Crysis

The newest game to come from EA Games, is Crysis. The game is based on a futuristic setting with a Spec. OP Team that is called in to help rescue researchers from a island in the south pacific from the Korean Army.

What I truly am happy with this game is that the game resembles so much of FarCry and great budget game, brought to us by the same creators. It incorporates a similar setting (the island) and this mercenary army that you need to defeat. On top fo that, the physics and the overall settings are great. The idea of on the fly modding of your weapon is great. Having an assualt rifle that you can add a grenade launcher or a scope, or even a silencer is pretty cool. Another bonus is the ability to take your armor and add more strength, agility, speed, even cloak! All pretty cool and they do come in handy at times.

The story, as some might say, is not bad, but could have had a little better explanation. Being a spec ops solider on an island trying to rescue some scientists is not new and is kind of ambiguous. None the less, I felt that the game play was smooth and the features made this one of the best games of the year, beating Bioshock by leaps and bounds. Good job EA!

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Medal of Honor: Airborne

The latest installment of the franchised game, Medal of Honor, this game gives you a little more of a twist than the average WWII shooter does. Brought to you by EA Games, makers of the Battlefield series and the newest Crysis, shows us another historical view of what some of our soldiers did during WWII that allowed us the upper hand advantage in the European war front.

One of the fundamental twists that this game allows is that the weapons you use get modified once you have hit a quota of kills with that weapon. So, with the American firearms, you have the Springfield Sniper rifle, Springfield M1 Garand, the Thompson Machine Gun, the Colt 1911 and the Mossberg Shotgun. Each has roughly 3 upgrades. Even the grenades have upgrades too.

I have played this on both the Xbox 360 and the PC and have to say that I was a little disappointed with the lack of difference between platforms. Generally, there is usually a small difference, but in this case, they are identical. With that said, if you decide to purchase this game, make sure to decide on the platform that best suits you. In this case, I preferred the PC, and it runs great. Since I am a huge fan of that era of games, I recommend it. If not to play multi-player mode, but to play the campaign. I really enjoyed it. I wont ruin it, but it could also be a little longer.


Platforms: PC, Xbox 360

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