Crysis 2

Assault Rifles and Sub-Machine Guns:

Scarab: A versatile assault rifle, useful in the early game due to its silenced option and three scope choices. It can also be toggled into a shotgun. It's often a primary weapon before the Stealth Marshall and Stealth DSG-1 become available.

Scar: An early-game weapon with assault rifle, grenade launcher, and scoped gauss rifle modes, but it cannot be silenced. It is outclassed as the game progresses.

Feline: A sub-machine gun with a high rate of fire, available with iron, reflex, or laser sights, and an extended magazine. It can be silenced, making it an alternative to the Scarab. Its drawback is easily expending ammunition.

Grendel: This weapon can be toggled into a shotgun and has higher damage output than the Scarab, comparable to the MK 60 MOD (a community-made modification that changes the game) 0. With a scope, it functions as an excellent mid-range sniper. Its main drawback is the lack of a silencer. It appears late in the game.

MK.60 MOD 0: A heavy machine gun with a large capacity that excels against enemies. It cannot be silenced but occasionally comes with an assault scope option. Its high capacity and damage make it a go-to weapon.

Specialty Weapons:

K-Volt: A specialty weapon using static charges, best used against cloaked aliens during the endgame.

X-43 Mike: This weapon fires microwaves that cause enemies to heat and rupture. It is deadly when held on target but can be hazardous to your health. These rare weapons become more available and prominent late in the game.

Grenade Launcher:

L-Tag: A grenade launcher that can deploy proximity mines. It is highly damaging but carries only 8 grenades, making it a use-and-replace weapon due to the two-primary-weapon limit. It is very useful in situational battles.

Others: These are weapons that can be carried outside of your two primary weapon slots.

JAW Rocket Launcher: An extremely powerful weapon that can be shot directly or guided. They are usually available when environmental hazards require them. You can carry four JAW rockets in inventory, though sometimes up to five. They are the go-to weapon for enemy gunships and juggernaut-type aliens. Avoid using them on lesser foes unless they can be quickly replenished.

C4: These explosives pack more punch than the JAW and are found when needed. Save them for Juggernaut-types like Pingers or Devastators, or Advanced Ceph when they can be quickly replaced. C4 can be placed or thrown and detonated remotely.

Fragmentation Grenades: Powerful and generally available weapons. Hostiles will attempt to evade them. They can finish off tougher foes when C4 or JAW rockets are depleted.

Swarmer: Fires a salvo of rockets, not very accurate but capable of saturating a small area. Effective against Devastators and can inflict significant damage on Pingers. Not effective against boss types.

HMG: A mounted heavy machine gun that can be detached and carried without sacrificing a primary weapon slot. It has no attachments and cannot be silenced. When its drum is empty, it must be discarded. It has a large capacity and short bursts can kill most enemies, including Devastators. It must be put down to interact with the environment.

Nanosuit Powers:

The Nanosuit can be upgraded by collecting Nano Catalyst particles from dead Ceph. The amount of Nano Catalyst you get depends on how many aliens you kill and if you collect the Catalyst before it vanishes. You can also harvest Catalyst from other combatants' kills.

This section focuses on advanced tactics for Crysis 2, emphasizing the strategic use of the Nanosuit's abilities and upgrades to overcome alien confrontations and human mercenaries. It details how to effectively utilize stealth, cloaking, and Nanovision, alongside combat techniques like melee and armor mode, to conserve Nano Catalyst and achieve mission objectives.

Key Nanosuit Upgrades and Abilities:

• Armor Enhance (100 Nano Catalyst): Reduces suit energy used while armored.
• Threat Tracer (100 Nano Catalyst): Shows the source and direction of incoming hostile gunfire.
• Covert Ops (1,000 Nano Catalyst): Dampens footstep sounds for silent upright movement.
• Mobility Enhance (600 Nano Catalyst): Reduces energy for jumping and sprinting, aids ledge grab speed.
• Stealth Enhance (10,000 Nano Catalyst): Greatly reduces energy used while cloaked, ideal for stealth operations.
• Nano Recharge (8,000 Nano Catalyst): Faster health and energy regeneration.
• Cloak Tracker (16,000 Nano Catalyst): Helps pinpoint cloaked aliens, essential for the final battle.
• Cloak: Renders Alcatraz nearly invisible, consuming energy faster with movement. Crouching reduces noise; Covert Ops upgrade allows silent walking. Stealth Enhance is crucial for prolonged cloaking.
• Melee: A powerful close-quarters option, capable of instantly killing Ceph Assault Units. Armor mode is recommended during melee encounters.
• Armor: Hardens Alcatraz against damage, draining energy. Effective against explosives and firefights. Allows survival from high falls. Cannot be used while cloaked.
• Nanovision: Allows vision in smoke or dust by detecting heat variations and light enhancement, useful for identifying enemies and weapons in cluttered environments.
• The Visor: A multi-function HUD displaying tactical information, enemy tagging, distances, and weapon/ammo cache locations, with zoom capability. Tagged items remain visible on the HUD.

Enemy Overview:

• The C.E.L.L.: Human mercenaries employing tactics like taking cover, flanking, and using explosives. They can be killed with headshots or a few body shots, but their weaponry varies from pistols to rocket launchers.
• Cephalopods (Ceph): The primary alien threat.
• Ceph Assault Unit: The most common unit, using energy projectile attacks or melee strikes.

Tactics Emphasized:

• Utilizing advantageous shooting platforms, “safe spots,” and flanking maneuvers.
• Employing hit-and-run cloaking forays.
• Acquiring Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) for effective harvesting of Ceph.
• Running away as a viable survival option, especially on higher difficulties.
• Making kills and navigating defended areas through careful movement and cover usage.
• The cycle of: Cloak, move into position, uncloak, kill, immediately cloak, and move off.

Enemy Analysis:

• Advanced Ceph Assault Unit: Similar to the Ceph Assault Unit but more aggressive and three times as durable. Susceptible to melee attacks, but requires multiple hits.
• Cloaked Ceph Assault Units: Amped-up Advanced Assault Units, twice as durable. Primarily encountered near the Cephalopod Litho-ship, with brief appearances in Chapter 6 catacombs. The "Cloak Tracker" upgrade (16,000 Nano Catalyst) is vital for dealing with them.
• Devastator: Large, lumbering Cephs with two ranged attacks (rapid fire energy, rocket-like). Often accompanied by other Ceph. Can be defeated with three JAW launcher hits, two C4 charges, HMG, L-Tag, Swarmer, or a dozen DSG-1 rounds. Killing them is usually optional.
• Pinger: Enormous enemy with a turret-like body that fires energy streams and can emit an EMP burst. Keep distance from EMP, use JAW rockets (at least five needed), or C4 (four detonated nearby). Accompanying Ceph and lack of heavy ammo are common challenges. The red device on its "back" is a weak spot. L-Tag, Swarmer, and grenades also damage it.

General Walkthrough Philosophy:

• The walkthrough is based on multiple playthroughs across different difficulty levels (Recruit, Soldier, Veteran, Supersoldier).
• Enemy AI becomes more responsive and uses cover/flanking on higher difficulties.
• Alcatraz's vulnerability increases significantly on higher levels.
• Stealth is a highly viable tactic, advocating a hit-and-run approach, using cover, and sometimes bypassing enemies, especially on "Supersoldier."
• While gunplay is essential, stealth complements it.
• Weapon choices are flexible, but certain weapons like the DSG-1 and HMG are crucial for specific strategies. Interchangeable weapons include Scarab/Feline/Scar and Ranged Grendel/M20 14 Gauss/DSG-1.