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Far Cry 3 |OT| Sex, Drugs, and the Call of Battle in the Uncharted
- Thread starter legacyzero
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Well I know I wasn't missing, since there were multiple arrows sticking outing of the komodo dragons I was fighting. The same goes for a leopard I fought. It might be a one hit kill if you get them in the head, though.
Anyway, I've found the bigger things easier to kill with a gun usually.
legacyzero
Banned
Evilore killin dem goats :lol
Patrick Bateman
Member
Do you mean boar? Because the hogs are definitely on the map.
In the description it says you'd find boars everywhere.
Sleeplessnights
Banned
Why's it the same healing animation every time?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
legacyzero
Banned
FC2's solution was much worse
Exactly, shouldn't have had any freebies whatsoever, it's not like money is scarce or anything. What on earth can you spend it on mid to late-game, weapon paint jobs? Bleh.
Would've been better if the towers unlocked the weapons for purchase - I'm just skipping the crappy ones now and save money until I can buy the best one in each category.
Tears For Fears
Banned
My only complaint about the game is that Jason's voice is garbage.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
I love me some kiwi accents, mate
v0mitg0d
Member
Oh man...
Last night I heard some gun fire off in the distance (night time in game too) and as I crept down the hill I could see the soft glow of gunfire. The rebels were fighting some locals so I decided I would sneak up behind them to get maximum XP. When I was roughly 5 feet from them and about to pounce with my knife, I heard a hiss and then both the rebel and I spun around (I was still in the bushes) and fired and yelled because a couple Komodos wandered into the fray. A few seconds later one turned on me too. It was painfully rad! So it was Komodos attacking me attacking rebels attacking locals attacking Komodos.
Last night I heard some gun fire off in the distance (night time in game too) and as I crept down the hill I could see the soft glow of gunfire. The rebels were fighting some locals so I decided I would sneak up behind them to get maximum XP. When I was roughly 5 feet from them and about to pounce with my knife, I heard a hiss and then both the rebel and I spun around (I was still in the bushes) and fired and yelled because a couple Komodos wandered into the fray. A few seconds later one turned on me too. It was painfully rad! So it was Komodos attacking me attacking rebels attacking locals attacking Komodos.
I am enjoying the shit out of this game. I really wish they had kept some of the survivalist mechanics intact though. If I have a problem with the game so far it's that it's easy even on Hard difficulty.
The stealth is the most pleasantly surprising part of the game. It works very well. My go-to weapons are a silenced sniper rifle and the bow. I also like the hunting a lot, not just in terms of the immersion factor (which is very nice - the game has some lovely sound design) but also what it offers from a gameplay perspective. The rewards are actually useful, unlike say Assassin's Creed 3, where you can easily get through the entire game never having crafted a thing.
Far Cry 3 contrasts strongly in general with AC3 when it comes to creating an engaging open world to play around in. The two games are night and day.
Good stuff so far.
The stealth is the most pleasantly surprising part of the game. It works very well. My go-to weapons are a silenced sniper rifle and the bow. I also like the hunting a lot, not just in terms of the immersion factor (which is very nice - the game has some lovely sound design) but also what it offers from a gameplay perspective. The rewards are actually useful, unlike say Assassin's Creed 3, where you can easily get through the entire game never having crafted a thing.
Far Cry 3 contrasts strongly in general with AC3 when it comes to creating an engaging open world to play around in. The two games are night and day.
Good stuff so far.
I agree it dumb. It depends on what type of damage you are taking also. Ive seen about 5 different animations, but mostly its bandaging the left arm from gunfire or resetting a broken thumb is you take falling damage.
TheSpoiler
Member
Ps3 version any good?
Woo-Fu
Banned
This is based on your extensive tiger hunting experience?
My expectations are entirely different. If somebody were to shoot a tiger with the bow in this game I would expect that person to end up dead in the very near future.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Yes I do though I have a factory overclocked one so results my differ a bit on your end. Basically you can crank everything up to max but Shadows, Post Processing and Geometry to Medium. If you also turn of Ambient Occlusion and MSAA you will get about 35-60 fps depending on your location and the things going on @1080p
Patrick Bateman
Member
Flew around with that glider-thing. Saw two pirates in the distance on a hill. I steered down and flew maybe 2 meter above ground, jumped out of the glider. Glider hits one of the pirates and he falls off the cliff. The other pirate is still "WTF?" while I shoot him with a fucking arrow in his fucking head.
