This game has such a great main menu theme. Still listen to it from time to time.
TheIncredibleHork
I think I got this when I updated my PC to a ~~BFG GeForce 8800 GTS~~. Great game but hard as hell.
Edit: So apparently I mandala effected myself and was playing this on a BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC. Still was a hell of an upgrade from whatever I previously had (ATI Rage 128 of some sorts or maybe a Radeon VE or 7000?) I got the BFG 8800 GTS later, also a great card.
Sabbathius
This was my “winter game” for many years. Whenever winter hit here in Canada, and it got cold and wet and dark and miserable, I’d install this and play the first few levels. The bright sunny ones, with warm sandy beaches, palm trees and clear blue water, and shooting mercs in the f***ing face. Good times.
Zagat117
Yup, Crytek. Pc gamers remember.
Elevator829
This game was way ahead of its time
Gamheroes
What a bunch of memories! I completed this at 100%
Fit_Ad9106
>Games will never be more realistic than this
– Me in 2004
Weather_No_Blues
Will always love the map creator. Very rare to be able to drop in and out of a map under edit. Maps always looked amazing with the scenery. Loved playing 4 player local on crazy homemade maps.
SHITBLAST3000
It’s still the best in the series. I wish it had a proper conclusion.
Blakey876
This game holds a special place in my heart. I built my very first PC for this game. My mum hated games and shouted at me for wasting my own money for even attempting to build a PC. Never the less at the age of 17 I researched and built it and got far cry to run. I remember my dad coming home from work and he burst into my room asking how the pc build went. I showed him the PC and I showed him the game and he was so proud of me. I miss my dad so much.
CndConnection
The demo melted my dad’s laptop back in the day lmao. Not literally but I could play the demo for like 5 mins at 10 fps and then the laptop overheated and shut off.
Esetter86
I remember saving up enough money to buy a 9800 pro and being completely mind blown with how good that the water especially, but everything looked. I feel old.
ccrbcc
20 years now?? I feel so old now
dancmanis
Most blown away with graphics I’ve ever been.
Ok_Custard89
The best Far Cry imo
CharlesBronsonsHair
crazy to think how much the games changed in 1, 2, and 3. Everything after 3 has basically been 3.
orucreiss
Seeing this game takes me back 20 years. I can hardly bear to look at it because it holds a special, yet painful memory for me. I was only 8 years old when my brother took me to his friend’s house. They locked me in a room, and for a while, no one came in. I remember enjoying myself, playing the game, unaware of what was about to happen. Then, my brother, his friend, and his friend’s mom came in and told me that my mother had passed away. As a child, I didn’t know how to react—I just remember us crying together.
So whenever I see Far Cry, it takes me back to that moment. Today, I saw this post about the game, and it happened again. I don’t know why, but I felt like sharing this here—maybe because it feels like a way to keep the memory of my mom alive, to honor what little I knew of her.
Parasitisch
Man, the first mission where you encounter Trigens…
TheRealPhoenix182
Yeah, yeah whatever.
Alsome: (reinstalls)
Scrollsy
The REAL farcry. The monster-turning farcry that started it all and then they never used that game feature again
Snooch_Nooch
To me, this will always be the golden era of first person shooters. Within the span of a year, we got Doom 3, Far Cry, Half-Life 2 and F.E.A.R., plus Halo 2 on Xbox! I really miss the AAA linear shooters, everything has to be open world now and it’s getting really old.
Eyewatchapplesauce
I miss bright and clear games. All these new fps games are covered with haze, fog and nasty ass colors (looking at you warzone)
huxtiblejones
You could not believe how outrageously beautiful this game was back then. Crysis was also fucking mind blowing.
JohnhojIsBack
Highest effort r/ gaming post
wwarhammer
I loved this game up until the moment them mutant things started shooting rockets at me. It was cool to sneak around with the mp5sd and headshot the enemy mercs.
csamsh
Still my favorite of the series. Would love to see Far Cry do another open/linear game with discrete levels. 04 is my favorite year ever for gaming- FarCry, Doom 3, HL2. I had just built a new PC, I was 15, and life was good.
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This game has such a great main menu theme. Still listen to it from time to time.
I think I got this when I updated my PC to a ~~BFG GeForce 8800 GTS~~. Great game but hard as hell.
Edit: So apparently I mandala effected myself and was playing this on a BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC. Still was a hell of an upgrade from whatever I previously had (ATI Rage 128 of some sorts or maybe a Radeon VE or 7000?) I got the BFG 8800 GTS later, also a great card.
This was my “winter game” for many years. Whenever winter hit here in Canada, and it got cold and wet and dark and miserable, I’d install this and play the first few levels. The bright sunny ones, with warm sandy beaches, palm trees and clear blue water, and shooting mercs in the f***ing face. Good times.
Yup, Crytek. Pc gamers remember.
This game was way ahead of its time
What a bunch of memories! I completed this at 100%
>Games will never be more realistic than this
– Me in 2004
Will always love the map creator. Very rare to be able to drop in and out of a map under edit. Maps always looked amazing with the scenery. Loved playing 4 player local on crazy homemade maps.
It’s still the best in the series. I wish it had a proper conclusion.
This game holds a special place in my heart. I built my very first PC for this game. My mum hated games and shouted at me for wasting my own money for even attempting to build a PC. Never the less at the age of 17 I researched and built it and got far cry to run. I remember my dad coming home from work and he burst into my room asking how the pc build went. I showed him the PC and I showed him the game and he was so proud of me. I miss my dad so much.
The demo melted my dad’s laptop back in the day lmao. Not literally but I could play the demo for like 5 mins at 10 fps and then the laptop overheated and shut off.
I remember saving up enough money to buy a 9800 pro and being completely mind blown with how good that the water especially, but everything looked. I feel old.
20 years now?? I feel so old now
Most blown away with graphics I’ve ever been.
The best Far Cry imo
crazy to think how much the games changed in 1, 2, and 3. Everything after 3 has basically been 3.
Seeing this game takes me back 20 years. I can hardly bear to look at it because it holds a special, yet painful memory for me. I was only 8 years old when my brother took me to his friend’s house. They locked me in a room, and for a while, no one came in. I remember enjoying myself, playing the game, unaware of what was about to happen. Then, my brother, his friend, and his friend’s mom came in and told me that my mother had passed away. As a child, I didn’t know how to react—I just remember us crying together.
So whenever I see Far Cry, it takes me back to that moment. Today, I saw this post about the game, and it happened again. I don’t know why, but I felt like sharing this here—maybe because it feels like a way to keep the memory of my mom alive, to honor what little I knew of her.
Man, the first mission where you encounter Trigens…
Yeah, yeah whatever.
Alsome: (reinstalls)
The REAL farcry. The monster-turning farcry that started it all and then they never used that game feature again
To me, this will always be the golden era of first person shooters. Within the span of a year, we got Doom 3, Far Cry, Half-Life 2 and F.E.A.R., plus Halo 2 on Xbox! I really miss the AAA linear shooters, everything has to be open world now and it’s getting really old.
I miss bright and clear games. All these new fps games are covered with haze, fog and nasty ass colors (looking at you warzone)
You could not believe how outrageously beautiful this game was back then. Crysis was also fucking mind blowing.
Highest effort r/ gaming post
I loved this game up until the moment them mutant things started shooting rockets at me. It was cool to sneak around with the mp5sd and headshot the enemy mercs.
Still my favorite of the series. Would love to see Far Cry do another open/linear game with discrete levels. 04 is my favorite year ever for gaming- FarCry, Doom 3, HL2. I had just built a new PC, I was 15, and life was good.
This game blew my mind first time playing