FARCRY 2 --- Officially , official of official threads! ---

Gecco said:
Use the Bus!
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Ive not tried using the bus yet ,whenever i go to a bus station, people shoot at me and i end up torching the place. I found this little buggy thing which makes driving off road really easy and if i took a bus i would lose that!

One new addition to Far Cry that i like is the ability to fix vehicles ... i tell you if i find anything else :/

Its strange how when im playing Stalker i often think, god i wish there were cars in this, coz there's an awful lot of walking! But in this im thinking, god i wish there was some gameplay or even a storyline to this, coz theres an awful LOT OF DRIVING :mad:
 
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ffallic said:
I am getting the impression the game is made up purely of little missions, and does not actually have any story... is this so?
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Seems like it. If there is a story line, they havent really explained it that well. I lost interest after about half an hour :confused:
 
Fair enough people moaning about the gameplay etc, but the graphics?! The only game that looks better I can see is crysis, which runs like a dog. No wonder PC gaming is doomed, all you have to do is look on here! If you think the graphics look pants then you seriously need to get new glasses!
 
thecremeegg said:
Fair enough people moaning about the gameplay etc, but the graphics?! The only game that looks better I can see is crysis, which runs like a dog. No wonder PC gaming is doomed, all you have to do is look on here! If you think the graphics look pants then you seriously need to get new glasses!
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I'll give you that, the eye candy/performance ratio is most appealing. I do however think the game play is utter pish which kind of renders that plus point null for me.
 
CONS

Respawning - The game needs it, but not done like this, can get very frustrating taking out a waypoint, going 500 yards down the road to the weapon store, coming back and it being completely restocked.

Safehouses - A minor one but it annoys me that all the safehouses look the same

All on my own - Every mission the faction leader says "oh btw this is a secret mission so even our own soldiers will attack you" Not sure if this will change later in the game but its a bit annoying that EVERYONE attacks you, would be nice to have some allies

Repetitive - The missions are fairly repetitive, using your buddies adds a little variation but generally its go somewhere, kill someone/steal something/blow something up

AI - Feel a bit cheap sometimes, like if you kill someone they seem to home onto you very quickly, other times they just stand around looking lost.

PROS

The world - Somehow the world still feels pretty well designed, the graphics may not be crysis level but they are very good and the terrain is very nice to drive/walk/boat around on

Vehicles - Vehicles are very good, controls are excellent

Weapons - Weapons are great, each one feels quite different so its a genuine pleasure when you buy a new weapon. I like how you can't just carry every weapon, choosing between a sniper rifle and assault rifle changes the gameplay quite radically.

Animations - The extra animations added to keep you in first person are excellent and really add to the immersion.

Fire and explosions - Brilliant, really add to the gameplay when you can create these huge fires consuming everything.


Final Thoughts

It tok a while to get into, for the first hour or so I was on the verge of exiting and uninstalling it several times, yet slowly I started to really get into it, now Im about 6 hours in and still enjoying it. This could be a very, very good game with a few tweaks to the cons I've mentioned, either in patches or through mods. Lets hope that Ubi relent and give us some mod tools. Obviously I can't comment on the story yet as I've only done about 5 main missions so that could affect my final score but at the moment:

7.5/10
 
I just had the thought of not bothering to go to town and get this now :( i might give ti a miss for now :( but thats annoying because i sooooooo looked forward to it:(


Is it worth getting to test it out and hope for a patch?

So it actully just people respawning is that the main concern? i bet Ubisoft will fix it ASAP

I got 15 minutes before i leave work to decide if i want the game or not :(
 
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