My Far Cry 2 Quick Thoughts, AWESOME

It seems you guys don't like this game because of the LACK of scripted events. I hear a bunch of people say, "yeah, that was cool, but it was scripted that way. I wish a game would not have scripted events like that." Then we get a game without scripted events, and everyone hates it because it is boring.

I am playing though the missions. I like them. Yes, they are predictable, but it is still fun to play.
 
doesnt have to be scripted..but it also doesnt have to be sooo huge that it sooo boring inbetween the 30sec fights..also would be nice if actual hiding in the brush or behind a tree or in bushes stops an enemy from seeing you from 100yds out before you even know anyone else is there.
 
vicaphit said:
It seems you guys don't like this game because of the LACK of scripted events. I hear a bunch of people say, "yeah, that was cool, but it was scripted that way. I wish a game would not have scripted events like that." Then we get a game without scripted events, and everyone hates it because it is boring.

I am playing though the missions. I like them. Yes, they are predictable, but it is still fun to play.
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Thats not why its boring.
Earlier posts will help you.
 
sl3000gt94 said:
doesnt have to be scripted..but it also doesnt have to be sooo huge that it sooo boring inbetween the 30sec fights..also would be nice if actual hiding in the brush or behind a tree or in bushes stops an enemy from seeing you from 100yds out before you even know anyone else is there.
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I find the AI pretty good actually. Yes, sometimes they seem to have heat seeking goggles, but oh well.

I would have to agree with whoever mentioned all the whining of freedom. I too remember everybody whining about scripted games, now that we get something total opposite, you guys get bored, Sure, it's more like an MMO where you basically do as you wish and advance yourself by getting better weapons, armor. The thing is that all firefights will b e teh same, and game will be stale unless you find something to work towards. Maybe it;s the new weapon, different weapon combo's, etc. I guess open world games are not for everybody.
 
I'm taking my time, enjoying the sites, exploring every inch, and doing missions every now again, and I'm enjoying it immensely. I usually only play for about an hour at a time though, so maybe that helps with the repetition.
 
aFive said:
I find the AI pretty good actually. Yes, sometimes they seem to have heat seeking goggles, but oh well.
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Oh well, it only ruins the game sometimes. I like robust and difficult AI but when there's no point (that theme comes up a lot with this game) of even trying a stealth attack or bothering to do anything but just charge in blazing? Something isn't right there IMO.

I would have to agree with whoever mentioned all the whining of freedom. I too remember everybody whining about scripted games, now that we get something total opposite, you guys get bored, Sure, it's more like an MMO where you basically do as you wish and advance yourself by getting better weapons, armor. The thing is that all firefights will b e teh same, and game will be stale unless you find something to work towards. Maybe it;s the new weapon, different weapon combo's, etc. I guess open world games are not for everybody.
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http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1359023&page=7 post 132 is basically how I feel about this game and what I feel are some of the things wrong with it.

Open world games are great when they are done right and there's actually a point to doing anything in them which I contest is not the case in this game at all. I love open world games.

You can do the missions and side missions but there's no sense of reward or accomplishment when you can kill or destroy things and everything respawns at the drop of a hat and practically in your face. That's dumb! What's the incentive to do anything in this game in its present form?

I really see a ton of potential in this game overall but I feel like it's incomplete and maybe needed another couple of months or so worth of work to refine a few things and put it over the top.

I don't "hate" Far Cry 2...I'm just left feeling indifferent about it.
 
Loving most of it. Wish there was more thought put into driving, which is most of what I'm doing. Pulls me out of the game when I see that this old and busted Jeep can go 0-60 in less than 3 seconds, can do a neck break 180 turn, has a manual transmission, but doesn't shift at all. Just little immersive things here and there when driving would've been appreciated.

Not cool that I can clean out a camp, drive 50 feet away, come back, and it's swarming with AI again and they're all in the exact same spots.
 
