Far Cry 2

[Pltcl Sniper]

Any one else have it, pretty fucking cool, Oh I have malaria in the game :-(, the weapons jam its pretty cool, I ran out of ammo for my G3A3 so I picked up a rebles shotgun, after two shots I got fucked because the shotgun jammed :-(

[Matt]

Yeah I got malaria as well. The game is sweet. I was taken back with all the stuff you have to do, like un-jam a gun, heal yourself (which can be gruesome btw), fix the jeep, etc. Getting killed is really cool too, I was surprised when I died.

[kreket]

Is there interaction with people and cities you can walk around in?

[theknightsofni]

should i get it for pc or xbox? an a 7900 gfx card handle it well enough?

[Pltcl Sniper]

should i get it for pc or xbox? an a 7900 gfx card handle it well enough?

PC is the only way to go with Farcry! yea that card should be good to go, I cant rember the website but google I think Stress test, theres a website that will scan your comp and tell you how it will handle games. The intreaction is amazing when you get Killed your closest buddy drags you away from a fight I was like hoooly shit.

[Matt]

yeah it's awesome.
when i saw the video of FC2 talking about player immersion i was like "whatever" now I'm playing it and holy shit, it's awesome.

[theboywithnoeyes]

everyone gets malaria.

also this game is awesome

[Pltcl Sniper]

Any one pull of the sniper bate trick yet? Ive tryed a few times with the M1903 Springfield, but It just kills em :-\ still though snipeing in that game rawks. Just for the scope view alone hehe.

[Splitlip]

Its nice. Looks really good for the most part, most of the guns are pretty satisfying, the mgl-140 is 'loooool, 200 meters outside ur base, explodin yer doods' fun.
also, try skipping rpg rounds off the road so they hit under the oncomming jeeps, it blows them over the treetops :D
The story isnt terribly deep so far, but all the voice acting is solid, and the free-roaming is nice, even if I have to file a complaint along with the rest of the internet about the repetative respawing checkpoints and idiot-jeeps. Havent bought a sniper rifle yet, thats probably coming up in the morning, been rocking the MGL and PKM, but my MGL just broke for good..... i nearly wept.

[nojmaster]

If I can just about run Crysis, can I run FarCry 2?

[theknightsofni]

tried googling stress test but it didnt seem to give anything useful

[Matt]

If I can just about run Crysis, can I run FarCry 2?

yes, I can run Crysis on medium setting with no hick-ups and I'm running FC2 on Very High (sans a few features, but I think there's some tweaking to be done) smooth as eggs.

[CaptCommy]

I just now remembered this site, which is sad, because it's way useful

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srl

It's really pretty accurate as far as telling you if your computer can run game X. I really should post this in every game thread.

[Pltcl Sniper]

If I can just about run Crysis, can I run FarCry 2?
Far Cry 2 is really well optimized If I tryed to run crysis at Very high my computer would all most die

tried googling stress test but it didnt seem to give anything useful
-e- good going for reading the last post :-\

[pro kossu]

I feel my field of vision is enormously limited, like going with blinders on.

I think I'll wait for fallout 3.

[BAS]

should i get it for pc or xbox? an a 7900 gfx card handle it well enough?

http://www.yougamers.com/gameometer/10277/

[BAS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLFTxBqY4VM

[Matt]

the best part is people are paying for trainers for this video game. now i've seen it all.


come to think of it, 999 diamonds would be nice......

[nojmaster]

I just read up on wikipedia about Farcry 2...

Does it have anything at all to do with the first one? At all?

[BAS]

its pretty?

[Pltcl Sniper]

I just read up on wikipedia about Farcry 2...

Does it have anything at all to do with the first one? At all?

Nope, I dunno why they are calling it FAR CRY 2, though part of me wishes there was a new "Far Cry" Jack was da shit.

[Mirsky]

So is it as good as, say, CoD4 or is it a different type of game. I've not really been keeping track of the news about FC2.

[nojmaster]

Yea, see, I liked him too, he was Duke Nukem for the 00's.

But none of those mutant chimp fuckers, they were annoying as hell

[Vatek]

So is it as good as, say, CoD4 or is it a different type of game. I've not really been keeping track of the news about FC2.

