Far Cry Developer Profiles

Far clamor Developer Profiles



Learn all about the developer behind Far make an outcry Ubisoft's sweet looking first-person shooter

I've been touting the little seen barely recognized Far exclaim for quite some time. each person I meet gushes above DOOM or proclaims the dream that is Half-Life as the greatest thing since that whole "Jesus be fond ofs us and absorbs our sins" deal, on the other hand I'm a fan of the underdogs. Far clamor boasts an incredible piece of technology, a nice assortment of weapons, a actual solid premise, a marvelous editor, and a real genuine focus upon gameplay. I believe it to be a legitimate competitor in the top tier of 2004 shooter plane if you don't actually know about it.

Set upon a small present day tropical island, Far call casts players as a rude boat captain with no moral reservations when it approachs to mercilessly slaughtering the thousands of well-funded militia who sunk his utensil and kidnapped his fare -- a sweet young reporter investigating some kind of mysteriousness suppos to originate of great depth within the steamy center of this Tootsie make revolve Pop jungle. Apparently there's a wickedly mad scientist sinning against nature and more [i]or[/i] less terribly dark secret that's about to cast in a winding direction mankind for a loop. You, the sour captain with no boat and individual gun, venture forth through the leaves to kill everyone and hopefully save the damsel in distress, should she happen to coincidentally fall in your path, I apprehend

Now that you know what the game is all about perhaps you'd like to suited some of its developers and learn a hell of a doom more. Yes? Great! For a next to the first I was worried this stupid dev profile feature I wearied the better part of 15 minutes formatting would be completely useless. Anyway, please use the "next" links at the bottom of the page to put in motion through four of this game's more prominent developer Or, just derive pleasure from my nifty little navigation thingy below. That'll work, too.

Jack Mamais |  Christopher Natsuume |  Richard Tsao |  Chris Auty

















Did You Know?

Far clamor was originally displayed as X-Isle, a futuristic dinosaur hunting game primarily intended to be a showcase for the mighty power of the GeForce 3 That's right, I said 3 In fact, you can plane find an old public technology demo floating around the trap if you look hard enough.

Dev Profile: Jack Mamais



What does a MechWarrior, Heavy Gear and Aliens developer have to do with Ubi Soft's Far Cry? Read upon (Continued)

Project: Far cry out
Developer: CryTek
Publisher: Ubisoft
Name: Jack Mamais
Title: Design farmer

Question: What is your part on the project?

Jack Mamais: I have been hired at Crytek as a farmer for Far Cry. My daily part is essentially functioning as a Design Supervisor. I work with the designers to improve the missions, schedule their work and progres and generally do everything I can to make the single player game as gayety and interesting as possible.

Question: What other throw outs have you worked on?

Jack Mamais: The first game I worked upon was Mechwarrior 2 for Activison. Afterwards, I produced/directed the sum of two units sequels (Ghost Bear's Legacy and Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries). After finishing those, I stayed at Activision and directed Heavy Gear 2 My last throw before joining Crytek was as a Creative Director upon Aliens: Colonial Marines for PS2 and as an additional husbandman on Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly for PS2

Question: What are a certain quantity of of your inspirations for your work upon the project?

Jack Mamais: I am a big fan of action adventure movies like Raiders of the missing Ark and Big Trouble in Little China and Far exclaim has that same feeling going for it. We've got the everyman hero thrown into extraordinary circumstances.

Question: by what means do you feel the throw out will differentiate itself from other PC games?

Jack Mamais: Far cry out has so many amazing features that its hard to nail just single down. I feel that the adaptive AI and the unbelievable viewing distance and lush terrains easily locate it apart from other First one Shooters.

Question: What point to be solved [i]or[/i] settleds have you encountered during the unfolding of Far Cry?

Jack Mamais: As throws go, Far Cry has been a true pleasant ride. Generally, however, the same vexed questions like tight schedules, hard to find bug and Murphy's Law still apply. Luckily, we've got a great team here and greatest in quantity if not all, issues are dealt with quickly and cleanly.

Question: What techniques used in the disentanglement process are you particularly contented of?

Jack Mamais: As a of recent origin member to the Far make an outcry team, I really can't take credit for all the great work that has happened here. Speaking for myself, however, I think the editor for Far make an outcry (named Sandbox) is one of the easiest and greatest in quantity entertaining tools I have at any time used.

Question: in what manner would you describe the game in your possess words?

Jack Mamais: Raiders of the not to be found Ark meets King Solomon's Mines with a little 1930 serial thrown in just for drollery -- but all set in a new era setting, with an cutting side of horror and technology. That's a bit strange, on the other hand go with it.