FC2

[jmh547]

What are your thoughts about the game? Do you like what you see? I was thinking about preordering but after the disappointment of crysis i am reluctant.

[deathman20]

Well FC2 is by a different developer so. From everything so far it looks to be great but as well you really can't tell til you have your hands on the final product, or at least a demo.

[jmh547]

I though FC2 was from the same developers I might just give it a try

[deathman20]

I though FC2 was from the same developers I might just give it a try

Nope people that made Crysis was the team that made FarCry.

[Leviathan41]

I though FC2 was from the same developers I might just give it a try
It's a common misconception. It's kind of strange to me that they named this game Far Cry 2 when it has nothing to do with Far Cry and isn't even by the same people that made Far Cry. I mean it's not even the same main character, location, or anything. I guess they wanted to take advantage of the name recognition of Far Cry since they do own the name.

Anyway, I am really looking forward to FC2, I like the idea of a huge free-roaming world in which I can complete objectives when, how, and in the order I choose. The engine sounds good too: "DUNIA ENGINE - The Dunia Engine was built specifically for Far Cry 2 by the award-winning Ubisoft Montréal development team. It delivers the most realistic destructible environments, amazing special effects such as dynamic fire propagation and storm effects, real-time night-and-day cycle, dynamic music system, non-scripted enemy A.I. and so much more…"

It's only 40 days away! October 21.

[Hardin]

I'm really excited about this game. Ubisoft Montreal makes really good games.

[Shelnutt2]

Well steam has this up for pre-order now. $5 off. I'm debating if I want to get this or not. Any word on the DRM? I'm thinking via steam I should be fine.

With a destructible environment, realistic graphics to the setting, yeah I'm close to pre-ordering.

[Leviathan41]

Well steam has this up for pre-order now. $5 off. I'm debating if I want to get this or not. Any word on the DRM? I'm thinking via steam I should be fine.

With a destructible environment, realistic graphics to the setting, yeah I'm close to pre-ordering.
I REALLY hope there is no install limit on this game. I am really looking forward to it, it looks amazing. The first review from PC Gamer UK had great things to say about it.

[redrumy3]

already have it on my steam list and when October 15 comes left 4 dead will be on my list too

[Hardin]

Wow Farcry 2, Fable II, and Fallout 3 are all coming out this month and they all start with an F! I definitely don't think that will be their grade though. I think I'll have to wait and get FarCry 2 and Fable II after I play Fallout 3.

[SteveLord]

I, like many others....will be hesitant because of Crysis. Needs to play smoothly and have far better multiplayer.

[Leviathan41]

I, like many others....will be hesitant because of Crysis. Needs to play smoothly and have far better multiplayer.
But . . but. . . Crytek has nothing to do with this game. In fact Far Cry 2 has nothing to do with Crysis or Far Cry. The only reason this game is called Far Cry 2 is because Ubisoft owns the name because they published Far Cry which was made by Crytek. This game is being made by Ubisoft Montreal of Splinter Cell/Assassin's Creed/Rainbow 6 fame.

It has nothing to do with Crysis or Crytek.

[watchthisspace]

I hope this runs well on my rig :D

[freakdiablo]

I, like many others....will be hesitant because of Crysis. Needs to play smoothly and have far better multiplayer.

I actually think Crysis runs smoothly. If you mean high framerates, then your right it doesn't but I think Crysis runs smooth at about half the framerates other games seem to be choppy.

[BlitzPuppet]

The only reason this game is called Far Cry 2 is because Ubisoft owns the name because they published Far Cry which was made by Crytek. This game is being made by Ubisoft Montreal of Splinter Cell/Assassin's Creed/Rainbow 6 fame.


*gags* That stops me right there. I hope that this game doesn't turn out like vegas did.

I still have nightmares about how horribly bad that game was....

[jaymz9350]

I actually think Crysis runs smoothly. If you mean high framerates, then your right it doesn't but I think Crysis runs smooth at about half the framerates other games seem to be choppy.

I thought I was the only one. I usually top out at around 30-35 usually in crysis and it runs perfectly smooth to me. any other game i've played that goes down to those kind of frame rates is unplayable.

[jmh547]

Guess I will have to make a stop at game stop to Pre-Order

[SteveLord]

But . . but. . . Crytek has nothing to do with this game. In fact Far Cry 2 has nothing to do with Crysis or Far Cry. The only reason this game is called Far Cry 2 is because Ubisoft owns the name because they published Far Cry which was made by Crytek. This game is being made by Ubisoft Montreal of Splinter Cell/Assassin's Creed/Rainbow 6 fame.

It has nothing to do with Crysis or Crytek.

Thats not the point. Actually the fact that its an UBI game scares me. R6 Vegas games stunk. Assassin's Creed wasn't all that. And Splinter Cell Double Agent was crap too. Ubisoft is still Ubisoft no matter what country's flag they have in front of their office building.

Its another "latest and greatest this and that" game that is either going to succeed where Crysis failed...or join it in the pile of overhyped games.

[Leviathan41]

First review looks good. PC Gamer UK gave it 94% stating "After playing Far Cry 2, I'm simply unable to go back to straight and simple first-person shooters. This game has executed my expectations."

Here's more info: http://www.farcry2world.com/farcry-2-news_186_Exclusive-PCGamer-Article.html

[Firey_chasm]

But . . but. . . Crytek has nothing to do with this game. In fact Far Cry 2 has nothing to do with Crysis or Far Cry. The only reason this game is called Far Cry 2 is because Ubisoft owns the name because they published Far Cry which was made by Crytek. This game is being made by Ubisoft Montreal of Splinter Cell/Assassin's Creed/Rainbow 6 fame.

It has nothing to do with Crysis or Crytek.

I feel your frustration. Also alot of people seem to be under the illusion it uses the same engine as Crysis (which it doesn't, it has its own developed)

Crysis only disapointed people who have an insessant need to play a game on max graphics, for those who only need medium graphics the game ran fine on 3-4 year old machines (well it did on mine, and it was hardly 'top of the range' when I bought it). Personally I loved Crysis, but then again I also loved the origonal far cry. Just playing through the game again now that I have a new PC on very high graphics, sure the odd landscape looks wow, but overall the game experience was just as good on medium settings on my old 6800GT card.

AH well, Im certainly looking forward to Far cry 2, every vid iv seen makes it look amazing :) its on my list of games to get, unfortunatly at this time of the year that list is looong. I also havent decided yet, to get this on PC or xbox :/

[Impar]

Greetings!

Just cancelled my pre-order for FarCry2.
FarCry 2 (http://shop.ubi.com/Prod_ExtDesc.asp?catalogid=750&id=35)
...
Ce jeu vidéo est protégé par le logiciel SecuROM pour la gestion des droits numériques. Ce logiciel installe sur l'ordinateur de l'utilisateur des modules supplémentaires nécessaires pour la protection
de copie et limite le nombre d'installations possibles pour le jeu. Une connexion à Internet sera nécessaire au cours de l'installation et/ou de la première exécution pour déverrouiller le jeu.

FarCry2 comes with Securom, limited activations and online authentications for single player game.

Just to be safe cancelled all my pre-orders. Will not spend my money in this type of protected games.

[Firey_chasm]

Greetings!

Just cancelled my pre-order for FarCry2.


FarCry2 comes with Securom, limited activations and online authentications for single player game.

Just to be safe cancelled all my pre-orders. Will not spend my money in this type of protected games.

if thats true, then the answer is simple for me :) buy it on xbox! :) hehe

[nightelph]

...the fact that its an UBI game scares me.

Me too. Theres no way I'm setting myself up for this. Many UBI games have come in at mach 1 on the hype train, and left me staring at a lighter wallet. I'm sure from all we've seen; the dev. video walkthroughs, the gameplay footage will be as described and very much cool. But they're the pros and we haven't seen the cons. My Rainless prediction here is that managing such an open plot with all the npc stories and 'questing at your own pace' is where UBI drops the ball. I don't think they'll pull it off right. Time will tell, and I am going to buy it. I just hope I'm not buying the farm. ;)

[ghost_recon88]

Gotta get my HD4850s overclocked and CPU clocked up in prep for this one :D I think I know what I'm going to be doing all Thanksgiving break ;)

[Hardin]

if thats true, then the answer is simple for me :) buy it on xbox! :) hehe

I might have to start doing this for all of the securom games. With all of these drm filled games now I know I'll lose track of how many installs I have and when I think I'll be able to install it again I'll find out that I can't. :(

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

I plan on getting a hold of this game this thursday or friday. If I do, I'll let you guys know what I think. I have a good feeling it's gonna be one of the few games I purchase this month.

[ALiEN2953]

when i want a game with either securom or starforce i just buy it on steam, or if steam doesnt have it i buy the game legally but just use a pirated copy.

i dont know the legalities of this but i think its perfectly moral

[Impar]

Greetings!

The Securom DRM scheme is also present in the Steam version.
Definitely not buying Farcry2

[redrumy3]

fine with me

Publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that the PC its open-world shooter Far Cry 2, which hits alongside the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions on October 21, will use a slightly different configuration of the SecuROM DRM technology found in Spore (http://www.shacknews.com/tag.x/Spore) and Crysis Warhead (http://www.shacknews.com/tag.x/Crysis+Warhead). Ubisoft forum manager bukowski113 posted the details on the game's official forum (http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1521068375/m/3981062496?r=2931023496#2931023496http.com/?404=Y#2931023496):You have 5 activations on 3 separate PCs.
Uninstalling the game "refunds" an activation. This process is called "revoke", so as long as you complete proper uninstall you will be able to install the game an unlimited number of times on 3 systems.
You can upgrade your computer as many time as you want (using our revoke system)
Ubisoft is committed to the support of our games, and additional activations can be provided.
Ubisoft is committed to the long term support of our games: you'll always be able to play Far Cry 2.
Upon Spore's release, the game's DRM generated a fair amount of controversy (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54749), to the point where someone filed a class action lawsuit (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54887) against publisher EA.
EA CEO John Ricitiello recently spoke out on the subject (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55329), admitting that while he doesn't personally like DRM, it is needed to fight piracy and is "something that 99.8 percent of users wouldn't notice."

