My Far Cry 2 Quick Thoughts, AWESOME

Bah bah bah.. Looks like i'll have to pick this one up...!

My wallet doesnt really like me at the moment
 
Fine, I will post some screenies. As I was taking them there were 5 guys below me, had to grenade launcher own them, looked sick.

http://a5-studios.com/far_cry2/
(not 56k friendly. they are each 4mb in size. Eh, I have plenty of bandwidth left this month. )
 
awesome screens Frostex! excellent story telling skills as well.
 
hehe thanks, thats how I tend to play open ended games, meander about getting into small adventures :)
 
dammit! i just bought this via steam. couldn't resist any longer. damn steam and it being too damn easy to order videogames.

i'm running 8800gt sli with the sig in rig, i'll let you all know how it fares with fraps, professional edition. :D

edit: i must not be the only one.... bad voodoo all ur downloads be the fail so i can connect!

edit 2: bad voodoo success! 900 KB/s for me! :D

edit 3: a big pffft to the october 25th canadian street date.
 
snaggletooth said:
lol, i just had to provide the fact that i think fraps is worth paying for.
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It may be. All of the greyed out FRAPS options make it tempting. How is .BMP file the only choice? This is communism... I WANT .JPEG, damn professional edition.
 
it is definitely worth what beepa asks for it. 2.9.6 is out now too, updated october 2nd.
 
Jesus, this game feels so bad I can't even play the damn thing. Such slow aiming even at highest setting, shitty combat so far.
 
Guitarrasdeamor said:
Jesus, this game feels so bad I can't even play the damn thing. Such slow aiming even at highest setting, shitty combat so far.
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elaborate?

i'm assuming you tried increasing the sensitivity on your mouse? my mx518 has a hardware feature for speeding things up.
 
snaggletooth said:
elaborate?

i'm assuming you tried increasing the sensitivity on your mouse? my mx518 has a hardware feature for speeding things up.
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No, and I shouldn't have to. Works fine in every other game, but this one is crap for it. I'm just using a regular old ball mouse.
 
heh... well to each his own, but i wouldn't even be able to play with a ball mouse.

20 bucks'll net you a nice gaming mouse to go with the rest of that highend gear you have there.
 
snaggletooth said:
heh... well to each his own, but i wouldn't even be able to play with a ball mouse.

20 bucks'll net you a nice gaming mouse to go with the rest of that highend gear you have there.
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Had a G7 for a while. Didn't make a difference to me except for the cordlessness and the bit better feel.
 
Well so far none of the reviews have mentioned this, but I am sure I will I be fine. I play all my games now with V-Sync enabled. Also could be due to the console version.
 
I can't use ANY AA at all in my sig rig. Even if I hit at 2x my FPS drops 80%!! I have everything set to max except shadows which are at medium.
 
Must have the god rays.
Benchmarked this game myself and all is well. Hotfix did wonders. 8.10hotfix, 1920x1200 4xAA
 
looks like i'll be reporting back after hockey....

go sens, devils, sharks (pay for my game, perhaps) :D
 
Quick question- I am on Vista X64 and for my life I can't get this game to run in full screen. It's fucking pissing me off.. I click the game and it starts up fine, then it just goes into a window, I have the res. set @ 1680x1050 and there's no full screen option anywhere which leads me to believe something has gone wrong somewhere.

What's the deal here?
 
My performance is at the "sux balls" level right now.

I got a trojan warning from AVG while installing...the warning was for the install file. I own a legit copy, bought from GameStop yesterday.

The controls interface is S***. Why can't you select mouse wheel up/down for next/previous weapon in interface menu?

My game has locked 3x out of 4 loading the first level.

The audio is S***. No choice for 2.1, stereo, headphone, 5.1 etc...? FTW. I have X-Fi extreme gamer, and the sound is crap. I am chopping away at some furniture, or firing away at some baddies, and the sound is muffled and delayed.

I have everything set at "very high" and I am getting an unplayable 11 fps or so on the first level.

Jeezus.

