FC2 ... Hit or Miss ? Time to vote .

[crusher1968]

So a few of you have finally gotten your hands on the game , and have by now probably had your first impressions of it , whatever they may be .

I'm sure there will be lots of issues with various things , but for those who have managed to play it , what do you think ?

Would you give it the thumbs up ?

[grayg1]

secuROM is doing a wonderful job of stopping a <STRIKE>pirate</STRIKE> paying customer from playing the game.

[tonjohn]

I love this game!

[Jeffro_M]

I'm really not impressed so far. Multiplayer needs a RADAR so bad it's not funny. You've got huge maps with no way of knowing where your enemies are besides catching a glimpse of them.

[SwiftReal]

For me, no doubt, short and strong, Hit!

[Darklord_NL]

It seems like only the PC versions have any ( serious ) problems. My PS3 copy doesnt have any problems and this game truly DELIVERS http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[LongDarkBlues28]

Originally posted by Jeffro_M:
I'm really not impressed so far. Multiplayer needs a RADAR so bad it's not funny. You've got huge maps with no way of knowing where your enemies are besides catching a glimpse of them. The best, most epic Far Cry games I've ever played were radar-disabled maps - if it keeps the Halo tweens out the MP, even better.

[vagrantwade]

Every PC game that comes out has problems initially. People buy games with no knowledge of hardware requirements.

[tonjohn]

A radar in MP? No.

But a map similar to the one in SP would be nice. Even after having played quite a bit on several maps, i still find it easy to get disoriented or lost.

[grayg1]

Ok so secuROM just gave me my new .exe file so hours after installing I'm finally into the menu screen! :- /

[PrisOwner16]

HIT...TAKAKAKAKAKKA RAAAAAGGH BOEM! TAKAKAKAK

[crusher1968]

Originally posted by vagrantwade:
Every PC game that comes out has problems initially. People buy games with no knowledge of hardware requirements.

I'm not sure that's the case to be truthful .
PC gamers of today are far more educated towards hardware requirements than I can ever remember , and with the exception of Auntie Betty popping the odd game in the Christmas stocking , most of us who know , know , and the ones who don't certainly ask , myself included .

A huge amount of gamers upgraded their pc's in anticipation of such games as Crysis , which then led to a bit of a keep up with the Jones's attitude across many communities .
Now a vast majority of gamers have decent rigs capable of seeing them through the next generation of games for quite some time , but getting back to the issue that you raised , the main problems arising from FC2 so far are mainly down to a lack of Beta tests on behalf of the manufacturer .
Gamers currently playing FC2 are basically testing the game out at their own expense , as no demo's , beta downloads etc have been available to the community . Yes , often a new game may experience slight issues which are fixed via patches further down the road , but it's high time manufacturers ironed most of them out prior to release , rather than waiting for feedback from the consumer .
To lay the blame in the corner of the gamer is a little harsh to say the least http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[The_NeGaTiOn]

Definite miss from me, the game is extremely boring for an fps, i don't wanna spend my whole time driving to the opposite side of the map for a mission objective. So i wont be recommending this game to anybody

[tonjohn]

crusher1968,

There seem to be very few issues with the game. The ones that I am seeing are either extremely easy to fix or are caused by BETA drivers.

As far as game releases go, this appears to be a pretty smooth one.

[brookeview]

A radar in MP? No.

But a map similar to the one in SP would be nice. Even after having played quite a bit on several maps, i still find it easy to get disoriented or lost.

the problem with a hand held map in multiplayer is the fact that ubi is hoping that the best maps will be made by YOU the player.

ev if Ubi made simple hand-held versions of the maps that shipped with the game, Ubi does not have a system that will make an dumbed overhead view of each multiplayer map that is published.

[crusher1968]

Originally posted by tonjohn:
crusher1968,

There seem to be very few issues with the game. The ones that I am seeing are either extremely easy to fix or are caused by BETA drivers.

As far as game releases go, this appears to be a pretty smooth one.

So how are you finding the game BJ ?
Enjoying it so far ?

[DrGreenThumb117]

Tis game is ****ing awesome!!

[VastShadowz41]

From what I've heard from MP I'm afraid to dive into it now for my 360 <.<;;

[DaJesus]

UbiSoft Games = Amazing potential & great concepts, but poor execution. I was a big fan of Ubi for a while but after the last two of their games I've played, I'm just disillusioned.

[t00tles]

Originally posted by grayg1:
secuROM is doing a wonderful job of stopping a <STRIKE>pirate</STRIKE> paying customer from playing the game.

glad you corrected yourself, as those evil pirates have a crack already so securom is a pay customer only thing.. I suppose you could call it value for money. Buy our game and you get a rootkit FREE!!!

[adarwinter]

i only played MP for a very short while and didnt have problems.
the editor and SP (especially) are a definit HIT for me.
those who love their game a constant roller coaster (HL2, COD4, FEAR, etc) will not enjoy the open ended nature and the pacing. i love it. i love how i have a great fire fight now and 5 minutes later i am strolling through the jungle ambushing my next objective, and then some more action and then some driving around. it's different. it's special to me. i love it.
would rate it 8.5 out of 10 for the SP only. MP would bump it into a 8.9 just cuz it's there and was fun for the 1 hour i played it.

[crusher1968]

I should have asked this in the first post , but can you guys say which platform you are playing the game on .... pc / console ?

Have to say that so far , that the guys I know who play PC who have bought the game aren't too happy , and have had some fairly harsh things to say in their reviews , in particular about the single player game which i'm quite surprised about .
Gonna wait a little longer before I stick my hand in my pocket http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/disagree.gif

[Crustyhippy]

I've only played the PC version so far (I'm getting the xbox 360 version later today.) I'd have to say Far Cry 2 is a home run. A STEROIDS HOME RUN.

[LethalBurst]

While I am enjoying the game a bit, I am upset about how dumbed down and consolized it is. Another example of how game developers catering primarily to consoles are ruining PC games.

[J_Flyer]

I think its great, runs fine, no bugs for me (pc version)

[fishlore]

Voted Hit.

I have the PS3 version. I've only played about 5 or so hours of the SP campaign. I detest multiplayer games so I'll never play MP or use the map editor.

My only gripes so far are respawning checkpoints and the AI of the jeep patrols.

Aside from those two minor issues, I'm happy as a clam.

[fastdeutscher]

Huge hit for me....the whiners complaining about MP just have no bloody clue about server side setting, etc,....just wait a couple days...llook for the OS|Clan server and you willl see how it should be set up. We have to wait for the server command list people. Alot of the complaints on here with keybinding and such...its just not an issue....what have you done wrong is the question you should be asking. It runs and feels great for me.

[stellarvore]

Miss. I see no destructible environments. I see no real damage to vehicles - can't seem to shoot out tires.

Missions are repetitive so far...driving alot. Control feels clunky. The amount of damage an enemy takes vs what the player takes isn't exactly balanced.

PC user, shoulda got Stalker. I want my $50 back.

[HereticYojimbo]

Eh, I played STALKER and had fun with it, but thought it was so-so at best. The thing I could really go for right now is a fix on the AI respawning. Their's nothing else that I find paticularly annoying about the game.

