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Crysis WarheadCrysis WarheadCrysis Warhead Box ArtDeveloper(s) Crytek BudapestPublisher(s) Electronic ArtsDistributor(s) Electronic ArtsValve Corporation (Steam)Engine An enhanced version of CryEngine 2Version Crysis Warhead1.1.1.710Crysis Wars1.3Platform(s) Microsoft WindowsRelease date(s) EU September 12, 2008[1] NA September 16, 2008[1]Digital downloadSeptember 18, 2008[2]Genre(s) First-person shooter, ActionMode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer Rating(s) ESRB: M[1]PEGI: 16+[1]Media DVD-DL, Steam downloadSystem requirements See DevelopmentInput methods Keyboard and mouse or Xbox 360 controller Crysis Warhead is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by video gamedeveloper Crytek Budapest and published by Electronic Arts as an expansion to Crysis. CrysisWarhead is a standalone game and does not need Crysis installed to play it. It was released onSeptember 12, 2008[1] in Europe and September 16, 2008[1] in North America.ContentsGameplayMain article: Crysis#Gameplay

Crysis Warhead updates and refines the gameplay of the original game through a sidestory plotinvolving Psycho, one of previous protagonist Nomad's allies. The game is a parallel story thatfollows Sergeant Michael "Psycho" Sykes,[3] a character from the original Crysis, as he faces hisown trials and challenges on the other side of the island during the time period of the first game.It features new fully customizable weapons, vehicles and enemies, along with new multiplayer content. It also showcases a new, enhanced and optimized version of CryEngine 2 and is the firstgame developed by Crytek's Budapest studio.[4]Crysis WarsMain article: Crysis#Multiplayer In addition to the single player campaign, Crytek has also emphasized the multiplayer modes,entitled Crysis Wars. In addition to the Instant Action and Power Struggle modes of the originalCrysis, Crysis Warhead also features Team Instant Action mode, as well as 21 playable mapsupon release. Crytek has made numerous changes to the multiplayer gameplay including tighter vehicle controls, weapon rebalancing, and Nanosuit alterations.[5] Crysis Wars is included on itsown disc, has a separate installer and logo, and is considered a separate game by Crytek;regardless, it comes bundled with Warhead at no additional charge. From the 10th to the 12th of October (2008) Crytek held a free trial weekend during which people could download and playCrysis Wars for free.PlotCrysis Warhead takes place during the events of the original Crysis, on the other side of theisland in which the game is set. In the introductory film, British SAS Sergeant "Psycho" Sykeswitnesses a North Korean warship being bombarded by U.S. Navy fighter jets. Leaving theshore, he joins a vehicle convoy driving through the jungle, and defends it as it is attacked by North Korean soldiers. The convoy is destroyed and the Marines fight into the night. The introends as the VTOL that tries to evacuate the destroyed convoy's Marines is hit by a missile andcrash-lands. Psycho awakes and goes to find a better position for the surviving Marines, but getsattacked by an EMP blast from a container being lifted away by North Korean soldiers. Sykes islater assigned a mission to pursue another North Korean container that JSOC believes contains anuclear warhead. As the mission progresses, Psycho is reunited with old friend Sean O'Neill whowas originally going to be a part of Raptor Team. He was replaced by Nomad after failing anevaluation test. Psycho helps O'Neill after his F-35C jet is shot down and takes him to a VTOL toescape.Psycho fights through the jungle and coastlines against the North Korean military to track downthe container and stop them from taking it. After he reaches a submarine, he sees what's inside.Rather than a nuclear warhead, the container houses an alien, which knocks Psycho out with anEMP blast. After he wakes up again, he is captured and tortured by the North Koreans. As thesubmarine submerges, the island is suddenly flash-frozen while mechanical alien "Exosuits"attack. Psycho pursues Colonel Lee through the frozen waters and valleys, eventually meeting upwith another nanosuit team on the island, Eagle Team. Psycho and Eagle Team continue the pursuit, fighting off an enormous walking Exosuit. Eagle Team is separated from Psycho in amine, while Psycho continues searching for the container. After reaching an underground trainstation, Psycho is ordered to get on the train the container is loaded on. Emerging above ground,Psycho fights off both North Korean soldiers and aliens trying to reclaim the container, O'Neillassisting him.Psycho is ordered to destroy the container if he cannot capture it. Before the container can beextracted by friendly forces off the bridge where the train stopped, Colonel Lee arrives and uses

a captured U.S. Marine as a hostage to bait Psycho off the train. Psycho is forced to drop theMarine and to retrieve the detonator for the planted explosives. Colonel Lee manages to escapewith the container before the explosives could be detonated. Although Psycho survives the fall,the marine, who was not wearing an armoured nanosuit, is not so lucky. He takes out his rage onan injured North Korean nanosuit soldier he pulled off the bridge with him, and drowns him inthe river. Struck with grief for not saving the life of the Marine, Psycho has an emotional breakdown, but regains his composure in order to finish his mission.Psycho assaults the North Korean-occupied airfield where the container is waiting to be taken off the island, taking out numerous ground forces and North Korean tanks. O'Neill returns in aVTOL, and assists Psycho in destroying an upgraded Exosuit walker by guiding him to a crashedU.S. Air Force cargo plane, which transported a powerful experimental weapon, the PAX(Plasma Accumulator Cannon), which allows him to fight off the initial wave of attackers. As thetwo are about to start extracting the container, Colonel Lee shows up again to reclaim thecontainer, holding O'Neill at gunpoint. Lee tries to shoot O'Neill, but O'Neill is shielded by acloaked Psycho, who begins fighting with Lee as O'Neill retakes control of the VTOL and takesthe container. Psycho and Lee begin fighting inside of the VTOL, and Psycho gains the upper hand, knocking Lee out of the back onto the tarmac, leaving him to the mercy of a massive alienwarship. O'Neill takes off with the container, as Psycho relaxes in the back.Throughout the game, audio clips from four years before the game takes place are heard. Theseclips show brief glimpses into how O'Neill failed his evaluation test. The final clip reveals a brief conversation between Psycho and Nomad at the end of Nomad's own, successful evaluation.Psycho asks Nomad if he's okay, to which Nomad replies "Did you disarm the warhead?" Psychodoesn't reply to the question, instead saying "That's my Nomad - always putting the missionfirst."DevelopmentOfficial system requirementsMinimum RecommendedMicrosoft WindowsOperating System Windows XP Windows VistaCPU 2.8 GHz or faster for XP, 3.2 GHz or faster for Vista Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.2 GHz,or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+Memory 1 GB RAM for XP, 1.5 GB RAM for Vista 2 GB RAMHard Drive Space 15 GB of free spaceGraphics Hardware 256 MB video memory, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT/ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or ATI HD3850 512MBSound Hardware DirectX 9.0c compliant card (DirectX 10.1 compliant if applicable)While Crysis was previously announced to be a trilogy, Crysis Warhead is not the second chapter in that trilogy; it is instead billed as a stand-alone expansion pack, although its amount of included content exceeds what most typical expansion packs offer.The developers have also claimed that due to further optimizations of CryEngine2, CrysisWarhead performs better than the original Crysis.[6][7] In their review, IGN confirmed thatCrysis Warhead looks graphically better and runs better than the original Crysis.[8]Crysis Warhead retails at less than normal games' RRP though the game's feature set is close tothose featured in full-priced games.[9]

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