Far Cry at best is a technological advancement for games. The lush tropical setting is shown off great, but is the beaut
Graphics: Wow. These graphics are pretty much the best I've seen besides Crysis(An upcoming game by Crytek, the makers of this.). The jungles are green and lush, the water is clear and blue, and the sand is white and realistic. These graphics are extremely immersive. You will find yourself just looking at the beautiful environment. The character models look sort of cartoonish, but they are quite detailed, so I can't complain. Another good visual part of the game is the draw distance. You can see 1.2km away. That is what I call far. Unfortunately, these amazing graphics also take an amazing PC to consider it extreme eye-candy. Sound:
The Sound is great. It is very nicely used to immerse the player in the jungle. But, I noticed some sounds were re-used countless times, and some of the sound was plain ugly. But oh well, this doesn't stop it from being bad.
Controls: The controls are pretty close to every other shooter. You'll find yourself clicking to shoot and holding down W, S, A, or D to move like normal, and I have no problem with that. The only problem I really have is pressing F to get in vehicles. This feels sorta awkward. Other than that, I have no problem.
Gameplay: Far Cry gives you different ways to play. Go Stealthy, Go All Out Guerilla. Well, it sort of does. The enemies have really frickin awesome eyes, so if you make one move, they’ll see it, and start shooting at you like no tomorrow, kind of making all of the foliage useless. This brings me to my next point: AI. They are just TOO smart. Add auto-saves that pop up every 20 minutes, and you have a frustrating, difficult, game. The weapons are good and accurate, and there’s quite a few of them too. Vehicles are in the game, but they’re close to useless considering the rough terrain of the island. Their handling is poor anyways though, so it isn’t really much that your missing out on. Swimming is fun to play around with in the game, and is better cover than the foliage when you are submerged. I am afraid I cannot critique the multiplayer, because of my firewall, and I have no idea to disable it, but I’ve heard that it really isn’t all that great. So, it’s probably not much that I’m missing out on.
Overall, Far Cry is a solid game that you’ll be coming back to several times, but only several times. Like I said, at best, Far Cry is a technological advancement for games. At $10.00 though, it’s an offer you can’t refuse.