Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3261 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sold Out
• Released on: 2007-11-20
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description

You are Jack Carver, a boat skipper who thought he'd seen all the South Pacific had to offer. But nothing could have prepared you for what you are about to uncover on these islands. Heavily armed mercenaries are just the beginning of this gateway gone to hell.

Beautiful tropical islands and oppressive indoor locations set the scene for 20 vast, non-linear missions.
Master an arsenal of cutting-edge weaponry and vehicles to overcome the odds and unravel a deadly conspiracy.
Fight perceptive enemies who adapt and improvise their tactics according to the given situation.
Innovative multiplayer modes with revolutionary features such as sniper flare and the support class.
Includes 'what you see is what you play' real time level editor. Easily create your own maps, missions and scenarios.

Customer Reviews

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Far Cry is brilliant i enjoyed it very much and i'm only a gamer sporadically possibly die hard gamers would be more critical but for the odd evening gamer it is easy to play, the visuals are good and there is plenty of action

Could have been so great....
... but what was a great shooter is marred by technical problems. But with a track record like Ubisoft's, what was I thinking?

It is visually good and colourful, with some excellent water effects; very good indeed. Not sure that the sounds and weapon models couldn't have been better, but were still reasonable. Story: not blindingly original but also serviceable. But...

Even this "with patch" release brings as many problems as it fixes. The Patch 1.4 that is included actually makes the single player experience worse than the multiplayer improvements. (Recommendation: Get hold of patch 1.33 if you are mainly/solely concerned with SP.)

Summary: What would have been a solid four star effort, is marred by technical negatives.

Magnificent - I still play it compulsively
My PC currently consists of an Athlon XP 3200+ CPU, a Radeon 9800 Pro and 1 GB of DDR (let the laughter commence), but this rig plays Far Cry with absolutely no problems, and boy am I grateful: this is one of the finest FPS ever released. Yes, it pales compared to current games demanding 2 grand's worth of kit, but then so does Resident Evil!

The graphics are excellent, with the jungle stages, in particular, standing out, and the environment is remarkably free-ranging (as opposed to the on-rails style of, say, Doom 3). Objectives can be approached with varying tactics, and enemies behave with uncanny intelligence (for example, summoning help rather than steaming in guns blazing). Weaponry is variegated, there are numerous vehicles that can be commandeered, and baddies include the human and the sub/super human.

I have only a minor criticism in that the SP mode is slightly too easy (even on the "realistic" difficulty setting), so FPS addicts will feel a bit short-changed. Not being one, though, I can play this game through any number of times without getting bored, so it represents the best tenner I've ever spent on games.