Gaming News - March 2004
San Francisco, CA (March 23, 2004) - Ubisoft today announced that Far
Cry has shipped to retailers nationwide. Far Cry is rated "M-Mature" and is
available on PC CD-ROM for a suggested retail price of $39.99.
From Ubisoft:
The commercial release of Far Cry delivers stunningly detailed graphics, the
genre's largest game environments, most deadly A.I. and an unprecedented 1.2 km
view-distance. As Jack Carver, players find themselves stranded in paradise
after escorting an inquisitive journalist to a remote tropical island. Paradise
quickly turns deadly as an unrelenting team of highly trained mercenaries work
together to hunt Jack and take him down. Players will explore a vast island
chain rendered in exquisite detail through state-of-the-art graphic technology,
while outwitting hordes of cunning mercenaries by staging long-range assaults
and using every vehicle, weapon, and strategy at their disposal.
Additionally, Far Cry will ship with the intuitive, Sandbox Editor. CryENGINE
technology allows for the easiest, most user-friendly map-editing tools ever
created. Players can build their own maps, re-construct game levels, and switch
from editing to playing on the fly with one simple command. Following are Far
Cry's game features:
Gameplay Features:
- Far Cry's unprecedented 1.2 km draw distance elevates the art of sniping
and long-range gameplay to new levels of intensity.
- Take cover in dense foliage, submerge yourself underwater, commandeer
assault vehicles-even take flight to stay alive.
- Build your own maps, re-construct game levels, and switch from editing to
playing on the fly with the unbelievably intuitive Sandbox Editor.
- Enemies react in real-time, take cover, call in reinforcements, and use
advanced group formation tactics to take you out.
- Discover a new breed of tropical terror within murky caverns, ruins,
swamps, compounds, fortifications, and genetic laboratories.
- Engage in explosive island warfare with up to 20 players in Deathmatch,
Team Deathmatch, and the all-new Assault Mode.
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