Far Cry 2

[NLxAROSA]

So, anybody try this little gem yet? After seeing the pc version, I decided I just had to get this game for PS3. Single player is very cool, featuring a huge, open (sandbox) world. Haven't tried multiplayer yet, but I heard it's very good. I'm surprised nobody opened a topic yet. So anybody got it too?

 

[Hereward]

Just trying to decide between Far cry2, dead space and midnight club AAAAAARGH!

 

[Scaff]

Picked up my copy this morning.

So far I've only had a quick (hour or so) play of the single player and one on-line match.

The single player is looking rather good, even if I have only explored a tiny bit of the first map so far. Story looks like it could be interesting and should more than keep me going until LBP arrives.

The on-line match I played was a typical first time out deathmatch (as in I died a LOT), the map I was in did look a bit bland, but that could be just down to that particular map. I am looking forward to playing around with the map maker.

It gets a thumbs up from me.


Scaff

 

[Robin]

I was slightly miffed as you why Gamespot gave it an 8.5 something to do with the bad cheesy story but ive always been interested in this, setting a side things like tree regeneration which I think are gimmics. Reminds me of Crysis but obviously not that amazing.

I have 2 questions which I hope you guys can answer,

Can you do everything in the multiplayer map editior that you can on the PC version?, I dont know who to believe because ive heard round the net that the console version of the editor is slightly cut down. Is this true?

Hows the graphics on the PS3 version? I can't believe this consoles been out for nearly 2 years and people still have to ask this question!

...apparently in unrelated news Fallout 3 looks horrendous on PS3 compared to 360 so watch out! Lazy dev's!

Robin

 

[NLxAROSA]

1. Can you do everything in the multiplayer map editior that you can on the PC version?

2. Hows the graphics on the PS3 version? I can't believe this consoles been out for nearly 2 years and people still have to ask this question!

3. ...apparently in unrelated news Fallout 3 looks horrendous on PS3 compared to 360 so watch out! Lazy dev's!

1. Not sure, would have to try both to know. I suspect you can do more with the PC version. This is the case with most editors on the consoles.
2. Graphics are looking very nice! 👍 Limited to 720p though.
3. Got any screens or a link? I am really looking forward to this one and I intend to get it for PS3 rather than PC, since I don't want to upgrade my pc's graphic card. But I might reconsider if it looks like (radioactive ) poo.

 

[Robin]

Thanks NLxAROSA

Glad to see that its good in the graphics dept!... I think il have to wait for the other answer till people get to play around with the editor.

I don't have comparison shots for Fallout 3 but heres all the news on it.. take you pick! I don't know whether to believe its truely terrible, or just bad before I see it with my own eyes but the fact is it should be the same or even slightly better seeing as Sony went to all the trouble of a creating a machine with all this power.

http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=fallout 3 ps3&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

It really is still hit and miss with some dev's coding for the PS3. Some have no problems and others really mess up...

Robin

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Yeah I picked up this game yesterday too. Its very good so far. The single player mode is very immersive and not limited at all really. Very fun. I love the animations for healing yourself too, how your character digs bullets out of his arms/legs/knees. Little details really set the game apart from other games.

Graphics on the PS3 version are still very good. Im not sure how much better it would look on a top of the line gaming pc, but it still looks great on the PS3. No framerate issues, every so often there is some pop in, but that doesnt happen often.

 

[NLxAROSA]

http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=fallout 3 ps3&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

Apparently, the original article was blown way out of proportion. The PS3 version has slightly blurrier textures and a slightly lower framerate. I can live with that, I don't think it will be an issue if the game is immersive enough.

Graphics on the PS3 version are still very good. Im not sure how much better it would look on a top of the line gaming pc

Imagine more than full HD resolutions (up to 2560xsomething) which means razorsharp images, 16xAA, way more shader effects, extremely detailed textures and you get the picture.

Still, I'd rather spend 55 euro on the PS3 version, which still looks and runs great, than having to shell out 250,- on a new graphics card and 45,- on the game itself.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Got the limited edition of this on ps3, awesome wooden box and everything, massive map, t shirt.

The game itself, fantastic, singleplayer is brilliant, multiplayer is very addictive, the map editor/creator is just superb, all in all a worth while purchase. Could knock COD4 off the multiplayer top spot imo.

 

[Pako]

Apparently, the original article was blown way out of proportion. The PS3 version has slightly blurrier textures and a slightly lower framerate. I can live with that, I don't think it will be an issue if the game is immersive enough.

Imagine more than full HD resolutions (up to 2560xsomething) which means razorsharp images, 16xAA, way more shader effects, extremely detailed textures and you get the picture.

