Far Cry Instincts set for September
Posted by malebolgia on 13 April 2005 - 20:55 · 8 comments & 776 views
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#1 Posted by smashguy on 13 Apr 2005 - 21:05
- Good news!
Can't wait to see it! 
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#2 Posted by 2xSilverKnight on 14 Apr 2005 - 00:35
- sorry but there is no ps2 version of this game. Only xbox.
I playtested it back in february.
QUOTE The statement did not mention specific platforms for the game, referring only to "the consoles.
that's a vague statement.
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#3 Posted by psychoticDEMENTO on 14 Apr 2005 - 04:28
- Learn how to link D:
Good news though, might have to build an AMD64 system for this one.
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#4 Posted by jerry on 14 Apr 2005 - 19:30
- When is the next expansion (or new game) of FarCry coming out ? I'd be highly interested in that since FarCry set the bar so high.
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#4.1 Posted by 2xSilverKnight on 14 Apr 2005 - 20:43
- it's planned for the end of this year and beeing developed by ubisoft, not crytek.
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#5 Posted by Mongrel on 14 Apr 2005 - 21:45
- Well, the graphics (mainly draw distance) were pretty intense, but I wouldn't call the gameplay all that innovative. Run, shoot, repeat. There was driving, but that's not new - I guess there was a hanglider...
Over a year ago, console gamers looked on in envy as their PC brethren enjoyed the groundbreaking graphics and innovative gameplay of Far Cry. However, their hopes were raised just weeks later, when publisher Ubisoft announced it was working on Far Cry Instincts, a PlayStation 2 and Xbox version of the first-person shooter.
The console adaptation was being developed at Ubisoft Montreal, not at Germany-based Crytek, the studio behind the PC original. Good thing, too, since in July 2004 Crytek announced that it had entered into a "[url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/23/news_6103318.htmlstrategic partnership[/url]" with Electronic Arts, a rival and potential purchaser of Ubisoft.
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