Far Cry is a very peculiar series of video games. Not in terms of its content, which often errs on the safe side of most first person shooter staples, but in the fact that none of its various sequels have anything to do with each other. Apart from being open world shooters there’s no connection in terms of story, characters, or even specific gameplay mechanics. Which is not a problem in itself but it does mean that going back to the original holds considerably less appeal than for most other franchises. As far as Ubisoft is concerned this is the first time that the original game has ever appeared on consoles, but that’s only true up to a point. Far Cry Instincts on the Xbox and Xbox 360 was somewhat abridged, and considerably more linear, but it was clearly still the same game, with the same plot. We’d also mention Far Cry Vengeance on the Wii, but to be honest it’d probably be best if all concerned forgot about that. The reason that Ubisoft has decided to create another, more exacting console version is that they’re also releasing Far Cry: The Wild Expedition this month, a compilation that contains all the mainline games and which seems to be writing Instincts, and its sequel Evolution, out of the history books. That’s fine and everything, but Far Cry was always less than perfect and the 10 years since its original release have not been particularly kind.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2014/02/21/far-cry-classic-review-island-castaway-4312540/?ito=cbshare
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