Far Cry 2 Official Sticky: Keep it here or be suspended. (8.5 @ GS)

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[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"]I'm really torn between this, Dead Space and Fable 2. I'm heading to the store tomorrow to return Saints Row, and i still dont know what i'll be getting instead. It's too hard to decide. :PBioShockOwnz

Jump on the Fable 2 train before everyone stops playing it. You can play Dead Space anytime and not feel the burn because it's single player.

Honestly, Fable 2 is more of a single player experience. The co-op is nothing to write home about.

To Ninja-Hippo: I'd say to get both eventually, but Fable 2 first.

Well I"m personally looking forward to seeing how my friends' worlds turn out and vice versa, and since they're not really gamers, it's an even greater experience.

But okay then.

What are you teaching this man


Get Dead Space its awesome :D

Just ask yourself do you like Horror....or you know a role playing game...woopiejg4xchamp

Dead Space looks like an awesome game, but i'm looking for something a little more pick up and play. It looks to be more akin to Condemned, which you only really play through once. Far Cry looks like you can pick it up and wander around the world whenever you like.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]What are you teaching this man


Get Dead Space its awesome :D

Just ask yourself do you like Horror....or you know a role playing game...woopieNinja-Hippo

Dead Space looks like an awesome game, but i'm looking for something a little more pick up and play. It looks to be more akin to Condemned, which you only really play through once. Far Cry looks like you can pick it up and wander around the world whenever you like.

The wondering isn't as great as it sounds :P and prepare for very long drives. I think fallout 3 may do a better job with the open world enviroment thing.

The wondering isn't as great as it sounds :P and prepare for very long drives. I think fallout 3 may do a better job with the open world enviroment thing.

Espada12

Is the environment at least interesting? I can get lost in art direction for hours on end.

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The wondering isn't as great as it sounds :P and prepare for very long drives. I think fallout 3 may do a better job with the open world enviroment thing.

FrozenLiquid

Is the environment at least interesting? I can get lost in art direction for hours on end.

Yea it is interesting, but as vandal said all the people attacking you except those in cease fire towns kills the immersiveness. Out of no where people are just shooting at you for no reason :S

[QUOTE="FrozenLiquid"][QUOTE="Espada12"]

The wondering isn't as great as it sounds :P and prepare for very long drives. I think fallout 3 may do a better job with the open world enviroment thing.

Espada12

Is the environment at least interesting? I can get lost in art direction for hours on end.

Yea it is interesting, but as vandal said all the people attacking you except those in cease fire towns kills the immersiveness. Out of no where people are just shooting at you for no reason :S

Yeah I was sort of anticipating that after people mentioned it. I honestly hope mods come out for the PC version to deal with that.

[QUOTE="Espada12"][QUOTE="FrozenLiquid"][QUOTE="Espada12"]

The wondering isn't as great as it sounds :P and prepare for very long drives. I think fallout 3 may do a better job with the open world enviroment thing.

FrozenLiquid

Is the environment at least interesting? I can get lost in art direction for hours on end.

Yea it is interesting, but as vandal said all the people attacking you except those in cease fire towns kills the immersiveness. Out of no where people are just shooting at you for no reason :S

Yeah I was sort of anticipating that after people mentioned it. I honestly hope mods come out for the PC version to deal with that.

As I said before, I really think Ubi had a faction mechanic in place or at least planned out, and it was tossed out late in the game's development, for some reason or another. Everything just points to it. The way both sides attack you for no reason and the "Oh, and this is a secret mission, so our guys don't know you're working for us" bit that's used every goddamn time for UFLL/APR missions screams of being tacked on at the last minute.

As I said before, I really think Ubi had a faction mechanic in place or at least planned out, and it was tossed out late in the game's development, for some reason or another. Everything just points to it. The way both sides attack you for no reason and the "Oh, and this is a secret mission, so our guys don't know you're working for us" bit that's used every goddamn time for UFLL/APR missions screams of being tacked on at the last minute.

