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Far Cry
Released On: Mar 23, 2004
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7.9
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 72 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
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6% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 72 Critic Reviews
89
94% Positive
68 Reviews
68 Reviews
6% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The multiplayer modes and incredibly powerfully map editor put Far Cry over the top. As great as the graphics are, they're merely a complement to the dynamic gameplay.
Overall, Crytek has done a nearly flawless job in crafting the single player campaign. The combat is extremely fun and exciting, as well as addicting. The level design is fantastic, and the pacing is never too slow.
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 1,072 User Ratings
7.9
68% Positive
732 Ratings
732 Ratings
26% Mixed
275 Ratings
275 Ratings
6% Negative
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 1,072 User Ratings
7.9
68% Positive
732 Ratings
732 Ratings
26% Mixed
275 Ratings
275 Ratings
6% Negative
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
1200. 10/10 Back in 2004, it was one of the most beautiful games on the market (besides Half Life 2). Gunplay is OK, as well as the story, but remember, it's a game from 2004, so at the time it was insane!!!
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Far Cry is a revolutionary FPS that introduced open-world gameplay, cutting-edge graphics, and thrilling gunplay. A genre-defining classic.
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I love the fact that someone has finally made a game that can look truly good and take advantage of higher-end PC hardware instead of going for less detail in order to allow more people with slower PCs to run the game.
It delivers on all fronts: graphics, story, and especially gameplay. The only downside is that those with lower end machines are going to have to drop their graphics and resolution down quite a bit to achieve an acceptable frame rate.
If players can ignore the overly cheesy plot and horrid voice acting, and focus simply on killing bad guys and blowing things up amidst a wonderfully crafted environment then they will be in for a treat. The first person shooter has never looked so good.
Forget about the delayed FPS juggernauts of "Half-Life 2" and "Doom3," and spend your hard earned dinero on a game that is as spectacularly beautiful and brilliantly executed as any FPS ever.
Let me make this clear, through capitalization: ANY GAME THAT DOES NOT SAVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU KILL A BOSS AND SEE THE ENSUING CUTSCENE HAS A BROKEN SAVE-GAME SYSTEM. I don’t care if it’s supposed to make the game more intense, it’s stupid, moronic, ridiculous, pointless and otherwise detrimental to the overall quality of the game.
Unfortunately the steam version ships with the infamous 1.4 patch which breaks the A.I making them much harder than they originally was; and this game is pretty hard compared to newer Far Cry games and this makes the game alot less fun and makes stealth nearly impossible, heck it makes certain sections of the game nearly impossible since the A.I can shoot at you with high accuracy at long distances, even through walls with high accuracy too.
In order to play the game without the AI super soldiers, you need the unofficial patchs or somehow downgrade to patch 1.3
Now, I remember playing this back in 2004 and thought it was originally a good game, because back then- Far Cry WAS a good game, but the standards have risen considerably over the years and this game shows cleary how low gamers standards was back then.
Far Cry suffers from a huge amount of general issues which makes the game generally much harder than it really needs to be, such as troop placement being so specific to catch the player out, each mission as such is more about remembering where enemy mercs are; rather than planning a strategic attack- think of MOH; Sniper Alley style gameplay here, its frustrating and needless.
Then to add further insult to injury, you have to put up with Carver being a complete tool in the gun accuracy department, his accuracy with weapons is excruciating bad, whilst the mercs have near perfect accuracy, this is why there are liberally scattered health packs and armor around because its nearly impossible not to take hits. The accuracy is poor, imagine an artifical spray and pray - the gun cursor is just a 'basic' indicator where the bullets will go, not nessarily where you are pointing. The gun sights offer slightly better accuracy but still, not good enough considering the accuracy of the mercs and traps.
Even with some much needed mods like FCam; the game is still a huge chore to play and saving after every encounter with mercs is essential- forget using stealth **** you want working stealth, install Far Cry 2 and skip this.
As for the difficulty, there is honestly very little difference between easy and realistic difficultly - thats how hard this game is; realistic mode is just mostly for masochists who enjoy dying alot, or who have played the game so much they have remembered the exact layout of the merc placements.
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Summary A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island. A week ago, a brash female reporter named Valerie had offered him an incredible sum of cash to take her to ...
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 2
- Xbox
- Wii
Initial Release Date: Mar 23, 2004
Developer:
- Crytek
Publisher: Ubisoft
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