[SteveLord]

Better hope the uninstall isn't bugged...either on its own or from your computer.

[madhatter256]

I wonder if ordering it from Steam is better. I have it on multiple PCs and i just hope the game works like the other source games I have where FC2 can only be played when I'm logged onto steam.

[xtkxhom3r]

it will be way better in steam..everything is better in steam lol and if it has anykind of drm i think it will be different with steam....

[Impar]

Greetings!
Better hope the uninstall isn't bugged...either on its own or from your computer.
Or you dont forget to revoke the game activation before formating.
All other games that allow revoke need a revoke tool, its not just uninstalling the game- unless Securom improved its software.

PS:
Steam version has the same exact DRM as the retail version.
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5317/fc2steamdrmlo9sd7.jpg

[madhatter256]

Now that's just grizzy.

[SteveLord]

Greetings!

Or you dont forget to revoke the game activation before formating.


I didn't want to state the obvious and get the "well don't be a dumbazz" type of responses. :rolleyes:

[ghost_recon88]

when i want a game with either securom or starforce i just buy it on steam, or if steam doesnt have it i buy the game legally but just use a pirated copy.

i dont know the legalities of this but i think its perfectly moral

I'm with you on this one. If I have purchased a license to play a game, no reason I can't use no CD .exe and stuff like that.

[hajalie24]

I feel your frustration. Also alot of people seem to be under the illusion it uses the same engine as Crysis (which it doesn't, it has its own developed)

Crysis only disapointed people who have an insessant need to play a game on max graphics, for those who only need medium graphics the game ran fine on 3-4 year old machines (well it did on mine, and it was hardly 'top of the range' when I bought it). Personally I loved Crysis, but then again I also loved the origonal far cry. Just playing through the game again now that I have a new PC on very high graphics, sure the odd landscape looks wow, but overall the game experience was just as good on medium settings on my old 6800GT card.

AH well, Im certainly looking forward to Far cry 2, every vid iv seen makes it look amazing :) its on my list of games to get, unfortunatly at this time of the year that list is looong. I also havent decided yet, to get this on PC or xbox :/

on xbox its going to have the same graphics as medium on pc

[xtkxhom3r]

so if i install the game more than 5 times what? im going to have to buy it again? there wont be anyway for me to install it again?

[jmh547]

I am sure it will be like window where you get to call in, wait twenty minutes for tech support to tell you that you have exceeded you number of install and question why you are installing again, and how many computers you have the software on, yatta yatta yatta,

i pre-ordered last Sunday. typically i reformat only once a year... the game will last me five years if i am a complete dumb @$$

[redrumy3]

farcry 2 benchmarks

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,663817/Reviews/Far_Cry_2_GPU_and_CPU_benchmarks/?page=1

[hajalie24]

farcry 2 benchmarks

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,663817/Reviews/Far_Cry_2_GPU_and_CPU_benchmarks/?page=1

I don't think I'll be maxing this out :(

[deathman20]

Wahoo I should beable to max it out :)

[Shelnutt2]

So how would a 7800GT (1440x900) run this? I'm looking at the benchmarks and they don't include any 7xxx or ATI x1xxx cards, so any ideas?

[ghost_recon88]

Dang it! There goes my hope of running 1920x1200 with a single 4870. Looks like I'll have to pick up a 2nd one...

[Leviathan41]

So how would a 7800GT (1440x900) run this? I'm looking at the benchmarks and they don't include any 7xxx or ATI x1xxx cards, so any ideas?
My guess would be it should run fine on about medium or high settings. All those benchmarks were done on very high at higher resolution with eye candy on, so I think you could have a good experience at slightly lower settings. Keep in mind that this game will run on consoles so the 7800GT should be fine.

[Firey_chasm]

I am at work atm so can't see the link, how does fc2 compare to crysis then? (benchmarks)

[nightelph]

^ I don't think its nearly as taxing as Crysis (based off this ONE review), but you'll still probably need top end hardware to smoothly run it fully maxed at 19x12.

[Firey_chasm]

^ I don't think its nearly as taxing as Crysis (based off this ONE review), but you'll still probably need top end hardware to smoothly run it fully maxed at 19x12.

ok thanks, Ill only be running at 1280x1024 for a while so my 8800GTS 512 should do me fine for the moment then :)

[dreamtfk]

I have been watching all the trailers for this game and it does look great and almost seems to have a GTA type scheme going to it. I am not sure if the game will run smooth or not but if the game is as good as it's hyped to be it will be a good reason to go 260 GTX. :D

[redrumy3]

Far Cry 2 DX10.1 Support ATI Hotfix here


http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=38664


article of it here

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9992&Itemid=1


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.
- This Hotfix also improves performance for the DirectX 10 version of Far Cry 2 on both single and CrossFire™ compatible systems.

[deathman20]

\o/ Oooh look at that 10.1 in a game from the get go :)

[hajalie24]

Far Cry 2 DX10.1 Support ATI Hotfix here


http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=38664


article of it here

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9992&Itemid=1

thanks, this is the only game i heard of that has 10.1 support lol

[Gabkicks]

I don't think I'll be maxing this out :(

I hope I'll be able to run at 1280x1024 w/ max settings...

[dreamtfk]

I got some nasty spyware on my computer so I'm gonna be reformatting and starting clean with fresh drivers :)

[don'tknow]

From the new videos at IGN, the gameplay seems to be almost the same as Crysis. Just no aliens or nanosuit. But obviously there's going to be more to it that hasn't been shown. The new Dunia engine running much better than CryEngine2 is a very good improvement though, but I can't tell how it looks visually until I run it on my system... blurry online videos don't do it justice.

[xtkxhom3r]

ok im confused now..... on some of their videos they were saying this was going to be a pc exclusive and i see pre orders for the xbox 360 all over the place wtf????

[redrumy3]

ok im confused now..... on some of their videos they were saying this was going to be a pc exclusive and i see pre orders for the xbox 360 all over the place wtf????
its for pc, ps3, and xbox 360

[xtkxhom3r]

i know its out for other platforms too but in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWVeZddIfAg at 5:00 he says its only going to be available for pc

[redrumy3]

i know its out for other platforms too but in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWVeZddIfAg at 5:00 he says its only going to be available for pc
yea weird change of heart i guess and went console

[xtkxhom3r]

i guess so.... if you look at the date that vid was added it was back in jan so i guess thats more than enough time to port it to consoles?

i guess i see why they did it now they have a way larger market i just hope they still made it look alot better for pc

[hajalie24]

i guess so.... if you look at the date that vid was added it was back in jan so i guess thats more than enough time to port it to consoles?

i guess i see why they did it now they have a way larger market i just hope they still made it look alot better for pc

yea its going to look a lot better on pc

[hajalie24]

lol the game's been leaked

[xtkxhom3r]

yea i saw that too for pc and xbox

[redrumy3]

yea leaked a thread on far cry 2 forums and apparently it's only 3.68 GB which is kinda small imo, i was thinking it would be at least 6-8gb =| i will have to wait for steam to see ^_^ waiting on dead space for pc now so i can pick it up and then fallout 3 woot

[ziggo0]

yea leaked a thread on far cry 2 forums and apparently it's only 3.68 GB which is kinda small imo, i was thinking it would be at least 6-8gb =| i will have to wait for steam to see ^_^ waiting on dead space for pc now so i can pick it up and then fallout 3 woot

That's because the 3.68gb version PROBABLY isn't multilanguage...

[don'tknow]

The 3.68gb one is a fake I thought... that's what many people have been saying.

[dreamtfk]

The 3.68gb one is a fake I thought... that's what many people have been saying.

The in game map is supposed to be 50 square kilometers there's no way this would br anywhere under 6 or 7gb

[ghost_recon88]

The 3.68GB one is indeed a legit copy. I believe its just English, not multi-language.

[Shelnutt2]

ghost_recon88, you might want to take down those pics. It doesn't matter how popular or social torrenting/stealing games are, it's illegal and warez software is a no no on these forums.

[Mr.Guvernment]

FC2 has been leaked, it is legit, it is english only, but the issue is getting it to work (i.e things that cant be digusted)

[ghost_recon88]

ghost_recon88, you might want to take down those pics. It doesn't matter how popular or social torrenting/stealing games are, it's illegal and warez software is a no no on these forums.

How exactly are the screens I have posted any different then what you would see on a reviewers site? :confused:

I've seen quite a few review places with screen shots from the game.

[Mr.Guvernment]

because they are clearly pointing to a pirated copy "not fake" is why.

[Shelnutt2]

How exactly are the screens I have posted any different then what you would see on a reviewers site? :confused:

I've seen quite a few review places with screen shots from the game.

because they are clearly pointing to a pirated copy "not fake" is why.

Mr. Guvernment hit it on the head. Review sites, I would hope, get official version of the game ahead of time to test out, and they are authorized to show the content. Here the game being downloaded illegally, and you don't have the permission to post pictures from it.

