Far Cry

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  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Mar 23, 2004
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7.9

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  1. OniGioRi
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    While this game feels really dated it's still a sweet memory that reminds us of our childhood, all the fun and jump scares. I've spent a lot of time preparing myself to play this game when I was a kid as I was scared of those jumping monsters.
  2. aecsuter
    Jun 20, 2023
    5
    Decidi começar nessa franquia e nada melhor do que iniciar pelo primeiro. Fui sem muita expectativa por ser um jogo mais antigo, e ainda bem que fui assim rsrs. Pode ter sido revolucionário na época, mas hoje (2023) é sofrido jogar.

    ---== Gráficos ==-- Os cenários são muito caprichados, muito amplos e é possível se perder na mata facilmente se não prestar atenção na direção certo. De    Decidi começar nessa franquia e nada melhor do que iniciar pelo primeiro. Fui sem muita expectativa por ser um jogo mais antigo, e ainda bem que fui assim rsrs. Pode ter sido revolucionário na época, mas hoje (2023) é sofrido jogar.

    ---== Gráficos ==--
    Os cenários são muito caprichados, muito amplos e é possível se perder na mata facilmente se não prestar atenção na direção certo.
    De longe até que não são tão ruins os modelos de inimigo, mas de perto os detalhes ficam aparentes e não são bons. Existe pouca variação de inimigos e eles possuem o mesmo rosto.

    ---== História ==--
    Simples e funcional. Não da pra criar nenhum tipo de conexão com o personagem mas serve bem de pano de fundo pra você passar pelas fases.
    As cinemáticas são feias demais...
    Plot Twist no fim foi mais telegrafado que passe de criança de 3 anos rsrs.

    ---== Gameplay ==--
    Pra um jogo mais limitado me surpreendeu a física do jogo, é bem ok e da pra jogar tranquilo.
    A parte do Stealth me incomodou bastante, primeiro que só achei uma arma silenciada o jogo todo, e os inimigos te identificam de muito longe (claro que o protagonista utilizando uma camisa vermelha não ajuda no processo), mas a temática do jogo é perfeita pra stealth e não é isso que acontece na pratica.
    Existe uma variação ok de armas, mas as armas explosivas são ruins demais.

    ---== Resumo ==--
    Não achei que valeu a pena os R$8,99 que paguei, muito menos os R$29,99 que é cobrado hoje sem promoção. Caso queira conhecer a franquia assim como eu talvez valha, mas esperar um jogo muito legal é demais hoje em dia.    … Expand
  3. Rustick
    May 17, 2023
    7
    Игра своего времени, графика красивая, сюжет простенький, но немного интригует, геймплей неплохой для того времени, но к концу игра немного скатывается, плюсом довольно сложная, крепкая хорошая игра
  4. ThisIsTruth
    May 5, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I got a new cheapo laptop so I'm not trying to play brand new single player FPS, but I am going back and playing things like the new Wolfensteins, F.E.A.R., etc which play fine thanks to the insane tech advances that happen in computing.

    So, 2004 Far Cry on PC. This was really a great demo for the CryEngine, enabling some nice open world game play. For an engine basically 20 years old, for the most part it holds up as far as in world materials. There's nice details like changing times of day and environmental birds, nice skyboxes, etc. The water system is pretty basic and I don't think there's any fishies in this outing.

    The story itself is sort of a flip, don't think too much about it pulpy tale of a mad scientist modify things into manimals that can hold guns and rocket launchers. The scientists and original guards of the labs fight the manimals, and both parties fight you.

    And who are you? Just a dude in a tropical shirt whose boat got blown up. Luckily you and your girl survive and talk to a spy or somebody like that who gives you missions. You have a health and shield system and a night vision battery that wears down but will recharge itself once you find a quiet corner to hide in.

    Gameplay mostly lends itself to stealth or bum-rushing a new room with your favorite gun fully loaded, then retreating backwards to a safe hallway to reload and get reading to go in again for cleanup.

    In terms of your arsenal, you get small machine guns, pistols, machetes, rocket launchers, a machine gun with a grenade launcher, plus 3 types of standalone grenades (shock, smoke, and frag, plus you can throw a rock to try and distract enemies).

    You search through labs, enabling various controls and clearing them of enemies to complete mostly fetch-quest stuff. You also traverse outside environments in a relatively non-linear way (considering the time this was made), moving through enemy camps, collecting ammo, med kits, and shields.