[zsarazan]

sorry but lack of split screen multi makes this game a worthless pile of crap. No point in making maps (the best part of the game) without having friends to play them with.

[joedirtrulez]

Hey guys its 2008, not the 1980's with atari. Games should actually be fun, not boring with crap graphics. Idiots. Only children and Wow virgins love this game

[HarveyKimple]

SecuROM won't let me play it, so I'll have to wait for Ubisoft to remove it so I can actually PLAY something I brought.

Then I'll give my opinion.

[tobeseen]

I love the game. You have to get used the facts that this game is different. Don;t expect to be shooting all the time, you gotta do some driving and sneaking.
The problem is the way people approach the game. This isn't your standard linear FPS.

[DOC-RSU-]

well i cant even believe people voted hit.
what the hell you lot been playing " noddy and big ears " ?

[Shinuz]

Well its a miss for me, i dont know if Crysis spoiled me or what (just finished playing it)
But it seems FarCry2 is missing something.

Although i really like the graphics so far (playing all on very high at 1360x768 with 4xAA at 45fps average)
I can't say the same thing for the rest of the game.
The weapons just dont feel right and neither do their sound effects and i really think the enemies take way too many bullets to kill and respawn way too fast for my taste (1-5 minutes i think?)
Also is stealth even possible in this game? cause i swear even if i kill a guy with my machette every other ppl in the camp automatically knows my location..
Oh and this issue with the FOV is completely ridiculous.

Well this game could be a hit for me if they patched it http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[kez19841984]

The game has been dumbed down for consoles.

[bugrug]

Have been playing single player game 2 days straight on my PS3. Best FPS ever, bar none! Would like a Terrorist Hunt style mode so map editor could be used for single play offline, but if it had that I'd have to give it 11 out of 10. PS: have cancelled my pre-order of Fallout 3 (I don't need it).

[Envader]

Originally posted by fastdeutscher:
[...]look for the OS|Clan server and you willl see how it should be set up.

So öhm, how do I find this server then without a server browser? And dont tell me inserting an IP everytime...

[Lightcreated]

It's a miss for me, i play on the PS3 and sometimes, most times it's unplayable due to screen tearing, it's horrible.
Now i don't care if you (who ever you are) do not have this issue there's many other PS3 on many other sites that have the same issue.
I haven't touched in since yesterday.
I'm ordering an alienware so i'll be getting crysis soon. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[mini-binladin]

hit but only just.

doesnt seem finished

[SuperPetey]

Most certainly a hit for me. Imo, this game thoroughly beats Crysis, with more to sell it than just graphics. I got really worried with all the moaning and problem reports in the first few days before I got my copy, and I considered cancelling my pre-order. I'm so glad I didn't. This game has to be one of the best games of 2008, and be a contender for THE game of the year.
Admittedly, the game travel can get a little tedious, but thats about my only gripe. This game actually succeeds in making me care about my ingame team-mates, something no game has done on that level before.


EDIT: I'm running on PC btw, running it maxed out at 1680x1050. Game runs like a dream, and only looks marginally worse than Crysis. The whole fire thing is so awesome, thats one thing they didn't overhype.
Admittedly, the game travel can get a little tedious, but thats about my only gripe. This game actually succeeds in making me care about my ingame team-mates, something no game has done on that level before.

[Mar.le.Ton]

Sorry, from my last post it looked like I have negative opinion about of the game, because of the " http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif " smile at the end. Negative.

The game really looks fantastic, and the patches will make it more playable and beautiful. I mean there are some things (enemy respawns in SP, and no server list in MP), but I can 100% enjoy the game with that too.
Also the game HITS for me. I love it.

[theredribbon]

i voted hit

So far i really like the game. The only bad things i noticed are:
1. The fact that enemies always have bad quality (degraded) weapons which jam frequent
2. I get kicked back to the multiplayer menu after a ranked match ended.

I also wouldn't mind having a bit bigger ironsights on the guns.

[RickyKickery]

Hit!

It's probably the best tactical egoshooter so far. That means a lot but you have enjoy the sandbox-approach, it's not for everyone. The last time I was so excited about sniping and shooting enemies with silenced pistols was back in the days of Delta Force 1, 2 and 3. I think they have a lot in common with FC2 just that FC2 successfully updated and added a lot of good things other great games like GTA have introduced.

I am talking about SP because I haven't tried MP yet. Like every other game, it also has some issues. Fortunately many of them can be fixed via patches and sure hope they actually will fix some of 'em in the near future.

I did like Crysis (despite the story) but Far Cry 2 is far superior. It nearly is what I hoped for - with some improvements and civilian life in it this could be the tactical shooter I always dreamed of. I guess I'll have to wait for the sequel though.

[gangofest]

Voted MISS PC AMD 64 4200+ 2Gb DDR800 9800GTX+ (cooled and overclocked)

Graphics are nice but not cutting edge running it totally maxed out with decent frame rate but hell my system ain't a power system so this game is not future proof AT ALL.

The game physics are remedial I was soo mislead by the trialers no balance no real processing power required ie a console port.

Game play is completely rubbish, the combat is terrible, a car doing 5 Mph is more dangerous than an assault rifle at point blank WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope that some sort of serious patch happens as this game COULD have potential on the PC.

UBI give us PC users a PC game not a direct console port, give my dual core a bit of a work out. I recon a Pentium 800 MMX could handle the enviroment processing work load (aka XB360/PS3)PHYSICS please PHYSICS!!!!!

The last time I buy a game that is released on consoles and the PC at the same time.

[fishyfish777]

Originally posted by t00tles:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by grayg1:
secuROM is doing a wonderful job of stopping a <STRIKE>pirate</STRIKE> paying customer from playing the game.

glad you corrected yourself, as those evil pirates have a crack already so securom is a pay customer only thing.. I suppose you could call it value for money. Buy our game and you get a rootkit FREE!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
Yarr Harr fiddle di deee
Being a pirate is something to be...

Nah. I actually bought the game.

But, IMO, I liked Crysis better. Less repetitiveness, FLYING VEHICLES *hinthint* and goergeous(?) graphics and physics uncomparable to any game.

And by the way, I think 7 powerPC's in a stack could run this game... *wink wink PS3 wink wink*

[Mofficer]

ooof, really. thats got to be how I feel about this game, "ooof" Like you just stubbed your toe but your really drunk and dont feel it.

Singleplayer is a hit for being an open world with different ways to approach your objectives.
Its a great sand-box environment to play in.
I can forgive the long travel times because it gives you time to look at the nice scenery, and its been done in other games in the past.
Oh yeah, forgot the best part of the game: FIRE!

