Crysis Remastered Confirmed, And It’s Also Coming To The Switch

It’s official: we’re getting Crysis Remastered for major platforms, including the Nintendo Switch.

The new teaser revealed that the remaster is “coming soon”, and that the Switch aside, it’ll be coming to PC, Xbox One, and PS4 too. We also get a brief look at the updated Nanosuit and island setting of the original game. Will this herald a new wave of “Can it run Crysis?” memes?

On a more serious note, while I’m glad to see the original Crysis again (since the sequels are vastly inferior, though fun on their own merits), I’m not really hyped up over the “remastered” part of the title. Like Saints Row: The Third Remastered, I feel that the game would be better served by a remake. In Crysis’ case, it’s because the linear, alien-focused second half doesn’t match up to the first half’s open levels and delightful human encounters, and updated graphics alone won’t fix that.

I’m sure there’ll still be an audience for Crysis Remastered though, and if this results in new Crysis games that retain the intoxicating freedom, entertaining physics, and strong Predator-esque power fantasy of the original, well, that’d be sweet.