Different type of game. I don't think CoD4 and FC2 can be compared, tbh.

[Discobird]

How's the multiplayer?

[Splitlip]

Pretty good. Only problems i have really are the flamethrower is about useless, and there were several guys running around with the .50cal rifle no-scoping people. One shot kill rifles are cheap...

[Col. Psycho]

well.

i bought it today, on a whim. got home, installed it, tried to run it. fucking thing goes through blue screen of death, and restarts my computer. loads of people are suffering from this. seriously, WTF?!

phoned up the rediculous support and they were like "oh this is new.. uh.." and wasted 5 minutes of my time (at 30p per minute, fucking fucks.) and didnt help me at all.

fuck it. im taking it back. time to don my "pirate" costume in time for halloween.. ;)

[FaKToR]

I've not played any of these games yet.

there were several guys running around with the .50cal rifle no-scoping people. One shot kill rifles are cheap...
It's not me.

[Tuulos]

Far Cry 2 is pretty much like Boiling Point: Road to Hell.

[Splitlip]

Far Cry 2 is pretty much like Boiling Point: Road to Hell.

No levitating jaguars or frequent crashing textures. Other than that, kinda, FC2 is waaay more immersive. I love the environment, hate the little checkpoints and random jeep assholes. I clear a checkpoint, it should stay clear, or at least the faction i'm working for should take it over.

[Vatek]

I wish the dart rifle had more max ammo.

[GrosPoisson]

I think I was sold on Far Cry 2 as soon as I found out there were no mutants, and that the gameplay revolved around being a mercenary stalking through African wilderness. I loved Far Cry for being able to run around the jungle with my suppressed MP5 and Arctic Warfare rifle, and then mutants showed up and ruined the game for me.

[Col. Psycho]

Waste of my time.

I bought the game. updated all of my drivers, directX, etc. installed the game. it would load up until i chose to start a new game. the moment i tried to start the game, it would get the the loading screen. the small loading logo at the top would spin, then freeze. the whole game would flash the blue screen of death, and restart my PC.

i listened to the ideas and solutions of the ubisoft customer support team, and they wasted 15 minutes of my time (it costs 30p per minute) and came up with no solutions to my problem. they say they have never seen or heard of this error, this is the first it has popped up.

i tried some beta nvidia drivers that they recommended, and this didnt work. it rebooted my system again after trying to start the game. and now, all of a sudden, my wireless adapter doesnt work, since that fateful restart.

so fuck it. i took the game back just now, suggesting they send it back to manufacturers. i would have exchanged it for a new copy to give ubisoft the benefit of the doubt.. but the retailer didnt have any in stock. it seems as if i got the bad CD. i cant be fucked to spend anymore money on this game. i really, REALLY wanted to play this as well. im so annoyed right now - ubisoft can shove far cry 2 up their ass right now as far as im concerned. and im not going to purchase it over steam either - they want £38.95 for it - £14 more than what i paid for an actual DVD version. fuckers.

[Pltcl Sniper]

Mine installed just fine hmm, yea I think you got hit by a bad dvd or your dvd driver is dieing.

[CheeseSteakJim]

It's simple why they called it Far Cry 2... because Far Cry was a popular game and they wanted to milk its popularity despite it having zero connections to the original game. The new one doesn't even have any connections to CryTek, the developer of Far Cry and Crysis. It's kind of bullshit that they used its name, although to be fair this game definitely looks fucking awesome. They could've named it This Game Is For Cocksuckers and I'd still play it.

I interacted with the CryTek development team several times back in my modding days, and they were really awesome guys. That's why it kind of pisses me off that Ubisoft is making money off of CryTek's name.

[Vatek]

I think I was sold on Far Cry 2 as soon as I found out there were no mutants, and that the gameplay revolved around being a mercenary stalking through African wilderness. I loved Far Cry for being able to run around the jungle with my suppressed MP5 and Arctic Warfare rifle, and then mutants showed up and ruined the game for me.

QFT, srsly. Both FC and Crysis went down the shitter as soon as the aliens/mutants showed up. Especially FC1. I remember sniping one of the big dudes with rocket launchers for arms in the back from around a mile away and he spun around and started launching rockets right at me.

The game is more a spiritual successor to Far Cry, much like Bioshock is a spiritual successor to System Shock.

