Crysis Remastered
Overview:|
As a remastered first-person shooter/adventure, Crysis Remastered updates the 2007 classic with new high-quality textures and ray tracing via the CRYENGINE. You play as a super-soldier utilizing the Nanosuit to switch between Speed, Armor, Strength, and Cloak modes, offering tactical freedom across large sandbox environments against human and alien forces. This version preserves the original structure while modernizing the visuals for current hardware.
This title is a modern update to a landmark 2007 first-person shooter, categorized as a Remaster. It transports players to an enormous sandbox world where tactical decision-making and environmental interaction are paramount. As a Shooter and Adventure game, it places players in the role of a super-soldier equipped with a powerful Nanosuit, granting abilities that fundamentally alter combat encounters. The core appeal lies in the freedom to approach objectives using stealth, brute force, or a combination of enhanced movement and camouflage.
Visual and Technical Overhaul
This version serves as a comprehensive remaster, specifically targeting modern hardware capabilities across platforms including PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and the Nintendo Switch. It preserves the original's acclaimed structure while significantly enhancing its presentation.
What graphical enhancements define this remaster?
The update incorporates new graphic features, high-quality textures, and leverages the CRYENGINE's native hardware- and API-agnostic ray tracing solution. These additions aim to bring the visual fidelity up to contemporary standards, offering improved lighting, shadows, and environmental detail compared to the original 2007 release.
Core Gameplay Mechanics Preserved
The essence of the original experience remains intact. Players utilize the versatile Nanosuit, which allows for instantaneous switching between several core modes:
- Cloak: Renders the user nearly invisible for tactical positioning.
- Armor: Increases damage resistance.
- Strength: Enhances lifting capabilities and melee impact.
- Speed: Allows for rapid traversal across the sandbox environments.
The large, open maps encourage experimentation with these powers, allowing players to dictate the pace and style of engagement against both human military forces and an unforeseen alien threat.
Faithfulness to the Original Content
This release is fundamentally faithful to the original 2007 game's level design, story progression, and core mechanics. The changes are focused almost entirely on modernization, primarily through the visual and technical upgrades mentioned above. It is designed to present the classic adventure with updated performance and graphical fidelity suitable for current-generation hardware, rather than introducing new narrative directions or significant gameplay overhauls beyond the visual enhancements.
Added or Removed Content
This remaster is presented as a standalone experience. There are currently no listed downloadable content packs (DLCs) or expansions associated with this remastered version compared to the base game it updates.
Game Details
Release Information
Release Date: Jul 23, 2020
Genres & Themes
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Themes: Sandbox, Warfare, Mystery, Action
Platforms
PlayStation 4PC (Microsoft Windows)Xbox Series X|SXbox OneNintendo Switch
Game Modes
Perspective: First person
Player Modes: Single-player
Game Modes: Single player
Age Ratings
ESRB:M (Mature)
PEGI:16+
CERO:D (17+)
GRAC:19+
CLASS_IND:16+
ACB:MA15+ (Mature 15+)
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