Still, I'd rather spend 55 euro on the PS3 version, which still looks and runs great, than having to shell out 250,- on a new graphics card and 45,- on the game itself.

I'm not running a top of the line PC, but it's decent. I just picked up this game for the PC yesterday and love it. Head over to the PC Gaming forum and check out the screen shots. I play it at 1920x1200 with max effects and it plays great!

 

[G.T]

It's a very good game, but I don't like the travelling aspect of it, specially when you get to a place and die and have to travel there again... But I guess that's what makes an open-ended shooter the way it is, I suppose, but it just isn't my type of thing. I'm glad my brother bought it rather than I, because it's spoiled it enough for me to get a bit frustrated with it.

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

Not fond of it. It looks good, but the story is rather boring, and it has some design choices that I'm not a fan of. The Multiplayer is...well, it's not that great, but the Map Editor is really cool.

 

[LaBounti]

Oh but we all know you are going to play for the trophies . I may still get it down the line when i can get it cheap. I have almost 30 games now for PS3

 

[NLxAROSA]

I play it at 1920x1200 with max effects and it plays great!

I saw them, they look excellent. What graphics card and cpu are you running it on? I'm running an ATI X1950XT on an Intel Q6600, and the X1950 is clearly getting old. I was considering getting an ATI HD4870, which would set me back around 250 euros.

 

[Ardius]

Not fond of it. It looks good, but the story is rather boring, and it has some design choices that I'm not a fan of. The Multiplayer is...well, it's not that great, but the Map Editor is really cool.

Yeah, the story is weak, but thats standard nature of an FPS these days. The gameplay isn't particularly new either.
Its just very pretty and has a nice map maker. I'm not finding the single player or multiplayer particularly engaging right now, but i'll give it some more time.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

Two questions on this. Can you go duel hand guns? and has anyone gone game hunting yet?

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

Yeah, the story is weak, but thats standard nature of an FPS these days. The gameplay isn't particularly new either.
Its just very pretty and has a nice map maker. I'm not finding the single player or multiplayer particularly engaging right now, but i'll give it some more time.

Eh, Resistance 1 had an amazing story and but loads of back story. HL1 and 2 had great stories (barring EP1 and 2).

I just think Far Cry 2 is decent, but not great. Pretty, but that's about it, IMO.

 

[Pako]

I saw them, they look excellent. What graphics card and cpu are you running it on? I'm running an ATI X1950XT on an Intel Q6600, and the X1950 is clearly getting old. I was considering getting an ATI HD4870, which would set me back around 250 euros.

E6850 Dual Core, and 2 8800GTX in SLI. Slight Overclock on the CPU from 3.0ghz to about 3.35ghz stable. Windows XP running DX10. Not sure of DX10 adds any additional eye candy. Now that things are running good, I'm half tempted to try Vista and DX10 again.

Personally I liked the story line of the first Farcry and was somewhat disappointed they didn't continue it, but oh well... This game reminds me of GTA in Africa. Still having lots of fun cruzing around. Scoping Zebra's at a 1000yrds is always a great past time.

 

[NLxAROSA]

I just remembered my motherboard supports CrossFire, so I might opt for a cheaper card and just add it to my current setup.

On the game: I think lots of people had really (too?) high expectations of this game. Hence it can only be a disappointment. I just judge it for what it is: a great game. Perhaps not a true sequel to Far Cry, but it's still very good. 👍

 

[Pako]

I hear ya. I had some pretty high expectations also, but am accepting it for what it is.... Still a fun game, I just expected a bit more...

Throwing another X1950xt card at your system may be a smart idea if you can find one cheap.

 

[KENJIusa]

AMD phenom 9500 quad core, 3Gb of memory, EVGA Geforce 8800GT superclocked edition with 512 MB of memory.

Can I play Far Cry 2 and Bioshock with my system guys? I could buy these two games for the PS3, but I want to try them on my PC.

 

[Pako]

As more PC questions are coming up, I might suggest taking these inquiries over to the PC Gaming forum for others to read as well. My first reaction would be yes, judging from your hardware specs.

 

[Gabkicks]

I noticed a few bugs in the pc version, and i was wondering if they're present on the consoles as well.

Can you pick up ammo off of guys if you kill them while they're driving a car/truck or manning a turret? Also, do you sometimes see a glitch where people aim away from you, fire, and still hit you?

 

[V1P3R]

It's a very good game, but I don't like the travelling aspect of it, specially when you get to a place and die and have to travel there again...

Ugh... that's all I need is another Too Human. At least you can go faster than tumbling. I still kinda want to see it just for the details I saw like the map editor/creator (Assuming there is one?) and the gameplay itself.

