The Crysis display in the EA booth easily attracted the biggest crowds of any single game title at E3.
The demo of Crysis features two missions. In the first, you're a commando dumped in a Southeast Asian jungle, where you're trying to discover the secret behind a mysterious asteroid landing before the North Koreans do.
Of course, the North Koreans are a bit ahead of us.
In the second demo mission, the alien species has already claimed a good chunk of Earth territory, and is now battling the US Navy. Here, you're saving what's left of an aircraft carrier that's already suffered extensive battle damage.
Your enemy is a series of scorpion- or spider-like creatures that have the capability of flash-freezing big chunks of their environment...as well as troops on the ground.
In the distance, in one of the most emotionally heart-churning renderings ever seen in a game, a US battleship already succumbs to enemy damage, and is starting to sink.
On board the aircraft carrier, you save the Admiral, who gives you instructions on how best to fight the invaders.
The on-screen visual interface never takes you away from the action. To change the loadout on your weapon, you simply hold it up to the camera. Pointers to your hardpoints show up, and you can change your loadout by simply clicking on the options you se
The finest, most believable rendering of an ultimate enemy ever seen in a game. Battling the blue scorpion up-close will make your heart skip a beat.
Both demo missions in Crysis played side-by-side.
A new player takes a stab at beating the North Koreans to the asteroid crash site.
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