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far cry 2 a bust?
    #9095024 - 10/18/08 02:29 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

ive been reading the offical fourms and ive never seen so many negitive comments on a developers forums before, ive lost alot of respect for ubi.

im not sure whats all been "cleaned" up since the last time i read it but im sure youll find plenty of new threads

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/1521068375

anyways im thinking i might have to pass on this game, plus ubi wants you to preoder to recieve the "whole game"...aint that something?  holding back 5 missions.....


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #9096395 - 10/18/08 02:24 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Ive read two reviews now which have both been pretty good.
PC Gamer gave it a 94/100 and GamesRadar gave it a 9/10.
I've read a few negative comments about the controller layout but that's about it.

1st Far Cry 2 Xbox 360 Review


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: skunkape]
    #9096403 - 10/18/08 02:27 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

I really dislike the fact that you don't get all the content unless you preorder...from Gamestop at that. I'm pretty sure we don't have them here. While there is lots of stuff that sounds neat about this game, it is not enough to make it a priority play.


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: skunkape]
    #9097888 - 10/18/08 09:13 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

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skunkape said:
Ive read two reviews now which have both been pretty good.
PC Gamer gave it a 94/100 and GamesRadar gave it a 9/10.
I've read a few negative comments about the controller layout but that's about it.

1st Far Cry 2 Xbox 360 Review




Ive heard the multi player is going to suck because they gimped the map editor, in fact worse than far cry 1.  the actual single player game i imagine "could" be pretty good, but online reviews, especially from some of the top sources that i usually read, i don't feel are always trustworthy.  Ive only tried a few places however and after Ive learned of there ways, Ive basically given up on trusting any of them.  some perfect examples are assassins creed, gta 4, and of recent spore.  the majority of reviews Ive seen all gave higher scores for these games.  yet when i see real user reviews its more like 50/50 its awesome or sux.  Ive played creed and that game deserves a 6.0 for the repetitiveness.  gta deserved more like a 7.5-8.5, and i didn't even bother with spore. i guess being a hardcore gamer, and having seen alot of things done before, i have higher expectations.  but alot of the flaws in these games would have been majorly improved with just a few more months working on them, some company's just put out the "minimum"  so that they can "easily" make the sequel better I'm guessing.  it wasn't all that long ago developers took pride in making great games.  its to the point now that i build an entire new computer each time a good game comes out, 5 years for 1-2 good games is a bit long

but that website i listed gives alot of insider info that i didn't know about till recently, for example they are using that stupid DRM that they used for bioshock, spore, and i think crysis,ect.  but the biggest kicker for me is the way this company is acting


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #9097941 - 10/18/08 09:26 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

I want to get this, but my rig would blow up trying to play it on anything above medium. Resistance 2 should keep me content.

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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: FSBlueApocalypse]
    #9098083 - 10/18/08 10:18 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

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I want to get this, but my rig would blow up trying to play it on anything above medium. Resistance 2 should keep me content.




You should buy my gaming laptop.  :wink:

I'm going to pay full retail just because they made Farcry 1.

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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: Terillius]
    #9098614 - 10/19/08 01:13 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

You realize it was Crytek who made the first Far Cry, and Far Cry 2 is being internally developed by Ubisoft?

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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: FSBlueApocalypse]
    #9098645 - 10/19/08 01:30 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Doesn't matter.  Forgotten Realms, Kleenex, Democracy...  Once the idea is created it doesn't take equal genius to copy it.

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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: Terillius]
    #9098818 - 10/19/08 03:19 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

true they could get lucky i suppose, but the odds are not in there favor, i just browsed there games on there website, and unless they are only listing the games from the last few years i actually see "nothing" that i have played and liked.  infact i bought the silent hunter thats listed on there and that was one of the worst games i have ever played.  the only game that looks like it might have been good was splinter cell double agent but i never played that game.


