Exploring development of Far Cry 1: part 5 feature

Just as I had posted the fourth part, I stumbled upon very, very interesting content, so why would I delay a new part?

Another barrage of images incoming.

Let's go.

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Concept arts come first:

Defensive Commander:

Factory:

Secondly, I have also found a few screnshots of varying interestingness.

Screenshots of the Training:

(Notice the patrolboat and V22):

(Not entirely sure if this one was in beta, but I don't remember V22s flying around):

Screenshots of the Fort:

(A higher-resolution version of the one I already posted):

A screenshot of the Boat showing minigun tilting in first person:

A screnshot of mp_dune showing Buggies with no machineguns on the top:

I have found a series of very interesting images for the part on some Japanese game magazine site by pure miracle.

Here's the link to the web page they are on:

4gamer.net

This series of images portrays Far Cry as seen on GDC 2003.

The Crytek section itself:

High-resolution pictures of the editor:

These two show the true name of a level with blue cloudy sky (I have a hypothesis that this is the "proto-Fort" of sorts) - ab_stealth_harry, seen in the previous parts. By the way, trigger icons are different:

The cloudy "river" section is also placed on this level:

It is mind-boggling to see that we managed to recreate the HUD quite accurately:

And that's a scout in hi-res:

And now we have come to the main reason why this part even exists.

I have visited the site of Far Cry's lead 3D artist, Maksim Aristov, and there, in the "Crytek" section. I have found some incredibly interesting images.

By the way, here's the link to the site:

Maristov.com

So, let's admire the work of a man who made a great deal of the game's models.

These images probably date back to the time when Far Cry was supposed to be a shooter with aliens and dinosaurs.

Here's a render of Coelophysis:

Some renders of aliens' models:

And a render of this cyborg'y creature:

Reminiscent of this, don't you think?

These are renders of some hi-tech weapons, likely dating back to this era:

Then come the pictures from the time when Far Cry followed the concept we see now.

Renders of the original mercs' models:

Desert Eagle model, somewhat different from the one we know:

Humvee's high-quality model:

Various props:

Some temple environment:

Far Cry modders should probably recognise the "embryorear.cgf" model. Here these models are, in a storage room of sorts (by the way, notice the parts of the old HUD on the right picture):

And that's what they are supposed to grow into: a mutant you have likely never seen. Say hello to the Mutant Rear:

Let's not forget about the mutants we know.

High-quality renders of Mutant Aberration...:

..., Mutant Chimp...:

..., Mutant Fast,...:

..., Mutant Stealth,...:

..., Mutant Big,...:

..., Mutated Krieger,...:

...and Mutant Omega:

I think all Far Cry fans should thank this man for his incredible work.

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So, this part has come to an end. More updates will come later.