

Warhead still offers some of the same kind of sandbox levels, but thoughtful enemy placement and map bottlenecks keep downtime to a minimum.
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Psycho's brazen confidence does more than just establish a gutsy protagonist: It sets the stage for a more focused and intense series of battles that keep the pace moving more smoothly than before. You and your teammates, clad in nanosuits that grant you special abilities such as super strength, temporary cloaking, super speed, and additional armor, confront both threats across a variety of large environments. However, your greatest menace comes in the form of aggressive aliens that turn the luxuriant jungles and glowing beaches into a frozen wasteland. In any case, you and your US Special Forces team are investigating a tropical island besieged by North Korean invaders. The story runs parallel to the events of Crysis, though his strident attitude-and a dramatic cutscene near the end of the game-definitely make this Psycho's tale, even if the actual plot remains the same. Psycho tends to play by his own rules, always willing to ignore orders and jump into the fray if that's what the situation requires. You play as Sergeant "Psycho" Sykes, the brash Brit who was a bit player in the original game. If you didn't play Crysis, Warhead's story may be initially confusing, given that you hit the ground running with little exposition. These big boys are back, and will still give you a chill.

More emphasis on the open-ended environments would have been welcome, but a more exciting (though shorter) campaign, a new multiplayer mode, and a whole bunch of new maps make Crysis Warhead an excellent expansion to one of last year's best shooters. Vehicles are more fun to drive, firefights are more intense and focused, and aliens do more than just float around you. But rest assured, developer Crytek has enhanced more than just the graphics engine. It also looks better, with clear attention given to the game's artistic sensibilities and the lusher, denser environments.
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But if for some reason you worry that this stand-alone companion to the ultragorgeous first-person shooter will bring your PC to its knees, you should know that it's highly scalable and ran smoothly on a number of machines during our testing. All of the claims you may have heard that Crysis could only run on nuclear-powered supermachines were greatly exaggerated.
