Far Cry 3 Thread

Buckster said:
how can a game be badly optimised for 1440p yet ok for 1080p ?

sounds to me like that fault is at GPU not the game ...
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I didn't mean it like that. it's the card alright. Under 60fps the game appear to be running @ 15fps when strafing allthough afterburner reports 50 - 59fps. I've enabled d3doverider to no avail. As soon as it hits 60fps it's perfectly smooth.
 
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Buckster said:
ah ok fair enough :)

I'm running at 40fps and seems smooth enough to me - perhaps slightly laggy at times but mainly smooth (Nvidia)
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Ati Issue I guess then.

At 50fps the frameskipping is so bad, its like the frameskipping that plagued Fallout NV and Oblivion, but there were user fixes that were released for those.

I've played with every setting imaginable and only at 60fps does the frameskipping go away, high settings, so i'm missing out on this games eye candy.
 
Nice review from MisterT, i mean andyT.Bet when you got to the mansion and saw the glider, you was like " i aint getting on no glider Fool ".

The cave with the mushrooms is great for rage issues :D :D
 
Really don't understand the performance issues are getting, I have a stock EVGA OC FTW edition 670 (pre overclocked, I have not bothered), a i5 3750k @ 4ghz and 8GB RAM.

I am running the game at a solid 60fps, maybe once in a while it will dip to 50fps as it's loading an area or what ever, but thats only for a second or so.

Everything on ultra, but no MSAA.

Can provide proof if you like. Remember to install the latest drivers!

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agnes said:
Really don't understand the performance issues are getting, I have a stock EVGA OC FTW edition 670 (pre overclocked, I have not bothered), a i5 3750k @ 4ghz and 8GB RAM.

I am running the game at a solid 60fps, maybe once in a while it will dip to 50fps as it's loading an area or what ever, but thats only for a second or so.

Everything on ultra, but no MSAA.

Can provide proof if you like. Remember to install the latest drivers!

310.64
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Well there u go. No MSAA.

I cant complain though getting stable 60 with the random dip to 54 on 4x MSAA High. (7970)
 
I absolutely hated Far Cry 2, thought it was an absolute abomination of a game. So was a little surprised to see this getting great reviews. Thought maybe they had listened to the criticism for the previous game and fixed the main issues. Decided to give it a shot as I do like the idea behind these games.

Bad idea though! This game is pretty much the same garbage as FC2! It has most of the same major problems as the last game. It just isn't any fun to play at all and the graphics really aren't very good.

No more Far Cry games for me :mad:
 
IvanDobskey said:
I absolutely hated Far Cry 2, thought it was an absolute abomination of a game. So was a little surprised to see this getting great reviews. Thought maybe they had listened to the criticism for the previous game and fixed the main issues. Decided to give it a shot as I do like the idea behind these games.

Bad idea though! This game is pretty much the same garbage as FC2! It has most of the same major problems as the last game. It just isn't any fun to play at all and the graphics really aren't very good.

No more Far Cry games for me :mad:
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Care to express the main issues you are having?
 
agnes said:
Care to express the main issues you are having?
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Mostly covered in AndyT's bad list to be honest. The basic game mechanics are just horribly flawed. There are just far too many annoyances to put up with. The constant info popups and reminders of what key to press really wind me up just for starters. The game just isn't fun at all.

And i'm no graphics whore, but the game just isn't nice to look at either. It's gaudy, oversaturated and cartoony.
 
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AndyT said:
Yeah, it's pretty dull.


If I was reviewing it, I'd give it

58%

Must try harder. Or just stop trying.
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bloody hell that's a bad review and i know exactly what you mean, but what you complain about is in all other shooters as well, much of that is in Borderlands 2..... money everywhere, bandits all dressed the same, loot boxes full of ammo you dont need, old rusty guns on the floor that you aint ever gonna pick up.

FAR CRY 3 seems pretty bad now, there's too many negative posts, because when you also read ``i cant be bothered to carry on `` this is REALLY BAD, and i've read this a few times now.

these aren't bugs that you can't fix with patches, this game needs a serious modding, a total overhall.

didn't they test this game before release ??????
 
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The main campaign certainly isn't fun. travel somewhere to press spacebar when prompted, and if you don't do it in time, just repeat until you get it right. Twice now I have had missions where I am told to not be spotted(for some reason), and if you are spotted, it is game over and you just start from the checkpoint until you do it right...that is just poor.

Overall I think the game is good though. I am suspicious of people who say it is boring.
 
Well, I've only done a few missions and I can honestly say that I can't be bothered to carry on playing in the hope that it might somehow improve.

It's just not a good game at all. Both Far Cry 1 and Crysis 1 were far far better games (but then those were Crytek games written for the PC).

I have no idea how it's getting such good reviews :confused:
 
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I agree with AndyT's review, for the most part, he raises some very good points that need addressing. It's clear that the game can't be fixed with patches in its current state, and we don't know whether modding will take off at all, seeing that it took a few years to get some decent mods out for FC2 and none of them could address the core issues anyhow.

With that said, I don't agree with the final score, the game is enjoyable for the most part, even when it feels stupid and repetitive.
 
MOOGLEYS said:
I like it. I can hang glide into an enemy base cause havoc and then escape on a jet-ski.. Gaming heaven for me... :D
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Yeah its not a bad game i have played a fair few hours now, hardly done many main missions just been doing sides, but as people say there are to many weapons unlocked from the off but you do get weapons later on taht aren't already unlocked.
The lack of varity of enemies isn't good also what i don't like is even if you take say 2 pirates at the side of the road with stealth ie supressed sniper, when you go to loot them i gaurantee a jeep turns up with more pirates its like it certain situations the stealth is pointless.
 
Mal X said:
bloody hell that's a bad review and i know exactly what you mean, but what you complain about is in all other shooters as well, much of that is in Borderlands 2..... money everywhere, bandits all dressed the same, loot boxes full of ammo you dont need, old rusty guns on the floor that you aint ever gonna pick up.

FAR CRY 3 seems pretty bad now, there's too many negative posts, because when you also read ``i cant be bothered to carry on `` this is REALLY BAD, and i've read this a few times now.

these aren't bugs that you can't fix with patches, this game needs a serious modding, a total overhall.

didn't they test this game before release ??????
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I don't think they did test it. For example I use the NUM KEYS for movement as Im left handed, but binding these for vehicles only works for quads/jeeps. I still have to use wasd for the hanglider!

Borderlands is sold as a looting/weapon collecting/xp farming game though. This is supposed to be a story based open world shooter. The mechanics just don't fit with what could have been an excellent story. You can almost tell that the development team are pretty young. It's just seems to lack the maturity needed to make it all hang together.
 
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