Started playing Far Cry 2 and so far it sucks!

The graphic is great and action is fun, but hell why do everyone shoot at u for no reason?

When i first started play some guy drove me in a car and he bribed some guards etc, but now each time someone see me they shoot at me, and random cars pop up every minute driving after me trying to kill me... why why why?

What did u do yo upset these ppl so much, i walk up to a camp and get close up to a guy from behind and when he turns around he takes out his shotgun and shoots me in the face for no reason at all.

For this reason the game sucks, and if it does not change i wont play it anymore, nice waste of money.

 

it doesn't change and that was also something I found very annoying.

 

Yeah it was really boring. The novelty of the amzaing graphics wore off after 10 minutes

 

respawning guardposts: the game

 

Is there no story at all? no cinematics? only mindless killing of spawning clones?

 

Well theres a story.. its just.. kinda

 

I agree. I played it in the summer, and really, is quite boring. Most of the missions are just go find someone / something and blow it up. Now and then there'll be a mission that actually is part of the plot. Not many, though.
Toward the end the story picks up a bit. The last few missions are actually part of a coherent storyline (unless I'm confusing this game with another one).

 

Stop playing FC2 right now, because it won't get any better. Here's what you can expect if you continue:

- constant harassment at the hands of mercenaries
- you will have to drive EVERYWHERE... no shortcuts
- you have to unload an entire magazine into the chest of an enemy to kill him
- side missions are repetitive

This is the essence of FC2.

 

Ditto.. atleast i got it for 20 bucks... even then i feel jipped =(

 

There are shortcuts. You can take the bus.

 

The driving was a pain for me ..

Like others been saying ... stop playing it as everything will remain same as it is .. drive there shoot some idiots .. drive another place shoot some more ..

Guns kept on jamming .. stupid animals fall to the floor when driving past them

And the ending is lame ... Go buy the 1st FarCry , it way better

 

I laughed out loud when I read this. Somehow, taking public transit seems like a very anti-heroic or way of traveling. Plus, I'm a student.

I'm surprised the developers didn't include real-time waiting for the bus to show up.

 

wait till you need to get to the other side of the map. and just as you get there you run out of malaria tablets so you have to go back to the centre of the map. and each checkpoint you go through is a fite to the death.
i thought it was an ok game but the driving will send you round the twist.

 

I beat it once, but I probably won't do it again. While the amount of bullets it took to kill someone wasn't all that realistic...I thought the actual gunplay was fantastic! Plus the graphics were fun, though the driving really really sucked.

 

By far the most satisfying aspect of FC2 is picking apart an enemy camp with guerilla and sniper tactics... though this can also be done in Crysis and even the original Far Cry.

 

The game is very love it or hate it. Personally I really enjoyed it, finished it and go back to it now and again for some fun shoot em up.

It's an FPS sandbox. If you approach it like a regular story driven game as in (mission = x, go to x, complete mission) you will definitely get annoyed. I think the magic of FC2 is that getting to your mission, how you approach your objectives and the many weapons and opportunities available is the fun.

Oh and the rivers are like the autobahn of FC2. If you don't like the roads, take a boat! If you don't like the re spawning checkpoints, go around them. It's a very open world... why stick to roads and the same old routes?

 

I found it super boring when i played it.. repetitivr , everyone shoots at u and crap graphics even with PhysX... if u really want a similar but better game , Just cause 2 is better... but u need quite good specs to play.

 

i love just cause 2, but i can't agree it's similar.. it's not even fps.

sure it's sandbox game tho.. but fc2 hardly was.. only "sort of"..

 

Agree with the general consensus: great graphics, but lousy gameplay and the dumbest AI in an FPS. I quit about 40% of the way into the game lol.

The recurring malaria, the boring fix-the-vehicle-with-a-wrench, the respawning guardposts, lousy combat physics etc are just elements of bad game design. It could have been a true successor to the original FarCry with it's excellent environments, but ended up as a mediocre FPS.

 

Agreed on most parts , but for me I thought the ending was awesome.
Right now I'm really liking JC2.

 

Ubisoft FTW

Farcry 2 was extremely disappointing when I read it would be by Ubisoft and not CryTek. That sucked when they announced it and didn't even bother playing it.

 

Yes it is so disappointing, and you know by not playing it. I understand.

I liked Far Cry a lot, the graphics were incredible and the game play was fun. Far Cry 2 was quite the let down, the actual movement felt awkward, the guns were really weak (or enemies were supermen). I actually enjoyed romping around in vehicles every so often, but the rinse & repeat nature of the game bored me. I still play it from time to time, however.

 

Funny I didn't find the guns weak or the enemies supermen. Maybe I'm just a better shot, lol.

 

FC2 is a horrid boring peace of work. The game is a snore fest that can't keep a consistent and exciting pace to save it's life. I recommend you steer clear of game from Ubisoft if they are gonna be this bad.

 

I hope u didn't get me wrongly... u can't compare far cry 2 to just cause 2... but the way u play is quite similar...

 

I have yet to meet a man who can still run, shoot and aim after taking a 7.62x51mm in the head. It is a rare occurrence. They do have a chance to live if its a full metal jacket, but no one uses a FMJ in a G3 especially when you're not shooting at vehicles.

 

This game was a pretty big let down on many fronts after all the hype it got for the graphics and supposedly clever AI.

 

very true.. even with PhysX and all , it looks like a basic 2005-2006 game... even brothers in arms hell's highway looks better...

 

Despite the menacing issues, I can still play it and enjoy it if I'm just exploring around off the roads, on foot. The guns do feel a bit weak, but it feels alot better when played at 1080p, at a nice constant 60 fps on my desktop, with the sound turned up real loud

 

I regret buying it for $10 from one of the Steam sales...

