Post by Eorl @ 10:55am 29/11/12 | 47 Comments
Featuring an introductory into just what you can expect from the tropical island adventure, the launch trailer is narrated by one of the first friendly faces you see, Dennis. With a wealth of danger on the island, including tigers and bears, it's safe to say you'll need the knowledge before diving in.
In this savage paradise where lawlessness and violence are the only sure thing, players will dictate when, where and how the events of the game unfold. Players will slash, sneak, detonate and shoot their way across the island in a world that has lost all sense of right and wrong.Ubisoft has also revealed a critical day 1 patch (1.01) for PC is now available for download, which you can find locally here. The patch notes include fixes to multiplayer, co-op and singleplayer, which you can find over here.
From a massive and living open world and a gripping storyline to standalone Coop and Multiplayer modes, Far Cry 3 is going to bring you hours and hours of fun and discoveries.
Welcome to the Rook Islands: shoot first, ask direction later.
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Posted 11:57am 29/11/12
Posted 12:23pm 29/11/12
It's already out on steam. Had a quick bash this morning, looks pretty amazing. Runs really well on my PC too, even maxed out in DX11. I immediately noticed some parallels with AC3, the hunting and sidequesting stuff, but it seems like FC does a better job of integrating these systems into the game than AC.
Posted 12:00am 30/11/12
Posted 12:14am 30/11/12
Posted 01:19am 30/11/12
Also, this game man. That intro and the first drug trip were amazing.
Posted 08:17am 30/11/12
Posted 02:09pm 30/11/12
Honestly - pay the +$30 for it on steam -.-
Posted 02:11pm 30/11/12
Posted 02:27pm 30/11/12
Maybe I just had bad luck but I had a few problems
Extraction of install files put them in a temp directory which disappeared without running the setup
Had to re-extract them
Direct X update failed
Run Uplay, create an account - had to wait 5 minutes for confirmation email
Open Uplay - no far cry 3
Had to run farcry 3 exe to get uplay to recognise it
Run FC3 through uplay "unable to patch"
restart it all - patch got to 50% - unable to patch - click here to play - CAN'T PLAY WITHOUT PATCH
manually download and install patch
While it works now - it was a huge pain compared to steam
Posted 02:36pm 30/11/12
Posted 02:45pm 30/11/12
hasn't valve caught on to this? I remember someone b****ing about trying to run it an getting 'You key is not valid for this region' or something
Posted 03:10pm 30/11/12
Posted 03:46pm 30/11/12
I am playing single player FFS!! hate this always connected bullcrap!
Posted 03:54pm 30/11/12
$40 cheapest steam key it seems. Didnt look into it much but it seems non steam keys arent much cheaper.
Im with Eorl. I did a VPN thing during 2011 xmas steam sale and steam and amazon both knocked me back. Maybe im just bad.
Posted 04:15pm 30/11/12
pretty sure the steam version will still require uplay. the AC games do.
Posted 04:27pm 30/11/12
Posted 05:01pm 30/11/12
Its great to keep an eye on for when games drop in price $5-10 if you are into waiting a little while for savings. Tight ass i know.
I assume you got the deluxe version @ that price as the basic version is $40 but you are correct, it seems they dont add GST til you go to purchase.
Posted 05:52pm 30/11/12
Prices listed without GST. Standard Edition for Steam = $40 + 10% GST = $44. Really not a fan of Day 1 DLC, hence avoiding the deluxe pack. Awaiting cdkey ...
Posted 06:49pm 30/11/12
*EDIT* - Still can't patch, but putting it in offline mode fixes the crashing.
Posted 07:02pm 30/11/12
gunplay - 10/10
navigating the in game menu is s*** 3/10 and you need to a lot to craft health and ammo.
and to interact with anything like jumping in a vehicle or skinning a animal you have to hold E for a sec, because you use it so often its really f***** annoying.
guess thats what happens with console ports.
its a shame it has the potential to be a great game but it to clunky with all the controls, console noobs proberly wouldn't notice
i would still recommend it if you liked far cry 2
oh and you have to run it through steam then through uplay just to get in.....f*****g ghey
also turn the s*** music off and crack up your sound, the guns and gun fights sound good.
Posted 07:27pm 30/11/12
Probably best to post your graphics settings (resolution, "overall quality" level chosen (high/ultra), AA level, shadows, etc) if you want your opinion of the graphics to be taken seriously :)
Posted 08:53pm 30/11/12
Posted 09:00pm 30/11/12
Posted 10:44pm 30/11/12
Posted 11:31pm 30/11/12
same here, wanted to know how this would run on my system before I throw cash down so i get good support.
ok so ive played about 10 mins and 2 mains things:
The graphics are crazy, straight up (using HBAO method). Its one of the best looking games I have ever played. My oc'd i7 930 @ 4.0ghz and oc'd 5970 can not keep up with this even on high (not ultra) with NO AA. My max frame rate is about 45fps. The speech animations could be better but no biggy. I have noticed a few rare clipping errors with minor stuff but nothing major.
