Whats the best Far Cry game?

@jun_aka_pekto said:

I wish Ubisoft kept the map system of FC2. It's much more convenient.

It's a system I really liked, and it didn't break game immersion.

Just because they are almost functionally identical doesn't mean the core of the game set forth is as good as the last.

The first.

yeah I liked far cry instincts too Indy best game I ever played on the original Xbox.

@jun_aka_pekto: Interesting, I played about ten hours of 4 and was constantly bumping into firefights. Perhaps I'll try playing it again some time.

I have the original version for my Xbox. It's my favorite game in the series. I liked it better then the original Far Cry. Wished the rest of the series was like that game the feral abilities is awesome.

The karma fights? I heard gunfire some distance away, not right where I am. Most of the time, I ignore them unless I'm short on cash.

I also kept my distance from the road to avoid ambushes from pick up trucks with heavy machine guns.

The best way to get around is of course, the Buzzer.

The first one, a.k.a the Crysis prototype.

I only played 2 and 3 but I enjoyed FC2 the most.

Im a PC gamer. but I prefer Far cry 3 over 1 because Far cry 1 was only good for first half. the second half is so bad that it overshadow the greatness of first half.

luckily Crytek improve with Crysis and that game was masterpiece. and much improvement over far cry 1.

Crysis had it's own problems. While you're given options, stealth is basically always the best one. It had a shitty on the rails and flying sequence in the second half, albeit short.

This is still light years ahead of the shit in Crysis 2, ofc.

Not me. I still have my original 5-CD Far Cry PC game. It was the best for a while because I skipped FC2. When FC3 came out, I thought it was the best. It replaced Far Cry and Crysis/Warhead as my go-to FPS game. Then, FC4 came out with improved game mechanics over FC3. FC4 became my favorite and the current champ among them. Then, I finally bought FC2.

My standings still stand: FC4 > FC3 > FC1 > FC2.

Although FC2 is last, there are many aspects of it I like that I wish were implemented on the later FC games.

Trick question, none of them are go....na im playing lol, uh I only really properly finished the first 2. As I got bored a few hours into Far Cry 3 and noticed "um it's the fucking Ubisoft game" and said no thanks.

I guess 1 is better than 2, but one has that awful 2nd half. Which I'm more willing to tolerate with Crysis, because the Aliens suck, but they aren't full on the worst shit ever like The Trigun. Far Cry 2 was garbo, like I get the weird cult love for that game for its disempowerment through mechanics, and I'd almost think that's a neat idea, if the entire game wasn't complete shit barrel you know. I mean that game was such a fucking bore to play, it had an obvious faction system that should have been in the game but clearly didn't make the finishing cut, and egad some of those mission designs.

So yeah none of them are good out of the ones I played. Far Cry 1 is half a good game, and Far Cry 2 is shit.

Maybe 3 corrected this, but I'm in no hurry to give that game a proper 2nd attempt.

for once i agree with you my friend.

this is one of the most boring and dull franchise ever which had potential but always wasted

Far cry 1: Amazing game until second half, trigens came in. worst enemies of all time and ruined the entire game. thus making second half so bad that it even overshadow the good of first half. luckily crytek improve greatly on Crysis 1 and become one of the GOAT FPS.

Far cry 2: Poor mans Stalker. great idea. terrible execution. basically just maleria simulator with driving and driving.

Far cry 3: Show us Vaas as Next best thing as Villain. only end up secondary villain for first half and thus ruined the experience. plus too many long unskippable cutscene of TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE STORY!. villans are cool and heroes are annoying here.

Far cry 4: FC3 copy and paste. lazy design

Far cry primal: again FC3 copy and paste but by removing guns and give stone and arrows.

so after comparing all of em. far cry 3 is least terrible game and is decent game in series. just like assassins creed 4 is only decent game in AC series.

**** that, I take it back. Far Cry 3 is a masterpiece, and Far Cry 4 is the Citizen Kane of gaming. It's the game Half Life 2 should have been, actually good.

