldier, it is also the soldier inside of it. However the suit learns, adjusts and repairs making itself more and more powerful. This why you actually do become a supersoldier by Crysis 3.

[@HalidYusein]

A really nice video and a different perspective on the game. Compared to NoahGervais' video, yours gives the game a better shot I think. While haven't played all games, 2 is considered the worst and for good reasons, but yeah - your video focuses on the game itself, while Noah's video is about the franchise and how it never gets to reach its maximum potential. EDIT: Also yeah, that theme song is phenomenal. It captures this weird form of pain while being epic so well. The Zimmerman magic at hand.

[@itdatboiii]

This games visuals back when it released had my jaw dropping at times with how gorgeous it was probably one of my favorites from that console generation.

[@TechnoFreak-IN]

im playing crysis 2 in 2020 at 4k max settings and im still blown away from it , its 9 years old and looks much better than todays AAA games

[@xentiment6581]

It doesnt. Crysis 2 Remastered though... Thats a whole different beast.

[@PersianGhost]

Crisis 2 is one of the Best Games I have ever played. I deserves alot of love and respect.

[@alky2308]

I liked Zimmer's work since I was in the 4th grade and crysis 2's Epilogue is the reason I satrted gaming. 3 years after the release of the game and after 3 years of listening to the OST, I got a decent laptop and Crysis 2 the 1st game I played on it, motivated only by the goodness of the main theme.

[@Ballistics5X]

I'm not opposed to the linearity Crysis 2 imposes. I'm on board with the tight gameplay, it helps open up the variety suit functions, primarily, the grabbing mechanic, while one of the most powerful abilities, can leave you exposed to massive damage if your suit drains. Grabbing in Crysis 1 felt like a finishing touch or panic button, it was cool, but it didn't serve too well as far as killing an enemy went. You were better offing the enemy with a strength hit. Strength and speed are still present in Crysis 2 believe it or not, you should, It may have seen some reduction in power, but you can still jump high, run a decent speed, and slide now, which is really fun to use on CELL when you're sliding down a ramp. You can toss objects at enemies, you can slide into them and knock them down with enough speed. The Nanovision benefits the player with opportunities in an area, highlighting key potential routes and options. Crysis 2 definitely made you feel like a weapon more than 1, even still on the highest difficulty, which is where Crysis 2 meets its peak as far as gameplay goes, very fun game.

[@blitzkrieg459]

Subscribed, you’re one of the best video game commentary channels I’ve found.

[@CaveyMoth]

I always used to love playing Crysis 2 on the living room TV, just to show my family how epic it was. Thems were the days...

[@homefront1999]

I still find the idea of Alcatraz being replaced to be one of the bigger sour parts of the game.

[@AutumnOnFire]

Yeah, if anything, I kind of wish that Alcatraz took up the name Prophet or something. Though i feel like that might not be earned or match well

[@mihajlocvijetic1868]

Yeah I really disconnected with the story after the first game, it all felt too complicated for no reason

[@Sonyrocks1Of]

Agreed it was my first crysis I was just like wtf who dis person stealing my body

[@silent_stalker3687]

Mihajlo Cvijetić I kinda find it fitting Prophet returns in Crisis 3 after him being basically said to be solidly dead for some time and he comes back with a whole load that can make the character seem like a bombshell In the first game you aren’t a Prophet but see him later using non-human guns and surviving where everyone else is ice cube He becomes infected and basically is too far gone, he then gives you what isn’t too far gone of his (damaged?) suit it seems and you go back where you basically are a bunch of organs held together by the suit and in a way it can be considered a drug or taking away the physical aspect of being human to a degree to even hijacking the alien’s bio-weapon Prophet comes back in Crisis 3 but isn’t quite the same, it appears 2 prophets are the case 1 being the suit and the other being the man and in theory both came back from the dead This does bring into the aspect ‘what is Death now’ since the suits seem to make immortality a viable option and one which Hargrave rejected because he said he has had enough life for two life times In the 3rd game we have Prophet and Psycho where the two are at odds especially with the first tower sequence Where Prophet is encouraging Psycho to be he as he has and better himself without the suit while fighting a hive mind alien race Personally if a Crisis 4 happens I think one of he dead nano-suit guys needs to be brought back, maybe one of the Koreans for a example to possibly show the worse this process could be if the suit isn’t fully ‘suited’ for it like a post-Lobotomy person trying to make sense of things and maybe have some hostility between the two to round back into the 3rd game’s story and mix in the 2nd game’s ‘back from the dead’ story into it to lean into the ‘what is free will’ while fighting a hive mind enemy- of they do this they must start off the game with a breath, you aren’t aware of it and its something your body does without your input, this could translate into if your suit(body) has free will (3rd conscious theory) or if you don’t and the possibility that neither do or don’t have free will with 1’s conscious being hampered (Korean) while the other isn’t but can’t answer where their body came from I the sense of it’s their body or the suit’s and if the two have any connection such as a replacement arm, that you can control like in Deus Ex, but minus your organic body sending the signals to make the arm move and even that being replaced

[@generalgrimm163]

Crysis 2 is 10 years old already? Oh fuck I'm a corpse

[@DizzyKrissi]

you put very much efforts and thought into your videos - subscribed.

