I don't care what people say about Crysis series (And Far Cry except FC2) but those FPS game's are very fun and I enjoyed playing them, they're not just get in the face of your enemy but you have to use stealth and a strategy to successfully kill the enemy, FC1 was alot of fun in that, I played Crysis and I enjoyed it tough it felt easier then FC1 due to the nanosuit but alas I hope Crysis 2 won't disappoint me, the teaser look's interesting.
Funny enough I noticed many nextgen game's are being based on waistlands ever since Fallout 3 maybe even S.T.A.L.K.E.R, like take for example Bionic Commando that's just one, so far Mirror's Edge was a nextgen game that wasn't so dark and bleak.