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Far Cry is a shooter and action video game developed by Crytek Frankfurt and Crytek, and published by Ubisoft Entertainment. The title was released in 2004, with specific release dates recorded as March 22, 2004, and March 23, 2004. It utilizes the CryEngine and supports both single-player and multiplayer modes.
The game has been released on multiple platforms, including PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and Wii. It carries a Mature rating from the ESRB. A software version identifier of 1.4 is associated with the title.
Critical reception included review scores of 8/10, 18/20, 89/100, and 93/100. Other recorded ratings include a 3.9 score, a Metacritic score of 89, an IGDB rating of 78 based on 541 ratings, and a critic rating of 88 based on 2 critics.
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Game data
Metacritic 89- Released
- 2004-03-22
- User rating
- 3.90 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushed 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 this unspoiled paradise. Shortly after docking, however, Jack's boat was greeted by artillery fire from a mysterious militia group swarming about the island. With his boat destroyed, his money gone, and the gorgeous Valerie suddenly missing, Jack now finds h…
- Released
- 2004
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Engine
- CryEngine
- Developer
- Crytek Frankfurt, Crytek
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
Key facts
- Developer
- Crytek
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Director
- Cevat Yerli
- Producers
- Chris Natsuume Jack Mamais Richard Tsao
- Programmers
- Cevat Yerli Marco Corbetta
- Artists
- Michael Khaimzon Raymond Leung Max Aristov
- Writer
- Alexis Nolent
- Composer
- Thomas Baertschi
- Series
- Far Cry
- Engine
- CryEngine 1 (PC) , Dunia Engine 2 ( Classic )
- Platforms
- Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360
- Release
- Windows NA : March 23, 2004 EU : March 26, 2004 PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 NA : February 11, 2014 EU : February 12, 2014
- Genre
- First-person shooter
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Far Cry on PC & More
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 this unspoiled paradise. Shortly after docking, however, Jack's boat was greeted by artillery fire from a mysterious militia group swarming about the island.
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Encyclopedic overview
Far Cry is a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek and published by Ubisoft. It is the first installment in the Far Cry franchise. Set on a mysterious tropical archipelago, the game follows Jack Carver, a former American special forces operative, as he searches for journalist Valerie Constantine, who accompanied him to the islands but went missing after their boat was destroyed by mercenaries. As Jack explores the islands, he begins to discover the horrific genetic experiments being conducted on the local wildlife and must confront the mad scientist behind them.
The game was the first to use Crytek's CryEngine, and was designed as an open-ended first-person shooter, though it lacks most of the freedom its successors would offer to the player. While players can freely explore the game's world like in later Far Cry titles, they are most often discouraged from doing so due to the linear structure of missions and the lack of side content. Despite this, the gameplay formula established in Far Cry—placing the player in a foreign environment occupied by enemy forces where they must use various weapons and tools, as well as their surroundings to overcome any threat—would prove essential in defining the series' identity going forward.
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