Verge_6

Ouch. Damn these pre-holiday releases and all that jazz. I reckon they would get more in the long run if they rolled out a quality game with no punches pulled.

I've been playing for a few hours now, and I'm impressed.

It gets my vote for best FPS of the year.

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As I said before, I really think Ubi had a faction mechanic in place or at least planned out, and it was tossed out late in the game's development, for some reason or another. Everything just points to it. The way both sides attack you for no reason and the "Oh, and this is a secret mission, so our guys don't know you're working for us" bit that's used every goddamn time for UFLL/APR missions screams of being tacked on at the last minute.

FrozenLiquid

Ouch. Damn these pre-holiday releases and all that jazz. I reckon they would get more in the long run if they rolled out a quality game with no punches pulled.

Hey, I still enjoy this game alot. There's just alot of room for improvement.

i DO own a gaming PC, but i built it a year before HL2 came out, so its only pretty much set up to max out HL2/UT2K4/Far Cry 1 type of games. That and PC gaming is dead, thats why i dont bother with it anymore.

krp008

Well, there goes all of your credibility. Discussion over.

One of the years best games imo, it deserves a 9 on PC and 8.5 on 360.

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[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]The game is getting really annoying and I'm not even 20% through act one. I hate how you're automatically kill on sight for practically everyone in Africa without any explanation. Even before you start doing missions you're KOS. Even AFTEr you're doing missions you're KOS. Random people ridinga roudn with jalopies will suddenly ram you and try to kill you for no reason other than you smelled bad or something. It makes traversing the world incredibly frustrating. It is a horrible game design mechanic and they should have factionalized the NPCs around the world.FrozenLiquid

Really tears from the imerssiveness of the game too.

A major strength the STALKER games have over FC2....

Looks like I may opt for the PC version, and cross my fingers for mods.

Falling short of potential isn't good, especially for something like this.

The flaws really dissapoint me, I was hoping this was going to a be a game that would stride ahead of the pack, I guess its a bit of Bioshock DejaVu.

A great game nonetheless, and yeah, hopefully mods will fix its... issues.

Still the most fun I have had with a shooter this year is still Warhead so far, hopefully FC2 will begin to pickup as I progress, it does have its moments of pure bliss though.

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Oh a widescreen patch is out for anyone with the PC version - so you can get proper widescreen, rather than cropping!

http://tocaedit.com/forum/dload.php?action=file&file_id=119

I agree as well. Honestly open world games normally hold my attention. FC2 is not doing that and it's a big disappointment. Here's to hoping fallout 3 is good :)

Espada12

Hey dudes. I wrote the review on this one. If you've got any questions, feel free to ask.

As for those wondering the differences between console versions, there really are none. You could dissect screens with a magnifying glass if you wanted to, but what's the point? That time would be better spent installing a new graphics card on your PC so you can play the best version ;).

shaunmc

Word son!

A Radeon 4850, which is cheap as $175 can max this game out.

Back from playing it for a few hours.

Have to say the real magic in this game is approaching objectives.

cant get enough of the assasination missions - one i recently did:

Target was a VIP in a jeep 4WD in the middle of a convo; I scouted the area watched the convoys patrol route a few times, found a perfect vantage point amoung shrubs, with a fall back point - and it had high ground, right opposite a path where the convoy would drive straight for 50meters, before turning. This gave me a few second window to take a shot, hitting the VIP in the head from behind, through the cars rear windshield, just as the car traveled directly straight, in my line of sight. Also my distance away from the target meant I had ample time to fall back hide and slip away.

Of course everything went to clockwork - paitently waiting, lineup, shot, kill, fallback - gaurds scout the area then give up, I sneak away.

Sooooo satisfying.

This is where the game shines.

That and the way the a,i, communicates is the best I have seen in a fps.

I was fighting a bunch of guys in a shanty town, flushed a guy out of a hut with a grenade and hid - then I heard
"**** he got the new guy"
"what was his name again?"
"..... TJ.."

