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    Far cry 5 looking good

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by JRE84, Mar 15, 2018.

  1. JRE84

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    Looks graphically amazing. looks like it has a interesting reason to kill in it, great variety...all in all im betting its a winner.

    thread to discuss far cry 5 and what you guys think of the enhanced co-op and features.

    comes out march 27th 2018.

    crossing fingers hoping/praying it will be another AAA game and a game we can be proud to say is the better experience on PC
     
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    I'm getting this with my mate.
     
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    I've felt like Far Cry's since the original have missed the mark a little bit, being a bit too real and missing the fantasy aspect of the original. Games where you explore and unravel the unknown are always my favorite.

    Anyone remember the old days of the original Far Cry and all the graphics mods people used to run out it to max out their SLI 6800 Ultra systems?
     
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    IDK, looks kinda meh. Loved Far Cry 3 and Blood Dragon. Played Far Cry 4 *eagle!*, but didn't like it, and I have a feeling this won't be any different.
    Might grab it on a deep sale or so.

    Mutants were horrible though.
    I remember OG FarCry. At that time everyone was talking about graphics, and everyone waited Doom 3 and Half-Life 3 2. We were fed screenshots and videos day after day with promises of outstanding graphics. But then out of nowhere Far Cry came out with similar graphics and everyone was blown away.
    Not a perfect game, but certainly had its place in history
     
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    farcry 1= revolutionary
    farcry 2= meh
    farcry 3= very good
    farcry 4= meh
    farcry 5=see my drift....crossing fingers....better be amazing or i give up on ubisoft
     
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    Where's Primal?

    Actually Far Cry 2 had some pretty neat ideas for its time. However the way those ideas were implemented was the problem...
     
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    yeah I still have not played much of it, friend played it a couple times and swears by it. i dont know just not into brown scenery and meh story line voice acting. was a shame.....and primal was left out because it slipped my mind lol :p but i think ill leave it out as its just a off spin like blood dragon
     
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    Meh story line and voice acting is pretty much every Ubisoft game :D.
    As for Primal, it might not have a number, but it is a full blown game, so technical it belongs on the list.
    Wish Ubi would develop Blood Dragon into a full game too...
     
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    yeah.... i guess hard to correct my faulty logic and massive mistake lol? was just sayin
     
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    i went and bought the Gold Edition from Green Man Gaming for $76.49 USD, which is < $100 AUD for me here in Australia. It currently goes for $140 AUD on the uPlay store so a $40 saving is a good deal.
     
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    oh cool....i have a friend that lives in melbourne and worked with a professional skateboarder that was from australia.......great country..

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    I think im going to buy this at full price, looks too good to pass up on...
     
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    still waiting for the key to be delivered so.....
     
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    Don't they usually deliver keys a couple of days before the release?
    I know this is true for CDKeys, and GMG might be the same.
     
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    well GMG now send keys directly to the uplay account so i am hoping to get it soon to preload is all.
     
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    All the guy does is praise the game....

    it really is looking good....GOTY potentially
     
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    I'm very cautious about this game, since I think it's gonna be the same rinse and repeat type of gameplays, where story is reduced to a minimum (see Wildlands, AssCreed Syndicate, Mafia III, etc.).
    Also, guns feel like pea-shooters in FC3/4 and by the looks of it, same will be in FC5...
     
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    Wow tempted to get the gold edition!
     
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    Sigh...

    Far Cry 5’s Microtransactions Will Not Be Cosmetic Only

    ByBen NewmanPosted on March 17, 2018
    http://onlysp.com/far-cry-5-microtransactions-cosmetic/

    "Despite rumors earlier this year that Far Cry 5‘s micro-transactions will be cosmetic-only, new details have emerged that the game will use the fees to propagate “time-saving mechanics” in the single-player campaign.

    The details came alongside a new trailer, which is embedded below, but the major news was the revelation that micro-transactions will be different than previously advertised. In an interview with Gamespot, Dan Hay, executive producer at Ubisoft Montreal, suggested that micro-transactions were cosmetic only: “we’ve set the game up so…nothing is locked [away].” However, that idea was later contradicted by Hay and an unnamed Ubisoft PR representative’s statement that real-money purchases can help speed up player’s progress, which certainly sounds more than a mere cosmetic addition.

