[Official] Far Cry 2

[LOC Veteran]

Yeah, I'd have to say, Far Cry 2 is utterly amazing so far. It beats STALKER for atmosphere, and that game has that shizzle down pat. It actually runs fairly smooth on my 6600 rig here, everything on low of course. I think I may be able to knock a few items to medium though, woooo.

[Konstanov]

I'm playing with everything on the highest settings with a 9800GTX+ and 2 Gigs of ram, and never going below 30 fps. Also the first time I saw my first pale yellow Dune Buggy I near orgasmed at how quickly I could jet across the country now.

[sin-ergy]

HD4850: I had to turn shadows to medium. Some areas dipped below 30fps....bah! Let me know how it runs for you guys in the desert areas...

I noticed something VERY odd with the graphics settings. Lowering some settings yielded LOWER frame rates. wtf? o_O

How do I get past Mike's bar, won't let me do anything except buy guns and upgrades

Did you get the mission to go to the bar? :p

[Xerxes]

You know I was planning on skipping Far Cry 2 (loved the first one but) as it looks extremely boring, have to say though after seeing some more screenies of the other environments in the game, my interest has been rekindled :) I was thinking of getting it on either the PS3 or 360 so I can play it maxed out, but I think I'll go PC instead :happy:

It's turning out to be an expensive month I think :p (planning on getting RA3 next week too) ah well, can never have too many games :D :laugh:

EDIT: On second though, I'm waiting for a demo (if there is even going to be one?) and see how well/bad it runs on my PC. I've already bought one game* that looked awesome, but was hugely disappointed when I took it home and it was unplayable on any setting on my PC :/ (I did check the system requirements and my PC did meet and even exceed some of them - but the thing is system requirements are purely a guide and not a guarantee it will even work).

* = No it wasn't Crysis :p that runs not too bad...well till you get to the ice levels, then it's a different ball game.

Edited October 23, 2008 by Xerxes

[sin-ergy]

^ heh, it wasn't Crysis but Crysis didn't run too bad? What game was it then? :p

FC2 is not based on the Crysis engine and it seems to scale a lot better to older systems. There's tons of graphical settings you can tweak.

BTW, the AI in this game is dumb as hell. I've had enemies just stand around while I butchered their buddies. Canon fodder!!

Edited October 23, 2008 by sin-ergy

[ViperAFK]

^ heh, it wasn't Crysis but Crysis didn't run too bad? What game was it then? :p

FC2 is not based on the Crysis engine and it seems to scale a lot better to older systems. There's tons of graphical settings you can tweak.

BTW, the AI in this game is dumb as hell. I've had enemies just stand around while I butchered their buddies. Canon fodder!!

haha yeah but the crysis ai isn't any better seems to be a problem with these new games. F.E.A.R had awesome A.I. wihs more games would work harder on ai intelligence instead of making them take 20 hits to kill like fc2 and crysis.

Overall though far cry 2 is a REALLY great game. I am having a blast with it. It looks beatiful and runs on ultra settings on my 9600gt with 2xaa. IMO even though the graphics aren't as good as crysis. The wolr feels more "real" and lifelike. This is one of the most immersive games I have ever played.

[Smigit]

haha yeah but the crysis ai isn't any better seems to be a problem with these new games. F.E.A.R had awesome A.I. wihs more games would work harder on ai intelligence instead of making them take 20 hits to kill like fc2 and crysis.

Havent played Far Cry 2 but IMHO AI in current games struggle with open door environments. You can add HL2 to the list of games where I thought the AI wasn't brilliant and I've long held the oppinion that HL1's AI was more effective. Not really because HL1's was more adept or technically advanced, it wasn't...but the closed environments with plenty of cover and walls to bounce grenades off gave the AI more chance to react sensibly to threats.

In many cases in HL2 and Crysis I found the AI really had no option to stand there and shoot at you simply because the environment doesn't offer them a huge amount of cover and until the AI learns to lean against trees or go prone in bushes ect then it'll continue to stand there like cannon fodder in open maps.

Not saying they can't be better, but I think they have to make the computer players movement options alot more flexible when it comes to open world games because they cant simply use ducking behind a wall as an example of good AI and effective cover.

Even Fears outdoor areas were largely designed quite similar to the indoor ones for instance with lots of huge structures for the AI to duck behind.

Anyway, think my copy ships today.

[Dotdot]

^ heh, it wasn't Crysis but Crysis didn't run too bad? What game was it then? :p

FC2 is not based on the Crysis engine and it seems to scale a lot better to older systems. There's tons of graphical settings you can tweak.