 

I guess I wouldn't dismiss FC2 completely, but there are many better games out there to be played. As I've mentioned before, FC2 has its moments of satisfaction; for example, when an elaborately staged attack is successful.

 

Playing FC2 is like reading the back of a shampoo bottle...... Wash,Rinse,Repeat !

 

Yup. The game is chalk full of issues, but there are those certain times where you can't help but feel awesomeness. The biggest complaint for me is the constant botherment of road patrols/road blocks, especially the respawning ones that you "cleared away". What makes this even less exciting is how they can magically drive faster than you ever can, blocking your path, forcing you to get out of your vehicle and take care of them on foot. Sure was a great way of turning what could be very exciting car chases into pure crap.

There is so much potential for Far Cry 2, it's just sad that it wasn't properly realized. It's just too bad that the game doesn't contain a real modding editor to fix the many issues.

 

I thought that an outpost could be permanently removed by scouting each one for five items?

 

i think they respawn like every 3 minutes.

 

Yeah, I played it at a friend's place. When I started it up, I thought "Wow, nice graphics, hopefully the game is as good."

It wasn't.

 

That's funny!
I have yet to meet a man that can do just about anything in any video game.

 

I was a release buyer of FC2. BIG MISTAKE. $50 down the drain.

 

Not disagreeing with the general view of this game: Boring.

But PhysX graphics? What is this? The game uses the Dunia engine, first-off, and it favours a very DX10.1 design. PhysX is a non-issue/point in this game.

Secondly, graphics are plain - perhaps the models aren't high-end like Crysis but 2005? I'd like to see one game using volumetric lighting and deferred rendering with half-decent performance from the 2005-2006 era. Hell, even the some of the foliage looks smoother and more toned than what we see in Crysis. FarCry2 might be dull looking, boring in atmosphere, but the graphics and volume are clearly very strong points in this game. The sheer technical graphics of this game are no laughing matter. So sure, it might not have the most flashy cinematography, or art-style/production, but weak graphics - not a chance.

The Dunia engine is an excellent concept and when used properly, can produce great visuals with a sandbox environment. It is a shame that not many games are employing this engine.

 

u can't lie to urself... the engine and all may look good but it still looks hardly better than Just cause 1 , which is a 2005-2006 game... in this case , looks like engine and PhysX has failed... maybe its because my laptop has settings turned down a little that it looks like that but for ,that is what is the case.

 

The only cool thing about the game was the intro, when you are riding in the african safari, after that it feel really clunky and unoptimized. Fail game overall, I uninstalled it after a few hours of play.

 

I find the bold part funny because your post seems to be imply denial about the graphics-engine, not mine. Honestly, I am not the one making hyperboles about the game's strengths (engine) and weaknesses (design, look, feel, tone, atmosphere). I've already said it - it looks and plays dull but has a strong graphics engine with great lighting. I asked you to produce an example of something that could match the lighting and post-processing capabilities of this engine, and you came up with Just Cause 1, which already defeats the point you made because it (Just Cause 1) isn't--from a technical standpoint--comparable to said engine's abilities.

PhysX? Again, refer to my last post because I really don't know what you are talking about.

 

I don't know about how awesome Just Cause 2 engine is, but it didn't seem to port from console to PC too well.

I know I'm using a laptop HD5870, but it's the best GPU for mobile use and well... Just Cause 2 runs really bad on it.

 

Just Cause 2 runs bad on your notebook? How bad?
I play it on my desktop (HD5850 + Intel i5 750) and I get 50-70fps on max settings 2xAA @ 1920x1080, which is pretty good for me.

 

The difference in performance between laptop and desktop components, especially video cards, is rather massive.

 

i think its quite badly optimised for ATI GPU's... thus it doesn't run too well on Mobile ATI GPU's... Anywyas , the 5870 mobile is no slacker.. its almost as fast as a desktop 5770...

 

FC2 is only fun until you've done everything that is right nextdoor, or youve found out that every single mission starts on the EXACT opposite side of the map every single time. Which means 5min of driving to the nearest bus stop or 20 min driving pointlessly across the map.

 

Far Cry 2 would have been better if there was less traveling. I spend more time running around than I do shooting people.

 

It's funny hearing people using PhysX and Far Cry 2 in the same sentence, because I believe FC2 uses a heavily modified form of Havok. As far as the game engine goes, I think it still is hardly in the same class as CryEngine 2.0. The only two things I think Dunia does that's superior to CE2.0 is weather system, fire and breaking foliage, and even still it probably wouldn't be difficult to implement into CE2.0. FC2's foliage breaking system isn't even all that well implemented (simple branch breaking, nothing else). The changing weather system is cool, but underused, and the fire is rather excellent. I would need some time to figure out which game has better looking fire, though they both do a good job and have awesome explosions.

Edit: looks like someone added dynamic fire into Crysis. It's not as good, but it proves it is doable.
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I like to hate on Far Cry 2 myself, but I find it to be oddly fascinating in some regards, especially the Jackal character quoting what I believe is the definitive line from Nieztche's Der Wille Zur Macht at the beginning of the game. I'm about what I believe to be is half way through the game, which is about where I got to in my first run of the game a year ago on my laptop, but since then lost the data, and had to restart. Since I have a better idea of how to just purely progress in the game story wise, it's only taking me a few hours as opposed to dozens since I now know which missions are the only mandatory ones. I also tend to use the bus transportation quite alot to avoid as many checkpoints as possible and I don't give a crap about safe houses. I also only grab diamonds if I'm on my way in a mission and it's close by (flashing on the GPS).

 

Spent about $40 on this. Played it for 20 minutes and never touched it again. At least I played SPORE for 2 days.