Farcry 2 Gameplay Thread

Hey emike09, maybe you should try taking those comparison screenshots again in similar lighting conditions!

Here are a few random FC2 screenshots.

 

Can't. I die every minute or so from stupid things. Like driving the car when things suddenly start pulsing and getting blurry and I fall from the car dead, or jump into a fire fight and hit hit once, then dead, or doing anything at all, and dying cuz I'm out of pills or the like. Doesn't make sense. Even on the easiest setting! What the heck is up with all the random dying?

 

*Uninstalling...

 

i like the game so far, i also liked assasins creed so maybe that why.

 

I don't see any resemblance between Assassin's Creed and FarCry 2.

 

In the very beginning, it says "to pick up the syrettes in the med kit, press E"

when I press e, it has two options...."save and continue" and "continue without saving".....I chose the first one, saved, and continued.

It still said "to pick up....Press E"

So I press E, but this time i continue without saving....

It still says to press E...

What am I doing wrong?

 

High framerate is way more important than graphic quality when trying to create an illusion that your in a virtual world. I'd settle for COD4 graphics and high frame rate then Crysis graphics and low framerate.

 

Your hitting 'E' on the save thing (the blue box with the disk) instead of the medkit (the white box with the medical logo on it).

 

I've never just fallen out of a car and died before. Maybe you got sniped? Check if you have malaria. I play in infamous and the only shots that instant kill thus far have been sniper shots. I can't imagine it being that bad on easy.

 

No, i was looking at the white box with the medical logo and there was a hand in the middle of the screen.

 

I'm just not feeling farcry 2, although i'll keep going so its not a total waste. I wish there were more colors to the enviorment and people. I'm not very far into the game, a little past Mike's Bar, but it doesnt feel very free roam so far. Was hoping for some crocs in the water lol, so when i get bored of the storyline, could go hunting.

Anyone else have a really slow cursor while inside the menu? Mine moves super slow even after tweaking with mouse options. Mouse in-game is fine.

 

the biggest similarity is you get missions, then follow ur map and complete them, then go back get more missions. Then you have other optional missions as you travel, both games are like this. except one is a FPS while the other is hack and slash, also, most main missions require you to kill a certain person, just like in assasins creed

 

I haven't scoured through all the posts in this topic, but FWIW here's my initial thoughts.

While they advertise "Play it Your Way" and "Go Anywhere, Do Anything" it really is nothing more than one big map with missions to complete.

It reminds me a lot of many GTA games. Just take a mission and complete it. Yes you can wander around a bit, but it really doesn't help you out to do this. I liked the original Far Cry better, even though I never completed it.

 

Would have to disagree. But its all in opinion. For me, a realistic world has higher end graphics.

What I would like to see is a game with Crysis Warhead like graphics, open ended worlds like GTA, Oblivion, Crysis / Far Cry 2, Character control like Penumbra Assasins Creed and chronicals of Riddick, a soundtrack and story as original as Bioshock, and an optimized engine such as that of COD4. But thats asking a bit much I guess. Fallout 3 looks to be promising in many of those aspects.

Far Cry just feels like a console game directly ported to PC. Visually, there is nothing that stands out, it just feels like another game to me.

IMO, far cry 2 is nothing but the original farcry with slightly higher poly models, hazier atmospherics and volumetrics, Time of Day, improved physics, and sketchy DOF. I would expect a game like this around 2005-2006 ish.

 

I didn't realize how much Crysis/Warhead visuals spoiled me.

 

Spoiled me too. Crytek set a new bar and now we are all expecting Crysis like graphics. Which is great IMO. I think other companies should start developing game engines with crysis capabilities, and make the visual competition for the industry to be that of who can make the better optimized engine. If far cry 2 has visuals even close to that of Crysis, but was far better optimized, I'd be all over Far Cry 2. Instead, it looks and performs more like Crysis on Medium.