Singleplayer is miss for the following reasons:
The choices you make have little to no impact on the story of the game. Most every other open world game gives the player choices that impact the story the player goes thru. If you save X or you save Y, does not impact the future missions of the game. Ubisoft needs to take some lessons from Bioware, makers of amazing open-world/story/choice driven games like KOTOR and Mass Effect.
Bullets should kill people. I would be very inclined to play on the harder difficulty of the game if I could die in 1-2 bullets, but my enemy would have to do the same. STALKER did the same thing where it takes a few clips to down someone if you aim at their chest, but a few well placed shots in their head and they drop. Problem is a few well places shots are hard to do with any weapon except the sniper rifles.
The realism in the game is sub-par. The blur effects are nauseating and unrealistic (maybe because i've never had malaria) When your looking down the sights on your gun, I can understand the blur around the edge of the screen, but what about the blur on the gun? Armed Assault has great blur effects that dont make you sick, and feel realistic, not to mention guns that shoot real bullets, not rubber ones.

Multilayer - Miss, by several miles. This is where ooof really hurts. Modern games require a multiplayer with balance. I see what they did with explosives so they dont feel overpowered, but they forgot about bunny hopping and 1 shot kill sniper rifles. Its always fun to join a server thats playing an open map only to load and get killed every time you spawn because everyone in the server is sniping with the overpowered 50 cal. If thats not enough cheese for you, then theres the servers where everyone is using launched explosives. Fun if you want to participate, but not much variation between 50cal and nade launchers.
That brings me back to "a bullet that kills" do not exist in multiplayer. It takes a clip, if not 2 to down someone unless you strictly aim for the head. I guess this is to reduce spray and pray, but if you have nade launchers and 1 shot kill snipers, why use a machine gun?
Running around feels a bit clunky with the blur and all. The FOV is too narrow to be observant without moving.
All the game modes boil down to a pointless TDM if the teams are balanced and no objectives can be accomplished.
cant forget that a server kicks you to the menu after a game. forcing you to navigate the clunky and unintuitive multilayer lobby and matchmaking.

Last thing to add, for both single and multi.
Why the hell can I see thru an object but not shoot thru it. Great example would be trees. You cannot use trees for cover because the tree trunk has some sort of invisible wall around it. Same thing for some of the tin sheets that you can use for cover, or some windows in buildings (see the church) The clipping is way to large for the objects in the game.

To be honest, I would have rather spent my 50$ on marijuana. It would have provided me with much more entertainment.

[r33fermadness]

Playing on pc. SP=hit. Having a lot of fun with the SP. 24 hours in, and there seems to be a lot more to go. Worth $50 easy for that alone.
MP=undecided...only checked out deathmatch so far.

[purplehazin]

Originally posted by Mofficer:
ooof, really. thats got to be how I feel about this game, "ooof" Like you just stubbed your toe but your really drunk and dont feel it.

Singleplayer is a hit for being an open world with different ways to approach your objectives.
Its a great sand-box environment to play in.
I can forgive the long travel times because it gives you time to look at the nice scenery, and its been done in other games in the past.
Oh yeah, forgot the best part of the game: FIRE!

Singleplayer is miss for the following reasons:
The choices you make have little to no impact on the story of the game. Most every other open world game gives the player choices that impact the story the player goes thru. If you save X or you save Y, does not impact the future missions of the game. Ubisoft needs to take some lessons from Bioware, makers of amazing open-world/story/choice driven games like KOTOR and Mass Effect.
Bullets should kill people. I would be very inclined to play on the harder difficulty of the game if I could die in 1-2 bullets, but my enemy would have to do the same. STALKER did the same thing where it takes a few clips to down someone if you aim at their chest, but a few well placed shots in their head and they drop. Problem is a few well places shots are hard to do with any weapon except the sniper rifles.
The realism in the game is sub-par. The blur effects are nauseating and unrealistic (maybe because i've never had malaria) When your looking down the sights on your gun, I can understand the blur around the edge of the screen, but what about the blur on the gun? Armed Assault has great blur effects that dont make you sick, and feel realistic, not to mention guns that shoot real bullets, not rubber ones.

Multilayer - Miss, by several miles. This is where ooof really hurts. Modern games require a multiplayer with balance. I see what they did with explosives so they dont feel overpowered, but they forgot about bunny hopping and 1 shot kill sniper rifles. Its always fun to join a server thats playing an open map only to load and get killed every time you spawn because everyone in the server is sniping with the overpowered 50 cal. If thats not enough cheese for you, then theres the servers where everyone is using launched explosives. Fun if you want to participate, but not much variation between 50cal and nade launchers.
That brings me back to "a bullet that kills" do not exist in multiplayer. It takes a clip, if not 2 to down someone unless you strictly aim for the head. I guess this is to reduce spray and pray, but if you have nade launchers and 1 shot kill snipers, why use a machine gun?
Running around feels a bit clunky with the blur and all. The FOV is too narrow to be observant without moving.
All the game modes boil down to a pointless TDM if the teams are balanced and no objectives can be accomplished.
cant forget that a server kicks you to the menu after a game. forcing you to navigate the clunky and unintuitive multilayer lobby and matchmaking.

Last thing to add, for both single and multi.
Why the hell can I see thru an object but not shoot thru it. Great example would be trees. You cannot use trees for cover because the tree trunk has some sort of invisible wall around it. Same thing for some of the tin sheets that you can use for cover, or some windows in buildings (see the church) The clipping is way to large for the objects in the game.

To be honest, I would have rather spent my 50$ on marijuana. It would have provided me with much more entertainment.

/bump...especially the last part

[l0fattoes]

I voted hit (pc)

It's worth the money for the SP, which provides a unique feel. The story could be more open. As it is it seems to be a decide-what-to-do-first story, so ultimately your decisions don't really affect much, since you can do it all eventually anyway. What I love about it is that you can choose to do a mission several different ways. It's possible to sneak through enemy camps, accomplish your objective, and sneak out without being seen, but if you want to break out the explosives and tear the place apart Rambo style, that works too.
So SP gets 8.5 out of 10, missing points for giving me malaria (seriously, who wants malaria? Who wants to pretend they have malaria for fun? Not me).

MP is a miss so far. It needs work for any number of already stated reasons. My main beef is: give me a server list! This matchmaking thing is fine for consoles, NOT for the PC.

[Cyberdactyl]

I voted hit, but just barely. Mofficer hits the nail on the head in most areas. What strikes me the hardest is this game 'feels' as if it is trying way too hard to reach a balance between the consoles and the PC.

I can't recall the last modern, highly anticipated shooter that did not have prone and/or lean.

My other two gripes are the weapon collision algorithms. The minor one is the animals rushing your vehicle and dropping dead even if you're stopped. Removes a HUGE chunk of the immersion right there. The big gripe is the armor plated T-shirts, flannel shirts and skin the enemy has.

[IDC-SenSe_Less]

I voted miss on the fact that the multiplayer Server system and Lobby are HORRIBLE. It's nearly impossible to play with friends. This is on the PC btw. Searching for servers is horrible, and it gives you the option to not display servers that have started, but there's no way to click it? Is this some sort of teaser? FIX THE LOBBY AND SERVER ISSUES for MP.

SP sure does have a lot of driving http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

PLUS MP you can't even change teams, even if players leave and its 8v2, oh well you're stuck. No friends? No change of team? Crappy server listing format? No dice...

[Enigma112]

Hit!

[trgzbaby]

Originally posted by vagrantwade:
Every PC game that comes out has problems initially. People buy games with no knowledge of hardware requirements.

