It turns out that I was playing the game wrong. Crysis has been a source of great frustration for me. I was trying to blame the game for my misfortune, but in reality, it was me. I was the one who was doing it incorrectly.
The Crysis games have been known for their graphics. What you cannot forget is that graphics are not the only selling point. There has to be a solid game underneath that shiny coat of paint. I highly doubt that Crysis would have sold enough to warrant two sequels if it relied on graphics alone. Crysis is beautiful, but it also has solid mechanics. The big problem was that I did not realize how to manipulate them to your will.
This is where the frustration comes in. I was dropped onto an island and given the typical tutorial. Then I was let loose, and expected to save the world. I died a lot, and the only person I can blame is myself. Crytek gives you all of the tools needed to complete your mission, but you have to figure out how to use them. The tools are many and varied. Your nano-suit gives you plenty to work with on its own; a cloaking mode, armor mode, super strength and super speed. The suit alone makes you formidable, but you also have an arsenal that you can customize to your liking. Flashlights, scopes, silencers, grenade launchers and even the firing mode can be added or taken away from your guns. I should have never gotten frustrated with Crysis.
It took me nearly three full levels to realize that I was playing it incorrectly. I just assumed that I needed to play Crysis like every other FPS. I could not have been more wrong. Crysis is all about choice, and I ignored those choices. This is why I am to blame for my frustration.
Eventually it sunk in. I laid down my shotgun, and picked up the SCAR. I then added a silencer, the sniper scope, and adjusted the firing rate to single shots. This is where it got interesting... I started to die less. I stalked my prey while cloaked. I would uncloak, headshot, cloak and relocate. I was like the Predator.
I am currently halfway through the campaign. Thankfully I was able to overcome my frustration, and am now truly enjoying Crysis. If only I could stop being frustrated by Demon Souls...
I was just going to say that it sounded like Demon's/Dark Souls, then you nailed that at the end.. lol
I've always been curious about the Crysis games, but I've never played them. I want to, I just simply haven't yet.. I say that a lot I think..? But it's true.
They definitely look gorgeous though. Perhaps I'll splurge a bit and nab the first game and see how I like it.
And what are you struggling with on Demon's Souls..?
Too many things... Specifically falling off ledges, always dying in the same spot, never finishing the first area, losing my ps3... it is just a sad state of affairs. SInce I am ps3-less I was thinking of giving dark souls a try.
Go for it! i love Dark Souls slightly more than Demon's Souls.
Plus, you can always use my videos to help guide you along the way!
Yea trust me, Yargz knows what hes doing ck em out very helpful.....
That actually sounds kind of awesome, and now if I ever play it I'll know what's up.
Dude, I want to have that nanosuit in Demon's Souls 
Lets put the nanosuit everywhere. Nanosuit Mario, Nanosuit Link, Nanosuit Dragonborn, Nanosuit Big Daddy, Nanosuit Master Chief.
Nanosuit Peach, nanosuit Lara Croft, nanosuit Samus, nonosuit Faith Connors, no suit Cortana... did I get sidetracked?
Yea i been looking at Crysis but figuted it was a typical fps which i dont care for glad to know its not and as far as dark souls is concerned i have not played a minute without cussing or ranting something but thats what makes Dark Souls so good not just anybody can start pkaying dark souls its all trial and error after error after error lol............. you get my point.
The FPSs that i typically play end up being games like... Bioshock, Deus Ex, Dishonored, Halo, Metro 2033, and Reistance. That is where my taste tends to lie as far as FPSs, not sure what you consider "typical."
I would consider typical as modern warfare,battlefeild the types now the fps with rpg elements i like, like new vegas,fallout 3 Dues ex etc first person shooters are just that u like the fps with role playing elements.
yeah Crysis is definitely different. that's how I played the second one, using the cloaking suit a lot. the enemy ai is clever and you have to outsmart them. it's pretty fun. Glad you're liking the game now though!
I had put a little bit of time into crysis 2, but now am excited to finally play it all the way through.
Demon Souls = Frustration. Spending a few years in a Buddhist monastery learning the art of patience is the only solution.
Man... and all along i was thinking that taking a baseball bat to my ps3 would fix it.
That'll fix it. Fix it good.
The cloaking ability is awesome and it does make things so much easier. You're using your brain where most just go in guns blazing. Kudos!