This is why you shouldn't wear Hawaïan shirts...

User Rating: 9.3 | Far Cry PC
The graphics are wonderful, astonishing in fact, the AI is great and man did I have fun sneaking around and taking out every single mercenary on the islands.

Actually this was the first game I installed on my new system (XPS600) after I've been playing a few levels on my old Dell Dimension 8200. What a difference! Now I could see grass moving in the wind and much more detailed objects and besides that a highly improved frame rate. I remember at the very beginning I jumped when a shadow dropped on me, quickly I turned, looked up, turned again, but saw nothing, nothing but a palm tree... then it came to me, it was the shadow of one of the palm leaves that dropped on me. This I didn't have on my old 8200, so it was a complete new experience and worth it to start all over to not miss out on any of the eye-candy. (I had planned to copy my saved game to the XPS at first).

Story: You're Jack, you're boat was blown up by a rocket launcher and now you're stranded on an island group. It's clear you're not alone and that your presence is not appreciated. Find yourself a weapon fast, keep your head down and don't make too much noise. A few flashbacks will tell you more about your background.

Game-play: When you draw attention to yourself the mercenaries come looking for you, don't try to be smart, when on a beach, to hide on another island, these guys can swim too! When in the woods, they'll try to close you in. So take 'm out fast, or try to sneak past 'm, which I found difficult at some times. I killed them all, I don't like to be attacked from behind nor to be able to fall back far enough to hide from new enemies.

You can drive jeeps and boats. Take out drivers and gunners from other vehicles and take 'm over when your own vehicle is damaged too much.

Start wondering: Why are there dozens of mercenaries around these islands, what's so important, what's there that must not be revealed?