Far Cry
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Occasional profanity in the protagonist's and enemies' dialogue.
First-person gunfire and explosives against human mercenaries and mutated creatures, with blood effects but no dismemberment or gore focus.
The plot centers on horrific secret genetic experiments that turn humans and animals into deformed mutants, with a bleak mad-scientist tone.
Fast, monstrous mutated creatures ambush the player in later stages, creating tense, startling encounters.
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What it is
Released in 2004, Far Cry is a shooter viewed from a first-person perspective. The player takes the role of Jack Carver, a boat pilot who becomes marooned across a scattered set of tropical islands while trying to locate a journalist who has vanished. Progress involves battling through wide-open jungle terrain and fortified enemy bases, with guns, thrown explosives, and drivable vehicles serving as tools against hired soldiers and, further in, against mutated humanoid beings that resulted from unlawful gene research. The fighting looks grounded and shows blood, though it avoids gore and severed limbs; spoken lines contain occasional swearing; and once the mutants surface, the later portion of the plot shifts toward an uneasy body-horror mood. On Steam the title runs solo only, since the original internet servers were taken offline long ago, meaning players encounter no messaging or contact with outsiders.
How it's framed
Jack is cast as a marooned man battling to stay alive and to free a journalist held captive, with the hired soldiers and the researcher's mutant creations set up as unmistakable dangers. The bloodshed is shown as a required part of combat inside an action-thriller narrative, while the gene-tampering is portrayed as a wicked, warning-tale deed carried out by others rather than an activity the player carries out.
Details
- Developer
- Crytek Studios
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Released
- Apr 1, 2008
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