Sony probably paid for the pleasure.
As long as SP content is not completely exclusive I don't mind.
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Far Cry 3 |OT| Sex, Drugs, and the Call of Battle in the Uncharted
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Sony probably paid for the pleasure.
As long as SP content is not completely exclusive I don't mind.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I played it again a couple months back, still really enjoyed it. Fun to just pop in from time to time and get some spurts of play.
NoirVisage
Banned
I expected to roll my eyes through this review. Thats what i get for being so jaded, glad i watched, I was entertained. I will subscribe.
BobTheFork
Member
I didn't think it was a great total package but I did have lots of fun with 2.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Thanks Noir! Internet high five!
I'm really anxious to try peoples maps out once the game has been out a bit. I really suck at map editors in games. I don't have the patients I guess. Also might double dip and get the PC version as well. I rarely do that but...damnnn it looks good.
That's good, wouldn't want any negativity in the OT, now would we? Especially not from "those people". I know I've got my pitchfork ready for when "the leader" returns! PM:ing Evilore right now to propose a ban on criticism of generally well-liked games to prevent other people feeling uneasy.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I picked up Far Cry 2 at launch, played for a few hours, and put it down because I wasn't having much fun. I picked it back up earlier this year and started from scratch and it's now one of my favorite shooters of this generation. Once you accept the game on its own terms and treat it as more of a slow, methodical survival game as opposed to an action-packed shooter it really begins to shine. It certainly isn't perfect but what it offers is so unique.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Can't wait to try out the 310.70 drivers!
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I don't mind criticism, nothing wrong with that. However, there's nothing constructive when a single user reply to almost every messages with something negative for like a whole week! At some point, if you hate a game that much, just stay away from the OT and let the people who actually enjoy the game a lot have fun it.
Thank you so much for this! Nice spoilers and no warning whatsoever.
Pretty dick move dude..
Too late :/
NoirVisage
Banned
Gotta admit yours made you click it..provided you're a dude.
CrichtonKicks
Member
CremSTEVE said:
Can someone respond if this is the same scene that is linked in the OP and was shown at the Ubi E3 conference?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Wow @ the spoilers...
No, sorry, an OT is not reserved for people who enjoy the game. As long as you're not straight up trolling (which I haven't seen Sethos do) you can post whatever you want. If it bugs you so much, just put him on your ignore list. Just stop it with the mob mentality. "Those people"? Really?
No it's not. Ubisoft did not show the game's ending at the E3 presser hehe.
True dat but if an "interesting" video contains heavy spoilers it might be decent to warn about it.
Don't watch it.
Actually, really strange issue. The sound works perfectly when I start it, all the menu sounds work and everything. When I start a new game the opening FMV with "Paper Planes" plays and it's just fine. Then once the actual game engine loads sound no longer works at all. Even if I press ESC, then menu options no longer have an audible click and the game is completely silent.
I've never had an issue like this before and all my drivers are up to date.
EDIT: Substantial technical issues all over the place. Now I fixed the audio issue, but the video is completely black. I'm going to update my video drivers to the 310.70 released this morning, hope it helps the FPS at least. (Getting between 35-40fps with settings nearly maxed on a GTX 590).
I've never had an issue like this before and all my drivers are up to date.
EDIT: Substantial technical issues all over the place. Now I fixed the audio issue, but the video is completely black. I'm going to update my video drivers to the 310.70 released this morning, hope it helps the FPS at least. (Getting between 35-40fps with settings nearly maxed on a GTX 590).
Magic Mushroom
Member
There is definitely some critcisms that could be leveled against this game, but it's also an example of the good outweighing the bad by quite a margin. The emergent gameplay, the sense of physicality and the combat are excellent and it looks astonishing on a good PC. They have to make that HUD optional though. Please patch it in, Ubi.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Bought the game from Ubisoft. Do I have to patch it myself or does the game do that automatically?
You can see the version number in the main menu. It should be at 1.01.
The Wizard
Member
So there's more than one ending? Do they let you rewind to the decision point or should I make a back up of my saves before the end?
Empty Space
Member
Its a fixed choice, but it takes place like five minutes from the ending and just a cutscene.
I think 1.02 just came out.
dark_inferno
Member
The driver take no effect on my performance... seems like its the CPU then.
Oh didn't knew that, you know if they released the patch notes? I have some annoying bugs on PC that I would love to see fixed.
Here ya go:
http://benchmark3d.com/far-cry-3-1-02-patch-available
Far Cry 3 1.02 Changes:
Single Player:
Fixed issue where players fall through the world when not connected to the Ubisoft servers.
Fixed the “View Leaderboard” and “Start Trial” buttons in the World Map.
Improved stability when quitting to desktop.
Fixed issue with leaderboards.