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #9099523 - 10/19/08 10:58 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

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Ive heard the multi player is going to suck because they gimped the map editor, in fact worse than far cry 1.  the actual single player game i imagine "could" be pretty good, but online reviews, especially from some of the top sources that i usually read, i don't feel are always trustworthy.  Ive only tried a few places however and after Ive learned of there ways, Ive basically given up on trusting any of them.  some perfect examples are assassins creed, gta 4, and of recent spore.  the majority of reviews Ive seen all gave higher scores for these games.  yet when i see real user reviews its more like 50/50 its awesome or sux.  Ive played creed and that game deserves a 6.0 for the repetitiveness.  gta deserved more like a 7.5-8.5, and i didn't even bother with spore.




From everything I've seen and read, the map editor is pretty deep. Halo 3's (another overrated game) Forge map editor was hailed as being a huge leap forward, but the Far Cry map editor is guaranteed to blow that out of the water.
I agree with you about the online reviewers. Both of the ones I mentioned aren't my usual sources, but I thought PC Gamer (94/100) was pretty trustworthy. I also agree with you on the GTA 4 review issue. I don't think it deserved all the 10's it got. I think an 8 would do it justice, and it just got high scores because of the hype surrounding it. Same thing with Halo 3.
I don't think Far Cry has much hype at all. It's got no launch centers on gamespot or IGN, it's not making any top ten lists... It's being over shadowed by games like Fable II and Gears 2 so hopefully the reviews can be taken as genuine.

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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: skunkape]
    #9103431 - 10/20/08 09:59 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Halo3's Forge is a sorry excuse for a map editor.


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: skydog]
    #9103654 - 10/20/08 10:55 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

halo 3 is a sorry excuse for a game.


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: coda]
    #9107627 - 10/21/08 12:09 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

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halo 3 is a sorry excuse for a game.


QFT Hell halo 2 was a sorry excuse for a game. Farcry 1 was fun, not sure if i'll buy 2. Prolly just do the dirty <3


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: SirSmokesAlot]
    #9108632 - 10/21/08 07:21 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

yah, halo 2 sucked pretty bad as well.  I even went out and waited line at midnight to get myself a copy.  Almost went back and sold it the next day.


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: coda]
    #9108665 - 10/21/08 07:44 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

All Halo games are awesome.  I love them all.


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: skydog]
    #9110979 - 10/21/08 05:12 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Pickin' it up tomorrow guys. I'll let you know what I think of it. Official Xbox Magazine and Official Playstation Magazine each gave it a 9/10. I'll let you know what I think of it too.




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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: skunkape]
    #9111519 - 10/21/08 06:39 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

I got a copy of it early for the PS3. Thank you idiot Gamestop employee. Anyways, Yes there is some definite downgrades from some of the PC shots, but not too bad. If anything, it makes me think Crysis could actually come to the PS3/360 in a non-basterdized form. Anyways, wandering around is awesome and it gives you so many crazy options its ridiculous. The fire physics are the shit too.

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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: FSBlueApocalypse]
    #9111875 - 10/21/08 07:27 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah, open ended game play is becoming the top genre.  It started with open ended RPG the FPS and then racing games, even sports games are somewhat open ended (auto-updated rosters, team management).  I'd love to see an open ended RTS.

One thing that pissed me off about Crysis is that I thought it was going to be open ended.  I had the same idea when far cry 1 came out too.

Another thing I'd like to see is a MMORPGFPS.  It would be awesome to design my own gun, ammunition, and explosives.  Then unleash those designs on an ever expanding map while different environments are affecting me and my designs differently....I could talk about this non-stop.


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #9116652 - 10/22/08 04:13 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

I got it for the PS3 this morning, and so far I'm loving it.

I give it two thumbs up.


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Re: far cry 2 a bust? [Re: peruvian spark]
    #9117059 - 10/22/08 05:12 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Man... I was really looking forward to this game and defending it when people were second guessing it but damn... I think it sucks. I haven't played for more than 5 hours yet, but I can safely say the multiplayer is boring, unbalanced, and needs a radar crazy bad. You have no way of knowing where your enemies are at, the only way you get kills is by stumbling upon somebody. The map editor is pretty cool but why would I bother making maps when I don't even like playing the multiplayer?
I'm going to give it more of a chance because I dropped $60 on it, but I'm already considering trading it in for credit towards Fable or Fallout.


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