 

For me I like Far Cry 2 much much more than Crysis and Crysis Warhead. I've played all FC, FC2, crysis and warhead and for me I like the graphics in FC2 the most. You can all say crysis have much better graphics but the "crysis" graphics only seem to impress me the first time I see it. After that it became more like "ok it looks nice but I've already seen it all." For FC2 it just seems to keep impressing me with the environment effects all over the place. And yes I played crysis and FC2 both on high settings at 1680x1050 and of course FC2 runs much better...lol You guys should head over to game trailers to watch some of the FC2 developer videos which shows that the team actually went into Africa to capture all the environments, animals, people and structure stuff...

Gameplay wise I didn't like crysis that much because it felt like a dumbed down FPS IMO. So basically you cloak and then take out the enemy, and it keeps repeating. Well you can do it the "not-cloaking way", but it's just much harder to play. For FC2 yes it's like GTA or AC with millions of same kind of missions all over the place but it seems that the FPS gameplay is really solid IMO. And when I'm playing something good I would like to keep playing more and more, hence I actually like the missions in FC2. It felt to me that for the main reason for anyone who hated the gameplay of FC2 and liked crysis is because they aren't FPS-wise hardcore enough to handle FC2...

 

Doesn't have anything to do with being "Hardcore" or not, Far Cry 2 just doesn't have anything special. I'm not defending Crysis/Warhead gameplay, but Crysis will always have graphics under its belt. Also, i'm not trashing Far Cry 2, but it just plays like a generic game. And maybe that will change by the time I beat it. As far as developers going to Africa, that's good and all. But if i'm going to escape reality and have fun for few hours, i'd rather not stare at boring brown & brown/green landscapes. I remember reading blogs about how hard developers were working on Vanguard SOH in the months of pre production. And the game ended up horrible. So, best intentions don't make a game great.

We all have our opinions, but don't come on here with "If you don't like Far Cry 2, you are not hardcore enough" crap... lol

 

well take a good look at africas landscape. how much more color could you add, its hot and dry, no climate for red roses and flowers anywhere lol

 

Very true. To be honest, i'm ready for a more city scape (pre bombs). Getting tired of the jungles.

 

Well if thats what you want, GTA IV is out soon! Rumors to have the XBOX 360 extra content and improved visuals over the PS3 version. Very exciting!

 

Yup I can't wait to play it...

 

and will actually run above 30 fps unlike the choppy console versions

 

What I'm trying to say is would you rather play Crysis very high graphical settings at 10 frames per second or play on medium at 60 frames per second? The latter would feel like your in the game world and the former wouldn't even create the illusion of being in a virtual world. It be totally unplayable. This is what I mean by framerate being more important than graphical details as far as putting you in the game world.

 

Well Far Cry 2 at Ultra High looks really good. In my opinion Crysis doesn´t look much better at all graphically. Besides Far Cry 2´s gameplay is much better than Crysis "corridor levels" I like Crysis however but Far Cry 2 has a much larger level overall. Much more freedom

 

heh, for me gameplay is always the most important thing to judge a game. FC2 = generic game? I have not seen anything in a game that has both the quality of gameplay of FC2 AND the huge amount environment/land/locations that it offers. If you do look at those videos they make you realise some reasons behind the gameplay or graphics that some dislike. I play a game because I want to enjoy + experience something cool and different. Crysis feels like an average FPS game to me with great graphics. But FC2 managed to deliver a different experience that have not been done by any games I've played.

And duh of course we all have our opinions, but that doesn't mean I can't state MY opinion here right?

 

Well like i said, its all opinion. I'd rather have the 10fps is the world is completely believable. Its all what your mind determines is required to simulate reality. I won't feel in a real game until you can put a real video side by side with an animated video and not be able to tell the difference. There were a couple places in GTA IV where I thought something was real (Juggler at the show, for example) But in my case, and for now, I'd rather run @ 1440x900 @ Very High no Motion Blur, no AA, and get 30fps, which I do with crysis patched to 1.2 and running the 180.43 big bang II drivers. IMO, anything above 45fps is wasted power. The difference is how smooth the game plays from 45-60 fps is negligible.

