I've been loving playing through both Rayman Origins and Crysis 2 recently, so I thought I'd give you concrete scores and verdicts on the two great titles right here. However, rather than taking my time and providing long write-ups for games you probably already know whether you'll buy or not (you may even have bought them both!), I thought I'd try this new feature, where I'll sum up the positive and negative attributes of the games in question and give a brief verdict at the bottom of the mini-reviews!RAYMAN ORIGINS
THE GOOD:
- Beautiful graphics, some of the best hand-drawn animations ever in a video game
- Tight 2D platforming gameplay for fans and newcomers
- Loads of replay value with collectibles and bonus worlds
- One half of the game requires players to replay all previous levels just to find collectibles
- A weak storyline, although that is somewhat a pre-requisite of 2D side-scrollers
CRYSIS 2THE GOOD:
- Quite possibly the most realistic graphics engine of this generation
- An intense, unpredictable plot
- Mostly superb gameplay...
THE BAD:
- ...Hampered by weak AI enemies
- The checkpoint and health systems can be vastly unfair too
- Not a very well-rounded conclusion
THE VERDICT: CryTek seem to be a little too eager for a sequel here, forgetting to give us a worthwhile conclusion to an otherwise epic narrative, but other than that this is quite simply the best shooter released last year, and comes highly recommended for FPS fans! 9/10
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