Pleb Tier: Crysis 2 Analysis 

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"It's ok, you're safe, I'm CIA" is something no CIA agent has ever said.

Dude you've been doing this for 2 years? Chilling at 72 subscribers? And you consistently bring this fucking level of dedication? Jesus bruh, you're fucking nuts. Props.

Glad you popped up in my recommendations keeping me entertained on the night shift.

That FOV is absolutely horrible

Those aliens might actually be dunmer under Dagoth Ur, they have tentacles and use weaponised corprus.

The biggest thing I love about your series is that I cannot overlook the games I loved when I listen to these analysis's(?). There are so many holes and so many bad qualities, and as a younger person I absolutely ignored these in favour of what I thought I were great games. Yet a critical eye against them truly makes it obvious how bad they really were. Thanks and I hope you do a lot more series!

I've been slowly watching your videos. So happy to see the insurgence of subscribers you've received, this content is fantastic

Great vids, glad I found your short retrospectives of TES

First things first I recently discovered you thanks to EFAP and have to say it was awesome having you on. After the stream I have being binge watching your videos and I appreciate how excellent they are. Especially the Fallout and Harry Potter ones. Which is why I am writing here in a 4 year old video… Unfortunately this is the first video of yours that I found that… you are wrong. So let’s clear some misconceptions about this game. Firstly you are correct that the story is not coherent but not in the way that you state. The story does not match (or did not match until the Books and Crysis 3) with the story of the first game. But for the story of Crysis 2 as it is it is very coherent. First mistake you make that colours your entire view of the story is that the “paste virus” has being going on for 10 years( where did you get that number???) It is clearly stated in game that the outbreak happened a few days before the Alcatraz and the marines were send in with the Swordfish. In fact the game takes place in August 23 2023 and the outbreak happens 3 days before in August 20. So in just 3-4 days the Ceph have turned most of New York’s population into paste or shot them to hell. The Tunguska iteration (the syringe) and Hargreave’s plan. Well he originally planned to give you that thing when you went to get it from the Hargreave Rasch building. But after that fails you go to help with the evacuation while he had to deal with “Palace revolution” (Lockhart put him under house arrest and cut off all his access to troops and resources). But After Barkley refuses to get you to Hargreave when asked by Gould, you get the part where he witnesses the suit turning the spore against the aliens. So… after 3 days of getting your ass kicked by calamari you suddenly have a soldier who is not only the most combat effective on the field but also has the ability to turns his suit into a walking bioweapon. Wouldn’t you also take the risk to send him to get it tuned up by the guy who made it? Ceph hive mind: That was added in the 3rd game but even then it is more like bees and a queen bee if that queen bee could psychically enhance the rest of the bees to be smarter … also something something thought energy… So yeah the Ceph have individuality but are also part of a hivemind So the Story goes like this. The Ceph attack New York with normal and biological warfare and in under 4 days completely take over. In the meantime at the start of the Outbreak CELL was used to police new York to contain the infected while the US armed Forces (whatever was available) was fighting the Ceph (you are told this by Gould) . Now CELL want to capture/kill you because Prophet went rogue and stole the N2 prototype and they wanted back (The kill is mostly because of Lochart) You get the suit but due to your injuries you can’t communicate. Also CELL execute (right in the visor tutorial) the surviving marines so you have plenty enough reason to give them extra breathing holes. Long story short you get to Gould. The suit shows Gould what happened to Prophet (it is literary doing it as he points a gun at you … on the screen” Gould wants to decode what the suit is doing in order to help it and accelerate the process. You try to find a better suit cradle. Get Captured. Then almost killed by the Ceph spore. The you go around with Hargreave testing the suit. In the meantime the Pentagon decides to bomb a Dam in order to drown the Ceph. This is what makes you to find the marines. You join with them to help with the evacuation (in the meantime try unsuccessfully to get the upgrade for the spore). You get to the Prism to get the upgrade. Get betrayed. Get the upgrade. Escape. and the go to Litho ship in Central Park and repeat exactly what you did with Hargreave earlier only this time your suit is ready and the spore has a bigger delivery system. You die in the process and Prophet short of comes back and by Crysis 3 he will completely have taken over. By the way I’m part of a team that recently managed to make Crysis 2 MP work again with Openspy. I even managed to get MP progression working offline. Currently working on making ranked servers. Keep up the Great Work!

