Post by Steve Farrelly @ 09:50pm 23/10/08 | 40 Comments
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Posted 09:53pm 23/10/08
Posted 09:55pm 23/10/08
Posted 09:59pm 23/10/08
I just loaded it up on PC and it seems really really heavy with the accel on the mouse, and I can't find anywhere to turn it off either. It feels kinda similar to how console thumbsticks are setup, but on a mouse, obviously.
Anyone experiencing the same thing, or have any tips on how to remove it?
last edited by reso at 20:59:46 23/Oct/08
Posted 09:58pm 23/10/08
I find it more annoying that the enemy can spot you through the undergrowth and shoot at you when you cant see them, although i've only played for about an hour, so my feelings may change.
Posted 10:02pm 23/10/08
Posted 02:25am 24/10/08
i get the same thing reso.. feels like a mouse lag or something.. takes me a bit longer to line up my shots and difficult to do snap 180 headshotz. getting used to it though.
also agree with your point steve that checkpoint enemies respawn too quick. i'm rolling through the jungle in my jeep and have to pull over to clear out a checkpoint again like i did only minutes ago. i do like how the AI is super aggressive though.. shocked me at first how relentless they are, but they can take a lot of lead considering theyre just wearing a fkn singlet.
gfx are very slick.. love the afternoon sun streaming through the foggy jungle. and the explosions are the best ive seen in a game too.
seems heavily based on that lord of war movie. would be better if the jackal looked like nick cage so you could shotgun that sad-puppy look off his face.
in conclusion, i never want to travel to africa irl.
Posted 02:30am 24/10/08
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Posted 07:10pm 24/10/08
Posted 07:27pm 24/10/08
A few hours in and i can see the driving everywhere could get old quickly, did two missions for the weapons guy, both times he sends me to the other side of the map.
Posted 07:29pm 24/10/08
If you can get where you're going by boat it's often a better way than driving too, less checkpoints.
Posted 07:57pm 24/10/08
Yeah the checkpoints seem to be a bit annoying, cant just drive straight through as they instantly catch up to you, even if both guys werent in a car and the engine was off, unless you slam straight through and get straight in the turret while moving and mow them down before they start firing.
Posted 08:33pm 24/10/08
O and I'm really not liking the Super Soldiers. You shoot these singlet wearing dudes with several bullets and they still keep going, kinda kills the 'realism' the game seems to be aiming for.
Posted 02:14am 25/10/08
the bus ride also takes a couple of hours (in game) so when i arrive at a destination it's usually in the middle of the night. nights are gay cos it doesnt look as purty.
i wish there was more wildlife too.. beyond the odd gazelle and zebra. i want to hack up baboons leopards hippos n s***.
yeah 'farcry2: big game hunter' mod w00t!
Posted 12:03pm 25/10/08
I'm using a 4870x2 and I get no problems at all, run it in ultra high detail and it runs perfectly.
Posted 12:13pm 25/10/08
Posted 12:59pm 25/10/08
Posted 01:06pm 25/10/08
x1950 Pro 256meg
64 X2 4200+
3 Gig Ram
Most settings are on medium and I get 30fps during the day and around 50 during the night.
I was getting the mouse lag until I dropped down the physics and real tree? level. It seems the mouse lag is caused by chewing up your CPU.
Posted 01:11pm 25/10/08
Posted 01:27pm 25/10/08
True, it works out to about $88 AUD.
Posted 02:01pm 25/10/08
ive just started and listened to the monotonal speech of the guy writing the story on the jackal, and was thinking "f*** yer, this voice acting is bad"
Posted 07:17pm 26/10/08
still better than most games.
Posted 08:11pm 26/10/08
BRAINSS
Posted 12:44pm 28/10/08
So far my kill list is:
2 guards in 1st safehouse (mandatory)
2 drug dealers (mission, but they were bad! ./arnie)
[quote]yeah 'farcry2: big game hunter' mod w00t![/quote]
On the Collector's Edition DVD they show parts of the producers trip to Kenya and one of the guides asked what would happen in the game if you shot an animal. They basically said that there's nothing stopping a player shooting anything, but it's not going o be encouraged. Felt like it was a PC type of thing to say to a conservationist guide, but he looked like the the thought of a trophy or the like for bagging some big game had crossed his mind.
Funniest thing I've seen so far is a jeep coming over a hill sideways and rolling over a couple of times. 'WTF??!?" I thought, but kept sneaking along only to find a dead zebra right on the rize of the hill. The patrol had hit it at speed and crashed with no direct involvement from me. That was awesome incidental action. I was expecting though to see more of that. Isn't there supposed to be a war on? why aren't there gunfights over patrol points? Maybe I'm not far enough through it (~15hrs, most side missions but only ~12% main storyline). Does the war open up everywhere later on?
Posted 01:18pm 28/10/08
Anyone tried multiplayer? The matchmaking is s***e with many games located on overseas servers and no gamespy-like interface at all to make any kind of informed choice. I can only think that they did that to keep the codebase the same as the consoles, and if they did I'd be whinging more about that than a software mouse cursor.
Posted 08:30pm 01/11/08
Plays more like a consol game to me.
I’ve noticed a trend in the past few years, games made purely for PC seem to be enjoyable, however games that are prepared for both PC and consol seem to be . . . S***!
Posted 08:54pm 01/11/08
Posted 10:23am 02/11/08
playing far cry 2 feels like a chore, it's not fun at all =(
Posted 07:35pm 03/11/08
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Posted 08:01pm 03/11/08
if they release a demo get that. when you complete a mission, hit quick load.
keep doing this until you are bored out of mind, you'll have experienced pretty much exactly what anyone who bought the game did.
Posted 08:08pm 03/11/08
I dont even think the noob wants to hear your s***.
Posted 08:26pm 03/11/08
even though crysis ran a lot worse than far cry I think I liked it more with the fun fun fun powerup runs chokes and throws it had