I assume you meant these to be two unrelated statements? only it reads like it's foolhardy customers who are to blame for a badly tested game at launch.

[crusher1968]

Anyone actually changed their minds about their vote after playing further ?

[Envader]

The poll shows it quite obvious.
The majority of people are happy with the game and a patch addessing main issues will further improve the experience.

[crusher1968]

Originally posted by Envader:
The poll shows it quite obvious.
The majority of people are happy with the game and a patch addessing main issues will further improve the experience.


Hit or Miss ?

164 (57%)
Hit - Recommended
105 (36%)
Miss - Not recommended
20 (7%)
Couldn't get it to work so can't say .

The poll shows that 57% are happy so far . At the same time , that means that 43% are not . http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/10.gif
That's not the kind of percentage rate that would suggest the game has so far been a success , or that UBI shouldn't be a little concerned ( only a few hundred have voted ... accepted ).
It will be interesting to see how the poll is looking in a few weeks .
Also , from what I can tell ,from this poll , and especially outside it , is it's the PC users who seem to be the most disappointed so far .
It will need to be quite a patch http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[CuZtds_Lst_Stnd]

A few hundred voting is actually quite sizable for a poll on these forums...

[Envader]

Originally posted by CuZtds_Lst_Stnd:
A few hundred voting is actually quite sizable for a poll on these forums...

Yea, I agree with the strangely named moderator.

But remember, the most dissppointed ones cry the loudest, and therefore are more likely to complain about the game.

Happy customers usually just shut up and dont bother giving feedback.

This is one of the many lessons you learn when studying marketing research, this issue destroys many "votes" for reasons listed above.


Keep that in mind when judging about the success of the game.

[crusher1968]

Originally posted by Envader:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by CuZtds_Lst_Stnd:
A few hundred voting is actually quite sizable for a poll on these forums...

Yea, I agree with the strangely named moderator.

But remember, the most dissppointed ones cry the loudest, and therefore are more likely to complain about the game.

Happy customers usually just shut up and dont bother giving feedback.

This is one of the many lessons you learn when studying marketing research, this issue destroys many "votes" for reasons listed above.


Keep that in mind when judging about the success of the game. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The poll is there for anyone who feels the need to express a vote . It gives people the freedom to express their opinion without being questioned , and it's been fairly interesting , and tremendously civil so far .
It seems the happy customers have so far outweighed the unhappy ones , so maybe the unhappy ones are in the minority , haven't seen the poll , or simply aren't as quick to state displeasure at every opportunity as some may suggest http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Your first line tickled me a little , but like they say ... only give it if you can take it http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif
The name CuZtds_Lst_Stnd is one that you'll be glad exists as the UBI years go by http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Keep voting guys http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[EVERTnl]

I like this game very much! But a few little patches for the mp is nicer.

[Six_Gun]

At my 70% rating, I suppose it falls right in between hit and miss (PC version). It would certainly be more of a hit were the checkpoint respawns slowed down a bit, the texture flickering fixed, the door bug fixed, the missions made more interesting, a clearer separation made between factions, the AI less predictably run n gun, more tactical options like prone, lean and fire modes added, and the open terrain less restrictive to travel.

The game certainly has great potential, but I've been speaking of my skepticism about it's quality of development for some time before it's release merely due to Ubi having complete control over it's development and publishing. I wouldn't expect too much support wise. On other games like GRAW they could conveniently blame GRIN, but his one's all on them. We know from the many Splinter Cell games they've developed and published they CAN make games without these severe problems. This game will be a true test of their commitment to the gaming community.

Had they just beta tested properly it probably wouldn't have come to this.

[kjaye]

I vote for a cautious hit.

It's good fun and enjoyable, very much so at times.

That said there are lots of elements that don't seem finished, the faction system, the buddy system, a lifeless world etc.

It feels like it was rushed out a bit to me, the overall game experience not being anything out of the ordinary.

But the engine is fantastic, the shooting mechanics are solid and the sound and presentation are top notch.

I was hoping this was going to be game of the year and its a long way from that imo, but despite its shortcomings it's still an enjoyable game with at least some freedom in how to go about completing your missions.

It's probably an 8/10 for me or a B- score

[GooseGanja15]

I have to say miss. I was very excited about the game when I first heard about it and bought it the first day it came out but there are too many technical glitches especially in user made maps. The other huge complaint is that virtually nothing is destructible except vegetation and drivable vehicles. It takes sometimes up to 5-10 minutes just to get from one mission to the next, if you ask me that's to realistic. If I wanted a boring driving sim I would have got one.

PS- capture point game mode is a joke.. only the captain can capture points... makes the game a slaughter if you have a noob as a captain, wich happens more often than not.

[drunkrepublican]

Recommended.

[crusher1968]

Who hasn't voted ? http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/10.gif

[Moonbogg]

PC user, shoulda got Stalker. I want my $50 back.

Hate to say it man, but I got Stalker: ClearSky thinking it would be fun like the first, and I played it for about half an hour and damn near fell asleep.

[Cyberdactyl]

I've been thinking about the respawn frequency.

If for some reason there was some hard-headedness on the dev team for keeping the respawn frequency so high, I would have suggested this...

Place guards around the armory stores ($$$) and warehouses too!

I imagine you're saying WTF?!

Here's the catch. Allow true FULL access to the map, not just partial access. What I mean is, design the map where the player can climb any and all hills, rock outcroppings and mountains.

Crysis was touted as a true sandbox game as well, but as anyone knows who played it, the devs structured the mountains as funnels to control the player. While not as severe, FC2 does the exact same thing, forcing you to engage when you may not want to. Having full high ground access would make true strategy possible and surveillance before an attack much more enjoyable and realistic but requiring the player to engage guards at critical resupply locations EVENTUALLY.

[Baron_Greenback]

Could be a hit if it worked properly, but as is, it is sh...errr hit

[mheijndijk]

Miss i must say...

It's supposed to be hardware friendly, but my Quad-core with 8800GT is not playing it smoothly...and it does with Crysis..

But it looks incredible, i like the sweaty african feel it has..thats why it's a shame that you cannot climb every mountain, i like the view at some points..and it would be nice for scouting the badass guys..

The AI is overdone, they constantly hunt you down and they have eagles eyes...no person has this supervision..in real life i can make myself dissapear pretty quickly, but in this game it's not possible...because you can't lie down..
When it's dark and i hit someone with the dart rifle which is pretty silent they immediately spot me even when i'm in cover behind a fat tree while crouching...what is this..
I like to chose to sometimes snipe and sometimes go in head on and riddle some bullets in those guys..the first is not possible..
Or you have to relocate very frequently..

When you put a bullet on someone's kevlar vest he should be stunned longer..no they don't even pauze for a second and have a fenomanal aim again after you put 20 rounds on his chest...that's stupid....
It would be better if they die faster and you have some more guys to shoot at..
Then you will have the same shooting frenzy but it would be more realistic, like Call of Duty...

I like the idea that some of them still lie on the ground dying and shoot at you with their handgun when you come close..suprised me a few times in the beginning..

