Walkthrough for first part of the game to help you all the collectibles

Crysis 2

Introduction

Welcome to the Crysis 2 walkthrough. Crysis 2 is a unique game that gives gamers the ability to play stealthy and avoid detection or play fearless with guns blazing. Each time you play can be a new and unique experience. This walkthrough was written using soldier difficulty and should make your life easier through the first part of the game.

As you play the game there are many different routes and Tactical Options you could use in order to meet your objectives. In this guide I have called out the best way for you to proceed while acquiring all the collectibles in the game. These collectibles are bolded in the text for quick reference. I hope you find this guide helpful and good shooting!

Note: The tips, tactics, and walkthrough are all written without calling out specific button presses in order to accurately cover every platform.

Tips and Tactics

Nanosuit

This suit will keep you alive in almost any situation. It will make you stronger and faster. You will also be able to enter different suit modes such as cloak and armor to protect your self even more. As you progress through the game you will kill alien invaders and collect Nano catalyst from their corpses. Just be sure you kill them or there won’t be any available. You can use the catalyst to modify your suit giving it extra abilities.

Visor

As you play through the game you might not see everything around you. Luckily your suit has a special visor to help you along the way. The visor gives you battlefield awareness. It will highlight items and locations on the screen such as weapons, ammo, enemies, tactical options, and objectives. It is very useful to find enemy locations to avoid danger and also to figure out where your next objective is so you know where you are going. While you have your visor up you will automatically holster your weapon so make sure you are in a safe location when using it.

Nanovision

Turn this option on when visibility get low such as when environments are filled with dust or smoke. It will highlight things that are giving off heat such as fires and enemies. Be careful because it does drain your energy.

Tactical Options

As you play through the game you will sometimes be given tactical options at certain areas. You can see these options by bringing up your visor. These can involve such things as flank, stealth, grenade, etc. Each option gives you a different way to handle certain scenarios. After playing through the game once you may want to play through again and try different combinations of tactical options or just go it on your own.

Cloak Mode

The mode turns your suit invisible enabling you to sneak around in heavily guarded areas. While you may be invisible the sounds you make as you travel can give away your location so you still have to be careful as you move. Being in Cloak Mode also drains your energy. When your energy is fully depleted you will become visible again. It is important to seek cover when you get a warning that your energy is low. Once out of sight you can let your energy recharge.

Armor Mode

This mode gives you extra protection when you are taking hostile fire. It is useful when facing enemies that can move in quick to your location or when you are in a fire fight and can’t find any cover to retreat to nearby. Just like Cloak Mode it will drain your energy so you need to be careful how and when you use it. Always make sure to turn off this mode when you don’t need it to save and restore your energy.

Tactical radar

The radar is located in the bottom left corner. It will show you such things as your primary objective as well as enemy locations. You can also see your enemies alert status. As the meter turns from white, to yellow, to red be sure to get to cover or activate cloak mode to minimize attention to yourself

Environment

The environment is very much a part of the gaming experience. Be careful not to knock anything over and make too much noise or you will alert enemy troops. You can also interact and use many of the objects and items lying around. You will be able to grab or kick certain items to use them as weapons or get them out of your way.

Weapons/ Attack

There are many different weapons at your disposal in the game ranging from pistols, to rifles, to rocket launchers. As you progress through the game try and different types of weapons to see which ones work best for you. You can also customize your weapons with different attachments such as silencers and sights. You are limited to the amount of different weapons you can carry so choose wisely. Sometimes guns aren’t the best solutions because they can be too noisy or you want to save ammo. A good way to take out an unsuspecting enemy in a quite way is to sneak up behind them in cloak mode and melee them out of commission.

Vehicles

There are a few different vehicles scattered around the city that are at your disposal. Some you can enter by choice and some a re a requirement to complete certain levels. Any vehicle you enter be sure to take full advantage of any weapons that might be attached that can make quick work of any CELL soldiers or alien invaders.

Collectibles

There are different collectibles to find throughout the game. These include car keys for New York Vehicles, New York Souvenirs, Emails, and Dog tags. You will also discover Speed trap cameras that will give you a speeding thicket if you move by them too fast. These collectibles are listed at the start of each level and are highlighted in the walkthrough.

Walkthrough

Level 1: In the Deep End

Level Items

None

You start this level in a submarine under the Hudson River with some fellow soldiers. Use the controller to nod your head when directed to do so on screen. After the sub takes damage follow the other soldiers through the vessel and crouch under a pipe your buddies are holding up for you. This causes you to go sliding through the sub.

After your ride is over move forward through the submarine until you are directed to crouch into another passageway. Follow the passage to the end and help the soldier lift the door up. Follow the soldiers as they swim through the now open and flooded passageway. Stay close to your fellow soldiers because you can get lost and die underwater. Finally you exit the sub where you can then swim up toward the surface of the water to end the level.

