As good as the island level was, the E3 Crysis demo really came to its own in the second level where we found our character on an aircraft carrier that had come under attack. Fire effects were well done and we were shocked to see a character pinned under a steel beam which our character then lifted up and threw off. We then got to the top of the carrier deck and saw the War of the Worlds like alien attack vehicle. The aliens apparently like it cold as it attacked with a freeze weapon that slowed us down so it could hit us with a beam weapon. How do you get the freeze effects off? Just shack the mouse around a few times and you are good as new.

Once again, the visuals of Crysis are pretty incredible and it's clear that when this game is released it will become the new benchmark on what PC first person shooter graphics should be. Indeed, our E3 demo was based on DirectX9 on Windows XP but Crytek has already announced plans to support DirectX10 on Windows Vista so the visuals should be even better. Start saving your upgrade money now.