That really made me feel like a bit of a barstard as id only wandered into the shantytown in search of rough dimonds.

Back from playing it for a few hours.

Have to say the real magic in this game is approaching objectives.

cant get enough of the assasination missions - one i recently did:

Target was a VIP in a jeep 4WD in the middle of a convo; I scouted the area watched the convoys patrol route a few times, found a perfect vantage point amoung shrubs, with a fall back point - and it had high ground, right opposite a path where the convoy would drive straight for 50meters, before turning. This gave me a few second window to take a shot, hitting the VIP in the head from behind, through the cars rear windshield, just as the car traveled directly straight, in my line of sight. Also my distance away from the target meant I had ample time to fall back hide and slip away.

Of course everything went to clockwork - paitently waiting, lineup, shot, kill, fallback - gaurds scout the area then give up, I sneak away.

Sooooo satisfying.

This is where the game shines.

That and the way the a,i, communicates is the best I have seen in a fps.

I was fighting a bunch of guys in a shanty town, flushed a guy out of a hut with a grenade and hid - then I heard
"**** he got the new guy"
"what was his name again?"
"..... TJ.."

That really made me feel like a bit of a barstard as id only wandered into the shantytown in search of rough dimonds.

skrat_01

:shock:

DO WANT.

i dont care if i play it on low settings

Why is this topic still here ?

It has no point.No one even cares that much about this game.All they seem to care for is Resistance 2,Gears 2 and 360 vs PS3.

Dead Space looks like an awesome game, but i'm looking for something a little more pick up and play. It looks to be more akin to Condemned, which you only really play through once. Far Cry looks like you can pick it up and wander around the world whenever you like. Ninja-Hippo

[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"]Dead Space looks like an awesome game, but i'm looking for something a little more pick up and play. It looks to be more akin to Condemned, which you only really play through once. Far Cry looks like you can pick it up and wander around the world whenever you like. Vandalvideo

Sounds, in all honesty, just like STALKER.

Those are the same complaints. But this game actually looks fun online.

You actually like Fable 2? You of all people? How big is the world?

Sounds, in all honesty, just like STALKER.-TheSecondSign-

You actually like Fable 2? You of all people? How big is the world?

[QUOTE="jetpower3"][QUOTE="agentfred"]

[QUOTE="jetpower3"]Maybe I haven't been keeping up with the industry as a whole, but it is just me, or are games nowadays being released a lot faster and in less years than they have ever been before? I mean, it hasn't even been a year since Crysis. AtomicBaconBits

Crysis was made by Crytek, this was made by Ubisoft Montreal. Two different developers, which explains the short time period between their releases. ;)

Even so, does anyone else think that it might not have been a long enough time to justify releasing them so close together? I'd say games are released 2-4 years apart (or whatever the average is) for a reason, and that is to get players to soak up whatever they need to in the games they've played so far.

Even if it's not a sequel, it's still in the same vein. I mean, Far Cry 1 was made by Crytek, and so was Crysis, and Far Cry 2, although not made by Cry Tek, is still a continuation of the series. So I'd say they're pretty interrelated.

Even if it's not a sequel, it's still in the same vein. I mean, Far Cry 1 was made by Crytek, and so was Crysis, and Far Cry 2, although not made by Cry Tek, is still a continuation of the series. So I'd say they're pretty interrelated.

jetpower3

All it is, is a name and IP.

FC2 is nothing like FC1.

The thing is there is no series really...

All it is, is a name and IP.

FC2 is nothing like FC1.

skrat_01

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The thing is there is no series really...

All it is, is a name and IP.

FC2 is nothing like FC1.

lowe0

Still it was interesting stalking through the jungle - after mercenaries, only to have trigens stalking you and them.

Other than that i totally agree the Aliens in Crysis are much better.... however the later half of Crysis detracts completely from what made the game great - thankfully the alien sections in warhead fix all of that.