So much as a hate the last 3 acts I absolutely adored the first 2 and I'll play them again at some point, just not the whole game.

One thing I don't get with games like Crysis, MGSIV, Half Life 2 to some extent, etc that the game tends to die down nearing the end like they spend 80% of their time making the first part high quality.

Its like Kojima coulding figure out any more gameplay content so he added tonnes of cutscenes near the end. So it was like Mission briefing -> Cutscene (again) -> Otacon messages me -> then I can play for 20mins before -> Cutscene.

reminicent of the later tony hawk games where you have to smite the pizza man not letting you skate by driving a car around the block 3 times... WTF?!?!?

 I hate being forced to do things like that, especially when up until then you slaughtered every single enemy you came across.

Btw, glad to see you're enjoying the 4850... What settings you got it running at?

Crysis has horrible vehicle controls. On top of that, it is a very boring and uninspired game made only to show off visuals no one can run properly. A waste, I'm glad I didn't buy it!

Many games toss in alternative genre gameplay just to keep things from growing stale in game. You mentioned the flight sim in Crysis but how many times did you drive a vehicle before that point in the game?

The hover craft portion may stick out in your head more but you've already played other genres during the game and hadn't noticed it. Perhaps the issue is simply that it wasn't implemented very well.

Mummel, you still hating on Crysis? I'm running it properly. It's the GTA of FPS's, if the curent mission get's boring, go play with the physics for a while, go drive around and off a cliff, there are many ways to have fun in Crysis that aren't part of the core gameplay much like GTA does.

hahaha, I bought it, and it's a great game, aside from the graphics (edit: I mean not just the graphics). When warhead comes out, I will buy that too :).

@Squilliam

Thanks, yea, I am loving the card. I am playing on 1200x800 4xAA, everything on high (I tried 8x like you suggested, and it does thak a performance hit).

I get a solid fps, with the occasional slowdown. I am on the carrier now, and it looks like I am playing a big budget movie. The visuals are unbelievable, and the action is intense. For $39.99, you can't beat it.

The primary reason I hate Crysis is my level of expectations for this title, it disappointed me thoroughly. I found far Cry to be a much better game, both for its time and as a product in general.
Both Bioshock and Crysis got good reviews and hyperventilating game journalists' blessings in previews but both turned out mediocre for me.
I suppose I'm being a little unfair, I measure games against Valve and Blizzard products so most things will pale in comparison.
For me, I place Crysis and Bioshock with Quake 4, Doom 3 and Painkiller, okay to play but hardly something I'll ever finish.
I need Starcraft 2, Spore and Diablo 3 NOW!

Now that's my big annoyance in games - when the game wants you to do one specific thing but gives minimal instruction or even puts you in a position where the surrounding events actually imply you should be doing something else.

Just so annoying.

For example in the scenario you describe all it would take is a frantic radio message telling you to ignore combat and just get the hell past your enimies.  From the sound of things that would fit in with context easily and right away you know you're supposed to be dodging and making for a specific objective right away.

FYI my favourite (as in not really) example of this right now is GTA IV - missions where it says take someone fleeing down but you can't as they are supposed to reach their destination to trigger another part of the chase.  Just say follow him and be clear Rockstar, don't take control away in a supposed sandbox!

Hey, I like driving the Tank in Goldeneye back on the N64. Dem made some nice crunching sounds...

Remember, games are art - you have to do what the game's director thought was awesome, not what you want.