Far Cry Instincts out this September

[Nick]

Ubisoft have announced that the console version of Far Cry, Far Cry Instincts will be released this September.

The game has been completely re-written to optimise each console's capabilities.

What would be interesting is if anything is being done for the new gen stuff from Microsoft and Sony...

Anyway, in the meantime, have a gander at these screenies.

[suryad]

Err if I understand correctly what you wrote in your post, Instincts is not the sequel?!

[Nick]

That's right, Instincts is a re-make of the original with a few extra bit thrown in for consoles

[alterion]

HEH.. draw didstances on the ps2 ont this will be funny

[Nick]

News today confirms that this is being optimised for the next gen consoles...

So a PS3 with a Cell chip should be able to handle those massive outdoor enviroments with ease...

[Swafe]

I reckon they might as well optimise it for the next gen consoles, them graphics look sweet, but I couldnt imagine a PS2 running it all that fast, at all.

With the Xbocks 2 coming out before the end of the year, why dont they make it a Xbocks 2 game as well ? If there rewritting all the code its a dirty task as it is, they might as well spend a bit more time and make it as good as the PC version, and a bit more, then the Xbocks 2 would have a sweet launch game, on top of the others.

[Nick]

Well, the PR says for the next gen consoles.... so that'll includong the XB2... to be honest, if its a console only game, then those screens are either mock ups, which is unlikely as the game is due for release in 6 months, or they've done some SWEET tweaking to get them looking that good on the hardware that's out now...

Or the other, third option, is that those screenies are from a development version of a next gen console....

[iMc]

Got any bigger versions of those screenies Nick?

Also those screens could be going at 3fps and we wouldn't know, so they could well be from a PS2 version, and then when the game hits the shelves it will look rubbish.

[Nick]

I see what I can do about full sized high res images for you.

I'm not sure that the current consoles are actually capable of doing the screens at all, at any res other than a still image for a loading screen or something... there's just something about them that either means there's one mutha of an uber-stomping engine at work here or some seriously optimised code... or its a next gen screenie...

I've not seen anything on XBox or PS2 to comes close to this, tbh.

[iMc]

Just been reading about a trap system that is implemented into Instincts. The player can learn how to set traps for the mercenaries that are following him, but you can also get caught by your own traps if you forget where they are. Sounds like a good feature.

Alot of sites such as ign adn gamespot are using the same sceenies posted here as examples from current gen consoles.