Like the little-known console sequels to Far Cry, you later get infected with the gunk you're dealing with and it opens up the game a bit by adding extra abilities.
You mean the Crysis series? With no doubt tens of millions of sales[1] by this point in time and AAA marketing budgets, I’m not so sure they’re little-known. Apologies if you’re referring to something else of course.
Like the little-known console sequels to Far Cry, you later get infected with the gunk you're dealing with and it opens up the game a bit by adding extra abilities.