Yeah sure, the graphics are great. I am running it under XP with an AMD64X2 6000 CPU and a 7900GTX card. Even at only Medium settings, the graphics are stunning, and the movement is reasonably fast. I used the CPU and GPU benchmark programs in the demo and run an average of 40 fps. However, after having played the demo several times, I have decided that the gameplay sucks. Yeah, I liked grabbing chickens and Koreans and throwing them around. The idea of the suit is cool. But, there are a host of annoyances. The keyboard controls are so widely spaced for some functions that you end up looking around at the keyboard, while getting ambushed by Koreans. Why is it that the Korean soldiers can accurately hit you when you can barely see them, and you have to empty your weapon to get enough hits to take them out? Why is it that when they throw a grenade, you are suddenly as slow as pigshit when you try to run from the grenade? I have had a ton of bugs. Eg. every once in a while when I try to go into the prone position, I either can't, or once I am in that position, I am stuck there until the Koreans kill me. No amount of hitting Z or jumping or any keystroke is helpful. You just die.
Also, the loading times... are.... so..... damn.... slow. Just trying to modify your weapon stops the game (for you, not the Koreans). Even exiting the game takes forever. I finally had enough frustration and decided to uninstall the game. It took 10 friggin minutes to uninstal!! First the uninstall program had to "collect information". After about 6 minutes of looking at the hourglass, I was then allowed to watch for another 3-4 minutes for the uninstall. Whatever happened to smooth efficient programming?? I am getting sick of FPS that are only about graphics. I want fast load times, and smooth, intuitive gameplay. I loved Far Cry. I won't be buying Crysis.
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