    The cosmetic transactions seem rather important for Far Cry 5, too, as players are able, for the first time in the series, to customize and alter the appearance of the main character. Information has been scarce on whether these items are purchase-only, but some appear to be called “premium customization items,” which are locked behind a paywall, at least at the start of the game.

    The addition of micro-transactions are unsurprising, given the fact that they are part and parcel of AAA game development and economic models in the current market.

    The obvious model for Far Cry 5‘s micro-transactions, then, appears to be Assassin’s Creed: Origins, which is also published by Ubisoft. In Origins, players could purchase lootboxes to unlock new weapons, armour, crafting materials, and other customization bits for their character. Purchases were made via an in-game currency, which could be bought with real money, but Far Cry 5 has already been confirmed as having no lootboxes available, so purchases will likely be flat-priced, with no veiled gambling involved.

    The new trailer is scant on gameplay, instead being one of those expensively made, yet detail-barren, live-action trailers suited for television.

    The little gameplay that is shown details more about the game’s antagonist, story hints, new shots from the open world, and some vehicles and weapons that have been shown already.

    Far Cry 5 releases on March 27 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One."
     
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    FAR CRY 5 HOPE COUNTY COLLECTOR'S CASE UNBOXING!
    In Dutch, but CC Auto-translate to English "Kinda" works, Starts at 01:00
    Published on Mar 21, 2018
    Today I'm going to pick out the Far Cry 5 Hope County Collector's Case for you! Did you like the video?Aries than that 'like' button!

    Far Cry 5 Collector's Editions Unboxing
    Published on Mar 19, 2018
    We unbox the two collector's editions for Far Cry 5; the Hope County and the Father edition.
     
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    Wait, don't tell me you didn't expect MTX in a Ubisoft title.
    You didn't?!?
    [​IMG]
     
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    This. Far Cry 4 was pretty much Far Cry 3.5 and the story was bland and boring and i think 5 will be the same and not mention the bland repetitive side missions. Sure it'll be some gameplay improvements from 3 and 4 but thats about it. Also whats the point of microtransactions in a Far Cry game? Ubisoft is just being greedy and money hungry.
     
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    Far Cry 5: AMD VEGA Delivers, 50 GPU's Benchmarked!
     
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    story looks interesting but ive always struggled with far cry games immediate repetitive gameplay, the game looks fantastic graphically but it does seem like its just a massive open world of doing the exact same thing, i cant ever remember finishing a far cry game, ill be passing on this one i suspect.
     
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    mtness i wouldn't.....i bought it and its not like what youd expect...its fun and isnt that the reason we play games
     
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    and sorry for the double post....but hmscott is going above and beyond what one would expect in helping a dying forum out....hopefully we can all get together and unite and make NBR great again lol....little trump ala
     
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    i do agree with you mate, fun is the reason we play games, im just not sure how much fun i would have with the game, i haven't really enjoyed any far cry game to date, but this story does seem more interesting than previous ones, my concern is more to do with, is there really a story or is it just the same old far cry stuff for 40+ hours
     
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    Be sure and update us as you go along in the game, and let us know how the fun progresses :)
     
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    yeap if you are still enjoying it in 30 hours then ill sit up and pay attention....maybe :p
     
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    yes for sure...so far so good nice little twist every 4 hours or so....9 hours in
     
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    oh heck ima double post....i never beat a far cry game in my life but im enjoying this and plan on beating it.....reminds me of nothing and seems fresh
     
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    I beaten Far Cry 1, 3 and 4 so its kinda hard to be excited with 5, If you never played nor beat 3 or 4 you would think its fresh After seeing the gameplay from 5 its looks like the same as 3 and 4 mostly especially the enemy AI. I might buy it when theres a sale on it
     
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    Far Cry 5 GTX 1080 TI Vs GTX 1080 Vs AMD RX Vega 64 8700K Frame Rate Comparison

    Far Cry 5 Pc Ultra GTX 1080 TI 8700K Frame Rate Performance Test
     
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    Loving the game so far, runs beautifully on my 1080 Ti.
     