    In terms of difficulty, the interior maps feel quite a bit more fair as they're relatively linear and there's very little trigger-maps releasing enemies behind you after you've passed their hidden location (looking at you, ID software circa 2004).

    More difficult / "problematic" are the more open world outside areas that consist of roads or paths mostly surrounded by "thick" jungle/forest greenery and dropped in rock formations.

    I chose medium difficulty, and even in this mode, the enemies are a bit ridiculously eagle-eyed to sense you and head your way. Often they're moving in the brush towards you and will suddenly pop out of the greenery to throw and insult and some bullets your way.

    Mostly, NPC behavior gives you a lesson in stealth and how to engage sub-groups of enemies, but every so often, the enemies feel both over-numbered and over-powered, with their aim being spot seemingly 100% of the time. As the game progresses, this starts to feel extremely unfair.

    I finally hit a level where an enemy in a far tower armed with a rocket launcher was able to land every rocket in my kill zone. (p.s. every enemy who has a rocket launcher is this insanely skilled with it.)

    If I had been purposely provided a sniper gun before heading into this area of play, I might have not felt so hurt and cheated; but I was not.

    This was in the middle of trying to suss out a cadre of enemy soliders hiding in the bush and constantly flanking or surrounding me. The fun stopped and the frustration started, so much so that I had to finally turn on God mode. My personal opinion, medium mode should still have a relatively linear path to completion. I was "killed" 20+ times in God mode clearing this area, then was given a boss battle where I was killed about 50 times trying to hit a constantly moving copter with the rocket louncher. Just not a fan of boss fights.

    All in all, this has aged pretty well except the difficulty curve and dumb boss fights.    … Expand
  5. BenzoSt
    Jul 12, 2022
    7
    Far Cry's graphics and psuedo-open-world jungle setting were extremely impressive for a 2004 game. The gameplay mixed up both stealth and brute force with a variety of satisfying weapons. Unfortunately, some of the mutant monsters you had to fight were irritating, especially the big brutes with rockets. As for the story and dialogue, it was simply bad, but in a charming B-movie way. If youFar Cry's graphics and psuedo-open-world jungle setting were extremely impressive for a 2004 game. The gameplay mixed up both stealth and brute force with a variety of satisfying weapons. Unfortunately, some of the mutant monsters you had to fight were irritating, especially the big brutes with rockets. As for the story and dialogue, it was simply bad, but in a charming B-movie way. If you enjoy this game, then you will love the mod Matto4. IMPORTANT: Use the Steam Guide "Far Cry Fix" by MJR to repair glitches with the Steam version of this game.… Expand
  6. teenageSpirit
    Jun 5, 2022
    7
    "Yes, by the way, I'm Jack Carver"
    (c) Jack Carver.
    For 2004, I'm sure it was an over the top game, great locations, beautiful graphics, moderately interesting plot. The game is really hardcore even on the lowest difficulty level. Personally, I did not like the idea with mutants, especially with the ones they are shown in the game: smart, able to wield weapons, and indeed the whole    "Yes, by the way, I'm Jack Carver"
    (c) Jack Carver.

    For 2004, I'm sure it was an over the top game, great locations, beautiful graphics, moderately interesting plot. The game is really hardcore even on the lowest difficulty level. Personally, I did not like the idea with mutants, especially with the ones they are shown in the game: smart, able to wield weapons, and indeed the whole topic...
    I advise those who like old shooters for a couple of evenings, no more :)    … Expand
  7. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    7
    Вернули бы вы меня в 2004 год Я бы охерел просто сколько было потовых тайтлов пацаны не то что сейчас
  8. Izoeros
    Apr 26, 2022
    5
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  9. petrkozak13
    Dec 12, 2021
    7
    Not a perfect but surely a revolutionary game. Maybe I was too young to appreciate it fully but I remember having fun.
  10. AlexeySoltan
    Oct 14, 2021
    7
    nice job for 2004 but it fastly gets boring .
  11. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    7
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  12. Jirentix
    Jul 16, 2021
    7
    Half life but open world. Although the game was successful compared to the year it was made, the atmosphere and gameplay style was a bit boring, I think it was because I played better games, if I had played this game back then, I could consider it a masterpiece.
  13. Kwartez
    Jun 7, 2021
    6
    The ambient graphics look very nice for a game from 2004. Very unintuitive game. Missions are very repetitive.
  14. Gorbunov2004
    May 15, 2021
    7
    Игра с очень красивой графикой для 2004 года. Есть автосохранения но нет обычных и это очень не удобно, геймплей нормальный на уровнях всегда мало аптечек и брони! И на некоторые виды оружия очень мало патронов.
  15. kndr
    May 11, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the weakest far cry. Story, characters and presentation is not good. Jack Carver and main villain is generic and unmemorable.

