FAR CRY

[ninjazed]

Originally posted by: QueBert
Far Cry's AI wasn't challenging because if you shoot at them, they'd never duck or be catious just run around screaming "I know you're around here somewhere"

Look, I'm not going to get in a flame war here, but...I strongly disagree and I'll bet alot of other game players out there do too.
I can't afford to spend all day in front of my computer for kicks, so I play for fun when I can. I've got the difficulty set down low and I find this game very challenging. If just one of those Trigens gets on top of you, it's game over! The Control level had me swarmed with them dang things! Now I'm in the Archives and the bad guys are invisible!
Cheese and Rice!
The AI is not perfect but it's better than some (or most) software. The fact that gameplay is not linear and the story can be played out many different ways is neat. The enemies don't necessarily do the same thing every time you load up. The enemies aren't brain surgeons either but they seem to run for cover and team up (or sneak up) on you more than I've seen in some other games.
Also, this is the first game out that fully exploits the graphics capabilities that some new generation cards can deliver. And I must say again this is a visually stunning game.
With 20 levels of excitement for $40 (or $30) I think Ubisoft and Crytek should be commended for a job well done instead of blasted for every possible perceived shortcoming.
Could it be better? Probably, but we have 5 Cd's worth of action right now, released on schedule with minimal bugs and at a reasonable price. I for one am enjoying the purchase. My GF thinks I'm enjoying it too much, she just doesn't understand the nirvana of a great FPS!
That is all.

 

[Superself]

Originally posted by: ninjazed

Originally posted by: QueBert
Far Cry's AI wasn't challenging because if you shoot at them, they'd never duck or be catious just run around screaming "I know you're around here somewhere"

Look, I'm not going to get in a flame war here, but...I strongly disagree and I'll bet alot of other game players out there do too.
I can't afford to spend all day in front of my computer for kicks, so I play for fun when I can. I've got the difficulty set down low and I find this game very challenging. If just one of those Trigens gets on top of you, it's game over! The Control level had me swarmed with them dang things! Now I'm in the Archives and the bad guys are invisible!
Cheese and Rice!
The AI is not perfect but it's better than some (or most) software. The fact that gameplay is not linear and the story can be played out many different ways is neat. The enemies don't necessarily do the same thing every time you load up. The enemies aren't brain surgeons either but they seem to run for cover and team up (or sneak up) on you more than I've seen in some other games.
Also, this is the first game out that fully exploits the graphics capabilities that some new generation cards can deliver. And I must say again this is a visually stunning game.
With 20 levels of excitement for $40 (or $30) I think Ubisoft and Crytek should be commended for a job well done instead of blasted for every possible perceived shortcoming.
Could it be better? Probably, but we have 5 Cd's worth of action right now, released on schedule with minimal bugs and at a reasonable price. I for one am enjoying the purchase. My GF thinks I'm enjoying it too much, she just doesn't understand the nirvana of a great FPS!
That is all.

I totally agree.
I mean if you don't get your adrenaline pumping and get all excited when you play Far Cry,....maybe FPS are not for you?
Far Cry is an excellent game.
Sure it has a couple of negatives, but overall at the end of the day when you have completed the game....can you honestly say you felt cheated out of your money??

 

[Slogun]

ninjazed, regarding the invisible trigens, you do know about "cryvision" don't you?
Press "T" and you see the invisible enemies, looks like infrared vision.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Slogun
ninjazed, regarding the invisible trigens, you do know about "cryvision" don't you?
Press "T" and you see the invisible enemies, looks like infrared vision.

haha... yah, it took me forever to figure this out (and entirely by accident... I hit "t" when I mean to hit "r" by reloading).

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker

Far Cry's AI wasn't challenging because if you shoot at them, they'd never duck or be catious just run around screaming "I know you're around here somewhere"

I've actually had a few times where I *thought* I cleared out a group only to advance and get mowed down by a couple of guys who stayed put and quiet long enough for me to assume they weren't there anymore.

The save points is great, but there are a few spots where you have to go way too far, with too much action going on to hit the save. The river boat level with the helicopters and dudes on the bridges with the Rocket Launchers is a perfect example.

Actually thought that was the easiest level, just go.

Yup, on that exact level, there is a small area with baddies on a little stretch of land, before the river turns to the left around a corner. I chose to mow down all the baddies I could see with the gun on my boat, and then jumped to land to gather their ammo. Just as I was picking up some ammo, I look up and, sure enough, there's a rocket coming right at me from a guy VERY far away on a mountain. I started to strafe left and was hit with red as I took fire from somewhere. I turned and saw one last baddie hiding in the trees on this tiny little inlet. Too bad for him, but the rocket launching guy had bad aim. He was killed by the rocket and I took some collateral damage from it. Then, it took me another 2 minutes to snipe that rocket-man.

 

[ninjazed]

Originally posted by: Slogun
ninjazed, regarding the invisible trigens, you do know about "cryvision" don't you?
Press "T" and you see the invisible enemies, looks like infrared vision.

Most excellent, Thanks Slogun, the battery doesn't last too long though does it?
If one doesn't closely watch the meter, one may get their azz handed to them when they least expect it.
I just got to the Boat level and this is one totally kewl game.

