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Far Cry exchanges lush tropical paradise for the red dirt and mosquitoes of central Africa. We catch up with the creative director, producer, and technical director of Ubisoft Montreal’s true sequel to Crytek’s open-world shooter.
”The original Far Cry is The Island Of Dr Moreau, a story of a mad scientist that has unlocked the inner savagery in man and created literal monsters,” says Far Cry 2’s creative director Clint Hocking. “But at the same time HG Wells was writing Moreau, Joseph Conrad was writing Heart Of Darkness, which actually has very similar themes. It’s about someone in the jungle that has discovered and is leveraging man’s inner madness, and become a metaphorical rather than literal monster. This is Far Cry 2.”
The expansive open world, comprising savannah, desert and jungle, dustbowl colonial towns, corrugated iron shanties and Dogon villages, is continuous, with new areas loading seamlessly. It can be traversed by one of many vehicles, which include rustbucket hatchbacks, roaring dune buggies, the ever-useful Land Rover, boats and a hang glider, and is fenced with a ring of impassable desert – venture in and your car will eventually overheat and you’ll fall from heat exhaustion.
Herd animals graze before fleeing at any disturbance, while grass, bushes and trees sway with the wind, which can boil up into dark squalls, sending leaves and branches flying and whipping the grass into waves. More than most virtual worlds, this one looks and feels deeply credible. Broad fronds of jungle undergrowth are translucent, with shadows from those above showing through, and orange dust is thick in the late afternoon sun. The level of detail on the latest build is a good deal higher than that seen at Far Cry 2’s original unveiling at Leipzig in August.
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”The original Far Cry is The Island Of Dr Moreau, a story of a mad scientist that has unlocked the inner savagery in man and created literal monsters,” says Far Cry 2’s creative director Clint Hocking. “But at the same time HG Wells was writing Moreau, Joseph Conrad was writing Heart Of Darkness, which actually has very similar themes. It’s about someone in the jungle that has discovered and is leveraging man’s inner madness, and become a metaphorical rather than literal monster. This is Far Cry 2.”
The expansive open world, comprising savannah, desert and jungle, dustbowl colonial towns, corrugated iron shanties and Dogon villages, is continuous, with new areas loading seamlessly. It can be traversed by one of many vehicles, which include rustbucket hatchbacks, roaring dune buggies, the ever-useful Land Rover, boats and a hang glider, and is fenced with a ring of impassable desert – venture in and your car will eventually overheat and you’ll fall from heat exhaustion.
Herd animals graze before fleeing at any disturbance, while grass, bushes and trees sway with the wind, which can boil up into dark squalls, sending leaves and branches flying and whipping the grass into waves. More than most virtual worlds, this one looks and feels deeply credible. Broad fronds of jungle undergrowth are translucent, with shadows from those above showing through, and orange dust is thick in the late afternoon sun. The level of detail on the latest build is a good deal higher than that seen at Far Cry 2’s original unveiling at Leipzig in August.
***SOURCE:*forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=229962
DETAILS:*www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8732&Itemid=2
*farcry.uk.ubi.com/
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