ShipTheCheese
Member
Wow, just finished the
mission, and I'll be damned if this isn't one my favorite gaming moments of the year. So good.
Kick the hornet's nest
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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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Angelus Errare
Banned
SlasherJPC
Banned
Game has some many great moments, even little things like this! Best FPS I've played in a longggggggggg time.
LMAO. What killer birds are these? Look for the shark icon on your map, and head to those shark infested waters. Snipe them or shoot them from land and go collect their skin.
Or you can try this:
Krappadizzle
Member
AC3 held your hand way too much. I hated it. Hell FC3 has glowing bodies. How can you not see them? Also, why not just remember where you killed something? They don't bleed out, so they die on the spot that you gave the finishing shot.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Carrowary or whatever - the big bird icon on the map. Dangerous in groups.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
No this is plain out right stupid and lazy design. They hold your hand for everything else up to the point where you kill something then it fucking turns into wheres waldo depending on the enviro where they went down.
Hard to see a glowing body when grass / shrubbery covers it eh?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Finally maxed out my gun holster. My loadout:
Bow
Suppressed Pistol
Suppressed Sniper
Shotgun
Mainly playing stealth, but shotguns for those pesky birds, alligators, dragons, tigers and bears.
Bow
Suppressed Pistol
Suppressed Sniper
Shotgun
Mainly playing stealth, but shotguns for those pesky birds, alligators, dragons, tigers and bears.
Shake Appeal
Member
Really liked this area.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
You should just go with a suppressed AR. Since ammo is free from whenever you go and ventilate a pirate. Shotgun ammo on the other hand not as much.
Krappadizzle
Member
Just beat it.
Gonna replay on hard with some of the knowledge I gathered from the first play through. All in all a great game. Story takes a back seat to gameplay, but it's so much fun to just experiment with the different approaches to defeating a group of enemies it makes it fun.
Gonna replay on hard with some of the knowledge I gathered from the first play through. All in all a great game. Story takes a back seat to gameplay, but it's so much fun to just experiment with the different approaches to defeating a group of enemies it makes it fun.
Krappadizzle
Member
Storms are pretty badly done. Odd transitions.
There is no backlash. There are hyperbolic reviews, and then there are normal people getting their hands on the game and having their own thoughts that may or may not agree with the reviews. Unless you're implying that people are not expressing their honest opinion, I don't see how it could be annoying in any way that people have different opinions.
Shake Appeal
Member
So glad I'm playing on hard from the start. Everything is way easier than Far Cry 2.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Love those moments where you think you saw something, look to your side and a tiger is sitting right next to you. Then you just run and don't look back. One time I tried throwing a Molotov at the ground. Set myself on fire and fell off a cliff. At least I didn't get eaten.
Big bird is kind of creepy, it's like a lil velociraptor. Almost as creepy as the invisible predaboar that snuck up on me once.
Big bird is kind of creepy, it's like a lil velociraptor. Almost as creepy as the invisible predaboar that snuck up on me once.
Krappadizzle
Member
If ever, there has been need for mod tools, this is it. I would pay good money to see a Jurassic Park conversion of FC3. Hell, you'd really only need to change a few things as most animal behaviors are easily applicable, throw some ingen costumes on the guards, make a t-Rex, add tiger behavior. Make a raptor and give it the giant birds behavior, and there you go. Instant Amazing.
EraldoCoil
Member
Just picked this up for PS3. Never played any Farcrys before. I am sure I will enjoy it! 
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Another outpost I took over in a stealthy way - hang gliding included:
http://youtu.be/i9jPaKJkLDc
Stealth take-overs is definitely the way to go for liberating outposts, IMO. Getting that 550 XP bonus for no alarms triggered is nice.
http://youtu.be/i9jPaKJkLDc
Stealth take-overs is definitely the way to go for liberating outposts, IMO. Getting that 550 XP bonus for no alarms triggered is nice.
I always try to spot the alarm first so I can disable it. Love playing it stealth. Rocks are my best friends in this game.
Shake Appeal
Member
If you ghost it, you get 1500 XP. Which is so disproportionately high, I've ghosted every last one I've stumbled upon.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Ah! Didn't know there was an XP bonus for that. I'll try it out next time. Thanks.
Btw, this might be dumb, so for ghost - just don't get seen at all and don't cause any suspicion?
Krappadizzle
Member
Exactly. No alarms, never seen essentially.
You can even lob grenades around and what not as long as they never see you, you'll still get the bonus. 1500xp.
SJRB
Gold Member
Did you unlock the skill before it? It's a skill tree-like structure, but some of the lines can be a little hard to see.
