Enough FC2 Bashing...it's not the best game, but still amazing. Be honest.

[QUOTE="thenewau25"][QUOTE="Swiftstrike5"]

I'm really tired of listing everything that's wrong with this game (if you really want one, I wrote a review. I think I gave it a 6.0 which was generous). I can't believe that you think that everyone should think this game is great. It's easily the worst FPS I've paid retail to play (some freeware games are pretty bad). It's nothing like they promised and that pisses me off.

I really don't think they're capable of fixing this game so that I'll enjoy it enough to finish it.

Swiftstrike5

oh yeah? but fear is better? that has the same bad combat problemsno vehicles and its totaly linear and the most simple and deathborign levels ever, as for repetive its the same enemy killing all over, it throws some scares jsut to make a dffirence plz fear without slo mo and scares is the worst fps ever!

FEAR multiplayer is pretty badass.

You don't kill the same enemy over and over. There's a variety of units, but you fight the 'grunts' most of the time. The storyline in FEAR isn't rittled with identical menial tasks. You don't have to backtrack. Combat actually varies because you don't fight the same enemy in the same spot over and over. You aren't invincible in FEAR. Enemies AI actually loses track of where you are (enemies in Far Cry 2 have a 360 field of vision). Combat in FEAR is more intense and compact than Far Cry's. Level's in FEAR may be boring, but at least the combat is functional and fun. About the only fun gunplay in Far Cry is sniping, but that's just because it actually has semi-realistic damage. I feel like I'm playing with waterguns when I use assualt rifles in Far Cry 2. Any weapon in FEAR will almost certainly kill an enemy with 2-3 headshot, but at least that makes sense (FEAR soldiers are super-soldiers, Far Crap's are people wearing T-shirts). It's awesome to pin them to the walls with a nailgun.

FarCry 2 has the same enemies regardless of where you are. FEAR has much more variety of units and a changing enviroment. Enemies in FC2 are in the same spot, every time. Your entire point is flawed because FEAR did have Slowmo and it did have the atmosphere.

Not to mention, some people enjoy linear games because the story is usually about 10 times better and it's action is more compact. Not everyone enjoys the repetitive, menial tasks that riddle Far Cry 2's gameplay.

bla bla bla you just stated you opinion like not to mention that most people like linear games WELL ME TOO BUT MOST PEOPLE DISSAGREE! plz fear is all over the same in every room enemies dont diffier much and they are no diffirent ways to go, and the combat is about the sam takes many hits

[QUOTE="N3xus9"][QUOTE="doyousmellthat"]

How does FC2 give you more options? Name one thing yuo can do? Crysis you can use the environment, pick up enemies, Stealth actually works, you can beat enemies to death with objects in the worls, pick up objects and hurl it at them, FC2 sucks, and is nothing but repetition. The Ai in Crysis owns FC2's dummies. The spawning ruins any fun in travelling around. What is the point os having an open game with nothing fun to do? FGC2 is no more open, half the map funnels you in linear paths you HAve to go down, where enemies respawn in 30 seconds so you have to clear out the same camp 50 times.

You could shoot tires on vehicles in Crysis and they would flip on the enemies, cannot in FC2. You cannot fricken lean, how stupid is that, nor go prone. You could kill enemies by making tress fall on them in Crysis, you could use stealth and use sleep darts, and never kill a soul, try doing that in FC2. FC2 is a game that was obviously designed for ADD console gamers. You could use strength to smash in walls on buildings and make them fall on unsuspecting enemies. Crysisowns FC2, sorry. What is there to explore iN Fc2? Having a big world does not make a game better, FC2 is proof of that, the details are what matters, and FC2's world is stale, repetitive and boring.

Also, learn english.

machockey

Hear Hear

Crysis is a much better game on so many levels than Farcry2, both technically and gameplay wise.

thenewau25 uses Crysis hatred as a springboard for attention! I wish Gamespot had an ignore function so we wouldn't have to read his woeful ill-thought out opinions ... or having to try to decipher his atrocious English language skills.