A10s not being fighters aside, they also don't have guns on the wings.

You should review Crysis 1 , Would love to hear your take. C2 is the worst in the series ,the first one is the best but isn't perfect.

i realised that in first two minutes you went over battlefield 3, prototype, prototype 2 and finally console2 ekhm... crysis 2. and since all those have new york destroyed and 3 have new york infected... we have actual story going on here

Around 6:30 I'm think "So it's just like NYC irl today" lmfao

I didn't even bother getting Crysis 3.

Do not worry about not having played Crysis (which is a better game IMO), I remember playing Crysis 2 years ago and for the entire game i wondered what happened, who are those people and really what does the game have to do with Crysis 1? :-P

superb game franchise .

On a binge of the pleb tier playlist after finding your channel through the Morrowind analysis. Great shit so far, hopefully more people find your channel!

the marines are in a lot of these games because the Marine Corps "doesn't have a problem killing aliens." I'm not joking, it was a quote from a Marine PR officer. The Marine Corps wants marines in as much media as possible for recruitment. They are pretty willing to help anyone making something with the military so long as they look badass in their eyes.

"And you are?" "They call me Prophet." "Prophet who?" "Prophet Skywalker"

I'll give Crytek one thing, their vision of not-so-distant-future NYC has aged really well.

Tara Strickland's father was a character in Crysis 1. His death is almost comedic: He goes off with full marine bravado and gets instantly vaporized by one of the heavy walker units. I'd call this a spoiler except Tara comments on his death back in the Wall Street level. Colonel Barclay awkwardly expositions about her during the evacuation. You're supposed to recognize the name Strickland and pay attention to her. All of this falls kinda flat if you've skipped the first game; You get in the elevator and Barklay just starts blathering on about someone you don't know. Also, fun trivia: Nomad (from Crysis) is NOT a mute protagonist. He doesn't speak often, but he does carry on conversations with Prophet, Major Strickland, Psycho, and a few others. This is also true when you're playing as Psycho in the Warhead expansion. In fact, Alcatraz is the only mute protagonist in the entire series.

You didn’t miss much of the plot by skipping out on the first game. The Ceph first appeared on Earth in 2020 on a remote island that ended in a large battle, where a “mothership” was destroyed. The first time you encounter them is in a zero-g section inside a buried ship. They don’t have any sort of power armor to allow them to function in other conditions. Outside of the ship they use drones, robots, and large mech suits. Tara is the daughter of a man named major Strickland in the first game, who commanded the player via an aircraft carrier. Knowing this, the plot twist with her is even worse. Prophet was a side character in the first game, but the most involved of your squad. He helped you fight the North Koreans and Ceph. He was the leader of the squad and the only other member to survive. You played as Nomad, who was not silent, but mostly just followed orders. Nomad died off screen in a comic book and was never mentioned again.

27:58 I'm prob the only person who thought this sounded off, but we usually don't just say our branches. We qualify it with our MOS, posts, tours etc. I get that it's being nit picky though.

This is by far the weakest game in the series. One had something really novel, especially playing it back when it came out, such large battlefields with so many options due to the nano suit, and all of it looking so SO GOOD back then when I played it. While 3 has a far better story, but only if you actually liked some of the characters in the first game enough to care what they're up to now.

