Alcatraz is notified by Colonel Barclay that the US Department of Defense plans to launch a STRATCOM Tactical Nuclear Strike on Manhattan Island with little regard to collateral damage and nuclear fallout . Alcatraz and his comrades make their way through the city toward the center of the alien infestation , and spot a massive alien " litho-ship " rising out of the ground beneath Central Park , lifting a large section of the park into the air . With the peripheral aid of Gould , Strickland , and Barclay , Alcatraz assaults the floating section of Central Park , where he has a 20-minute window to end the conflict with the Ceph before they launch the nuclear missile , and succeeds in making his way to the alien spire at its center , which serves as a massive dispersal point for the alien spore bio-weapon . Alcatraz successfully turns the spire 's bio-weapon against the Ceph , causing the Ceph in the entire city to self-destruct . After several days , the city begins to recover with the help of Gould , Strickland , and the US Military . Alcatraz , while unconscious , communicates with Prophet , whose memories , experiences , and personality had been stored in the suit . Prophet tells Alcatraz that , while the mission in New York is a success , their work is not yet over since the Ceph , who had been present on Earth since prehistoric times , had built constructs globally that were not only limited to New York and the Lingshan Islands . The Nanosuit then assimilates Prophet 's memories into Alcatraz . Upon waking up in Central Park , Alcatraz receives a broadcast from Karl Ernst Rasch , the other founder of Hargreave-Rasch Biotechnologies , asking for his name . Climbing out of the crater , Alcatraz , speaking for the first time since donning the Nanosuit , responds , repeating the same phrase as Prophet , in the beginning of the game : " They call me Prophet . " '' Crysis 2 '' was announced at E3 2009 on June 1 , 2009 , and was in development from 2007 . '' Crysis 2 '' is the sequel to 2007 's '' Crysis '' which was lauded for its impressive visuals . German-based studio Crytek , which developed the first game , is the lead developer of the sequel , along with help from Crytek UK , formerly Free Radical . It is the first game using the new engine CryEngine 3 . The Microsoft Windows version is built on DirectX 9 , with an optional DirectX 11 add-on . Crytek looked to surpass the original '' Crysis '' , which was still a benchmark of PC graphical performance in 2011
E3 2009
E3 2009
Crysis 2