The driving is to much, give us a helicopter...
It's nice to drive trough the jungle because it looks good, but it's just too much driving..
Or make the hangglider behave more realistic,
so that you have lift when you pass a mountainside which is heated by the sun...
makes you stay in the air longer, now it's just stupid, fly 200 meters and you can walk again...

Weapon sounds are quite good i must say..
Damage is like an airgun...even from the mounted guns...

when you are swimming and want to go ashore you splash like a horse and very frequently can't get out while guys are pumping you full of lead..

having to take malariapills in a firefight is also stupid...wait till after the action...
passing out without a warning in the desert is annoying, you lose your vehicle and have to walk out a few miles...damn...frustrating..
warn us that we can turn around...

But it looks very very good, so it's a shame that it's not more realistic...maybe it's not supposed to be realistic, i don't know, but i heard that they let out the monsters from Far Cry 1 to make it more realistic and night and day to make it more realistic and brush fires to make it more...and so on...
The programmers where talking like this when they showed us the trailers to make us wanna buy this game..
Then this is a poor job of making a realistic game...

Definate MISS.

[Aiston]

Originally posted by grayg1:
secuROM is doing a wonderful job of stopping a <STRIKE>pirate</STRIKE> paying customer from playing the game.

Its doing a bloody wonderful job of stopping me play...and i bought it from GAME !
So far been the worsed £35.99 I've spent this year. Hopefully once i get help that changes, the parts i've played have impressed me.

[Rodriquezz]

OP you forgot the point between HIT and MISS, because that's excatly how i feel about this game. It does many things right, but also many things wrong and this influences the whole FC2 experience.

= I give this game a 72/100 =

The open world is great, very detailed, immersive and well designed, seems the africa trip really payed off! the landscapes are really beautiful and looked very natural.

The shooter qualities are also fantastic, the always different environments and open areas allow you to fight with creative tactics the whole game through and always kept me motivated to play along. But that's where the quality ends for me unfortunately.....


Now the downsides:

- The mission varity is low to not existent,
always the same repetetive missions.

- Long timeconsuming carjourneys(wasn't such a big deal for me, because i enjoyed the Africa setting, so i don't blame Ubisoft on this one, but it was an issue for many other players which conceived this as boring)

- Such a big world and only diamondbriefcases and tapes as secrets? That's NOT enough from a critical POV!
+Maybe you could add some more gimmicks with patches here

- Logical mistakes, some elements feel rushed,uncomplete and created with minimal effort.. My biggest logical issue, i die in the middle of 7 enemies and my buddy comes from ANYWHERE and rescues me like superman without getting scratched, this is the most obvious unfinished idea i've ever seen in a game!
Or the magically respawning guardposts...
Or the magically duplictaed weapons i place in my weapon boxes, which exist in EVERY hideout.


SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
- TERRIBLE ending!! I was like: "What that was it now? Can't be! But it was and i was a bit dissapointed"

___________
Multiplayer is also only average, while i greatly enjoy the Africa setting against human enemies, 90% of the community are Sniper guys or Grenade launcher guys, because those 2 weapon types require MINIMAL effort to rack up kills for XP and it's almost patheticly funny to watch the helpless victims die without having any chance for a counterattack.


I need to be that critical, because after watching this awesomely edited FC2 trailer, i must say this is a bit of a blinder, compared to what i got when i played through the game.

Also very bad move, for refusing gamestar to release their "low" 82/100 voting early on, because it's the most important magazine in the german speaking area and it may cost the company some potential $$$ sheeps. This really brought a bit of a bad light on the company Ubisoft imho.


In the end i must say Far Cry 2 has a GREAT concept, GREAT battles, but there is such a big void in the story and all around, it lacks of a "soul" it's eyecandy and action, but that's it. 2 more months to sharpen the edges and it would've be much better.

You can also say: Don't like? Don't play! But for me it's a PAIN to see that such a great concept feels so rushed in some places and i HOPE that you create some patches which eliminates some those very obvious mistakes.

For me any rating above 85 is a present for Ubisoft and does not represent the real quality of the game.


While i absolutely don't respect the "TL,DR" people..
here ya go:
Far cry 2 is a GREAT Shooter, but doesn't use the concept of the open world to the full extend, which is A PITY and makes me sad/dissapointed face!

[AT-HT]

I like it! Ai just needs some cricital fixes.

[crusher1968]

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000001d)

Obviously I haven't voted hit http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Won't be buying a new CPU in a hurry just to play a game that is so far deemed by a large percentage of the community as not worth it http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/51.gif

[CaptainDEEZ]

I voted Hit, but I will change my vote if some problems aren't fixed.

I enjoy this game minus some major game play defects.

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-Enemy AI most of all - there is none
-Then climbing small objects within the players height should be possible with a button.
-Prone position.
-Destructibility - hardly anything is
-Multiple missions at once to limit so much traveling.
-Enemies should fight each other and not always attack you.
-More wildlife in the water, land, and predators also.
-many more listed in the official forum for SP and MP

[sousekd]

It is beautiful game. I really love the setting, music, environment.... it is SOOOO BAD that Ubi released it without finishing it. It just should be as promoted, now it is on the half-way to be fantastic game.

[Dawgzy]

The graphics and effects are what made this game. I'm a PC gamer and it's obvious it was made for console, so i consider it mediocre. They have these "save boxes" in certain places, though you can just hit f5. I still believe Crysis has better physical effects, such as shooting down trees with your gun and the movement of objects. The setting of Far Cry 2 is what intrigued me the most. Having this open world out in Africa, with wildlife and other realistic environment. There are quite a few cons to this game, which may or may not be able to fixed in patches, but probably won't anyways. I really don't like how everyone chases after you or unloads fire, though you've done nothing wrong or something to seemingly tick them off. If they catch you walking by, they panic. I can also raid a village, killing everyone there and drive a mile or so out; come back and see the village is full of militia once again. Every car has a gps system in it, with a diamond detector. I really don't find that all too realistic. Especially with the poverty of those over in Africa. I'm not a big fan of the hidden briefcases consisting of one diamond in them, placed randomly throughout the world anyways.

[TheJester190]

Hit. It works great on the 360 and I've had loads of fun. Best game I've played in a while. The AI could be improved. I hate how I and shoot one in the head with a silenced pistol and a guard a mile away taking a wee can hear the gunshot.

[blade_of_fire]

the multiplayer is really starting to annoy me i had about 4500 xp and then next time i came on i had like 3853 or something and everytime i get xp then come on the next day i lose the xp i gained previously and goes back to 3853 or something.-miss

[Murko741408]

MISSMISSMISS MISSMISSMISS MISSMISSMISS
MISS MISS MISS
MISSMISS MISS MISS
MISS MISS MISS
MISS MISS MISS
MISS MISSMISSMISS MISSMISSMISS

ONE OF THE WORST GAMES OF 2008

[abigfatmalehen]

i couldn't tell you att all. one thing i can tell you is that i am dissappointed at the lack of help ubisoft have offered. i asked a question in the official FAQ, and it hasn't been answered in a 2weeks.

i have not played the game as it won't run. the game keeps freezing, and the sound gets stuck on one point like a broken record.

ubisoft i am most displeased http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

heres my spec:
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
intel 2 xeon quad core
supermicro X7DAL-E main board dual cpu
2Gb DDR2 ram
500Gb hardisk
Nvidia 8600GT

[crusher1968]

Results so far :

Results (414 votes counted so far):

Hit or Miss ?

