Crysis is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek in their headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and released in November 2007. It is the first game of a trilogy. A separate game entitled
Crysis Warhead was released on September 16, 2008, and follows similar events as Crysis but from a different narrative perspective. At the time
Crysis
was released, and years thereafter, it has been praised for its
milestones in graphical design . The game is based in a future where a massive ancient space alien-constructed
structure has been discovered buried inside a mountain on an island in
the fictional Lingshan Islands, near the coast of the East Philippines. The single-player campaign has the player assume the role of U.S. Army Delta Force
soldier Jake Dunn, referred to in-game by his callsign, Nomad. Nomad is
armed with various futuristic weapons and equipment, most notably a "Nanosuit" which was inspired by a real-life military concept. In
Crysis, the player fights both North Korean and extraterrestrial enemies in various environments on and around the island.