 

[LastExile]

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[sparkyclarky]

Originally posted by: LastExile
The 5-cd version of farcry is what I have, i installed it using daemon tools(emualtion), and i overwritten the orginal farcry.exe with the crack carcry.exe. However, when i try to open the game, nothing happens. I means NOTHING happens. i know that i should disable all emulation tools, so i disabled Daemon tools and everything. It still don't work. I burned the first disk too, it still doesn't load.
how did u guys work it out?

My alcohol 120% expired, anyone know how i can crack alcohol too?

thanks for y'all expertizzzzz!!!!!!!

While you could be legitimately doing this, something about your post makes me feel that you've pirated the game buddy.

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky

Originally posted by: LastExile
The 5-cd version of farcry is what I have, i installed it using daemon tools(emualtion), and i overwritten the orginal farcry.exe with the crack carcry.exe. However, when i try to open the game, nothing happens. I means NOTHING happens. i know that i should disable all emulation tools, so i disabled Daemon tools and everything. It still don't work. I burned the first disk too, it still doesn't load.
how did u guys work it out?

My alcohol 120% expired, anyone know how i can crack alcohol too?

thanks for y'all expertizzzzz!!!!!!!

While you could be legitimately doing this, something about your post makes me feel that you've pirated the game buddy.

The part about cracking a tool often used for [less-than-legal usage] is a blaring red flag to me

edit- LastExile, could you edit your post so that this thread's chances of being locked will drop greatly? kthxbye

 

[Sunner]

Well Czar, I did the same thing as you on the "sneaking around" level.
Trying to sneak past 100 or so enemies, dying/loading about 50 times in the process just isn't fun.

Actually I did that on the first volcano level too, the game pretty much grinded to a halt the second I stuck my nose out there, I just kept dying and didn't see what hit me cause Im running at ~3-4 FPS.

 

[stnicralisk]

The demo was fun.. i want to know if in the full version you can still run out shoot your gun to get the enemies attention and then run and duck inside of a bush pull out your knife and keep swinging and eventually cut them in the legs and kill them. In the demo it worked everytime.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: stnicralisk
The demo was fun.. i want to know if in the full version you can still run out shoot your gun to get the enemies attention and then run and duck inside of a bush pull out your knife and keep swinging and eventually cut them in the legs and kill them. In the demo it worked everytime.

I didn't try that tactic, but the game seems to run about the same as the demo regarding gameplay.

 

[Jeff7181]

I'm playing with all settings at Medium except water detail, which is set to Very High and everything looks fantastic. I've set the settings higher, but it doesn't look that much better, so I'm going for better frame rates since I prefer fluid movement to extremely detailed graphics. But yeah... I don't know what some of you people are complaining about... the game is awesome... If you start on a high enough difficulty setting it shouldn't be so easy it's boring. The only fault I can find with the game is that when you jump in the water the water doesn't ripple or anything... but maybe that's cause I have the effects detail at Medium. Either way... I'm no more impressed by the HL2 videos than I am by Far Cry. Sorry Valve! Crytech beat ya to it!

 

[sd]

Can't wait for this game. Fvckin WorstBuy.com sucks! I ordered the game on 4/6, and I'm still waitin!!

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: sd
Can't wait for this game. Fvckin WorstBuy.com sucks! I ordered the game on 4/6, and I'm still waitin!!

That's why I drove down there the Friday after the game came out and bought it in person.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: sd
Can't wait for this game. Fvckin WorstBuy.com sucks! I ordered the game on 4/6, and I'm still waitin!!

I ordered mine last Wednesday and it came today.

 

[Jeff7181]

Ok, I'm pissed off at this game... Volcano is unnecessarily difficult. Damn thing... I can't get "god mode" to work either... anyone know how? I keep reading the same thing on different sites about how to do it and I can't get it to work. I just wanna finish this stupid game to see the ending before I sell it on eBay! :disgust:

Nevermind, I found it... if anyone else needs instruction on how to do it just let me know.

What a retarded ending!

 

[magomago]

lucky all of you are...i bought the game (Along with T3...hahah my mx420 won't play it) and the game always crashes on the level you first see the trigens or whtaever the guy calls them.

I see the tri gen, and then i have to turn on the electricity b/c it goes out and i need to go through the elevator, so i can start the tree tops level and the game ALWAYS crashed b4 it can load right there....any ideas?

 

[Jeff7181]

Try changing your display settings temporarily.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Try changing your display settings temporarily.

its on 800*600x32

I don't think going down anymore will help~~ to bad there isn't a 16 bit mode..yeah it'd look a lot more like a$$ but atlesat it'd prolly get some speed up

 

[abaez]

I'm on the level where you have to destroy the three towers. I'm playing on realistic it's vey challenging.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: magomago

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Try changing your display settings temporarily.

its on 800*600x32

I don't think going down anymore will help~~ to bad there isn't a 16 bit mode..yeah it'd look a lot more like a$$ but atlesat it'd prolly get some speed up

I'm talking about the detail settings in the game.