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Just cause 2 Demo on March 4th!!
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I hope you're joking. Besides, they want you to anxiously anticipate it.
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I like my demos to arrive months after the release.
The only good thing about post-release demos is that they're usually the retail build and not a pre-gold build like pre-release demos are.
haha
I'm not really joking -- I hear you about their tactics, but wouldn't it make more sense to release it one week in advance rather than three? Perhaps I'm a little jaded, but with all the freedom they give you in the demo, there appears to be a risk of someone playing the demo enough, getting what they want from the demo and deciding not to buy.
ShuttleLuv
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After the trash that was AVP and it's hyped pre release demo, I'm so happy a quality demo has arrived and lived up to anticipation. 
I can't stop playing this game that came outta no where for me. I was shocked when the game loaded it up and it actually ran well with everything on high on my mid end system.
As others had said, I'm baffled at the draw distance, it's ridiculous. Pretty much a must buy on the 26th.
Only thing they should work on before game comes out is the controls, especially for cars, holy smokes, not good.
As others had said, I'm baffled at the draw distance, it's ridiculous. Pretty much a must buy on the 26th.
Only thing they should work on before game comes out is the controls, especially for cars, holy smokes, not good.
Controls aren't amazing *but* work fairly well overall. I prefer kb/m to 360 controller since I can aim better. Although the 360 controller is better for everything else (IMO). I'll be in Vegas on the 26th so if I don't lose my face I'll be buying when I return!
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Wow, now THAT is an impressive engine. On a GTX 275 - Core i7 - Vista 64 setup, that demo just blew me away.
I was surprised that I was able to turn up all the sliders to the max (no AA though) and run that sucker smoothly at 1920x1080. The depth of field looks fantastic in this game. Sometimes it's over-done in games, but here they've got it working perfectly. Cool day and night cycle as well. Gunplay was fun, and was even more enjoyable when I learned that you're supposed to zoom in when you're shooting.
But did anybody else notice how when your character steps out of the water his clothing is dark and clinging to his skin? Then over the course of about ten minutes his clothes gradually dry off. Attention to detail like that is always extremely promising for a game.
I also hopped on a bike and went for a ride up one of the roads - works beautifully with a 360 controller. Those rickshaw things are also a blast to drive. I loved that!
Now here's an example of a game where if you've got a kick ass PC you're going to blow that 5 year old 360 right out of the water. There's no way the console can compare with that.
Damn, that's a day one for me personally. Amazing demo.
EDIT: The previous demo that got me this excited for a game was Arkham Asylum. Obviously they're different games, but it just goes to show you the power of a demo if done properly. Is there a DRM on this game? Maybe the guys who are publishing this game ought to contact Ubisoft... I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
I was surprised that I was able to turn up all the sliders to the max (no AA though) and run that sucker smoothly at 1920x1080. The depth of field looks fantastic in this game. Sometimes it's over-done in games, but here they've got it working perfectly. Cool day and night cycle as well. Gunplay was fun, and was even more enjoyable when I learned that you're supposed to zoom in when you're shooting.
But did anybody else notice how when your character steps out of the water his clothing is dark and clinging to his skin? Then over the course of about ten minutes his clothes gradually dry off. Attention to detail like that is always extremely promising for a game.
I also hopped on a bike and went for a ride up one of the roads - works beautifully with a 360 controller. Those rickshaw things are also a blast to drive. I loved that!
Now here's an example of a game where if you've got a kick ass PC you're going to blow that 5 year old 360 right out of the water. There's no way the console can compare with that.
Damn, that's a day one for me personally. Amazing demo.
EDIT: The previous demo that got me this excited for a game was Arkham Asylum. Obviously they're different games, but it just goes to show you the power of a demo if done properly. Is there a DRM on this game? Maybe the guys who are publishing this game ought to contact Ubisoft... I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
There's one town that's right on the water -- water access is limited (as the out of bounds area is fairly restrictive), but it's there. It does look beautiful.
So on the map is it lower left, upper right? I need this water!
It's in the upper right, easily visable in the playable area.
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The demo is definitely a lot more fun when you remove the pesky thirty-minute time limit.
WhiteZero
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Details?
http://www.incgamers.com/News/21301/how-to-extend-the-time-limit-in-the-just-cause-2-demo
You can also remove the map limmitation by doing the following:
Download Hex workshop here http://www.bpsoft.com/downloads/
Install, File>Open the game executable from
C
Edit>GoTo
Type: 03F206D
Change the value 75 to EB
Save, start the game
Lateralus
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I agree. I love it when devs pay attention to stuff like that. One of the first things I can remember being impressed by is when shooting a gun in a FPS actually left bullet holes in the wall (never mind the fact that they eventually disappeared). There are other examples, such as when snowboarding games started letting us see the path left by the board, and when cars in racing games actually made ruts in the sand/dirt, and when you could shoot someone in a 3rd person game, walk though the pool of blood and your character would leave red footprints in the floor. Oh and don't forget Snake leaving footprints in the snow in MGS1.
