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Description

You play Jack Carver, a charter-boat businessman in Micronesia, on a job to escort Valerie Cortez, an ambitious journalist, to the island of Cabatu. The next thing you know someone's blown up your boat (and with that, everything you owned in the world), kidnapped Valerie, and left you for dead. Your job now is to rescue Valerie and get back at the soldiers who destroyed everything you had.

Proprietary Polybump mapping, advanced environment physics, destructible terrain, dynamic lighting, motion-captured animation, surround sound and the ability to render an entire kilometer of actual terrain in real time all showcase CryTek's new CryENGINE.

Advanced A.I. means enemy soldiers make realistic decisions based on observations of the current state of the world. These highly trained mercenaries are designed to utilize environmental features, attack in groups, divide and conquer, respond to player actions, and call in reinforcements from air, land, or sea.

Far Cry ships with a Sand Box Editor, allowing you to create and edit your own maps with an easy drag and drop interface.

Alternate Titles

  • "孤岛惊魂" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
  • "X-Isle: Dinosaur Island" -- Early development title
  • "X-Isle" -- Working title

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Far Cry® $9.99  
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User Reviews

FPS (First Paradise Shooter) NeoJ (427) 3.43 Stars3.43 Stars3.43 Stars3.43 Stars3.43 Stars
Fun is Inversely Proportional to Difficulty Matt Neuteboom (941) 3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars
A Far Cry from your typical FPS Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5239) 4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars
One more step along the world I go Ashley Pomeroy (230) 2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 Stars
Rough around the edges but an under-rated, ground breaking achievement. Tibes80 (1496) 4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars
Absolutely incredible. Sets a new standard. Blew away all my expectations. kbmb Bronze Star Contributing Member (399) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
A must buy for die-hard FPS gamers B14ck W01f (37398) 4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars
Stunning environments play host to a half-witted plot Chris Wright (99) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
A delicious, well-designed, well executed example of what a 3D shooter should be. Marty Bonus Bronze Star Contributing Member (41) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
Good looking FPS Grov Bronze Star Contributing Member (647) 3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars

The Press Says

Game.EXE May, 2004 5 out of 5 100
Fragland.net Apr 27, 2004 93 out of 100 93
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) Mar 26, 2004 93 out of 100 93
IGN Mar 19, 2004 9.2 out of 10 92
GamesFire Mar 24, 2004 91 out of 100 91
ActionTrip Mar 24, 2004 91 out of 100 91
Meristation Mar 25, 2004 9 out of 10 90
Jeuxvideo.com Mar 22, 2004 18 out of 20 90
Joystick (French) Apr, 2004 9 out of 10 90
Netjak Jun 18, 2004 7.1 out of 10 71

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Trivia

The German government agencies for the protection of children are not to be trifled with – a lesson that publisher UbiSoft learned the hard way with Far Cry.

Due to realistic violence, especially with regard to the ragdoll model of the enemies, the full English version of Far Cry was banned in Germany by the federal agency BPjM on April 2nd 2004, meaning that any kind of advertisement for this version is forbidden, and it may only be sold on request to persons aged 18 or older.

UbiSoft and developer Crytek had anticipated this, and created a special version of Far Cry for the German market – the usual procedure to abide by the strict German standards. In this version, ragdoll models were disabled. As expected, the modified version was rated “18+” by the USK, the official German rating board. Any game with a USK rating may only be sold to persons of the specified age group, but is protected from being banned. UbiSoft produced and shipped a large amount of copies of this German version, which hit stores on March 25th 2004.

At that time, the BPjM judgment on the English version was pending. The BPjM testers quickly found out what was already widely circulated in the Internet: Crytek had not physically removed the ragdoll model from the German Far Cry, they had just disabled it -- and every user could turn the feature back on with just a few simple modifications. This made the German version identical to the English one. Identical content is the one criterion that would allow the BPjM to ignore a USK rating and ban a game. That, however, had never happened.

Up to now. On April 2nd 2004, the BPjM banned the German version of Far Cry along with the English one, on accounts of identical content. From one day to the next, stores nationwide were no longer allowed to display the boxes of the most popular, extremely successful action game.

UbiSoft’s reaction was feverish, yet professional. As soon as word had spread that a ban was imminent, the company started the production of a new, non-modifiable German version to replace its now worthless predecessor. This second edition retained the USK rating “18+” and was distributed two weeks later, on April 15th. UbiSoft took back all copies of the previous version at its own cost.

The German second edition cover of Far Cry is easily recognizable by a big red box in the upper right corner containing the line “Deutsche Version” (German version). If you happen to own one of the banned first editions, you should probably hold on to it; over time, it may become a collector’s piece.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Cyberzed (43) on Mar 23, 2004.
 

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