Assignment #2CIS 487 Game DesignGame Review: ByMark SchnakeBasic InformationGame Title: Far CryCompany & Author: Ubisoft Inc. & CrytekType: Far Cry is a first person shooter (FPS) set in the South Pacific.Price: Originally $49.99, now $39.99.ESRB Rating: M (17 years +)Platform: PCMinimum stated hardware requirements: - Supported OS: Windows® 98SE/2000/XP (only)- Processor: AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz or Pentium® III 1 GHz- RAM: 256 MB- Video Card: 64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compatible graphics card (see supported list)- Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0b-compatible PCI card- DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (included on disc)- CD-ROM: 4x DVD or 16x CD-ROM- Hard Drive Space: 4 GB- Multiplayer: Broadband with 64 Kbps upstream to play (512 Kbps upstream to host 8 players)Actual hardware required:- Supported OS: Windows 98SE/2000/XP (only)- Processor: AMD Athlon XP Model 2000+ or above or 2 GHz Pentium 4 recommended- RAM: 512–1024 MB- Video Card: 128 MB GeForce 4 128 MB to GeForce FX 5950; ATI Radeon 9500–9800 XT- Sound Card: Sound Blaster® Audigy® series- DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (included on disc)- CD-ROM: 8x–16x DVD or 32x CD-ROM- Hard Drive Space: 4 GB- Multiplayer: Broadband with 64 Kbps upstream to play (512 Kbps upstream to host 8 players)To be able to run Far Cry effectively I would recommend not using less than a Pentium 4 2.0 GHz computer with 512 MB ram. This is what I initially played the game on.Game SummaryQuick OverviewA Perfect Vacation…Turned Perfectly DeadlySome claim Jack Carver left the Ocean Patrol in search of a new life, others that he was ousted against his will. Whatever his reasons, Jack now goes where the currents carry him, transporting tourists and small cargo among the remote islands of the South Pacific.But when a fetching journalist hires him to escort her to an uncharted island in Micronesia, his sun-drenched life takes a chilling turn. Heading for a carefree utopia of white sands and crystal waters, Jack and journalist Valerie discover instead a jungle turned battle zone. Behind the lush canopies and lazy hillsides, bent minds conspire, fashioning their dark agenda under the vicious guard of radically equipped mercenaries. Jack may not know it just yet, but he’s a far cry from R & R. It’s going to be all-out war as he fights to outlast the evils of this vacation gone to hell.Story LineYou start the game stranded on an island regaining consciousness. From there the gamegives you a quick tutorial on how to use the basic commands. As the game progresses you will learn to use new weapons and equipment. As the story unfolds you learn the true horror that has befallen you. You fight to survive and find a way to cure yourself and get off the island. In the process you destroy all that is in your path. The orders of the various stages are as follows:1. Training: basic training of character.2. Carrier3. Fort4. Pier5. Research6. Tree house: Learn some truth behind the horror on the island.7. Bunker8. Steam9. Regulator10. Control11. Rebellion12. Archive13. Cooler14. Boat15. Catacombs16. River17. Swamp18. Factory19. Dam20. Volcano: Finally you have survived.Player’s role: The player takes on the role of Jack Carver. Jack first starts out trying to find Valerie (NPC). After finding Valerie Jack fights his way to get off the island.InstallationInstallation is straight forward. Far Cry has a total of 5 install disks, one of which is also the play disk. Place the disks in the order that the installation program asks for them and the game will automatically install. The full installation requires about 3 – 4 GB. After the game has been installed you can look for updates. As of this report the current update is a patch to game version 1.1.User InterfaceThe user interface is simple and easy to use and understand. There are 3 main areas to the user interface. They are located on the bottom of the screen one on each side. On the left side is the compass. This compass shows enemy locations after they have been spotted. If the enemies are green they haven’t spotted you yet. The blue dot on the compass it your waypoint or objective. On the bottom right side is your characters information. This is broken up into two areas. The first area contains your health value, armor value and how much stamina you have. The other area contains you weapon ammo (total left and how much is in weapon), how many and what type of grenades you have, and what selection your weapon is on (automatic, single shot, or special). You can also bring up your objective list which is overlaid on the main screen. In-between the compass and character information, a weapon list can also be brought up if needed. An illustration of the user interface.Game PlayThe game is played by going from one game objective to another. Each game objective will be given to the player. Most of the time it is given by a NPC called Harlan Doyle. Youwill have to fight your way through the island overcoming obstacles. You will acquire newweapons and items to help you through your quest.ScoringThere is no real score kept in the single player version of the game. Progress is kept track by the various waypoints you encounter during each stage of the game. In the multiplayer version of the game a score is kept on how many players you have killed, andhow many times you have died.ArtworkThe artwork and graphics for this game are superior to most games out on the market. Great amount of detail was given to this aspect of the game. In my opinion this game has the best graphics out on the market except for Doom 3.Sound and MusicSound and music are an important aspect of all modern computer games. The more important of the two between music and sound in Far Cry is sound. The music runs in the background helping set the mood. Sound lets you know the location of the enemies (behind, in front, or to side of you). Sound also let you know what enemy you where facing (type and weapon) without having to see them. This helped the player come up with an appropriate strategy to kill the enemy. Both of these aspects are enhanced when you place it in Dolby 5.1 surround sound.Special features- One special feature of the game is by adding the command “- DEVMODE” to the end of the target line in the shortcut. This allows for the cheat commands to be used. Some of the cheats the you as a player can obtain are all weapons, 999 ammo for each weapon, save and load positions, no clipping, and
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