I'm on board with the both of you. The thing I hated most about fc2 is the shooting mechanics. Personally, I think the shooting mechanics suck. If it took the shooting mechanics of say.... CRYSIS (i have my problems with crysis but the mechanics of the game are amazing.) I would have a game that i would probably play though. I gave it about 3 hours and I have no reason to go play it again. It almost feels like call of duty 2. Wish i would have bought Dead Space because fc2 is a DUD!

NOOOO CRYSIS SHOOTING MECHANINCS SUCK AT LEAST IN FAR CRY 2 YOU USE GUNS AND LOTS OF THEM NOT CRAPPY POWERS ! also if you speak many languages you kinad miss some dont you think?

[QUOTE="thenewau25"][QUOTE="deathcy"]

Far Cry 2 is only graphics.

end of story :)

thanx

fetelth

... hahahahahahah lol so what crysis is?

lol again

FC2 is like Assasin's Creed. Tons of hype, people like it for abit, gets good reviews but later on you find out how repititive and shallow it really is.

i prefer than unfinished garbage i dont wanna play like crysis or stupid hype for nothing like stalker

[QUOTE="thenewau25"]

[QUOTE="unrealplaya55"]The thing I hate about FC2 is that its linear. When you are on a road yhere is no other way to destroy a checkpoint unless you go guns blazing.unrealplaya55

1 you kidding me right? you cant attack a base from 360 degree

2 thats the point weapon based combat in real life the weapon is your best friend, if it jams you dont treat it well?

And guns arent made of silly puddy. The thing is I own several guns and jams do not happen near as much as they do in the movies or games. So you need to stop basing games off fact.

look you wanna play a game or something made 100% how you want it?

The guns from the game look very neglected, extremely rusty and dirty, etc.

My dad handed down a pistol down to me that's about 30 years old and wasn't taken care of and is pretty rusted and it does jam from time to time. I own a Remington Express shotgun... also jams from time to time, but this is not from neglect, just a malfunctioning product.

Guns do jam, any gunowner should know that... Especially for guns that have went uncleaned for months and months. I don't think busting out the can of Rem Oil is at the top of the list for African rebels =P

Amigro

guns jam not a lot but consider this

1 in far cry you use them alot

2 they asre stolen and sold to africa not A class

3 the conditions in africa make guns to jam not all weapons are designed to fire in desert or underwater

my brother is in this stuff thats how i know!

I think one of my biggest problems is that the gunplay is terrible. The guns just feel like complete crap. You have to empty an entire magazine just to kill someone. I'm also not sure where the creators got the idea that guns jam this much, or that guns rust easily, as most are made of materials that resist rust incredibly well. IRL you can treat an AK-47 like garbage, and it will rarely if ever jam.

The original Far Cry had some high tech weapons like the G36 or OICW that felt powerful and were incredibly satisfying to use.

cmdrmonkey

the gunplay is better than crysis you dont use that much guns in crysis so its great!

1 more guns than most games

2 the too many bullets is because they cant make the enmies hit you less like graw

3 the jam thing is because those aint A class guns but stolen and sold to africa also not everyweapon is designed to work well in desert or underwater so yes it jams!

[QUOTE="unrealplaya55"][QUOTE="thenewau25"]

[QUOTE="unrealplaya55"]The thing I hate about FC2 is that its linear. When you are on a road yhere is no other way to destroy a checkpoint unless you go guns blazing.chesterocks7

1 you kidding me right? you cant attack a base from 360 degree

2 thats the point weapon based combat in real life the weapon is your best friend, if it jams you dont treat it well?

And guns arent made of silly puddy. The thing is I own several guns and jams do not happen near as much as they do in the movies or games. So you need to stop basing games off fact.

