OG Far Cry gets stunning Unreal Engine 5 remake

Next year will mark 20 years since the original Far Cry first released. Does that make you feel old? Back in 2004, Ubisoft’s acclaimed first-person shooter was launched into the world, kickstarting a franchise that we’re still enjoying today.

Well, sort of. You could argue that the franchise peaked with Far Cry 3. Even that game is now 10 years old, fans are still in agreement that it’s an absolute masterpiece. Of course, Far Cry 7 could blow every other instalment out of the water. If recent rumours are to be believed, the title has supposedly entered development, although it is in the very early stages. That fits with Ubisoft’s pattern. We tend to get a new Far Cry release every three to four years and Far Cry 6 debuted in 2021. In the meantime though, one group of fans have been busy working on a remake of the original Far Cry - and the results are dazzling.

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The project is the work of a duo known on YouTube as Teaser Play. Created in Unreal Engine 5, the Far Cry remake looks stunning. Describing the project, the creators wrote, “In the video, we have made a demo based on Far Cry to show how this game will be in Unreal Engine 5. Note that this is only a technical demo and is different from a playable game. This demo is run on RTX 4090 with 4K dynamic resolution and 60fps.”

They continued, “The high details of textures, the number of environment objects and lumens made it difficult to run it on this graphic card. As always, we used the latest Unreal Engine features in this project, including Lumen, Nanite, High Resolution Reflection and more.” Imagine if this was playable and real. Ah, the dream. Take a look at the project below.

Needless to say, Far Cry fans were impressed. One viewer wrote, “Man, if you made games with that talent, you’d be rich,” while another added, “The remake we all need.” Someone commented, “It’s gorgeous. Excited to see games be like this in upcoming years.” All in all, another great project from the channel.