Far Cry (Series)

Far Cry: First-Person Shooter Games with Open World Environments

The Far Cry series is a franchise of first-person shooter games developed and published by Ubisoft. The games feature open world environments that encourage exploration and enable players to approach objectives in a non-linear fashion.

What is Far Cry (Series)?

The Far Cry series is a popular franchise of first-person shooter video games developed and published by Ubisoft. The first game in the series, Far Cry, was released in 2004 for Microsoft Windows. It featured a tropical island setting and open world gameplay that gave players freedom to approach objectives in creative ways.

The success of the original Far Cry led Ubisoft to develop sequels and spin-offs set in different locations around the world, including Africa, the Himalayas, and the Pacific Northwest. Core gameplay generally involves exploration, combat against human and wildlife enemies, resource gathering, and player progression via skill trees and crafting systems.

Key features that define the Far Cry series include:

• Large, free-roaming open world environments with diverse terrain and ecosystems
• Emphasis on player freedom and emergent gameplay
• Variety of vehicles, weapons, and tools for players to utilize
• Single-player campaign with optional cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes
• Non-linear storytelling with player choice driving outcomes

The most recent main entries in the franchise are Far Cry 5 (2018), set in a fictional Montana county overrun by a doomsday cult, and Far Cry 6 (2021), featuring a revolution against a tyrannical regime in the Caribbean island nation of Yara. The series has been praised for its lush in-game worlds and sandbox gameplay formula.

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