I don't see anything in his list that would bring back something people disliked about FC2. People complained about the respawning checkpoints and the robot-like accuracy of the enemies, not the sparse HUD or lack of handholding. These changes would make the game more immersive and less like a gigantic Disneyland ride, which could only be a good thing. Dare I say "hardcore"? The game as it is now is only a couple of steps away from catering to the CoD crowd.
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Far Cry 3 |OT| Sex, Drugs, and the Call of Battle in the Uncharted
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I don't see anything in his list that would bring back something people disliked about FC2. People complained about the respawning checkpoints and the robot-like accuracy of the enemies, not the sparse HUD or lack of handholding. These changes would make the game more immersive and less like a gigantic Disneyland ride, which could only be a good thing. Dare I say "hardcore"? The game as it is now is only a couple of steps away from catering to the CoD crowd.
Just randomly. I'm up to chapter five and have spent a fair bit of time just screwing around in the jungle
arts&crafts
Member
I love the game, especially the soundtrack but I wish loot was more important. There is little to no incentive to get any of the loot "caches". Like it would be cool if you could find weapons in the loot boxes or other usable things that couldn't be found anywhere else. Then again it is a straight up FPS so I can't complain too much.
NoirVisage
Banned
"Generally make the island as nasty and inhospitable as FC2's unnamed African nation was."
no thanks.
You thought Syndicates campaign mode was GREAT, so your opinion on anything is moot as far as i'm concerned.
Resorting to ad hominem when you don't have any arguments or anything intelligent to say. Great. Welcome to my ignore list.
legacyzero
Banned
At this rate, I'd like to be done by the end of the week.
The random reggae wub wub wub music out of nowhere during the flamethrower mission was pretty awesome
Yah, I loved that mission. So much fun. Whoever picked that track was spot on
NoirVisage
Banned
Ha ha, the truth is "ad hominem" now, good to know, you have paper thin skin, toughen up.
Was it your intention for that to make you sound like an asshole?
NoirVisage
Banned
you flat tell me i'm wrong on anything, including my (subjective) personal opinion, you better have impeccable tastes to back that up.
For steam key, probably.
SniperHunter
Banned
Still nothing from Ubishop....anyone get the game for free with their AMD cards?
Key sellers are banned on GAF, just a tip. Only exception is sites like GMG and Amazon that get their keys directly from the publisher.
Patrick Bateman
Member
Patrick Bateman
Member
AusRoachman
Member
This is my game of the year. Just had my first tiger surprise encounter. was nicely stealthing an outpost, 1 man to go, when a tiger out of nowhere attacks me and wipes me out.
Is it wrong that i just want to sneak around to every radar post? Completely ignoring the main mission and unlocking all the radar outposts first.
Crafting is a genius way to sidetrack someone. My next task is to kill 2 sharks
Is it wrong that i just want to sneak around to every radar post? Completely ignoring the main mission and unlocking all the radar outposts first.
Crafting is a genius way to sidetrack someone. My next task is to kill 2 sharks
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
So do they have underground areas along the lines of the templar lairs in Assassin's Creed in this game? Sort of puzzle-exploration-based ruins?
thanks 'Trick
Empty Space
Member
The lost expeditions pre-order DLC kind of serves in that its linear and has some exploration, but its all very basic stuff.
Sort of, but not really.
For the U.S. and for digital? Not really. I just bit the bullet on Friday and purchased the deluxe from Steam. I took a trip to Australia and the game has been a blast.
I only played multiplayer/co-op last night and was pleasantly surprised at the fun I was having. Now come on heavy rotation of custom, fun maps.
Would consider buying if reward is worthwhile. Is it?
I like the skyrim loot suggestion- make the treasure unknown (not on minimap) and worthwhile.
Maybe an enhanced weapon attachment or cool outit?
You know, Ubisoft are about 15 bullet points short of making my favourite game of all time here:
- Remove the minimap, bring back the Far Cry 2 in-game map, and take loot off it.
- Replace loot with the diamonds (and diamond locator) from FC2, and fix the economy so you need to find all of them to buy all the weapons; this also ensures you have to make harder choices about what to buy when.
- Cut the number of collectibles drastically and remove them from the map (unless you pay through the nose to have them revealed), but make each more worthwhile and better hidden.
- Remove enemy silhouettes completely; keep tagging (icons only), but only with the camera.
