Far Cry
Far Cry is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Crytek Studios and published by UbiSoft on March 23, 2004. Known for its striking environments, graphics, and draw-distances, the game raised the bar for first-person shooter graphics. It is the first so called Next Generation Shooter to be released, preceeding the release of DOOM 3, Half Life 2 and Duke Nukem Forever. Far Cry is also sometimes lauded for its artificial intelligence. The story follows an ex-Special Forces man named Jack Carver who is stranded on a mysterious Pacific archipelago searching for his female journalist friend who went missing after their sailboat was destroyed by mercenaries.
Crytek developed a new game engine called the "CryENGINE" for Far Cry. Reportedly, the game was born out of tech demo made by Crytek to showcase the capabilities of then newly released GeForce 3.
On April 7, 2004, CryTek announced Far Cry: Instincts for video game console systems.
System Requirements
Minimum:
- Operating system: Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP
- 1 GHz CPU
- 256 MB RAM
- DirectX 9.0b (included)
- 64 MB DirectX 9.0b-compatible graphics card
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0b-compatible PCI card
- 4x DVD-ROM
- 4 GB hard drive space
- Multiplayer: Broadband with 64 kbit/s upstream to play (512 kbit/s upstream to host 8 players)
Recommended:
- AMD Athlon 2400-3000+ or Pentium 4 2-3 GHz
- 512-1024 MB RAM
- Video Card: 128 MB GeForce 4 128 MB to GeForce FX 5950; ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT
- Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy series
- 8x-16x DVD-ROM
