New Far Cry from Ubisoft

By Tom Bramwell Published 11 January, 2006

360 package has Instincts too.

Ubisoft has announced that it's going to release a new console Far Cry game in spring 2006.

At first glance you might make it out as a pair of them, but in actual fact what we've got is Far Cry Instincts Next Chapter - a brand new game for Xbox 1 that features a new story, characters and features that "reflect and improve upon" stuff from the first Instincts, and Far Cry Instincts Predator, which is an Xbox 360 package featuring Next Chapter and "an enhanced version of the original Far Cry Instincts".

Enhanced in the sense that it'll harness the Xbox 360's sex-making chips to provide heightened in-the-eye pleasure, we expect. Says Ubisoft of Instincts Predator: "Gamers will experience advanced pathfinding and new enemy and vehicle artificial intelligence for improved chase scenes and more enemies on-screen at one time, allowing for more adrenaline-rushing fast-action sequences."

Which sounds lovely. It's not utterly clear which team is developing the new game, but it's probably worth pointing out that it's not Crytek, the people who made the PC original, as they're currently sheltering under the mighty financial wing of Electronic Arts. ("Buy eeeeeverything," indeed.) Ubisoft's also released some screenshots of of Instincts Predator and Next Chapter. Enjoy 'em.

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Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (22) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • LOLLERS #1 6 years ago

    Far Cry Instincts is all about the multiplayer

  • myiagros #2 6 years ago

    sounds good, i guess this means that next chapter won't be backwards compatible on 360 then, make everyone pay more for the same game (god damn it!).

  • alpha-0ne #3 6 years ago

    good i was hoping they would do this i had read the rumours ive not played the game on xbox so it will be good to play it on my 360

  • Eldritch #4 6 years ago

    Any word on whether they'll use CryTek's engine?

  • Xerx3s #5 6 years ago

    "it's not Crytek, the people who made the PC original, as they're currently sheltering under the mighty financial wing of Electronic Arts. ("Buy eeeeeverything," indeed.) "

    Sellouts. Ahh well, they will be cursed to make unoriginal games untill they are nothing more than a brandname.

  • Artemus #6 6 years ago

    Crytek's DirectX 10 demo was very impressive. I assumed this tech will be used in Far Cry 2 on PC.

  • Universal_Hamster #7 6 years ago

    Cant wait to see the new unskippable 5 minute trailer of all of the good bits before the game starts. IN HI DEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Furbs #8 6 years ago

    Xerx3s - yeah just like DICE eh?

    Your same lame argument gets soooooooo boring.

  • redd #9 6 years ago

    wasnt ubisoft montreal who made far cry instincts?
    Anyway, i enjoyed the game far more than the pc far cry. highly recommend it.

  • The-Bodybuilder #10 6 years ago

    FC:I, the first action game that I didn't complete in years.

  • Xander_B_OXford #11 6 years ago

    Ah Farcry, one of the finest pieces of work on the glorious Xbox this year is getting an upgrade to the god in the box that is the 360 with some truly incredible visual upgrades that are plain to see.

    Well worth the extra money, I'm sure you'll all agree. I for one would gladly pay a hundred quid for a 360 game, for while playing the Xbox is the gaming equivalent of a good orgasm, playing the 360 is the gaming equivalent of shooting your muck in Jessica Alba's face before swiftly inserting the old chap into Kylie Minogue's (Pre-disease) back side.

    Pure gaming super-sex... EVOLVED!

  • kgthatsme #12 6 years ago

    The PC version still looks better though....

  • Pho-Zoon #13 6 years ago

    Someone shut 'B_OXford' up

  • Furbs #14 6 years ago

    Xander!!! You ROCK my world man. Hows your bruv doing? Hope he got a 360.

  • Dizzy #15 6 years ago

    Nice... I never finished the XBox version....

    I am certainly interested in more Far Cry (on my 360).

  • davyuk #16 6 years ago

    As funny-for-being-an-idiot as you are Xander, the disease comment was unnecessary. And I'm a Chris Morris fan.

  • Darren #17 6 years ago

    So this the reason Xbox Far Cry Instincts isn't backward compatible on the 360 despite the fact the OXM demo plays absolutely fine on the 360? Yet another developer takes the cheap and easy route to making Xbox 360 games.

    Thanks Ubi Soft, just what we wanted, ANOTHER last-gen port with prettier graphics!!! /rolls eyes/

  • The-Bodybuilder #18 6 years ago

    >" the disease comment was unnecessary"

    Indeed it was.
    Stupid too.

  • JonFE #19 6 years ago

    Given UbiSoft's track record of releasing expansion packs for some of its franchises, I'd assume that FC Next Chapter will be priced similar to R6 or GR expansion packs and not as a full game.

    New technology means porting existing software tools over and fine-tuning them plus creating new ones. That procedure takes time and costs money, so it's natural that developers will recycle some current-gen ideas for their first batch of next-gen releases.

    We, the customers, have the power to either purchase these recycled games or not. If UbiSoft does a good job on the X360 port of FC Instincts plus expansion, utilizing some of X360's merits thus creating at least a prettier or even better game, where’s the harm?

    On another note: Darren, do you reckon that backwards compatibility is up to Microsoft employees or the developers/publishers themselves?
    Edited by 1 at 12/01/06 @ 11:01

  • karstux #20 6 years ago

    What's been happening at Crytek, anyway? It's been nigh two years since the original Far Cry, and save for The Project, nothing has come from them since. Are they working on anything at all?

    Also, I wonder what the licensing situation is with Far Cry. Obviously, Ubisoft own the name and the setting. But what about the engine... is that one still in Crytek's hands?

  • brainbird #21 6 years ago

    "Given UbiSoft's track record of releasing expansion packs for some of its franchises, I'd assume that FC Next Chapter will be priced similar to R6 or GR expansion packs and not as a full game."

    And if Rainbow Six: Black Arrow and Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike are any indication, FarCry Next Chapter will be worth its money.

  • kangarootoo #22 6 years ago

    I hope they sort the aiming system out. Its pretty bad in the current XB FC game. Still a great game, but decent stick controls would have made all the difference.

    @Furbs
    Are you and Xander the same person?