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FCIP isn't all that spectacular...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: August 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well Far Cry Instincts lets us take control of Jack Carver, a former US Navy Commando-now turned-fishing boat captain who is on the run from his past. Eventually, after having his boat annihilated, Jack finds himself battling for his life on this island against pirates, mercanaries, and a mad doctor named Kreiger. Soon enough this Kreiger fellow gets a hold of you and injects you with some virus that transforms you into a lethal killing machine with abilities such as smelling people, seeing in the dark, super strength & speed, and the ability to jump great distances. Anyway, you basically have to kill Kreiger and the leader of the Mercanaries named Crowe and escape the island.

In Evolution, we find that Jack has been spending his time basically getting drunk when this young dame hires him as a muscle during a weapons sale between her and some local militia. Just as the sale is about to go down, some rebels come and obliterate the militia - and after you kill them - it looks like everyone is poiting the blame on you for the death of the militia. Anyway, your trying to escape from this new island when you get assaulted by people who have the same kind of powers as you, and the big cheese known as Sereum (or something like that) tries killing you and that dame from early... so naturally you want vengenace.... especialyl after he kills your man Doyle from Instincts.

Though different stories, both games play exactly a like. Through Jack's eyes you get a lot of weapons from assault rifles, shotguns, .50 caliber machine guns you can rip out of the ground, sniper rifles, and others to destroy numerous enemies - though you can only carry 3 types of weapons, most of the smaller ones can be duel wield. You can also use your animal moves which can be entertaining like when you punch a pirate 100 miles away. There are a lot of vehicles to drive such as hummers, ATVs, hand gliders (that was cool), various types of boats, trucks, and many more.. though there are no tanks. In both games you can set traps, which include laying claymore mines into the ground or tying up branches so when enemies walk near them the branch whips back scoring you an instant kill. It was pretty cool, but got pretty useless later on.

There is a multiplayer and it is pretty fun. There are many types of game modes ranging from mere deathmatches & capture the flag games to "Predator" games where one person becomes feral and stalks other players. There is also a map editor where you can make your own stages with any kind of box, vehicle, emplacement, or anything which is a really cool feature. Great for X-Box Live.

Lets talk difficulty. Far Cry Predator is a pretty hard game for a few reasons: You'll be fighting ALOT of enemies at one time (both in air and on ground), the weapons seem sort of weak when you're using them, and your health depletes WAYYY too fast - for instance you'll get shot like twice with an assault rifle and you're almost dead. However, the boss fights are pretty simplistic and just require you to slash at them with your claws for a few moments.. so its a win-lose situation: It's hard to get up to the boss, but the boss is easy.

Graphics are kinda subpar figuring they just used the normal X-Box mechanics, but they still look pretty good. The white beaches, dense jungles, dark caves, and crystal clear water look beautiful... the character models look a little lame and boxy, but one quick glance at the enviroments and you can easily forget about them.

Almost all of the sounds were great. The music was really thumbs up and helped add a bit of lonliness & freakyness to the atmosphere. The guns sounded great, and the voice acting was awesome - Jack Carver is the man. He curses, is sarcastic, tough... he has a lot of personality that is shown through his dialouge.

Now for endings. Instincts was boring - you beat Crowe, Kreiger gets killed by some mutants, Doyle & Cortez pick you up in a helicopter. You say, "Cortez - you owe me a damned boat!" and Doyle gives you a suitcase full of money. You grin and fly away.. thats it. In Evolution, after you beat the leader of the new Feral people (Sereum), you meet the dame who hired you and tried to kill you near the end of the game, and she starts freaking out because..well...she tried to kill you and you survived. You throw her money at her and she says," There was nothing else I could do Jack." and your character looks at her and goes, "There was a time when I used to think like that too." and kicks open a door to reveal a way off the island. Thats it.... sadly, Doyle dies. Sort of lackluster, but every game's ending has been bad so far.

To finish it up Far Cry is a pretty run of the mill FPS with only a FEW qualities that make it stand out slightly. Sure its intense, and sure the multiplayer is good but the game is kinda short, the ending doesn't feel rewarding, and when your done with the stoy (and don't have X-Box Live) then there really isn't much reason to play Predator again. Rent it first.

Pretend You Still Have the Old Xbox!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When you purchased your 360, I'll bet one of your first thoughts was, "I wonder if they have any games that look like it's 2002 again." Well the answer is a resounding YES!

First there was "Far Cry." Then "Far Cry:Instincts." Then obviously there was the need for "Far Cry:Instincts:Predator." There is actually nothing wrong with that name that couldn't be fixed by changing it to "Far Cry:Yes This Really Is That Same Game From Before:No Really I'm Not Kidding."

Anyway, you played this game on your old Xbox, and THE GRAPHICS HAVE NOT CHANGED AT ALL. So you get to relive all that low-polygon goodness, not to mention sluggish and unresponsive control. I remember this game being a lot of fun on the original Xbox.