[@Whitelight]

Thanks.

[@wraith8323]

Sir, you have hit the nail on the head with your synopsis of the Crysis theme by Zimmer. I’ve felt the same from the instant I heard it.

[@BedrockBlock]

22:15 lmao the tbag

[@crow__bar]

18:12 I cannot believe I played through this game like 20 times as a kid and not ONCE did I find out you can upgrade the suit

[@bugrilyus]

How, it basically forces you to upgrade in the moment you kill your first ceph!

[@crow__bar]

@@bugrilyus honestly? No idea. Maybe I somehow always forgot? The only thing I remember is that I never used any of the suit upgrades. I must have been one hell of a dumbass as a kid :D

[@syro2412]

Same here xD

[@Moonsbro]

Joseph Anderson tweeted out this video, and im glad he did you got a new sub

[@Highonwater3X]

I loved this game (and Crysis 3) back when they came out. I loved playing the multiplayer after doing the campaigns. Crysis multiplayer was so much fun compared to the other options at that time. Yes, it did take a lot of elements from Call of Duty, but the addition of the nanosuit made it so much more.

[@voltdegameryt]

I played this game on ps3 without knowing anything about it and I watched this video right after I completed the game.Very true and informative of you. You deserve more subs and views

[@OggyisCool]

Thsnks for being the only youtuber who did a lengthy review of this great game! Playing jt dor the first time and I keep listening to this review, clearly this is one masterfully made game.

[@wymanrtaylor]

One (kinda goofy) thing I miss from Crysis 1 is the animation of your hand actually picking up guns & ammo. I dig that. It’s a minor thing that surprisingly does wonders for immersion

[@howtomundane3109]

Yes, I thought I was the only one that missed the immersive animations of the first game!

[@fredo1070]

One of my favourite games, the ending is the most pumping ever, "My name is Prophet!".

[@DavidWoods255]

Cloak engaged

[@willreading4958]

I friggin love your videos dude, nobody talks about this kind of stuff coz its so niche

[@mikeellis7434]

Nice one mate, I have watched 3 or 4 of your videos now. You make me a little nervous as I am part of an indy dev start up working on our first game, a first person shooter and hearing how high the bar is for you is making me think carefully about what we are doing....

[@dutchvanderlinde7081]

Fun fact you detach turrets faster with maximum armor

[@vandal_ross]

Great watch thank you! Crysis 2 is one of my fav games and the music score is stunning!

[@pinkliongaming8769]

I realised something was off and then spotted the snipers outside the apartment and just had to watch

[@theGentlemanCaller73]

One of my all-time favorites. I often play it just for the soundtrack. It's the standard by which all video game scores should be measured. I say that without irony or sarcasm.

[@NextGenGamerss]

I don't love Crysis 2 as I love Crysis 1/Warhead, but the biggest flaw of Crysis 2 is that Crytek shut throw everything that made Crysis special, away. They said the will "rework the story/game mechanics so Console players will be familiar with the game, since they [console player] didn't play Crysis 1. 6 Months after Crysis 2 release, Crytek re-release Crysis 1 for consoles and from there, the rest is history.

[@OnionThyme]

I am really enjoying these videos and your voice, I would love to see you do one of these for the original half-life games And I was mad about Prophet basically killing Alcatraz. As much as I liked Prophet, I feel like he would have made a better character if he remained as a commanding side character rather than the main character

[@KCJbomberFTW]

Gotta say… it’s been 10 years and it’s still the GOAT

[@Dave-pn9rw]

Absolutely love your videos, I’m able to learn so much about games and what makes them great your presentation and commentary are top notch been binge watching them all keep it up

[@the_kekromancer9779]

Friend i am here to thank you for giving attention to this diamond of a franchise, even 6 years later. You have a sub and a like from me

[@lindinle]

18:01 like keeping enemies consistent from one game to another because they are supposed to be the same species. oh wait!!!

[@nateholden7598]

It's 2022 and Crysis 2 is still my fav game in the Crysis series. And I love the game a lot.

[@AvianGecko]

This was the first game FPS I played when getting an Xbox 360. I adored the game and believe it to be the most intriguing of the Crysis series, it’s so sad that Crytek went bankrupt and the series got nowhere near the recognition it deserved. Brilliant review I especially loved the way you summed up the soundtrack and I agree with your points completely. Here’s one for nostalgia 🍾.

[@ppk2823]

Not having played the game since its release, my strongest memories of Crysis 2 were the presentation and lack of weight to any of my actions in regards to gunplay and suit power. In discussion with a friend I started to ask myself why I played the game so often, and you reminded me as soon as you said “tactical” and ran the first clip of the visor being displayed. Above all, thanks for providing quality breakdowns. You manage to be detailed w/o sounding too cynical or over-analyzing. Cheers.