Level 2: Second Chance

Level Items

New York Souvenirs

Dog Tags

Email Conversations

Speeding Ticket

Move to the table behind the body on the ground and grab some Dog tags. Head to the left of the table and hit the pad lock on the door to open the way. Make your way through the dead bodies in the next room until you can crouch under the halfway open door. Once in the next room head to the laptop on the table and listen to an audio message.

Head up the stairs on the other side of the room and follow the walkway until you get to a break in the walkway. Do a running power jump to get across. Once on the other side move through some doors and down some hall until you hit a dead end. Power jump to the ledge above on the right and open the door leading outside. Once there you must open your visor for a quick tutorial.

You are then given some tactical options on how to proceed. Drop to the street below and head for the ammo on the nearby crates to refill your supplies. Next, head to the front of the fountain to grab a rifle next to some more ammo. Now kill the two enemies on the other side of the fountain. Be sure to retreat if they toss a grenade in your direction. Once both enemies are killed resupply, then follow the path east and head up some stairs to the left. Head through the door at the top of the stairs where you will be instructed to enter cloak mode.

Once in cloak mode move into the next room and melee the unsuspecting enemy. Then move outside and follow the walkway beyond. While still in cloak mode melee two more enemies. With the coast clear move to the table at the center of the area and retrieve an email conversation.

Jump to the top of the large yellow containers in the area to get to the roof. Move forward to see some troops move into the street below. Drop down from the roof and move in while in cloak mode to get in close to their location. Hide behind one of the barriers on the steps and blast them with your weapon.

Follow the road to a large camp of enemies. Use your mini map to locate nearby enemies and use cloak mode to move along the left wall of the area undetected. Be sure to stay near cover to recharge your cloak when it is low. Head for your primary objective which is the back gate. The security pad there doesn’t work to open the gate so you have to head to the west on a new route.

Sneak along the left wall stopping when you need to in order to recharge your energy. Keep moving then enter the large yellow tent. There you will find another security pad you can access to continue forward. Take out two enemies in the next area while in cloak mode. Continue down the passageway until you get to a small room and a laptop you can access in a small room on the right side of the hallway. Move into the next room and open the gate to get outside again.

Follow the road straight ahead then head into the alley on the left just after the pharmacy. Move into the drugstore building on the right and grab the souvenir on the counter. Continue through the building, head outside, and jump from the dumpster to the roof at the end of the alley. You will be instructed to enter armor mode and then blast the enemies firing at you from the rooftops ahead.

Follow the stairs along the rooftops until you see some enemies burning bodies and you are given tactical options. Drop to the roof below you and load up on grenades along the edge. Move to the left of the rooftop and melee the large donut to send it crashing on some enemies below. From the cover of the roof take out the enemies in the park and streets below. Be sure to get enemies sniping from the rooftops.

After the area is clear jump down to the left of the building. Run down the street heading south to the left of the park to get a speeding ticket. Finish off any more CELL troops in the area then head to the right side of the park. Follow the walkway you find south taking out enemies as you go. After you get to the next street go right until you find the subway you can walk into. Take out any troops trying to stop you. Open the gate blocking your way and continue forward. Soon you are instructed to enter Nanovision mode that will let you detect incoming living organisms.

Continue moving through the subway and lift up another gate. The area is crawling with bloodsucking bugs. Shoot the soldier in your way as well as those nasty critters. Quickly run down the hall until you hit a dead end then power jump to the room above you. Follow the stairs up to complete the level.

Level 3: Sudden Impact

Level Items

New York Souvenirs

Dog Tags

New York Vehicles (Keys)

Speeding Ticket

Make your way through the building after you start this level. A small room to the right of your starting location has a shotgun if you want it. Continue through the building until an alien ship crashes through the area sending you to the ground below. Walk along the street and into a parking garage on the left. Be sure to grab the pistol along the left wall that has a silencer and laser sight.

Lift the gate blocking the way and head up the ramp. Make your way up and through the garage killing troops as you go. Eventually you make your way outside where you find a stairwell. Follow the stairs up until you find a dead body and car keys. Be on the lookout for any weapon upgrades as you proceed.

Backtrack one flight of stairs to an ammo case where you can look out on to a rooftop below. Bring up your visor to view three tactical options. Choose the option Explore on the right. Follow the walkway along the building then jump down when you see the yellow containers. Follow the road to the northeast until you get to an intersection guarded by some armored vehicles. While in cloak mode drop the gunners of each vehicle. There is a large container on the street you can enter for cover.