[ghost_recon88]

Alright then, I removed them.

[Shelnutt2]

Alright then, I removed them.

Ok, and I wasn't trying to be mean by it or anything, no offense was intended, just it's forum policy and I figured better to remind you then have a mod come in and remind you..

[redrumy3]

well been confirmed that the leak is not full game thank god was worried cause its so small steam unlocks in 1 day woot

[ghost_recon88]

well been confirmed that the leak is not full game thank god was worried cause its so small steam unlocks in 1 day woot

Um, yes it is :confused:

Far Cry 2 impressions (http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26643002&page=0)

4th post from the top.
believe it or not the install size is only a mere 3.16 GB

[redrumy3]

Um, yes it is :confused:

Far Cry 2 impressions (http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26643002&page=0)

4th post from the top.
yea but i dont believe him lol, i dont see how the xbox version is almost 7gb and pc is under 4 makes me cry if its true.

on far cry 2 site it says it needs 12gb of space so only way to tell if he shows the size it takes up in program files maybe =[

[ghost_recon88]

yea but i dont believe him lol, i dont see how the xbox version is almost 7gb and pc is under 4 makes me cry if its true.

on far cry 2 site it says it needs 12gb of space so only way to tell if he shows the size it takes up in program files maybe =[

Your choice not to believe him :rolleyes:

Coding and compression for the Xbox is done differently then on the PC ;)

I think I'm gonna head to my local Best Buy this afternoon and pick up a copy just to prove that it is legit. I saw it on the shelf there earlier today.

[redrumy3]

Your choice not to believe him :rolleyes:

Coding and compression for the Xbox is done differently then on the PC ;)

I think I'm gonna head to my local Best Buy this afternoon and pick up a copy just to prove that it is legit. I saw it on the shelf there earlier today.
please do lol really want to know if its really that small

i mean it seems to be to small for a next gen game first one is probably same size as this one and when installed who knows

[deathman20]

Your choice not to believe him :rolleyes:

Coding and compression for the Xbox is done differently then on the PC ;)

I think I'm gonna head to my local Best Buy this afternoon and pick up a copy just to prove that it is legit. I saw it on the shelf there earlier today.

Well not only that but the Console version doesn't need nessisarly all the super high res textures if it can't used them. As well if not mistaken there is very limited types of compression, nothing that takes to long to unpack and smallish in size. PC it could be extremly compressed and no one would care since it would be decompressed to proper size upon install.

[redrumy3]

Well not only that but the Console version doesn't need nessisarly all the super high res textures if it can't used them. As well if not mistaken there is very limited types of compression, nothing that takes to long to unpack and smallish in size. PC it could be extremly compressed and no one would care since it would be decompressed to proper size upon install.
i know they are made different etc im just saying i think the size is way to small for this game would mean either they are using low res textures for it or idk i just cant see this game being so small.

so someone find a legit copy at a store and confirm this i have to wait untill steam unlocks it to find out.

[deathman20]

i know they are made different etc im just saying i think the size is way to small for this game would mean either they are using low res textures for it or idk i just cant see this game being so small.

so someone find a legit copy at a store and confirm this i have to wait untill steam unlocks it to find out.

Not saying its not the proper size... since I've seen some wierd ass compression over the years where it can shrink files well beyond what do. But it does seem odd that it is so small for such a large game of 12-15Gigs needed for it. I'd think 7-8Gigs would be more of an ideal number.

[redrumy3]

Not saying its not the proper size... since I've seen some wierd ass compression over the years where it can shrink files well beyond what do. But it does seem odd that it is so small for such a large game of 12-15Gigs needed for it. I'd think 7-8Gigs would be more of an ideal number.
agreed well im sure someone will let us know tomorrow =]

[Pntgrd]

I will let you know tomorrow, is someone doesn't beat me to it. Based on a post above, I did stop at the local BB. All they had was the pre-order boxes on the shelves. According to their computers, tomorrow is the sale date, not today.

[hank123]

try this game (dam slow down load speeds) Ill try it tonite and buy it tomorrow!

Dang then its gonna be the new COD coming out too.

[ziggo0]

How do people not catch on that this forum has pretty much a zero tolerance even against talking about piracy? hank edit your post =X

[redrumy3]

How do people not catch on that this forum has pretty much a zero tolerance even against talking about piracy? hank edit your post =X
lol i wasnt sure if i was reading that right lol but yea i agree

[ziggo0]

lol i wasnt sure if i was reading that right lol but yea i agree

Yep :santa2:

[redrumy3]

revoke tool guys to take off an activation so u can keep it without wasting it

http://farcry.uk.ubi.com/unlock/index.htm

download it here

http://ubisoft.vo.llnwd.net/d1/marketing/EMEA/gamesites/farcry2securom/FarCry2RevokeTool.zip

[Leviathan41]

revoke tool guys to take off an activation so u can keep it without wasting it

http://farcry.uk.ubi.com/unlock/index.htm

download it here

http://ubisoft.vo.llnwd.net/d1/marketing/EMEA/gamesites/farcry2securom/FarCry2RevokeTool.zip
Thanks! Bookmarked.

If their system works as advertised you shouldn't really need this tool, but it's good to know where to look if something goes wrong.

The revocation of the serial is done automatically during the uninstallation process. However, if you decided not to revoke your license when the option is displayed, you can still do it later by re-installing and de-installing your game.

[ghost_recon88]

Dang, they thought of everything to try protect their DRM scheme.

[jayfella]

what about those that don't have an internet connection? I know this doesnt apply to us, but basically, with this new DRM, no internet, no play? Thats a bit harsh.. And besides, it wont stop anything.

[dreamtfk]

Looks like the game lost some stars for being very repetetive. Still seems to be a fun game just not nearly as good as it could have been, this appears to be the growing trend with hyped up games lately huh?

Gamespy Review:

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/far-cry-2-/922415p1.html

[ghost_recon88]

what about those that don't have an internet connection? I know this doesnt apply to us, but basically, with this new DRM, no internet, no play? Thats a bit harsh.. And besides, it wont stop anything.

I believe the tools linked above allow you to put your key into the application, and it spits back out some sort of activation code. So really all you need is a flash drive and internet connection somewhere and you should be good.

[SteveLord]

Looks like the game lost some stars for being very repetetive. Still seems to be a fun game just not nearly as good as it could have been, this appears to be the growing trend with hyped up games lately huh?

Gamespy Review:

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/far-cry-2-/922415p1.html

Add it to the pile.

Waiting for the typical "Oh just wait till some good mods come out for it" response.

[ghost_recon88]

Add it to the pile.

Waiting for the typical "Oh just wait till some good mods come out for it" response.

It will be a while before any good mods come out. I mean heck, Crysis came out about a year ago and there is yet to be one full completed mod that I've seen. By mod, I mean something coded using its engine (like the Jurassic Park Crysis mod). Of course there will be texture mods and those small ones, but those don't count in my book :rolleyes:

[redrumy3]

yea its that small steam version is 3,539MB so yea

[nightelph]

So has anyone picked this up yet? How is it? Any bugs/ glitches? (Its UBI, I have to ask.) How about posting a screenie or two.

[meat nub]

Looks like the game lost some stars for being very repetetive. Still seems to be a fun game just not nearly as good as it could have been, this appears to be the growing trend with hyped up games lately huh?

Gamespy Review:

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/far-cry-2-/922415p1.html

isn't everything repetitive?

i mean, my god, what's the point of even waking up every day? get up, eat, go to work, play games , go to bed, rinse and repeat. ;-)

all i want from this game is huge levels , no aliens, different ways to kill and approach situations and ability to sniper or shotgun and some sneaking too.

[ps2cho]

I'm interested based on the multiplayer element. Has anybody gone online with it yet? If its good I might buy it off steam later today.

[redrumy3]

I'm interested based on the multiplayer element. Has anybody gone online with it yet? If its good I might buy it off steam later today.
im @ 84% on steam i will check out multiplayer and see if it's good

[UnrealAlex]

I'm interested based on the multiplayer element. Has anybody gone online with it yet? If its good I might buy it off steam later today.

The only way I'll buy it is if the multiplayer is fun. Otherwise it's going to be like Crysis, boring after a while.

[Hardin]

Gamespot gave it an 8.5, but the only negatives were
"* Story does very little with politically-charged setting
* Traveling for long stretches can become tedious."
I'm sure the text will tell you why it only got an 8.5 but those positive and negatives summaries are so misleading.

[UnrealAlex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czQSIqjUttk
multiplayer looks lame.
I dont think there's even customizable weapons :( Game seems shallow

[redrumy3]

well i havent tried multiplayer wanted to see single player and the game looks amazing running maxed out 1680 x 1050 dx10 highest aa set in game smooth as butter

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8987/screenshot0000copygo6.jpg

[nightelph]

Man I won't even get to this game till after Fallout3. :-/

[ratbuddy]

So has anyone picked this up yet? How is it? Any bugs/ glitches? (Its UBI, I have to ask.) How about posting a screenie or two.

Didn't realize it was releasing so soon. I have it downloading in Steam now, will be up and running in a couple hours hopefully. I'll be running under Vista 64, DX10 maxed at 1680x1050. I'll throw a couple screens up later :beer:

[SteveLord]

Please include feedback. I think we're all a little tired of just screenshots of a pretty game.

[Hardin]

Man I won't even get to this game till after Fallout3. :-/

Yeah this game and Fable II. I'm so excited about Fallout 3.

