The game was also a commercial success, selling over 730,000 units within four months of release and over 2.5 million units in its lifetime. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in March 2004 and for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 a decade later.įar Cry was praised for its visuals, gameplay, and the level of freedom given to players. The game is played from a first-person view and allows the player to use various weapons and tools as well as take advantage of their environments to eliminate enemies. As Jack explores the island, he begins to discover the horrific genetic experiments being conducted on the local wildlife and must confront the mad scientist behind them. Set on a mysterious tropical archipelago, Far Cry follows Jack Carver, a former American special forces operative, as he searches for a journalist who went missing shortly after their boat was destroyed by mercenaries. It is the first installment in the Far Cry series, followed by 2008's Far Cry 2.
Far Cry is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed by Crytek and published by Ubisoft.