GOTY!
GOTY!
Yep, should've been unlocked for purchase and not handed to you. Money seems largely pointless outside of being used to refill your ammunition.
I have a 6850 and started playing last night. I didn't really get to optimize too much but running everything at high/very high, shadows medium, SSAO, no AA and no alpha coverage it's running pretty smooth. Haven't been able to do FPS tests yet but I'm guessing ~40FPS range right now. It's very playable with the minimal tweaking I've done. This is with a i5 2500k stock and 12 gigs RAM. I'm going to try disabling AO tonight as SSAO looks pretty bad and I'll probably raise my CPU clock to 4-4.5ghz to see if it helps at all.
razgriz417
Member
I'm doing a side mission in which you have to snipe five deers for the hungry villagers but the fifth deer seems impossible to find. Pretty frustrating. Other than that I'm enjoying everything of this game, it's good
I believe you can make a yellow syringe that'll make all nearby animals glow on your screen. Makes the hunting missions (especially at night) super easy
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
If you don't mind UPlay, these keys are all over eBay from that ATI promo. I got it along with Hitman and Sleeping Dogs for $50.
Can't wait for Tuesdee!
Can't wait for Tuesdee!
It largely depends on how early you want to have those items, ultimately. I purchased that $1800 sniper rifle fairly early on as I don't think it unlocks for free until several missions in, and I wanted to have it ASAP. I also think the various weapon attachments still end up costing money even if the weapon is free.
But I agree with the basic concept that weapons should have never been free (outside of maybe a couple of cases where you complete some involved mission and get a certain weapon for it). The radio towers already do enough in revealing sections of the map.
indigo-cyclops
Member
The bow is hands down my favorite weapon. Satisfying as hell.
I'm really enjoying the game; but do find myself missing some of the survival aspects here and there. I would have loved for them to expand on it. Really though, I'm having a blast, and working around radio towers right now.
legacyzero
Banned
I think there was enough incentive to climb the towers without having to give free guns.
revolverjgw
Member
Yes I do though I have a factory overclocked one so results my differ a bit on your end. Basically you can crank everything up to max but Shadows, Post Processing and Geometry to Medium. If you also turn of Ambient Occlusion and MSAA you will get about 35-60 fps depending on your location and the things going on @1080p
Thanks. I don't even notice most of the more "bells and whistles" stuff so I'm fine with disabling/lowering them. Sounds like it should run OK for me then.
Ubi are being assholes and you can't get the game on Steam in the UK.
legacyzero
Banned
Official UK release is 11/30.
That's my main issue with it. I don't think there's enough at personal stake. The stealth feels great but imagine if you had the equivalent of the malaria mechanic attached to it (shouldn't be exactly malaria obviously, but something similar). You'd be there aiming down the sights, ready to pop a shot off, and suddenly you're stricken by whatever and have to rework your tactics a bit. What I loved about malaria & weapon jamming/deterioration is how they could crop up at the least-opportune times and force you to switch things up on-the-fly.
As it stands in FC3 you're free to do whatever and - unless something changes in the mid-to-late game - enemies are generally helpless to stop you. The closest the game comes to that, and it is quite an awesome thing, is some animal pouncing on you when you don't expect it.
Yeah, the hunting syringe. But it didn't really seemed to work during that time. I just failed the mission on purpose and when I got back there were actually five deers. Did it in like two minutes the second time
Also, money is still very usefull for attachements. Which aren't that cheap btw.
I also really need to find some boars to carry more ammo.
Yeah, I know. That's why I bought it from GMG. But will it be locked til tomorrow?
Doesn't Steam see which reason your IP is in, and unlock games based on that?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Going to try the VPN thing. Here goes nothing...
SJRB
Gold Member
Yeah, I know. That's why I bought it from GMG. But will it be locked til tomorrow?
As long as GMG mailed you the key, you should be good to go.
At least, that was my experience from last night.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Pre-loadin'
I skipped the Map Editor installation since that's another 10GB to download - I can DL that later, right?
I skipped the Map Editor installation since that's another 10GB to download - I can DL that later, right?
bitoriginal
Member
That's my favourite intro to a game this year, great stuff.
Also, what difficulty are you guys playing on? I went Warrior but I've died twice trying to take down a wild boar lol.
Also, what difficulty are you guys playing on? I went Warrior but I've died twice trying to take down a wild boar lol.
There's several types of collectibles.
BackwardsSuggestions
Member
*Sigh* Never mind.