[ratbuddy]

Please include feedback. I think we're all a little tired of just screenshots of a pretty game.

I just installed Crysis yesterday (I've played it under XP 32 but not Vista 64 in the past) and it looks quite nice on very high, definitely will make for an easy 'yes/no' gameplay and graphics comparison.

[mattgmann]

installed FC 2 and played for about an hour. Half of that time I've been trying to figure out a way to fix the sloppy slow mouse movement. It got so bad with my mx1000, that I switched to an mx600, and then to an old trackball mouse. No difference in performance in any of them. Seems the game just has a sloppy control interface.

[evoted]

well you may encounter some problems right off...if you are on vista 64

black screen on startup, the "optimized" drivers are not very good... 180.42

several options
1. - go back to 178.24

or

2.-
Browse to the Windows Games folder (Start button -> Games).
Right-click the Far Cry 2 shortcut and select 'Customize.'
Highlight the line 'Play' and click edit.
When in properties, click on the Compatibility tab and check "Disable visual themes."
Click apply and close.
Try running the game again.

If you are on DX10 and that doesnt work either, go to documents => my games=> far cry 2 and open the gamer profile and change the "Platform=" from DX9 to DX10 "d3d10"...

that got mine work...

The game, seems pretty good...once you get it going :)

[ratbuddy]

installed FC 2 and played for about an hour. Half of that time I've been trying to figure out a way to fix the sloppy slow mouse movement. It got so bad with my mx1000, that I switched to an mx600, and then to an old trackball mouse. No difference in performance in any of them. Seems the game just has a sloppy control interface.

I noticed huge mouse lag in the menus when running 1680x1050 with 'ultra high' presets and 8xAA under DX10. It got a little better when I switched down to 2xAA, or maybe I'm just imagining it, but the gameplay did smooth out a whole bunch.

So far, my impression is 'meh' on the graphics, not even close to Crysis. The physics are goofy as well, I hit a guy with my car on one of the first missions, and he sorta got instant rigor mortis. I can't figure out how to show a thumbnail from my photobucket account, advice welcome on that point. Note that this guy is dead, not begging for mercy like it appears. He just froze in that position. Shooting the corpse with the shotgun results in about 3 bullet holes that vanish after maybe 1.5 seconds.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd220/ratbuddy/farcry2/Screenshot0002.png

Gameplay is gonna have to be the saving grace for this one, we'll see.

edit: Oh, cool, looks like they automatically shrank the picture. Wonder why a 1.7m pixel screencap would take up 3.4 megabytes anyway..

[redrumy3]

game is awesome, multiplayer is kinda hard i have to get use to it, theres some problems that need to be fixed, widescreen is not true widescreen basically how bioschock was before a patch to fix it, the black screen on startup which doesnt do anything seems to be related to nvidia cards. vista x64 and dx10 seem to have stutter issue with 4870. Seems to be some mouse lag in dx10 mode completely gone in dx9 and same with stuttering problem its gone in dx9 mode.

other than that single player is much fun, graphics wont be like crysis cause well this game is only 3gb lol

multiplayer im about to play some more now

[nightelph]

So far, my impression is 'meh' on the graphics, not even close to Crysis.

Gameplay is gonna have to be the saving grace for this one, we'll see.

I'm not surprised. How is the weather system in the game; wind rain sun shadows, etc?

[ratbuddy]

I'm not surprised. How is the weather system in the game; wind rain sun shadows, etc?

Will edit this later when I get a chance to see it. The shadows are actually the only thing that made me say 'that looks cool' so far, but I just had to stop playing and take my machine apart to get the serial number from the video card - almost forgot to register it and today's the deadline.

[mattgmann]

is there a benchmark tool out for this yet? I heard there was supposed to be one that came with it, but I downloaded from steam, and I'm not sure if they give the whole package.

[mattgmann]

nevermind.....found it

[ziggo0]

is there a benchmark tool out for this yet? I heard there was supposed to be one that came with it, but I downloaded from steam, and I'm not sure if they give the whole package.

Look in your bin folder.




Btw graphics aren't everything and I honestly believe that graphics are the problem with today's games. Everyone is like OOO PURDY GRAFIX, but by the time they get to the end of the game they realize what a ****ty game they just spent hours and hours playing (reminds me of Crysis, just an example). All the games that are coming out in the first paragraph of a preview its GRAPHICS this GRAPHICS THAT...how about some gameplay please? I don't care if a game looks like HALFLIFE 1, if it plays good then it's probably going to be a good game.

[don'tknow]

Nvidia drivers for the loss >.<

More nv4_disp.dll crashes. I was on 177.79. Then installed 178.13, clocked my gpu down to stock and it lasts 2-3 hours before crashing again. Not going to bother with 178.24 because those crash my games within seconds of startup.

GD it, guess I'll dl some of the 180 betas and try those. This stupid nv4_disp.dll has been happening ever since I switched to Nvidia... wtf is wrong with their drivers?? It's the only piece of hardware, with any PC I've ever built in the past 10+ years, that I cannot get working stable. Already RMA'd the damn thing and the new one is fine, just that drivers are still crashing for some reason.

Going back to ATI soon if this crap isn't fixed. Maybe a 4850x2 or something, in the next 1-2 months.

Can't comment much on FC2 because it keeps giving me the nv4_disp.pos error. I'm running 1680x1050 all max settings 4x AA around 40-50 fps. 8x AA plays 30-40 which is a little laggy for me.

[don'tknow]

Installed 180.42, here's some benches:

http://i35.tinypic.com/2rcad53.jpg
Ranch Small 4x AA, 1680x1050 Ultra High


http://i33.tinypic.com/24mi61e.jpg
Ranch Small 8x AA, 1680x1050 Ultra High

8x AA performance is kind of disappointing, but those with dual GPU's won't have any problem. Can't control my fan speed with these new drivers (sigh), but I'll play some and see if it's stable now.

[ziggo0]

I'm getting some weird studder in DX10...DX9 runs nice and smooth but not sure, using the "Far Cry 2 Hotfix" drivers from ATi

[SteveLord]

Player reviews on Gamespot are saying the multiplayer is crap...and that the graphics even all the way up do not live up to the hype.

Next!

[don'tknow]

I'm liking the graphics. There's not enough physics though.. too few things are destroyable.

So far I've been doing some of the main storyline and most of the weapons dealer quests to unlock all the weapons... they're pretty much all the same thing. Kill some people (main storyline), blow up a truck (weapon side quests). Same thing in every mission, just different location. There's quite a bit of bugged 'outposts', like you can 'unlock' some of them by killing all the guards there, but can't seem to unlock like 50% of them; killing all guards does nothing.

[nightelph]

Report (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14737) of widescreen issues, Bioshock style. Any truth?

Btw graphics aren't everything and I honestly believe that graphics are the problem with today's games. Everyone is like OOO PURDY GRAFIX, but by the time they get to the end of the game they realize what a ****ty game they just spent hours and hours playing (reminds me of Crysis, just an example). All the games that are coming out in the first paragraph of a preview its GRAPHICS this GRAPHICS THAT...how about some gameplay please? I don't care if a game looks like HALFLIFE 1, if it plays good then it's probably going to be a good game.

I knew you were going to say crysis when I started reading your post. Everyone knows graphics aren't everything, and it can't save a crappy game. But they're still nice to have, when implemented properly. People just bought a crap-ton of 4870s and gtx280s and now the gaming season is upon us; we want to know how well the titles shine, thats all.

[ghost_recon88]

Report (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14737) of widescreen issues, Bioshock style. Any truth?

Suck :mad: I'm gonna wait to play this until they release a fix for it, or someone figures out a way to edit the settings files.

Edit: Man, we need more PC exclusives. Or at least they need to go through and do some major re-enhancing. All these new games are designed for the weaker 360/PS3 specs, and once they're converted over to the PC they look like crap :argue::cry: OK so not really crap, but you can tell it's just a console game being thrown onto the PC :eh?: Even @ 1920x1200 with all the details cranked this game still doesn't look as good as Crysis (and Crysis was poorly coded). And guess what? Crysis is a PC exclusive! How about making a game for the PC with nice visuals, and screwing over the 360/PS3 owners instead of vice-versa?

[meat nub]

Suck :mad: I'm gonna wait to play this until they release a fix for it, or someone figures out a way to edit the settings files.

Edit: Man, we need more PC exclusives. Or at least they need to go through and do some major re-enhancing. All these new games are designed for the weaker 360/PS3 specs, and once they're converted over to the PC they look like crap :argue::cry: OK so not really crap, but you can tell it's just a console game being thrown onto the PC :eh?: Even @ 1920x1200 with all the details cranked this game still doesn't look as good as Crysis (and Crysis was poorly coded). And guess what? Crysis is a PC exclusive! How about making a game for the PC with nice visuals, and screwing over the 360/PS3 owners instead of vice-versa?

Because why spend $1000+ for a PC , especially in this economy, when you can get a console for , what $400 and put the other $600 towards the purchase of games.

Straight-to-PC games are a dying breed.

[evoted]

what i dont understand is, dont developers test the game? not the gameplay...but the game....dont they have a "normal pc" an check what problems it may have when the game is install or nvidia dont they test the drivers? i really dont understand how the game is released and has problems, i would rather wait for the game to be bug free...

[jayfella]

i was just playing this game. Its kinda like grand theft auto meets Counterstrike. You get safe houses and ammo shops, etc... and the graphics like like the source engine.

