On the other hand, Crytek took this opportunity to expand its development studio and focus on its new FPS franchise Crysis.

The immediate success of the first game enabled Crytek to sell this franchise to Ubisoft, who managed over the years to popularize this franchise with numerous sequels built on top of the Dunia engine platform. With support for features such as complex lighting, detailed particle rendering, dynamic opponent encounters, tree and vegetable physics, and destructible objects, Far Cry also managed to promote sandbox gameplay that was unheard of at that time. By introducing rendering of lush and incredibly dense tropical jungle environment into an open world FPS game, Crytek managed to create a unique mix of new technological, traditional FPS gameplay, and sandbox approach that offered PC gamers the ability to play a game completely unique from all of its numerous competitors.īuilt using the first version of CryEngine, Far Cry 2 easily rendered lush jungle environments, detailed military complexes, and a large number of AI opponents, enabling players to experience an expansive and visually stunning world that is fully reactive to the player's adventures. Developed by then up and rising game developer studio Crytek from Germany, Far Cry immediately upon release became one of the most important PC game releases of the early 2000s.

Far Cry 2 is an award-winning and visually spectacular open-world FPS game from 2004.

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