Do you use your guns in an African setting on a daily basis to survive? Didn't think so. And yeah they obviously sped things up because if they wanted to make it completely realistic you wouldn't encounter a jam before you finished the game.

belive me those guns in those conditions and so much use GOT to jam they aint right out of the factory in 2020

[QUOTE="machockey"][QUOTE="N3xus9"][QUOTE="doyousmellthat"]

How does FC2 give you more options? Name one thing yuo can do? Crysis you can use the environment, pick up enemies, Stealth actually works, you can beat enemies to death with objects in the worls, pick up objects and hurl it at them, FC2 sucks, and is nothing but repetition. The Ai in Crysis owns FC2's dummies. The spawning ruins any fun in travelling around. What is the point os having an open game with nothing fun to do? FGC2 is no more open, half the map funnels you in linear paths you HAve to go down, where enemies respawn in 30 seconds so you have to clear out the same camp 50 times.

You could shoot tires on vehicles in Crysis and they would flip on the enemies, cannot in FC2. You cannot fricken lean, how stupid is that, nor go prone. You could kill enemies by making tress fall on them in Crysis, you could use stealth and use sleep darts, and never kill a soul, try doing that in FC2. FC2 is a game that was obviously designed for ADD console gamers. You could use strength to smash in walls on buildings and make them fall on unsuspecting enemies. Crysisowns FC2, sorry. What is there to explore iN Fc2? Having a big world does not make a game better, FC2 is proof of that, the details are what matters, and FC2's world is stale, repetitive and boring.

Also, learn english.

wado-karate

Hear Hear

Crysis is a much better game on so many levels than Farcry2, both technically and gameplay wise.

thenewau25 uses Crysis hatred as a springboard for attention! I wish Gamespot had an ignore function so we wouldn't have to read his woeful ill-thought out opinions ... or having to try to decipher his atrocious English language skills.

I'm on board with the both of you. The thing I hated most about fc2 is the shooting mechanics. Personally, I think the shooting mechanics suck. If it took the shooting mechanics of say.... CRYSIS (i have my problems with crysis but the mechanics of the game are amazing.) I would have a game that i would probably play though. I gave it about 3 hours and I have no reason to go play it again. It almost feels like call of duty 2. Wish i would have bought Dead Space because fc2 is a DUD!

Are you saying Call of Duty 2 was bad...? Call of Duty 2 was a great game. Anywho, doyousmellthat, you just complained about FC2 being open world. I didn't like Crysis because it was linear, and the tropical island setting didn't fly well with me. Far Cry 2's cars handle better, I like the gunplay better in FC2, the game looks quite nice, not Crysis good, but still exceptional.

Its all personal preferences. You like Crysis, I like Far Cry 2.

Yeah, i understand the gripe about crysis being linear. And i liked Call of duty 2, but now i just think its a little dated, that's all. I guess agree to disagree on the gun-play aspect... that's the one thing in fc2 that drives me away...

[QUOTE="unrealplaya55"][QUOTE="thenewau25"]

[QUOTE="unrealplaya55"]The thing I hate about FC2 is that its linear. When you are on a road yhere is no other way to destroy a checkpoint unless you go guns blazing.chesterocks7

1 you kidding me right? you cant attack a base from 360 degree

2 thats the point weapon based combat in real life the weapon is your best friend, if it jams you dont treat it well?

And guns arent made of silly puddy. The thing is I own several guns and jams do not happen near as much as they do in the movies or games. So you need to stop basing games off fact.

Do you use your guns in an African setting on a daily basis to survive? Didn't think so. And yeah they obviously sped things up because if they wanted to make it completely realistic you wouldn't encounter a jam before you finished the game.

I think the silliest thing I've seen when it comes to the rusted guns is a rusted/jamming AS-50. This is a state of the art sniper rifle that just came out in 2006. It's made of space age materials and I'm not even sure it can rust, and even in Africa there's no way it would have rusted in just a year or two. Just shows how silly and contrived the attempts at realism in this game are...

Ok, let me put it in a way that everyone can understand.

Some people will like it and some won't.

Also, stop comparing one game to another.....especially you thenewau25

Why can't you grasp the concept that people like Crysis? You may not have enjoyed it but obviously others do so get over it and just accept the damn facts.

BUT MOST PEOPLE DISSAGREE!

thenewau25

Interesting... I like how my post is full of facts and you say it's an opinion. Then you post some statistics that you can't even support.