Q-BZ said:
Oh well, it only ruins the game sometimes. I like robust and difficult AI but when there's no point (that theme comes up a lot with this game) of even trying a stealth attack or bothering to do anything but just charge in blazing? Something isn't right there IMO.



http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1359023&page=7 post 132 is basically how I feel about this game and what I feel are some of the things wrong with it.

Open world games are great when they are done right and there's actually a point to doing anything in them which I contest is not the case in this game at all. I love open world games.

You can do the missions and side missions but there's no sense of reward or accomplishment when you can kill or destroy things and everything respawns at the drop of a hat and practically in your face. That's dumb! What's the incentive to do anything in this game in its present form?

I really see a ton of potential in this game overall but I feel like it's incomplete and maybe needed another couple of months or so worth of work to refine a few things and put it over the top.

I don't "hate" Far Cry 2...I'm just left feeling indifferent about it.
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I am beginning to agree with you more and more as I play the game. I am the type of person that would prefer to go in stealthy vs blowing shit up left and right with unlimited rockets.

Who in the fuckin world thought that it was a good idea NOT to let you carry a sniper and a silenced SMG? Ofcourse, for some reason we can carry a sniper and a big ass PKM, yet we can't carry smg? That sort of defeats the purpose of stealth. Look at me, I have a sniper and I like to hide, get close to me and I will take out this gun with unlimited ammo....Dart rifle with like 3 darts is the only alternative thus far...

I do like a challenge, but isn't it sort of ridiculous that you have to clear every camp over and over again? I clear it, they respawn. And it's not random, they are always in the same spots at every camp. By now, I can guess where each guy is going to be at and plan accordingly. I understand how camps with enemies don't respawn would make the game too easy, but give ,e a break. You expect me to drive 4000 miles to kill a guy, clear everything out and then do same shit over again to get back? I have tried sneaking in the grass several times, but enemies manage to spot me at midnight somehow....

The lack of prone really does tell you something. I was hoping that the game would be a bit different. They expect and want you to go in with big ass machine guns, rockets, and grenade launchers. Stealthy aspect of this game was an afterthought.

At this point, I think I am getting bored of video games in general. But right now, I could be enjoying Far Cry 2. I am getting sick of clearing out same camps in order to get something accomplished :(.
 
aFive said:
Who in the fuckin world thought that it was a good idea NOT to let you carry a sniper and a silenced SMG?
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Ya the whole system for deciding which weapons you can carry is just messed up. I dont know why I can carry a flamethrower and sniper rifle and a pistol, but not a sniper rifle, an assault rifle, and a pistol? Wouldn't a flamethrower be a whole lot heaver than some small assault weapon?
 
i was just wondering if anyone was willing to put up a savegame thats pretty far into the game. i've gotten really far into the game on my 360, putting at least 15 hours into it, and i just wanted to see how it played on my pc near the end with all the weapons etc, without you know, replaying the 15 hours first haha So anyone would? Thanx in Advance! :)
 
speedy523 said:
i was just wondering if anyone was willing to put up a savegame thats pretty far into the game. i've gotten really far into the game on my 360, putting at least 15 hours into it, and i just wanted to see how it played on my pc near the end with all the weapons etc, without you know, replaying the 15 hours first haha So anyone would? Thanx in Advance! :)
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i'll see what I can do, how close to the end to you want to be?
 
this thread screams for mod...

modders reading this thread scream for time to make the screaming mod...

that make far cry 2, the hyped up game to be true to the hype...a screaming FPS (crossing my finger for a RPG/FPS mod as well)..
 
might as well on the topic...

would it a mod that changes to

- stats implementation that allows for improvement in recoil control, less shaking during scoping, and all of these varies with different weapons
- ability to equip oneself with any weapons combination
- fully randomized enemies respawn ( without respawn, it would be 100x more boring for a veteran FPSer to kill all and play in a world with no enemies left to kill)

i think these implementations would certainly make the game slightly more enjoyable...whether it is implementable or not i have to admit i am no programmer to say...

plus..i have not even play the game so..hahah i am just using my imagination of the game from reading this thread and conjure up the perfect far cry 2 i have wished i had the opportunity to play...
 
blottingpaper said:
might as well on the topic...

would it a mod that changes to

- stats implementation that allows for improvement in recoil control, less shaking during scoping, and all of these varies with different weapons
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Yes!

