Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
I so hate uPlay and hope it gets deep-sixed eventually.
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Far Cry 3 |OT| Sex, Drugs, and the Call of Battle in the Uncharted
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The main character acts all opposed to violence and killing for the first 5 minutes or so.
Then he starts roasting people en masse with a flamethrower.
So it has your average modern videogame morality BS shtick.
Messofanego
Banned
Giantbomb's impressions at 2:19:00 from their podcast.
Brad: "FUCKING AWESOME"
Jeff: "Something special"
After he kills you, he closes your eyes. Then skins you.
Brad: "FUCKING AWESOME"
Jeff: "Something special"
After he kills you, he closes your eyes. Then skins you.
SJRB
Gold Member
Not really. Main character is just "some random dude", he never fired a weapon, never killed anyone and never skinned an animal before.
During the intro sequences he's pretty much "omg what the fuck is going on" and panicking, but he is more or less forced to take action in order to save his life. There is no morality lesson or whatever at place here, it is an "I'm going to fucking kill this guy" revenge plot from the very first moment no questions asked, guy gets in way over his head and is kind of pulled along by some folks.
Sure, it's indeed kind of iffy if you want to nitpick that he goes from an amateur to pretty much rambo over the course of a night, but come on. Videogames man.
And he keeps resenting skinning animals no matter how often you do it, which is kind of cool.
Also - this game is cool as hell. Stealth works wonderfully, sneaking up on people and stabbing them in the back just feels so good.
Have you played Spec Ops? That's the only game that's done it well. I knew from that FC3 would be that way. I remember one interview where the developer was talking about how Jason wouldn't be a hardened killer as the footage was of cutting a guys throat then throwing his knife in another dude.
Messofanego
Banned
Spec Ops The Line is the only game where I've witnessed character progression during gameplay.
If Far Cry 3 has that kind of adaptive dialogue and demeanor, that would be amazing.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Yea that reminds me, definitely my issues with the game. Having the UI pop up with some tutorial bit or item description is annoying at this point. Not to mention all the clutter.
hopefully a mod or official intervention with that. This game needs no UI mode.
Skyfireblaze
Member
How far were you?
It was only about 15 minutes so it wasn't that bad
Though I recommend everyone to play the game in Offline mode for now since sometimes when I'm in a mission and press ESC for the pause-menu I get "Far Cry 3 servers are not responding" which automatically causes the mission to fail o.oIt was only about 15 minutes so it wasn't that bad
Wait... There is always-on online DRM???
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
More devs need to spend actual time with firearms and show them that just because you can pick one up and go pewpewpew when you pull the trigger, it sure as hell does not mean you are going to be hitting anything with it.
I hate these games where some nobody, suddenly obtains like marksman accuracy. At least write the story so that characters have some sort of background so its believable.
Yeah and all the ninja knifing and going all John Rambo with the bow just isnt something believable for a total amateur to pull off.
I know its a video game, but this has to do more with the writing than the game mechanics. At least in the latest dude bro shooter you play as someone who has a background that includes proper weapon training.
Still though with that aside cant wait for this game to unlock in an hour!
I hate these games where some nobody, suddenly obtains like marksman accuracy. At least write the story so that characters have some sort of background so its believable.
Yeah and all the ninja knifing and going all John Rambo with the bow just isnt something believable for a total amateur to pull off.
I know its a video game, but this has to do more with the writing than the game mechanics. At least in the latest dude bro shooter you play as someone who has a background that includes proper weapon training.
Still though with that aside cant wait for this game to unlock in an hour!
To be fair, the player is the one aiming and it would really suck if the game made all your shots miss just because of a story consideration.
SJRB
Gold Member
I'm not sure it's drm, it seems more like a stat tracker from what I can gather from the progress bar when it connects to uPlay.
it uploads stats and whatnot to the cloud to compare with ALLLL your uPlay friends, you know with uPlay being the social hub of pc gaming and whatnot.
The PC version isn't available less than $60 anywhere in the US, is it? Ubi doesn't seem to sell on sites that discount new games frequently like Amazon or GMG (US version), so I doubt it but figured I'd ask anyway, just in case.
lol. Video games.
lol. Video games.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Like I said its a problem with the writing more than trying to take it to game design / mechanics.
Then again we have gordon freeman king badass scientist who not only fights off the "alien invasion" but also termination by a fully trained military clean up crew. So yeah lol video games I suppose.
iNvid02
Member
its on steam for $49.99
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Yeah isnt the 60 USD one the special version that includes the DLC missions?
Snapshot King
Member
Christ, those benches look fucking TERRIBLE for a 560. 20ish FPS? Does anybody know if say, kicking down the resolution down to 720p and not leaving it on max will actually improve things or what? Because that chart makes it look unplayable on my rig. =\
SJRB
Gold Member
I see where you're coming from, but we all play this game to run around a tropical island killing dudes, not to play some insecure guy for the first 5 hours because the narrative dictates that I can't cut a dude's throat.
Assassin's Creed 3 didn't start to actually be Assassin's Creed 3 until 6 hours into the game, and look how that turned out.
Far Cry 3 takes some narrative liberties and thankfully gameplay trumps believable story.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Nah I'm pretty sure there isn't because ever since I set Uplay to Offline Mode that stopped happening
So I guess it's more of a always-on annoyance if you are online which you don't have to be thankfully.Quick Mustard
Member
Anyone fancy posting some download links?
MMaRsu
Member
Yeah...the perfs are kinda terrible on my i5-2400k with 570... It's totally playable but, even in DX9 and set to High instead of "Optimal" (Optimal puts a ton of stuff on very high) I barely hit 50 from time to time but I'm at 40-45 most of the time. Ugh...
Hahahahaha
Hahahahaha
But Gordon didn't speak at all. In this case you start out as a whiny guy who suddenly kills packs of pirates the other day. Add race trials and gun venting machines and every immersion is dead after the great intro.
SJRB
Gold Member
Like.. for a wallpaper or something?
.... lol!
Wondering if I'll only see a slight bump with my OC'ed to 4.2 3570k and 670.
Snapshot King
Member
Oh, nvm my earlier post, I can't read. Light green means 1080p with high details right? So I can get a much better FPS by dropping it down to DX9 or 720p (or both.) rad.
iNvid02
Member
Felix Lighter
Member
Based on Quick Mustard's post history, he has purchased the game. Unfortunately, I think his desire to play it early got the better of him.
Ahh, any idea how I would be able to download it any earlier?
Some context before he gets banned.
Tesseract
Banned
lolol.
Messofanego
Banned
Giantbomb Quick Look (77:13)
Hunting wildlife with a recurve bow and skinning them is so much fun. I love the island it's so pretty. Also hotdamn at having 4 komodos chasing you.
And exploring the island really does make the game feel like Skyrim with guns or in my case bows, so it's exactly like Skyrim on an tropical island!
And exploring the island really does make the game feel like Skyrim with guns or in my case bows, so it's exactly like Skyrim on an tropical island!
SJRB
Gold Member
Wow, you are a hero, good sir. You are the Batman of this thread.
iNvid02
Member
sounds....familar
Empty Space
Member
Ravensmash
Member
How are sidequests handled? Are any of them properly fleshed out/exploration or is it just go round and find stuff etc.
(Not that there's anything wrong with the above necessarily)
(Not that there's anything wrong with the above necessarily)