You're not going to change my opinion by being arrogant and not supporting your posts with any factual evidence.

BTW. It would be awesome if you didn't misquote me. I said "Not to mention, some people" you quoted me as "not to mention, that most people."

[QUOTE="chesterocks7"][QUOTE="unrealplaya55"][QUOTE="thenewau25"]

[QUOTE="unrealplaya55"]The thing I hate about FC2 is that its linear. When you are on a road yhere is no other way to destroy a checkpoint unless you go guns blazing.cmdrmonkey

1 you kidding me right? you cant attack a base from 360 degree

2 thats the point weapon based combat in real life the weapon is your best friend, if it jams you dont treat it well?

And guns arent made of silly puddy. The thing is I own several guns and jams do not happen near as much as they do in the movies or games. So you need to stop basing games off fact.

Do you use your guns in an African setting on a daily basis to survive? Didn't think so. And yeah they obviously sped things up because if they wanted to make it completely realistic you wouldn't encounter a jam before you finished the game.

I think the silliest thing I've seen when it comes to the rusted guns is a rusted/jamming AS-50. This is a state of the art sniper rifle that just came out in 2006. It's made of space age materials and I'm not even sure it can rust, and even in Africa there's no way it would have rusted in just a year or two. Just shows how silly and contrived the attempts at realism in this game are...

Lol. Do you get all your info from wikipedia?

lol. It still is kind of dumb though how a new gun is rusted. But space age? lol

I'm at 73% and forcing myself to finish it. The end of Act I and beggining of Act II were great, but now it just drags on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and Jesus Christ this game sucks. Makes me want to bash my head against the keyboard. It's Assassin's Creed first person.

The only reason I keep playing is that I'm curious to see what happens at the end. And I like the music.

Playing this game made me truly realise how much talent GSC and Crytek have. Hell, even Boiling Point is miles better than FC2.

If Crytek/Ubisoft would've bothered to give this game a decent and engaging story (like the first Far Cry!) instead of throwing in some B-movie script, adding some GTA-style sandbox gameplay and hoping the FC name helps it float in the market..........then yeah, this game clearly could've been better.

All the smaller things, like the weapon degredation reminds me of the annoying eating/weightlifting tasks you had to do in San Andreas too. It's nice to be able to upgrade your weapons and other items too, but that still doesn't change the fact they're woefully underpowered.

It's a good game--yes.....but one with hardly any replayability in my book.

If Crytek/Ubisoft would've bothered to give this game a decent and engaging story (like the first Far Cry!) instead of throwing in some B-movie script, adding some GTA-style sandbox gameplay and hoping the FC name helps it float in the market..........then yeah, this game clearly could've been better.

All the smaller things, like the weapon degredation reminds me of the annoying eating/weightlifting tasks you had to do in San Andreas too. It's nice to be able to upgrade your weapons and other items too, but that still doesn't change the fact they're woefully underpowered.

It's a good game--yes.....but one with hardly any replayability in my book.

Huskerz09

Not defending the game.. But decent and engaging story for Farcry? Are we kidding here? It was a Dr Jilro (spelling?) rip off.. Nothing more nothing less... It was a great game, but you didn't really play it for the game.. It was engaging though in wanting to see what will happen next..

unrealplaya55 and Cdscottie

ok guys i am compare it wiht stalker right now no more crysis if you still think its average at best plz play boiling point the game is EXACTLY l ike far cry 2 but terrible and got a 7 dont you think this game worths the 8. 5 for the map graphics freedom( to explore and drive in a belivable size worldmap unlike crysis and stalker , boiling point and psotal 2 had belivable maps, i use those games cuz they are fps and i cant find outher fps with worldmap, as for crysis not having worldmap tell that to fanboys who claim its does!

chesterocks7

about jamming if you use a weapon so much in dust of africa and rain while its not made to function on those enviroments , plus that those guns are used and stolen sold to africa they will jam, but yes they are oveerdoing it

Baranga

"Playing this game made me truly realise how much talent GSC and Crytek have. Hell, even Boiling Point is miles better than FC2."