The start of the game pretty bad, if you compare it the the COD4 start, where the president is taken in a car and shot, its nowhere near as good. It doesnt look shiny, it looks almost empty. I turned everything on very high/ultra in DX10 as well. The cars look very GTAIII - boxy and badly textured. Im not impressed at all with the graphics. The people also talk like they are in a rush and dont know how to use full-stops. The only good thing i like about it is that there is a lot of blood when people get shot.

Hopefully the gameplay is better. It just stinks of the source engine to me though.

EDIT: maybe im being a bit tough. Im sure its a good game, but its not a revelation, or a new height in gameplay.. I remember when i installed COD4 for the first time, and i was like, WOW! - look at that, look at this! amazing! And the video at the start of COD4 was like, "im really into this!" - it doesnt do that, its more like "meh, is that it?" - it feels really hollow.

And i know some of you are saying to hell wit the graphics, what about gameplay? - and i see your point! I really do. But it does dissapoint graphics-wise. It sure as hell aint no revelation. i'll have to give you an update on the gameplay, i've only really done a couple of missions, and tbh, at this moment in time, the "areas of ceasfire" and stuff ooze "GTA rip-off" , the "timeshift" , where you go to sleep feel like assassins creed timeshift.... it just feels like a bunch of top sellers whacked together, and im not sure it works...

[dreamtfk]

I'm still finishing Brothers in Arms:HH along with Mass Effect then I would like to finish Bioshock and Oblivion, I haven't even installed Crysis! Lol.. so those titles will keep me busy for awhile. I will put Far Cry 2 on the shelf for awhile. :attn:

[Frogbones]

Sorely dissappointed glad I didn't actually pay for the game (gift card) Would've much rather spend that gift card on World in COnflict than this piece.


Honestly? consistantly let down over the past few years. I'm going to play out my remaining games and not buy anything for a while.

FC2 absolutely is just bad...STALKER CS also is a big let down...Crysis let down, new GTA let down, paying top dollar for crap. I've been trying to give the benifet of the doubt, but screw it...I'm fed up after the past 4 yrs of consistant let downs......with few I mean few good ones.

Jayfella, I agree the dailalogue is way to rushed, physics are crappy, guns are crappy (sounds and balistics), bullet decals are crap...run on sentences sounds, just utter CRAP for a game. STALKER CS and this game are on the "sell on ebay shelf". Oh and the mouse movent reminds me of a mouse ball that is dirty.

I'm now hesitant on Fall Out 3 and COD5 basically any game that is hyped...guess I should refer to my own sig..about the hype.


X3 TC, GRID are good releases..I'm enjoying it for new games. I'm going to be very selective from now on about these "ground breaking" games...yeah RIGHT!!

[UnrealAlex]

The best things in life are free :D (BF2 Project Reality mod = renewed faith in gaming)

[deathman20]

X3 TC, GRID are good releases..I'm enjoying it for new games. I'm going to be very selective from now on about these "ground breaking" games...yeah RIGHT!!

Yeah those are good games. X-Series hasn't let me down yet, and GRID was just good all around, reminds me I should play that some more :)

Guess I'll wait a bit on FC2 then, iffy statements/commits aren't looking to good. Thank god I got a few games to tide me over for a long while now :)

[Frogbones]

These new FPS's are..to me.. just playable benchmarking programs.

I'm not going to buy a new realease again, I'm just going to wait several months to a year after release before I buy it... IF I decide to buy....that is going to be a standard of mine from now on.

[Vengance_01]

I have to say I am disappointed as well. I wish I did not buy the game up front. 50$ wasted. I guess games are not holding there appeal any more. :-/

[ratbuddy]

The game is starting to grow on me a bit, rather like Stalker did. Weird and hollow at first but there is some unexpected depth to the gameplay. To all the Crysis naysayers, I gotta say, I disagree. It was one of the best games I've played in a while. Better than COD4 imho.

Note that I'm talking strictly single player, I don't do multiplayer FPS except TF2.

[Red_LightRanger]

How is it on the ps3? I know that gta4 gave me some lower fps during huge explosions and stuff.

[dreamtfk]

Yeah those are good games. X-Series hasn't let me down yet, and GRID was just good all around, reminds me I should play that some more :)

How is that game? I am not a big racing game fan is it one of those extremely realistic games cause that would probably bore me. The graphics looked awesome I must say!

[ratbuddy]

FWIW ran some benches at stock CPU/GPU clocks. I'll do OC runs later on..

Fully maxed DX10 with various levels of AA..

[jayfella]

GRID isnt super realistic, its kinda a lot realistic, but you can see that the cars wouldnt normally react like they do on the game. IMO GTR2 was too realistic, and i could never win a race in that game, but GRID is about as good to real as i like. You can handbrake at 120 and get away with it, but in GTR2 you would spin like a frisbee. so... I would say its the best racing sim out at the minute, by a longshot. And the graphics are beautiful, especially the replays.

[dreamtfk]

GRID isnt super realistic, its kinda a lot realistic, but you can see that the cars wouldnt normally react like they do on the game. IMO GTR2 was too realistic, and i could never win a race in that game, but GRID is about as good to real as i like. You can handbrake at 120 and get away with it, but in GTR2 you would spin like a frisbee. so... I would say its the best racing sim out at the minute, by a longshot. And the graphics are beautiful, especially the replays.

Sounds like I may like it then since I do like some realism but I like some arcade action style too. Think I'll check out the demo on Fileplanet when I get home thanks!

[rallyfan1986]

Just got FC2 now, it reminds me a lot of GTA, but set in Africa rather than the city

[ghost_recon88]

I'm not gonna lie, my favorite weapon so far is the flame thrower :D

IDK if the whole game is gonna have the same style or not, but this whole "mini-mission" thing is getting old already :( I want some freedom like in the original Far Cry, instead of having to go destroy or take out xxx. Old one was get to point A no matter what, then part B starts.

[Codeman05]

Its not bad...but not great. The graphics are pretty good maxed out. Not Crysis, but similar and roughly 2x+ the performance.

Unfortunately I also get the Microstutter in DX10 mode only. I'm probably going to shelf it until a patch is released so I can enjoy the game

[stereo555]

Its not bad...but not great. The graphics are pretty good maxed out. Not Crysis, but similar and roughly 2x+ the performance.

Unfortunately I also get the Microstutter in DX10 mode only. I'm probably going to shelf it until a patch is released so I can enjoy the game

+1 for the stutter , but in XP x64 .

May shelve it also , gets to be unplayable after awhile . The stutter has also been reported by others at the Ubi/FC2 forum .

[Codeman05]

Yea it seems to be pretty common, particularly in ATI cards, even single GPUs.

Oh well...that's what I get for not waiting for Fallout 3 lol

[ziggo0]

Even though I went ahead and started playing it in DX9, it's pretty fun...a lot better than most games recently.

[don'tknow]

Did some more benches just now.

Post FX and Ambient on High, reducing them didn't give me any fps boost. Physics Very High, reducing it to Medium doesn't give me an fps boost; I actually get an avg fps boost of 0.3 - 0.5 by increasing it.

4x AA/1680x1050/DX9, Ranch Small: Everything else changed from Ultra High to Very High = went from 41 fps to 47 fps.
High = 50 fps
Medium = 75 fps

All the visuals look very similar in Ultra High, Very High and High, but when you go down to Medium the shadows and textures up close are noticably more blurry. Haven't tried playing extensively with High/Very High but I'm assuming for the best balance of fps/visuals it would be High, or textures/shadows on Very High and the rest on High.

Edit: actually shadows show no visual difference between high/very high/ultra high, but decrease fps. Textures look a bit better on Ultra High but give no fps hit at all. So more testing shows my best settings to be most on Very High, Shadows High and Textures Ultra High.

[hajalie24]

The game is starting to grow on me a bit, rather like Stalker did. Weird and hollow at first but there is some unexpected depth to the gameplay. To all the Crysis naysayers, I gotta say, I disagree. It was one of the best games I've played in a while. Better than COD4 imho.

Note that I'm talking strictly single player, I don't do multiplayer FPS except TF2.

I agree, crysis was one of my favorite pc games, if not the best. The single player campaign and gameplay was awesome and the graphics were amazing. The online on the first crysis sucked but crysis wars is really fun.

[redrumy3]

yea im going to wait for a patch this fix dx10 problems and fix widescreen problem as well, so that better be soon =| if not fallout 3 all the way

[Shelnutt2]

Anyone play Mercenaries (or Mercenaries 2) and want to compare them? Is it similar to that?

How is making allies? I remember at a demonstration they showed and talked about how if you randomly help out a fellow mercenary in a firefight, he'll remember you and if you break out into a fire fight and he's close by he'll come and help you. Or if you've attacked him before and he come's he'll join up in attacking you.

[ratbuddy]

yea im going to wait for a patch this fix dx10 problems and fix widescreen problem as well, so that better be soon =| if not fallout 3 all the way

What problems? I play widescreen DX10 and it's flawless..

[ziggo0]

The widescreen looks very cramped...kinda like FOV isn't right.

[ghost_recon88]

The widescreen looks very cramped...kinda like FOV isn't right.

Is there any settings .ini file you can mod to make it display the right area? I'm surprised someone hasn't figured out a way around this yet :shrug:

[ziggo0]

Is there any settings .ini file you can mod to make it display the right area? I'm surprised someone hasn't figured out a way around this yet :shrug:

Nope :(

There is a "force widescreen" in the XML...but it didn't change anything for me.

[Hardin]

It probably has the same problem as Bioshock when it was released. . Although I haven't played the game yet. Yep my instincts were right. http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=142747#142747 You actually lose viewing area.

