Pick of the Month: Far Cry
Game Type:Action
Platform: PC
Developer: Crytek
Publisher UbiSoft
Rating: M for Mature
TORONTO, Digital Journal — Like many shooters, you start Far Cry indoors. Then, after gathering up a few items and your first gun, you go outside.
It’s about this point you’ll need to pick your jaw off the floor.
The game claims to have a 1.2 virtual mile draw distance. I believe it, so will you. You will be blown away at how alive the tropic island of the games feel, with thick foliage to can hide in, a shore that displays small islands in the distance and sunlight that streams down through the trees.
While you might be tempted to hit the beach for a tan, you’ll have to outwit homicidal mercenaries and mutant beasties instead. Your enemies are very smart, using cover and group tactics to find you. A macho head-on approach will work, but the stealthy will get a thrill from creeping around in the bushes.
The game is pretty good, but I should take a moment to sting Far Cry for not including a Quick Save feature (Auto-saves only), and go on to say it’s like somebody filled a shopping cart with parts of all the best shooters when making the game; Halo‘s weapon system and vehicles, Half-life‘s nasty critters and Doom‘s pure madness. To top it all off, they baked all these ingredients in a killer new game engine that I hope gets licensed to everyone. There is so much potential here, especially for Ghost Recon-style games.
You’ll need a powerful machine (2 GB, P4 recommended), but if you’ve got it, feed it Far Cry. Now.
JUST OUT:
- Van Helsing (PlayStation 2)
- Transformers (PlayStation 2)
- Red Dead Revolver (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Shrek 2: The Game (Xbox, PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2)
- Rallisport Challenge II (Xbox)
- Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (PlayStation 2)
- Samurai Warriors (PlayStation 2)
- City of Heroes (PC)
- Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots (PC)
- Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle (PC)
- Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
- Hitman: Contracts (Xbox, PlayStation 2)
- Manhunt (PC, Xbox)
- Eye Toy: Groove
COMING SOON:
- Warlords: Battlecry III (PC) 5/7/2004
- Custom Robo (GameCube) 5/10/2004
- Alias (PC) 5/11/2004
- Future Tactics: The Uprising (PlayStation 2) 5/6/2004
- Future Tactics: The Uprising (GameCube, Xbox) 5/11/2004
- Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums (GameCube) 5/20/2004
- Delta Force: Black Hawk Down Platinum (PC) 5/11/2004
- True Crime: Streets of LA (PC) 5/11/2004
- Battlefield 1942: World War II Anthology (PC) 5/17/2004
- Thief: Deadly Shadows (PC, Xbox) 5/25/2004
- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (PlayStation 2) 5/31/2004
- Steel Battalion (Xbox) 5/19/2004
- Metal Slug 3 (Xbox) 5/19/2004
Release Dates Subject to Change.