- Reduce ammo drastically: I should be levelling up from 1 to 5 grenades and molotovs, not from 2 to 12, and I should have to scavenge from dead guys sometimes. Again, think FC2.
- Bring back weapon jamming, but make it reasonable: only scavenged weapons jam, and they should be obviously rusted (as in FC2).
- Don't clear areas entirely of enemies after capturing outposts; there should still be stragglers and patrols to deal with, to keep me on my toes.
- On that note, make patrolling vehicles an actual threat again. More turrets, please.
- Don't lock me out of skills artificially, and make choices between skills harder by not allowing me to eventually get all the skills, causing me to care less about them.
- Let me turn off XP pop-ups: they break immersion, and ensure I always know when I've killed someone, instead of having to use my (in-game) senses.
- Let me turn off fast travel, so I'm never again tempted.
- Reduce HUD spam. Don't remind me of my story objective every two seconds. Tone down the number of waypoints and area locators and handholding while you're at it.
- Fix the day/night cycle, and let me rest to change it to my liking.
- On that note, the save system for FC2 was both more flexible and more predictable.
- Generally make the island as nasty and inhospitable as FC2's unnamed African nation was.
- Give me more fitting music for what I'm doing, and don't be afraid to use silence when I'm exploring. FC2 was, again, better in this regard.
There are probably other things I'm forgetting, but this would be a start. Maybe just include it as 'Insanity Mode' for FC4.
Reading back over this, it's basically "make it more like FC2".
No thanks. If you want Far Cry 2, go play Far Cry 2.
The economy is fine as it is. And the game would be a giant pain in the ass to play through without fast travel.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Satisfying? You sound like Dexter.
Takedowns, fire kills, and animal attacks look pretty good. Everything else is mostly bang, you're dead.
I did like the conversation that Jason has with Daisy
I also have to give it to Ubi character artists. The eyes on the main NPC's are amazing. I was talking to Liza and her eyes were amazing.
about killing feeling wrong at first but slowly it feels like winning
Also like the nightclub flashbacks filling in the background a bit.
Also like the nightclub flashbacks filling in the background a bit.
I also have to give it to Ubi character artists. The eyes on the main NPC's are amazing. I was talking to Liza and her eyes were amazing.
He did say to make it an option. That said, games designed for fast travel always suck ass if you simply disable it. See: Bethesda games. The game world has to be designed and scaled from the beginning to be comfortably traversable on foot.
I don't use fast travel myself but it does need the option in. I like to spend hours just wandering around and making my own way to missons. By air,sea or road but some people would rather just get straight to each misson.
The fact this game is not like Far Cry 2 should be welcome. I don't see how anyone could treat some of the nonsense in that game as pleasant or somehow 'good' as it makes things more frustrating for the player.
The AI for instance in that game was broken. So I would avoid most firefight in this game I'm loving them as the enemies are playing fair.
No X Ray vison from miles out.
No one thinks those things were good in Far Cry 2. When people say stuff like "I don't know how anyone could like Far Cry 2" they always focus on its failures and fail to recognize the many things it did right. Those of us who liked it focused on the good parts, and tolerated/didn't mind the bad parts, even though we recognize them as bad.
NoirVisage
Banned
Liza seems to be a favorite among many who have played this game, i have no idea why, but then again, I don't know which chica is supposed to be Liza!
SlasherJPC
Banned
Funny enough the game is so fun just running off exploring. I have litreally forgot about fast travel as I hoofed my way across the map. Only later realizing it. LOL
phantomspiker
Member
That is because Far Cry 2 didn't do many things right.
I know you really like that game, but I just can't wrap my head around why.
NoirVisage
Banned
he liked syndicates CAMPAIGN.. if you try to wrap your head around that, it will explode and reveal a smaller head resembling your avatar.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Fast travel doesn't need to be balanced at all. If you have a problem with it ffs don't use it. I don't know why people with no self-control want to ruin a feature of the game that other people enjoy.
Anyone in the US been able to get this deal? I can make it to the Far Cry 3 page by searching thru google, but there is no option to purchase it.
SJRB
Gold Member
Yes and no. I cannot answer this properly without spoiling it. There's more to it than you are describing though.
Yes, in fact it is one of the first perks you unlock, if not THE first. It's as satisfying as ever.
You have a 'stunt' slide which is cool.