


UbiSoft produced and shipped a large amount of copies of this German version, which hit stores on March 25th 2004.Īt that time, the BPjM judgment on the English version was pending. Any game with a USK rating may only be sold to persons of the specified age group, but is protected from being banned. As expected, the modified version was rated “18+” by the USK, the official German rating board.

In this version, ragdoll models were disabled. UbiSoft and developer Crytek had anticipated this, and created a special version of Far Cry for the German market – the usual procedure to abide by the strict German standards. The German government agencies for the protection of children are not to be trifled with – a lesson that publisher UbiSoft learned the hard way with Far Cry.ĭue to realistic violence, especially with regard to the ragdoll model of the enemies, the full English version of Far Cry was banned in Germany by the federal agency BPjM on April 2nd 2004, meaning that any kind of advertisement for this version is forbidden, and it may only be sold on request to persons aged 18 or older. Much like what happened with Serious Sam: The First Encounter, it then got turned into the complete game it is now. The game actually started out as a tech demo made by Crytek, to demonstrate the capabilities of Nvidia's (then) new graphics chip, the GeForce 3. The PC version of Far Cry appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott. Setting: Tropical Island / Deserted Island.These highly trained mercenaries are designed to utilize environmental features, attack in groups, divide and conquer, respond to player actions, and call in reinforcements from air, land, or sea.įar Cry ships with a Sand Box Editor, allowing you to create and edit your own maps with an easy drag and drop interface. means enemy soldiers make realistic decisions based on observations of the current state of the world. Proprietary Polybump mapping, advanced environment physics, destructible terrain, dynamic lighting, motion-captured animation, surround sound and the ability to render an entire kilometer of actual terrain in real time all showcase CryTek's new CryENGINE.Īdvanced A.I. Your job now is to rescue Valerie and get back at the soldiers who destroyed everything you had. The next thing you know someone's blown up your boat (and with that, everything you owned in the world), kidnapped Valerie, and left you for dead. You play Jack Carver, a charter-boat businessman in Micronesia, on a job to escort Valerie Cortez, an ambitious journalist, to the island of Cabatu.
