Rated 
Better than the original Crysis
More exciting and fun gameplay; slightly more optimized graphics rendering
Still not as much sheer fun as BioShock, but receives a lot of hype because it's so demanding
Posted 1 year ago - Having maximized my hardware investment for the original Crysis, I was disappointed when that game could still not render at a reasonable rate when everything was set to maximum while using 2560x1600 resolution. I had heard that Warhead was supposed to be more optimized, and indeed that was the case for me. Now, with Warhead, the three GTX 280s I bought for the original seem able to handle the job, and can render a playable game with everything set to Enthusiast (and still at 2560x1600). However, they still can't handle adding in any Antialiasing; even selecting 2x can make my system crash to the desktop. That's how demanding this game still is, and this is all while using a 4GHz quad-core CPU, & liquid cooling everything. The game itself is indeed more fun than the original, so much moreso that I'll probably reinstall it some day, and try a runthrough at the hardest difficulty level. And besides, in a couple of years, perhaps there will be some new graphics setup that will enable us to actually use the 16xQ Antialiasing setting, while still maxing out everything else, on a 30" monitor. I do recommend it, at this price point.
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