[Ch33zy]

Running down a Zebra with a jeep is immensely satisfying.

[Vatek]

They're damn good at getting out of the way. Have to catch 'em off guard.

I like lobbing a molotov into a checkpoint, only to cause a massive chain reaction that causes half the camp to explode.

Also, wtf is the point of the machete when the dude screams like a bitch and doesn't die when you stab him in the back? Every attempt at a silent knife kill has resulted in a wounded dude alerting everyone else with 20 yards and me getting shot repeatedly.

Maybe it's because I'm playing on infamous.

[theboywithnoeyes]

maybe so i play on normal and i get silent rape kills

[Pltcl Sniper]

We need a mod that adds Lions to the plains and Crocs to the river, except its a mod that doesnt tell you they put that shit in, just made it more "real" So when people like me jump in the river to assault some poor village full of Kevlar Africans I get eatin by a croc.

[Pltcl Sniper]

We need a mod that adds Lions to the plains and Crocs to the river, except its a mod that doesnt tell you they put that shit in, just made it more "real" So when people like me jump in the river to assault some poor village full of Kevlar Africans I get eatin by a croc.

[CheeseSteakJim]

jesus christ it's a crocodile get in the boat

[Arttemis]

I just downloaded this off Steam, but it crashes whenever I try to start a new game... suck. When I first start the thing up, it complains that my video card drivers are too old... which is all well and good, but updating the drivers with the latest nVidia release stops my system from recognizing my video card. Hooray!

[Pltcl Sniper]

XP or Vista, seems like people who are having probs are all most all ways using XP.

[Arttemis]

I'm using XP... even worse, I'm using XP x64.

[Vatek]

We need a mod that adds Lions to the plains and Crocs to the river, except its a mod that doesnt tell you they put that shit in, just made it more "real" So when people like me jump in the river to assault some poor village full of Kevlar Africans I get eatin by a croc.

I want to see a mod that adds patrols in the wilderness. What's the point of having miles and miles of jungle and african plains if there's nothing in them?

[Yiggs]

Bought it. Played for a while. The spoken dialogue is a bit weird. People don't pause when they should and little emphasis is used.


I just spent 500 on new computer parts :)


now I'll be able to play my new games for once.






woo 8 gigs of RAM!

[Ch33zy]

Bought it. Played for a while. The spoken dialogue is a bit weird. People don't pause when they should and little emphasis is used.


I noticed that too. Its like your talking to a bunch of very nervous people.

[Yiggs]

I noticed that too. Its like your talking to a bunch of very nervous people.

Or using a computer voice proggy to read out loud what you type.

[Ch33zy]

I'm just pretending everyones high on opium. Explains the talk and the incredible ability to suck down bullets.

[Vatek]

Yeah, the voice acting is very forced. The only one that actually sounds like a real person is the Jackal.

[Tuulos]

I'm pretty sure Ubisoft was going to give the project of Far Cry 2 to Crytek but then guys at Crytek started going on about african black mutant aliens and the guys at Ubisoft were like Fuck this shit, we're giving this project to anybody else who accepts it.

[Anti-Llama]

anyone interested in playing online?

[SWATJester_os]

It's kinda interesting thus far, though I hate the damage model. If mods start coming out for this like they did for stalker, I'd be happy.

[Ch33zy]

The whole first aid thing is cool, but goddamn apparently the main character has some tough fucking skin.

[CaptCommy]

Anyone want the game for $30?

http://www.gogamer.com/Far-Cry-2--I--All-PC-Games_stcVVproductId54256010VVcatId444774VVviewpro d.htm

You have 55 hrs from the time I post.

[Col. Psycho]

right. seems the team behind farcry 2 didnt bother to check if it worked with all audio chipsets. after my previous problems, and after support offering no hope, i started scanning the airwaves for any solutions. one guy suggested its got to do with audio acceleration. so i went into dxdiag and and disabled it. fired up Far Cry 2, and it worked. :s

all of that bullshit, and it was something that simple that got it working. damn fucknuts should have tested this in the first place!

now that i can play it, i must admit, its pretty good. a bit overhyped in places, but as swat said, if some good mods come out, it could be a pretty epic game in the long run. time will tell i guess. :D

[Ch33zy]

I've had some crazy firefights in the game, running through a shanty town with a piece of shit shotgun I scooped off an enemy, running and gunning my way through the place, taking cover when I could and frantically trying to stay alive. Came down to my 1911 and straight luck. One of the most epic non-scripted firefights I've ever had in a single player.

