First Crysis 2 Reviews Are In

Crysis 2, one of 2011's earliest yet most anticipated first-person shooters, is out in stores now in America and is due for release on March 25th here in the UK, and as such the critics' reviews of the title have come flooding in, the majority of them overwhelmingly positive. The official Xbox magazine rated the sequel to the graphically-advanced PC video game at 9/10, praising the online modes as "some of the most exciting, angry and satisfying action you'll ever have" and the single-player campaign containing loads of missions that are "great fun". As with many other reviewers, OXM criticised the AI for being "inconsistent", but otherwise loved the newest instalment in the science-fiction franchise. Meanwhile, the official PlayStation magazine docked Crysis 2 one extra mark (8/10) for a "bungled opened section" and the fact that supposedly it takes "maybe five hours of persisting through a thorny, poorly signposted shooter" before things improve, yet still admitting that "Crytek pushes [the PS3] to the brink" with "not just good, but different" visuals to the bog-standard graphics found in most modern shooters. The warm reception continues, too, with IGN ("It manages to deliver a more focused experience while retaining the building blocks of what made the original unique"), CVG ("As close to an interactive disaster movie as we've ever come") and GamesRadar ("We didn't believe it could be done, but there's no question the tech is a success) all handing the title 8s and 9s out of 10 as well. From what everyone is saying, Crysis 2 is well worth your cash, and you can catch my full review of the sci-fi sequel early next month.