    Gameplay is unnecessarily hard, even on easy. Stealth sometimes works, sometimes doesn't(similar to fc2)enemies are aimbots and deplete your health quickly.

    When trigens appear it become more tedious and unbearable. They are bullet sponges and just annoying. They are not interesting or fun to fight.

    You can only carry four weapons and machete holds one of the weapon slots. And since you can't afford to lose machete(it is your last resort after all)this means you can only three weapons.

    Checkpoints are very far away from each other.

    Graphics hold up surprisingly well. There are some nice locations to look at. Some nice lighting and physics.

    Nice looking but frustratingly hard.    … Expand
  16. Qarren
    Apr 3, 2021
    5
    Far Cry? More like this game made me Cry Far away from the keyboard when all those big, burly mercenaries came a runnin' my way.
    Now that we've dispensed with the need to evaluate my fragile mental state, it's time to look over a game that probably caused half those neuroses. Far Cry is a stealth, FPS mix. I didn't play it when it came out and I never hear anybody talk about this first    Far Cry? More like this game made me Cry Far away from the keyboard when all those big, burly mercenaries came a runnin' my way.
    Now that we've dispensed with the need to evaluate my fragile mental state, it's time to look over a game that probably caused half those neuroses. Far Cry is a stealth, FPS mix. I didn't play it when it came out and I never hear anybody talk about this first entry in the franchise, so any witty or knowledgeable statement about its release or culture would be a Far Cry from the truth. And yes, that pun will show up frequently during this review. But despite the praising reviews of this game, it doesn't ever come up in conversation. Especially when compared to its successors. Far Cry 2 is the cult classic, 3 is the one that put the series into the mainstream, and 4 onwards just keep selling based on the success of 3. There's also Primal, but I think to this day that everyone still thinks that one was just an April Fools joke that hasn't been taken off of stores yet. Really letting that one linger, eh Ubisoft?
    I f$*king love the environments in this game!
    I've said it before and I'll say it again; open spaces with oversaturated colours and some real ambience are Gucci on crack. These tropical islands are my dream home. I could even put up with the rampaging monkey demons for a piece of real estate in Far Cry. And this extends into the actual foundations of the gameplay too.
    One of the major selling points of this game is its open, linear design. You traverse individual levels completing objectives from point A - B in a normal linear fashion, however any of the outdoors levels are wildly expansive. You can travel to islands with nothing on them, or follow beaches round to flank enemy camps, or just piss off and swim with some tropical fish. Evil scientists and rampaging monkey demons will probably just fix themselves anyway. That's probably just the way with scientists obsessed with chest day, and bloody bonobos. They have a complicated relationship. But weaving together beautiful world design and liberty in gameplay in this way is just a 1000 yeses in my book. And I wrote a book that simply said yes 1001 times. Best seller too!
    I also love the action set pieces in this game. A fight on a sinking boat, hang gliding over enemy camps, the world's worst turret section, and more can turn a generic shooter into an exciting, interactive action film. Other shooters need to learn this. Gameplay is vital, but context can make that gameplay feel way more investing and fun.
    It is with great sorrow, however, that I must now state that this is where the pros of this game end. Ain't got much of a narrative. It's only orders from other characters followed by a snarky remark by your character. An action movie through and through. Although that was hard to tell since there are no subtitles option in this game, and voices are part of the sound effects volume slider. It's bad enough that the guns are realistically loud so the slider needs to be turned way down to avoid giving yourself instant tinnitus-flavoured ramen. But the voices are already quiet at the top of the slider. Your companions prefer to vaguely and sexily whisper commands in your ear rather than just tell you what's going on. I'm into it, but I'm also very confused. I'm also confused about they just said as well...
    In an attempt to be make their stealth FPS a little more realistic they kinda f&%ked it up, and also forgot to put fun in the game. Yes, it is genuinely interesting that enemies have realistic vision and can spot you sneaking up on them in their peripheral unlike other stealth games. Unfortunately, after that point the game just breaks. Get spotted and all enemies on the map will be alerted. And they have aim tracking too so there's not much use in trying to hide again because I witnessed these people actually f&@king watching me through mountains. Yet a small bush will often confuse and scare a mercenary practically standing on top of you. At least this mercenary army isn't ableist. They take anyone with 20-20 vision, the completely blind AND the omniscient. So proud of these boys trying to murder me right now.
    Gunplay feels pretty bad too. To increase difficulty, they go with the tried and complete horsesh*t method of just bringing in new enemies that are increasingly health spongy. The last few levels also have a reliance on rocket launcher spamming. Yay, I hate both those methods. Those methods really date this game, huh. Remember when games thought rocket spam was legit? Gunplay just feels wrong too. Yes, it's tactical that your accuracy goes up as you crouch and prone. But damn is it no fun in the sections where you do have to keep moving and Jack seems to be holding his gun f&!king sideways! This area is where the game needs the most improvement.
    So besides enemies shooting me from beyond the max render distance, the game was on its way to greatness.
    I actually went Far without Crying out a pun.
    Wait
    sh*t    … Expand
  17. vaurne
    Dec 24, 2020
    7
    An incredible action-adventure. This game plays a lot like levels in a puzzle game. You must figure out where the enemies are, kill them, and move on. On your first playthrough, you will be intimidated by the first few missions due to it's open style of gameplay, but you will quickly get the hang of it. You will die lots of times too, and try the "level" again, until you can go on to theAn incredible action-adventure. This game plays a lot like levels in a puzzle game. You must figure out where the enemies are, kill them, and move on. On your first playthrough, you will be intimidated by the first few missions due to it's open style of gameplay, but you will quickly get the hang of it. You will die lots of times too, and try the "level" again, until you can go on to the next batch of gunmen to dodge and eliminate. The action is accompanied by an intriguing tale and okay characters, but the level design is truly outstanding.

