Crysis

2007 graphics benchmark

Crysis is a 2007 first-person shooter video game known for its groundbreaking graphics that pushed hardware to its limits.

The question Can it run Crysis? became a benchmark joke for testing whether a computer was powerful enough to handle demanding software.

The game features a nanosuit-wearing soldier fighting aliens and North Korean forces.

nanosuit

exoskeleton

External skeletal structure

invisibility · strength · speed · energy · tactical · Alcatraz · maximum · power mode · visor · biomechanics

gameplay

first-person shooter

Combat game, protagonist's viewpoint

stealth · tactical · campaign · multiplayer · PC gaming · frame rate · DirectX · sniping · reloading · recoil

setting

jungle

Dense tropical forest

frozen · military · beach · coastline · shipwreck · bunker · VTOL · quarantine · invasion · Delta Force

aliens

extraterrestrial

Being from outer space

scouts · hunters · exosuit · mothership · infestation · first contact · incursion · swarm · biomechanical · parasitic

Opposites
hardware demands

CrysisMinecraft

Block-based sandbox game

Undertale · Among Us · Flappy Bird · Snake · Minesweeper

platform optimization

CrysisHalo

Ring of divine radiance

Gears of War · Uncharted · console exclusives · The Last of Us · Red Dead Redemption

graphical ambition vs stylization

CrysisTeam Fortress 2

Cuphead · Hollow Knight · Paper Mario

Family

crisis, critical, criticism, critic, criticize, hypocrisy, critique, criterion, critics

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
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Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated PG-13