PLEASE FOR THE GRAPHS SHAKE PLZ

stalker doesnt even have a belivable worldmap or driving, as for boiling point its the crappiest garbage ever made worst combat EVER worst gunplay EVER worst ai EVER and the missions aint better than far cry 2, plz the point is that this game is simple as assasin creed beacause of the console version, i explain it this way i love cod4 combat so much that i d rather play it an shoot enemies forever not matter of getting repetive, ever played gothic 3? there is no main story or an indicator on quests " go there" you search the ENTIRE world map and do the same things, those are problems of all new games (being borring) but dont compare it with a grabage that doesnt even work right or having more story based missions than fc 2 while it doesnt, i am talking about boiling point plz its better than that

i checked your profile Baranga so gun is a 10? great game but i tried many times to replay and i couldnt i find it borring to replay , also the worldmap is small, so you dont care about worldmap, why jericho gets a 5 but assasin creed an 6.5? because maybe creed was repetive but better get it? as for the club i dont understand how a totaly linear fps that you do the same shooting enemies till times run out thing is better than far cry 2, i got the game and i can say it has zero replay value and not stuff to try out like exploration and psychis, so i can simply say you dont care about non linear free roam games with worldmap but for a proper singleplayer experience, sorry free roam games will NEVER give you that, so you can try stalker that focuses more on story thant exploration and worldmap but not greatly like cod4, also the reason assasin creed ( am not a fan) is great for its ways is this: unlike prince of persia series the game doesnt have stupid cameras or puzzles and trap avoiding, trap avoiding, trap avoiding... like someone place them there to make a obstacle couse for the player, now how real is that? also in assasin creed doesnt ahve mosnters or bosses, its a more on reallity apporach ( not realism, reality) so its great for users demanding big maps and freedom and not story and linear experience, i understand what you mean in repetive and borring, same problem in gothic 3 for me, a huge worldmap one maiin quest " find xardas" no clues or idnicators or where to go and no one seem to know anything in the cities, after a while i got tired roaming around, so I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT FAR CRY 2 AND ASSASIN CREED but hardcore gothic 3 fans played anyway no matter it crahses, far cry 2 is a great game as "worldmap fps" but yes the linear story telling an missions suck not a linear cod 4 experience but thats the same problem with all those games like just cause and mercs 2 (OPEN ENDED FREE ROAM GAMES HAVE BORRING MISSION INCLUDING BOILING POINT, NOTHING NEW WITH THAT PROBLEM)

What the hell did you do with your time before FC2 came out?chesterocks7

Am sorry i dont get that are you insulting me? look this game has much ,much ,much bigger map than stalker, driving more belivable story that explains something and also you got the buddies, more faction focuzed id say so its better than stalker for me!

[QUOTE="deathcy"]

Far Cry 2 is only graphics.

end of story :)

thanx

thenewau25

... hahahahahahah lol so what crysis is?

lol again

in any case game is awesome enemie aint bulletproof just dont aim for the head to much also that it doesnt have much shootign is a good thing why to place hundrends of enemies in the worldmap under trees? no reason they should be in military bases 10 km away not everywhere, game is great it deserver more than an 8.5, is cod4 better that got a 9?

No it's not. It's a great game for many reasons, with graphics being one reason. How about the vehicles whose tires you can actually shoot? How about being able to destroy buildings? How about the amazing physics? How about being able to run over trees and shoot them down? How about the many ways you can finish a mission (stealth, all guns blazing, etc.)? How about an open ended single player game? Crysis Wars is also very very fun. To say it's all about graphics is a stupid remark. There are many reasons why Crysis is so great.

Also, just wanted to say, because of the different ways you can finish a mission, there is a lot of replay value. I have actually played the demo for 12 hours, and that's just the demo (think about all the other missions).

[QUOTE="chesterocks7"]What the hell did you do with your time before FC2 came out?thenewau25

Am sorry i dont get that are you insulting me? look this game has much ,much ,much bigger map than stalker, driving more belivable story that explains something and also you got the buddies, more faction focuzed id say so its better than stalker for me!

