Far Cry 2

PogMoThoin · 09-11-2008 7:28pm

I still got a CTD earlier with the patch so it looks like its not fixed for some

MOH · 10-11-2008 11:37am

Thrill wrote: »

I tried. I stocked up on full ammo/health, then picked a spot on the edge of town where they couldn't get around me and started. They just kept coming. It was a kill fest. Theres no chance of running out of ammo cause you can pick up the dropped guns, but in the end I ran out of health.

I only tried it once so I don't know if it's possible or not, but I'm thinking not.

Suppose you could try planting explosives around the place, then setting them off, see can you wipe out half the town in one go, then mop up the rest.

L31mr0d · 10-11-2008 11:42am

MOH wrote: »

Suppose you could try planting explosives around the place, then setting them off, see can you wipe out half the town in one go, then mop up the rest.

I'd say even dropping the IEDs would alert the guards. Even pointing your gun at one of them without firing for about a minute will freak them out to the point where they'll open fire on you.

I'd say your best option would be to sit on the edge of town in a truck with a mounted grenade launcher and just unleash hell on the town. Maybe also get one of the trainers that gives you infinite health.

uglyjohn · 10-11-2008 11:59am

i think youre grand useing IEDs, ive dropped them around the assination targets in town before and then gotten blow them from afar. im pretty sure i managed to leave without getting shot.

how are you all finding the mortar? im not really feeling it. i had to use google to find out how to use it properly and i hate how you cant fire a round and then immeniatly switch weapon. also you should be able to aim from side to side while firing a salvo.

im getting better at it, but i cant see myself using it much.

L31mr0d · 10-11-2008 12:07pm

uglyjohn wrote: »

im getting better at it, but i cant see myself using it much.

I didn't use it at all, what with the baddies having 20/20 eagle vision :rolleyes: I tried positioning myself about a click away from the target and sending off the marker shot. It wouldn't of even hit the ground before I was already being sniped, even if I was in camo and in the grass. Plus it takes too long to setup. It's much easier to just get the guided rocket launcher or semi-auto grenade launcher

uglyjohn · 10-11-2008 12:30pm

the best i've done with it is to aim for a group of lads, miss and hit a fuel dump which sets the grass on fire and blows the ammo dump and a load of barrels. its makes all the firefights feel so violent when wverything around you is blowing up in the background.

MOH · 10-11-2008 5:10pm

uglyjohn wrote: »

the best i've done with it is to aim for a group of lads, miss and hit a fuel dump which sets the grass on fire and blows the ammo dump and a load of barrels. its makes all the firefights feel so violent when wverything around you is blowing up in the background.

I was taking out an arms convoy, had just cleared out a guard post when I noticed the convoy approaching, dropped an IED in the road in the middle of the guard post and hid behind the building. Blew up the truck alright, but must have failed to notice a barrel or something else nearby full of explodium, which also went up, setting the grass on fire, along with a couple of other barrels and a fuel tank, the rest of the convoy, and whatever vehicles were parked nearby.

By the time everything quietened down, I felt like someone had just thrown a flashbang into the room.

MooseJam · 10-11-2008 5:24pm

Another small bad point - if you fire the silenced mp5 at a patrol they will hear it - even from far far away, some of the small things like that should have never slipped through they are so easy to check for

humanji · 10-11-2008 7:53pm

MooseJam wrote: »

Another small bad point - if you fire the silenced mp5 at a patrol they will hear it - even from far far away, some of the small things like that should have never slipped through they are so easy to check for

Use a grenade launcher. It won't matter if they hear you.

PaddyTheNth · 10-11-2008 8:59pm

Has anyone been playing multiplayer much? After SecureRom, this matchmaking system is the biggest load of cock I've ever come across. Do I want to play a map consisting of 2 buildings on a 200sq m area? No. Do a get an option not to? No.

****ing hell I can't get over how bad the experience is. Not to mention the fact that it takes about 10 minutes to find an open server for the Uprising mode. It really looks like they did zero testing on the multiplayer experience.

PogMoThoin · 10-11-2008 9:13pm

No, everyone here pirated it

PaddyTheNth · 10-11-2008 9:15pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

No, everyone here pirated it

lol

I did too but I went and bought a copy cos I enjoyed the single player and wanted to check out online play...bad call imo

Though the nocd still works for playing online which is nice

mang87 · 11-11-2008 11:18am

I got so annoyed wen I found this game has absolutely no relation to the first game at all. No mutants, no spunky hawaiian shirt, no lost tropical island in the middle of nowhere. NO MUTANTS??? WHAT??? :mad:

But then I got enthralled by the fact you can blow each individual twig off a tree, and set fire to the whole bleedin' forest

Its pretty shameless what they've done to the Far Cry name, but its a good game. Theres some nice tehcnology on display here with the vegitation and other effects. Play-wise it plays much better than Crysis. Runs on my pc with very high graphics and no bother.

Maximilian · 11-11-2008 11:34am

mang87 wrote: »

I got so annoyed wen I found this game has absolutely no relation to the first game at all. No mutants, no spunky hawaiian shirt, no lost tropical island in the middle of nowhere. NO MUTANTS??? WHAT??? :mad:

Mutants etc. were the weakest part of the first game I thought.

L31mr0d · 11-11-2008 11:57am

mang87 wrote: »

Its pretty shameless what they've done to the Far Cry name, but its a good game. Theres some nice tehcnology on display here with the vegitation and other effects. Play-wise it plays much better than Crysis. Runs on my pc with very high graphics and no bother.

Yeah it does have some good concepts, some which where pulled off well, some others which they made huge oversights on.

I'd say this game will do well in the next installment, hopefully they will sort out the AI and the story.

As it stands atm, the game feels like a fairly rough diamond *oh, see what I did there

*, it has potential, but it needs to be polished

grizzly · 11-11-2008 3:06pm

PaddyTheNth wrote: »

Has anyone been playing multiplayer much? After SecureRom, this matchmaking system is the biggest load of cock I've ever come across. Do I want to play a map consisting of 2 buildings on a 200sq m area? No. Do a get an option not to? No.

****ing hell I can't get over how bad the experience is. Not to mention the fact that it takes about 10 minutes to find an open server for the Uprising mode. It really looks like they did zero testing on the multiplayer experience.

I've not played the multiplayer yet. Heard that it's not up to much. Will check it out in a few months when people start making good maps.

I just bought the camo suit. Do I have to do anything to active it? or is it assumed to be always "on". Does it only work in shadow?

L31mr0d · 11-11-2008 3:13pm

grizzly wrote: »

I just bought the camo suit. Do I have to do anything to active it? or is it assumed to be always "on". Does it only work in shadow?

yeah was a bit pissed that you can't see him wearing the camo. if you check your upgrades menu you will see that it is enabled as soon as you buy it.

It really only works at night when you are crouched, not moving in the grass. If you move and someone is looking at you they will see you. Also if you are still and someone gets close to you they will see you.

pixelburp · 11-11-2008 3:23pm

PaddyTheNth wrote: »

Has anyone been playing multiplayer much? After SecureRom, this matchmaking system is the biggest load of cock I've ever come across. Do I want to play a map consisting of 2 buildings on a 200sq m area? No. Do a get an option not to? No.

****ing hell I can't get over how bad the experience is. Not to mention the fact that it takes about 10 minutes to find an open server for the Uprising mode. It really looks like they did zero testing on the multiplayer experience.

I warned you

Yes, the multiplayer is a heap of shít, and there's no two ways of putting it. Terrible games, worse UI (with some newb-like mistakes). Uprising's about the only thing worth recommending but good luck finding a server, joning it & getting past the useless interface (for me, this alone killed it) & frustrating game mechanics.

As for maps, they have really shot themselves in the foot with this one, because their map editor is for multiplayer maps only & with a Multiplayer experience this poor, who would bother? The problem isn't the maps, they're ok - it's purely the experience. Maybe if they opened up the SP the community might embrace the editor, but I doubt it on this evidence.

djkeogh · 11-11-2008 3:46pm

Been playing this on 360 and it's enjoyable and frustrating at the same time. As MooseJam mentioned the Silenced weapons don't work. Basically if you fire everyone comes running. Same happens with the machete and Dart Rifle.

I crept into a town the other day and followed a guard around the back of a building where he proceeded to take a slash. I ran up behind him and slit him with the machete only for the entire place to erupt in gunfire. That's crap. Happens a number of times were i creep up behind someone to machete them and they start riddling me with bullets with their back turned. Very annoying.

Collision detection is poor as well. If you pop out a tiny bit behind a tree and start shooting you will hit the tree. Same happens when you can see someone hiding. Really painful.

I managed to do one of the last missions the other night by creeping into a mansion and assassinating a guy with my silenced MP5 and the place didn't erupt but thats a first. It was great to be able to complete a mission without having to kill anyone but the target.

I'm enjoying the game but once I complete it there will be no going back. Online is pretty poor too. Only played once but found it clunky beyond belief

CiDeRmAn · 11-11-2008 9:59pm

I've got this for the 360 and find it a slog, no real variance in the missions, aside from being a really nice postcard of war torn africa I don't see how this is going to maintaon my interest at all.
Say it gets better, please!

L31mr0d · 11-11-2008 11:43pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I've got this for the 360 and find it a slog, no real variance in the missions, aside from being a really nice postcard of war torn africa I don't see how this is going to maintaon my interest at all.
Say it gets better, please!

get to around 60% through it. If you don't like it by then then just quit. It really picks up past the 50% mark

Kintarō Hattori · 12-11-2008 3:24pm

L31mr0d wrote: »

yeah was a bit pissed that you can't see him wearing the camo. if you check your upgrades menu you will see that it is enabled as soon as you buy it.

It really only works at night when you are crouched, not moving in the grass. If you move and someone is looking at you they will see you. Also if you are still and someone gets close to you they will see you.

So in other words it's pretty useless and an utter waste of 45 diamonds.

Maximilian · 12-11-2008 4:16pm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

So in other words it's pretty useless and an utter waste of 45 diamonds.

Total waste I found.

L31mr0d · 12-11-2008 4:25pm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

So in other words it's pretty useless and an utter waste of 45 diamonds.

yeah pretty much. Why it cost 45 diamonds I'll never know. I mean there's no weapon that even costs that much. Although it is handy if you are running away, just crouch in the grass and they'll stop shooting at you.

On a few assassination missions I was able to sneak right into the base, kill the guy and out again without having to fight anyone. I think I was only able to this because I had the camo suit.

Then again, maybe I had buyers remorse and I was trying to convince myself it was worth it

PaddyTheNth · 12-11-2008 10:34pm

pixelburp wrote: »

I warned you Yes, the multiplayer is a heap of shít, and there's no two ways of putting it. Terrible games, worse UI (with some newb-like mistakes). Uprising's about the only thing worth recommending but good luck finding a server, joning it & getting past the useless interface (for me, this alone killed it) & frustrating game mechanics.

Finally started finding a fair few games now but this matchmaking is still the most idiotic thing I've come across. Punkbuster is also kicking me from games because apparently it can't update :mad: I'm playing on a vanilla install of XP...this game is the only thing installed :rolleyes:

Uprising is great when you get a team playing together.

The single player really does just require a different approach, as people have mentioned. I play it for about an hour in the evening, then I've had enough...but by the next evening I'm dying to play again!

Sephiroth_dude · 16-11-2008 6:11pm

have any new patches been released?

BopNiblets · 16-11-2008 6:37pm

Just one on the website, v1.01

PaddyTheNth · 16-11-2008 9:40pm

They're gonna release another one in the next few weeks - http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1521068375/m/5451021507

Looks like they're gonna fix the matchmaking idiocy in multiplayer...apart from the widescreen fix it looks like the patch is almost entirely for multiplayer.

I've been playing a lot more multiplayer recently than singleplayer and i'm liking it a lot. The network issues have almost disappeared for me and once these patches go through it should be much smoother.

Sephiroth_dude · 21-11-2008 1:29pm

Im 77% through the game and im stuck in the bit

where your in the cell,what are you suppose to do to get out?

bizmark · 21-11-2008 1:51pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Im 77% through the game and im stuck in the bit
where your in the cell,what are you suppose to do to get out?

Theres a dodgy wall in the cell afaik break through it

Sephiroth_dude · 21-11-2008 2:26pm

thanks for that.

uglyjohn · 22-11-2008 12:07pm

BopNiblets · 22-11-2008 2:30pm

The XBox 360 version is getting downloadable content, new weapons (silenced shotgun, sawnoff shotgun, crossbow) and new vehicles (gun truck thing, and quad bike, ha)
No word about the predatory animals yet though.

And there's some new nVidia drivers out, hope they fix the crashing I'm still getting.

Valmont · 22-11-2008 3:49pm

PaddyTheNth wrote: »

Uprising is great when you get a team playing together.

Best part of the whole game. I had one the other night where we organised a motorcade to taxi the captain to the different flags, I was driving and he was in the back of the JEEP. Class.

Creature · 23-11-2008 12:01am

I just started playing this weekend and am liking it so far. The gun fights are great fun and I love that the RPG isn't a sacred tool to be used only for certain points in the game, and is available from the get go. Also had great fun with the revolving barrel grenade launcher I got from that Paul guy, just walked straight into the radio guy's compound and blew everything up

.

It's bloody hard though and I'm only playing on normal difficulty. I tend to die a lot in the larger gunfights as it's kinda hard to tell where exactly the bad guys are with such detailed scenery and backgrounds. Hopefully this is just temporary though since I'm not really used to the game.

dreamers75 · 23-11-2008 12:02am

BopNiblets wrote: »

silenced shotgun

How the hell does that work

EDIT not very well apparently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j5P0LXemAA

BopNiblets · 23-11-2008 1:06pm

I was thinking more like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLOiCYkkBg

Wossack · 25-11-2008 12:06am

new weapons are now unlocked at the weapon shop?

77% through, just after escaping the prison - get this message, and theres nothing new in the shop for me... wtf?

L31mr0d · 25-11-2008 9:22am

Wossack wrote: »

new weapons are now unlocked at the weapon shop?
77% through, just after escaping the prison - get this message, and theres nothing new in the shop for me... wtf?

It unlocks the weapons you haven't previously unlocked. If you've already completed all the gun merchants missions there will be nothing new.

silvine · 25-11-2008 12:02pm

Console version of this for sale for eur35 in HMV.

pixelburp · 25-11-2008 12:05pm

I also see the consoles get their first piece of DLC - 2 new vehicles, 3 new weapons and 4 multi maps. For 10dollarydoos. Hmmm don't think so (though us PC peeps will probably get it for free).

Bogger77 · 25-11-2008 12:51pm

Guys,
I've FarCry2 on my PC, mate has it on PS3, can we play against each other in multi player mode?

Tks

uglyjohn · 25-11-2008 12:57pm

i certainly hope they dont try and charge pc users for it. remember oblivion and the extra content for that?

i will mot be impressed if there is a repeat of that.

grizzly · 25-11-2008 12:57pm

pixelburp wrote: »

I also see the consoles get their first piece of DLC - 2 new vehicles, 3 new weapons and 4 multi maps. For 10dollarydoos. Hmmm don't think so (though us PC peeps will probably get it for free).

I'd settle for a decent patch over new stuff for the PC.

pixelburp · 25-11-2008 1:12pm

uglyjohn wrote: »

i certainly hope they dont try and charge pc users for it. remember oblivion and the extra content for that?

i will mot be impressed if there is a repeat of that.

Hey, don't knock it. That horse armour was awesome

Agreed on the patch; haven't played the game in a while now, am waiting for a SP patch to make the experience less frustrating.

PogMoThoin · 25-11-2008 4:58pm

Bogger77 wrote: »

Guys,
I've FarCry2 on my PC, mate has it on PS3, can we play against each other in multi player mode?

Tks

No, there hasn't been a cross platform multiplayer yet

PaddyTheNth · 25-11-2008 9:26pm

Just unlocked the AR-16 and it rocks. Burst fire? Yes please. Droppin folks with headshots with an assault rifle from 50 yards away? Lovely

Anyone know of any irish servers hosting FC2? I've been experiencing some truly ****e lag recently

Wossack · 26-11-2008 12:59am

L31mr0d wrote: »

It unlocks the weapons you haven't previously unlocked. If you've already completed all the gun merchants missions there will be nothing new.

weak! :mad:

PaddyTheNth wrote: »

Just unlocked the AR-16 and it rocks. Burst fire? Yes please. Droppin folks with headshots with an assault rifle from 50 yards away? Lovely

Anyone know of any irish servers hosting FC2? I've been experiencing some truly ****e lag recently

if there was an irish server, would you be able to specify it? the interface on the pc looks like it was lifted straight from the xbox, and theres feck all options (granted Ive not poked around with it much at all)

PaddyTheNth · 26-11-2008 10:48am

Wossack wrote: »

if there was an irish server, would you be able to specify it? the interface on the pc looks like it was lifted straight from the xbox, and theres feck all options (granted Ive not poked around with it much at all)

The PC patch 1.01 displays the server's IP in the lobby - this is in Custom Matches I assume (haven't actually looked properly at it yet but they say that the functionality is there

). Patch 1.01

kermitdfrog · 26-11-2008 6:03pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

No, there hasn't been a cross platform multiplayer yet

Not true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun_(2007_video_game)

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