I was just playing Crysis, and I must say that Im very disappointed.

Compared to Farcry, I dont have much better graphics.
There are (apart from the Suit) no real gameplayimprovements to
Farcry, it has basically all been done in Farcry before.

BUT: The player has much less freedom:
-When I leave the "Combat Zone", The suit gives my a short contdown and then kills me. (in Farcry I could run anywhere I want)
-After playing the first level I still dont understand who I am, or what the objective is.
-The game ripped me out of the game to lead the next level - within the action! (shooting at guys who where close)
That is about the worst leveldesign possible.
-There is no real Tutorial (to learn the new functions)

Crysis is a good example, that relying on the pure shooter mechanics dont seem to marked well enough,
so the designers and developers stuff in
scripted sequences, limit the players freedom
to make him HAVE to see the scripted sequences,
and adding expensive graphical effects, wich dont add much to the game in my opinion, and just slow it down.

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Fallout 3 (although not really a shooter) was
one of the few modern games wich I enjoyed in the recent time,
as the player really has enough freedom.
Without getting "lost" or having too less action.