    My only complaint about this game is that there a good amount of unfair, unfun, frustrating parts to the game. The gameplay becomes boring and frustrating at some points. The game progresses very blandly with a clear lack of emotion or plot connectivity.    … Expand
  18. hoanns
    Jun 5, 2020
    5
    Enemies start shooting you from 500m distance, and it didnt quite age so well I think
  19. SurujSingha
    May 8, 2020
    5
    Far Cry is an agonizingly difficult game where 2 shots could kill you and enemies could spot you from miles away. If you are a modern age gamer, do NOT buy it. The 89 rating from critics is irrelevant now because the gameplay mechanics is old by now. You cant do stealth either.
  20. Haboss
    Mar 11, 2020
    7
    This game is very hard.In a point where fun and satisfaction get absorbed out of the game.But it is quite good and strangely funny
    P.S.Stealth is not possible dont try it
  21. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    5
    Was alright, but not great, too simple not interesting gameplay..............
  22. coquedepor
    Dec 16, 2019
    7
    A Classic! I have completed it multiple times. It takes a little to get into the storyline, but once you are off to the jungle you cant stop playing.
  23. bocciardolight
    Dec 4, 2019
    7
    This game was an awesome start for the Far Cry Series. Going back to the roots and seeing where this series once started is really interesting.

    All in all it is a good game, but considering Half Life 2 was released in the same year, Far Cry had no comparable special game mechanics at all. Its is basically “Get from Point A to Point B and shot on the way”. A few more gameplay mechanics    This game was an awesome start for the Far Cry Series. Going back to the roots and seeing where this series once started is really interesting.