I actually think there's a lot of narrative potential in Alcatraz. Spoilers for Crysis 2 and 3, i... guess, but since Prophet basically just replaces Alcatraz from his own brain, I'm imagining a genuinely really cool plot thread where Alcatraz and Prophet fight over his body, with the former losing more and more of himself and resenting Prophet for it, and the latter adopting an apologetic but 'for the greater good' attitude about it. And, to be fair, one of the comics or books or whatever has Alcatraz relinquishing control to Prophet under the idea that it's the right thing to do, but where's that juicy conflict? Where's Alcatraz holding on desperately to stop his mind from being overridden? Also, uh, what makes Prophet more uniquely qualified to fight the aliens, exactly? He's fought them before, yes, but Alcatraz kicks a LOT of ass without Prophet. The only help he has was the Nanosuit for a lot of the first half, so the dude definitely doesn't stand out as especially suited towards being a meat puppet rather than The Guy in The Suit. Which means you can make BOTH more interesting characters by keeping Prophet's justification... but reframing it as a weak excuse for why Alcatraz should roll over and let Prophet stay alive. I dunno, braindeath plots skeeve me out in the best possible way, and it's just disappointing to see the wasted potential. I guess Cyberpunk kinda scratched that itch, at least. Probably why I did genuinely enjoy that game, despite its flaws.

Wtf good jokes that don't overstay their welcome and excellent breakdown. 152 views WUT c'mon you deserve way more.

I don’t see why the Ceph were written as a hive mind. I’ve even gone as far as reading the book for Crysis 2, and it’s still not really justified, or even properly confirmed. Cephalopods and other similar species like octopus are actually very individually intelligent. It would have been cooler to see them in a hyper advanced federation, or there could only be one big Ceph kraken that’s taken up residence in the city, trying to make humans eliminate each other.

I am enjoying your analysis and focus on story telling in games. It seems a lost art as graphics, techical specs, and "looks at this shiny thing" has taken over games! Thank you for focusing on something we have lost in the entertainment industry.

I remember being very confused while playing this game back when it came out. The plot seemed to have dementia. Glad to know it wasn't just me.

Finally... a gun-literate game reviewer. Thank you.

I decided to not get this game when it was revealed that the plot of Crysis was pretty much ignored.

I absolutely love the Hammer in 3. In my last playthrough, I held onto the first one you get as it is cosmetically different than the CELL ones later.

Bro I love your channel. Keep up the good work

was he saying seth or seph? if theyre a hive mind i think it's funny just calling them all seth

Do thief 4 please. Fucking trainwreck which I couldn't stomach despite having it pirated.

Crysis 4 will be the Knack killer.

As mute protags go, I at least appreciate the fact that they mention during a scan from Ghould (iirc) that Alcatraz is basically near-death, lungs and vocal cords shattered from the intro attack, which is why he is mute. I completely agree that an in-game UI health meter could establish this earlier and show you really how fucked up Alcatraz really is during the entire game. And the suit is repairing him whilst simultaneously merging him with the Prophet consciousness, so restoring his vocals is second priority.

I found myself just stealth past all human enemies and only opened fire once the retconned aliens show up. At this point I feel it's easier to just consider Crysis 2 and 3 a alternate canon, but it does still hurt we don't get any follow-up to Crysis 1's ending.

Underated video.

Oh cmon gunship isnt that bad. Personally i think there's something to be said about using lyrics as just another instrument instead of as a tool to add narrative to music. Sure theyre not mutually exclusive but i dont think its that bad. There's better synthwave artists of course but i dont think it merits your scourge.

Good video. Sick Halo Reach jokes. Hoo-rah

I need you to understand that you are probably my favorite channel on RU-vid for how much genuine dedication you have despite not raking in huge amounts of subscribers or views. Never stop giving it your all Patrician!!!

"Its the introduction of the Seth.." "Hey hey people, Sseth here" What I heard... and what I wanted. Love that there is back catalogue to go through, after the success of the Morrowind and Oblivion videos I am surprised the older vids do not have more views yet.

Really great video. Continue to love your gun knowledge. If you want some good gun porn/realism you should try out Insurgency: Sandstorm. Barrel length is realistically modeled so suppressors have a drawback, chambered rounds are accounted for, there's staged reloading, and excellent weapon audio/animations. It's multiplayer only but still worth looking at just for the guns if not for a video.