As a side note, I'd recommend anybody who hasn't played Penumbra to head over and download their demo. The charactor interaction in that game is unreal.
http://www.penumbrablackplague.com/site/demo.php

The graphics in Penumbra Requiem are on par with FEAR, but I have never felt more in touch with a game than I have with Penumbra. The physics and interaction modelling really makes you feel like you are opening a door, picking up an object, spinning a wheel, etc...

 

Your saying this doesn't look much better? I don't need side by sides to see the difference, but if you do put them together, the difference is night and day. One looks like a cheap game from 2005, the other looks like a state of the art game that we should be expecting today.


Everything maxed, including AA:


Canopy and trees:


Water:


Explosions and Fire:


In Vehicle:

 

Depends all locations doesn´t look great in FC2 but many many do. Not sure what you play with but run FC2 at Ultra quality instead to me FC2 looks awesome considering how much larger world the game has compared to Crysis. I love Crysis graphics but FC2 looks really really good. Now do go an compare a 2005 game like you say or even Far Cry 1 maxed out against FC2. FC2 does not look like any 3-4 year old game to me at least.

Besides who isn´t dead tired of the jungles and beaches a la Far Cry 1.5 in Crysis by the way? FC2 is at least a refresh and looks and plays awesome.

Ultra quality in Far Cry 2 runs at 45-60 fps on my 8800GTX 1440x900 but trying the same in Crysis is a no go, not even close in the same framerate area.

Also you say 30 fps Very High in Crysis at 1440x900 I can tell you that doens´t hold through all levels and especially not with many koreans at once nor aliens.

Hmm try to take screens of FC2 sunrise instead. Those are different time of the day FC2-Crysis making FC2 look more bland than Crysis.

You know I have tweaked Crysis for so long both original and Warhead that to me I am very impressed by FC2.

 

ehh Magnus bascially says what i'm trying to do, and he has More capable hardware as well , i'm not defending Farcry2 because it runs better, but because its plain great, and as Magnus said, those screenies arent fair at all.

Remember when they first did the DX9 VS DX10 screens for Crysis and it turned out to be nothing near true? thats what you are doing here.

Do you see that last screeny you have posted? try to make it when its sunset time (just like in Crysis) and you'll see that Farcry 2 still looks awesome, and triples the FPS

 

I am liking Far Cry 2, but at first, I was really unimpressed (still am really) visuals pale in comparison to Crysis and Clear Sky. Far Cry 2 is way, way, way (I can't stress this enough) dumbed down for consoles, but after the initial shock of it not being what I expected and taking it for what it is a good FPS game with added large environment and fun game play, and it is fun I am able to say I am enjoying the experience and no longer regret purchasing it. It's not for everyone, but it is for sure better than Far Cry. I hated that game, it was so good at the start then those rediculous mutants appeared. It just kept going on and on. In the end it felt like a chore to finish.

A couple videos I made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP9EbFEgRl4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udiy6WwYTCo

 

Yeah that pretty much it sums it up brainer.

 

alright, ive just got my FlameThrower now i think i have some decent gear (Silenced Mp5, MAC, and Flamethrower) i'm burning everything i see now xD

 

I started out with one, it's not the same for everyone? It is indeed very useful though.

 

ive started with the RPG , now i'm trying to get my hands over the Grenade launcher! anyways, i'm Enjoying the Physics Engine of this game, blow blow blow

 

Dude...the physics in this game ROCKS!

What settings are you guys playing at?

 

max physics settings...they do not rock...at all

 

I hear GTA4 on PC will be a Games for Windows Live title, so I hope it gets the exclusive DLC the 360 version will get!

Have you been able to compare the console and PC versions? Of course the PC version will be graphically superior and I also hear you can save anywhere whereas in the console versions, you have to save at checkpoints.

 

Thats what I hear. It will also have exclusive PC only content. November 18th...

 

and, whats an example of a game with Physx that rock?..

