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Far Cry 3 Review Thread
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I said wow.
Once you capture an outpost good guys move in and it's yours forever (as a fast travel point and with bounty boards for side missions). I think the surrounding areas get less populated too.
Please use spoiler tags.
Also, not sure if i should play the game with german voices.
Vaas has Heath Ledger's (Joker) german voice and he sounds fucking great.
Sounds like a dramatic improvement.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
This.Changes.Everything !!
On a serious note, I hope they fixed the Far Cry 2 wide screen issue, for the unaware it had the Bioshock issue of Widescreen being just a cropped version of the 4 : 3 image and not actual 16 : 9 widescreen.
Wind's Howling
Member
This video just completely removed all my fears of FC3 becoming another FC2 in the jungle.
No malaria, no respawning enemy checkpoints, no weapon degradation.
This is just a huge improvement.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Messofanego
Banned
It's certainly not Far Cry 2, which you were arguing the whole time so don't think you have to eat your words other than it being a great game. Eurogamer perfectly described Far Cry 2 in their Far Cry 3 review in one paragraph:
"A lot of this stuff was true in Far Cry 2, of course, but while that game was also magnificent in its own way, it was a little bit in love with itself in some other respects - which resulted in things like bus journeys, respawning military checkpoints and other ideas that seemed to be more about getting the design to match the setting than making things more enjoyable for the player. Far Cry 3 is a clear reaction to that - there's fast-travel galore, no more respawning, sympathetic checkpointing and lots of shortcuttery - but as well as curing some of its predecessor's ills, it also builds on it spectacularly."
Clint Hocking is awesome, but even he would say Far Cry 2 was a flawed experiment.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Do you have to take out the outposts multiple times like GTA:SA's gang territory, or are they one-and-done like in JC2?
SJRB
Gold Member
Take over once, and they get populated by friendly forces forever.
pieatorium
Member
Seems like Ubi's mock reviewers are better at their jobs than EA's.
Messofanego
Banned
lol people need to know the difference between playtest scores and mock reviews.
I have to say I'm a bit surprised at the reviews. Well not the mainstream places that give 9s and 10s out like candy but even RPS gushed over it. It seems like the sum of this game is enough to counter all of the things they stupidly took out from FC2. I feel better about my preorder now.
The_Hitcher89
Member
The Wizard
Member
Seems like this game will be fantastic, can't wait to dig into it next week.
Messofanego
Banned
I did not know there were land birds (cassowary, in this case) that attack you without provocation.
From Gamespot's 1hr30 min Now Playing of Far Cry 3.
legacyzero
Banned
legacyzero
Banned
Also, Somebody streamed the opening of the game in English. <3 Vaas!
"I love this cell phone. What phone is this? Nice fucking phone."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dulu2ky32Oc&feature=player_embedded#
Early game spoilers obviously.
"I love this cell phone. What phone is this? Nice fucking phone."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dulu2ky32Oc&feature=player_embedded#
Early game spoilers obviously.
GANGSTERKILLER
Member
Neuromancer
Member
Just MP maps, which is so disappointing to me. It seems like such a waste.
legacyzero
Banned
According to Ubisoft on the forums: I'll paraphrase:
"You have to validate your map before you can make it available to the public for multiplayer play. Vehicles, and AI will NOT validate."
Seems Ubisoft are serious about not having Vehicles and AI in the multiplayer. According to them, they are in the editor for you to be able to enjoy, but when you wish to share the maps with the public, AI and vehicles aren't allowed =/
It's a huge tease for sure. It makes me think that they are planning some kind of DLC that will allow it hopefully.
Neuromancer
Member
Oh wait so you can put bots/AI in there? What the hell?
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Wait what? So you cant make co-op type of maps to play with friends using the AI / Vehicles? :/
you mean thursday right?
legacyzero
Banned
No. Only for yourself. You wont be able to share it with your buddies, at least for now.
Here's a vid that was just published that kinda explains it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zRbaAnko4yU#!
Only for you to fuck around with by yourself. The map wont validate to share.
Thats cool, infinite SP levels :3
legacyzero
Banned
Judging from the PC footage I've seen, it seems to be checkpoints.
Gen.Grievous
Member
During missions checkpoints, outside missions everywhere.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Man that sucks... talk about cocktease...
Worst use of SSAO for a long time, just bad.
user friendly
Member
Thank god, will reserve final judgement until I see it myself but that video had me really worried.
MrCookiepants
Member
What the. Dingos and Cassowaries? Is this game set in/around Australia? I might have to buy it sooner!
legacyzero
Banned
Another Map Editor AI experiment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nj5nLUEeTs&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nj5nLUEeTs&feature=player_embedded
Animals always win LOL
Yep it's horrible. It's like there's a constant shadow around everything...
Nizz
Member
Watching this again and the game seems to run fine on PS3. Also, it looks like they improved the controls too. Far Cry 2 had some terrible analog stick acceleration, where you would push the stick to aim and keep pushing but the movement didn't seem to register and then suddenly the movement kicked in.
But in this video the controls look quick and responsive.
Nope, that seems to be a common complaint from all the reviews. The HUD is really annoying.
angular graphics
Banned
It can be switched to a much better implementation on the PC.
Urgh.
Judging by the videos I've seen, I'm finding it almost offensive.
I wanna play the man of the jungle not the tourist in the wild resort. :/
Anybody think thats perhaps a step too far? I dont want to go through the game feeling completely unthreatened as I travel around. The speed of the respawning was my problem with FC2, not that they respawned in general.
Maybe adding the wild animals in kind of replaces that constant danger feeling?
SJRB
Gold Member
I didn't explain it to the fullest, sorry about that. Pirates will not disappear out of the area completely, there will still be random patrols and encounters and whatnot. It is just that liberating a checkpoint makes it a fast-travel location and adds a weapon cache where you can buy and upgrade gear, as well as hunting and/or assassination side missions.
Theoretically you can liberate a camp and get assaulted by an enemy patrol 50 yards outside said camp.
Plenty of footage showing being attacked by animals and humans while free roaming, and a ton of bases to take over. Not to mention that new side quests open up at each base you occupy.