You might know Far Cry as the franchise most responsible for making Ubisoft the way it is today. Assassin's Creed laid the groundwork, but Far Cry 2's large open world built the solid foundation, and you can make a strong argument that Far Cry 3 was the game that firmly codified the Modern Ubi Formula. But long ago there was a little German developer called Crytek with a big dream. They wanted to make an engine for a PC game that could let you see as far as they eye could see, and be as lush and beautiful as it was fun to play. And possibly melt your computer if it wasn't powerful enough. That's where Far Cry began. It was a big success – big enough for Ubi to snap up the IP for itself, and certainly successful enough for Crytek to make a spiritual successor, Crysis (which would most certainly melt your computer if it wasn't powerful enough.)
I've been meaning to give it another go, and this still very in-development mod that adds a bunch of tweaks and modernizations gives me the perfect excuse. So far it's been really good; that Far Cry mix of stealth and precision attacks still works great even in its infancy and gameplay has been fast and tight. Yes, I remember what happens in the second half, but hopefully it'll be much more bearable with knowledge and foresight. I'm impressed that people would actually take the time to polish this old game up and it's still fun as hell.
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Still my favourite of the series. Shame they steered away from the horror/monster aspects of the OG far cry
Extremely tight gunplay for it’s era. Outstanding production design.
Saying “the original xyz still holds up” and then ending with “use this mod to make it worth revisiting because it adds modern features” is contradictory.
Does the original hold up or does the mod make it worth replying, it’s one or the other no?
It was mind blowingly gorgeous on release. I loved the open jungle fighting then down underground in creepy tunnels and the gunfight on the aircraft carrier was epic!
Far Cry is one of my top 5 classic games.
What I like about the game to this day is the character design. The main villain was basically dressed in clothes normal people in that region would wear. All the warlords and such had various Nazi, biker, and military-like uniforms. Character design was a crucial part of the exposition for each faction I met in-game.
lol no
>You might know Far Cry as the franchise most responsible for making Ubisoft the way it is today.
Ubisoft didnt see a major impact from farcry until the thrid game, 4-5 years after they skyrocketed into their prime.
The games that made ubisoft were rainbow six 2 and assassins creed.
That being said farcry is a very good series.
The difficulty at the end of this game is nuts. So many rockets
FC2 was the first open world game I ever played and even today I am impressed by its visuals and how big the map seems. Unlike everyone who seem to love FC3, I am among those rare who still likes FC2 more(maybe due to nostalgia ig)
This game was a big deal when it came out. I mean it was one of the first open world shooters. The graphics were like a generation ahead of what others were achieving.
Back then PC gaming was pretty niche, but I was there day 1 blowing people away by this game.
The best thing was this was clearly a passion project from crytek, no dlc, no politics (except for being against big government viral research), no microtransactions, no BS. Just a game you could play and you owned the disc forever.
The open world stealth and tactical action was done better in this game than a lot of modern games funny enough. The atmosphere of the monster sections was also creepy and well done.
Far cry 2 is still one of my favorites.
The detail in the AI and the overall gameplay elements are just so damn good.
3 was sooo good. Except the 20 degree FOV. I swear I got motion sick on my ultrwide playing it.
I tried installing FC2 yesterday. It was so sad that it doesn’t run on this new machine.
I should get around to test the VR mod
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLNxqtKPEN0&ab_channel=ObscureNerdVR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLNxqtKPEN0&ab_channel=ObscureNerdVR)
A patch broke the AI giving it wallhacks, but theres a mod for that too.
Such good memories with this game. I remember it came out the same year as Half-Life 2, and I was blown away by the technology and open gameplay. 2004 was my personal high point year for PC games (me being 15 at the time definitely wasn’t the reason).
Far Cry 2 was a personal favorite, but I think the franchise peaked at 3. Been downhill ever since.
It’s just… meh?
I mean yeah, visuals are great for it’s time but all other stuff are just alright at best. There are lots of prehistoric era games that are really holding up today gameplay wise, but Far Cry is not in this list
Still have the box sitting on my shelf… well give this a try.
I have so much love for this game, but holy moly it is FUCKED UP. The back half of this game spikes in difficulty so severely as to be harder on normal mode than most any other shooters hardest difficulty.
The late game trigens are bullet sponges with guns in a game where hit trading is not a viable strategy. Checkpoints are incredibly inconsistent and lock you in with whatever health you have when the checkpoint activates (usually not much lol).
And oh my god the rocket stunlock. If an explosion occurs in the same ZIP code as you, you’re locked in place, the screen goes gray, and shakes violently. In a game where one of the enemy types is a giant bullet sponge mutant with a semi auto rocket launcher.
The final gauntlet feels like a borderline shitpost. Like Crytek is daring you to try and make it to the credits.
I love challenging myself, but the original Far Cry is genuinely the most ball busting game I’ve ever played. Still really like it though.
The original Far Cry wasn’t made by Ubisoft, it was made by Crytek (Crysis/Cryengine).
Ubisoft made them from Far Cry 2.
Even quite a few years after release, the first game was a marvel.
It doesn’t. The complete 2nd part of the Game is horrible.
It’s a really good game. I’ve replayed it during COVID, was awesome. Not as hard as I remembered it, but still pretty tough hehe.
By far the best entry in the series.
I remember liking the bump mapping and the cool jungle shadows. My brother beat it on the hardest difficulty really had to sneak around etc.
It came out between painkiller and doom3 so really filled that void waiting for doom3.
Far cry 2 best fire in any video game EVER. Absolutely goated.
Personally I loved Far Cry 2 the most, fire effects and enemies AI are ironically something I’m lookig forward to in todays Ubisoft games but they seems to go backwards. Far Cry 2 was the peak for me.
This game is and will always be awesome but damn is it hard.
I never played the first Far Cry, but I loved Crysis (even if it was kinda buggy sometimes). I wasn’t able to build a computer that could run it until about ten years after release (and it still couldn’t quite max out all the graphics settings, one of the few games I couldn’t max out on that system back then).
Crazy to think this used to be a innovative franchise. Now it’s one of the most conservative in gaming.
First game I booted up when I upgraded to an lcd monitor. Was amazing.
One thing that sticks out about this game, was the promise of the physics engine; and how environmental based destruction would be the future. It wasn’t the only one of course, but it’s kinda amazing that there’s stuff in this game that none of the sequels could replicate.
For me Far Cry 2 is the best one. I loved that game
Far Cry one was cool until the Aliens imo.
Played Far Cry 2 with the Redux mod recently and it’s great. Seeing the chaos of an African village engulfed in flames from what I’ve done was a 10/10 moment