Crysis
Shares rank 16 of 24 first-person shooters by recommenders
Praised for open maps with flexible tactics and for its influential engine and graphics; critics say it is unstable and needs patches to run on newer Windows.
Praised for open maps with flexible tactics and for its influential engine and graphics; critics say it is unstable and needs patches to run on newer Windows.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Influential engine and graphics
“It changed FPS’ forever, introduced some new open world mechanics, as well as being the first game to utilize SSAO.”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Corners Don't Look Like That: Regarding Screenspace Ambient Occlusion” “Crysis in 2007, which is likely more remembered for its engine, graphics, and system requirements”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Unstable and hard to run
“I wouldn't say it was playable, but the fact it managed to actually launch was impressive.”
Comment from 30 Nov 2025 in “WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS” “Crysis was never the most stable of games”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Windows drive letters are not limited to A-Z”
Other first-person shooters people recommend
The four most recommended other first-person shooters, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quake | 118 | 29 | 80% | 12 | 28 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| Doom by id Software | 102 | 24 | 81% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | 51 | 12 | 81% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Quake III Arena | 49 | 3 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| CrysisThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It changed FPS’ forever, introduced some new open world mechanics, as well as being the first game to utilize SSAO.”
“Crysis in 2007, which is likely more remembered for its engine, graphics, and system requirements”
“My favorite high tech AI was Crysis.”
“I have never gotten it to run on Linux, even with tweaks.”
“ProtonDB indicates Crysis runs just fine on Linux.”
“I actually really liked Crysis for its open maps where you can approach a goal using different tactics.”
“Crysis was never the most stable of games”
“Windows 10 no longer plays the first Crysis without binary patches for instance.”
“I wouldn't say it was playable, but the fact it managed to actually launch was impressive.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.