 

[NLxAROSA]

It's a very good game, but I don't like the travelling aspect of it, specially when you get to a place and die and have to travel there again...

Hint: make good use of the bus stations.

I noticed a few bugs in the pc version, and i was wondering if they're present on the consoles as well.

Haven't paid attention to the bugs you mention. Will give it a look to see if they happen on PS3 as well.

 

[Shadow Wulf 2k]

I got the game last Saturday. I think it's excellent. I love how you're free to take on missions however you want, and need to plan things out to be successful.

The malaria aspect is annoying though. They could've done without it.

 

[G.T]

Hint: make good use of the bus stations.

Yep, I started to, but there's still a little too much travel involved for my liking.

 

[Pako]

Yep, I started to, but there's still a little too much travel involved for my liking.

I get distracted pretty easy going from point A to point B. Part of my ADD I'm sure. Between safe houses, diamonds, and guard houses....it can take me hours to just get across the map. At least there isn't a shortage of vehicles, of which the dune buggy is my favorite. I'm starting to use the buss' more myself which helps.

 

[Ardius]

On the game: I think lots of people had really (too?) high expectations of this game. Hence it can only be a disappointment. I just judge it for what it is: a great game. Perhaps not a true sequel to Far Cry, but it's still very good. 👍

I didn't know anything about this game till my younger brother bought it and I played it.
I'm judging it as fairly as possible, and it just falls short because it doesn't offer anything particularly new in a genre that has been so overdone now its making platformers look like a small market.

The flame effects are nice and the map editor is nice, but thats really it. The gameplay itself isnt anything new, FPS stories are rarely something to take seriously and this one is no exception, and the sound is the usual.
Multiplayer is the usual too, nothing new here. The AI has had more effort put into it this time, but not something to shout about.

This genre has come to the point that platformers were at 7 years ago or where RPGs have always been, I play a new one and it just feels like I've done it all before. Unless the game does something actually new with the gameplay or involve and involving game plot, its boring, even if the game does everything well, like this one, its been done too many times before.

In the end, I'd suggest this to someone who had not played many FPS games but otherwise nothing new here. Better off buying an FPS that offers something more, I personally feel even the much-hated Haze offers a better experience than FarCry2, at least to someone who has played many FPS games ever since they were started.

Edit: Though I would like to add that Far Cry 2 is a good example of the "right" way to do a large scale map, unlike Oblivion. So I do applaud it for this.

 

[Scaff]

I didn't know anything about this game till my younger brother bought it and I played it.
I'm judging it as fairly as possible, and it just falls short because it doesn't offer anything particularly new in a genre that has been so overdone now its making platformers look like a small market.

The flame effects are nice and the map editor is nice, but thats really it. The gameplay itself isnt anything new, FPS stories are rarely something to take seriously and this one is no exception, and the sound is the usual.
Multiplayer is the usual too, nothing new here. The AI has had more effort put into it this time, but not something to shout about.

This genre has come to the point that platformers were at 7 years ago or where RPGs have always been, I play a new one and it just feels like I've done it all before. Unless the game does something actually new with the gameplay or involve and involving game plot, its boring, even if the game does everything well, like this one, its been done too many times before.

In the end, I'd suggest this to someone who had not played many FPS games but otherwise nothing new here. Better off buying an FPS that offers something more, I personally feel even the much-hated Haze offers a better experience than FarCry2, at least to someone who has played many FPS games ever since they were started.

Edit: Though I would like to add that Far Cry 2 is a good example of the "right" way to do a large scale map, unlike Oblivion. So I do applaud it for this.

Sorry but I personally just don't agree.

FC2 is to a degree generic (as any genre almost always becomes), but what it does, it does very well. Simply condeming a game because it doesn't take a huge leap forward seems a bit bizzare to me. You mention Haze, which I find an excellent example of throwing the basics out the window for the sake of a few new (and poorly implemented ideas). Haze is a massively linear, poorly designed, ugly game that abandons its main UPS a short way into the game.

Far Cry 2 may not be a massive leap forward, but it does at least offer a large degree of freedom about how you approach the game and missons on it (far more than other 'open-world' games that have claimed to do the same such as GTA4). The location and subject matter is certainly not run of the mill either, its nice to have a location/era beyond WWII, the Middle East or a future war in a FPS.

Personally I think it adds more than enough to make it a good solid game, after all COD4 did little to move the FPS on in terms of gameplay but in adding a solid and involving story line it made for an great game. I'm enjoying FC2 a lot and am far from a FPS newcomer.


Regards

Scaff