Too bad you picked Crysis Warhead instead of the original one. The first actually had about half of the levels as pure open-ended gameplay, with much bigger maps, and next to no forced gameplay elements like follow the truck, use the tank or stay on the train. There’s also a level about the discovery of the alien ship that’s quite great the first time around (although very confusing). Unfortunately the second half of the game is back to cranked gameplay sequences without much of a choice of approach, but just for the first half I’d say it’s worth it.

Far Cry 2 is okay if you play it a little at a time or don’t mind repeating the same thing over and over. Basically all you do is clear enemy camps, go back to the mission giver, clear another enemy camp, repeat. The game is sniper’s heaven which is why I put up with it (I love sniping), but I wouldn’t play it a second time.

I completely agree on all points, mostly on the subject of EA. It’s too bad such a clueless company has their names on so many other good games.

Yeah, I was kind of surprised when you said you wanted to pick up Crysis, because an interesting story it is not.