MickeyKnox
Member
Yeah so I'm completely locked out of the game, uPlay doesn't seem to think I own it while at the same time saying my key is already used by another account, I'm hesitant to start any sort of official contact until the official NA release to avoid bullshit they might feed me, I'm seriously thinking of hitting the torrents for a uPlay bypass though
Patrick Bateman
Member
You can see it in the main menu when you choose which save you want to continue.
MMaRsu
Member
So did you try going into uPlay and setting it to offline and then online again?
I'm sure you've fiddled with most options right?
MickeyKnox
Member
I've done everything one can think of, my uPlay account has simply de-synced from my copy of the game, when attempting any sort of account management as far as uPlay is concerned I don't own the game and my key has already been claimed.
I'm looking at crack options for now, once the game is officially launched in NA and I still have this problem I'll get on the horn with uPlay support.
yeah I figured, my weapons are quite awful. Only two slots unlocked. I think I'mma gonna skin some animals and get myself better equip
as for the shark hunting...people having problems with it?
Grab a rifle and nail the arsehole, but look around before taking a dive, there might be others
symphonask
Member
Man, I really hope they patch the key re-binding issues on PC. As it is, the awesome thing you get when going to the second island is basically useless for me.
Other than that, I'm really hooked on the game. Why would anyone not have the grenade launcher equipped at all times, takes out vehicles and heavies in a pinch.
Also, not really finding a use for the bow when I already have a silenced sniper and AR equipped.
Other than that, I'm really hooked on the game. Why would anyone not have the grenade launcher equipped at all times, takes out vehicles and heavies in a pinch.
Also, not really finding a use for the bow when I already have a silenced sniper and AR equipped.
SJRB
Gold Member
Rifles require headshots on the body armor-wielding pirates, arrows are still a one-hit-kill on the torso. And they're re-usable. And they're more powerful against animals. And they make that badass PTIEW sound when you fire them. And it makes you feel like you're Rambo, running around firing arrows in the head and jamming machettes into throats.
symphonask
Member
Didn't know bows were a one hit kill. This changes everything.
I'm running with
bushman AR
grenade launcher
shotgun
silenced sniper
All these are extremely useful, so I'm at a loss as to what I should replace for the bow. Ha, it's a testament to the game's design that I'm feeling constrained by the 4 weapon limit.
Canis lupus
Member
A little bit late but just saw the Stranded trailer, game looks awesome. I will get it next week.
Mango Positive
Member
I strongly disagree with the detractors. I can kind of see their point, but their point isn't something that bothers me at all. The concept of earning slots for weapons or syringes by hunting is a lot of fun. Oh, I need Tapir hide? Where are the Tapir? I'm still having trouble locating a boar. Trying to kill shark from land, then swim out to skin their carcass at the bottom of the bay, only to be interrupted by another shark and hoping you can make it back to land so you can shoot him too, all so you can hold 4 weapons at the same time. Or sneaking up behind a pirate, the take-down indicator flashes up and before you can hit the take-down button, a Tiger mauls you from behind. I'm having a blast with this game. It's probably my game of the year.
SJRB
Gold Member
Arrows are not a one-hit-kill against the Heavies though, beware.
I've been running the entire game with
- bow
- suppressed assault rifle
- suppressed sniper rifle
- RPG
My main focus is stealth, I keep the RPG for quick and dirty takedowns of Heavies. All in all this setup works great for me.
Agreed this game is totally awesome. My GOTY by far. And I have played a LOT of games this year.
I can't imagine my self out there without my shotgun. Whenever things get wild I use that thing. No need to aim just blast these guys with a shot to the torso
Revolutionary
Member
In my experience, one shotgun blast to the back of the head is all it takes for a heavy anyway. RPG is overkill to be carrying around lolI can't imagine my self out there without my shotgun. Whenever things get wild I use that thing. No need to aim just blast these guys with a shot to the torso
These are the kinds of things that make me know I'll love it. Now, ship my copy, Amazon.
legacyzero
Banned
They can be if you aim for the back of their heads.
SJRB
Gold Member
I can't imagine my self out there without my shotgun. Whenever things get wild I use that thing. No need to aim just blast these guys with a shot to the torso
I wonder if we'll eventually be able to unlock a suppressed shotgun.
The suppressed shotgun in Far Cry 2 was amazing, I'd love to see it return.
I love letting loose the animals in the enemy outposts - if they kill all the guards, you get the clearance, but there's probably still a tiger or whatnot prowling around the camp... The best part is when your buddies stroll up, very casual and so soon after your cleared it that you always think, where the hell were you guys? Then about a minute later there are shots and cries of "look out, it's a bear!" and you are thinking, oh yes, forgot to mention about that bear...