DSOGaming writes: "Earlier this week, we reported on a Far Cry total conversion mod for Crysis, Far Cry Reloaded. Now I know that some were disappointed with that fan remake as – and even though it’s a fan WIP project – it did not look particularly impressive. However, another Fan Cry remake project that aims to bring Crytek’s classic shooter in CryEngine 5 is currently in progress, and it already looks better than the original version."
This is interesting news for comic and Far Cry fans as something new in the universe for the game is always welcome. Villains from popular Far Cry games are transported into prehistoric times by the priestess Batari, who has pulled them from their lives before they've committed their most heinous crimes.
"Villains from popular Far Cry games are transported into prehistoric times by the priestess Batari"
Why do they make every f****** thing goofier and goofier
Watch Dogs become whacky, Assassins Creed jumped the shark, Ghost Recon become less serious now this
I think it is the trend. They look around and say ok; what can be done that will not infringe upon the next game and this is what happens. I heard rumors of the next Far Cry offering may be in Alaska and there was also an Online offering coming. So we get this to tide us over.
Far Cry's source code has popped up online. Entitled "Far Cry 1.34 Complete", the game's entire source code was uploade…
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I recently tried 3 for the first time but the frame rate was a turnoff.
I liked 5 and 6 though.
If you have a Series X or S, the Xbox 360 version runs at 60 fps with fps boost. It's a shame the remaster doesn't.
2 and 3, pretty much the only ones i really enjoyed. 1 was amazing for the time but aged quite poorly. 4 has the elephant gun, all i can praise from any entry after 3 lol
Ummmm 3 than stop.
Okay maybe two as well. But yeah probably 3 and then move on.
Far Cry 2. People constantly rant about games now being too easy, holding your hand, having too many unnecessary RPG-lite leveling features, etc. People specifically complain about open world games being too focused on tons of collectibles and "checkmarks" that just waste time.
Far Cry 2 is an answer to all of those complaints. It was made by Ubisoft before they fell into all the traps discussed above (and before they started inserting towers into their games to defog the map). It has respawning enemies, weapons that degrade, and the collectible diamonds are very useful in the game (which you find in a similar way to the way you find shrines in BOTW with a radar system). The map you have is an in game item you pull out while playing, not a pause menu that is unnecessarily detailed. Also the enemy AI and physics are much better than later entries in the series.
It has a mixed reputation because people at the time said it was too hard, the weapon degradation was annoying, and then respawning enemies were annoying. FC2 came out in 2008, so this was before games like Dark Souls and BOTW had come out and made it cool to like these types of features.
Far Cry 2, the one with the AI that find you through walls and trees, can one shot you from a mile away and have 100% accuracy? That was frustrating not fun because cheap AI.
Uhh, I mean, it isn't one of these games where once the enemies have detected you they will magically forget you exist because you walked behind a wall or went into a bush. And yeah the AI isn't stormtrooper level accuracy. Again, these are positives, not negatives to me.
To be fair, I'm really directing this at the people most critical of "Modern Ubisoft" or "Modern Open World" design elements. Like the type of people who fawned all over Elden Ring because it had a clean UI because they are so burnt out by the "checkbox" type of open world design.
If you like those types of games, then a later FC game like 3 and especially 4-5 would be more your style.
My favourite Far Cry by far, no pun intended.
For its time it had fantastic human AI, it introduced semi-open world originality in the way you could approach situations in a variety of ways, along with novel emergent gameplay the series became known for AND added incredibly atmospheric Doom 3-like areas with the Tri-gens.
On top of that was a brilliant difficulty setting that used checkpoints to increase the tension, cutting edge graphics and a great set of weapons that required you to think carefully based on what enemies you anticipated were up ahead. It also had a good sense of humour with the sound detecting binoculars allowing you to listen to mercenaries talking all sorts of stupidity, some of which poked fun at FPS tropes.
Some of the bits where you approached an underground complex were truly scary because you knew close spaces and the mutants were waiting (time to scavenge a shotgun), then you'd be back out into the jungle with typical Far Cry human combat and near the end it mixed it up. Using the binocs to scan a jungle at night and hearing mutant growls was really unsettling.
Just one of my best FPS experiences ever, I wish the dev team all the best.
I remember the days when, at work, we would disconnect from the office network to play this multiplayer.... It was awesome
Well no duh it's going to look better than the original if it's remade 10 years later on a much more advanced engine
PS. That muzzle flash looks awful. It looks like its coming out of the middle of the barrel .
Considering Far Cry 1 came out in 2004 along with the Original CryEngine it would be shocking if it didn't look better.
I don't see much improvement tbh, if any.
FC1 is my fav too, that jumping to your face - taking half your hp mutant was scary af.