[redrumy3]

What problems? I play widescreen DX10 and it's flawless..
not true widescreen like when bioshock was first released and dx10 stutters for alot of ppl so yea

we are missing the red


http://wsgfmedia.com/uploads/paddywak/screenshots/farcry2/FC2-WS.jpg

[ratbuddy]

not true widescreen like when bioshock was first released and dx10 stutters for alot of ppl so yea

we are missing the red




Ahh, I wondered WTF the half a tattoo said :)

[OSUmaxx]

DX10 issues here as well on Vista x64. DX9 is ok, but the game doesn't seem to want to run full screen (probably my error?)

[UnrealAlex]

Eh game has potential but gets repetitive quick. The AI is dumb and predictable and has super powers. Stupid weapon features (like an AK 47 jamming or blowing up after like 300 shots fired if you picked it up from a random guy. any weapon you pick up = bad quality which makes no sense)

Advice:
Do not play above normal difficulty. I thought hardcore meant more realism not at all, they just make the AI tough to kill. takes like 5 pistol bullets to the chest to bring down an unarmored guy and then he still shoots at you from the floor...
Do all the arms dealer quests right away

Game has some really cool stuff though. Like IEDs, planting ambushes with those = win. Snipers are really fun. RPG is wack, it flies at like 5 mph. It would seem common sense to go watch a video on RPGs and how they work if you plan to put it into the game...

Conclusion: with some patches and a realism mod, this game will rock. until then, its lame.

[Special7]

Man this game runs rather rough even with the latest drivers,

Settings: Demo(Ranch Small), 1280x720 (75Hz), D3D9, Fixed Time Step(No), Disable Artificial Intelligence(No), Full Screen, Anti-Aliasing(None), VSync(No), Overall Quality(Custom), Vegetation(Medium), Shading(Ultra High), Terrain(High), Geometry(Very High), Post FX(Medium), Texture(Very High), Shadow(Ultra High), Ambient(High), Hdr(Yes), Bloom(Yes), Fire(High), Physics(Very High), RealTrees(Medium)
* Average Framerate: 33.34
* Max. Framerate: 56.88
* Min. Framerate: 25.36

[ziggo0]

This game is pretty CPU dependent from the benchmarks I've seen.

[Special7]

This game is pretty CPU dependent from the benchmarks I've seen.

Maybe, these drivers are also crap to very unstable the game keeps crashing and hanging, blah.

[don'tknow]

So far it looks like the latest drivers are only stable on stock speeds for me. Very flaky... looks like they rushed them just for bare minimum stability. If I use even my lowest OC profile (666/1404/2052), it crashes in about an hour. All other games, even both Crysis run at 756/1512/2214 for many hours.

[Special7]

So far it looks like the latest drivers are only stable on stock speeds for me. Very flaky... looks like they rushed them just for bare minimum stability. If I use even my lowest OC profile (666/1404/2052), it crashes in about an hour. All other games, even both Crysis run at 756/1512/2214 for many hours.

Yeah me to, if I raise my clocks 5mhz past stock my driver crashes, not to mention there are no fan speed adjustments for these drivers...

[don'tknow]

I'm using Rivatuner to up the fan speed, until EVGA updates its Precision to allow fan control again (they're aware of the issue but have no mention of when the update will be released).

[ziggo0]

Special you only have 1gb of RAM...I'm willing to bed it's starving for RAM =/

[UnrealAlex]

lol there's a mission to retrieve something from the trainyard and there are a ton of rocky hills around it that are perfect for sniping but its impossible to climb any of them because our elite hero cannot climb 15 degrees uphill. In fact, most of terrain in this game is unclimbable unless they specifically want you to climb it. what is wrong with developers, they need to be fired.

[Special7]

Special you only have 1gb of RAM...I'm willing to bed it's starving for RAM =/

I'm on xp, task manager shows the game hasn't gone near 1gb yet. Though now that you mention it I could use another gb, maybe I'll go to micro center and see what they got.

[watchthisspace]

Everything on High with a Res of 1680X1050 and it doesn't feel fluid but I haven't got Fraps on to check the FPS

[nightelph]

lol there's a mission to retrieve something from the trainyard and there are a ton of rocky hills around it that are perfect for sniping but its impossible to climb any of them because our elite hero cannot climb 15 degrees uphill. In fact, most of terrain in this game is unclimbable unless they specifically want you to climb it. what is wrong with developers, they need to be fired.

I remember in Far Cry I would spend forever finding the tallest mountain I could climb up, and cliff diving off into the water! Anyone remember the hang glider?

What problems? I play widescreen DX10 and it's flawless..

Report (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14737) of widescreen issues, Bioshock style.

[Alexhk]

DX10 issues here as well on Vista x64. DX9 is ok, but the game doesn't seem to want to run full screen (probably my error?)

Yep Dx10 likes to stutter in some odd fashion. To fullscreen press Alt+Enter

Everything on High with a Res of 1680X1050 and it doesn't feel fluid but I haven't got Fraps on to check the FPS

open console and type "showFps 1"

If your in Dx10 mode trying going to Dx9. For me it went from headache inducing (literally) to smooth.

When I first played for about a half hour i was kinda bummed out, wasn't really into it. But i have to say subsequently, it had seriously grown on me. 1680 x 1050 with everything on Very High and I can't think of a single time in the hours I played where FPS dipped to the point where I noticed. I think they hit on a nice balance of graphics and performance. My only real frustration at the moment is alot of the terrain isn't climbable. Lacking the freedom kinda hurts the immersion for me. Still looks good though =D

https://myfiles.neu.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-5093426_1

[Leviathan41]

DX10 issues here as well on Vista x64. DX9 is ok, but the game doesn't seem to want to run full screen (probably my error?)
If you are using an ATI card you can try installing the driver hotfix here:
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=38664

[ghost_recon88]

If you are using an ATI card you can try installing the driver hotfix here:
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=38664

Those drivers are a must if you're an ATI owner and playing Far Cry 2. They really increased my FPS over the 8.10 driver set.

[nightelph]

^
Thats good to know. However by the time I get through Dead Space this week and start Fallout 3 the next, there will probably be new ATi drivers out!

[sHape oF gReY]

Just got to play it a little bit, averaging about 37 FPS at 1080p on very high in DX9, DX10 I get about the same frames, sometimes higher, but there is annoying stuttering.

Back to Dead Space it is.

[Leviathan41]

Just got to play it a little bit, averaging about 37 FPS at 1080p on very high in DX9, DX10 I get about the same frames, sometimes higher, but there is annoying stuttering.

Back to Dead Space it is.
The ATI hotfix driver that I posted a couple of posts up is reported to fix the stuttering problem as well as improve performance, give it a shot. :)

[mrgreenjeans]

I bought the STEAM version and running on XP dx9, turned everything on high and haven't noticed a stutter yet. 1920 x 1080. I'm inching up the AA but so far no complaints. Haven't tried really exploring yet but enjoyable so far! I'm downloading the beta drivers and will see if there's any difference. overall impressions: :thup:

[ziggo0]

The ATI hotfix driver that I posted a couple of posts up is reported to fix the stuttering problem as well as improve performance, give it a shot. :)

They didn't. I'm running them and still get the studder in DX10.

[jmh547]

I am made. I finally made it to game stop to pickup my copy... they put me on the list for Fall Out 3 by accident... serves me right for not looking at the receipt.

[redrumy3]

They didn't. I'm running them and still get the studder in DX10.
same, its going to be like assassins creed which was dx10.1 until it was patched i bet that is whats going to happen in order to fix the stutters could be wrong but yea :P

as for wide screen issue there a unofficial fix which requires you to run and program to change fov for now but cant use it to play online so i am just going to wait =/

[sHape oF gReY]

They didn't. I'm running them and still get the stutter in DX10.

Yep I'm still getting stuttering after the hotfix, although I did gain about 7 FPS avg. I'll try 8.10 + hotfix later, running 8.7 right now.

[ghost_recon88]

Yep I'm still getting stuttering after the hotfix, although I did gain about 7 FPS avg. I'll try 8.10 + hotfix later, running 8.7 right now.

Wait, did you do a clean install of the hotfixes? or install them over your 8.7 drivers? I thought they were stand alone drivers?

[ziggo0]

Wait, did you do a clean install of the hotfixes? or install them over your 8.7 drivers? I thought they were stand alone drivers?

I was on 8.10 Final...uninstall, reboot, driversweeper, reboot the install the FC2 drivers...its definitely a DX10 issue.

[Impar]

Greetings!

From what I read the ATI hotfix only works for the HD4870X2, not the single GPU cards.

[ghost_recon88]

I was on 8.10 Final...uninstall, reboot, driversweeper, reboot the install the FC2 drivers...its definitely a DX10 issue.

I was referring to the comment below when I asked that question. Sucks to heat about the studdering, I'm running XP and was looking at getting another 2GB of RAM so I could jump to Vista. Appears now to be no hurry to switch :(

Yep I'm still getting stuttering after the hotfix, although I did gain about 7 FPS avg. I'll try 8.10 + hotfix later, running 8.7 right now.

[ratbuddy]

Played for maybe 4 hours last night, and the game is really growing on me even more so than Stalker eventually did. I did all the arms dealer missions available, holy crow, what fun. Killed some random guy with an RPG and took it along with me a while earlier, so when the first caravan came at me, highlighted from behind by the setting sun, they were easy pickings several hundred feet away. 3 rockets later, everything was dead, and I moved in to check for unfortunate survivors. Wish someone had warned me about grass fires, I nearly burned to death.

