Far Cry (2004)

Crytek, Crytek Frankfurt

PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.37 from 1500 ratings

4053 members have it in their collection · 56 playing now · 1244 backlogged · 354 wish listed

How long? Main story 12h · with extras 24h · 100% 15h (from 14 logged playthroughs)

A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushed 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 … Read more
A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushed 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. Read less
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  • Mar 23, 2004 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Roach

Status Roach Nov 26, 2025

Far Cry TV series announced by Ubisoft and will stream to Hulu and Disney+ depending on your region. It will be an anthology with each season having a new setting and cast.

FX's Far Cry will be executive produced by Rob Mac, Noah Hawley, Emilia Serrano for 26 Keys, Nick Frenkel for 3 Arts, Jackie Cohn for More Better Productions, …

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Far Cry TV series announced by Ubisoft and will stream to Hulu and Disney+ depending on your region. It will be an anthology with each season having a new setting and cast.

FX's Far Cry will be executive produced by Rob Mac, Noah Hawley, Emilia Serrano for 26 Keys, Nick Frenkel for 3 Arts, Jackie Cohn for More Better Productions, John Campisi, and Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin and Austin Dill for Ubisoft Film & Television. The series will be produced by FX Productions.

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garamir

Status garamir Jun 25, 2025

Perfectly ok shooter. Started big series (technically two?). Unlike the open-world sequels, this one is purely level based. Also only has checkpoint saving, stinking of consolization of early 2000's. 3/5

Gunkaloo

Review Gunkaloo 4/5 · Feb 27, 2024

Definitely see why they compared it to HL2

Well I finally installed and played it. I didn't use the "save game" cheat much at all, but it is stupid to have checkpoint saves. This game was really quite good. The fun factor was high, the environment cool, and the story was pretty good. Definitely see why they compared it to HL2. It was better in some ways. Stupid …

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Well I finally installed and played it. I didn't use the "save game" cheat much at all, but it is stupid to have checkpoint saves. This game was really quite good. The fun factor was high, the environment cool, and the story was pretty good. Definitely see why they compared it to HL2. It was better in some ways. Stupid CP saves.

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erendagdelen

Review erendagdelen 5/5 · Jul 27, 2023

When I was seven I played this game my family reported my teacher.

V1CGaming

Review V1CGaming 3/5 · Jul 18, 2023

Getting spotted behind a bush from 300 yards away and subsequently getting shot right in the face wasn't especially fun back in the day, and still isn't. It's kind of surprising that after ten years and under these circumstances, this reunion still manages to be quite a blast at times.

RxBrad

Status RxBrad Mar 27, 2023

Just fired this up on Steam...

Apparently, literally no matter what you do, enemies spot you from across the map and shoot you through walls.

And the first time I tried to control a vehicle I got physically nauseous. Almost as nauseous as the voice acting made me.

Maybe this was good back in the day, but now? Woof. Hardest …

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Just fired this up on Steam...

Apparently, literally no matter what you do, enemies spot you from across the map and shoot you through walls.

And the first time I tried to control a vehicle I got physically nauseous. Almost as nauseous as the voice acting made me.

Maybe this was good back in the day, but now? Woof. Hardest of hard passes. I hope I didn't pay too much for this, whenever I bought it..

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Maddmike

Review Maddmike 2/5 · Jan 5, 2022

Steam Curator

I don't think I can bring myself to give this one the thumbs up, despite the fact that it's not a horrible game by any means.

For its time, the game is quite beautiful and there is some decent variety at first with all the weapons and vehicles the game throws at you, but you likely won't stay …

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Steam Curator

I don't think I can bring myself to give this one the thumbs up, despite the fact that it's not a horrible game by any means.

For its time, the game is quite beautiful and there is some decent variety at first with all the weapons and vehicles the game throws at you, but you likely won't stay won over for long.

My biggest issue with Far Cry is how little it feels like a game and how much it feels like a tech demo.

Wide open worlds with nothing to do in them, a heavy emphasis on graphics that have now aged.

The gunplay is fun but the AI is almost too good and will prevent you from really branching out and having any real fun because of how punishing they are.

The reality is that Far Cry never feels more than the sum of its parts, and those parts aren't good enough to stand on their own.

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Lygodesma

Review Lygodesma 3/5 · May 1, 2021

I think it has a nice jungle atmosphere, good difficulty level, promotes stealthy approaches and kind of has a nostalgia okay-ish Graphic today. Playable but not necessary.

Bljakpo

Review Bljakpo 2/5 · Dec 17, 2020

Awful

I'm gonna be honest even though a lot of people might not agree, but I think this game is garbage. The AI is either dumb or superhuman, they spot you a mile away and are basically like aim bots, they snipe you, shoot rockets at you miles away without a problem, even worse, they can shoot you through tent walls, …

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I'm gonna be honest even though a lot of people might not agree, but I think this game is garbage. The AI is either dumb or superhuman, they spot you a mile away and are basically like aim bots, they snipe you, shoot rockets at you miles away without a problem, even worse, they can shoot you through tent walls, it's like they can see excatly where you are behind that canvas. The game is difficult only because of bad level design and Triads, Triads are these monsters that show up about halfway through the game, they are absolute bullet sponges and deal massive damage, they completely ruin the game. The level design is good in open areas but in closed areas it's working against you, you have to cheese through the corridor levels, they put you in a spot where you barely have any cover and everyone starts destroying you. There is a part of the game where you are in this small corridor and the Triad with a rocket launcher shows up, well good luck son because this dude is shooting rockets without mercy, you can throw 6 grenades at him and shoot 2 clips in him but he will keep going, even worse he walks towards you the whole time closing the space where you can even move. All in all, the shooting is fun I have to say and the ragdoll effect even though wacky sometimes is very satisfying, and the graphics are really good so I understand why this game is so revolutionary with the open level design, only reason this gets 2 stars.

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Sadaharu_TR

Status Sadaharu_TR Nov 17, 2020

This game didn't age well at all.

Considering the year it released, it's okay. Nice ideas. Challenging gameplay. Far ahead of it's time. But. Not for today.

Annoying bugs, boring bland story; characters feel like "joke of something" and even if they are still nothing interesting about them.

Give it a try.

endiHuMan

Status endiHuMan Nov 11, 2020

The difficulty of the game is rather frustrating than challenging. I tried the last level more than hundred times. Finally I decided to finish the game in god mode.

juicetown

Status juicetown Mar 25, 2016

Time to Tackle this on the hardest difficulty. Wish me luck, Also... first time playing it. 100%!!