Far Cry 2 Comments by Johnny Minkley

This is one of those very few games I just can't wait to get my hands on. Sounds absolutely fantastic to me!

"by injecting yourself with a health boost"

HazeLol?

"As mentioned in our earlier preview, PC users can rejoice in having by far the prettiest version" hmmm some pc users the majority of pc users will have a jerky mess fest... which may be on par with the consoles if you are lucky...
However I'm just hoping it has the big open feel of flashpoint and assuming it manages 30fps i'll be getting it on the ps3 for the big tv experience

I'm finding it hard to pluck up any enthusiasm for this game, mainly because the memories of that hideous and lazy 360 port of Far Cry Instincts is still too fresh in my mind. The PC original was a vastly superior game in every area and I find it hard to believe that a console with 512 MB in total can match that game's openness and huge levels. I can't help thinking it'll be another disappointment from Ubisoft myself. Certainly coming from that publisher, it's bound to be plagued with screen tearing! And with no demo I'll be even more wary of it UNLESS it gets mostly rave reviews and positive feedback on the forums.

This sound great, although I find this guy's arrogance a little offputting. They still have a lot to prove, though - their console iterations of Far Cry were fucking horrible. I think all the previews and hands-on of this have been pretty positive so far, but I will definitely wait for reviews of the finished product.

I didn't mind "FarCry Instincts" on the 360. I loved the colours. It was dumb, but it was pretty. The second game "Predator" was dumb, and ... kinda crap. I'll give this a go when the release price drops a bit, with or without a demo. Preferably with.

Game boner "confirmed"

E3 2008 report?

Ok, where's the E3 tab?

@Tlaloc - You must have pretty low standards for current gen visuals if you thought Far Cry IP looked "pretty" on the 360. Yeah the colours were bright and garish but the game was fugly IMO, barely an improvement over the Xbox original bar the nice-looking but glitchy water and a higher resolution. Textures were low-res, the polygon count was last gen there were jaggies everywhere, lots of pop up... it was definitely a lazy port. They even managed to degrade the multiplayer by turning off v-sync to increase the stodgy framerate at the risk of screen tearing. Even the controls were horrible. Yuck... Far Cry IP was one of the worst games released on the 360 in the "early days".

That sounds rather delicious. And all in an almost entirely fresh envioronment, too.

I think the scepticism of people who played the last game on console says it all really - Far Cry PC was a brilliant game and this looks to be taking the best bits of that, mixing in a bit of STALKER and wrapping it all up in a fantastic new engine (the tech demos look great).

I don't doubt that the PC will be far and away the superior version and it's definitely towards the top of my wish list for later this year.

""As mentioned in our earlier preview, PC users can rejoice in having by far the prettiest version" hmmm some pc users the majority of pc users will have a jerky mess fest... ""

Console defense force ahoi.

CDF! CDF!

512 MB is easily enough ram for the original pc game to run on a console.

@ UncleLou

Not really Console defence force, just stating the bloody obvious force.

The majority of peoples PC's will not run this game with visuals that exceed the quality of the console versions.
Those who are hardcore PC gamers and have plumped for the new Geforce ZXTYGBXT 9000000000000000 Quad SLI card might. The rest of us who have two year old GPU's might be just as well off getting it on the console. It's not like he's stating that it will be better on console than on PC, obviously it being a FPS it will be clearly superior on the latter.

Not really Console defence force, just stating the bloody obvious force.


And the point of mentioning it at all then is? Should the preview have used a disclaimer "if you have the rig to run it"? Maybe they should also add that it will look shit if you don't have an HDTV? Besides, noone knows the specs yet.

Just getting really, really tired of console gamers dragging their childish system wars into every bloody thread.

Yea but i dont think the op of the comment is a console lover, PC hater.

He mentions Flashpoint as a game he is really looking forward to.So I would assume he has played/loved the original which as far as i know is PC only (not to mention was excellent). Whether your an ardent PC gamer or not I think you'll have to admit that the need to technically upgrade the GPU has grown exponentially and has driven a number of ex PC gamers more and more toward consoles. I am certainly one of those and rarely buy PC games anymore (I don't pirate either). Company of Heroes was my last PC purchase.

Meh, I think I'll just reinstall the original FarCry. I want my tropical islands, damnit!

Yeah, sure, the mutants suck. But a few numbers changed in the configuration files takes care of that.

"Why, hello little mutant-monkey. My, your scratches do only one point of damage? And you only have five points of health? Buh-bye! KA-BLAM!"

mikew1985 - thanks considering you don't know me and i only typed the briefest of sentances you are completely correct... I loved flashpoint I used to play pc games |I used to keep my rig just behind the stupid money bleeding edge - but no more now consoles can play pc genres (most) and indeed these genres are catered for I've plumped for a ps3 and a 40 inch tv ( it could so easily of been a 360 - the bottom line here is I know more people who either had a ps3 or were goingto jump that way)
so all i want is a big open world shooter with a goodly chunk of realism that i can play online with people who have got the same spec machine as me and are exerpeicening th same level of gfx as me.... this will not be the best gfx experience to be had but it should be good enough to get engrossed.
If that means I'm defending consoles then so be it but its not really what I was saying...

