Will Ubisoft screw up Far Cry 2?

As you probably already know, Crytek has sold the Far Cry rights to Ubisoft quite a while back, who are now in control of the Far Cry series. Looking at Ubisoft's endeavors (instincts, evolution, predator, vengeance), I can't help be skeptical.


Prediction: Will Ubisoft continue it's line of average Far Cry games or deliver a solid hit to revive the series?MoldOnHold

They'll screw it for sure because every game they made (except Heroes 5 maybe) for PC in the last few years was piece of crap.

[QUOTE="MoldOnHold"]As you probably already know, Crytek has sold the Far Cry rights to Ubisoft quite a while back, who are now in control of the Far Cry series. Looking at Ubisoft's endeavors (instincts, evolution, predator, vengeance), I can't help be skeptical.


Prediction: Will Ubisoft continue it's line of average Far Cry games or deliver a solid hit to revive the series?IgGy621985

They'll screw it for sure because every game they made (except Heroes 5 maybe) for PC in the last few years was piece of crap.

Nah.... they are making this game as their showcase that they can be a good PC dev again. They are literally putting everything they have into this game so it will in no way suck.

farcry 2 ... it's made from Ubisoft montreal (a pure source of quality, their best studio)

the devs aren't limited in any way in the making of that game

they built an engine from scratch...

IT WILL BE THE BEST FAR CRY EVER

eccept for one thing: i just hope it doesn't end up playing like STALKER where you have to go talk to people and running around gets boring ... bla bla bla

Ubisoft make fantastic titles. Of course they won't screw it up.FrozenLiquid

you've been sleeping these last years ? ... ubisoft made like 75% bad titles, bad-direct ports with all their game in maybe the last 2 years

farcry 2 ... it's made from Ubisoft montreal (a pure source of quality, their best studio)

the devs aren't limited in any way in the making of that game

they built an engine from scratch...

IT WILL BE THE BEST FAR CRY EVER

eccept for one thing: i just hope it doesn't end up playing like STALKER where you have to go talk to people and running around gets boring ... bla bla bla

waza000

I have a couple of corrections.

It is NOT an engine built from scratch, it is based of of CryENGINE 1. 90% new code though but still uses the base-code from CryENGINE 1.

Ubisoft Montreal is just where it is getting made, they handpicked their best devs from ALL their studios and put them on this project. Started in March 2005, so with Ubisoft's best devs with a nearly limitless budget and 3 years of development, the only way I can see this going wrong is if they suck at life. 3 years is more than enough time to optimize the code and seeing as the code base is CryENGINE, if you can run Far Cry on High settings, you can probably run Far Cry 2. That accounts for a fairly wide range of systems.

[QUOTE="FrozenLiquid"]Ubisoft make fantastic titles. Of course they won't screw it up.waza000

you've been sleeping these last years ? ... ubisoft made like 75% bad titles, bad-direct ports with all their game in maybe the last 2 years

Sucks to be hermits getting crap ports I guess.

Their Gamerankings record is second to none.

Can't wait for Assasin's Creed and Splinter Cell: Conviction!

[QUOTE="MoldOnHold"]As you probably already know, Crytek has sold the Far Cry rights to Ubisoft quite a while back, who are now in control of the Far Cry series. Looking at Ubisoft's endeavors (instincts, evolution, predator, vengeance), I can't help be skeptical.


Prediction: Will Ubisoft continue it's line of average Far Cry games or deliver a solid hit to revive the series?dgsag

They have the power of the PC platform behind them this time, and actually seem to have a goal to make a revolutionary game. I say yes, considering they want to reestablish their PC market position.

FC2 will be an awesome game.

Very ambitious, but with the PC behind the dev team, they have the resources to succeed.

[QUOTE="IgGy621985"]

[QUOTE="MoldOnHold"]As you probably already know, Crytek has sold the Far Cry rights to Ubisoft quite a while back, who are now in control of the Far Cry series. Looking at Ubisoft's endeavors (instincts, evolution, predator, vengeance), I can't help be skeptical.


