It is hard to explain to newer gamers just how mind-blowing Far Cry was in 2004. While most shooters at the time (like Medal of Honor or the original Call of Duty ) were linear corridors set in grey WWII cities, Far Cry dropped players onto a lush, green archipelago in the South Pacific.
Before the tropical islands of Yara, before the mountains of Kyrat, and before the prehistoric wilds of Oros, there was .