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Plus: graphics are "sick", says producer.

The producer of Far Cry 2 has said there will be no opportunity to try the game before you buy.

"No demos will be available," Louis-Pierre Pharand said in our LiveText chat.

"It became too complex to do a demo of an openworld game. We decided to put those efforts into the game so everyone can enjoy a better, more polished experience."

And enjoy it you will, said a confident Pharand, whether you're buying the Xbox 360, PS3 or PC version. "I'm not too shy to say that no one else can deliver what we will in a few weeks on PC and consoles: 50 square kilometres of openworld, no loading and sick graphics," he said.

Pharand also confirmed you will get to run over the animals in Far Cry 2, though you will not be able to break a lion's legs off.

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S.J.Rogers #1 3 years ago

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SOLD... \o/
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Colin8703 #2 3 years ago

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I'm really looking forward to this but what with everything else coming out, i'll pick it up on the cheap after Christmas as that seems to be the norm with Ubisoft games anyway.
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Darren #3 3 years ago

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If Far Cry 2's graphics are sick then I hope the developers cure them before the game's release! I refuse to go near sick graphics in case I catch something nasty!
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onezeonx #4 3 years ago

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SO MY IMPORTANT QUESTION IS IGNORED OVER THAT SHITE??

FFS EUROGAMER WELL DONE IN ASKING BORING QUESTIONS MOSTLY!
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Triggerhappytel #5 3 years ago

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@ Darren - yes, some of this guy's language is a bit wanky... I tried to find his age on Google, to no avail. He has also said "There are no fucking mutants in this game", so obviously he's hip and the game will be cool as a result.
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darleysam #6 3 years ago

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It's because you have malaria! The whole engine is designed to simulate the effects of real-time malaria suffering, including Parasitime, where the world slows down and enable you to move at an accelerated speed.
Also fever, shivering, arthralgia (joint pain), vomiting, anemia (caused by hemolysis), hemoglobinuria, and convulsions.
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Dizzy #7 3 years ago

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/runs over lion
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Phily50 #8 3 years ago

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Am I right in thinking this comes out the same day as LBP?
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SBfistfun #9 3 years ago

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I'm not buying it because he said "sick graphics"

what a twit
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Moonprince #10 3 years ago

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I MISSED THE LIVE CHAT EUROGAMER WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY PLEASE MAKE MORE NEWS STORIES

GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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darleysam #11 3 years ago

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Bland? It gives you a vast area of African landscape to explore in any way you see fit. That alone makes this appealing to me, but the story looks good as well as a lot of the gameplay decisions and attention to detail they've got going on.
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mikll #12 3 years ago

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Found his DOB...hes not that young. but they are cool customers in CANADA
Date of Birth
7 January 1954, Canada
Birth Name
Louis Pharand
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Spouse
Mireille Samson (? - ?)
Trivia
Practices kendo
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michaelius #13 3 years ago

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No demo = buy when it comes into cheap pc series for me
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rodge020679 #14 3 years ago

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@ SBfistfun

yeah but you said 'twit' so that makes it equal....
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neilka #15 3 years ago

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WTB DOWNLOD PLS
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andywilkie35 #16 3 years ago

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He's literally a day younger than my dad. Which makes him old
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smernicki #17 3 years ago

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contempt 456 will be most disappointed........
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Xerx3s #18 3 years ago

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No demo = bottom of tobuy list.
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mcbi4kh2 #19 3 years ago

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@Title
No downlodable demo for Far Cry 2

PC games always, always have a downloadable demo
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JDub #20 3 years ago

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No leg breakage? FAIL
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Retroid #21 3 years ago

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That's it, I'm refusing to buy this.

I expressly wanted a game with 'shizzle' graphics. 'Sick' graphics is just inexcusable.
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Pulsar_t #22 3 years ago

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So is this similar to Clear Sky? CS is a bit buggy for me atm.
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menage #23 3 years ago

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Still bullshit, just time the fucking demo and be done with it.
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makeamazing #24 3 years ago

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LOL Sick is not really a good term.. is the guy 16 and stands outside a shop hoping to get drunk on cheap cider. Perhaps Im getting too old for the "Street" talk.
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Windsong #25 3 years ago

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"No demos will be available," Louis-Pierre Pharand said in our LiveText chat."

Oh, maybe not "official" demos..

but certainly a way to try before you buy
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spookyzombie #27 3 years ago

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Sick graphics. Splendid. A demo would have been 'well wickid innit'.
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Pulsar_t #28 3 years ago

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Is there no escape from spam bots?
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MrXBob #29 3 years ago

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"Still bullshit, just time the fucking demo and be done with it."

Do you realise how stupid that comment is? You have no idea how games work, do you? Don't be such a simpleton.
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menage #30 3 years ago

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Then tell me oh wise man, how do they work?

But you're right, I haven't got a clue, 25 years of gaming, whoop, hit the reset button.

Crackdown fucking did it, GTA doesn't open up big parts of it's world until you compete some other shit. I'm not buying a FPS without sampling the controls. Put a fucking fence around an area for godsake if you have to. It's a demo, who the hell asked for the whole experience.

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SunoffaBeach #31 3 years ago

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im gonna be iron like a lion...
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MilkYMoO #32 3 years ago

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Sick means good?, I'm not fluent with the chav language.
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Pasco #33 3 years ago

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I expect an even worse framerate than the bad framerates Ubisoft usually delivers.
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eepic #34 3 years ago

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does the animals i can run over include the local niggers? lol j/k.

anyways yes this game will have serious framerate issues... on the ps3 hhahah
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siro #35 3 years ago

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Pasco: That would be sick!...Oh...
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Vandrius #36 3 years ago

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Framerate won't be bad if you have a PC

Of course, the game will suck purely BECAUSE they have to cater for POS console controls.

I'm tired of consoles ruining FPS's
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smoison #37 3 years ago

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Ya if this feels 'Consol like" on le PC, this is gonna suck.

I will surely be trying before buying.
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RustyBullet #38 3 years ago

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No lion leggs to breakoff then no buy for me.
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FlipC #39 3 years ago

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Awwww I wanted a downlodable demo. Then again it's understandable as this is an open world game a demo is just not possible, this is why there's no demo for Mercenaries 2; oh wait a sec. Hmm this isn't going to be one of those games that released before the magazines' reviews appear is it; the ones that read 'Great graphics shame about the camera, the controls, the AI, the multi-player, the...'?
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ExplodingClown #40 3 years ago

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Note to Far Cry 2 producer: trying to sound like a vacuous 16-year-old Californian skateboarder conspicuously fails to sell product to the aforementioned demographic and merely makes you look like a cunt.
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