Wiktionary
adv. much: to a great extent or degree n. (context singulare tantum idiomatic English) A long distance, in terms of dissimilarity or difference.
WordNet
n. distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here"
a disappointing disparity; "it was a far cry from what he had expected"
Wikipedia
Far Cry is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on March 23, 2004. It is the first installment in the Far Cry series, followed by 2008's Far Cry 2.
Set on a mysterious tropical archipelago, Far Cry follows ex-special forces soldier Jack Carver as he searches for a female journalist he was escorting after she went missing when their boat was destroyed by mercenaries. The game is played from a first-person view and allows the player to use various weapons and tools as well as take advantage of their environments.
Upon release, Far Cry was critically acclaimed, with praise directed towards the game's visuals, gameplay, and freedom. The game was also a commercial success, selling over 730,000 units within four months of release. The success of Far Cry led to several stand-alone sequels developed by Ubisoft, as well as a remake for the Xbox and Xbox 360, Far Cry Instincts.
Far Cry is a 2008 English-language German action film adapted from the video game of the same name. The film is directed by Uwe Boll and stars Til Schweiger.
"Far Cry" is the first single from Rush's 2007 album Snakes & Arrows. It was released to radio on March 12, 2007, then saw a digital release on iTunes four days later. The song peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"Far Cry" is the infamous unfinished recording that was included on singer Marvin Gaye's 1981 final Motown album, In Our Lifetime. The song, essentially a funk-styled instrumental, featured a vocally conscious Gaye mouthing words while playing multiple instruments, including the drums and keyboards, on the first part of the song. The brief second half features a jazz instrumental with Gaye playing piano and drums and singing in falsetto, while his fellow instrumentalists, bassist Frank Blair and guitarist Gordon Banks, accompany him. The song's release among the eight original recordings on In Our Lifetime angered Marvin to the point where he severed ties with Motown, his home for twenty years, leaving the label for Columbia. As he told his biographer David Ritz,
"I hadn't completed it....The song was in its most primitive stage. All I had was this jive vocal track, and they put it out as a finished fact. How could they embarrass me like that? I was humiliated. They also added guitar licks and bass lines. How dare they second guess my artistic decisions! Can you imagine saying to an artist, say Picasso, 'Okay, Pablo, you've been fooling with this picture long enough. We'll take your unfinished canvas and add a leg here, an arm there. You might be the artist, but you're behind schedule, so we'll finish up this painting for you. If you don't like the results, Pablo, baby, that's touch!'"
The song was later sampled for a song by rappers U-God and Snoop Dogg, who used parts of Gaye's vocals from the song for the single "Dance With Me" from one of his mixtapes in 2004. The re-release of In Our Lifetime, includes a six-minute version of the song that includes more of the jazz segue of the song, which was cut off on the album's initial release.
The Far Cry series is a franchise of first-person shooter computer and video games, named after the first game of the series. The first game, Far Cry, was developed by Crytek Studios in Germany and published by Ubisoft on March 23, 2004 for Microsoft Windows. Far Cry received positive reviews upon release. The original game has been followed by three sequels: Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4, and spawned many spin-off games, including Far Cry Instincts, Far Cry Instincts: Evolution, Far Cry Instincts: Predator, Far Cry Vengeance, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and Far Cry Primal.
A 2008 English-language German movie entitled Far Cry was based on the game.
The Far Cry franchise has been known for putting players in exotic open world environments, from the Himalayas to the plains of Africa. The series has also included an immersive map editing program that lets players create and share their own custom maps for use in multiplayer.
Far Cry is a jazz album by musician Eric Dolphy with trumpeter Booker Little, originally released in 1962 on New Jazz, a subsidiary of the Prestige label. Featuring their co-led quintet, it is one of the few studio recordings of their partnership. It is also one of the earliest appearances of bassist Ron Carter on record. Dolphy took part in Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz session before recording this album on the same day.
Far Cry is a first-person shooter video game.
Far Cry may also refer to:
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Far Cry (series), a franchise of first person shooter computer and video games
- Far Cry (film), a 2008 German film adapted from the video game
- "Far Cry" (Rush song), 2007
- "Far Cry" (Marvin Gaye song), 1981
- "A Far Cry", a song from the 1992 album Aqua by Asia
- Far Cry (album), a 1960 album by jazz musician Eric Dolphy
- The Far Cry, a 1951 crime novel by Fredric Brown
- The Far Cry, a 1926 American silent epic drama film
- A Far Cry (1959 film), a documentary about displaced persons after the Korean War
Usage examples of "far cry".
Even at no more than a purser's quart a head - a far cry from the gallon of beer of home waters - the store diminished by nearly half a ton each day.
My rose-colored shirt and gold trousers weren't exactly bright and fresh, but they were a far cry from brown and gray.
Abelard's of Erintara was a far cry from that of those ancient Irish houses.
If so, it was a far cry from any description of the afterlife he'd ever encountered.
The Pit is a far cry from the venues Baby Boy played in his heyday, but he appears to be happy, too.
Asymmetries, deformities: the faces here were a far cry from the regularity of the Compounds.
The pale light of the short sunless day was beginning to fade, when a faint far cry arose on the still air.
By Manfred's description, life in rather ramshackle, relaxed Celtic Carnac had been a far cry from the stilted imperial court at Mainz.
This sure was a far cry from the way most movies portrayed street-walkers.
Mitch had been working with aircraft computers before he became displaced, but a city's Central Service Coordinator was a far cry from a robot pilot.