God you are amazing at replying to people and making absolutely no sense or connection. I honestly want to know why you spend what must be the majority of your day on these boards worshipping FC2 and absolutely degrading every other game on the market. It's pathetic.

[QUOTE="thenewau25"][QUOTE="deathcy"]

Far Cry 2 is only graphics.

end of story :)

thanx

bedram793

... hahahahahahah lol so what crysis is?

lol again

in any case game is awesome enemie aint bulletproof just dont aim for the head to much also that it doesnt have much shootign is a good thing why to place hundrends of enemies in the worldmap under trees? no reason they should be in military bases 10 km away not everywhere, game is great it deserver more than an 8.5, is cod4 better that got a 9?

No it's not. It's a great game for many reasons, with graphics being one reason. How about the vehicles whose tires you can actually shoot? How about being able to destroy buildings? How about the amazing physics? How about being able to run over trees and shoot them down? How about the many ways you can finish a mission (stealth, all guns blazing, etc.)? How about an open ended single player game? Crysis Wars is also very very fun. To say it's all about graphics is a stupid remark. There are many reasons why Crysis is so great.

Also, just wanted to say, because of the different ways you can finish a mission, there is a lot of replay value. I have actually played the demo for 12 hours, and that's just the demo (think about all the other missions).

EXACTLY many people dont see those stuff in crysis like myself so yes those are great stuff but what happens if i wanna use only guns no powers or mods? i play far cry 2 the features that far cry has are diffirent and people who loved crysis or not even played it cant see them, eg how many fps got 50 km2 of worldmap? just for being that wide or burn the vegetation or the amount of guns i love it. oh i gotta tell you something crysis map aint that big id say, or as much freedom as the first level in demo, its not as open ended as the demo, you propably heard it, but crysis warhead is , gald we understand each outher!

An example in crysis using guns and relly in my shield will preserve a pretty bad experience but if a react tacticakk and examine the area and surroundings i cant shoot the truk fuel tank and blow the enitre enemy squad apart, unlikely in far cry 2 they decide to let you kill enemies with guns mostly i like that since crysis was refusing to play this way, and hey fps means you use guns, eg stalker, so its a good think i can relly in my guns in far cry 2 and not worry about my vehicle have a blown tire!

game is a pos. I cant play any game at 25-35 fps. I some how manage to get better fps in crysis even though fc2 is less graphicly intence. Ill play the game once its playableicey6ch9

you are the only one everyone claims outherwise, me too

[QUOTE="deathcy"]

Far Cry 2 is only graphics.

end of story :)

thanx

thenewau25

... hahahahahahah lol so what crysis is?

Are you mad you cant run it or something? Twice ive seen you say something about Crysis now...

And back to the matter at hand; Far Cry is meh...DX10 is crap on it and its just boring. The checkpoints are a pain in the rear too!

[QUOTE="thenewau25"][QUOTE="deathcy"]

Far Cry 2 is only graphics.

end of story :)

thanx

jmnderson69

... hahahahahahah lol so what crysis is?

Are you mad you cant run it or something? Twice ive seen you say something about Crysis now...

And back to the matter at hand; Far Cry is meh...DX10 is crap on it and its just boring. The checkpoints are a pain in the rear too!

whatever you think you said .... i painfully dissagree

Can someone lock this thread already?

Can someone lock this thread already?

dos4gw82

the tc will let him read the posts first

[QUOTE="dos4gw82"]

Can someone lock this thread already?

thenewau25

the tc will let him read the posts first

:lol: I'm laughing so hard I'm almost crying :lol:

[QUOTE="icey6ch9"]game is a pos. I cant play any game at 25-35 fps. I some how manage to get better fps in crysis even though fc2 is less graphicly intence. Ill play the game once its playablethenewau25

you are the only one everyone claims outherwise, me too

Actually he's not the only one who claims otherwise. There are quite a few people, myself included, who can't run this game on full settings, even though we came close with Crysis. Far Cry 2 is not as well optimized as it should have been, and we will be waiting for a patch to fix that before we can play the game like we should be able to.