[CheeseSteakJim]

I'm enjoying it immensely. Almost saddens me that Fallout 3 just came out because now I'm going to have to divide my already scarce time between the two.

[Splitlip]

Yeah, this is good stuff, i'm torn so badly between this and fallout 3 tbh. FC2 lets me set the grasslands alight, herding men to their IED laden doom....but yet....in FO3, i have a jaunty suit, a silenced pistol and a hockeymask to help me SAVE WHATS LEFT OF HUMANITY !

[Agent Law]

QFT, srsly. Both FC and Crysis went down the shitter as soon as the aliens/mutants showed up. Especially FC1. I remember sniping one of the big dudes with rocket launchers for arms in the back from around a mile away and he spun around and started launching rockets right at me.

The game is more a spiritual successor to Far Cry, much like Bioshock is a spiritual successor to System Shock.
The aliens weren't as bad as the mutants. And the end fights in both Crysis and Warhead with the giant walkers were pretty cool.

[Enforcer]

The grenade launcher "bulldog" gun is fucking devastating on vehicles. I must have blown up 20 trucks already with 8 rounds.

Bullet wounds are graphic, dialogue blows, weapons have good accuracy but overall really enjoyable.

[Yiggs]

I bought a whole new rig to play my new games, and after wrestling with errors i can finally play Far Cry butter smooth.

It's so pretty driving around at night and eventually watching the sun start to rise. I ran over a zebra and set some grass on fire with an exploded car. This is fun. I wish not every guy out there was hostile. i'm tired of running past a checkpoint, having the guards get in a jeep and chase after me knocking out my engine. Explosions are awesome though.

[Ch33zy]

The everyone out to get you thing is annoying for sure. I wish it was like the Mercenaries series in that you could make some factions happy and have them work with/neutral to you.

[SWATJester_os]

Speaking of Mercenaries, they just released Sarah Palin and Barack Obama as DLC.

[Splitlip]

Speaking of Mercenaries, they just released Sarah Palin and Barack Obama as DLC.

DLC targets? :rolleyes:

[CaptCommy]

DLC targets? :rolleyes:

No, playable characters. It's HILARIOUS to see Obama hijack a tank.

[Milkman Dan]

QFT, srsly. Both FC and Crysis went down the shitter as soon as the aliens/mutants showed up. Especially FC1. I remember sniping one of the big dudes with rocket launchers for arms in the back from around a mile away and he spun around and started launching rockets right at me.

The game is more a spiritual successor to Far Cry, much like Bioshock is a spiritual successor to System Shock.
Er... what? I thought CrySis was extremely satisfying. Fighting those huge monsters is a lot of fun, and also SHOWN IN THE GAMEPLAY TRAILERS.

[Vatek]

Fighting the North Koreans on the hardest difficulty actually made you consider what tactics you want to use to take them out. It made the weapon customization a big part of the game, and using the Nanosuit to its fullest potential was key to success. Once the aliens show up, that's out the window, basically. I just used the alien chaingun thing, set the nanosuit to armor, and went on my merry way through the entire alien section of the game.

The Koreans used tactics when you fight them. Flanking, suppressive fire, grenades, etc. The aliens just fly around shooting at you until you shoot them down. Basically, it's the same problem I ran into with the Trigens in Far Cry.

I'm not saying it wasn't fun, but the game gets radically dumbed down once you start fighting the aliens.

I know it was in the gameplay trailers but I was hoping Crytek would avoid making the same mistake over again, as the Trigens in Far Cry were easily one of the biggest complaints about the game.

[Splitlip]

The aliens in Warhead are alot smarter, more dodging, weaving and hiding in cover.
But, yeah, they're still annoying.

[Milkman Dan]

Just shoot `em with the gauss gun.

[Mirsky]

Well I just bought FC2, it looks like it'll take all day to download from Ubisofts crap servers. 3.5Gb at 100K/s is approx. 9 hours 40 minutes.