Prediction: Will Ubisoft continue it's line of average Far Cry games or deliver a solid hit to revive the series?horrowhip

They'll screw it for sure because every game they made (except Heroes 5 maybe) for PC in the last few years was piece of crap.

Nah.... they are making this game as their showcase that they can be a good PC dev again. They are literally putting everything they have into this game so it will in no way suck.

Seriously doubt it. I mean, their *put in a time period" fiscal year revenue took about 6% of PC products, so I believe it is quite clear where are they heading with their business prefference.

This Far Cry 2 PC hype is just a partial diversion. They'll announce it for consoles (probably Far Cry 2 Instintcs) in a few months surely, and that's when the real hype starts.

Yes. Ubisoft sucks and I hate them.Trading_Zoner

Why? They make really good games.

[QUOTE="horrowhip"][QUOTE="IgGy621985"]

[QUOTE="MoldOnHold"]As you probably already know, Crytek has sold the Far Cry rights to Ubisoft quite a while back, who are now in control of the Far Cry series. Looking at Ubisoft's endeavors (instincts, evolution, predator, vengeance), I can't help be skeptical.


Prediction: Will Ubisoft continue it's line of average Far Cry games or deliver a solid hit to revive the series?IgGy621985

They'll screw it for sure because every game they made (except Heroes 5 maybe) for PC in the last few years was piece of crap.

Nah.... they are making this game as their showcase that they can be a good PC dev again. They are literally putting everything they have into this game so it will in no way suck.

Seriously doubt it. I mean, their *put in a time period" fiscal year revenue took about 6% of PC products, so I believe it is quite clear where are they heading with their business prefference.

This Far Cry 2 PC hype is just a partial diversion. They'll announce it for consoles (probably Far Cry 2 Instintcs) in a few months surely, and that's when the real hype starts.

I didn't know putting an limitless budget and literally bleeding money to make Far Cry 2(PC) the best game possible ensures that it will suck... The ENTIRe point of the project is to prove themselves as PC devs again, and to do that they need to absolutely push the PC to its limits(while still keeping good optimization and enabling a wide spectrum of rigs to play it). It streams from the HDD meaning that consoles can't really do it. Also, with the faster, better transfers from the HDD to actual code, trying to put the game on consoles would mean a complete rework of the game... I would mean rebuilding the engine from the ground up, then rebuilding the game from the ground up... So I would say its fairly safe to assume this is a PC exclusive.

I didn't know putting an limitless budget and literally bleeding money to make Far Cry 2(PC) the best game possible ensures that it will suck... The ENTIRe point of the project is to prove themselves as PC devs again, and to do that they need to absolutely push the PC to its limits(while still keeping good optimization and enabling a wide spectrum of rigs to play it). It streams from the HDD meaning that consoles can't really do it. Also, with the faster, better transfers from the HDD to actual code, trying to put the game on consoles would mean a complete rework of the game... I would mean rebuilding the engine from the ground up, then rebuilding the game from the ground up... So I would say its fairly safe to assume this is a PC exclusive.

horrowhip

Consoles are where Ubisoft's marketing budget goes. And, good marketing = good market success. You are too naive, NHF, but it's true.

It doesn't matter how good will they optimize Far Cry 2 for PC, or make it shiny as much as possible. Far Cry may be a really great PC title, but the entire franchise has been established entirely on consoles. And that's where real money flows. It's business.

I mean, really, Ubisoft starts hype for Far Cry 2 "PC exclusive" right at a time when Crysis gets probably as much as hype as the entire gaming industry of year 2007 - how stupid can it be? It's like some ambitious developer suddenly says "look, we're making a World of Warcraft alternative, which'll be ton times better than the original WoW!"

It's a diversion. They are announcing Far Cry 2 for PC because it's looking pretty and shiny, and everything, but it'll all go to shade as soon as they announce Far Cry 2 for consoles. I'm confident that Far Cry 2 for PC will get about 30% of marketing and developing budget. Everything else goes for consoles.

It's Ubisoft. They are under a threat by EA. They need money. Not to spend it on business models that are not completely confident for them.