OH GOD. I just posted a massive rant about how the

"Those who are hardcore PC gamers and have plumped for the new Geforce ZXTYGBXT 9000000000000000 Quad SLI card might."

comments are OH GOD SO WRONG, but hey, I say it every single time a PC game is mentioned, so just go and read any pc gaming thread. In summary - NO YOU DO NOT NEED A QUAD CORE NO YOU DONT NEED SLI YOU JUST NEED A HALF DECENT PC AND IT WILL MATCH THE 360 AND IN THE CASE OF THIS GAME EXCEED IT OKAY?

Brilliant. Anyway, this looks excellent. I can barely contain my anticipation.

It's a tired old argument, but you really don't need to keep to the bleeding edge of PC graphics cards to enjoy PC games.

Since 1996 I've owned four PCs-

First was a Windows 95 Pentium 166 MMX box that saw me through Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D and Quake II quite comfortably.

Then in early 2000 I moved onto a Windows 98SE Pentium III 700Mhz with integrated graphics to which I soon added a Geforce 3. That took me all the way up to Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 quite happily.

From about 2003 to 2005 I gradually upgraded to a Pentium 4 2.53Ghz, PC running Windows XP and put a Geforce 6600GT in there which got me through Far Cry, FEAR, Oblivion and HL2 Episode One.

Then finally a couple of months ago I bought a new Q6600 quad-core, Geforce 8800GT SLI, Vista PC which is serving me very nicely for Crysis, Bioshock, Gears of War, STALKER and the rest.

Yes, I've probably spent more on PC hardware than I would have done simply buying every new console at launch, but the point I'm trying to make is that you really don't need to upgrade your grpahics card each time a new one comes out to play current games. Upgrading every 3 generations or so actually keeps better pace with changes in gaming tech and stuff like DirectX.

The milestones for me (Geforce 3 - programmable vertex and pixel shaders; Geforce 6 - DirectX 9.0c; Geforce 8800GT - DirectX 10) were actually driven more by games taking advantage of new features than just "MORE POWER!".

Run on the left stick sounds fine to me. it's what fish4 uses.

Great idea not releasing demo, now more people will pirate it so they can actually see if it's worth buying.

Formulaic, plodding and pretty dull, but somehow had everyone wowed with it's shiny graphics and bouncy physics

Nonsense. Open levels and the AI were what made FC great.

Great idea not releasing demo, now more people will pirate it so they can actually see if it's worth buying.

I recently had an argument with people who claimed they pirate games because demos aren't representative anyway, so I doubt a demo helps much in preventing piracy.

Ifthe demo is not representative of the final product then your demo is rubbish and pointless releasing.

UncleLou recently had an argument, that is surprising....

Anyone else think random gun jams could be really annoying?

UncleLou recently had an argument, that is surprising....

You have no idea how surprising that indeed is. But stupidity and igorance seem to be on the rise these days, and I can't resist every time.

Yes they would be hence why there not put in games.

I love the idea of being able to chill out and go on a little safari. The kids will love it. I think more games should have 'chill out' options.

Jagged Alliance 2 had weapons jams. And yes, they were bloody annoying.

For those who think their PC can't handle it, wait until it goes on here.

This is sounding pretty special but it's a bit disapointing that the consoles versions don't compare so favourably. I'm wondering what kind of perfomance I can expect out of my PC though, to be honest, I'm a bit inept with mouse and keyboard.

The gun jams are not completely random.
When you use a gun it will degrade and that is shown with rust on the gun - the more rusty the more likely it is to jam.

Ex. if you pick up a gun from a guy you killed, they are in a bad condition and likely to jam much more than if you purchase a brand new weapon with you diamonds at an arms dealer.

Hope that satisfy you all :)

"Jagged Alliance 2 had weapons jams. And yes, they were bloody annoying."
Gears of war did as well when you messed up the active reload.

I wont be getting this for the console, but for my PC... I just cant play these types of games on a console controller....

I hope its better than stalker... really didnt find that a fun game.

"Driving cars upside down into fire is not advisable in this or any other game."

Actually, there's several games ... (Stunt driver 2, Pain , etc.) ;)

At this point you can buy an 8800gt for 130 bucks from Newegg. An 8800gt that absolutely humiliates any console. This generation of consoles is pretty much done and PC supremacy is reestablished. There is no excuse not to run FC2 at 1080p+ resolutions and max settings on your 600 dollar (300 pound or whatever that currency is) PC.

LOL JSPOOLE

Stop the drugs.

By supremacy I mean quality, not quantity. Console games have ALWAYS sold more than PC. If you look at the 2008 PC lineup, it's incredibly healthy and packed with awesome titles.

Console games are geared to toward the casual gamer, and obviously that's the biggest target market.

As far as Crysis goes the 100k figure was from the NPD for US retail sales. The 1 mil figure was several months later, and probably a worldwide number.

People are still quoting the first week of Crysis sales are they? I love it. I think if people need to resort to moronic statements such as those to try and say pc gaming is dead then we'll be okay for a long time.

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_... In dec 07, Crysis didn't even make it to 90,000 units

Those were US only sales, genius.

And now just be quiet. Your pseudo-reasonable facade is already crumbling.

PC Gaming = sitting bolt upright with a noisy machine
PS3 Gamin = slobbing out on the setee

I know which I prefer, graphics aren't everything