• Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Mar 23, 2004
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  1. 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    But the problem is with its technical qualities, the game mechanics are clunky and the animation feels outdated for a 2004 game.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    But the problem is with its technical qualities, the game mechanics are clunky and the animation feels outdated for a 2004 game.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
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  2. Sep 18, 2021
    7
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  3. Oct 14, 2021
    7
    nice job for 2004 but it fastly gets boring .
  4. 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 :)
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  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
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  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. May 26, 2022
    7
    Вернули бы вы меня в 2004 год Я бы охерел просто сколько было потовых тайтлов пацаны не то что сейчас
  13. 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.
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  14. 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.
  15. BobD.
    Apr 12, 2004
    6
    Could have been a great game with one simple addition: quick-save/load. As is, it's a frustrating exercise in tedium as you play the same areas over and over and over and over and over and.... At this point (after one play-through), I've got the entire game memorized. It's unlikely I'll ever play it again. Game developers: read my virtual lips: GIVE US QUICK SAVE & Could have been a great game with one simple addition: quick-save/load. As is, it's a frustrating exercise in tedium as you play the same areas over and over and over and over and over and.... At this point (after one play-through), I've got the entire game memorized. It's unlikely I'll ever play it again. Game developers: read my virtual lips: GIVE US QUICK SAVE & QUICK LOAD for single-player FPS games! The game's also a serious resource hog. I frequently needed to drop my (very high-end) system down to a resolution of 1024x768 to get a decent frame rate. In summary, it's almost as disappointing as XIII (but not quite). Looks nice, though. Expand
  16. Philuhhuh
    Sep 11, 2006
    6
    Simply an average shooter: average guns, average story, average vehicles, average AI. The only "novelty", if you can call it that, are the (formerly) great graphics, which do not look as good as as the Doom 3 engine and do not scale near as well as the Source engine.
    The story is tired and predictable (come on, monsters? Originality please...) and for some unholy reason there is no
    Simply an average shooter: average guns, average story, average vehicles, average AI. The only "novelty", if you can call it that, are the (formerly) great graphics, which do not look as good as as the Doom 3 engine and do not scale near as well as the Source engine.
    The story is tired and predictable (come on, monsters? Originality please...) and for some unholy reason there is no quicksave. I know this makes it "easier" to mak a half-dozen console ports which result in increased revenue, but think of the gamer, please.
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  17. Rebmes
    Apr 3, 2008
    6
    Even in 2008, the graphics and setting are beautiful, compared to all the other games where everything happens in corridors and narrow streets and industrial areas. Unique combat styles where the AI has various strategies to try to take you down; have you ever fought in a jungle before on a 3d FPS?? Not like this. However, like some have said before me, this gets repetitive very quickly, Even in 2008, the graphics and setting are beautiful, compared to all the other games where everything happens in corridors and narrow streets and industrial areas. Unique combat styles where the AI has various strategies to try to take you down; have you ever fought in a jungle before on a 3d FPS?? Not like this. However, like some have said before me, this gets repetitive very quickly, and as soon as you enter the good old corridors and hangars, the game gets boring as hell. Find key, use key, find escape, find bomb, use bomb, find escape. Extremely boring storyline and plot delivery. Also, the whole combat system gets repetitive quickly, out in the jungle. Often times there are so many enemies; as soon as you shoot one they all shoot you, so you memorize and use the same strategy to kill them every time, or you die. Great game if you like simple shooters where all you do is kill die kill die kill die, horrible game if you like to get involved with a storyline or varied/original gameplay. Expand
  18. DickT
    Jun 2, 2009
    6
    This game is more a lesson in how much frustration you can take than how a good the game is. Playing this game on "medium" is = to playing most other games on the hardest levels. And there's 3 other higher difficulty levels! The human enemies aren't that tough, they just have ridiculous accuracy. The mutants can kill you with one swipe and can jump around 50 ft. The rocket armed This game is more a lesson in how much frustration you can take than how a good the game is. Playing this game on "medium" is = to playing most other games on the hardest levels. And there's 3 other higher difficulty levels! The human enemies aren't that tough, they just have ridiculous accuracy. The mutants can kill you with one swipe and can jump around 50 ft. The rocket armed super mutant is tough as nails. It seems that the makers just wanted to see how hard and frustrating they could make a game. The auto save is crap - you'll find yourself replaying scenes 10+ times because of it. The right click zoom is buggy, and the rocket launcher has to be SUPER accurate to hit anything. Lastly, the "run meter" lasts 11 SECONDS. It's RIDICULOUS! Oh, and driving the vehicles is darn near impossible. So there you go. If you're a masochist...enjoy. Expand
  19. Groundfisher
    Jul 13, 2004
    6
    Just an average fps with beautiful graphics and no save game feature. Unfortunately, your computer is unlikely to be powerful enough to play the game at max settings. After all the hype, very disappointing.
