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Crysis was released on Friday here in Australia - picked up a copy straight away.
Graphically, it is amazing. Really amazing.
Bioshock looked great, but being an "inside" game, it doesn't have the same impact of the enormous scope of an "outdoor" game like Crysis.
In Crysis, lots of the environment is destructible. For example, if you are firing your machine gun at an enemy, and there is a palm tree in the way, your gun will cut it down, and it will fall like a real tree does, blocking a path etc.
You do come to realise that not all trees can be cut down, and it loses some of its mystique for this, but it is still a big step forward in realistic environmental modelling.
Also, the landscape is quite rugged, you can get behind a rock wall or a natural trench and practice some stealth against the enemy. You need to be accurate with your weapons.
The AI is not perfect, but it is good.
It does stress a high end system.
I have an E6600 @ 3.6ghz, 2gb 800mhz RAM, 8800GTX and I can play at highest graphics settings @ 1280x1024 without AA on. AA gives a noticeable impact on framerate, to the point that it detracts from gameplay.
I am playing through the single player campaign before going multiplayer, so I can't comment on that yet.
This was a must-have game for me, and I don't regret buying it. I don't feel let down despite the huge amount of hype that came with this game. It really is that good.
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