    All in all it is a good game, but considering Half Life 2 was released in the same year, Far Cry had no comparable special game mechanics at all. Its is basically “Get from Point A to Point B and shot on the way”. A few more gameplay mechanics would have been nice, because either way the story isn't really that intriguing.    … Expand
  24. SilverOrlov
    Oct 3, 2019
    7
    I really didn’t like this game ... Yes, I didn’t give it a low rating, because there were interesting moments and the general story and game-play were pleasant until a certain moment ... but then the author's brain was blown away and the whole monster's appearance killed the interest that went down the drain. And the very end was infuriated with the incredibly overpriced difficulty of theI really didn’t like this game ... Yes, I didn’t give it a low rating, because there were interesting moments and the general story and game-play were pleasant until a certain moment ... but then the author's brain was blown away and the whole monster's appearance killed the interest that went down the drain. And the very end was infuriated with the incredibly overpriced difficulty of the last zone and the completely useless and uninteresting ending when you climb the stairs ...it was stupid.… Expand
  25. Bottlecaps
    Apr 27, 2019
    6
    Far cry 1 is a hard game and is certainly for hardcore game fans, to me this game was frustrating both due to its difficulty and a few clunky game mechanics *disclaimer* i used the F CAM mod while playing this and it was my first time playing it . i did this mostly to fix the AI because it dose have an issue with its AI being aim bot wall hackers . so if you are gonna play far cry this isFar cry 1 is a hard game and is certainly for hardcore game fans, to me this game was frustrating both due to its difficulty and a few clunky game mechanics *disclaimer* i used the F CAM mod while playing this and it was my first time playing it . i did this mostly to fix the AI because it dose have an issue with its AI being aim bot wall hackers . so if you are gonna play far cry this is a must have mod.

    Story: the story is LAUGHABLY bad , feels like a bad spy movie from the 80s ( and i actually loved it ) the bad guys are clearly bad , the hero reluctant , the woman sexy and "bad ass" at least she would be if he Ai when she follows you was better, And of course the guy behind the computer telling you where to go. its no wonder there was a movie made of this game , and even less of a wonder that the movie is even worst . that being said its awful story is occasionally funny and can be mostly ignored.
    Story: 4/10

    World building: i think this games world is actually not bad despite its story , levels are designed really well, locations are beautiful. little touches like the mercs having nudie mags in their quarters. witch is a small detail that makes them feel like real people even if they are still just nameless henchmen. also there is alot of hang gliders so do they do sight seeing in their down time ?. there is enough enemy variety to show that the people do have different jobs even if they will all shoot at you.
    world building: 6.5/10

    Graphics: the graphics are a little dated but not so dated that it makes you want to play the game. this is due to cryteks skill as graphical designers even if their later game (crysis) has aged better. like i said locations are beautiful. guns look modern and on the back drop of a tropical island makes it feel a little sci fi , the game has a decent visual style even if it isnt super fitting to the setting.
    graphics: 8/10

    game play: the guns in this game feel great and are fun to use , the ragdoll physics have great player input to them and that makes the combat feel more satisfying. The driving also had some pretty good physics to it witch surprised me for a game that was released in 2004 . my gripes with the game are that it has a huge difficulty spike about half way through , when the targens show up ( these creatures that are basically mutants) the basic ones that run at you arnt a problem usually because they go down easy and usually have a lot of time to shoot them, and the ones that jump around might be a little hard to see some times but are no harder than the mercs . the worst ones are the invisible ones witch you need the heat seeking goggles for and the big bullet sponges with automatic rocket launchers witch arnt to hard if they come at you one at a time but there is multiple parts where you have to fight multiple and that is hair pullingly frustrating and those parts stealth is not an option. stealth is also pretty redundant through out the whole game even with the f cam mod.
    I luckily had quick saves because of the aforementioned F cam mod and i really dont think i could have beat the game with out it . i played the game on normal difficulty and i like to think im pretty decent at shooters and i still found that hard i cant imagine what its like on harder difficulty's. That being said i had fun i liked the challenge i wanted to Finnish this game
    gameplay: 7.3/10

    Sound design: music was really good BUT it was back wards The menu music was the best and combat tracks sounded forgettable if they just switched the 2 it would have been fine. voice acting was laughably bad at worst and at best awkward , or at worst awkward and at best laughably bad depending on the scale . and the laughably bad voice acting lends it self well to the laughably bad story so it works to some degree. The sound effects of the guns and explosions and basically all the game play sounds them self are really well done, guns are punchy and that's what you want.
    sound design: 6/10

    4+6.5+8+7.3+6=31.8
    31.8 /5 = 6.36/10
    this game definitely shows its age , especially with its out dated story and game mechanics but graphically its ahead of its time . some may think that a 6/10 is bad but i think even 6/10s are still worth a play and this game was a good start to the franchise as well as for crytek.    … Expand
  26. RazorSamurai
    Mar 31, 2019
    5
    вообще первое знакомство с фар краем было если не ошибаюсь когда дядя нам с старшим братом привез диски там была колда где фашики и фар край. фар край я вообще боялся играть потому что там просто в начальном уровне валялся скелет и были монстры да и ребенком я был ничего не понимающим.