  20. Jan 1, 2012
    6
    Far Cry is the classic example of a great idea with poor execution. At first glance and play-through it appears to be a fairly solid FPS with some beautiful locales, but the more you play the more you tarnish the original appearance. The main problem stems from some really bad enemy AI and a really difficult few levels that round off the end of the game. Even on the default difficultyFar Cry is the classic example of a great idea with poor execution. At first glance and play-through it appears to be a fairly solid FPS with some beautiful locales, but the more you play the more you tarnish the original appearance. The main problem stems from some really bad enemy AI and a really difficult few levels that round off the end of the game. Even on the default difficulty setting (there are 5 in total) you can expect to die quite a bit. Your character can only sustain a small barrage of gunfire before buying the farm. This is not helped by the 1 hit kills from sniper rifle and rocket launcher wielding enemies.

    Also some of the final levels in the game are unfairly difficult, to the point of just being frustrating and not fun at all. It's a real shame because when the game falls into place and you're lying in the bushes, picking off a group of thugs with your sniper rifle, you'll no doubt love and enjoy Far Cry. It's just a shame that its shortcomings aren't as few and far between.
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  21. May 31, 2015
    6
    The graphics are outstanding, even for 2015, absolutely beautiful. The story is interesting. After that things go downhill for me. The script is awful. The voice acting is lame. The absolutely worst thing for me is the combat. The AI are ridiculously accurate with their guns at loooong distances. I can't even see where they are half the time. Low crawling in the bush to avoidThe graphics are outstanding, even for 2015, absolutely beautiful. The story is interesting. After that things go downhill for me. The script is awful. The voice acting is lame. The absolutely worst thing for me is the combat. The AI are ridiculously accurate with their guns at loooong distances. I can't even see where they are half the time. Low crawling in the bush to avoid detection is a joke.The binocs help, a little, but not much. The game difficulty settings are stupid. "Easy"? You got to be frigging kidding me. Thank God I have a trainer to make the game a little more enjoyable. Otherwise I'd have to s*** can this game out of pure frustration. I've been playing shooters for 30 years and I know the difference between easy and hard. The game developer evidently doesn't. Expand
  22. Nov 26, 2012
    6
    This game can die in a fire. For 2004 the graphics would have been incredible, but there are major issues with playability. The final 1.4.0 patch broke lots of the physics so enemies will see you and kill you from miles away and through tents. You will randomly get completely stuck on stairs or even the smallest jut in the terrain. You will get stuck on some sections for hours, replayingThis game can die in a fire. For 2004 the graphics would have been incredible, but there are major issues with playability. The final 1.4.0 patch broke lots of the physics so enemies will see you and kill you from miles away and through tents. You will randomly get completely stuck on stairs or even the smallest jut in the terrain. You will get stuck on some sections for hours, replaying dozens of times because of the bulls*#$. The vehicle physics SUCK. The only reason I finished this game was to finish the "story", but I wanted to put a bullet in my head quite a few times while trying to figure out a way around some of the malarkey. No way this is an 89/100. Expand
  23. 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.
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  24. Jun 7, 2021
    6
    The ambient graphics look very nice for a game from 2004. Very unintuitive game. Missions are very repetitive.
  25. NotResponsible
    Jul 3, 2007
    5
    All it is is a rip off of the source engine and Half-Life 2 as a jungle.