Also really loving the MAC-10. Finally a game that captures just how fast a machine pistol fires and how deadly they are at close range.

I do hate the invisible walls that occur when you try to climb relatively mild slopes, and they definitely should have worked more on the trees - way too few polygons, but overall, I feel it was $50 well spent. Annoying that EVGA is going to be including this with GTX series cards, having bought one a month ago, but oh well :p Same thing happened to me with Crysis..

[Gabkicks]

i hate how there's no wound decals :( i like to see if i hit them between the eyes. :(
it seems to run fine on my system. I think it runs okay on my other system too @ very high settings 1280x1024 (5000+, 2gigs ddr2 800, 9600 GT vista 64)

[ziggo0]

Greetings!

From what I read the ATI hotfix only works for the HD4870X2, not the single GPU cards.

Can't say I agree, I noticed FPS increase across the board on min/avg & max when testing.

[stereo555]

Well Iam still getting the stutter in DX9 after muliple tries of differnt possible remedies ...

driver change(s) , lowered oc , raised oc (both cpu/gpu) , and nothing has fixed it ; but the newest WHQL drivers (XP x64/178.24/Oct-08) did help somewhat .

Gonna try the game on my bro's rig tonight with a E3110 @ 4.2/680i and 2X260's/Sli in DX9 and see what happens .

Did anyone notice , that this game uses ALOT of cpu , even on a quad (highest usage to date so far on gaming with my quad . Well over 50+/60% on all cores in task manager ) .

[Impar]

Greetings!
Can't say I agree, I noticed FPS increase across the board on min/avg & max when testing.DX9 or DX10?

PS: For nVidians, there is a new beta driver out 180.43.

[ghost_recon88]

Did anyone notice , that this game uses ALOT of cpu , even on a quad (highest usage to date so far on gaming with my quad . Well over 50+/60% on all cores in task manager ) .

That's good :thup: A lot of people have better CPUs then they do GPUs, so as long as its more CPU taxing then GPU taxing and can still look good, I'm all for it :beer:

[lordkosc]

Well I picked this up even though the first far cry was sorta MEH to me... I am at the point where I get my gun and knife, and the building catches fire. Which is about .00003 seconds into the game, lol.

So far it looks amazing on my 8800gt @ 1680x1050 everything on Very High. No slow down or stutter so far. Oh and its in DX10.

[stereo555]

That's good :thup: A lot of people have better CPUs then they do GPUs, so as long as its more CPU taxing then GPU taxing and can still look good, I'm all for it :beer:

Yeh , Ive got no complaints about it , as the quads getting a nice workout .... finally ! :D

[ghost_recon88]

I have to admit, after playing this game for several hours today I'm hooked :beer:

[mrgreenjeans]

No rendering probs, I just want the binoculars back! That or a hot key for the 'spotter'. Equipping and unequipping the map for close up views gets repetitious! Other wise::thup:

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

No rendering probs, I just want the binoculars back! That or a hot key for the 'spotter'. Equipping and unequipping the map for close up views gets repetitious! Other wise::thup:

Yeah, I disliked that too. But as soon as I got my self a sniper rifle I stopped using it for basically every occasion. Though, I'm not using a rifle now, so I've been using the MGL's scope. lol

I did all the arms dealer missions available, holy crow, what fun. Killed some random guy with an RPG and took it along with me a while earlier, so when the first caravan came at me, highlighted from behind by the setting sun, they were easy pickings several hundred feet away. 3 rockets later, everything was dead, and I moved in to check for unfortunate survivors. Wish someone had warned me about grass fires, I nearly burned to death.

I finished them all just last night but I still gotta work on getting the diamonds for everything. When I did the dealer missions, I positioned my self to snipe the driver of the truck, then picked off the jeeps from a distance and then when it was clear I grenaded the truck and ran off. I really wish you got the MGL before the last one, that would have been great to use. I was also thinking about buying IED's for it, but there were more important weapons for me to get first.

[UnrealAlex]

IED's are fun :D I put three on the road about 10 meters away from each other, and got all 3 cars in the convoy at once.

[Leviathan41]

Yeah, I like the arms dealer convoy missions too. I like to park a jeep in the middle of the road where the road narrows forcing them to slow down or stop, then unload on them with either an RPG or IED. So much fun!! :D

[Codeman05]

For those with the stuttering Issue, this is what a guy on the Steam Forums recommended


Hurray! I fixed it on my computer! I was trying a ton of things, so this may not be the true solution, but I turned off "Tablet PC Optional Components" in Windows Features and restarted my computer. This sounds really strange for this to be the cause, so I'm very skeptical.

Just in case, here is how to turn that off:
1. Go to Control Panel
2. Uninstall a Program
3. On the left-hand side, Turn Windows features on or off
4. Uncheck Tablet PC Optional Components


Apparently this has worked for numerous people...which blows my mind how this is the problem lol...but hey...if it works?

I'm redownloading FC2 now (had to reformat last night), so I'll post my results when it is finished. In the meantime, if anyone wants to try this and report back...

[sHape oF gReY]

For those with the stuttering Issue, this is what a guy on the Steam Forums recommended



Apparently this has worked for numerous people...which blows my mind how this is the problem lol...but hey...if it works?

I'm redownloading FC2 now (had to reformat last night), so I'll post my results when it is finished. In the meantime, if anyone wants to try this and report back...

Didn't work for me. :cry:

[ziggo0]

Mine's been disabled :(

[aaronjb]

DX10 performance is, as expected with a 10.1 game, ugly on my 8800GTX SLI setup. I get 20-25 FPS with DX10/Ultra High at 1920x1200 (Vista64), but a solid 60FPS with DX9/Ultra High at the same resolution.

NVidia really missed the boat on DX10.1. It's not entirely NVidia's fault, but ATI made sure that one specific DX10.1 feature was implemented properly in hardware and in drivers, and pushed developers to use this feature. NV promised developers that they'd sort things out on their end before the game's release, but haven't yet delivered.

And it may be poor manners to mention it here, but once again [H] sets the standard for poor methodology in their FC2 performance testing. Kyle Bennett and his writers back it up with the usual unprofessional antics in the related thread, so at least there's some humor to be ha.

[Codeman05]

Didn't work for me. :cry:

well crap. My download just finished so I'm going to give it a try now.

[Codeman05]

Well guys...it looks like it worked for me :confused:

[ghost_recon88]

OK, so here's a non-technical question about the game?

I'm currently in stage 1, and only 16% through it. I was at 12% for the longest time. How exactly do you progress through this game? Do you accept the jobs, then have your friends help you complete them in order to gain progress? If I do jobs by myself, without any cell call to my buds, my completion percentage doesn't go up :(

[UnrealAlex]

Only the faction jobs advance the story line. Just keep getting jobs from the town.

At 40% or so, you leave that area to a southern town :P Its a lot cooler, and there's cool missions too. The game picks up.

[Gabkicks]

I thought the game was fine, but i was running in DX9 mode. DX10 stutters, but according to benchmarks, i am getting much higher framerates. 1st pic is running DX9 2x AA and very high settings at 1280x1024. second is DX10. Look at how spikey DX10 is. I dunno...

http://i38.tinypic.com/6fa3ia.jpg

[ziggo0]

Thats what studdering looks like on a graph lol.

I've had that Tablet PC service disabled for the longest time...in fact since I formatted last, not sure how disabling it is helping people.

[ghost_recon88]

Only the faction jobs advance the story line. Just keep getting jobs from the town.

At 40% or so, you leave that area to a southern town :P Its a lot cooler, and there's cool missions too. The game picks up.

Alright thanks. So there is a new map after a certain percent? That's good to know :clap: I was afraid the whole game was going to be on the current map which I had already thoroughly explored.

[hank123]

hows the online play? Thats the only reason I will buy this game.

[don'tknow]

Check to see if there are background processes or services which are using your CPU while playing the game... and see if the cpu usage is happening during the spikes. I've had stutter problems several times before, but it wasn't with a 4k series, just on my old x1900xt. The problem was cpu usage spikes from other programs while playing the game, it caused these frame skips which happen exactly every 2 sec.

Maybe some games + driver combinations aren't taking full priority over other programs when run in DX10, so the CPU usage from other programs is interfering. That's my best guess.

[Gabkicks]

have you guys noticed that sometimes people won't even be aiming at you, and they'll hit you? Like i was watching this one guy aiming over 90 degrees away from me. He opened fire and i suddenly started taking damage. >_<

[gigabit]

Im downloading it now.I hope i dont have any problems

[ghost_recon88]

have you guys noticed that sometimes people won't even be aiming at you, and they'll hit you? Like i was watching this one guy aiming over 90 degrees away from me. He opened fire and i suddenly started taking damage. >_<

Yea I've noticed that you can get hit even when you can't see the enemy or they're not even looking at you. I sure hope they get that fixed in the 1st patch.

The thing I find most annoying is when I'm in a gun battle and I want to syringe myself. Sometimes he'll just pull or pop bullets out instead of shooting up on 'roids. I'm like "dang man, stop pulling out bullets and get yourself fully healed NOW". Of course when he's pulling out a bullet, he's still getting hit and I normally end up dying :temper: If he only would have pulled out the syringe :rolleyes:

[gigabit]

Well no stutter.But dam the the taxi ride is long..lol

[SteveLord]

hows the online play? Thats the only reason I will buy this game.

This thread is 90% fps results. :rolleyes:

Better look elsewhere for multiplayer reviews...which will disappoint you anyway from what I've seen.

