Posted on: April 26, 2014

AlbertKurtz

Games: 156 Reviews: 3

THE modern FPS

There was a time in game history, at the beginning of the years '00, when a gamer had to choose side: AMD vs Intel, ATI vs nVidia, Quake vs Unreal, Doom3 vs HalfLife2. Then, at least for what concerns me, came Far Cry. Far Cry hit the stores before HalfLife2 and Doom3 (which were the "next gen FPS" of the time). Nobody was expecting a game like this. Amazing graphic, sandbox gameplay, fast paced shooting, stealth mode, vehicles. This is one of my top 10 FPS of all time and it is the one that really showed me what kind of depth a "mindless shooter" can achieve. True, Deus Ex and No One Lives Forever came before and they honestly broke the barrier of their genre. But this... It was like a world opened in front of my eyes. Every mission was screaming "freedom". The sequels and the pseudo sequels (Crysis) are just a linear consequence of this one. Games like this are one of a kind, it's like the first Gothic: they come and they change the way you see at a genre. You HAVE to play this.

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Posted on: April 20, 2021

DVDavid1402

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Games: 187 Reviews: 1

Worth a try

Far Cry is a game that broke me. The game is structured in a way that makes it very hard. but not like cuphead hard, which is a difficulty that makes you go "oh, I died, but at least I'm confident that I'm getting better", its like NES era hard - which is the kind difficulty that makes you shout "how did that merc see me from 2km away" and search for cheat codes on the internet. Which is exactly what I did. I made it through the first 19 chapters of the game with only the Save game cheat (by the way, you can't save in this game, the game works with a series of autosaves that you can't control) but at the last chapter was where I drew the line, even the save game cheat didn't help me with it. At that point I was so desperate to finish the game that I edited one of the game files so I would make 1000% damage on the enemy AI, and the enemy AI would make 0% damage on me. I've killed the final boss with a pistol. And no, I don't feel shame about it. Other than that, the game is surprisingly good. the graphics looks nice on max settings (although the human models still look like they're from the early 2000s). the gunplay feels good and balanced, the world feels rich and full (kinda) thanks to the mercs talking to each other from time to time, and I really like some of the mechanics like the binoculars and cry-vision. However, I do feel that the story is very shallow, or that at least it should be shorter. I think I've counted three times that Val was kidnapped, and I've lost count on how many times told that "yeah, you need to go there to exit the island, But just before you do that, could you retrieve a PDA or a bomb or a key or whatever?" or "Yeah, just go there to find Valerie... Oh, she's not there? well sorry Fucko, I forgot to tell you that they moved her to the other part of the island 30 fucking minutes ago, 'guess you'll need to go there, man". Long story short, if you're a Dorito snorting, mtn dew chugging hardcore gamer you'll probably like this game.

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Posted on: November 6, 2022

gyyse

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Games: Reviews: 52

The best far cry game

This is the best far cry game by far with great combat and a good challenge. It's a shame ubisoft switched to making bland, soulless open world games over trying to refine this already amazing game, but hey at least we have this to enjoy.

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Posted on: July 17, 2023

systempath

Games: 101 Reviews: 1

Far Cry

One of the greatest fps games of the 2000's, which says a lot. A classic.

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Edited on: October 26, 2025

Posted on: February 19, 2024

FatherJoseph

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Games: 140 Reviews: 5

Ultimate PC Gaming Experience

Together with Half-Life 2, these games shaped 2nd generation of action shooters. Shooting is very well designed, weapons have their power and no lag. The game is quite easy, checkpoints for the most part are well defined. I prefer to play this game for 50th time than new boring tiktok/fortnite generation games.

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