[@darkchild130]

I personally think that Crysis 2 is the best of the series. I didn't always feel this way, I preferred Warhead and Crysis 1 for along time, but after recently replaying the whole series I must say that 2 is the most coherent, and therefore fun of the bunch imo. Also deserves a shout out for having the best videogame tie in novel of all time.

[@joshuamorris2630]

Best piece of video game analysis I've heard in a while, great job.

[@Whitelight]

Joshua Morris Thanks!

[@GOKUBLACK-st5jw]

One of the shotguns in the game. The Jackal can kill pinger's quickly if you shoot it's weak spot to.

[@JATR1X]

this is great. i love when games are looked at as a piece of art rather than a toy. it's about time. subbed.

[@kingalastor936]

Bruv the suit was already bad enough in the first game due to its juice lasting for three seconds.

[@AniGaAG]

Hot damn, it was still the PS3 era when I last played that game... I really need to replay it. Goddammit, back when FPS games were still this good.

[@MegaTechpc]

Just an absolute masterpiece of a game and this is an absolute masterpiece of a video highlighting that fact! Loved it!

[@mroohnikan]

Props for making videos on less popular games. I like these kind of bold contents better. By the way I really really liked Crysis 2. One of the best FPSs I played on console last gen.

[@raresmacovei8382]

Personally Crysis 2 is one of the best FPS I ever played.

[@TheBattleToaster]

I was just playing throug all 3 Crysis games and stumbled upon your YT-channel, in particular on your crysis Videos and i gotta say i love them. You are doing a really great job on your videos and just got me as a new Subscriber. Keep it up man ^^

[@starfox300]

Loved this game, it's fun to play every time

[@politure]

starfox300 pretty much yeah. For whatever reason it's simply... Satisfying. I think it's partly the story pacing for sure. Also the parkour stuff gives such great feel of flow.

[@oskarr3018]

These videos are soo good , how are they not getting more views ?

[@ash8329]

The crysis 2 multiplayer is probably the best online FPS experience i have ever had and i was so sad when they shut down the servers.

[@OmegaCoolsterDX]

im still pissed about that, it was without a doubt best multiplayer in the Crysis series... maybe someday some service like gameranger will expand to support Crysis 2

[@ash8329]

Omega Coolster we can only hope :)

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

you fuckin kiddin me? It was stereotypical TDM bullshit. Power struggle from crysis 1 was where it was at. If crysis 2 had power struggle then I would have played it.

[@ash8329]

4T3hM4kr0n! So you didnt play it, but you claim its bad? And its not just TDM. It had more gamemodes.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

No it didn't, the one time I played it, it only had Free For All and TDM.

[@TheGamerTronShow]

4:48? 2015? Mate I think you're a couple years off there ;-P

[@Whitelight]

TheGamerTronShow holy crap. I dont know how that got through lol.

[@cypher7031]

TheGamerTronShow i see your love for Crysis has brought you here too.

[@MilkBreakMinecraft]

I am loving these videos! Great series!

[@PersianGhost]

I'm glad you agree Crisis 2 has one of the Greatest tracks ever, beside Doom Eternal and a few others!

[@TheMrGravo]

Thoroughly enjoyed your thoughts and analysis, subbed & looking forward to more future content!

[@lorrewatkins5925]

Thanks so much for this great vid !

[@JCDentonCZ]

I only finished Crysis 2 once, never really revisited it so far. Crysis 1? Still jump into it once in a while for full playthroughs or messing with the editor. Probably finished start-to-finish about 5 times now, similar for Warhead. Haven't checked out Crysis 3 yet. Just my own experience but make with that what you will. To go a little more into detail, I normally love urban settings. For Crysis though, I was ready to continue the storyline set at the end of Crysis 1 and Warhead, yet we get a completely different situation. The story would've been better set in Los Angeles or San Francisco as they were much closer to the island of the original. I wanted to hear what was happening in Japan, Korea, the coasts of China. The heroics, battles, tragedies, massacres, all that good stuff. The disappointment soured me a lot, similar to what Mass Effect 3 brought after two amazing previous entries to me. Maybe I'll just have to revisit Crysis 2 and try to put it all out of my mind.

[@strker99]

That’s what upset me the most. The ending of Crysis really set up for an amazing sequel. Prophet was still alive and Nomad set out to rescue him. Then Crysis 2 comes out and totally forgets everything. No nomad, no island and a totally different Alien from the first Crysis. The gameplay mechanics and everything about Crysis 2 was just off. It didn’t feel like A Crysis game. Wish they didn’t name it Crysis 2. I’m hoping with Crysis Remastered it sells really well and Crytek will make a true a sequel to the original Crysis. Consoles are a lot more powerful now and shouldn’t hold back a true sequel to the first game.