- ability to equip oneself with any weapons combination
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Yes!

- fully randomized enemies respawn ( without respawn, it would be 100x more boring for a veteran FPSer to kill all and play in a world with no enemies left to kill)
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I'd settle for something even along the lines of: Within x amount of reasonable "in game" time if you don't say...take out a communications tower or whatever that reinforcements and ultimately replacements come to replace the guys you wiped out. Something logical. Something that can actually bring a sense of real accomplishment and change to the gameworld you live in.



i think these implementations would certainly make the game slightly more enjoyable...whether it is implementable or not i have to admit i am no programmer to say...
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Your ideas would make the game way more enjoyable and frankly, a lot closer to the way it should have been made to begin with.

plus..i have not even play the game so..hahah i am just using my imagination of the game from reading this thread and conjure up the perfect far cry 2 i have wished i had the opportunity to play...
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You've done a good job calling it.
 
Can't play these games... Motion sickness kills me.
Same for HL2 on the hoverboat.
Does the bobbing and weaving really help add to the game dynamics? Cause I really can't even go 10 minutes with games styled like this... I get extremely nauseous
 
bencho said:
Can't play these games... Motion sickness kills me.
Same for HL2 on the hoverboat.
Does the bobbing and weaving really help add to the game dynamics? Cause I really can't even go 10 minutes with games styled like this... I get extremely nauseous
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dramamine?
 
To everybody whining about the allseeing AI (eye, get it?). Buy the CAMO SUIT. It's there for a reason. Although it's pretty steep at 45 stones it's worth it. I'm having tons of fun sneaking in on camps with my upgraded silenced makirov taking 1 out at a time, leaving the rest wondering wtf happened, then I take the next. Just make sure you're crouching in the vegetation, and move to a new spot after each kill.
 
hfk said:
To everybody whining about the allseeing AI (eye, get it?). Buy the CAMO SUIT. It's there for a reason. Although it's pretty steep at 45 stones it's worth it. I'm having tons of fun sneaking in on camps with my upgraded silenced makirov taking 1 out at a time, leaving the rest wondering wtf happened, then I take the next. Just make sure you're crouching in the vegetation, and move to a new spot after each kill.
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There's a camo suit? Hmmm... interesting.
 
I bought that dang suit and can't tell a lick of difference. They still find me just as easily and still can hit me with every shot from eleventy-billion miles away.
 
Brahmzy said:
I bought that dang suit and can't tell a lick of difference. They still find me just as easily and still can hit me with every shot from eleventy-billion miles away.
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You're obviously not doing it right then.
 
I am still getting sniped before I have even fired a shot with the camo suit on. You can be damned sure I am not crouch walking from one side of the map to the other.
 
What's up with all the motion sickness whining? Lately it seems like a huge part of this forum can't look at a freakin moving image. WTF?

Anyhow, I'm revising my opinion. The game actually got much better (at least for me) after about 10 hours. It's a total sandbox, looks like it's up to the player to make the game fun. Weapons are really great and you can configure your loadout for quite a few different methods of engagement (direct assault, sneaking, sniping, burning everything or just bombing the enemies back to hell with the mortar :D later you can get a car with automatic grenade launcher, with that you can go totally overkill). Using the day/night cycle to your advantage can be helpful (and yes, it is possible to pull off stealthy kills without alterting everyone - that's why you can get MP5SD and camo suit :) ). Overall, if you play it right (not just speed run through the game) FC2 should be a fun and immersing ride, even with the idiotic respawn rates. And the scripted event I got at the end of 1st act was insanely cool and well done. Also the Jackal tapes are surprisingly good. Not just some macho bullshit.

