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Far Cry 3 |OT| Sex, Drugs, and the Call of Battle in the Uncharted
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Canis lupus
Member
So I have done 5 missions till now, but it still says 0/14 story quests, are these seperate quests? I thought I was progressing through the story already.
It pretty much was my main problem. Not in terms of numbers because there is a lot to do, but the large majority of what is listed there is really not fun to do outside of a couple of times.
TurkishEmperor said:
Yeah the main story missions are listed at the top of the handbook. I think there are 38. What you found is what is basically the side quests, and they are terribly basic.
Lol fridge logic. Hadn't noticed that yet.
Canis lupus
Member
I went into the cave to get mushromms to save the girl
The story quests are those blue ! icons that show up when you clear outposts I believe. They're essentially side "missions" if you can even call them that because the ones I did were just drive to this spot and do a really basic action and then drive back. I guess they name these story quests because there's usually a tiny backstory given by the NPCs you meet but yeah it was poorly named.
Realistically, the solution then is not to do them.
In terms of pure game design, I clearly see how you see it as a complaint, but in reality, a very small percentage of players are actually going to be completionists -- the world is full of these items and events and you run across things you need (money, skill, items) by happenstance. You don't have to submit yourself to something you don't find enjoyable (doing everything) unless you decide it's fun or the payoff is worthwhile.
Ubisoft please release a patch for consoles that allow this (ala Crackdown)
Exactly.... game is chock full of stuff just exploring around and getting in skirmishes... I realize some people like everything structured (not me) and I can't understand some of the complaints past a certain point. Eventually (about 5 pages ago) I just tune them out as that vocal minority of people who will never be happy unless it is PERFECT and done the way they want it for them.
DualShadow
Member
Just finished this last night. The ending is pretty crazy.
It's a good thing I played this on PC otherwise my trophy whoring would have dictated that I do everything, but as it stands I left most of the activities way incomplete. But that still counts as a negative for this game because so much of what was there was not worth doing at all. I barely got over 20 hours in this game with doing the story and all of the outposts and radio towers because of how much I "had" to skip due to it being so inconsequential.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Wow.
The last hour / ending was absolutely awful.
And performance post patch on 360 is even worse than before. Great game but some big flaws.
The last hour / ending was absolutely awful.
And performance post patch on 360 is even worse than before. Great game but some big flaws.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Feel free to name something better looking in the open world context. I don't even think the mighty RDR stands up, though that's the only one that comes close.
We're talking about looks, right?
There's a mountain on the second island that is a great place to test the
wingsuit capabilities
Here's a video of the location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDPX2X0cdwQ
SJRB
Gold Member
This is crazy, I had no idea you could "pull up" with the wingsuit. I always thought the "press A for parachute" was kind of a "press A right now or you're gonna run into the ground and fucking die" warning.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Man, these are some smart ass pirates.
You can be a mile away hidden in brush, take one of them out with a silenced sniper rifle, and at least one will know exactly where you are hiding and run right to you.
Their leader has trained them well, it seems!
You can be a mile away hidden in brush, take one of them out with a silenced sniper rifle, and at least one will know exactly where you are hiding and run right to you.
Their leader has trained them well, it seems!
Just finished. Loved the ending(s). Story ended up being quite good. Great game overall, but not goty caliber. I wish there was something meaningful to do that isn't part of the main story. It all just seems like basic open world filler. Some of it is fun, but the side missions do get old after a bit. The performance of this game was all over the place for me on pc. It looked amazing at times, but abysmal indoors/caves.
Best Far Cry game though.
Best Far Cry game though.
a secret-boss
Banned
ahem. u know how the other guy spoiler that certain item?
Wow, great post. I feel like Ubisoft is turning into a "stupid blinking shit" game factory where tall of their big games are becoming the same thing. They're not even hiding the similar mechanics anymore! I mean, radio towers!