Multiplayer:
Fixed some issues with user created maps when more than 8 players were playing them.
Improved matchmaking for both Multiplayer and Co-op modes.
Improved team balancing when playing in party.
Fixed issues with Live balancing patch system.
Map Editor:
Fix for the Map Editor crash at launch when the PC user contains language-specific characters.
CrichtonKicks
Member
For anyone with performance issues who isn't following the PC Optimization thread, in general you will get best performance in DX9 mode with Shadows and Post FX no higher than Medium. You can tweak from there but that should give at least a decent baseline performance without much visual compromise.
SJRB
Gold Member
There are two endings which are significantly different. There is no way to rewind or otherwise reload a save point prior to the ending. There is no specific achievement for both endings, just for reaching "the end".
The only way to experience them both is to either play twice or wait for some random forum member to mindlessly post the fucking ending of the fucking game without any warning whatsoever.
Saved me a second playthrough there homie, thanks a MILLION.
I think that if you do a manual save via the pause menu right before the point of no return you can reload your save. Well, that's according to some of the reviews that came out before the game so I'm not sure but it would kinda make sense.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Thanks.
So best bet is to uninstall AMD drivers and download and install the latest beta?
And it won't let you Copy/Paste the CD Key. When I press CTRL+V it just pops up with a lower case 'v'.
legacyzero
Banned
Well to be fair, this page has warnings all over it. That said, sorry to hear. I watched it last night on the ubi forum, and the person that posted it didn't tag it either.
Apparently its only one of the endings.
SJRB
Gold Member
That might work, I can't remember if the game autosaves when the credits are over. If not, that might be your window to quit the game and load a previous save. If not, the autosave overwrites the manual save file.
Also - holy shit at this update, how big is this thing? It's been downloading for 40 minutes now, this is crazy.
Over a 5:00 comparison of all three versions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT54QWvAOgQ&feature=g-u
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT54QWvAOgQ&feature=g-u
I love how at the beginning the brother kills the guard by knocking his head against a bamboo pole several times and then says about how he learned that in the Army.
Shit, man, I didn't know military service gave you super powers. I feel cheated.
I must have been sick the day they showed us how to kill a person by gently knocking their head against a soft wood a few times, seems like a useful skill to have.
Shit, man, I didn't know military service gave you super powers. I feel cheated.
I must have been sick the day they showed us how to kill a person by gently knocking their head against a soft wood a few times, seems like a useful skill to have.
JumpJeff84
Member
Man! I had the game preloaded on Steam, and when I tried to launch it this came up:
"Failed to start the game. Cannot find essential information in the registry. Re-installing the game may fix this problem."
Lame. Guess I'll reinstall. Anyone else have this problem, or have any insight on this?
"Failed to start the game. Cannot find essential information in the registry. Re-installing the game may fix this problem."
Lame. Guess I'll reinstall. Anyone else have this problem, or have any insight on this?
CloakedPuppet
Member
I think that's the point - he doesn't notice it. I'm pretty sure that I won't as well. That's primarily the reason why I tend to ignore nitpicking, techinical discussions which, for me, take a great deal of the fun away from gaming.
so how is this game in terms of goofing off?
to me, a captivating story, characters, etc is all icing on the cake
i play games like this to just wander the open world and get lost in it. How are the physics? can you shoot down limbs from trees like in Far Cry 2? i love pushing/shooting bodies off cliffs and watching them tumble down
maybe drive a jeep or vehicle to top of cliff and use explosivs to launch it into the distance, you know stuff like that
really intrigued about interspecies fighting
like can you get one predator to chase you near another and then watch them fight to the death? loved that in the fallout games
to me, a captivating story, characters, etc is all icing on the cake
i play games like this to just wander the open world and get lost in it. How are the physics? can you shoot down limbs from trees like in Far Cry 2? i love pushing/shooting bodies off cliffs and watching them tumble down
maybe drive a jeep or vehicle to top of cliff and use explosivs to launch it into the distance, you know stuff like that
really intrigued about interspecies fighting
like can you get one predator to chase you near another and then watch them fight to the death? loved that in the fallout games
rbanke
Member
Getting the same thing. A thread on the steam forums suggests redownloading doesnt help. I can launch the exe and get uplay to open but it asks for a key, entering the one provided by steam says it's invalid. Yay...
You probably have to unlock it through the menu.
I had to enter my Steam CD-Key a second time in the menu to unlock the pre-order bonus (not from GS, though).
Did you try reverifying the cache?
I think gamespot usually have the code on the invoice ?
rbanke
Member
Yep.
A new post on the steam thread suggests adding the following to a shortcut (i just added it to the steam launch options) -uplay_steam_mode -language=English -steam_mode
Doing this allowed it to run and accept my code. After that, I removed the launch options and it seems to be working properly now.