Is Crysis 3 the Worst? | Retrospective

Crysis 3 marks the final entry in the visually stunning series (for now). In this 2024 retrospective review I'll be taking a look at how the game combined the best Crysis and Crysis 2 had to offer to forge something special. Crysis 3 pushes further into epic sci-fi with what might be the best gameplay the series has to offer.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:29 Lore Primer
5:04 Gameplay: Nanosuit
9:17 Gameplay: Weapons
13:39 Story and Characters
21:18 Story and Lore
28:19 Game Versions and Multiplayer
30:04 Tier List Ranking
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[@VirtualLegacy]

What is your favorite Crysis game?

[@Elite-bh6pm]

The first one is my favorite.

[@ibelieveingaming3562]

Crysis 2. Jesus, that soundtrack... And the set pieces... And the steady errosion of the situation as the city slowly dies. I have never seen anything like it in any media. It really feels like a humanitarian crisis of the real world but with aliens. It's absolutely breathtaking.

[@sporkionsuz-beero4744]

Okay as someone who played all Crysis games and played its competitors, I will say that Crysis 1 fans act like game is only first act of game. First game has great gameplay for 2007, and is pseudo successor of FarCry1. Honestly 2nd act of this game can be loved. If people weren't elitist about "immersive hardcore tactical shooter with touch of scifi". Crysis Warhead is a great followup to first game. Crysis 2 is influenced by COD but it manages to be crysis still. Problem was console restraints, they couldn't do much in x360 specs. Crysis 3 is an incredible achievement and shows Crysis 2 development time mostly went to upgrading the engine instead lf figuring out how to render large areas like in third game. Don't hate 2. They tried to make Crysis 3 the story they wanted to tell, causing some hollywoodification. But best gameplay of all franchise.

[@sporkionsuz-beero4744]

​@@ibelieveingaming3562imagine if we got a Cinematic Universe about crysis. Like high quality depictions of games but telling stories untold. Since films and series can easily lead the visual direction without needing to put invisible walls etc, it would be perfect. Imagine this. Getting funding from a big company. Making Three different sets of tv series. Each of them focusing on usage of Armor Mode, Power Mode, Cloak. Same story in all three series. But how main character approaches situations and storycrafting changes depending on how each episode went.

[@itstommymate]

Crysis 3 is actually of my one of my three favourite video games of all time

[@fizas]

Good stuff brother, keep up the good work

[@foolycoolin5472]

I remember beating crysis 2 in a weekend as a middle schooler. One of the games I had the most fun on 7th gen. That TimeShift, Pain, mgs4, and bo1 were my everything

[@Uraveragegamer26]

All the crysis games are good.

[@battedbook5811]

I don't remember much from the multiplayer mode, but i do remember that you were able to pilot the ceph pinger and that the hunt mode was fun. I also have a vivid memory of killing the entire enemy team withing ten seconds of match start, with the ground smash ability.

[@sporkionsuz-beero4744]

One thing we all would want would be that a series that delve into how this tech works and a sherlock style tech and implementation exposition.

[@vladneacsu]

Honestly, Warhead is my favorite and 3 is my second favorite. I actually really enjoyed it.

[@BlindBison]

I suspect the horrendous performance on consoles is mainly to blame for C3’s tepid reception. The game frequently dipped below its 31 fps target on the 360 and PS3 and even when it did reach its target they were putting a 31 fps cap into a 60 hz container so you got constant judder/bad frame pacing on console. On PC the game worked much better and was a lot more fun even back then with more modest PC hardware. I love C2 and C3 and I replay them pretty often. I wish we got a map editor for C2 and 3, but alas.

[@ShootingStar1313]

The first Crysis is still my favorite, simply for the nostalgia factor. Back then I had less money, more free time and I was just happy to run that "beast" on medium settings. 🖥 Nowadays, realistic graphics that melt your PC are no longer a "thing", instead it's all about getting the highest fps. ⏩

[@vonhengt8592]

I remember playing Crysis 3 back on the PS3. I had no clue what the hell that multiplayer was, but i kinda miss it..

[@jacksizzle8937]

@vonhengt8592 well loser it's a game where a bunch of players play lol, say, 2,3,4, 50 lol, do you get that?

[@skrotosd]

personally i had a lot of fun with the multiplayer of C3, movement and weapons felt great, and the hunter mode was a blast.

[@kyledodson2992]

They’re all great imo. I love the first half of 1 and warhead the most on harder difficulty, but 2/3 are half life 2 levels of epic

[@bsaintnyc]

11 year old game that looks better than most games released in 2024

[@Vermillion-ri5wj]

Good analysis

[@AlexGreat321]

So what exactly happened to Alcatraz? I mean I know he was a silent protagonist in 2 but it seems that Prophet took over his body which just seems weird

[@riggidyroy214]

IDK I liked Crysis 1 the least

[@artem5552]

I want to believe and I believe that Crysis 4 will be breathtaking and a huge blockbuster!

[@rumbazumba3189]

If they do a good job it will be a return to form to good video games

[@stevebutters306]

The graphics in 3 still shock me on 360, I don't know how they got it running without frying consoles.

[@VirtualLegacy]

It does look pretty good on 360, but the performance was really poor.

[@corkraddish]

Not gonna lie, 3 is my favourite of the trilogy; I only thought they got better over time. I didn't care too much for the immersive sandbox of the original and wished I could get from story beat to story beat more quickly and the sequels did exactly that. I did love the gun customisation of the original though. Although I have lots of memories of Crysis 2's mutliplayer I have almost no memories of 3. I think the novelty of using invisibility/armor in a "COD-like" had worn off by then and it wasn't as good as it's contemporaries by that point.

[@TheOldest]

Bought Crysis 3 for 360 and wasn't disappointed.

[@jacksizzle8937]

1:07 should encapsulate the overall TRUE opinion of this game, C3 is the best game EVER IMO, it's in my top [5] EASY. C2 has many more levels, C3 exceeds that game it's just shorter that's it, C3 sales should of never killed the franchise, go play this game, particularly the The Root of All Evil level where he's in a rainforest fighting CELL, and scan the environment and tag the enemies, and use your Bow and other guns and if you don't think that level alone, that experience alone is good, you're a hater, this game is crazy good

[@death91wish]

Until now crysis warhead has no remaster😔 i like it more than crysis 1.

[@Mateoski97]

Can we all just agree that Crysis 1 is the worst game in the series? It's not a bad game at all, it's great actually, but it's definitely the least interesting as well as the least polished game in the series and the open world mechanic didn't add anything to the game. The suit being streamlined to just armor and cloak also makes more sense from a gameplay perspective and Crysis 3 handles suit powers and abilities the best of the three titles (tho Crysis 2 is still my favorite in the trilogy). Some could argue that it makes it more casual and more CoD-like, but I'd rather a game that does a better job than CoD than a game that has good ideas but flawed executions.

[@xcrysizz8781]

I did a playthrough of all crysis games and for me crysis 3 was definitely the worst. Crisis 1 has a good big sandbox and fun combat encounters, warhead is the same as crysis 1 but more fast paced and more concise than crysis 1. Crysis 2 diched the open big sandbox of its predecessor but it still had good environment design and layout eventho it was way more linear. But crysis 3, eventho it looks stunning, it feels like a worse version on crysis 2 in mechanics, level design and story. Its also way shorter than the predecessor. In trying to cater to the fans of crysis 1 open-ended levels and the more concise crysis 2 style, you just get a game that doesn't excel at any of them. By al means, crysis 3 is not BAD, just mediocre

[@iurysaraiva3411]

Bow left me bored in the first few hours