Once the immediate area is clear turn down the street you just came from heading to the southeast. Sprint down the street passed the flat bed hold the large yellow container to get a speeding ticket. Back track to the intersection with the armored vehicles and head southwest down a road leading to an underground parking garage and crouch under the door. Make your way down the road and stop at the booth just before you get to the garage exit. Break down the door and grab the collectible souvenir inside.

Exit the garage by crouching under the door and follow the broken road down and to the left. The road takes you underground where you will find a rocket launcher. Return outside in cloak mode and use it to hit a helicopter if you see one patrolling the skies.

From your place outside run up the debris to the left to find stairs you can run up. Open the elevator at the top and drop down the shaft. Follow the sewer tunnel at the bottom until you get to the crashed alien craft. Use your visor to analyze the biological material then head out the window nearby to return to the city streets.

After you return to the streets you are attacked by some kind of alien, but it quickly retreats. Hunt it down as it jumps around the debris. After you kill it move in and examine it. The alien tissue called Nano Catalyst will combine with your suit giving you the ability to add extra modules to your suit. Be sure to buy and activate them on your Nanosuit.

Now use your mini map and back track to the city streets. Go southwest and follow the street as it makes its way down into a tunnel. Take out any soldiers and aliens you find. Be sure to collect the alien tissue from downed aliens. When you come to the end of the road you will find two doors in the right wall. Enter the first door and collect Dog tags on the old couch. Next enter the second door to end the level.

Level 4: Road Rage

Level Items

New York Souvenirs

New York Vehicles (Keys)

Speeding Ticket

After you start the level follow the tunnel until you find some stairs in the right wall. Follow them up then move into a small room behind them. Pick up a souvenir in the back right corner. Follow the upper walkway around to the other side of the stairs to find an ammo crate to refill your supplies. From the top of the stairs move through a closed gate and up some more stairs. Follow the tunnel as it leads you up and into a broken down building for a cutscene.

You are given some tactical options if you bring up your visor. Enter cloak mode and follow the hallway to the left and outside to a walkway. Keep going forward until you drop over the edge then get behind some cover near the building to recharge your cloak. Next, while in cloak mode run along the right side of the high road ahead of you ignoring the soldier guarding the way.

Move quickly as your cloak will deplete. When you get to the end of the road drop down the right side and quickly get to some cover along the right wall to recharge your cloak again and avoid gunfire. Enter cloak mode again and move up the broken bridge to the right until you get to the top. Use your rocket launcher to take out the helicopter rising into the sky before it can hurt you.

Follow the bridge ahead and take cover behind an old car. Use your rocket launcher to take out the humvees blocking the path ahead. Next use your rifle to finish off any stragglers then refill your ammo near the semi truck. Continue along the road and super jump to a higher section when the road is broken. Recharge your cloak mode and make your way along the left wall avoiding enemy detection until you get to some cover along a large semi truck. If a patrol gets in your way take them out.

Keep moving along the left side of the road until you see a tunnel ahead blocked by a big rig. If anyone is guarding the area take them out then jump over the obstacle and enter the tunnel. Make your way through the tunnel until you get to the end and you see the road ahead of you collapse creating as large dust cloud.

Drop to the broken road below and head forward along the right side of the road. Keep moving until you get to the end of the broken section and get a choice of four tactical options. While in cloak mode head toward the option Avoid. Load up on ammo in a small room along the way then head down the main tunnel road. Be sure to stay close to the right side to avoid enemies in the middle of the road. At the end of the tunnel head into an area to the right with open portable buildings which you can use as cover if you need to recharge your cloak.

Move through the sandbagged walkway on the southeast side of the area. To the left is the way to a tank you need to reach. Before you go there head to the right all the way to the end of the area. Enter a large container on the right side to grab a car key and some ammo. Now backtrack the way you came and head northeast, then crouch through a container and head for the unmanned tank. Take out any CELL troops in the area.

Once you enter the tank blast the wall in front of you. Next, take out two enemy vehicles that come in to stop you. Head out the hole you created and head up the ramp on the right to enter the upper roadway. Follow the road taking out any vehicles coming to stop you. Soon you’ll enter a tunnel where you will have to steer to avoid roadblocks. Keep your speed up and shortly after you enter the tunnel you will pass a camera near a Speed Limit 25 sign and getting your speeding ticket.

As you travel along the roadway keep your speed up while avoiding roadblocks and enemies. Don’t stop and just keep blasting anything that gets in your way. At the end of the road to large tanks try to stop you. Stay on the right side of the road and use the large yellow container as cover. Unload on them quickly with your tank’s full arsenal to clear the way.

Follow the road forward and to the right taking on foot soldiers on the ground. Exit the tank and head for the door in he east. Take out the soldier who rushes out to greet you. Enter the building to end the level.