 

Half Life 2 still has impressive physics. Crysis physics are phenomenal. Penumba physics are as life like as physics get IMO. Penumbra was essentially a physics engine with a game built around it. GTA IV has impressive physics in certain areas. The indiana jones 4 game that never released had very promising physics.

With massive parallel processing beginning to pick up speed, we'll be seeing more true to like physics than ever before.

 

Conclusion : only Crysis has better Physics than FC2, and thats only because it has destroyable trees

 

And Penumbra

 

i dont even know whats that.. lol

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penumbra:_Black_Plague

Most amazing character interaction and physics I've ever seen in a game. Ever! Requiem is the best of the three. Freakin scary too.

 

^^ Ya I read up on it this morning, sounds pretty interesting. I'll have to remember it after I've played all the new games.

 

Well I got my $15 copy of Far Cry 2 used (ha ha) and am about 12% done. I am pleasantly surprised at how much I am enjoying this game. Although the OP has some great points most of them are not hindering my enjoyment.

My only HUGE complaint(s) so far:

1. Monocule - this is the biggest POS of the game. I hate how you have to pull out your map, then switch to monocule, then switch back to map, then close the map. Gah! It's insane. Then when you are using your monocule there is no zoom or anything and your FOV is so narrow you can hardly tell WTH you're looking at. 0.o

2. The Map - a whopping 3 zoom levels and you can only see certain targets or areas of interest on each. And if you are right on the edge of one zoom level and want to zoom out you lose the targets of interest you can currently see (like check points etc). This is just dumb and aggravating.

3. Brown - It is often difficult to see enemies during the day. The landscape is brown, the buildings are brown, the vehicles are brown, the foliage is brown and of course, the enemies are brown. So I actually prefer major entanglements at night. Easier to see, lol.

4. Travel - It can grow a bit tiring but it kind of forces you to think about the best way to get from A-B. Sadly because of the crappy map, planning routes is a juggling act of flipping between zoom levels and it gets tedious.

5. Widescreen - FAIL! Stupid Ubisoft, hello. I hope you have a big check in the mail for Racer_S providing a widescreen fix to your complete incompetence. Gah! How does this happen in 2008!?!

6. Why is this Far Cry 2? - I mean really. No Jack Carver, a story that is far from a Far Cry... The title makes no sense in terms of the game and the previous game. Maybe this will change as I progress, I don't know?

What I Like!

1. Combat - I think the combat is pretty solid. There's not a lot of grenades being tossed at me which is odd. But those enemies have razor sharp eagle eyes. They can see me through bushes from 100s of yards away and peg me off. It's worse than Far Cry 1! Which makes sniping a bit challenging so I tend to go with the Rambo method of Shock & Awe warfare, lol. This is actually pretty fun, I run around causing distractions, pegging off enemies here and there until they're all dead. In bigger camps this works really well. For the smaller checkpoints I usually just drive right up, man the turret and start firing! Running over enemies is quite satisfying too.

2. Open World - It is pretty cool. The graphics look great. I think Crysis looks better overall but this world looks very good and of course is WAY more open than Crysis. And the performance is fantastic too. Fire, wind, rain, day/night. It's all very cool and really adds a lot to the immersion.

3. Ambush Missions - Muah ha ha ha, gotta love em!

4. Characters - The voice acting is good and the dialogue is decent too. Again this really helps with the whole immersion. I like the buddy system but sadly, in the heat of combat I actually ran over my buddy who was always there to save me. Oops, sorry buddy.

5. Fun! - Yes despite my gripes I am having a blast playing this game and can't wait to get home everyday and put in some time in the world of Far Cry 2.

Overall Rating (so far): 8.7 / 10

 

What is the far cry 2 widescreen fix? I thought the game implemented 16:10,16:9 ratios?

 

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14750

Ubisoft designed the game for widescreen support but then cropped the image for 4:3 screens and reexpanded the image for 16:10/16:9. Or something like that.

Thunderball, I agree pretty much with you on all counts.

 

what values should i use for x,y for 16:10 resolutions with the widescreen fix? 1440x900 res btw.