Reviews

Crysis was awarded a 98% in the PC Gamer U.S. Holiday 2007 issue, making it one of the highest rated games ever in PC Gamer, tying Half-Life 2 and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. The U.K edition of the magazine awarded the game 92%, describing the game as "A spectacular and beautiful sci-fi epic".

Gamespot awarded Crysis a score of 9.5 out of 10, describing it as "easily one of the greatest shooters ever made".

PCZone awarded Crysis a score of 92%, describing it as "Far Cry reborn" but criticizing its "poor final act".

Australian PC magazine PC PowerPlay gave the game a "masterpiece" 10/10 score, praising the benchmarks it set in technology and the effects they had on gameplay. The only other games to receive such a score from the magazine were Psychonauts, Civilization 4, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Medieval 2: Total War, and Bioshock.

GamePro gave the game a 4.75 rating (out of 5), but criticized it for its heavy system requirements. "Still, despite its power hungry ways, Crysis is an enticing adventure all the way through to the end. It's a worthy follow-up to the excellent Far Cry and a great step forward for PC gaming as a whole."

Bit-tech.net gave the game 9 out of 10 in their full review and graphical analysis. The good points of the game were listed as open game design and the ability for players to form their own tactics, but the game was thought to be somewhat spoiled by not being especially innovative in game design despite technical achievement.

GameSpy gave it a 4.5 out of 5 citing that the superhero powers are fun but also criticise the game for not having a team deathmatch.

HEXUS.gaming found Crysis to come up well short of expectations with several driver and OS related issues impacting on enjoyment of the game.

X-Play gave it a 3/5 saying that the it's one of the most overhyped games in its holiday special, stating that the graphics and physics are amazing, though the gameplay is average.