Far Cry is an average game, but, it has its fun moments.
Once again, you're Jack Carver, a freelance boat charter in the Pacific. One day, a beautiful woman named Kade asks Carver to get her to an island, where Pirates are shipping weapons and such, and get a weapon shipment. Natives of the area start attacking, and it’s now your job to escape the island, and do your job. Sounds okay, but the cutscenes that help you progress in the story are hard to follow. You also have Feral Powers, which were given to you in Far Cry Instincts, which was released on the Xbox and Xbox 360. Players who are new to the Far Cry Series, aka, this is their first Far Cry Game that they've played, will have no idea how these powers came to be. Graphics:
Many people say that the graphics in this game are terrible. I, personally just think they're average. The trees, sand, buildings, vehicles, lighting, and most of the weapons look fine. The water is sub-par, and the character models are blocky, re-used, and overall, just look terrible.
Sound:
This is one of the better parts of the game. The voice acting is acceptable, and the music is sort of cool. The only problem I have with the audio is that it just randomly pops in and out at times. This is annoying because the music is sort of techno-ish, which can be cool at times, but sometimes can ruin the moment.
Controls:
This is definitely one of the highlights of the game. A summary of the controls is that they are responsive and easy to use. To throw a grenade, you must pull back the nunchuk and throw. This is quite realistic, and fun to do. Jumping is to flick the nunchuk, waving the nunchuk in the air heals you if hurt, and to slash at enemies, you flick the Wiimote. Everything else, like shooting, is done by pressing on the buttons. The only problem I have with the controls is to aim. To go into aim mode, you must thrust the Wiimote forward. This is incredibly annoying and frustrating to do, so I recommend not trying to go into aim mode.
Gameplay:
Far Cry Vengeance is a port of Far Cry Instincts Evolution for the Xbox and the Evolution section of Far Cry Instincts Predator for the Xbox 360. In the title of the game, there is no “Instincts” subtitle. This means it is not entirely part of the Instincts series, and it shows. In the game, you do have Feral Powers, which was what the Instincts Series was mainly about, but it has been drastically downgraded. In the Instincts Series, you could use your Feral Powers any time you want, with the press of a button. Now, you must keep on killing, and killing, and killing, to get your predatorine meter up, which in turn, lets you use the Feral Powers. This was a bad idea. It takes FOREVER to get it up, so there’s really no point in putting Feral Powers in it anyways. The Level Design is good, and it stays with the games Jungle/Island theme, so I can’t argue about that. The levels are large, full of enemies and objectives. There is a good amount of weapons in the game, which is mainly your basic pistol, SMG, Sniper, and Rocket Launcher. However, there is a new weapon, the Magnum. It’s extremely accurate and powerful. There are vehicles in the game, like Water Scooters, Boats, and Humvees to drive, but it’s pretty pointless considering there are trees everywhere. The AI is a major disappointment in the game. In Far Cry for the PC, and the Instincts Series for the Xboxes, the AI was ridiculously smart. They could see just about every move you make, would flank, call in more Mercs, and more. Now, they do barely any of that. Technically, they take it upon themselves to kill you, meaning they don’t call in more enemies, they don’t flank, and they certainly can’t see everything you do. This makes the game much easier. Because of the AI, you can go out there guns blazing, while in the past FC games, you would have found yourself depending on stealth many times. Ubisoft has added 3 new levels to the campaign, which are fairly good, but it would have been better if we had gotten a whole new game. Multiplayer in the game is quite dull. It only supports 2 Player, and only has a standard Deathmatch Mode (Under the name Chaos). The map editor that made the multiplayer in past versions so great is nowhere to be found. Overall, Far Cry Vengeance is an average game. At $20.00, its an acceptable price, but its mainly worth a rent.