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    Radeon Graphics bring Day-0 support to Far Cry 5
    http://www.hexus.net/tech/items/graphics/116660-radeon-graphics-bring-day-0-support-far-cry-5/

    "Gamers looking to join The Resistance with today’s release of Far Cry 5, one of the year’s most anticipated games, need look no further than AMD’s Radeon RX Graphics for smooth, immersive gameplay. With game Day-0 support, Radeon Software 18.3.4, released on Monday, creates the ultimate Far Cry 5 experience.

    AMD has worked closely with Ubisoft to ensure that Radeon fans can enjoy Far Cry 5 with exceptional image quality, stunningly high frame rates and low latency.

    Radeon RX Vega-specific features driving industry leading performance will include:
    • Rapid Packed Math – Doubles the rate of compute to allow for faster physics and compute calculations on Vega GPUs.
    • Shader Intrinsics – Allows direct game to hardware access on Radeon RX cards to extract more performance from the GPU.
    • Radeon FreeSync 2 – Brings low-latency, high-brightness pixels and a wide color gamut to High Dynamic Range (HDR) content for PC displays.
    Additionally, with Radeon Software 18.3.4, several Radeon Software empower gamers in their effort to save Hope County, including:
    • Radeon Chill – experience up to 11 percent lower power consumption by enabling Radeon Chill, thereby lowering temperatures to allow cool and quiet gameplay.
    • Radeon WattMan – with up to 32 percent greater efficiency, Radeon WattMan is a one-click power save mode increasing performance per watt, providing improved overall gameplay.
    • Enhanced Sync – witness up to six percent faster response time with Enhanced Sync, creating the best experience possible at any framerate without ever missing a beat.
    You can download Radeon Software 18.3.4 here. For more information, check out this video and blog post."
     
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    Far Cry 5: Vega 56 Crossfire vs. GTX 1070 Ti SLI + Nvidia Driver Update Tested
     
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    It's on the list, but not yet, looking forward to it though, enjoyed all of the others over the years.

    It looks like a fun time, give it a shot and let us know. :)

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    Picked a Random FC5 walkthrough episode, looks like lots of fun, and it's a "side mission". :)

    FAR CRY 5 Walkthrough Gameplay Part 17 - MAGNOPULSER & ALIEN OBJECTS

     
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    That's theradbrad, one of the best youtube game streamer!

    Not to spoil anyone but the graphics is 7 out of 10 ;). Games like The division, Wildlands, D EX Mankind Divided and Crysis 3 have better graphics fidelity and physics. Btw for those who bought the gold edition did you receive the key for Far Cry 3 as part of the bundle? I still did't receive mine and it's not showing on my Uplay account. I want to make that as a give a way here if possible.

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    never heard of him, anyways I beat the game and its my first time beating a game since mass effect 3, and all I can say is what the heck....metacritic gives it like 81 percent.....quite possibly the funnest game ive played since mario bros
     
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    watched the ending of FC5 on a livestream and it sucked so bad....you always lose.
     
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    Welp, against my better judgment I bought Far Cry 5. I blame Justified. Just started watching it recently, damn fine shown. FC5 gave me similar vibes, given you play as a US Marshall surrounded by rednecks and all.

    I’m almost finished taking down the third baddie in the game, so it means I’m almost at the end. After spending 13h in game all I can say that this one feels very mediocre.

    In short, FC5 is a typical Ubisoft game. I know, don’t fix what isn’t broken, but at least try to innovate a bit. Obviously for Ubi innovate means same things with slight refinements, but bigger than the last time. Same slightly better gunplay, same drug trips, samey crazy people as antagonists and so forth.

    However this time we get four nutcases instead of just one, but unfortunately all of them are boring as hell. The story has a nice hook at first, but later it just comes down to filling the “resistance meter” by completing various missions. There are a LOT of missions, but as usual, Ubisoft goes for quantity over of quality. Some are good, but the vast majority are hit and miss. To be honest, I couldn’t tell apart which are story and which are secondary, they pretty much feel all the same.