232 (56%) Hit - Recommended
156 (38%) Miss - Not recommended
26 (6%) Couldn't get it to work so can't say .

Pretty good responses guys . Well done ! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[cnoelfletcher]

Originally posted by Jeffro_M:
I'm really not impressed so far. Multiplayer needs a RADAR so bad it's not funny. You've got huge maps with no way of knowing where your enemies are besides catching a glimpse of them.

Are you kidding? The whole point of the game is to be hardcore skill based rather than chasing blips on a radar. "Catching a glimpse of them" is more intense/reaslitic.

Now you will have to look for muzzle flashes and listen for gunfire and use cover yourself to find your enemy rather than just mindlessly chasing dots.

I think you miss the greatness of having large outdoors maps. Stick to lame closed in games like COD if you want to just have cluster fudge maps where you just midnlessly kill/respawn every 10 seconds because there is no cover and the maps are too small for long range shots.

[crusher1968]

Originally posted by Jeffro_M:
I'm really not impressed so far. Multiplayer needs a RADAR so bad it's not funny. You've got huge maps with no way of knowing where your enemies are besides catching a glimpse of them.

I can understand wanting to know where your team mates are , but your enemies ?

As FC2 uses PB again , i'm sure there'll be plenty of hacks to choose from soon which will help you to do that lol , but then again , UBI putting the enemies players names over their head is pretty much giving the player away just like a hack would anyway .

Did Okidoki help in the design ? http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Mmyu]

I can't get it to work, as my loading screen freezes. The players who have this same problem had to work out through a long process of trial and error that there is a conflict between the FC2 game engine and certain creative sound cards, and the only guaranteed player created fix is to do a frontal lobotomy on your sound card. Given the number of games I play, I am not willing to clobber my sound card, just to play FC2, as it will adversely effect all my other games. Needless to say, Ubi have neither acknowledged the problem even exists, or designed a fix for it yet.

Although the PC players with technical problems are in the minority, with X% who can't play it at all, and Y% who can't play it without crashing and Z% can't play it online, etc, when you add them all up, their numbers total a sizeable minority. Whilst the media and some of PC players with no technical problems do give FC2 a high score, when you factor in the guys who can't play it, the average score on the PC would fall well below 50%. As of right now, I personally have to score the game 0% because at the moment I can't play it, so the only thing I can do is award it a zero score.

Regards - Mr P

[crusher1968]

Originally posted by Mmyu:
I can't get it to work, as my loading screen freezes. The players who have this same problem had to work out through a long process of trial and error that there is a conflict between the FC2 game engine and certain creative sound cards, and the only guaranteed player created fix is to do a frontal lobotomy on your sound card. Given the number of games I play, I am not willing to clobber my sound card, just to play FC2, as it will adversely effect all my other games. Needless to say, Ubi have neither acknowledged the problem even exists, or designed a fix for it yet.

Although the PC players with technical problems are in the minority, with X% who can't play it at all, and Y% who can't play it without crashing and Z% can't play it online, etc, when you add them all up, their numbers total a sizeable minority. Whilst the media and some of PC players with no technical problems do give FC2 a high score, when you factor in the guys who can't play it, the average score on the PC would fall well below 50%. As of right now, I personally have to score the game 0% because at the moment I can't play it, so the only thing I can do is award it a zero score.

Regards - Mr P

A sizeable minority indeed .

When you consider the votes of this forum alone :

Results (428 votes counted so far):


240 (56%) Hit - Recommended
161 (38%) Miss - Not recommended
27 (6%) Couldn't get it to work so can't say .

That's 44% who gave it the thumbs down .

If we consider that apparantly UBI have sold 1 million copies already , then that equates to :

56% = 560,000
38% = 380.000
6% = 60,000

If these votes represented ALL consumers , then 440,000 out of 1 million are unhappy .

That's pretty DIRE reading for UBI http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/51.gif

[S.corpion]

Miss for me. To many of the usual UBI game release problems, nice map editor but whats the use if they cant be played ranked? Also the community is allready looking slim in game.

[stevietestaross]

Definitely a miss.

game ending - crap http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/51.gif
rest of game - average http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-indifferent.gif
multiplayer - crap http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/51.gif
[B]map editor[/B} - probably the best part of the game but that's not saying much. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-indifferent.gif

And to think I forked out for the collector's ed... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/bigtears.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif

[Cirap]

Hit



but not a bullseye though. UBI failed on a couple of fundamentals

[stevietestaross]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DaJesus:
UbiSoft Games = Amazing potential & great concepts, but poor execution. [QUOTE]

I agree

[Cyberdactyl]

I think your choice resolution in your poll misses a huge number of partially satisfied participants.
I gave it a 'HIT' but would have huge reservations on recommending it to some people.

For someone inexperienced in games and someone who has never partook in multi-play, they may not notice the shortcomings of the MP or may think the single player physics and design are the 'norm'. . . so I might say,
Yea, if you like beautiful graphics, don't mind arcad-ish repetition, you'll probably like it."
But I would be reluctant to recommend this to a seasoned player.

[xoops]

Originally posted by Cyberdactyl:
For someone inexperienced in games and someone who has never partook in multi-play, they may not notice the shortcomings of the MP or may think the single player physics and design are the 'norm'. . . so I might say,
Yea, if you like beautiful graphics, don't mind arcad-ish repetition, you'll probably like it."
But I would be reluctant to recommend this to a seasoned player.

You're basically pointing out how UBI is just targeting new players with zero or so experience with games (especially PC games I might say).

Those people are the easiest victims to screw up with inferior quality products and sub par games, so it's basically the way to go for Ubisoft.

[crusher1968]

Originally posted by Cyberdactyl:
I think your choice resolution in your poll misses a huge number of partially satisfied participants.
I gave it a 'HIT' but would have huge reservations on recommending it to some people.

For someone inexperienced in games and someone who has never partook in multi-play, they may not notice the shortcomings of the MP or may think the single player physics and design are the 'norm'. . . so I might say,
Yea, if you like beautiful graphics, don't mind arcad-ish repetition, you'll probably like it."
But I would be reluctant to recommend this to a seasoned player.

