Boat Drinks

Posted by Brixtone on Sunday, September 5, 2004

The Goal

Far Cry - a beautifully rendered boat jumping simulator complete with Hawaiian shirts and Long Island Iced Teas. I’m not even 5% into this game yet because I keep getting distracted by all the fun stuff you can do just wandering around. As an example Bob, Tim, and I came to a point in the game where we were driving around in a gunboat shooting the hell out of everything we saw. We eventually ran the boat aground on a sandbar near our objective and got out to continue on foot. But something about this approach felt too easy. I suggested instead that we should try jumping the boat over the sandbar altogether and get the jump on our enemy. My idea was declared to be madness and a waste of time but after a couple of attempts, it became the new object of the game for all of us. Click the more link for the full photo collection.


Full Speed Ahead!


Catchin’ mad air, yo.


Almost there! Crash positions!

Splashdown
Splashdown. Amazing, it hardly rippled the water.

More pretty tropical screenshots to come as I continue the boating adventure.

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Comment by Staque

9/6/2004 @ 8:25 am

Dude!!! it is nice to see someone finally post something about Far Cry, because it blows my mind!!!

If Crytek can get just buggs worked out in the engine… they may have the next big thing.

The Water Effects just kill me.

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Comment by TimF

9/6/2004 @ 7:36 pm

Jeff,
I just borrowed this from Jess’s Dad. I’m going to fire it up and race you to the finish line!

The water effects are nice, but not as good as Beyond Good and Evil. That shit was smoking!

The thing that amazes me the most is how big the maps are. Jeff and I shot a missle at a far off mountain peak and the thing travelled for a good ten seconds before hitting the peak and exploding. Very cool. I’ll post more soon…

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Comment by Bob

9/7/2004 @ 10:27 am

That’s what gaming is all about!!!

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