[sHape oF gReY]

I thought the game was fine, but i was running in DX9 mode. DX10 stutters, but according to benchmarks, i am getting much higher framerates. 1st pic is running DX9 2x AA and very high settings at 1280x1024. second is DX10. Look at how spikey DX10 is. I dunno...



Yeah with DX10 I get roughly 10FPS higher than DX9, but the stuttering just makes it unplayable.

[don'tknow]

This thread is 90% fps results. :rolleyes:

Better look elsewhere for multiplayer reviews...which will disappoint you anyway from what I've seen.

More like trying to get the game working properly. People kind of need to be able to play it first before commenting much on the gameplay. Thanks to crappy console ports.

[aaronjb]

So, I used DriverCleaner (following the detailed instructions in the help file - including removing old drivers, booting into safe mode, etc. - to the letter). Following this, I installed the 180.43 drivers, and I'm back at a solid 60FPS in DX10 mode (1920x1200, no AA or AF, UltraHigh settings). With 4xAA, framerate hovers around 45-50FPS, so I'm very pleased.

Amazing what cleaning up the mess from old driver installs will do.

[MakubeX]

Trying out my new 4870X2. FC2 plays very well on a 4870X2 (unlike Crysis).

Settings:
1600x1200, 2xAA
Everything in Ultra High except shadows which are Very High
Win XP

http://i35.tinypic.com/rsepue.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/2nvavd3.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/1pgtug.jpg

[Gabkicks]

I don't know if it's been brought up, but I can't get ammo from guys if i kill them while they are driving a truck/car or if they are manning a turret when i kill them. I don't understand how that could get past beta-testers....

[MakubeX]

I don't know if it's been brought up, but I can't get ammo from guys if i kill them while they are driving a truck/car or if they are manning a turret when i kill them. I don't understand how that could get past beta-testers....

Hmmm, I gotta test that.

[don'tknow]

I don't know if it's been brought up, but I can't get ammo from guys if i kill them while they are driving a truck/car or if they are manning a turret when i kill them. I don't understand how that could get past beta-testers....

Same. Don't know if it's a bug or intended (that'd be weird).

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

A little tip for those first timers using the Carl G Rocket Launcher. Do not shoot it while in grass. When you shoot it sets fire to the grass behind you. I was quite surprised when I decided to test it out and started burning. I like to save before buying stuff and testing things out before I decide what to buy next.

[don'tknow]

Uhhh... looks like driver crash can = corrupted save files.

Four of my last saves got corrupted (won't load, just crashes to desktop). Reinstalling game and drivers didn't fix it, disk check on both drives didn't fix it but I didn't do the physical disk scan because it takes 6-9 hours depending how many times it's forced to restart. Set me back about 15 mins which isn't too bad since I save often. But those who don't save much or forget to save, beware of terribly sloppy nvidia drivers when playing FC2.

I'm 12% through the game and haven't been able to get any more weapons dealer quests so I've been doing the ones you get from 'satellite towers' or whatever, those pay very well. Maybe I need to do more of the main quest before being able to get the rest of the weapon dealer quests to unlock the last few weapons.

[UnrealAlex]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/alex0989/a-1.jpg

Yea I suggest doing only the story missions otherwise you'll get too irritated by the checkpoints.

[lordkosc]

is it just me or does driving in this game just not feel "right" ?

[don'tknow]

Trying out my new 4870X2. FC2 plays very well on a 4870X2 (unlike Crysis).

Settings:
1600x1200, 2xAA
Everything in Ultra High except shadows which are Very High
Win XP


Do you get any driver crashes under WinXP32bit with that Radeon 4870X2? Just wondering because I might be selling my gtx260 and going to a 2x 4850 crossfire setup. Really damn tired of Nvidia's terribly poor drivers.

[ghost_recon88]

is it just me or does driving in this game just not feel "right" ?

I agree. There should be a gas gauge or something, and there's just something else missing that I can't place my finger on :shrug:

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

I agree. There should be a gas gauge or something, and there's just something else missing that I can't place my finger on :shrug:

A rear view mirror, and side mirrors.

Oh, and I'm about 70% through, and only have four more weapons to purchase. All explosives ones; Mortar, IED's and the two rocket launchers.

[ratbuddy]

I agree. There should be a gas gauge or something, and there's just something else missing that I can't place my finger on :shrug:

Driving sucked in Far Cry and Crysis too. The vehicles all perform the same, and all reach top speed in about 2.5 seconds. Watch the gauges some time - some vehicles it's KPH, others it's MPH, but in all of them, it reaches 60 in under 2 seconds. Suuuuuure.

[Rinne]

most annoying about driving is that you always have 100% Grip.. and that is on sand! I try avoiding it as much as I can, it is just no fun..

[Gabkicks]

yeah, the driving is not realistic at all. it would have been nice to even have some jeep physics close to something like battlefield 2.

[evoted]

holy sht... i updated to 180.43 and i went from an avg of 20 to 53 FPS

i wonder what else nvidia is holding under the hood on our videocards with the drivers...

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

For a game where you heavily rely on driving to get to places in decent time and on the most annoying of roads, I'd prefer it not to be realistic.

[gigabit]

Im not liking this game much.I just cant get into it likeI did with the orignal.Plus i think the graphics suck.Or maybe its just my PC


Edit::
oops i was running DX 9i just switched it to Dx10 and now it looks much better

[SteveLord]

More like trying to get the game working properly. People kind of need to be able to play it first before commenting much on the gameplay. Thanks to crappy console ports.

Looks like many here have it working...otherwise how would they post screenshots and framerate results?

[ghost_recon88]

A rear view mirror, and side mirrors.

Oh, and I'm about 70% through, and only have four more weapons to purchase. All explosives ones; Mortar, IED's and the two rocket launchers.

I'm a little over 50% through, and am yet to buy a weapon from the arms dealer :shrug: If you buy a weapon from him, you can't pick up ammo for that weapon from the dead bodies can you? Do you have to go back to him for ammo?

For a game where you heavily rely on driving to get to places in decent time and on the most annoying of roads, I'd prefer it not to be realistic.

You don't have to drive THAT much. They do have the bus system in there for a reason :screwy:

[Rinne]

if the deads had weapons with the same ammunition you need you can of course pick that up..

When buying weapons they will be stored in the depot beside the weapon shop. There is an unlimited amount of these weapons then and they are of much higher quality than the ones you find.. I haven't have a malfunction with any bought weapon, yet after hundreds of shots while the ones you find usually turn bad after a couple of magazines.

The weapons are accessible at any store with unlimited ammo (just the standard ammo boxes that provide any type of ammo)..

[ghost_recon88]

if the deads had weapons with the same ammunition you need you can of course pick that up..

When buying weapons they will be stored in the depot beside the weapon shop. There is an unlimited amount of these weapons then and they are of much higher quality than the ones you find.. I haven't have a malfunction with any bought weapon, yet after hundreds of shots while the ones you find usually turn bad after a couple of magazines.

The weapons are accessible at any store with unlimited ammo (just the standard ammo boxes that provide any type of ammo)..

Good to know :thup: I've got a couple hundred diamonds to blow so it looks like I'll be using some of them now :beer:

[Frogbones]

Been playing, the game has grown on me and I'm enjoying it. It does have a few newaunces(sp) but over it's not all that bad. Gameplay, to me, is a mix of crysis, and GTA. Once I got past the learn how to play missions and the game opened up I have a blast.

Most of the non important NPCs faces look really wierd and no animations when talking..no biggie. Few other nit picky things but overall I'm enjoying the atmosphere, day/night cycles, wildlife...sunshafts etc.etc. I enjoy cruisin the water ways.

It does have its bugs..but hopefully official support, and the mod community will really take this game to whole nother level of fun.

[Essenar]

What's the verdict of this game on 8800GS/9600GSO?

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

Finished the game, a little annoyed I can't start over with all my weapons and what not and I had to go back to an older saved game if I want to play and keep my stuff. Unless I'm missing something of course. I enjoyed it none the less and I'll be going back to create some chaos with the weapons I unlocked, which is all of them.

[Brolloks]

Not sure if things will change in the game but I'm already bored with it after 4 hrs of play, there is hardly a story line, unlike FC1 which I absulotely loved...running from one shack to another shooting the same time of idiots with bad accents gets a bit much after a while:confused:

[jayfella]

Not sure if things will change in the game but I'm already bored with it after 4 hrs of play, there is hardly a story line, unlike FC1 which I absulotely loved...running from one shack to another shooting the same time of idiots with bad accents gets a bit much after a while:confused:


Seems everyone was dissapointed huh...

Oh wel.. GTA 4 coming soon! You cant beat a good old night in with GTA4.. Some beers.. Some Chairs.. Some friends.. Some other stuff... = Great night in...

I played it on my father in laws PS3 for about a month, got halfway thru - but the PC version should look way better.

[nightelph]

Dang, nine pages in this thread. FC2 comes free with the evga gtx280 I bought 17 minutes ago. :)

[lordkosc]

review of cards tested with far cry 2

http://www.guru3d.com/article/far-cry-2-pc-vga-graphics-performance-review/

This is our audience most used resolution anno 2008. At 1600x1200 the GPU starts to matter a little less, and the CPU is becoming increasingly important. The upside here is that lower cost mid-range graphics cards often can handle this resolution pretty well. And that shows as at 1600x1200 an affordable Radeon HD 4850 would be sufficient as well as a GeForce 8800/9800 GT.

[Boosted98gsx]

Anyone having any issues with the game crashing to desktop every 30 mins or so?