    Anyway, when you fill the “resistance meter” at certain points, you get kidnapped or better to call it teleported to the area boss, and then he/she starts spewing nonsense in a cutscene I couldn’t care less about, as they are rather poorly made. A lot of monologueing is also done over the radio, which I think is just lazy. Of course, once meter fills you get to fight the boss, kill him/her, and do the same in another region. Story wise I also miss the character ark your character had in FC3. You saw Jason change throughout the story of FC3 by interecting with its main characters. In FC5 it is non existent.

    World map, as one would expect from a Ubisoft game, has also became bigger. At first I was fooled by the map view, seemed like it became smaller, but it’s is not. It’s bigger than ever. It’s a pretty well made world, though for me nothing stands out really. Biggest problem with the game world is that the game doesn’t let you enjoy it. Every 10 meters or so you get attacked. Seriously you can’t enjoy exploring this world in peace. I understand that cult terrorizes the territory and hunts the protagonist, but even after I defeated the area boss and liberated all outposts in the said area, I still got attacked on a regular basis. I would expect the attacks to go down a bit. Seriously, given the amount I have killed so far, wouldn’t the cult be out of the fresh meat to go out to kill me? Moreover ridiculous spawn rates often make traveling by main roads unbearable as well as lead to yet another problem. There are NPC which give you missions. When they sense enemy presence they instantly go into “attack mode.” Guess how well it goes in this game if you are standing on the main road… You can’t start or end a conversation normally, as you get attacked every 5 seconds. And you have to listen to the monologue over and over again.

    Moving to AI, what AI? It’s non existent! Both enemy and your team. I know that some cultists are brain washed, so they can act stupid, no problem, but again, given the amount of people I have killed, wouldn’t some cultist try to take the threat serious, for example not attacking straight up.

    Speaking of attacking straight up, I found that stealth is not a good option in this game, well at least not very enjoyable, and just bluntly attacking head on is more fun. Just shoot the alarms and then it’s Hurk and his cousin raging hell on the area. When the AI doesn’t crap out that is…
    Guns for hire characters feel a bit disappointing though. Don’t expect Bioware levels of monologues/dialogues from them. They have just a couple of phrases for each of them, which are constantly repeated, so you will get bored from them very soon.

    Few other things:
    - Graphically this game looks a bit dated. And I don’t seem to recall any weather going on in this game. It runs well though.
    - Surprised to see Ubisoft cut down on weapons. Especially when FC3 and FC4 had a pretty lengthy arsenal and after playing Wildlands with it impressive weapon customization, FC5 feels very disappointing in this department.
    - Been playing FC5 from the day one, and so far only seen a few bugs, major being the bug in Death Wish missions, and the other being GFH monologue/dialogue sound issue (they start speaking then they speech gets cut off and then they start speaking same thing again, and this loop can go on for quite a bit).
    - I found gunplay to be quite enjoyable in this game, maybe the best between “FC3 generation” games.
    - Microtransactions. Yes, this is a Ubisoft game, so there are microtransacations even in a single player game, which also has a SP and for obvious reasons not included in it. Also very sneaky how it offers you to buy (luckily for in-game currency) secondary ammo (rockets, bombs) when you run out of it in a vehicle.

    Overall, a very by the numbers sequel. Bigger and more refined than the last time. Some fun can definitely be had, but the meal is getting very stale and I think Ubi should rethink the formula for the next game.
     
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    Ubisoft are just doing what they have always done: build a franchise and pump a new game out every year so they can make money, like they do with Assassin's Creed. All the big publishers are guilty of this though, and i'm equally uninterested in all the big AAA franchises (CoD, Battlefield, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry et cetera).
     
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    According to the Steam page, FC3 won't unlock until May 29.

    I'm interested in getting this, but it seems like I should probably wait until it goes on sale.
     
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    If your're not preoccupied playing other games then this is a must buy IMO regardless of its price lol. I usually reserves buying game at their orignal price for the likes of GTA, RDR, Last OF Us and hopefully Crackdown 3 and I can wholeheartedly say FC5 is as fun and worthy of its price as those mentioned!
     
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