BTW, the AI in this game is dumb as hell. I've had enemies just stand around while I butchered their buddies. Canon fodder!!

Could of sworn it was the Crytek engine. but meh. Far as I was aware it runs on the Dunia engine which was/is a heavily modded version of the engine used in Crysis (Crytek)

[Xerxes]

^ heh, it wasn't Crysis but Crysis didn't run too bad? What game was it then? :p

FC2 is not based on the Crysis engine and it seems to scale a lot better to older systems. There's tons of graphical settings you can tweak.

BTW, the AI in this game is dumb as hell. I've had enemies just stand around while I butchered their buddies. Canon fodder!!

Crysis runs well (on low settings mind you) is what I meant :p

World in Conflict was the game I was referring to, Crysis runs better then it does....was quite disappointed.

[Unimatrix Xero]

got FC2 yesterday and im really impressed on how smoothly it runs on my rig, the game is at 1680x1050 with DX10 mode on with the game at 'Very High' and its sooo smooth

[Denholm]

Got mine today.

Amazed how crisp the graphics are and how smoothly this game runs.

1680*1050/Vista DX10/GTX260 (216)

Back to some gaming now. :D

[burnsflipper]

Just started playing it, runs very smoothly, anyone tried it in very high settings with an 8800 GT DX10? Still does have that same annoyning problem when it doesnt start at full screen and you have to press alt+enter, maybe it uses a similar engine to asassin's creed

[Sethos]

Ran everything 1920x1200 Ultra High and the game was smooth as butter!

[Brad.]

Ran everything 1920x1200 Ultra High and the game was smooth as butter!

Woah, sounds awesome.

:D

[Konstanov]

Anyway spend time hunting Wildebeest with the M1905, fun little mini game to see how many of the herd you can shoot in the **** before they all run off like fairies into trees.

[Rix]

I'm gonna go have a look round town after college see if i can find it a day early

[ahmz]

Unfortunately, this game sucks (unless you like RPGs and cruising around Africa in a jeep)

[DigitalE]

I might have to have a go at this game with my new MacBook when it arrives :D

[notuptome2004]

Unfortunately, this game sucks (unless you like RPGs and cruising around Africa in a jeep)

obviously you must of installed the wrong game and didn't bother paying attention to the last years worth of Developer videos

[ahmz]

obviously you must of installed the wrong game and didn't bother paying attention to the last years worth of Developer videos

Wait, let me see my check list.

1. Install the correct game - CHECK

2. Pay attention to the last years worth of Developer videos - CHECK

3. Have the same taste and opinions on games as notuptome2004 - FAIL

I'll try and do better next time.

[Sethos]

I'll try and do better next time.

Thanks.

[Pheee]

My Order is processing at Shopto.net, so should be here tomorrow.

[sin-ergy]

Anyway spend time hunting Wildebeest with the M1905, fun little mini game to see how many of the herd you can shoot in the **** before they all run off like fairies into trees.

I like running them down in my Jeep :p

[Sethos]

Perhaps I should create a 'hunting' level :laugh:

[»X«]

Having problems running this properly, but its not the video, its the sound.

I cant hear any reload animations, phone conversations (the phone ringing either) and other sound anomalies. Also, if an NPC is talking, I can only hear them in either the right or the left channel only (depending where my crosshair is).

I'm using it with an Audigy SE on vista x32. Any thoughts?

It really takes the fun out and has made it unplayable for me.

Also, sorry if its been posted by theres a hotfix for this game if you got an ATI card.

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

* Far Cry 2

* Radeon? HD 4800 series

* Radeon? HD 4600 series

* Radeon? HD 3800 series

* Radeon? HD 3600 series

* Radeon? HD 3400 series

* Radeon? HD 2900 series

* Radeon? HD 2600 series

* Radeon? HD 2400 series

* Radeon? X1950 series

* Radeon? X1900 series

* Radeon? X1800 series

* Radeon? X1650 series

* Radeon? X1600 series

* Windows Vista 32-bit Edition

* Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

* Windows XP Professional

* Windows XP Home Edition

* Windows XP Media Center Edition

* Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

This hotfix

* Improves performance for the DirectX 9 version of Far Cry 2 on CrossFire? compatible systems

* Improves performance for the DirectX 10 version of Far Cry 2 on both single and CrossFire? compatible systems

Far Cry 2 XP HotFix (includes XP 32-bit and 64-bit)

Far Cry 2 Vista HotFix (includes Vista 32-bit and 64-bit)