Crysis's graphical and hardware-pushing prowess is legendary; "can it run Crysis" has been a meme ever since it released, and even today the game is largely known for its technology.

But beneath all that, for those who have played it, do you think it's actually a good game, or more of an extended tech demo?

I enjoyed battling over the island at the time it was good till the space ship.

Mediocre first half. Bad the second half.

Firefights were good in how you approached them. It was strategic when you activated your cloak or armor abilities. Otherwise I’ve definitely played better FPS games.

Recommend as a one-and-done game. 

But, can you run it?

Yep.

It was OK. Probably better than I remember it.

Crysis was actually spiritual successor to FarCry 1 and way closer to its design than actual Ubisoft FarCry 2 (still being best Ubi FarCry to date, bar some annoying things about respawns). And for me FarCry 1 (especially on Realistic) is one of the best FPS games ever made. So Crysis came as bit of a disappointment - nanosuit, while cool and giving you options how to play, made it too easy...actually way, way too easy. It was enjoyable, but not as great as I have hoped for (played it on Radeon 4850 back in 2008).

What's that heresy you speak about Far Cry 3?

Crytek haven't made a good game yet.

Yes. It gave you a lot of freedom in approaching fights. It did get noticeably worse about 2/3 through after the twist though.