Far Cry 1 vs Far Cry 3

 Someone compares all the Far Cry games.  

Regarding Far Cry 1, he says: "Unless you are already a fan, do not bother with Far Cry 1". Regarding Far Cry 3 he says: "Ah, finally. We have arrived at what most fans consider to be the crown jewel of the franchise".

This couldn't be more different to my experience of these two games. I entirely disagree about Far Cry 1. It's one of the best games I've ever played.  I've never played any other Far Cry game to completion, but I did complete maybe about a quarter (third? half?) or so of Far Cry 3.  However, I just found it boring.  In the first Far Cry the game play is exhilarating with plenty of heart-pumping action.  And you just pick up weapons and ammo and health as you go along.


In stark contrast, with Far Cry 3 you have to find money, then go to shops or whatever to buy weapons and ammo.  And go around searching for plants for crying out loud!  Then crafting them to get health.  And killing animals for their skins to make bags to carry more stuff, which I found a bit distasteful. Then there's the confusing skills screens or whatever it is.  I just find it dull, and eventually I just didn't have the enthusiasm to play it any more.  In fact, to label it a first-person shooter kind of seems to be a bit of a misnomer to me.  This is all in stark contrast to the first Far Cry, which I've now played about 5 times.

I also tried Far Cry 2, Far Cry 4, Far Cry 5, but never really played much of any of these games before getting bored.

Regardless of whether we're talking about games, films, novels and even music, for some reason I always like the first of the series, but mostly never the sequels. Perhaps because the first of a series tends to be a product of a labour of love.  But when it proves to be successful, their creators like to cash in and produce sequels, which mostly I do not like.  Just consider something like the matrix compared to the sequels.  Or the very first (1996) Tomb Raider compared to all the countless sequels etc.  But that leaves it wholly mystifying why, for example, most people much prefer Far Cry 3 to Far Cry 1.  What are they getting out of it that I'm not? 

Far Cry 5

I don't really like modern computer games but bought Far Cry 5 for £12.50 yesterday. Played the first Far Cry game, which is excellent. Played maybe round a third of Far Cry 3 before my hard drive was formatted. No other Far Cry game. Far Cry 3 was OK ish.. but scarcely compares to Far Cry 1.  The problem with Far Cry 3 was all the crafting and timed stuff you were obliged to do, and having to go into shops to buy weapons, which all very much detracted from the experience. So not sure if I should play Far Cry 3 all the way through. So thought I might as well play Far Cry 5 to see if it's any better. Perhaps it will be as good as the first Far Cry!


My PC is 7.5 years old and never been upgraded, but it seems it can still run it. So that's the good news. Bad news is that the game starts very dark and people shooting at me. It would have been vastly better to start off in bright daylight in a picturesque idyllic tropical paradise as in Far Cry 1 with no enemies in sight. Just to soak in the scenery and get used to the controls etc. Why must we start off in the dark not being able to see anything! Do they want to put off people playing the game after the first 5 minutes?

Also, I have no idea what I'm doing, it all seems horrendously complex. To be fair I felt the same way about Far Cry 3 at first, but as I persevered it all became much clearer.

The map doesn't appear though when I press "M". It just gives me the journal. The "J" and "I" buttons also both give me the journal, and yes they are mapped correctly in the options. Perhaps I pick up the map a little way into the game? At the moment I haven't a clue where to go.

Why the heck can't they make a Far Cry game where the main character travels back in time to the age of the dinosaurs? Of course, he (or she) would have plenty of weapons. As well as dinosaurs like the T rex etc, perhaps there might be super intelligent dinosaurs of around our size with ray guns. Anyway, that would be an absolute blast. I'm pretty sure it'd be vastly more popular than than this Far Cry 5 game.

Anyway, for the time being, I'll persevere with Far Cry 5. Will update when appropriate.

Update:  A few hours later.

Been playing a litle bit more.  Now at last I'm seeing the environment in daylight.  However, it's nowhere near as beautiful as Far Cry or Far Cry 3.  The colours look washed out, insipid.  Even though only £12.50 I think this is probably a waste of money.  Why the heck aren't demos available for most computer games??


Update 13/06/20 I soon gave up on it. I just couldn't be bothered playing. Now I've bought the remake of Resident Evil 3 and see what that's like.

Far Cry with Dinosaurs

I think it would be a splendid idea if someone made a computer game -- perhaps a "far cry" game -- where the hero travels back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Of course he (or she) would have plenty of weapons. As well as dinosaurs like the T rex etc, perhaps there might be a super intelligent dinosaurs of around our size with ray guns.

Anyway, that would be an absolute blast. Don't know why no one thinks of making a game like that. It would be incredibly popular and make huge amounts of money.