What else... Oh yeah, there's apparently TWO games on the disc, the original, and a new one which is very.... similar. (Apparently the games don't require, you know, all that much room on the disc.) They made sure to retain all the same awkward character animations and interminable cut scenes, because you don't mess with the what works.

XBOX title? comon now....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 12
Date: August 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This was a waste of money. I personally enjoy First person shooters but this is an extreemly weak implementation of that. After playing the firts couple of leveles you realize how repeditive this game becomes. Aplications of the new Xbox technology have apperantly been ignored. Graphics are clear yes, but they could be better. The concept of the game overall is good but the carry out in design has been horrible. I am not pleased with this game at all.

Extremely fun 360 game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Far Cry Instincts Predator is a pretty good shooter for the Xbox 360. An interesting thing about this game is that it is really two games in one. The first part of the game is the original Xbox Far Cry Instincts and the second part is the new Evolution mode which is 8 maps in length. While it seems a bit much to go through the original FC Instincts mode to get to the new levels, it is worth it, mostly because the first part pretty much looks like a port with high definition textures and character models. I mean, things like the water look fantastic, but I thought it was kind of weak of how much it imitated the original. Another gripe I have about this game is the AI. To sum it up, they aren't that good. Most of the time it seems as though the AI just stands there while being shot at, or just run away aimlessly into the distance. All in all, the single player is still fun, especially when you get into the new 8 maps.

The best thing about this game is the multiplayer aspect. There are new maps (now totaling 22) and a new mode named Seek and Secure. Along with this, the map editor has been improved with a few new tools/objects and it seems easier to use than before. Some of the new maps seem bigger than the original ones and are a lot of fun to play on. It brings a new experience to the online play. Although you can play with up to 16 players in a room online (only 4 playing split screen), I feel the game plays best with 8-12 players. All in all, the multiplayer game is truly the reason to buy this game, especially if you've already gone through the original Xbox Far Cry Instincts. It is a lot of fun and will keep people on Xbox Live for quite some time to come.

Crazy Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: June 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you like games like Halo, this may disapoint you slightly as its more stealthy. Overall a 9.5 out of 10. Its so much fun.

Great XBOX 360 game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: June 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you already own Far Cry Instincts and FCI:Evolution,this new installment is NOT worth buying as its only a port of FCI and FCI:Evolution from the original XBOX but with adjusted graphics and LIVE stuff.

In Far Cry,you play a man named Jack Carver who is an ex-Marine Corps soldier who was dishonorably discharged for having envolvemnents with the Mafia,he now works at a seashore as a captain of a small boat making a living,however one day he is aproached by a good looking female customer who offers him a large sum of money to bring her to a mysterious island.Upon their arrival she leaves to check the place out,iin the meantime Carver rests in his boat waiting for her to return,but only to be awoken by a military chopper which has open fired at him,he manages to escape.Now he must survive on this island while searching for the woman,who is called Cortez.
As Carver you must survive in the jungle by hiding in bushes from the mercenaries who are hunting for him,while at the same time trying to accomplish is mission in saving Cortez and escaping the island.
Far Cry is not a stealth game,its an FPS with sneaking elements,you are given access to many sort of guns and other weapons.Its kind of one of those Rambo-esque games,if you know what I mean.

I only played about one quarter of the game as I don`t own an XBOX 360,but I`ve played this game for about 2 hours at a friends house,and its very addicttive.
I am getting a PS3 sometime after it comes out,and I am hoping that both UbiSoft and CryTek make a Far Cry game for the PS3,maybe a sequel or heck,I wouldn`t mind if they ported FCI:Predator to PS3.
bye.

Far Cry for the 360...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this Far Cry game about 2 months ago. The game is a story driven fps with some extra beef added in. The story (there are 2, one you unlock by beating the other, and one available from the start). I personally did not find the story of this game to be fun, it was hard, it took awhile, and it was very linear (with few exceptions).

PROS: Fast competitive online play, with an unparalleled map maker, player creator, and level designing
Run of the mill FPS, its pretty much normal, except for the predator part
Predator! Its really, REALLY fun to jump around and smack a terrorist with a feral punch, sending him flinging 100 yards across the map

Cons: Wow this game is kinda boring, the story portion.

Far Cry Instincts Predator is a great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Lots of levels, great graphics, and entertaining plot make this a great game. This game took me a month to finish, GRAW took a week.

Ok but needs some work

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

over all i was very impressed with this game but the graphics are not what they should be for the xbox 360 and i think that there should be more options in the map editor like the ablity to create caves. Over all it is alot of fun online and there is a ton of game play. The map editor is hard to use at first but you get the hang of it quickly. If you are looking for a game that you will play campaign for about 24 hours and a fun always different multiplayer then you should get this. But be warned if you lag in this game it means a ton of unfun.

Far Cry is a far cry...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is not as fun as I had expected it to be after playing the original Far Cry. The graphics and game controls are not as good, and there is absolutely no story line or originality. The title is not an accurate description of the game and the characters do not respond realistically. It is simply a follow on shoot'em up move to the next guy type of game. I still recommend playing it, but I would wait until the price comes down before buying it.

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