A beautiful lush game full of life. Makes for great stealth play and finally a FPS where you make your own paths.
Stranded on an island, Carver must find out exactally whats going on, and find a way out. Easier said then done.
Fighting off soldigers at the begenning, zombies near the halfway mark, and diffrent mutated creatures later in the game, Farcry gives you relentless action from start to finish.
The graphice are nothing short of amazing. The new engine shines in the first of the series and gives the player a huge sense of freedom. The navigation radar shows you the destination, but you make the path. Run into a camp blind firing until you can make your way into a jeep and push the petal to the metal? Stealthy creep in the grass over to a watchtower with an unsuspecting sniper, kill him and take out the rest of the camp newly found sniper rifle? Or just stay as far away from the camp ass possible and grab a boat and head for the open rivers? It's all up to you.
The sounds are your average guns shots with backround sounds dubbed very well. The chatter between enemies is often hilarious, and you may find yourself listening to a group of enemies complain about their hygene or sleeping quarters before finishing them off.
The only gripe I could have with Farcry is that the beginning impresses you with good stealth mechanics, but then further into the game, it seems to get a bit more sloppy. Enemies somehow ALWAYS know where to find you in the brush and relentless checkpoints puts you down a hallway and the next corner has a rocket creature, ( almost looking like the one from DOOM ) that has you trying to dodge rockets fifty times in a row before you can land a few good gernades.
All that aside, the origional Farcry for PC is much past the newer commings in quality. No spamming with infinitive enemy spawnpoints and not telling you that it's impossible to kill them all. No ordering you around in a certain path with a grassy fence. You go wherever you want. Peroid. I would definately recommend it for playerd with higher end PCs because this is really a game to show off to you friends.