[QUOTE="thenewau25"]

[QUOTE="icey6ch9"]game is a pos. I cant play any game at 25-35 fps. I some how manage to get better fps in crysis even though fc2 is less graphicly intence. Ill play the game once its playablechesterocks7

you are the only one everyone claims outherwise, me too

Actually he's not the only one who claims otherwise. There are quite a few people, myself included, who can't run this game on full settings, even though we came close with Crysis. Far Cry 2 is not as well optimized as it should have been, and we will be waiting for a patch to fix that before we can play the game like we should be able to.

sorry, but i'm VERY tempted to call you a liar, becoz i have the exact opposite experience. while not the best, Dunia is a highly advaced engine that runs absolutely flawlessly on my mid end rig, with most options on max. i can't say the same about Crysis, even if i have to save my life with that.

[QUOTE="chesterocks7"][QUOTE="thenewau25"]

[QUOTE="icey6ch9"]game is a pos. I cant play any game at 25-35 fps. I some how manage to get better fps in crysis even though fc2 is less graphicly intence. Ill play the game once its playableJinroh_basic

you are the only one everyone claims outherwise, me too

Actually he's not the only one who claims otherwise. There are quite a few people, myself included, who can't run this game on full settings, even though we came close with Crysis. Far Cry 2 is not as well optimized as it should have been, and we will be waiting for a patch to fix that before we can play the game like we should be able to.

sorry, but i'm VERY tempted to call you a liar, becoz i have the exact opposite experience. while not the best, Dunia is a highly advaced engine that runs absolutely flawlessly on my mid end rig, with most options on max. i can't say the same about Crysis, even if i have to save my life with that.

Look at my computer specs. I can run Crysis on Very High settings, with 1680x1050 resolution and 2x Anti-Aliasing and have perfectly smooth framerates. I run Far Cry 2 on Very High settings, with 1024x768 resolution and 10x Anti-Aliasing with perfect framerates. Any higher resolution and the game bogs down. If you have looked at my computer's stats you would know that I should be able to max out Far Cry 2 without any trouble at all, but I cannot max the resolution without having to tone down other areas. If you want proof that I'm not the only one with this problem I'll provide links to threads where others talk about similar problems. The fact is, the game does not run as well as it should, especially because it is, in essense, a console port. I love the game, but it has a lot of problems that need to be ironed out before it will live up to it's full potential.

my rig is worse than yours, and i'm not lying. so where does this bring us to?

fair enough. i couldn't care less if you really lied to me. but i'm really sick of people slandering Far Cry 2. the game is flawed, definitely, but the problems are vastly exaggerated.

[QUOTE="Jinroh_basic"][QUOTE="chesterocks7"][QUOTE="thenewau25"]

[QUOTE="icey6ch9"]game is a pos. I cant play any game at 25-35 fps. I some how manage to get better fps in crysis even though fc2 is less graphicly intence. Ill play the game once its playablechesterocks7

you are the only one everyone claims outherwise, me too

Actually he's not the only one who claims otherwise. There are quite a few people, myself included, who can't run this game on full settings, even though we came close with Crysis. Far Cry 2 is not as well optimized as it should have been, and we will be waiting for a patch to fix that before we can play the game like we should be able to.

sorry, but i'm VERY tempted to call you a liar, becoz i have the exact opposite experience. while not the best, Dunia is a highly advaced engine that runs absolutely flawlessly on my mid end rig, with most options on max. i can't say the same about Crysis, even if i have to save my life with that.

Look at my computer specs. I can run Crysis on Very High settings, with 1680x1050 resolution and 2x Anti-Aliasing and have perfectly smooth framerates. I run Far Cry 2 on Very High settings, with 1024x768 resolution and 10x Anti-Aliasing with perfect framerates. Any higher resolution and the game bogs down. If you have looked at my computer's stats you would know that I should be able to max out Far Cry 2 without any trouble at all, but I cannot max the resolution without having to tone down other areas. If you want proof that I'm not the only one with this problem I'll provide links to threads where others talk about similar problems. The fact is, the game does not run as well as it should, especially because it is, in essense, a console port. I love the game, but it has a lot of problems that need to be ironed out before it will live up to it's full potential.

