Actually Crysis is a fairly long game.

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:56:48 -0800 (PST), johns <johns321 RemoveThis @moscow.com>
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>Seems I've been in-game about a week now .. maybe
>couple hours a night ... and according to my walkthrough,
>I'm about half way done. And now the game is getting
>tough. I don't use the Ninja suit to full advantage ..
>really prefer the stealth game ... like Far Cry.

It was longer than I expected based on many of the comments that I
read here too. Didn't rush through it, and got killed a lot on the
second to last and last level figuring out what to do (to the point
where the game suggested I should switch to an easier mode!). Clocked
in right around 16 hours of play.
 >> Stay informed about: Actually Crysis is a fairly long game. 

I'm crawling through the bushes most of the time.
Even the Tank battle had me dumped in the weeds
pretty quick. About 20 tries, and I could get maybe
half way across the battlefield and they would come
in behind me, and the helis above. Best way was
the '71 and grab a missle launcher for me. Now I
have the Gauss rifle ... hoo ... feels like Doom all
over again .. I've got my BFG back. Heh! Need
a chain saw to go with it.

johns
 >> Stay informed about: Actually Crysis is a fairly long game. 

I hate people who rush through a game on easy or normal, especially
easy, and complain that it was too short. OMG I am so sick of hearing
that! Easy doesn't even count as a legitimate way to play an FPS and
normal isn't much better than that. I always play an FPS on the 2nd
hardest level of difficulty and I sometimes replay it on the hardest
level. I also hate how a lot of guys want to say that they finished a
game really quick because they think it makes them look better.
 >> Stay informed about: Actually Crysis is a fairly long game. 

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:39:28 -0800, Great Artist
<GreatArtist@tshirtking$$$.com> wrote:

>I hate people who rush through a game on easy or normal, especially
>easy, and complain that it was too short. OMG I am so sick of hearing
>that! Easy doesn't even count as a legitimate way to play an FPS and
>normal isn't much better than that. I always play an FPS on the 2nd
>hardest level of difficulty and I sometimes replay it on the hardest
>level. I also hate how a lot of guys want to say that they finished a
>game really quick because they think it makes them look better.

I play games to have fun, getting killed constantly and reloading all
the time just so I can brag about how l33t I am is not my idea of fun.
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 >> Stay informed about: Actually Crysis is a fairly long game. 

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>On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:39:28 -0800, Great Artist
><GreatArtist@tshirtking$$$.com> wrote:
>
>>I hate people who rush through a game on easy or normal, especially
>>easy, and complain that it was too short. OMG I am so sick of hearing
>>that! Easy doesn't even count as a legitimate way to play an FPS and
>>normal isn't much better than that. I always play an FPS on the 2nd
>>hardest level of difficulty and I sometimes replay it on the hardest
>>level. I also hate how a lot of guys want to say that they finished a
>>game really quick because they think it makes them look better.
>
>I play games to have fun, getting killed constantly and reloading all
>the time just so I can brag about how l33t I am is not my idea of fun.

I kind of agree with both of you.

Fun is the main thing, but I too dislike the braggers who race/cheat
their way through a game to seem like they're super leet expert gamers.

I've never understood the attraction of speed runs.
What's the point of racing through a game and really seeing almost
nothing of the level/critter design and such?

Even on the easiest or hardest difficulties I'm not that way since I
seriously dislike run&gun and prefer a slow steady methodical pace (go
figure that my two favorite weapons are a silenced pistol and a sniper
rifle.)

Xocyll
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 >> Stay informed about: Actually Crysis is a fairly long game. 

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:04:25 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll RemoveThis @kingston.net>
wrote:

>I've never understood the attraction of speed runs.
>What's the point of racing through a game and really seeing almost
>nothing of the level/critter design and such?

I would never do a speed run of anything, but watching the videos of a
well done speed run is great fun. Watching a level you may have spent
half an hour on done in 20 seconds can be very interesting and
sometimes makes you want to slap yourself on the forehead and say "why
didn't I think of that?".

I think the people who do speed runs will have played the game several
times normally to learn the best way to do things.
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