SJRB
Gold Member
O god, really? REALLY? This is a spoiler all of a sudden? Well I'll edit it immediately.
a secret-boss
Banned
good job
Starting to wonder how much of the story changed since that Stranded trailer came out last year.
Back then there were only really 3 characters.
Back then there were only really 3 characters.
? I've sniped from really far away, and when the other guy becomes aware, he look in the general direction I've shot from and the visibility meter goes up, but they've never come rushing straight to my position. Not unless I was already exposed.
Yeah to me the radio towers are like tiny but perfect examples of everything wrong with Ubisoft's open world games. What is the point of these things? They're not challenging to climb at all, they creak and sway like there's a risk of falling but you quickly learn they won't, and all they do is somehow magically reveal portions of the land on your map. But would anything be lost if they simply weren't there and the whole area was revealed from the start? Not really. It's pure busywork to show off the pretty landscape which is fine for a time or two, but not 18 times.
They look at the blood spatter direction, huehuehue.
Visualante2
Member
What I really want is a Lost TV series mod with "others"
Ugh, every time I find something cool to do the game figures out a way to ruin it.
Searching for relics is probably the only activity I'm enjoying now. I went from digging this to being tired of every fucking portion of my screen being used to point me in the direction of shit I don't care about.
Think I'll get the complete mod for Stalker and save myself all of this trouble.
Searching for relics is probably the only activity I'm enjoying now. I went from digging this to being tired of every fucking portion of my screen being used to point me in the direction of shit I don't care about.
Think I'll get the complete mod for Stalker and save myself all of this trouble.
What is this really based on? Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed? One game developed by Ubisoft Montreal taking cues from the most successful series Ubisoft has ever had?
I can't think of anything outside of that that fits the "blinking shit" game factory mode. And game factory seems like a pretty crappy way to portray people who put years of their life into a game.
I find the towers to be fun. At first i hated hunting/towers because how gamey they feel but i grew to really enjoy them.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Apologies, I was on my phone at the time and mis-read the posts.
I thought something else was in question.
The alert rings were taken from Splinter Cell Conviction.
I am honestly interested in hearing why you think they're fun though. Because they don't offer any kind of challenge or real purpose to the gamer. You quite literally just hold the stick to move and occasionally press A to jump and auto climb up.
The one thing I did like was on the 2nd island being able to
wingsuit off
The English Conquistador
Member
Oh for fuck sake! Just loaded up to find "new game" as my only option when I've been playing my proper playthrough on a save of a couple hours.
Does anyone know how I get it working again? I don't wanna do the intro again...
Does anyone know how I get it working again? I don't wanna do the intro again...
legacyzero
Banned
Finally finished.
Great game and story overall.
Not really a spoiler, but my thoughts about the story in general, I'll tag it anyway.
Otherwise, certainly a GOTY contender.
Great game and story overall.
Not really a spoiler, but my thoughts about the story in general, I'll tag it anyway.
A bit pissed at the ending, no necessarily that it's bad, but because there was a FUCKING METRIC TON of missed potential for it. It's like Ubisoft only realized the potential they had when it was too late and production was already well under way.
Otherwise, certainly a GOTY contender.
They even ripped off Doom and made the game's player perspective first-person and even made shooting a primary gameplay mechanic. What a bunch of uncreative hacks.
All co-op stuff done. Was fun and people were great over Live. It can get really difficult though in some sections if it's just you and another dude.
Think I might be finally going to the second island. Story missions have been fun and the last set have given me huge Uncharted boners.
Game is a mess technically on 360 though. Hurts my soul man.
Think I might be finally going to the second island. Story missions have been fun and the last set have given me huge Uncharted boners.
Game is a mess technically on 360 though. Hurts my soul man.
Sometimes i play a game or watch a movie and you know i just kinda go with it, if the developer put it there and design the whole thing around going up there sure ill do it because to me it's a fun enough distraction from animals and running and killing. Also a big reason is i get high when i play games and sometimes scenery or a nice set piece or even a simple gameplay mechanic that awards me a nice visual punch is good enough.
legacyzero
Banned
Groznyj Grad. Almost done.