[Milkman Dan]

lol

Buy everything on Steam.

[Mirsky]

I did, I'm assuming it still downloads from Ubisoft as Steam usually gives me 1 to 1.5MB/s

[Yiggs]

I did, I'm assuming it still downloads from Ubisoft as Steam usually gives me 1 to 1.5MB/s

I had mine DL'd within the hour :)

[Enforcer]

Is it just me, or are travel times between objectives unjustified? I drive for like 15-30 minutes to kill some dude and get 15 diamonds that can buy me fuck all. How do I advance past Act I?

[Vatek]

The gameworld is far too large for what's in it.

Miles and miles of jungle, savannah plains, etc, and it's pretty much empty. There's no patrols, no gunfights between the two factions. Just the odd jeep with a machine gun on it driving from point A to point B over and over.

For every checkpoint with the same 4 guys in it, there's ten times as much useless empty space. And no option to fast-travel IE Fallout 3 means the game turns into a pretty routine game of clearing checkpoints until you get to your objective, rinse, repeat.

[SWATJester_os]

Go to a bus station and fast travel.

[Mirsky]

Ok, I suck at this game and I need some help. First off I find that the mouse is really sticky. Not sure what I mean but it feels really unresponsive to aim, I move the mouse, the view will eventually follow but really quickly. It's like I'm moving in molasses.

So the problem this causes is that I can't take on a number of enemies at once or I get creamed. So, to alternate strategies. Since rambo is out, what do you find is the best way to take out an entire shanty town of bad guys (yes, I'm still on that early mission). The GL was fun but I ran out of ammo and it kept jamming so I opted for the G3K and the light machine gun. Should I stand off on a hill and pick them off with the MG? Or sneak in and cut some throats?

Also does attacking at night make a difference? i.e. less people around, etc.

[Splitlip]

PKM cant snipe fer shit. I ended up finishing the game with m79, dragunov, m249 as my loadout. rpg is nice, but m79 is faster on the reload, more accurate on the ballistic arc.

[Vatek]

Ok, I suck at this game and I need some help. First off I find that the mouse is really sticky. Not sure what I mean but it feels really unresponsive to aim, I move the mouse, the view will eventually follow but really quickly. It's like I'm moving in molasses.

So the problem this causes is that I can't take on a number of enemies at once or I get creamed. So, to alternate strategies. Since rambo is out, what do you find is the best way to take out an entire shanty town of bad guys (yes, I'm still on that early mission). The GL was fun but I ran out of ammo and it kept jamming so I opted for the G3K and the light machine gun. Should I stand off on a hill and pick them off with the MG? Or sneak in and cut some throats?

Also does attacking at night make a difference? i.e. less people around, etc.

Sniper rifles turn the AI completely retarded. You can snipe an entire camp to death with the Dragunov, M1903 or AS50 and get not one shot of return fire.

I also found the sneak suit + silenced Makarov to be very good.

[Yiggs]

atm I'm using flare gun, silenced mp5, and RL.

Flare gun is fun for setting grass aflame leading to a chain reaction of death and explosions.


There is too much driving involved. Way too much for what I accomplish. And having to stop every five minutes and get in the turret to kill some fuckers that chase after me is irritating. I hate how everyone is out to get you.

[Matt]

atm I'm using flare gun, silenced mp5, and RL.

Flare gun is fun for setting grass aflame leading to a chain reaction of death and explosions.


There is too much driving involved. Way too much for what I accomplish. And having to stop every five minutes and get in the turret to kill some fuckers that chase after me is irritating. I hate how everyone is out to get you.

yeah i hate that too. i wish once you scouted a outpost it stays friendly.

[nojmaster]

Got about 5 hours of play time down... game is starting to annoy me a bit, for all the same reasons it annoys everyone else, I reckon. I can't be arsed to actually go for any missions because it seems they always, without fail, put the objective on the other side of fucking africa. Also, I really can't be bothered with finding those little diamond suitcases things. They're always on a fucking roof, or the top of some rocks... And they give you fuck all. I'm started to just ignore them as a waste of time.

I'm worried I might start taking this attitude towards the game as a whole.

