Crysis 2 PC : First Impressions

I was not hyped about Crysis 2, deep down inside me I was concerned about it`s success as I thought expanding into consoles won`t do anything good for the series other than increasing sales numbers. Also I was concerned about the game not making the same impact as it did in the previous game as the game takes place in a city rather than an island which would make it seem less visually impressive. Unfortunately - i say unfortunately because i really wished I was wrong and the game was perfect - , I was right about my concerns and there is more to it.

1- Graphic settings is a joke on PC. There is no advanced setttings tab, you can only select your resolution and graphics detail. This is a big minus to a game studio which is proud of being the technology leader of FPS games. Crytek you think you develop the best engine visually and you do not allow me to adjust my antialiasing setting? Are you kidding me ?

2- Why we can not play the game on dx 11 on pc as you promised ? What happened to the PC friendly game studio Crytek ? $$$ happened I guess.

3- I can not select the game language, there is no such option. The only way to change the game language is to go to game directory, change the english.pak file into something else. It`s 2011 Crytek, you can not put an option in the game for it ?

4- I bought the game originally and yet when I try to log on to servers , I occasionally get a message like ; ` serial is in use ` . Serial in use ? ...

5- Let`s switch to game itself. Crysis was known for smart enemies in single player. They had pretty decent AI in the past. In this game, I only played an hour but the AI is terrible, just terrible ! Even a blind monkey would react to it if his friend is getting killed 3 meters away from him, but some soldiers in the game don`t. It is so frustrating , even though I play the game on 3rd difficulty, AI is still pretty stupid. I prefer to play FPS games online mostly but I thought Crysis 2`s single player would be strong as well.

6- The game does not have a `wow` factor, not the game itself, not the scenario and yes not technically. Crysis had a `wow` factor in the first game with its stunning visuals, now not.

To wrap up, I`m going to spend more time on single and multiplayer of Crysis 2 but my first impressions are pretty poor and I am disappointed about it. Hopefully multiplayer would be much more fun and the game would justify it`s price tag.