Far Cry 2 announced News

Oh noes!

But Crysis evidently is Far Cry 2 (name shenanigans notwithstanding) - gamers will be scratching their heads bloodily over this one.

If it goes head-to-head with Crysis it could prove quite humiliating.

was Far Cry (360) anygood?

> advanced artificial intelligence

sorry?! O_O

Far Cry 2! Tropical island blah blah blah, next gen Direct X 10 graphics blah blah blah...

Yawn

The only thing interesting about Crysis is the wildlife and even that seems like a ploy to distract you from the fact that it's Far Cry Instncts in disguise.

Another brilliant game that's destined to be ruined by having the last level go all alien on us.

The original Far Cry was the only decent one; all the other console ports or add-ons were to be quite frank, shite.

Ban this tropical filth!

Montreal make amazing games, I expect this to be better than anything put out by Crytek. Crysis looks great, but the AI and level design is rubbish, zipping around the island at top speed looks stupid, guns look average and seem weak, sound is average.

All it has is graphics, they forgot to add the game. COD4, Halo 3 will play better, Killzone 2 will look better.

@01SniperWolf: You are forgetting the fact that Crytek made Far Cry, Ubisoft only published it. That simple relationship seems to suggest that Crysis should be better. But who knows, Ubi does make excellent games.

Far Cry was so good, I'd be happy to play the exact same game in an African setting. Three years old and still looks and feels fresh.

01SniperWolf has obviously played Crysis extensively and knows what he's talking about, so you may as well not try arguing with him Talha.

@Macross: Thanks, man - I have realized the error of my ways and bow humbly before Sniper. ;-)

I hope it's better than FarCry Instincts - it was potential-filled but I thought the execution of that game was pretty awful.

@Trigger: precisely that is what is forcing me to second-guess Ubi's ability to continue the franchise

"You in the shirt!"

A classic line from the original FC.

Anyhow Jack Carver was the daft central character from the original FC so it sorta make sense he will return complete with b-movie dialogue.

Fernando: was Far Cry (360) anygood?

Opinions vary, I thought it was a bit poor - laggy and controls being the main culprit.

"All it has is graphics, they forgot to add the game. COD4, Halo 3 will play better, Killzone 2 will look better"

FOMCWL! ROFL! Killzone will certainly NOT look better than Crysis on a high end PC.

It's gonna be shit

It's gonna be ace!

It's gonna be.

Only a idiot would say killzone 2 will look better then crysis, crysis running on direct x9 is better looking then any console game and when u put it in direct x10 mode no console game can touch it.

Far Cry was good until you meet the monkeys.

Hope its better than the first... Else I'll pass..

They've opened a can of sell-out on our asses!

Hopefully the next game will be made only by the use of the cryengine- AI and the monkeymonsters will be writing the dialogue for us:

"art thou opening a can of quarrel on my hind, sire?"

More money saved, EA style.

The original was cool though since you could edit out all the monsters and just battle the mercs - hope you can do the same this time round...

"All it has is graphics, they forgot to add the game. COD4, Halo 3 will play better, Killzone 2 will look better."


HAHAHAHAHAHA

SUper MEGA LOL

"Only a idiot would say killzone 2 will look better then crysis, crysis running on direct x9 is better looking then any console game and when u put it in direct x10 mode no console game can touch it.

Apples and Oranges for christ's sake. "

Not really, as consoles have got more powerful, comparing graphics on a PC and a console is on again (after all a console really is a cut down computer).

Surprised they haven't announced this for the consoles as all games are going multiplatform (that includes once thought 360 and ps3 exclusives)

Only a idiot would say killzone 2 will look better then crysis, crysis running on direct x9 is better looking then any console game and when u put it in direct x10 mode no console game can touch it.


Better than any console game? DX10, maybe. DX9? No fricking way.

Also, it's not a good idea to call people idiots when you write like a 10 year old.



But Crysis evidently is Far Cry 2 (name shenanigans notwithstanding) - gamers will be scratching their heads bloodily over this one.

Indeed.

'But who knows, Ubi does make excellent games.'

They also make/publish a lot of crap. You can't make predictions based on Ubi.

The original was a fine example of a game which would've been better without the ridiculous story bits. I couldn't care less about what was going on, I just played the game, because a fine FPS it was. It still looks and feels tasty, if you forget the mercifully brief cutscenes and plot exposition.

I have hopes that Ubi Montreal wouldn't work on this if they didn't have some proper ideas about how to take it further.

Comparing PCs and consoles is and always will be a hiding to nothing. You can mess with comparing specs all you like, but the fact is consoles have a certain advantage in terms of fixed hardware that code can be optimised for to a much greater degree than PC engines can ever be. At the same time, the always greater potential for raw number-crunching power PCs have gives them a different advantage.

The results can visually compare with each other at times but comparison is meaningless. The current top end PC graphics hardware is already far superior to any existing console in terms of raw power, but that's not the same as being able to use it as efficiently as a console.

Plus of course, it all depends what you like for you to say game A looks better than game B. I'd still say Quake II looks better than Quake IV, for example, because it represents much more fun, a feeling of the game being revolutionary at the time and it wasn't too dark, irrespective of the massive engine capabilities.

Hold on... Ubisoft... not Crytek...

No German Engineers - just French.

Crysis = BMW, VW...

Far Cry 2 = Citroen, Renault...

This'll be interesting(ly fucking funny).

ryz

"Anyhow Jack Carver was the daft central character from the original FC so it sorta make sense he will return complete with b-movie dialogue."

YOUR ASS IS GRASS! I'M GONNA SHOOT YOU IN THE FACE! I'VE GOT A BULLET WITH YOUR NAME ON IT! I'M GONNA TEAR YOU A NEW ONE!

I loved how every line was screamed by the same sexually-frustrated college football Yank; they may have only been prerecirded audio files, but I kept waiting for the NPCs to finally slip into total homoerotic inanity and scream "I'M GONNA CUM ALL OVER YOUR FACE!" / "THIS IS FOR TURNING ME DOWN IN HIGHSCHOOL, CARVER!" / "I'VE GOT A FART WITH YOUR NAME ON IT!" / "I HATE YOU!"

A breathtakingly tacky game. Nice multi-approach stages though.

I hope all of you talking shit about Crysis that you do it cause you got a crappy pc, too young and lazy too work, buy a new pc and enjoy such a game. If not then you make no freakin sence cause that shit looks good. Now go play with that Sony console you got at home as a present.