[CheeseSteakJim]

yeah fuck all this dude fallout is where it's at

[Airborne506]

Ok, I suck at this game and I need some help. First off I find that the mouse is really sticky. Not sure what I mean but it feels really unresponsive to aim, I move the mouse, the view will eventually follow but really quickly. It's like I'm moving in molasses.

So the problem this causes is that I can't take on a number of enemies at once or I get creamed. So, to alternate strategies. Since rambo is out, what do you find is the best way to take out an entire shanty town of bad guys (yes, I'm still on that early mission). The GL was fun but I ran out of ammo and it kept jamming so I opted for the G3K and the light machine gun. Should I stand off on a hill and pick them off with the MG? Or sneak in and cut some throats?

Also does attacking at night make a difference? i.e. less people around, etc.

First off, ditch the G3K. I'd rather take a shotgun over it, it jams like every 8 rounds, does fuck all damage. I hate that every african militiaman and his mom carry it in Act 1 too. If you can find yourself an AK at those early stages, hold onto it til the fucker blows up. For the shantytown, I tried to sneak my way if possible, using explosions to distract the guards while blasting others with the shotty, doing the objective and then getting the hell out of there. That town is a tactical nightmare, even when I had to go back later in Act 1 to do a random assasination I got fucked up there. I was so happy when I found an FAL though, it's the best AR imo.

[Enforcer]

How the fuck do I progress past 12% in Act I? Where do I go for main objective missions?

This is all tentative however until I get the game working again, I just installed the newest nvidia drivers and now it crashes to desktop upon launch. Fuck.

[Mirsky]

ok, I've pretty much stalled on the single player of this but I've spent hours farting around in the map editor. Yes, it's easy but making dominoes out of exploding barrels with cars placed on top of stacks of them is pretty fun. The long thin propane tanks also make good rockets.

[theknightsofni]

just got the game and.... it wont run

fekin DRM, securom says some error about invalid release date or something. this is a legit copy that I bought and the only way i cna get the game to run is if i use a no-cd crack

DRM harms the consumer

[overlord_steveO]

This game sucks. It was fun for 5 days. Then I found out it was Assassin's Creed in modern day Africa. Only it sucked way more than Assassin's Creed. So repetitive. Currency system is awful. As for the weapons, they're horrid too. Graphics are amazing but that's about it. Quite disappointed with this one. Then again, like most Ubisoft games, it usually lets me down.

[Yiggs]

This game sucks. It was fun for 5 days. Then I found out it was Assassin's Creed in modern day Africa. Only it sucked way more than Assassin's Creed. So repetitive. Currency system is awful. As for the weapons, they're horrid too. Graphics are amazing but that's about it. Quite disappointed with this one. Then again, like most Ubisoft games, it usually lets me down.

Yeah, it was fun for most of the first act, and I found renewed fun in the second, but now it feels an MMO girnding quests without any real reward or other players. urgh. I hate paying 50 dollars for games that get "good reviews" and end up being boring.

[Agent Law]

Okay, so I'm playing through the game right now. Luckily, I got it for free with my 3D card, and, really, that's exactly what it should be; for free. This game really blows. The AI is retarded (and can see you in the bushes from 500m away, while you have the camou suit), the fully upgraded guns don't last worth shit, and the currency system is bullshit. It takes wayy too long to go between places, and, frankly, I can't be arsed to kill people at the same checkpoints over and over again. There's a point where "free-roaming" is terribly bad.

[Mirsky]

It wouldn't be so bad if you had to travel across the entire map for missions if it wasn't for the fact you have to blast your way through every single damn checkpoint. The dev's got lazy and rather than code in NPC interaction they made everyone a baddie. I'd like to be able to talk to someone for once without being shot at.

I don't think I got even a quarter way through the first act before I got bored.

[Arttemis]

So I finally got this working (all it took was my old computer to completely die and get replaced with a new one! ... ) and I wish I would have read the thread first. Man is this monotonous.

[Yiggs]

I'm 63% through and I don't think I'm touching it again. Which is a shame because it has potential, but as everyone said, it feels like a job.

[theknightsofni]

i do like the freedom in it, several ways I've killed convoys

1) running in guns blazing/lobbing grenades
2) hiding then launching an RPG at the truck
3) placing a line of IEDs over a bridge an waiting for the convoy to arrice
4) sniping the drivers as they appear in the distance