Level 5: Lab Rat

Level Items

New York Souvenirs

Dog Tags

New York Vehicles (Keys)

**Email Conversations

Enter cloak mode and drop out the nearby window where you can silently melee an unsuspecting soldier. Drop again to the roadway to the northwest. Once on the road follow it to all the way to the right until it dead ends where you will find car keys to add to you collection. Be sure to avoid enemies as you go.

Now head to the southeast crossing over some vegetation and onto a wooden walkway. Follow the edge of the building on your left then drop down when you get to the end onto a large yellow container. Then drop to the ground and crouch under the door to get into the building on the left.

Head through the first doorway on the left and silently take out the guard. Move into the next room and download the email on the table. Exit the room through the door to the right of the email then turn left in the hallway. Make another left and enter an elevator that will take you up. As you get to the top enter cloak mode to avoid detection. Taker out the three soldiers guarding the room then follow the mini map to some equipment in the southeast area of the room. Blast it apart with your rifle.

A CELL gunship moves in to take you out through the window to the left of the equipment. Use your rifle to take out the gunner and the gunship retreats. Head back to the elevators and take out some troops that move it to eliminate you. When the gunship returns take out another gunner to send it retreating for a second time. Again retreat to the elevators and use cloak mode to take out all CELL troops that enter the area. Watch for troops sniping you from the roof above the large room.

Finally the gunship returns for a final time. And this time it has more firepower. Enter armor mode and get your rocket launcher ready. Quickly get in a shot to take it out before it kills you. After a direct hit it smashes into the building you are in creating a hole in the floor. Follow the hole to the level below you and grab a souvenir along the back south wall.

Make your way through the broken building and head down the set of stairs you come too. At the bottom shoot the pad lock on the ground to open a passage to the ground below. Fall through the opening and head to the left where you can climb some steps into a small building. Climb the stairs you find inside to get to the roof. Run across the large yellow machinery to get to the roof across the way.

Move along the building to the left making your way North. Climb the stairs you eventually find going up the left wall. There are four troops in the area that you need to kill as you go. Make a left at the top of the stairs and power kick the pad lock on the door so you can head into the building. Follow the hallway inside to an elevator you can ride up to meet Gould.

When the elevator stops Gould comes out to greet you. Follow him into his apartment and sit in the chair he has waiting for you along the back wall. After you get analyzed follow Gould into another room. Check the bookshelf along the west wall for Dog tags. Gould talks about the virus when CELL troops start firing at your location. Head out the door and follow the hallway through the building. As you go take out all enemy troops. When you get to a window looking out a CELL soldier swings through crashing into you sending you both flying through the sky to end the level.

Level 6: Gate Keepers

Level Items

New York Souvenirs

New York Vehicles (Keys)

Email Conversations

Speeding Ticket

You start this level on the roof. Run forward along the rooftop and refill your ammo when you get to an ammo box. You will have to jump over gaps and climb walls as you go. Eventually the roof path will lead you to the left. When the rooftop ends find the break in the wall and drop down to a patio. Drop form patio to patio until you jump on a metal window-washing platform. This will drop you down to the city streets.

Move to the east and then down an alley to the north. At the end of the alley you will find some car keys on some stairs along the right wall. Now back track the way you came toward the platform and head for the streets ahead. There you will find CELL troops battling the aliens. Stay close to cover and blast those aliens first before finishing of the troops. Be sure to collect samples from downed aliens.

Follow the street to the west taking out enemies as you go. At the end of the street is a CELL soldier in an armored vehicle. Use cloak mode and a headshot to take him out. The building to the left of the vehicle has an open door on the corner for you to enter. Head up the stairs you find, move through the building and out the large hole in the wall to find yourself back outside.

Head up the stairs to the right and follow the walkway ahead. When you path ends climb some stairs on the left side. Move right from the top of the stairs and silently take out the soldier at the edge of the building. You will be given some tactical options.

Time to use the tactical option of Flank. Drop to the ground below and head to the left until you see a park on the right side of the street just after the church. Before you enter the park, run down the street to the left of the park to get a speeding ticket.

Move into the park you just passed and use cloak mode to sneak in close to the ammo dump at the center of the area. Light the fuse then head for the church doors nearby to the northeast. Once you get to the center of the church head to the left and grab a souvenir on the table along the right wall.

Exit the church toward the northeast and head for the fuel dump ahead. Cloak your way inside and light the fuse then quickly exit the area. Head northwest to the command and control portable building and head through the open door. Download an email from the table along the wall. Pull the switch on the east wall to unlock a gate you can user to escape.

Exit the portable and head west. Move around the building to your left and into a tunneled walkway. Head down some stairs to the right to get down to the street level. Watch out for guards and head through the gate under the stairs you just descended. Access another gate to head into some underground tunnels. Follow the tunnel until you automatically complete the level.