Sometimes simple polls get the best response http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[bubbadog123]

Okay, now that I voted, and BTW my vote was a resounding "yes", I'll give some details. This is by far one of the best FPS I have ever played, and I have been playing them since Marathon came out in 94. This game is, simply put, incredible. The immersion is probably the best since FEAR and the graphics are close to CRYSIS. The origianl FAR CRY, while being a good game itself, turned into a "bug hunt" and I wasn't ready for that. This game stayed true to its story line and for that I thank Ubisoft. I loved driving the African Terrain, and the music, and the wildlife (though I thought it could have been more varied) all in all, it was an extraordinary trip. The missions were enjoyable and I really liked they way you were allowed to approach them in multiple fashions, but having said that, they did become somewhat repetitious. Finding multiple ways to kill an enemy really made this game fun. I absolutely love the flamethrower. There were times when I felt I was my own little KFC franchise and I could just watch 'em "turn and burn". The ai, for the most part were very intelligent and would come at you from all sides, but I had occasions, where I could walk right up to them and they wouldn't do anything. Getting around on the huge maps was not difficult thanks to the bus stops. The Mercs in cars were ridiculously easy to kill though, especially if you had a jeep with a mounted weapon (which you almost always did). For the most part, the landscape and buildings were fairly destructable, although I think both CRYSIS and FAR CRY 2 run into the same problems with destroyed buildings and I think you guys learned from CRYSIS. The grass fires were as good as I thought they could be (given software limitations)and it was fun to set a fire and listen to the BGs scream as they got cooked. The diamonds and the whole malaria thing felt kind of like a subplot that just didn't work, and became kind of bothersome. Most bothersome of all was the *SPOILER ALERT* Jackal's eventual altruistic motivation. It felt contrived and forced. There are a few details (tapes and the few encounters with him) that gave clues, but this was just not enough to justify the ending. But, those aside, this is still, by far, one of the best FPS I have ever played, and I will undoubtedly play it again. My only request is that you do not wait so long to come out with the third installment.

Thank you Ubisoft.

[MajorMojoz]

A buggy single player and a broken multiplayer. MISSES the mark on every level. The game is only 1/3 complete.

[Armored-Hoplite]

Miss.

As others have said, good ideas with poor execution. Also, this game feels so much like a console/arcade game its sad.

-Hokey diamond searches
-Glowing/blinking weapons, ammo, med kits, etc.
-Save game houses
-Ridiculous/low quality overdone blood splatter effects
-Dumbed down controls and physics
-Poor enemy AI
-Repetitive tasks/missions to fill void left by lack of real content
-Long range/sniper weapons have no physics applied to them (bullet drop, differences in velocity, etc.) so every shot is instant and exact, making an already easy game even easier
-Sneaking up with a machete and killing someone alerts everyone within a mile radius
-Poor voice acting with poor pacing and poor lip syncing
-"Buddies" are uninteresting, forgettable, and don't really seem to serve much purpose other than the very rare occasion you need to be rescued (if you fell asleep while playing and got shot, etc.)
-Your decisions ultimately have no real effect, you don't "choose a side" which was complete BS.
-Game is more linear than it would appear
-Ammo and meds are so abundant there is no real concern

and on and on...

Some things I do like are:

-Ability to slide to cover
-Good representation and animation of running and fatigue
-Fire propagation (although range needs to be increased)
-Good variety of weapons although unbalanced
-African landscape/atmosphere well done
-Movements getting in/out/around vehicles is well done

Anyway, FC2 is a big miss for me, I tried returning it without success. I hope they have some serious patches in the works, but I seriously doubt that anything significant will happen. The DLC thing is like a "slap in the face" as others have said.

[Rip_Tide]

FPS? thought it was an RPG myself

luvin single so much haven't even looked at multi yet lol

Could have used a bit more realism such as bullet drop
Could have done without the gps in vehicles
End def too game-y
Missions are repetitive could have used more imagination
Diamonds should be earned ( or stolen ) not found
New guns should be bought every time ya need one
What? no Prone?

small stuff nothin major

one last thought

Far Cry 3 the MMO

from seein this it would be doable
I can see myself saving up for an assault truck now!
http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[swtano666]

It,s a miss (ps3), loosing xp points!!!!!!!W.T.F., spawnprotection (or wharever) is a JOKE (the protected can shoot BUT CAN NOT BE SHOT!!!), wapons are unbalanced, getting kicked for NO REASON, the story sucks (find the jackel but in the first minute of the game HE FINDS YOU!!!)and more....(like the waiting for the host, disconnected from server/host?etc.etc.)BUT MOST OF ALL MY XP POINTS WHERE THE F*$K DO THEY GO, disneyland or..??? I,d realy like to kwow, where the points go!!@@@@@RGH

[swtano666]

And another thing what a STUPID ending, you can not explore the game after the last mision, becouse you die in the end, it is LAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!E ven more LAME than your budies, who (OH WHAT A SURPRISE, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMMING)
betray you ofcourse.

[swtano666]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tobeseen:
I love the game. You have to get used the facts that this game is different. Don;t expect to be shooting all the time, you gotta do some driving and sneaking.
The problem is the way people approach the game. This isn't your standard linear FPS.[/QUOTE
No it is not they saw gta and think we could do that too , geus not they missed more than 4!!!! (gta that is)

[xxx974]

This game isn't how I expected to be. Is nothing to make you play it(again) http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif
To bad for an amazing graphic.

[crusher1968]

I've got to be honest and say this game is incredibly boring for a first person shooter .
The more I play through it , the more i'm thinking how wasteful UBI were with this opportunity http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/disagree.gif

[snakefang490]

Honestly this game, to me at least, its like a beautiful new rifle, that looks completely sexy, has a very nice caliber, and is made for your hands. But on the first run out on the firering lanes, it jams, and the parts you need to fix it arnt in stock....

[Dead_Eye_Sniper]

On a scale of 1 to 10 for the way ubisoft is treaing this game i give it a 0. The mutli-player sucks now theres like 4 people only

[jimsondanet]

i wonder how many people who love this game also love shadow of the colossus?
epic travels through beutiful scenery is awsome

because of the checkpoints i done most my commuting off road, and it improved the game lots
(but still not enough)
i understand that many do not enjoy the scenery as much as killing tho and there is no solution.
bummer.
even though i lost interest in favour of other freeroaming games, i still give it a hit!

[crusher1968]

The graphics are wonderful , and there are many great things about the game also , but the constant driving from one side of the map to another makes you wonder if they designed it that way so as not to need much game play content .
If you look at games such as Half Life 2 etc , which though old , were incredibly full of content and action , FC2 is like a great photo , but not much going on in the background that you haven't seen before .
Overall ,it's pretty , but as said , boring .

[pzrzao]

While I understand the complaints from the PC crowd, the PS3 version has almost no problems (at least for me). I've found that there are ways to overcome almost any of hurdles that the game thrusts upon the player. As to hit or miss - this is the best game I have ever played, mostly because I play it as if I have all the time in the world to complete it. When I start the game, I look around for something to do, just what depends on my mood for the day. Sometimes I want to complete a main mission, sometimes just a few side missions. Or on some days, I fondly remember (and relive) the fun I had sniping every member of the opposition at the Ranger Station, all with none of them ever suspecting a thing. Afterwards I just walked through the station and observed my handi-work. All I play is single player, and if I had one main suggestion it would be to make more missions available as downloadable content.

[ZiemoOne]

The story is to foresight. In FC1 was something unknown, like those mutagens, laboratories etc. FC2 Its complecly different more like COD4 or same not FC :/ After one hour of game i know nothing surprise me. I need some mystery, secrets etc. i'ts not in this game.

[MadCat1968]

I'm having a blast with this game. Would not want to see the developer change any aspects of this game SP wise (Checkpoint respawn times or anything other then fixing bugs). I think the SP game is perfect the way it is.

