Super Official Far Cry 2 Thread of Real-Time Story Telling and Malaria Medicine

I just noticed the game is released in three days and there's no official thread so here we go (most of the stuff in this thread is stolen directly or indirectly from KrawlMan's thread on gaf:

Release dates

• US: October 21, 2008
• Europe: October 23, 2008
• Austrailia: October 24, 2008

lmao

360

PS3

PC

lulz

Ratings

If you don't like TMNT or Power Rangers you're too young.

Get outta here!

System reqs for the PC version

Minimum

• CPU:
  Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz
  AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
• Video card:
  NVIDIA 6800 or ATIX1650 or better
  Shader Model 3 required
  256 Mb of graphic memory
• Memory:
  1 GB
• Media reader:
  DVD-ROM
• Hard drive space:
  ~12 Gig or HD space. (tbd)

Recommended

• CPU:
  Intel Core 2 Duo Family
  AMD64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
• Video card:
  NVIDIA 8600 GTS or better
  ATIX1900 or better
  512 Mb of graphic memory
• Memory:
  2 GB
• Sound:
  5.1 sound card recommended
• Media reader:
  DVD-ROM
• Supported Video cards:
  NVIDIA 6800, NVIDIA 7000 series, 8000 series, 9000 series, 200 series. 8800M and 8700M supported for laptops.
  ATI X1650-1950 series , HD2000 series , HD3000 series , HD4000 series.

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Introduction
Far Cry® 2, the next-generation first-person shooter from Ubisoft, will take you deep into the most beautiful but also most hostile environments in the world: Africa! More than just a visual and technological achievement, Far Cry® 2, the true sequel to the award-winning PC game, will provide you with an unprecedented gaming experience.

Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out "The Jackal," a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit your their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force.

Open World
The extensive artistic research combined with the next-gen engine will allow you to explore over 50Km2 of seamlessly rendered African landscape. No game has ever provided such freedom of movement!

Dunia Engine
The Dunia Engine was built specifically for Far Cry® 2 by the award-winning Ubisoft Montréal development team. It delivers the most realistic destructible environments, amazing special effects such as dynamic fire propagation and storm effects, real-time night-and-day cycle, dynamic music system, non-scripted enemy A.I. and so much more…

Real-Time Immersion
Real-time story telling, systemic auto-healing, minimal in-game interface are just few of the features that will make you feel the tension of being alone against barbarous warlords that threaten thousands of innocent lives.

Weapons of Choice
Choose from a wide range of weapons to make your way to your primary target. Meet the fight head-on with your machine-gun, go berserk with your machete or make stealth kills as a Sniper. If you feel that the atmosphere is not warm enough, light up your flamethrower and let your enemies and everything around them feel the heat.

Vehicles
Fly, Drive, Run, slide and hover over the huge open world with your glider, trucks, cars, boats and much more.

PR Crap

Screens and stuff

Videos

I especially recommend the map editor ones!

Moar screenz

roflol

Reviews

Reviews have been very positive, I'm sure you can find them by yourself if you feel a need to read them but I won't post scores just for the sake of posting them as they don't really say anything. One thing I've noticed is that magazines focusing on PC games tend to give the game better reviews than console magazines. The single new feature I'm the most excited about in Far Cry 2 is described very well by PC Gamer UK:

The basis of Far Cry 2's story telling: Characters and situations are swapped via a software author, its responding to choices made by you the player. Its something that's been on the cards for some time - mostly in research projects - but this is the first high-profile game to use it.

Its nothing less than a revelation. What makes this procedural storytelling cool isn't that you get to play the game lots of times, and see new things happen, or do things in new ways, Its not even that it gives you stories to share, situations to compare with your friends. Its that the game just works and responds to your successes, failures and **** ups.

If you don't like what a guy is asking you to do, then don't do it… If you really like one of your buddies, you stick with him. When the situations force choices on you… By God, its incredible.

PC Gamer UK

Incidentally, this game will be on sale at Fry's when it hits next week -- $52.

Right now, every penny counts.

Far Cry 2 was the last game I was expecting I'd end up buying to see how it advances storytelling in videogames, but I guess it's one of the games I'm getting.Oilers99

Hey, and I finally have a new game to push my PC.Oilers99

[QUOTE="Oilers99"]Hey, and I finally have a new game to push my PC.King9999

Within the last year, yeah. I could probably stand to add a gig or two more memory, but it's still a pretty decent gaming machine.

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="Oilers99"]Far Cry 2 was the last game I was expecting I'd end up buying to see how it advances storytelling in videogames, but I guess it's one of the games I'm getting.dvader654

This is a game I have to buy, no way i can experience it all in a rental. Same with Fallout 3.

Indeed. I really hope the game is as open-ended as the previews/reviews make it sound. And the map editor should be awesome as well.

