Far Cry Instincts (2005) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Far Cry Instincts

Far Cry Instincts is a reimagining of the original Far Cry, rebuilt for Xbox by Ubisoft Montreal in collaboration with Crytek. Players take on the role of Jack Carver, a former U.S. Navy serviceman turned…

80 27 September 2005

What Far Cry Instincts is

Far Cry Instincts is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2005. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It runs on CryEngine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Jack Carver accepts a charter job taking journalist Valerie Cortez to a remote Pacific archipelago, only to have his boat destroyed by hostile mercenaries upon arrival. Stranded and hunted, Jack learns that Valerie is actually a CIA operative and that the island is home to Dr. Krieger, a rogue scientist developing a serum that unlocks primal abilities in human subjects. After being captured and injected with the serum himself, Jack gains superhuman speed, strength, and heightened senses, but must fight his way through Krieger's forces and the mutant creatures they have created in order to escape the island alive.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Far Cry series

Far Cry Instincts is the second of 29 entries we hold in the Far Cry series. It arrived 2 years after Far Cry. The next entry was Far Cry 2 in 2008. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Far Cry 3 at 90.

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How it was received

Far Cry Instincts holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Far Cry Instincts launched on 27 September 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy and F.E.A.R.. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, F.E.A.R..

Cheats and codes

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