    теперь в 2019 году я не знаю почему какое то чувство появилось ностальгии и решил глянуть на первую    вообще первое знакомство с фар краем было если не ошибаюсь когда дядя нам с старшим братом привез диски там была колда где фашики и фар край. фар край я вообще боялся играть потому что там просто в начальном уровне валялся скелет и были монстры да и ребенком я был ничего не понимающим.

    теперь в 2019 году я не знаю почему какое то чувство появилось ностальгии и решил глянуть на первую часть. из воспоминании осталось лишь скелет в первом уровне и монстры которые прыгают и ласт лвл его конструкция. я как не казуальный геймер выбрал сложность сложную выше нормы и погнал в путешествие. в начале все было нормально потом потихоньку жопа начинала подгорать. игра дико багованная, чуваки стреляют в тебя когда ты их даже не видишь и физический нормально не можешь увидеть потому что графика нормально не прорисовывает. чуваки стреляют в тебя когда ты стоишь в палатках или когда они стоят в палатках для них вообще не существует такой вещи как палатка они видят через неё. если запустить игру не в английском языке все бинды клавиш слетают и вообще не можешь ходить. сейвы делаются автоматический а в ручную нельзя и приходится заново заново играть проходить огромные промежутки до чекпоинтов а это пиздец. кат-сцены супер кринжовые, играешь не в какой то мрачный шутан а блять в кинокомедию. вождение машин катеров и лайнеров сделано супер уебищно что пиздец. игра не сбалансирована и сломана. но я всё таки её прошел. я бы наверное еще чего нибудь настрочил бы или вспомнил бы еще что-то он из-за склероза я всё позабыл.    … Expand
  27. Zeratex
    Feb 11, 2019
    7
    Farcry 1 is better than most other shooters in terms of story mode, it offers some characters you can actually care about and a pretty interesting events to unfold.
    But the problem is with its technical qualities, the game mechanics are clunky and the animation feels outdated for a 2004 game.
    The game offers a very nice mysterious island to explore with its gore and violent enemies, the    Farcry 1 is better than most other shooters in terms of story mode, it offers some characters you can actually care about and a pretty interesting events to unfold.
    But the problem is with its technical qualities, the game mechanics are clunky and the animation feels outdated for a 2004 game.
    The game offers a very nice mysterious island to explore with its gore and violent enemies, the A.I is pretty good.
    Its my favorite Far Cry game and after the 3rd one i gave up on this franchise.

    7/10    … Expand
  28. dakufex
    Feb 24, 2018
    7
    Pluses:
    - open maps with multiple paths leading to the goal
    - hand-gliders! :D - great atmosphere: open tropical islands / closed laboratories - good map design Minuses: - story interesting only at the beginning - awful cinematics (not talking about graphics) - shallow heroes without any personality. Sometimes cut scenes don't even have sense - some enemies are overpowered and    Pluses:
    - open maps with multiple paths leading to the goal
    - hand-gliders! :D
    - great atmosphere: open tropical islands / closed laboratories
    - good map design
    Minuses:
    - story interesting only at the beginning
    - awful cinematics (not talking about graphics) - shallow heroes without any personality. Sometimes cut scenes don't even have sense
    - some enemies are overpowered and annoying (chimps)
    - some specific locations are not well balanced    … Expand
  29. Tomle1202
    Jul 11, 2017
    7
    A stunning graphics presentation, Far Cry tries to hide its fairly average gameplay and laughable storyline behind some admittedly impressive visuals.
  30. Mahdiar
    Jul 6, 2016
    7
    Gameplay : 7
    Graphics : 8
    Story : 6
    Sound : 7
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    Overall : 7
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Awards & Rankings

10
#10 Best PC Game of 2004
5
#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
12
#12 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 72 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 72
  3. Negative: 0 out of 72
  1. Cheat Code Central
    90
    The game has plenty going for it. Most notably the AI which rivals just about any human that I've played against. What is most interesting is that the AI plays fair. It doesn't have ESP.
  2. ActionTrip
    91
    It's like being stranded right smack in the middle of an action-packed B grade movie, and while I'd probably fall asleep half way through the flick, I stayed wide awake and my adrenaline was pumping as mad while playing Far Cry.
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  3. GameBiz
    92
    Far Cry is the total package; outstanding gameplay, completely groundbreaking graphics, and a storyline and plot filled with surprises and heart pounding excitement.
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