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Da Dego · 3rd Jun 2008, 12:17

Far Cry 2 Preview

At Ubidays 2008 we recently we got a chance to get some up-close experience with Far Cry 2 and managed to swing not one but two bouts of hands-on time. Check out our thoughts and impressions within!

liratheal · 3rd Jun 2008, 12:28

"blasting holes in walls with a shotgun"

That made me very happy in the pants.

Here's hoping the rest of the game's as good :B

Almightyrastus · 3rd Jun 2008, 12:59

So no mention of mutants and/or aliens in the game then?

THAT made me very happy in the pants.

I lost interest in Far Cry and Crysis when they started cropping up.

Blood · 3rd Jun 2008, 13:12

The picture with the SVD Dragunov... the rifle is modeled completely backwards.

Looks good none the less, path-less games are a must!

Squadexodus · 3rd Jun 2008, 13:20

Great. Another game that will eat my computer alive...

Bauul · 3rd Jun 2008, 13:24

The game Crysis should have been? Looks likely. I've always thought Far Cry 2 looked ace, which would be a pleasent first for a company picking up a franchise from a different developer.

Cobalt · 3rd Jun 2008, 13:28

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Originally Posted by Blood

The picture with the SVD Dragunov... the rifle is modeled completely backwards.

Too many games seem to make this mistake. I'm not quite sure how devs manage to do it. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the CS reloading animations.

MrWizard · 3rd Jun 2008, 13:29

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Originally Posted by Squadexodus

Great. Another game that will eat my computer alive...

My thoughts exactly. Looks to be at least promising though. I'm holding out hope that it will be worthy of my money.

capnPedro · 3rd Jun 2008, 13:43

Wow. I will be looking forward to this bad boy!

SlickGnome · 3rd Jun 2008, 13:56

Damn.. That looks gorgeous. And the AI sounds like it will actually make it playable. Putting this one down on my list of must gets.

The_Pope · 3rd Jun 2008, 13:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bauul

The game Crysis should have been? Looks likely. I've always thought Far Cry 2 looked ace, which would be a pleasent first for a company picking up a franchise from a different developer.

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wuyanxu · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:02

hope this one turns out to be good.

question: what engine is it using?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Almightyrastus

So no mention of mutants and/or aliens in the game then?

THAT made me very happy in the pants.

I lost interest in Far Cry and Crysis when they started cropping up.

indeed, when will games stop ripping off aliens.

Squadexodus · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:06

When Will games stop making people happy in the pants?

liratheal · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by wuyanxu

question: what engine is it using?

IIRC: It's an inhouse Ubisoft thing called Dunia.

Wiki: "Ubisoft has developed a new engine specifically for Far Cry 2, called Dunia, meaning "world" or "earth" in Swahili, as well as in other languages including Hindi, Marathi, Turkish, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Persian, Assyrian, Indonesian, Malay, and Arabic. The engine will take advantage of multi-core processors and support DirectX 9 as well as DirectX 10. Only 2 or 3 percent of the original CryENGINE code is being re-used, according to Michiel Verheijdt, Senior Product Manager for Ubisoft Netherlands."

quack · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:24

So want this game... want it more and more each time I read a review.

Krikkit · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:29

I saw a gameplay demo thing for this game a while ago, and good god the flames look brilliant, the way they move and behave is brilliant. Hopefully it'll run well on this PC.

will. · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:34

It is coming out on 360 and PS3 as well remember.

Looks ace.

C-Sniper · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:37

This is one of the games i am looking forward to this year, there was a small video online which showed that the guns will also jam (iirc).

Deninfitely thinking about picking this one up when it comes out.

kenco_uk · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:49

Can haz pants back pls? kthx.

p3n · 3rd Jun 2008, 14:52

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Originally Posted by C-Sniper

This is one of the games i am looking forward to this year, there was a small video online which showed that the guns will also jam (iirc).

Deninfitely thinking about picking this one up when it comes out.

I'll skip this then... when will they understand realism doesn't equal fun? ... Balance is another matter (miniguns overheating if you just blast for 30 seconds in cod4 for example) - a gun jamming could easily set you back to the start of a mission - dumb.

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