I play to forget life, not to watch movie. Since 2005 I watch youtubers that do the hard job for me 16:14

This game was made by turks, what did you really expect

Cloaking trivializes the game so bad. I mean, they wanted to make me 'feel like the Predator in a concrete jungle', but I ended up feeling like a dispassionate shooter on a school playground. I gave this game several chances and each time it bored me to death, no matter the difficulty. Your jokes are especially spot on in this one, by the way. Fooling around is one good thing that comes out of boredom and indifference, I suppose.

The lead writer also previously did work for the Syndicate remake? oh dear.

The developers sold out and went full consolet@rd3d

Aye, Crysis 2 was a great mess that I found unpalatable and also an eyesore. Conversely, the first Crysis had a pretty decent plot, as far as I'm concerned. Never played Warhead, but I've heard it's even better than 1, and I didn't care enough to play 3. I did like the ending theme in Crysis 2 though. I've heard good things about his books ("Altered Carbon" and "13", specifically), though I don't think I've read any of them. To (maybe) play devil's advocate, it's possible he was handed the list of setpieces the "director" wanted in the game, and just had to come up with a narrative that ties all of them together. I wouldn't know though.

2:45 That aged like fine wine 😂❤️

I was really disappointed with Crysis 2 after loving the first game and Warhead. A few of the bad aspects you mention, like just one vehicle sequence and the chambered rounds was way more polished in the first game. Crysis 2 is one of the best examples of a "consol-ified" game, up there with Deus Ex Infiinity War.

Hargreaves voice actor and dialogue were great imo.

15:15 The patch isn't about the Alien Virus, the thing is called a Bacteriophage. It's basically the Virus Carrier/infector Cell. One of the Dev's probably wanted some visual storytelling about the Area the guy had his Doctor title in and thought the Cell Scientists would simply wear a patch to show their Area of expertise.

Great example of showing why you don't give up and keep on doing the thing you are passionate for. GOOD JOB Man!

Wow! The quality of your videos is astounding. More please!

4:45 this beginning is pure cringe. the game, I mean

20:50 If the suit is running defibs and the player has to QTE then at that point we're not playing a character. We're playing something that should have gone into a laundry basket labelled TOP SECRET about decade ago but didn't and now it's so nasty it's sentient.

Crysis 1-2 got great fucking Remasters. And I'm glad Crysis 3 is also playable now again, with a few smaller, but welcome tweaks.

the cinematography of the game makes my eyes hurt.

38:14 - so edgy xdddd Story about presumably normal people. -My name is John Smith, what is your? -The call me slayer. XDDDD

Crisis 2 was certainly a disappointment. Not much can beat OG crisis but man at like 12 years old when I got the game on release I never expected crisis 2 to be so bad

Wow, I can't believe Richard K Morgan was involved as a writer for this. He wrote Altered Carbon, which is a cyberpunk neonoir about the murder of an immortal one percenter who survived getting his head blown off, because in the future everyone has an implant to digitize their consciousness and can easily download it into another body, and while the murderer did destroy this implant, being super rich means you keep back ups in your own personal satellite. Its a pretty good book, and the later books also delve into the mysterious alien civilization that inhabited mars in the past, the alien civilization they got into a war with and probably wiped each other out with biological weapons. They're not really the focus of it, though, thankfully it doesn't become about the precursor aliens who definitely weren't humans but were actually humans all along. It got an okay adaption on netflix, with a really bad second season with anthony mackie that completely missed the point with the aliens. The Gunship song is based on this series.

The Crysis games certainly have their flaws, I won't deny that, but they have always been a guilty pleasure of mine.

35:54 They had that A-10 firing from WING-MOUNTED guns! Okay, you want to use the A-10 because it is a meme plane but you don't even know WHY it is a meme plane?

You have a criminally low amount of subscribers, but it went up by one :)

8:50 "Well I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going." ........sou desu ka, Paturi-kun.

interestingly, your arguments here led me to the conclusion that the writing has significant metatextual depth. the suit is the savior. the suit is the competence. the product behind the product is the real hero. the story is about the cryengine!

