Far Cry 1 is a first person shooter video game developed by Crytek Studios and published by Ubisoft on March 23, 2004, for Microsoft Windows.
Far Cry sold 730,000 units within four months of release. It received
positive reviews upon release. The original game has since spawned a
series of sequels and spin off games and a movie. Far Cry isn't just a
stunning technical accomplishment. It's quite possibly the best single player first person shooter experience for the PC since Half Life.
Far
Cry game's story follows a former U.S. Army Special Forces operative
Jack Carver, who is stranded on a mysterious archipelago. He is
searching for a female journalist he was escorting after she went
missing when their boat was destroyed by mercenaries. The game includes
thematic elements relating to the dangers of weapon zing genetic engineering and the genocide of local islanders as can be seen by the deformed creatures created by a mad scientist named Krieger.
Without
a doubt, Far Cry has the most advanced graphics seen in any PC game to
date. Everything in this game looks amazing, and the level of
verisimilitude is unprecedented. Jungles actually feature dense foliage
that consists of trees, plants, and tall grasses, and this foliage is
filled with birds and insects. Beaches have blinding-white sand, and the
surf slowly laps ashore. The character models
are some of the best we've ever seen in such a game, and they're richly
detailed and animated. The game also incorporates real time lighting
and shading effects to a degree rarely seen before, so when you walk in
the jungle, you actually see the shadows of overhead leaves flickering
on your rifle. In some of the larger indoor levels, the shadows of
oncoming opponents are projected in larger than life form onto walls.
Intense heat blur from lava streams distort the atmosphere. And a near
miss from an enemy rocket will black out your vision as if you got the
wind knocked out of you. You can't help but be pulled in by the sheer
immersiveness of the game.
As
expected, you're going to need to have some serious hardware to run Far
Cry as it's meant to be played. While the game will run on lower-end
machines, you'll have to tone down detail settings. And with older video
cards, you won't get much of the graphical eye candy in the game. From
our experience, we recommend a 2GHz machine with a DirectX 8.1 or
9.0-compliant video card. However, Far Cry could very well be the killer
app people have been looking for to justify
upgrading, because it looks that good. And, frankly, running the game
with a lower detail level means you lose a lot of the jungle foliage,
which reduces your level of immersion in the game. It should be noted
that Crytek's execution is superb. Aside from the multiplayer quirks, we
experienced no stability issues and no bugs. This is an impressive
accomplishment considering the complexity and ambitious scale of the
game. The potential for this technology is exciting. Not only do we
expect third party developers to license Crytek's engine to power their
own games, but Crytek also includes editing tools with Far Cry, so
modmakers will get to develop their own ideas.
Far
Cry is a stunning game in so many ways. It certainly raises the bar for
graphics to new heights. And yet, it's not just a technology
demonstration. In Far Cry, the graphics are just one of the ingredients
that submerge you into the experience. The developers exhibit a growing
sense of maturity throughout the game. It's as if they themselves were
learning how to use the graphics engine in conjunction with the AI,
sound, and level design to create a superior gameplay experience one
that starts out impressively and, for the most part, just keeps getting
better. The result is an awesome thing to behold, and it's an even
better thing to experience.
System Requirements:
System= Pentium III, CPU 1.0 GHz
RAM= 256 MB
Video Memory= 64 MB
Size= 2.67 GB
OS= Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista,7 and 8
Serial Key
FCY-WFN9-LFLQ-EG8W-LCFJ
OR
FCY-ARNO-FUH3-9UDE-Q65F
FCY-KBHP-5R8C-54UV-1HPM
FCY-IAMN-OTAD-UMPP-ERSON
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FCY-8VN0-7F81-A5JL-FU38
FCY-PGTD-2TZV-8G6H-DU96
FCY-YKDM-4ALX-1NJR-CFEL
FCY-MJNX-DT6L-LYLC-7XUN
LO32-HACB-YZ21-XTLF-B9C3
FCY-GF3A-PM0D-T43L-DFXJ