...but why the hell did the guy record them and scatter them throughout all these weird places I've found them in, and why there are almost always corpses around is beyond my understanding :D
 
hfk said:
To everybody whining about the allseeing AI (eye, get it?). Buy the CAMO SUIT. It's there for a reason. Although it's pretty steep at 45 stones it's worth it. I'm having tons of fun sneaking in on camps with my upgraded silenced makirov taking 1 out at a time, leaving the rest wondering wtf happened, then I take the next. Just make sure you're crouching in the vegetation, and move to a new spot after each kill.
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Very little difference overall.
 
I think I'll come back to this game after Fallout 3 and Brothers in Arms HH. (Currently it is unistalled and making room for Fallout 3) Hopefully by then there will be mods out for no respawn and fixes for the other design issues.

Does anyone know what you should do with radio towers, I never figured it out?

Edit - you can only activate missions at the radio towers if you're currently not on a mission already. That figures!
 
anyone else having problems with stuttering? like the frame rate is decent according to fraps but it's stuttering like it's missing frames or something.

also the performance seems to get worse the longer i play. it runs ok for ten minutes (except the frame skipping) then the game slowly gets more and more stuttery. after a half hour of playing my frame rate will start dropping all the way to zero off and on. it's making the damn game unplayable. :confused:
 
Mert said:
also the performance seems to get worse the longer i play. it runs ok for ten minutes (except the frame skipping) then the game slowly gets more and more stuttery. after a half hour of playing my frame rate will start dropping all the way to zero off and on. it's making the damn game unplayable. :confused:
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This exact same thing happens to me, but it's more like after an hour of gameplay. I just use like an alarm to let me know it's time to take a break. :p
 
After beating this game last night- I wish I didn't spend 50 bucks on it..
 
bencho said:
I'd rather not play a game that requires me to take drugs >.<''
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LOL

Man, I am having fun still. Too bad it won't let me carry a sniper and an assault rifle, it's retarded that I am forced to carry a flamethrower.
 
aFive said:
LOL

Man, I am having fun still. Too bad it won't let me carry a sniper and an assault rifle, it's retarded that I am forced to carry a flamethrower.
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You can. Buy the dart rifle - it's exactly the same as a bolt action sniper.
 
Porter_ said:
the dart rifle fills the 'special weapon' slot and not the 'primary weapon' slot?
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Correct. Also a one hit kill not matter where you pop an enemy. Unfortunately, without a bandolier upgrade you only get 4 shots. FOUR shots. FOUR SHOTS. Atleast its silenced though.

On an unrelated note: can't you tell I'm horrible at sniping? :p
 
combustion said:
Theres a multiplayer map with a hang glider on it.. pretty freekin cool.
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there's also one in SP. it's between "Fresh Fish" and "Slaughter House".

Riftsaw said:
Correct. Also a one hit kill not matter where you pop an enemy. Unfortunately, without a bandolier upgrade you only get 4 shots. FOUR shots. FOUR SHOTS. Atleast its silenced though.

On an unrelated note: can't you tell I'm horrible at sniping? :p
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thanks for the info. four shots TOTAL, or 4 shots before you reload?
 
I think the game is great.. Finnaly no effin mutants, no zombies, no silly aliens.

No pew Pew Guns, no lasers guns, no beam weapons, no sicky grenades.

Africa the way it really is.. At least some reality for a change.

I wish they had Lions or predators. It wouldn't be that bad either if they had child soldiers, and or female soldiers..


BTW,... IEDs are fun.

I am enjoying this game a lot I wish tho that the checkpoints spawn stoped I found traveling at night with headlights off works wonders.

As for Camo.. Yes it works and it works well. Its a camo suit not a Sniper Ghuillie suit so don't expect miracles. I only get spoted by snipers that are above the ground level otherwise I can sneak right up and machette them. Trying doing missions at night.. I went through whole missions with out killing a single enemy.
 
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