Far Cry®

Island vacation: Guns, mercenaries, then the screaming mutant part.

PublisherUbisoft
DeveloperCrytek Studios
ReleaseMar 23, 2004
Retail Price$9.99
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About Far Cry®

Far Cry®, a debut IP, establishes itself as a cunningly detailed action shooter. Players navigate a tropical paradise, engaging in combat that pushes boundaries. Master diverse combat skills, including close-quarters fighting, long-range shooting, search-and-destroy tactics, stealth operations, and combat driving through varied indoor and outdoor environments. Face unpredictable, intelligent AI mercenary units, including snipers, stalkers, scouts, and grenadiers, who employ adaptive group tactics, coordinating strikes from all angles and terrains, with commanders calling for reinforcements by land, sea, or air.

The game utilizes the Far Cry engine, which incorporates proprietary Polybump mapping, advanced environment and character physics, destructible terrain, dynamic lighting, motion-captured animation, and total surround sound. An 800-meter scalable view system enables unparalleled long-range gunplay, allowing players to lock onto enemies from a distance with motion-sensing binoculars and choose between sniping or ballistic close-quarters firefights. This is a foundational action shooter defined by its advanced engine and sophisticated AI tactics.

System requirements

Minimum

OS
Windows® 2000/XP (only)
CPU
AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz or Pentium® III 1 GHz
RAM
256 MB
GPU
64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compliant graphics card (see supported list*)
Storage
4 GB

Recommended

OS
Windows 2000/XP (only)
CPU
AMD Athlon 2-3 GHz or Pentium 4 2-3 GHz
RAM
512-1024 MB
GPU
128 MB GeForce™ 4 128 MB to GeForce FX 5950; ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT