Far Cry single player demo

Praetorian

Quite impressive. What did you think of the demo?

www.filefront.com
or www.gamershell.com

~500 meg demo; broadband definitely recommended.

RE*AC*TOR

downlaoding via bittorrent - gamershell was slow as fook.

have you downloaded it Praetorian? Verdict?

Praetorian

Yes it's very good. I got it from Filefront at around 110k/b per second earlier this morning. I'd say the servers are probably busier now. Refreshing their download page a few times would be quicker than waiting for a bittorrent download.

RE*AC*TOR

I'm getting about 45-50KB/s on bittorrent so only about 3 hrs in all, maybe 2hrs left. I'm at work now anyway - so that's quick enough for me.

Pretence

whats the recommended spec for this?

User45701

Please tell me about this game. Compare it to other simmilar games

CombatCow

this was the spec for the MP beta :

Recommended specs:
o P4 1.7 Ghz
o 512 MB RAM
o GeForce 4 / Radeon 9x00 Pro series based cards or higher (no GeForce 4 MX support)
o 500 MB of free hard disk space (+ Windows swap file space)


Iv just finished playing the single player mission.I would compare it to Project IGI, its a big map with loads to explore,the jungle is very lush with some cool sounds of animals and the like.The AI was quite good also,i had everthing up v.high at 1600x1200 and needless to say its stunning.

CombatCow

Pretence

Combatcow, waht spec machine have you got?

CombatCow

watercooled Amd barton 2800+ & GF FX 5900 Ultra.
And 1Gig crucial DDR.:dunno:

upgrading to amd 64bit cpu in the summer tho.


CombatCow

Pretence

Yeah if it wasn't running well with that spec I'd be seriously worried....


I have Intel 2gig, 1/2 gig RAM, FX5600 256 RAM which I'm hoping will last me another 2 years at least... all this upgrading is too goddam expensive especially with the lack of decent PC only games the last year...

BKtje

Well if people think its worth the dload ill give it a go

Refreshing their download page a few times would be quicker than waiting for a bittorrent download.

Things that are just released usually go very fast as ther are so many people downloading it.

[DF]Lenny

Yeah gonna d/l it myself see what all the fuss is about!

po0k

I'll host an irish mirror soon enough.
Getting it at about 300KB/sec from the 3Dgamers Netherland's server.

feylya

Ah man, can't find a decent download site and BitTorrent is incredibly slow and crap for me. All of 2K a second

po0k

FCD
465Megs

Rename to .zip

feylya

Sweet. Cheers.

po0k

np
I'll leave it up for a week, will probably have to take it down then unless the world servers are still being hammered.

Big Chief

Originally posted by SyxPak
FCD
465Megs

Rename to .zip

good job, 200k/b per second

cheers

Shred

Very impressed, I'd compare the action in it to SOF2 rather than IGI though.

Thanks to Syxpak for the mirror:)

RE*AC*TOR

Here's my verdict:
Graphics: Excellent graphics, the view-distance is breathtaking. I only really noticed this on my second run through when I picked up the sniper rifle. The physics are also very good - especially if you kill someone in the water, and then shoot or hit them. Stuff like foliage or the floor of the jungle seems a little low res or something. Overall it seemd to run smoothl for me on medium-high settings, except when i shoot - sometimes it lagged a little.

Sound: nothing amazing here, the goons do seem to talk amongst themselves a bit. I've heard better gun sounds (COD for example). The ambient noise of the island seemed realistic. Sound doesn't really engage me that much, unless its really good (like in COD).

Gameplay: Lots of fun. You have to destroy a satellite dish on top of the island - there are many different paths around the island you can take. Even on medium difficulty I wouldn't go gung-ho into an area of more than 2 enemies. A modicom of strategy is required. There's nothing hugely orignal about the plot, its just fun. For some reason it reminded me of goldeneye.

Overall I was impressed and can't wait for the final product.

My rig:
2800+
9700pro
512mb ram

Matt Simis

Andy at VE3D wasnt so impressed:
http://ve3dboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=14658196

I suppose hes just counter-balancing the hype.



Matt

po0k

Originally posted by Big Chief
good job, 200k/b per second

cheers

np

It's on a 10Meg switch to an 80MBit ATM connection, you should be able to get more then that, especially if you're on HEAnet or the INEX.

skipn_easy

Its SO pretty! Take a sniper rfle and zoom in on parts of the island and it looks fantastic! I was really impressed after I shot a guy and he slid slowly down some steps, gradually coming to a rest about half way down. Nice gameplay, really looking forward to the rest.

L5

yup, thanks for that. Getting 1.2 megs a second so shouldnt take any longer than....oh ...5 minutes!

RicardoSmith

Originally posted by Shred
Very impressed, I'd compare the action in it to SOF2 rather than IGI though.

Thanks to Syxpak for the mirror:)

I'd have prefered if it was closer to IGI. I liked IGI1 hated SOF1. Haven't played the sequels of either though.

thelordofcheese

The AI is pretty good, i put it up to hard and i was caught out once or twice by them flanking me
(the approach to the antenna being a good example, i was crouched near a wall at the top of the first steps, and was picking off a few guys with the scilenced machine gun, the bastards went down the back stairs , and around and up behind me, while their friends kept me busy)

the graphics are indeed beyond eye candy, but its giving me a little bit of slowdown everynow and again, i think i need to play with the settings a bit more.

that said, the main character is really begining to grate, and in fairness, i don't think the finished product is going to be the all singing all dancing crap of the world.

it'll be a 4/5 game, pretty good, but not a classic.

i get the feeling that it'll also get pretty bent towards the end.

bizmark

Fine game Gfxs are great system heavy though anyone below 1.8 ghz and a 5700 or 9600xt will be hurting

krattapopov

wasnt too impressed with it, despite having great graphics, nothing else really stood out for me

its been ages since a game cought my imagination

dbspin

Heya,
Anyone know any way I can get a hold of them demo other than download (I am on very narrowband). Tried DNC in temple bar as they used to be quite gamer centric. But unfortunately no longer. Any ideas ? I'm in collage in the dublin area, and would be well up for giving somone a 10'er for a cd with the demo.

Sadly no broadband in laytown where I live. ****in eircom !

po0k

Surely your college has a burner somewhere?
Download it and burn to CDRW.
Which college btw?

neXus9

Far cry doesn't seem to work for me.

It's annoying the hell out of my(downloaded it with 64k isdn line, ON UTVIPXL and with get right)

I tried to download the demo with directx 9.0b through the usual windows installer and then it reports a problem with the installer.

Install it without direct x 9.0b and everything seems ok
I then install the upgrade to directx 9.0b from microsoft.

When i start up far cry I can get onto the menus, but that's all.

I have a radeon 9800 pro so hardware wise I should be ok, shouldn't I?

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEllllllllllllllllllllPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!

neXus9

Upgraded the radeon 9800 pro catalyst driver and everything seems to be fine.

:cool: :cool: :cool:

Pretence

Considering this is only a demo, I'm pretty impressed. Fair enough its not breaking any ground, but I had great fun. Bombing around in a REALLY FAST buggy, is a buzz. The speed boats are the job especially with the secondary fire rockets and the water is something Nintendo would be jealous of. The draw distance is quite impressive I have to say and the character models are the job. A nice sense of freedom, with different areas to explore if you want to stray from the beaten path.

Really enjoyable with a bit of tighting up and polish this could be great fun. Looking forward to trying the multiplayer...

shinzon

I dunno, does anyone else have this problem, I cant change any of the graphics prefernces from the options menu, if i do and then go back to the demo, all i have is a small square in the top left hand corner of the screen showing the island, the rest is just blue

I have the latest 4.1 cat drivers and its still the same, can only run the demo in 1024X768 32 colours no higher, probably should have pointed out i have a modded 9800se to 9800 pro card

Shin

Caliden

Originally posted by SyxPak
FCD
465Megs

Rename to .zip

nice one ~1mb/sec

neXus9

The rocks are covered in glitches. Can't get optimal performance even though I have an amd 2700+, 1gig PC3200 ddr ram???

WTF??

That's after reinstalling it. Before the beach texture couldn't come out properly.

neXus9

I also have a radeon 9800 pro

Did anyone else have these problems?

Pretence

Have a GeForce myself but a friend of mine ran the demo fine with Catalyst 3.9 drivers... maybe later versions aren't supported...

Hopefully the glitches will be ironed out in the final version....

uberpixie

glitches on the rocks is a well known problem seemingly got to do with enabling anti aliasing in the demo when using ati cards.

go to the farcry game site and look up the forums there for any other probs you are having

Caliden

meh.
its ok. i wouldnt buy it compared to other games out there : Halo , Maxpayne2
HL2(if it ever gets here!!) but still good. yah the bugs/glitches annoyed me too and took away from the rest of the decent game design.



btw neXus your sig is freakn' me out dude

po0k

Grand sig, but it's a *little* big in both filesze and dimensions.
Here is a link to a resized and recompressed one, before ecksor/Cloud run the sig-nuker

neXus9

who is eskor/cloud? Moderators? I have seen bigger sigs and now one else has complained about the size.

far cry's glitches are gone now. They just went. Graphics are pretty cool. Draw distance is good. When you go closer though, you notice popup textures, which is a ickle bit annoying.

po0k

Originally posted by neXus9
who is eskor/cloud? Moderators? I have seen bigger sigs and now one else has complained about the size.

far cry's glitches are gone now. They just went. Graphics are pretty cool. Draw distance is good. When you go closer though, you notice popup textures, which is a ickle bit annoying.

Ecksor and Cloud are Admins on the site.
I'm not complaining about your sig, it's grand, but it doesn't need to be that big.
And as for other people with bigger sigs, they should be ashamed at their lack of image compression skills.
The one I edited for you there fits perfectly under the little bar that divides sigs from the body of the post.

ArphaRima

Trying to figure this out.

It runs brutally on my system.

3.0ghz (800mhz fsb) Intel
1gb RAM (3200) TwinMos twister
Geforce FX 5800 (non-ultra) Terratec

Ran it on all high and all medium. Still jerked during action. Any clues?

po0k

Run the process thread at above normal priority, turn off FSAA, Anistropic filter etc.
Shutdown any filesharing apps (they're heures for CPU time and memory).
Install newer drives for the card.