I never understand why people post citizen kane as positive or holy grail in movies.

citizen kane is very overrated imo.

Blood Dragon.

They evolved that into Crysis, because Far Cry was bought up by Ubisoft.

Crytek kept that same sort of system with Crysis, however.

Only from screenshots. I thought the same way on Day 1 of FC4 until I actually played it.

You'll never see these in Far Cry 3. ;)

Take the fight to the pesky choppers.

You're not safe (from animals) in vehicles anymore.

Also, if you noticed..... No UI, no HUD on some.

I wish FC 3 Had the graphics of FC 4 and the HUD/map system of FC 2 with the animal A.i. of FC Primal. Top it off with VR support and I'd be a happy gamer ...for a while. although the stupidly fortified bases thing needs to stop, it's so unrealistic, I'd rather just do some non linear missions like in Fallout 3/4 that don't involve attacking a base.

Farcry series needs a good modding community and Ubi should support that like Bethesda does with their games. It sucks when developers get so many things right but just enough things wrong that it can kill immersion and long term gameplay value without some good mods to alter it up. Imo, Mods are what saved Fallout and TES series Imo

I have only played 1 and Blood Dragon. So I will go with Blood Dragon.

Explain. I thought it was an excellent commentary on monsters and the West.

Well, this is just me (major keyword, don't take this as me ragging on the game as it's based on a playthrough I watched of it), but it's really how they went about it in seeing what Jason experiences. Like in the BAD ending (and how he achieves that), and certain boss fights.

So even taking what you said into consideration, it's just something I avoid for my own mental health.

I think I'm one of the few people in the world that enjoys Far Cry 3 for it's story (in addition to the gameplay). I honestly thought, given the progression of Brody towards becoming a monster, the only true ending for the game was the "bad" one. There is no redemption for him. The arbitrary "choice" at the end just defeats the entire buildup of the "insanity" theme.

In my first playthrough of the game, I found myself becoming more ruthless and accustomed to the violence as time went on. I was becoming a monster along with Brody, and I thought that was brilliant on behalf of the developers. Very similar feeling to the ending of Spec Ops: The Line.

Yeah I find it funny that Crytek used these similar abilities for the Crysis series but never Ubisoft for their current Far Cry games even though they made Instincts themselves.

Problem I have, none of them are likable in the first place, and it basically stays that way. You have ignorant, bratty, rich Americans coming to a place they are totally ignorant of, thinking the world is a big play-toy (similar to The Beach), and then they get their just deserts.,

In something like District 9 the protagonist is a dick, cowardly and seems as dumb as a rock, but you get a gradual, believable transition as he goes from just trying to get out of the situation to sacrificing himself. When he halts in the mech while being taunted, he reflects and becomes a better person in the space of about 3 seconds. The audience gets it, it's earned. He changes his perspective of the world and is now truly the hero of the story.

In Far Cry 3. within the first 5 minutes, some black guy who's probably lived there forever, declares you his white magical god to go about saving them and within a few days you master the island and become Jesus in tune with the simplstic, beast like ways of the natives. It's probably not the best sign in the world when you're rooting for Vaas.

I don't like Jason Brody as a protagonist. I like Jason Brody as a villain. Which is why I think the only ending the player should get is the "bad" ending. It makes sense. The "good" ending is just Western hero culture personified. Brody isn't a hero. He's a disgusting piece of shit that did horrible things to "free" his friends. He deserves what he gets in the "bad" ending.

You know that is interesting. I thought Crytek developed Instincts, but it looks like Ubisoft did. That's kind of weird. Lol

I don't blame you since they have Crytek's name on the cover. My guess is and I could be wrong here but it could be because FC Instincts used the CryEngine, Ubisoft put Crytek's name on the game's cover since they are responsible for the game's graphics.

I don't mind Jason being a dick. But, when he gave that little speech/pep talk in front of all the natives, I was like, "Oh, brother. How silly can this get?" ;)

Farcry 1

FC3

Just another alt necro bump, so let's put this one back into the bin.