Great thread dude. It's not just Official. It's Super Official!rragnaar

When Official just isn't enough. (tm)

So far, I like the first one more than this one. I'm not sure if I'm digging the Sandbox style for a shooter. It's definitely something different. Kuruption84

Do you have the game already? I'm not sure about this one, the first was pretty but I thought the game was just mediocre. Then I played Crysis which was beautiful but again, I felt the game was lacking in some important gameplay area's, but the AI was very tough. Crysis also seemed too short.

PS I see you are playing it now from your gamer card. where did you get it???

[QUOTE="Kuruption84"]So far, I like the first one more than this one. I'm not sure if I'm digging the Sandbox style for a shooter. It's definitely something different. _Bear

Do you have the game already? I'm not sure about this one, the first was pretty but I thought the game was just mediocre. Then I played Crysis which was beautiful but again, I felt the game was lacking in some important gameplay area's, but the AI was very tough. Crysis also seemed too short.

PS I see you are playing it now from your gamer card. where did you get it???

[QUOTE="_Bear"]

[QUOTE="Kuruption84"]So far, I like the first one more than this one. I'm not sure if I'm digging the Sandbox style for a shooter. It's definitely something different. Kuruption84

Do you have the game already? I'm not sure about this one, the first was pretty but I thought the game was just mediocre. Then I played Crysis which was beautiful but again, I felt the game was lacking in some important gameplay area's, but the AI was very tough. Crysis also seemed too short.

PS I see you are playing it now from your gamer card. where did you get it???

Hey thanks, it sounds about like I thought. I will pass on this for now, with all the great games I have now plus whats coming over the next 2 weeks I have my plate full.

In an attempt to revive the thread I'll break my own policy and post a new review. It's Eurogamer's.

"Ultimately, the most immediate reference for Far Cry 2 is not Crytek's original, but Deus Ex (Invisible War, sadly), in the way it presents interesting ideas, often slightly heavy-handedly, and features a gently saggy seriousness that can sometimes come at the expense of pacing. The result is a fascinating game with successes and failures that are both equally mystifying; one that rebuilds its story regardless of how badly you mistreat it, and yet struggles to spice up a simple escort mission. Far Cry 2 is unforgettable rather than perfect, then; brilliant, frustrating, sombre and comical, it offers freedom within extremely curtailed limits, and strives to treat its players like adults. In the end it remains, true to its source material, a game that was born to struggle with itself."

IGN's review is up. They give it an 8.8 for the console versions and an 8.9 for the PC. I'm really tempted, this game sounds right up my alley.

IGN Australia gave it a 9.1.

GS's Review is Up, I'm not going to mention the score but it was a very positive review of the game. :P

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/farcry2/index.html

just watched the video review, the game looks effing gorgeous!

GS's Review is Up, I'm not going to mention the score but it was a very positive review of the game. :P

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/farcry2/index.html

just watched the video review, the game looks effing gorgeous!

S0lidSnake

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

GS's Review is Up, I'm not going to mention the score but it was a very positive review of the game. :P

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/farcry2/index.html

just watched the video review, the game looks effing gorgeous!

GodModeEnabled

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

GS's Review is Up, I'm not going to mention the score but it was a very positive review of the game. :P

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/farcry2/index.html

just watched the video review, the game looks effing gorgeous!

GodModeEnabled

I actually did mention the score, see if you can find it. :P

The PC version si a lot better, yet they give them the same score? Reviews are terrible. I guess PC has higher standards.doyousmellthat

[QUOTE="doyousmellthat"]The PC version si a lot better, yet they give them the same score? Reviews are terrible. I guess PC has higher standards.Teufelhuhn

I'm going to take one for the team and go get this I think. I've been waiting for impressions all day and no one is delivering. Time to man up.:Prragnaar

Yeah dude, do it! I would, but I tried that Toys R' Us deal hoping that I could just exchange everything for games that came out later, and lets just say that I won't be able to exchange things for a while at my local Wal-Mart.

I'm going to take one for the team and go get this I think. I've been waiting for impressions all day and no one is delivering. Time to man up.:Prragnaar

I am with Ragnar, is anyone playing this? Is this the game that will get lost in the madness this year. I love what I read in the review, sounds like a really amazing game, 30+ hours, huge open FPS world, sweet! I need to wait since me have no money.dvader654

one review compared it to Stalker, only they said without all of the bugs, and better graphics...Sounds amazing enough to me.

I will have impressions in a few hours. I've got to finish up the work day and then I'm all over it.rragnaar

Yeah thats a buy for me too, but it will be a while for me as while. Are you playing the PC version Rag or the 360 version?GodModeEnabled

I'm about to blow your mind...

Neither.:P

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]Yeah thats a buy for me too, but it will be a while for me as while. Are you playing the PC version Rag or the 360 version?rragnaar

I'm about to blow your mind...

Neither.:P

My God... :shock:

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]Yeah thats a buy for me too, but it will be a while for me as while. Are you playing the PC version Rag or the 360 version?rragnaar

I'm about to blow your mind...

Neither.:P

What happened to those impressions? :x

*twiddles fingers*