YouTube user MikeX1978 likes to post videos of video games playing in slow motion. His latest, for example, shows that when youâre not running around shooting at things, Crysis 2 can sure get pretty
Itâs an interesting choice of music backing it up (LCD Soundsystemâs âNew York, I Love You But Youâre Bringing Me Downâ). Why? I actually finished playing it yesterday, and thought the New York aspect of the game was actually under-played somewhat. Only occasionally do you ever feel like youâre actually on Manhattan, like when you recognise a building youâve seen or a street youâve walked past. Or when you find the head of the Statue of Liberty sitting in a park.
Other times itâs just a city of corridors with obstacles and cover points scattered all over it, indistinguishable from any other destroyed urban centre youâve ever fought your way across. Which is a bit of a shame, really!
