

Read More: 10 Meh Games That Became Killer With Updates When NMS first hit PS4 nearly seven years ago, I was perfectly content with what that debut experience was-and sometimes I mourn the loss of its more simple identity. But that’s never stopped this game from occupying a special place in my gaming life, and space on my storage mediums. I have regrettably failed to truly dive into the exquisite depth that No Man’s Sky has become in the years since its 2016 release. With incredible levels of destruction, open environments, and high levels of item interaction, it deserves to be celebrated for more than just its visual allure. But revisiting the game this way also reveals another reason it’s a must-install: the original Crysis is a vision of a game that I wish more first-person shooters would take inspiration from.

You can be sure that if I have a new computer, it means that I’ve upgraded, and that means I’m here to see how many damn frames of Crysis it can push.Īrguably, the 2021 remaster of this title has made the original version a little obsolete. Arguably Cyberpunk 2077 took that throne-but with 2077 being multiplatform from the start, it never quite took on that exclusive status.

Largely being a console gamer myself, Crysis’ very name struck me too with fear and awe.Īfter many ports, two full sequels, and a remaster, Crysis, the epic shooter that would once make the most powerful GPUs break a sweat, doesn’t necessarily occupy that same spot. Its name would be whispered by those who didn’t have the horsepower to keep up with its demands. It was hyped as a testament to experiences that could only be had on PC. Sometime in college I had heard of this intense, machine-melting game.
