Far Cry
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…
Far Cry is a shooter developed by Crytek, released 23 March 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 3 cheat codes for it.
What Far Cry is
Far Cry is a shooter game developed by Crytek and released in 2004. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on CryEngine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Far Cry series
Far Cry is the first of 29 entries we hold in the Far Cry series. The next entry was Far Cry Instincts in 2005. Its critic score of 88 is 9 points above the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Far Cry 3 at 90.
How it was received
Far Cry holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 551 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz or Pentium® III 1 GHz, 256 MB of RAM and 64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compliant graphics card (see supported list*). At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Far Cry launched on 23 March 2004, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Syberia 2, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Katamari Damacy. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Syberia 2, Unreal Tournament 2004, Katamari Damacy.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 3 cheat entries for Far Cry — 3 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Far Cry cheat codes
Open the console
Opens the developer console.
Press the tilde key during play.
God mode
You take no damage.
Open the console and type the command.
All weapons
Gives every weapon with ammunition.
Open the console and type the command.
Dlc
Remakes
Quick answers
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