Crysis Warhead
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Military dialogue includes moderate profanity from the protagonist and fellow soldiers.
Realistic first-person gunfire, explosives, and vehicle combat against human soldiers and alien machines, with blood effects but no dismemberment or gore.
In a story cutscene the player character is captured and tortured by enemy soldiers; it is shown rather than performed by the player.
War-zone setting with a captured, brutalized protagonist and a plot involving a suspected nuclear warhead.
Cloaked enemies, isolated frozen forests, and tunnel sequences create moments of tension and dread within an action shooter.
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What it is
Crysis Warhead is a stand-alone first-person shooter set on a tropical island in 2020, where you play a nanosuit-wearing soldier called Psycho hunting a mysterious enemy container amid a war with North Korean forces and hostile aliens. Gameplay centers on fast, customizable gunplay, stealth, and powered-suit abilities across jungle, coastal, and frozen environments. Combat is realistic and produces blood but no gore or dismemberment. The single-player story includes a scene where the protagonist is captured and tortured, and its dialogue carries moderate profanity. The tense atmosphere of cloaked enemies and isolated locations creates a sense of dread. The bundled multiplayer (Crysis Wars) is not active in a way that this rating covers online chat.
How it's framed
The game frames its violence through a conventional military-heroism lens: the player is a special-forces soldier fighting enemy troops and alien threats, with combat presented as duty and survival rather than something glorified or condemned.
Details
- Developer
- Crytek
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Released
- Sep 17, 2008
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