I usually only need to blow through one or two checkpoints to reach my destinations - I soften them up first (I have a favorite weapons loadout I like to use for this task). You take the bus if the trip is too ardous (the reason for them). You also can find main roads with little resistance along the way - like between Mosate Selo in the central section to Sefapane in the North-East section in the Southern map. You start to recognize the best routes to take to reach your destination (I aquire more familiarty with the map increasing my enjoyment of this game).

Playing on a PC with an Xbox controller.

[kiwi...richie]

great game took me 50 hours and haveing more and more fun each time.
got a problem or two with it though.
quicksave has stoped.
every time you save in the blue box it takes longer and longer.
so i spent 5 hours deleting passed saves.
to delete 1 takes about 5 minutes.
can anyone help please zlo@slingshot.co.nz

[crusher1968]

Originally posted by kiwi...richie:
great game took me 50 hours and haveing more and more fun each time.
got a problem or two with it though.
quicksave has stoped.
every time you save in the blue box it takes longer and longer.
so i spent 5 hours deleting passed saves.
to delete 1 takes about 5 minutes.
can anyone help please zlo@slingshot.co.nz

Do you have plenty of hard drive space left ?

[Masta_Pain]

Originally posted by SuperPetey:
Most certainly a hit for me. Imo, this game thoroughly beats Crysis, with more to sell it than just graphics. I got really worried with all the moaning and problem reports in the first few days before I got my copy, and I considered cancelling my pre-order. I'm so glad I didn't. This game has to be one of the best games of 2008, and be a contender for THE game of the year.
Admittedly, the game travel can get a little tedious, but thats about my only gripe. This game actually succeeds in making me care about my ingame team-mates, something no game has done on that level before.


EDIT: I'm running on PC btw, running it maxed out at 1680x1050. Game runs like a dream, and only looks marginally worse than Crysis. The whole fire thing is so awesome, thats one thing they didn't overhype.
Admittedly, the game travel can get a little tedious, but thats about my only gripe. This game actually succeeds in making me care about my ingame team-mates, something no game has done on that level before.

Crysis dominates this game in every way possible. The best graphics which dominate Far Cry 2's, an actually interesting storyline which you were involved in for the whole time, not just doing random missions, AI was better, silenced pistols are actually quiet, you could one hit kill someone, you could mod your own guns on the fly, you could mod the game, suit powers were awesome, lifelike water which actually had tides and stuff, pick up anything, and most of all, IT ACTUALLY DELIVERS DESTRUCTABLE ENVIRONMENTS.
Crysis>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>farcry2.

i have the PC version of Far Cry 2 btw and its ok, but they need to patch the game to what they advertised immediately or they're never gonna get my money again. after all, thats all they really care about.

[Masta_Pain]

Originally posted by crusher1968:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by kiwi...richie:
great game took me 50 hours and haveing more and more fun each time.
got a problem or two with it though.
quicksave has stoped.
every time you save in the blue box it takes longer and longer.
so i spent 5 hours deleting passed saves.
to delete 1 takes about 5 minutes.
can anyone help please zlo@slingshot.co.nz

Do you have plenty of hard drive space left ? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
wow i can't believe you actually slaved through deleting all your saves manually and you, as an owner of the PC version of the game, uses the blue boxes. theres an easier way you know.
go into:
My Documents>My Games>Far Cry 2>Saved Games
when your there right click somewhere in the window and choose to arrange the files from the date they were modified. this will give you your latest saves at the top. you can now delete as many saves as you want with just a few clicks, leaving a few left to actually play the game with and for backup.

[Masta_Pain]

Originally posted by swtano666:
And another thing what a STUPID ending, you can not explore the game after the last mision, becouse you die in the end, it is LAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!E ven more LAME than your budies, who (OH WHAT A SURPRISE, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMMING)
betray you ofcourse.
i hate you, you just spoiled it for me.

how about you start thinking before you post??!!!

[GentlemanK]

Miss!

I enjoy the game, but not imensely. I don't understand why they hijacked the Far Cry name when we all know Crysis was the true successor. Actually, I do know why, $$$$

I wonder, in retrospect if they would have called this game Far Cry 2 again if they had it to do over. My guess is that they would not, as it is a great shadow Ubisoft placed themselves in, and failed to live up to.

Like I said, I enjoy the game, but just until something better comes along.

[mafted]

Originally posted by Masta_Pain:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by swtano666:
And another thing what a STUPID ending, you can not explore the game after the last mision, becouse you die in the end, it is LAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!E ven more LAME than your budies, who (OH WHAT A SURPRISE, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMMING)
betray you ofcourse.
i hate you, you just spoiled it for me.

how about you start thinking before you post??!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


wow, yea, i didn't know that either.. thanks.

[TX_SASQUATCH]

Originally posted by Jeffro_M:
I'm really not impressed so far. Multiplayer needs a RADAR so bad it's not funny. You've got huge maps with no way of knowing where your enemies are besides catching a glimpse of them.

Yeah because real life battle involves radar tracking of the enemy http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif. Aside from the US using FLIR in the C130 to take down "known" specific enemies, come on guys man up and play the game. Now having a "North" reference on a map would help navigate and allow for enhanced team play, man down, call out your whereabouts to provide cover, revive, etc. Right now it's hit Start and hope their by a A,B,C reference and "know" where you are in relation.

Think it's a good game for what it is...just a game.

[LeeAmes]

most definately a fail for me.

Fps games are my favourite genre and ive been playing them since Doom and duke nuke em.

The graphics are great.
the story line was poor.
the playability is poor and you cant go prone.
Its repetitive.
The enemy are the same from start to finish-boring.
Rubbish vehicles lack any imagination-why not add a monster truck?This game with its terrain begs for such a vehicle.
No stealth kills as you are spotted way to easy.
No exciting car chases-instead they are annoying.
very average multi player compared to previous titles.
brilliant map editor.
No weapon pick ups is a sin in mp.

i cant be bothered listing any more as i could go on all night.Basically this game lacks "THE FUN FACTOR"

VERY POOR-HAD GREAT POTENTIAL-SADLY MONEY GOT IN THE WAY.....

[Farcry2one]

I love Farcry2. Lost the first copy, just bought the second one. For crying out loud Farcry3 please. No predators absolutely, it's so unrealistic!

[Ilovepho]

I bought the game on day 1 and believe it or not, I'm still playing it today.

It has many bad design choices, e.g. the guardposts(People complain that they respawn too soon but I think it would be much better of there is not any of them.), patrol trucks and fanboats, having to drive too much, the malaria thing is annoying and the misisons are far too generic and the same ... but I really like the open and beautiful environment, I have freedom to go anywhere and I can complete mission in my ways. My favorite tactic is using sinper rifle (AS50, Dragunove and Dart Rifle) to take out enemies.

[Azanode]

I love this game. I got it the first week it came out and I still play it every now and then. I've gone through it about eleven times so far, and I intend to keep going.

[killa_677]

Due to the excellent map maker this game is a hit. I also liked lots of other things about the game but the map maker I love very much.