2 new FarCry 2 videos.

C64 · 24 Dec 2007 at 01:25

This is what i simply do not understand that people hold half life 2 up as some sort of gaming beacon.
I am an avid gamer and have been since the first coin ops back in the day but half life 2 is an on rails unexciting snooze fest of a game.

Skeeter · 24 Dec 2007 at 01:39

Samione said:
FarCry 2 is seemingly another "It looks good therefore must be crap, i'm going to judge everything overly harsh because it looks good and no one really understands just how good half-life 2 was like I do" game.

LOl, learn to read, go back, read, then come back

HL2 was fun, very liner, but a fun

I mentioned Ep1, where there was a lot, and i mean a LOT of liner complete this puzzle, walk through some corridors, complete next puzzle, wash, rinse, repeat stuff. What I pointed out was that atleast it brought some thinking to the game, something people seem to have forgotten about.

Id much rather see a "farcray 2 will have some really clever bits. you will have to use your brain a bit to solve puzzles. you will be able to think of the best way to logically solve something and it will be the answer" kind of video than a "OMG WOW look at us, we made a game that looks 1.345% better than Crysis and will use Direct X 27.3 and SM 45 to rinse all your hardware for the next 4 years, but you will be bored of playing within 30 min" videos. Just have a look around the forums at the ammout of people who have bought Crysis, thinks it looks awsome, but got bored of the game.

Im just tired of the Graphics > Game play ideal that people run around promoting, and then use as a basis to wave there e peen about with.

BlackDragon · 24 Dec 2007 at 02:05

I think the game looks awesome, not just graphics wise but they have some cool stuff in there. The buddy thing was very cool!

PermaChanged · 24 Dec 2007 at 02:22

I've just started playing the first Far Cry I got free with my 6800GT (ages ago) and I must say it's quite a fun game and good graphically considering it's a 2004 release. I can't wait to play Far Cry 2

skullman · 24 Dec 2007 at 04:01

Skeeter said:
Im just tired of the Graphics > Game play ideal that people run around promoting, and then use as a basis to wave there e peen about with.

Looked to me as if they were promoting the gameplay/interaction more than the graphics in those vidoes. Looks more ambitious than any shooter ive seen in the past anyway - not forgetting its pre-alpha. What exactly were you expecting?

Samione · 24 Dec 2007 at 09:53

Skeeter said:
LOl, learn to read, go back, read, then come back

HL2 was fun, very liner, but a fun

I mentioned Ep1, where there was a lot, and i mean a LOT of liner complete this puzzle, walk through some corridors, complete next puzzle, wash, rinse, repeat stuff. What I pointed out was that atleast it brought some thinking to the game, something people seem to have forgotten about.

Id much rather see a "farcray 2 will have some really clever bits. you will have to use your brain a bit to solve puzzles. you will be able to think of the best way to logically solve something and it will be the answer" kind of video than a "OMG WOW look at us, we made a game that looks 1.345% better than Crysis and will use Direct X 27.3 and SM 45 to rinse all your hardware for the next 4 years, but you will be bored of playing within 30 min" videos. Just have a look around the forums at the ammout of people who have bought Crysis, thinks it looks awsome, but got bored of the game.

Im just tired of the Graphics > Game play ideal that people run around promoting, and then use as a basis to wave there e peen about with.

I need to learn to read? You need to learn not to be so presumptuous. Those videos are PRE-ALPHA-and were a private demo, not meant for the public. So this promotion of DX LOL.OMG you keep going on about is kind of null if it was a private demo huh?

Priapus · 24 Dec 2007 at 10:20

Awsome. Will definitely be buying this on release.

BlackDragon · 24 Dec 2007 at 11:03

You guys are being a bit negative about a game that is still half done. If a game comes out with graphics that aren't the best but with good gameplay, people **** it off for not having top notch graphics. Same if it was the other way around.

What makes you think this game can't have good graphics and gameplay at the same time?

helmutcheese · 24 Dec 2007 at 11:04

I said it before, I think it looks great for a Pre Alpha on a Low Res Video

JoyPadJedi · 24 Dec 2007 at 12:20

Total surprise for me was the lack of CryEngine2 and Crytek (I'm ignorant). Even more of a surprise is it looks like Ubi have maybe created a pretty good engine!

They could have just bought CryEngine2 (it's avaliable for devs to purchase isn't it?) but decided to go it alone - good for them! Will watch this with interest.

Booner! · 24 Dec 2007 at 12:24

Ubisoft knows where it wants to be, lets hope it doesnt get swallowed by EA

PixelChef · 24 Dec 2007 at 12:26

Looking very promising.

mr.sly · 24 Dec 2007 at 13:38

Could possible be everything that STALKER wasn't. *Fingers crossed*

KNiVES · 24 Dec 2007 at 14:11

BlackDragon said:
You guys are being a bit negative about a game that is still half done. If a game comes out with graphics that aren't the best but with good gameplay, people **** it off for not having top notch graphics. Same if it was the other way around.

What makes you think this game can't have good graphics and gameplay at the same time?

It astounds me that somebody here actually complained at the open-endedness of the game, and went on to bum a totally linear one.

helmutcheese · 24 Dec 2007 at 14:14

Hmm, how can anyone know anything about it from them Videos.

krisboats · 24 Dec 2007 at 15:23

helmutcheese said:
Hmm, how can anyone know anything about it from them Videos.

I know its not as real as they make it out to be, the guys right hand got hit with a bullet in the palm while he was holding on to the handle and trigger of the machine gun. Amazing that he got shot straight the the grip but once he pulls the bullet out the gun works fine.

KNiVES · 24 Dec 2007 at 15:27

Do you really want to sacrifice gameplay for realism ?

badbob · 24 Dec 2007 at 15:32

krisboats said:
I know its not as real as they make it out to be, the guys right hand got hit with a bullet in the palm while he was holding on to the handle and trigger of the machine gun. Amazing that he got shot straight the the grip but once he pulls the bullet out the gun works fine.

After you die once, the game should uninstall itself and then block out your serial number so you can't reinstall it.

perox · 24 Dec 2007 at 15:34

badbob said:
After you die once, the game should uninstall itself and then block out your serial number so you can't reinstall it.

IDD, if games were totally realistic they would be boring as hell.

BlackDragon · 24 Dec 2007 at 16:09

krisboats said:
I know its not as real as they make it out to be, the guys right hand got hit with a bullet in the palm while he was holding on to the handle and trigger of the machine gun. Amazing that he got shot straight the the grip but once he pulls the bullet out the gun works fine.

Even though it wasn't realistic for a bullet to become stuck in your hand like that, it was still pretty cool. And as they said there would be more animations in the future. That one was could've just been done for demonstration purposes.