Anyone?

my rig:

Core 2 duo (wolfdale) E8400 @ 3.5
4GB OCZ platinum DDR2
RaptorX 150 gb
eVGA 780i sli deluxe
2 x evga 8800GT KO in SLI
Creative X-FI extreme gamer
OCZ GameXstream 600W PSU
latest Forceware.

glitchy at best.

Oh, and purchased from GameSpot...where is my map and my 3 hours of gameplay?

Oh, and why did I have to type in the save serial 3x to get it to register.

ftw.
 
I put all settings on maximum (DX9) at 1920x1200 resolution and I'm surprised it is playable, at least so far. The game is fun.
 
Disappointed..

Visuals are terrible. The gameplay is meh too. I am back to Clear Sky.

It should have been called "Safari". Let alone this game. The first one beats this hell out of the water.
 
fut the wuck


just reinstalled 180.xx forceware...we'll see.

Crysis is running in "high" at an avg of 46 fps DX9 @ 1920 x 1200

Far Cry 2! Why have you forsaken me!?
 
RailGunRiz said:
Quick question- I am on Vista X64 and for my life I can't get this game to run in full screen. It's fucking pissing me off.. I click the game and it starts up fine, then it just goes into a window, I have the res. set @ 1680x1050 and there's no full screen option anywhere which leads me to believe something has gone wrong somewhere.

What's the deal here?
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I think I saw someone say to check application compatibility and select "Disable visual themes"

ALT - Enter should work too
 
I seem to be getting some kind of mouse lag -- almost as though vsync is on (which it isn't). I've even forced it off from the desktop (rather than use the 3D-Application controlled setting), but no success. Anyone else have this issue?
 
Yeah, mouse tracking does feel weird. Almost sluggish, but I think for me, its due to the low frame rate.
 
Alai said:
What's a... "ball mouse"?
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Are you serious?
insidewheelmouse.jpg
 
Yeah alt+enter fixed it, It'll still default to a window though everytime I start it. Oh well, thanks guys.
 
Just finished messing around with the game for an hour or so.

First of all, performance, my rig:
Q6600 G0 @ 3ghz
2gb DDR2-840
Asus Commando
8800 GT @ 720 / 1000
watercooled
Windows XP sp. 3

*still running 169.21 Forceware drivers, updating right after posting :-P, damn college making me forget to update!

1920x1200, DX9
everything @ Very High except Post FX and Ambient (at High).
no AA, no AA or AF forced through drivers
HDR and Bloom selected (honestly, the game doesn't look as good as the screen shots have showed it to be)

Avg FPS: 41
Min FPS: 32

The game has felt VERY playable to me so far graphically.


As for impressions of the game, my first thought was STALKER: Africa, not a bad thing mind you, just not quite what I was expecting. This game really bears no resemblance to FarCry at all, can't quite understand why it got that name :-\

The mouse has this really lazy feel to it (Razer DeathAddler, feels great in all other games), I've tried messing with on-the-fly and in-game settings but it just seems to lag a bit, sort of like all Mac mice do (not bashing, I own one and it's great for non-gaming things).

Also the visuals really aren't as impressive as I thought they'd be, same for the physics. I really think this might be DX9 + no AA + not Ultra High settings. Either a 4870 or 260 along with Vista is on my to-get list.

As for the game itself, it's really felt pretty slow so far. Far more STALKER than Crysis (or FarCry) and there's definitely an adjustment period to fighting in the forest where you can't make out your enemies that easily. Plus no aiming reticule, just the iron sight. It's a great concept and really forces the immersion.

I really think I need some sleep though (I know, heresy) and maybe DX10 loving to get the most from this game. Coming home from classes looking for a balls-to-the-wall shooter wasn't the best frame of mind for this.
 
Does the 180.42 drivers that are recommended for Far Cry 2 have Cuda with them? I fold with my 8800GT's and don't want to lose that ability.
 
Arkangyl said:
The mouse has this really lazy feel to it (Razer DeathAddler, feels great in all other games...
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DA kicks ass and it's probably one of the most responsive mice I've used. Did you ever play Halo 2 for PC? That game also had a "follow the mouse" feel to it. It felt so off, I never got past the first 1/4 of the game.
 
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