I just unlocked the second island and the story... jesus christ, the story.
. The only vaguely interesting thing still is Dennis, who remains awesome (even if he doesn't actually seem to get out and do much).
I despise Jason Brody. I'm going to pretend he's in a drug haze for the rest of the game. He probably is, the amount of crap I've been shooting into his veins.
Completely batshit insane 'look at this, aren't we smart' drug-addled haze nonsense, suddenly Citra is all over you, white guy is tribal warrior leader fuck yeah - Urrrrrrrrrgh. Also you get beaten down by a dude standing behind a door AGAIN.
I despise Jason Brody. I'm going to pretend he's in a drug haze for the rest of the game. He probably is, the amount of crap I've been shooting into his veins.
DualShadow
Member
End Spoilers:
I found it really strange how in 1 ending Citra throws herself in front of a knife for you and in the other she is happy to fuck you then kill you. Seemed really strange to me.
yeah finished. Clocked 30 hours to do all this:
ending was fucking terrible. Entire narrative of the game is an enormous waste of potential and the only good thing about the story gets thrown away so quickly that I cannot believe they fucked it up so bad. Writing is cringe-worthy and I honestly felt it was self-aware because there had to be SOMETHING to it but nope, you're just a douchebag saving a bunch of douchebags.
couple that with the fact that there's really not much to do in the game once you craft everything and such and the game just becomes going through the motions pretty damn quick. It gets really repetitive. First 15 hours or so are really fun, so enjoy that while you can.
I still like the game a lot, but it could have been so much better its not even funny
ending was fucking terrible. Entire narrative of the game is an enormous waste of potential and the only good thing about the story gets thrown away so quickly that I cannot believe they fucked it up so bad. Writing is cringe-worthy and I honestly felt it was self-aware because there had to be SOMETHING to it but nope, you're just a douchebag saving a bunch of douchebags.
couple that with the fact that there's really not much to do in the game once you craft everything and such and the game just becomes going through the motions pretty damn quick. It gets really repetitive. First 15 hours or so are really fun, so enjoy that while you can.
I still like the game a lot, but it could have been so much better its not even funny
legacyzero
Banned
So GAF, Help me balance my Groznyj Grad map?
Starting spawns will be in the Northwest and Southeast corners. The map will fit 16 players, It's not a big map, but rather a medium sized map. I was debating putting a one way sewer under the map (with running water and everything) under the map, but Im worried that it would break up the flow of the game??
Starting spawns will be in the Northwest and Southeast corners. The map will fit 16 players, It's not a big map, but rather a medium sized map. I was debating putting a one way sewer under the map (with running water and everything) under the map, but Im worried that it would break up the flow of the game??
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I'm not getting any button prompts with a electrical box at a radio tower. Glitch?
Nemesis_
Member
I really wish, just for fun, one or two of them would crumble just to mix things up a bit. I was kind of expecting it.
Did anyone enjoy the soundtrack as much as I did, though? I really love it.
The licensed songs were used appropriately and the original pieces were nice, I felt.
I agree that there are so many similarities between this and Assassin's Creed however.
Heck, it opens with the same fucking Alice in Wonderland quote and the protagonist is much less interesting than the villain.
I have to say that, unlike Assassin's Creed III, I had no problems with glitching or progression stopping bugs and such.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Never had that happen to me before and got all the towers up and running no problem. Sounds like you found something new.
Told you so.
Well, Citra apparently got a haircut and decided she was dressed far too conservatively.
Just finished it
boss fights being QTEs is the worst. It's been a trend for a while now (the last few COD games, Battlefield 3), but it's completely unsatisfying. Whatever happened to just designing something with a bunch of enemies to get through to the boss and then just shooting him?
This happened to me too, but it turned out I had already climbed that tower and was having a dumb moment.