A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry, a cunningly detailed action
shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels.
Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island. A week ago,
a brash female reporter named Valerie had offered him an incredible sum of cash to take
her to this unspoiled paradise. Shortly after docking, however, Jack's boat was greeted by
artillery fire from a mysterious militia group swarming about the island.
With his boat destroyed, his money gone, and the gorgeous Valerie suddenly missing, Jack
now finds himself facing an army of mercenaries amidst the wilds of the island, with
nothing but a gun and his wits to survive. But the further he pushes into the lush jungle
canopy, the stranger things become.
Jack encounters an insider within the militia group who reveals the horrific details of
the mercenaries' true intentions. He presents Jack with an unsettling choice: battle the
deadliest mercenaries, or condemn the human race to a maniac's insidious agenda.
Game Features:
- Feel the Far Cry engine: The meticulously designed, next-generation Far Cry
engine pushes the threshold of action gaming with proprietary Polybump mapping, advanced
environment and character physics, destructible terrain, dynamic lighting, motion-captured
animation, and total surround sound.
- Unparalleled long-range gunplay: Battle to the ends of the earth with Far Cry's
utterly unique, 800-meter scalable view system. Lock onto enemies from a distance with
motion-sensing binoculars. Then choose your style of attack - from long-range sniping to
ballistic close-quarters firefights - and everything in between.
- Cunning and complex AI tactics: Battles never become repetitive when you face Far
Cry's unpredictable, intelligent AI mercenary units trained in advanced adaptive group
tactics. Units include snipers, stalkers, scouts, and grenadiers who engage you from
all angles, distances, and terrains in coordinated strikes. Commanders will even call for
reinforcements by land, sea, or air.
- Diverse combat action: Master a dynamic slate of combat skills - close-quarters
combat, long-range shooting, search-and-destroy tactics, stealth operations, and combat
driving skills through indoor and outdoor environments.
- Heart-pounding atmosphere: Experience unprecedented drama and realism in a
misleadingly perfect setting, with incredible lighting and shadows, adaptive audio, and
weather effects.
"Who needs Doom 3 or Half-Life 2? Far Cry is one
of the best shooters ever made." PC Gamer Editor's Choice Award
"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."
Gamespot Editor's Choice
"Sure, it looks fantastic, but it also plays
well and is satisfyingly long..." IGN Editor's Choice Award
System Requirements:
- Supported OS: Windows® 98SE/2000/XP
- Processor: AMD Athlon 1 GHz or Pentium® III 1 GHz (AMD Athlon XP
Model 2000+ or above or 2 GHz Pentium 4 recommended)
- RAM: 256 MB (512 - 1024 MB recommended)
- Video Card: 64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compatible graphics card (see
supported list*)
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0b-compatible PCI card (Sound Blaster® Audigy®
series recommended)
- DirectX® Version: DirectX 9.0b (included on disc)
- CD-ROM: 4X DVD or 16X CD-ROM
- Hard Drive Space: 4 GB
- Multiplay: Broadband with 64 Kbps upstream to play (512 Kbps upstream
to host 8 players)
*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
- NVIDIA® GeForce 2/3/4/FX families (NVIDIA-based cards must have ForceWare
drivers 53.03; GeForce 2 and GeForce 4 MX cards do not support all graphics features)
- ATI® Radeon 8500/9500 families (ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT recommended; ATI-based
cards must have Catalyst drivers 3.9)
NVIDIA® nForce or other motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby® Digital
Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio
Packaging: New Retail Box