Wait. Is that meant to say 10xAA? Why don't you just turn the AA down to something managable like 2 or 4 and raise the res? How is 10xAA vs 2xAA a fair comparison? Might as well put Crysis on 10xAA and see how you fare. Also, are you using the 180.43 drivers? They seem to increase performance for Far Cry 2.

fair enough. i couldn't care less if you really lied to me. but i'm really sick of people slandering Far Cry 2. the game is flawed, definitely, but the problems are vastly exaggerated.

Jinroh_basic

I totally agree. I love the game despite its flaws, I just can't wait for a couple patches to come out and smooth its rough edges.

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[QUOTE="icey6ch9"]game is a pos. I cant play any game at 25-35 fps. I some how manage to get better fps in crysis even though fc2 is less graphicly intence. Ill play the game once its playableOblivionXII

you are the only one everyone claims outherwise, me too

Actually he's not the only one who claims otherwise. There are quite a few people, myself included, who can't run this game on full settings, even though we came close with Crysis. Far Cry 2 is not as well optimized as it should have been, and we will be waiting for a patch to fix that before we can play the game like we should be able to.

sorry, but i'm VERY tempted to call you a liar, becoz i have the exact opposite experience. while not the best, Dunia is a highly advaced engine that runs absolutely flawlessly on my mid end rig, with most options on max. i can't say the same about Crysis, even if i have to save my life with that.

Look at my computer specs. I can run Crysis on Very High settings, with 1680x1050 resolution and 2x Anti-Aliasing and have perfectly smooth framerates. I run Far Cry 2 on Very High settings, with 1024x768 resolution and 10x Anti-Aliasing with perfect framerates. Any higher resolution and the game bogs down. If you have looked at my computer's stats you would know that I should be able to max out Far Cry 2 without any trouble at all, but I cannot max the resolution without having to tone down other areas. If you want proof that I'm not the only one with this problem I'll provide links to threads where others talk about similar problems. The fact is, the game does not run as well as it should, especially because it is, in essense, a console port. I love the game, but it has a lot of problems that need to be ironed out before it will live up to it's full potential.

Wait. Is that meant to say 10xAA? Why don't you just turn the AA down to something managable like 2 or 4 and raise the res? How is 10xAA vs 2xAA a fair comparison? Might as well put Crysis on 10xAA and see how you fare. Also, are you using the 180.43 drivers? They seem to increase performance for Far Cry 2.

Well I noticed better quality graphics with lower res and higher AA. The AA smooths out a lot of the jagged edges, and I notice a serious difference when I change the AA level, although I can't see much difference when changing the res, at least in FC2. And the most current driver I found for my video cards is the 178.24, so I don't know what drivers you are talking about.

The most recent non-beta driver is 178.24. You do realise there are beta drivers for graphics cards? A simple Google search would have turned up results about the 180.43 drivers.OblivionXII

No I was not aware of that because I always go to the companies website. Is it worth it to get a beta driver?

Hey, why was thenewau banned?Baranga

i think he admitted to having been banned previously.

did this happen to anyone else ? i was being shot when the enemy was looking at another direction (shooting so away from me

) and i was being hit !!?

did this happen to anyone else ? i was being shot when the enemy was looking at another direction (shooting so away from me

) and i was being hit !!?

sentenced83

Yup. Many times.

But it's not nearly as bad as the jeeps that spawn right behind you and kill you.

There's an option on NVidia where you can choose whether you want beta drivers to show up or not in the driver search. As for whether it is worth it to use beta drivers, the ones I'm talking about are recommended for optimum Far Cry 2 performance. I've been using them, and there's a slight improvement in frame rates for me using an 8800GT. There have been no out of the ordinary crashes so far.OblivionXII

I got the beta driver and I can now run Far Cry 2 on max settings pretty smoothly. Thanks for suggesting that, it seems to work really well.