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So on the map is it lower left, upper right? I need this water!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmwqJfOd2v8
how do you get there?...when facing the transformer at the beginning of the demo which direction do you have to go from there?
Lateralus
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It's in the NE corner of the map. Just hit F1 to bring up the map and look around the NE edge...you'll see it.
I hope that everyone playing the demo is using Gibbed's mod for it:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...erid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=24#post373557171
It's got a sound glitch, to fix it you have to kill yourself with a grenade. But totally worth it!
Also there is some problem with the statues.
I think it's the closest thing we'll ever see to what Mercenaries 2 should have and could have been in concept.
I agree, M2 was such a disappointment, and this definitely looks like it will fill that void.
Out of curiosity, has anyone noticed any issues with sound, particularly the lack of noise explosions make?
Not sure if it's something with my audio settings but whenever I blow up a canister here and there, I hear nothing.
Also, what's with the random roads that just turn into dead ends? I'm wondering if these have been put in place just for the demo, or will carry over to retail?
Not sure if it's something with my audio settings but whenever I blow up a canister here and there, I hear nothing.
Also, what's with the random roads that just turn into dead ends? I'm wondering if these have been put in place just for the demo, or will carry over to retail?
Just some fixes to people using Nvidia cards with older drivers.
Ok. I could be fooling myself but I felt like the demo felt just a touch better and smoother than it did before. I'm using a GTX 280 with 191 whatever drivers.
Press 4 to equip the phone, then aim at an area with sufficient space (you'll see the red circle with a slash through it disappear when there's enough space) and press E. You need to cause enough chaos though first to unlock it.
I'm running the latest drivers for my GTX260 under Vista and the demo wouldn't even start prior to the update. I saw the Steam notification pop-up and thought "I'll give it another shot now" and it worked.
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Mouse definitely feels weird in this game. It's not like mouse acceleration, more like just plain lag.
EDIT: Ok, some of that was VSync, but even with VSync turned off it still dosent feel right.
EDIT: Ok, some of that was VSync, but even with VSync turned off it still dosent feel right.
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I had the same problem when I first started playing the demo. It felt "weird," but I tweaked the sensitivity and I got used to it. My y axis is higher than the x.
My problem now is the graphical blur effect the game uses. It really fucks with my eyes.
I'm still fine tuning that myself but between the DPI settings on my G9 and that menu I'm confident I'll get it exactly right.
Go into display -> settings -> turn off motion blur.
There might be something else in there or in display -> advanced settings that will help you out on that as well.
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This demo is fantastic - I will most certainly be buying the game. This game seems like Grand Theft Auto crossed with Bionic Commando. It's really how that abominaion of a game Bionic Commando should have been.
I've found some fancy helos with rockets and laid waste to several "towns" lol its fantastic and when they send out another one to take me on if I don't outright destroy them I just ditch mine and hijack theirs!
In the demo there is one spot over a ravine that has a road on eitehr side dead ending like there should be a bridge there. I got up to full speed and rammed about 3 cars/bikes into there while I jumped out and parachuted across to the other side to do it again. Hilarity was ensured. If only the cars didn't disappear over time at the bottom.
I also saw an interesting glitch on another road that ended in a dead end over water - cars would fall in....then every so often they would literally be thrown out of the water like fish jumping...I hadto watch that a few times - wish I had fraps'd it. Made me laugh a lot.
I've found some fancy helos with rockets and laid waste to several "towns" lol its fantastic and when they send out another one to take me on if I don't outright destroy them I just ditch mine and hijack theirs!
In the demo there is one spot over a ravine that has a road on eitehr side dead ending like there should be a bridge there. I got up to full speed and rammed about 3 cars/bikes into there while I jumped out and parachuted across to the other side to do it again. Hilarity was ensured. If only the cars didn't disappear over time at the bottom.
I also saw an interesting glitch on another road that ended in a dead end over water - cars would fall in....then every so often they would literally be thrown out of the water like fish jumping...I hadto watch that a few times - wish I had fraps'd it. Made me laugh a lot.
You said it. The wild stuff you can do in this game with that grappling hook really is what I'd thought/hoped BC was going to be and should have been.
I think this game is going to scratch a lot of itches for a lot of people and do it quite well.
So I know I'm suppose to extract this file into the game directory, but where the heck is the Just Cause folder? Can't find it?