  26. DerekG.
    May 30, 2006
    5
    Possibly the most disappointing game in history. How could anyone, especially a journalist with any integrity, call this game perfect? The AI is as dumb as any others, the graphics constantly glitch out on my high-end system, even on the lowest possible settings..the story is really truly dull and cliche, and the graphics pale in comparison to the likes of Doom 3, Half-Life 2, and even Possibly the most disappointing game in history. How could anyone, especially a journalist with any integrity, call this game perfect? The AI is as dumb as any others, the graphics constantly glitch out on my high-end system, even on the lowest possible settings..the story is really truly dull and cliche, and the graphics pale in comparison to the likes of Doom 3, Half-Life 2, and even Call of Duty 2. Expand
  27. ChristopherS.
    Feb 17, 2007
    5
    Farcry took the game world by storm a few years back and to be honest I never really understood why. The much lauded AI is barely average and consists mainly of eagle eye sharpshooting, kamikaze charges and body armor. Character animation is comically bad and the voice acting is atrocious. Yes the tropical landscapes are beautiful and vast and the water looks wonderful unfortunately a lot Farcry took the game world by storm a few years back and to be honest I never really understood why. The much lauded AI is barely average and consists mainly of eagle eye sharpshooting, kamikaze charges and body armor. Character animation is comically bad and the voice acting is atrocious. Yes the tropical landscapes are beautiful and vast and the water looks wonderful unfortunately a lot of the action takes place indoors where things look decidedly ordinary. As for performance I hope your computer is a scorcher because this game will bring even top quality rigs to their knees. Expand
  28. Al
    Nov 24, 2008
    5
    It came out in 2004 along with HL2 and Doom 3. However just like Doom 3, the graphics is all it really had to offer. Wasn't bad at the beginning with the jungle, however as soon as I saw those ridiculously looking mutant monster things, my god...that's when I couldn't bother anymore and stopped playing. They look really lame. The gameplay like Doom 3 is pretty linear as you It came out in 2004 along with HL2 and Doom 3. However just like Doom 3, the graphics is all it really had to offer. Wasn't bad at the beginning with the jungle, however as soon as I saw those ridiculously looking mutant monster things, my god...that's when I couldn't bother anymore and stopped playing. They look really lame. The gameplay like Doom 3 is pretty linear as you go from one place to the next killing the same idiotic mercenaries (even trying to play stealthily is boring). The voice acting is horrendously exaggerated and annoyingly bad, not to mention the story line which is the kind of material we've all heard before. My initial thoughts of playing the game were positive but they slowly went down as I went from one place to the next and it went way down when I came across those mutants. They tried to create fear but pretty much failed as it was cheesy. Like some Saturday morning cartoon creature mutant. Anyway, for a 2004 game it cannot in anyway be compared to the perfection of HL2 and what it had to offer, from amazing graphics to it's in depth story and convincing voice acting. HL2 is something which still holds up in 2008....Far Cry however I'm afraid does not. Expand
  29. HarmL.
    Apr 21, 2004
    5
    I hate the multi player part. Got shot by some 'very good invisible' soldiers and then thrown out of multyplayer because I should have been cheeting (says punkbuster). This is not only frustrating, I am total;y pist off. I shall not buy again a game of this stupid firm and shall not trust punkbuster ever again!.
  30. Aug 24, 2011
    5
    pretty mediocre game, somewhat enjoyable, gets really repetitive, i dont see what all the fuss is about this game. not only that, but the AI is ridiculous, and i think theres actually a term "Far Cry vision" for how they are. apparently, they all have x-ray-teloscopic-homing vision and have aimbot on, so even when you have a bunch of bushes and the like in the way, and you cant see thepretty mediocre game, somewhat enjoyable, gets really repetitive, i dont see what all the fuss is about this game. not only that, but the AI is ridiculous, and i think theres actually a term "Far Cry vision" for how they are. apparently, they all have x-ray-teloscopic-homing vision and have aimbot on, so even when you have a bunch of bushes and the like in the way, and you cant see the enemy, they can somehow see you and blast you to death from a mile away... Expand
Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 72 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 72
  2. 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. 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.
  3. 92
    Far Cry is the total package; outstanding gameplay, completely groundbreaking graphics, and a storyline and plot filled with surprises and heart pounding excitement.