Slightly off topic, but I believe it might be of interest for some of you. We send our photographers back in the game shooting panoramas in Crysis 2, to deliver the next best experience to actually playing the game. The panoramas can be seen in our sister site Panogames.com. Shooting and processing by Andrea Stefanoni.

Crysis 2: NY and Liberty

Crysis 2 Ship on the street

Crysis 2

More panoramas of Crysis 2 can he seen here.

In Crysis 2, New York City has been ravaged by a series of climatic disasters and a plague that has struck down on the city’s population with brutal epidemic speed. The aliens have returned, stalking the streets and leaving the city in chaos, its skyline in flames. Set in a world of futuristic warfare where soldiers are not solely reliant on firing rifles and hurling grenades, players are empowered to use New York City as a virtual playground and become the ultimate weapon.

Crysis 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek, published by Electronic Arts and was released in North America, Australia, and Europe in March 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Officially announced on June 1, 2009, the game is the second main installment of the Crysis series, and is the sequel to the 2007 video game Crysis and Crysis Warhead. The story was written by author Richard Morgan, another science fiction author, Peter Watts, was also consulted and wrote a novel adaptation of the game. It is the first game to showcase the CryEngine 3 game engine.

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