SIAC Studios has released "First Contact: Planetfall," an adventure game which is a Far Cry modification. The mod team is made up of seven University of Salford seniors enrolled in the Computer and Video Games major.

"First Contact: Planetfall is a single player, story driven first person action adventure mod based in the CryEngine. Our game modification will take the standard controls and game play of Far Cry and redefine a new set of game play mechanics that take emphasis away from that standard ‘Kill or be Killed’ first person shooter game play type

Players will take on the role of Dr Lucy Rhea, an expert in alien biological chemistry. Dr Rhea finds herself as the only survivor in the crash landing of her recon team's steath ship. She will soon learn that the Planet Hestia becomes a lot more than just another research project; Hestia is infact the host of a ancient threat mankind must face alone. Dr Rhea must now survive in this strange and dangerous world and find a way off Hestia to inform the Extra Terrestrial Recon Authority (E.T.R.A.) of the coming dangers.

Armed with just a Personal Scanning Assistant (P.S.A.) and a Standard E.T.R.A. pistol, the player must use different tactics than simply running in guns blazing."

The 407MB mod can be downloaded from ModDB,