I personally love the Crysis series. Though all of the flaws you pointed out are true now that I was told about them. Though i play games for fun mainly so don't assume I review games myself or something. Great video though! It would be awesome if you could do a review on ther other 2 games but not many people know about Crysis in general.

anyone else be like "hey hey people seth here" when he said the arrival of the seth

I loved crysis 1 + warhead. So glad I didn't end up buying this piece of shit.

I remember playing the original crysis when I was a teenager on my first built PC. I haven't really played it since, but I can say that it was way less... narratively focused. Or at least if there was I had very little memory of any cutscenes. There were a few instances of cutscenes between levels, but almost nothing diagetic? I think you'd be shocked at the difference between them if you did check out the original. TBH I bought C2, but I gave up on it in the middle of the first level. I don't really remember why.

I feel like Crytek is allergic to success.

8:51 Ah a fellow man of culture I see

The battlefield 3 reference was unexpected.

I think its time to review the original game which is so much better.

Btw I hope you all realize it's spelled ceph and not seth or anything like that

I'm kinda curious: what was the seamen joke you teased?

Have you played the first Crysis? I fucking enjoyed that game, but I couldn't play Crysis 2 for more than 2 hours before getting bored and dropping it for good

But can Gould's Laptop run Crysis? lol

I did enjoy the illegal aliens joke in the opening cutscene though

Got hooked on your channel from that Morrowind short. Decided to check out your other stuff, was not dissapointed. A channel worth subbing to. Looking forward to your future videos, I´m really enjoying your stuff!

I also tried to play this game in 2019 based on all the praise I'd heard over the years. I gave up just before the start of Act II, and I don't drop games very often.

"I have watched enough Hentai to know where this is going"

Crysis 2 was gonna be like Crysis 1 but well, a lot of things happened inside studio and here we are...

I remember playing this game at launch, it was a pretty game sure, but coming of Crysis 1 it was such a step back in scale just to make the game run on Console. The first game had many problems, not even accounting for how hard it was to run, but it had ambition, it was amazing to use the suits varied powers in the giant open ended areas... Not to mention the multiplayer and the modding. And yeah, the story and missions kinda got meh after the big mountain twist, but the first 2/3rds is still amazing. Crysis 2 sanded away all the cool stuff just so it could be a slightly sci-fi modern military shooter with a focus on cinematic set-pieces and a bog-standard multiplayer hoping to compete with CoD.

Glad I found your channel, you make my graveyard shift go by smoothly keeping me entertained!! Thank you so much for your work, do you take requests?

"[...] I guess to evacuate people; You've had years to do this and you're still getting people out of the city when its literally falling apart around you [...] and you're still here, what is anybody fighing for?" Actually the most realistic depiction of a U.S. military evacuation in media.

just wanna say, the music constantly looping is actually a bug not an intended thing, i think there was some way to fix it but its been quite i while since i've played it

Sorry but crisis 2 is kino and soul Sorry but its true

Glad I came across your channel man! It took me a week or so to watch the whole morrowind video but I really enjoyed ability to watch it like a mini series lol Question for you: Have you considered a Hollow Knight video? Not sure if that’s your style of game or not. Thanks regardless, keep up the good work my man!

Im sure you played crysis 1 already and already know the answers to your questions. I personally like warhead the most because of the end and I applaud any game that makes nukes casual warfare in their universe so crysis 2 also dropped the ball there for me. It's a whole big thing in this game as a cutscene but in the first you just got a prototype gun that shot that shit casually. Biggest loss though was Power Struggle from crysis 1. Servers are dead now but that was the most fun multiplayer mode I've played in a while

If I hadn't subscribed after I saw the Morrwind Analysis, the BassAckwords joke would have gotten me.

Christ, you're the kind of person who goes to see a James Bond movie and complains it's not like Citizen Kane.

I mean, if I was a hive mind, I'd still have individual drones gloat over people.

Classic case of cargo cult development. Crytek knew what features to include, just not why they were including it.

R A I F U ! ? ! OMG ...i always though WAIFU has already W as a WEAPON =P

Good video. I've added a few more to playlist and will subscribe if they're good too

16:15 do you remember what game he's playing/referring to perchance?