The menu is a total pain in the ass but I guess its something to get used to.
Otherwise it its pretty solid. Im considering getting a new graphics card just to keep up with this. Apparently its AMD optimised so i might need another 5970. Does AMD have any newer dual GPU cards?
last edited by Rdizz at 23:30:29 30/Nov/12
last edited by Rdizz at 23:31:32 30/Nov/12
Posted 12:02am 01/12/12
Posted 12:39am 01/12/12
it just doesn't look right, just cause 2 looks better landscape wise and thats getting on a bit now. just played a bit more and its just some areas look crap ie some rocks/cliffs just look very consoley
if your playing on a console then yes i agree it looks good but as much on pc imo.
maybe ive played too much bf3, i think i just expected it to blow me away considering all the vids leading up to it were all on consoles. plus i started playing this like its a FPS but its more of a mix RPG/FPS
Thanks Erol, i turned that off straight away anyway, not getting any lag its just how the menu is set up i think.
serious :/
Posted 12:50am 01/12/12
Configure uplay to run in offline mode whenever it's started - had the same issue but not since configuring it to run in offline mode every time.
Posted 01:21am 01/12/12
if you are it will make it look bf3 similar to bf3, also this is optimised for AMD cards, so you may be missing out with nvidia.
honestly on my setup it looks just as good as bf3 if not better in some areas and other things not as good.
last edited by Rdizz at 01:21:35 01/Dec/12
Posted 01:48am 01/12/12
GTX 570 and Intel i5 2500k
My settings
http://i.imgur.com/5OAvn.jpg
Screenshots
http://i.imgur.com/sdgxX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3ojsZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tGpGc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hhDRy.jpg
Posted 02:33pm 01/12/12
enjoying the game thou, its like red dead in FPS lol
Posted 05:26pm 01/12/12
From the sounds of it, they probably have a russian or other country's Steam account and keep buying cheaper region copies within steam and gifting them. I'm not sure how they are getting away with it, as Steam generally blocks you from buying more than a couple of copies of a particular game without manual unblocking by their staff. Perhaps they have throw-away accounts and VISA cards or something to get around this restriction.
Posted 05:40pm 01/12/12
Posted 06:47pm 01/12/12
Posted 10:25pm 01/12/12
Posted 10:30pm 01/12/12
i wonder what the threshold is, because many people purchase multiple copies of games to use for trading.
Posted 10:57pm 01/12/12
Others suffering from the same issue with both nvidia and amd cards:
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/730854-Micro-stuttering
Posted 01:44am 02/12/12
Someone had trouble parking their truck.
http://i.imgur.com/AzzEC.jpg
I hear something now about un-parking your cores if you have a quad core CPU. I am not too sure what its about, Something about the program making use of your 3 other cores more. There is a thread on the Planetside 2 forums about it.
Posted 07:09am 02/12/12
the latest 12.11 amd beta drivers fixed this for me
last edited by Rdizz at 07:09:15 02/Dec/12
Posted 01:51pm 02/12/12
Posted 02:18pm 02/12/12
anyway after playing for maybe 5 hours tonight and im quite frustrated with this game. endless graphical bugs now, its WAY too easy even on the hardest difficulty, the menu thing is beyond a joke now, i must have pushed the esc key at least 500 times during the game, the weapon selection is straight off console and it really relly feels like im playing a console game on my pc.
Posted 02:45pm 02/12/12
The menu system is very annoying. Why have crafting/inventory, etc in the same menu as Save/Quit. It's so cluttered. Plus there are soooooooooo many hints in the came that you have to Esc, Esc, Esc, Esc, Esc out of.
Finding the game fun otherwise. It's pretty much assassin's creed on an island (a range of takedown types + tower climb for map reveal + quick-descend tower similar to a leap of faith).
Posted 05:13pm 02/12/12
You've got a radial menu for guns, a system menu 10 layers deep for your inventory and crafting, a weird combo between checkpoint and save system and every other thing is slowed down by a silly push and hold a key to interact with it.
Did the UX designers at Ubisoft Montreal get downsized or something?
Posted 06:35pm 02/12/12
Nvidia control panel --> Manage 3d Settings --> Farcry3.exe --> Vsync set to 'adaptive' --> Turn vsync off in farcry 3.
Running 1920x1080 DX11/Max everything I can.
Was having stuttering and microstuttering issues until doing this, hasn't missed a beat now.
GTX590
Win7 64.
Posted 07:14pm 02/12/12
farcry3.exe or farcry3_d3d11.exe?
I'll try it with both.
Posted 11:10am 03/12/12
Spoiler:
girlfriends a b****
Posted 07:08pm 03/12/12