FAR CRY ing out loud - reality check - Page 2

Are you saying with max settings you never go below 30 and you don’t get any lag? I’m wondering if were on the same page to what we call acceptable game play. I can play the game at high detail too, but when I face off with a bot or two my FPS drop down under the 30’s. Even the 6800 had times it dropped down to 22 and 33, so yeah I wonder how you can top that.
I just started the game and so far made it to the boat, but the lag in there and fighting the guys right out side has caused me to stop playing the game. Like wait for a new video card. Maybe if I keep going the lag won’t be so bad, but I’m thinking it will once I come in contact with a bot. If the game isn’t smooth I find it hard to enjoy. Maybe I’m just use to UT.

I agree with medium settings, just turn the res up to overcome the non-antialiased graphics. At least that's what i'm doing, i'm running at medium at 1280x1024, very smooth, never below 35.

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I am not quite sure how you can take this personally, unless you were one of the game developers. I only responded because I happen to think the game is loads of fun and anyone who enjoyed the demo will surely like the game. I think some of us just wanted to make it clear as to not mislead people and have them avoid the game from this review. No personal attacks meant at all, just surprised to hear someone say it isn't any fun. But even so, it's important to let it be known if you happen to find it to be a fun game. My advice is try the demo, if you like it, the retail game will give you 20 more hours of that same fun through a variety of levels. Plus multiplayer and an editor are included, so maybe some mods will be on there way soon too.


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you use a joystick......................


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wow dude thats just not right, i dont know how you get even one kill

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Re: you use a joystick......................
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wow dude thats just not right, i dont know how you get even one kill


re read the post you drunken fool. It don't even work with a joy stick.

If I glanced at a spilt box of tooth picks on the floor, could I tell you how many are in the pile. Not a chance, But then again I don't have to buy my underware at Kmart.

A relevant link from firingsquad:

<A HREF="http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/far_cry_ati/" target="_new">http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/far_cry_ati/</A>

Tests of different Ati cards with Far Cry using the Pixel Shader 2.0 setting.

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Awesome link! Thanks! Love FiringSquad.

However, at the first glance the frame rates seemed exaggerated to me. So I looked closer at how they tested.

They benchmarked walking on a map with no action. The game does not work like that: there’s AI animation, smoke, fire, etc.. Theirs are not the real gameplay frame rates users should expect when actually playing. It seems to me that while the FS article accurately depicts relative power of various Radeon cards it may mislead users who may think that they can play FC with R9800XT at 1600x1200 with everything at Very High and and still get playable FPS.


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actually i agree with slava..

Once u get past the graphical WOW factor the game kinda fades as there doesnt seem to be an incentive to keep playing....

i also have an audigy 2 and the sound in the game doesnt interest me at all..

personally i still rate CoD as the best shooter there is as that was one game that grabbed me and MADE me play to the end... Farcry is like a girl that looks pretty but has no personality.....

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Can you fill me in about the P/S 2.0 setting? Is it something we have to set to and if so where. I did a search, but it just led to this thread. Is it something to do with Direct X and already in use if you have the latest Direct X? Clueless…… By the way the game looks pretty good and is pretty smooth at medium settings and medium AA at 1024x768. About 50-100 FPS. I tried 1280x1024 and no AA, but with not as good FPS, though not going below 35 and maybe as high as 75. Slava is right Not being able to save has me starting over and over. I do have it on medium skill though.

That’s why Cleeve said to set lighting to very high, thanks. I think that setting was hitting my FPS pretty hard, I’ll have to read up and check out the difference. Thanks again.

With a little help I’m actually playing the game now. I’m still in aw over the graphics and hope this is a sign for things to come. It’s no MOHAA, but I’m having fun and blowing holes in the bots and watching them jump is cool, lol. I’d have some spending money if I had my money back for all the games I didn’t like or didn’t finish. Example: I still haven’t finished Call of Duty, since my kid started the game and lost my spot and I was playing on a harder level. Hmm, NFP Underground, cool game played that one or two nights. Delta Force, seems ok, one to two nights there. Midnight Club, Battlefield 1942, MOHAA SpearHead, also only a few nights of play. I have Max Payne, SOFII and a few other games I played like once or twice and never went back to. I might buy one game and then by another before I even finish the first, if I even go back to playing the first. Come to think of it I didn’t even finish the demo to Farcry.

Come on Cools respond we need to start another flame war, it's getting dull around here.

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Its not a habit, I just dont play any fps games. I downloaded demo farcry I did not buy it, and it was my first real experience with FPS game. It does not work with a joystick and I'm now pretty sure rightly so. However I did not know that because I don't really play FPS games. I thought I had explained that already.

If I glanced at a spilt box of tooth picks on the floor, could I tell you how many are in the pile. Not a chance, But then again I don't have to buy my underware at Kmart.

Ok sounds like a promise but I have never played fps with a joystick simply because it did not have that option, I am interested in learning FPS at least trying half life2. Looks like I am going to have to get good or comfortable with a keyboard.

If I glanced at a spilt box of tooth picks on the floor, could I tell you how many are in the pile. Not a chance, But then again I don't have to buy my underware at Kmart. <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by darko21 on 04/27/04 04:53 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

I think Im gonna have to agree with Slava here, Far Cry is not all its cracked up to be. Yeh it has nice graphics, but graphics dont make a game.

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And did you know the num Lock key switches to the secondary fire mode on the boat as well as your other guns, letting you fire the rockets from the boat too. Those are alot of fun as a direct hit takes out anything.

I'm relieved that I finished the game so i can get more work done. To me it was a very good game that came almost out of nowhere, which is much better than HL2 and others that we have expected for ages and still have no idea when we will see it.

Medal of honor pacific assault is now pushed off until September. Ugh.


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THIS IS BRILLIANT !!!

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Yup, the last two big fights were the hardest, and after that the ending did seem lame and rushed. Overall i still think it is a very fun and great looking game.

Time to install the patch and play a little multiplayer.


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Well, at this point I tend to think that there is actually something special about the game because I have not seen any “moderate” opinions. People either totally hate it or absolutely love it. This is an indication of something out of the ordinary.

However, this gets me thinking that my initial review that started this seemingly endless thread was right on.

There are things to LOVE about this game and there are things to HATE about this game.

While this means an out of the ordinary experience (and I’VE BEEN THERE!) it does not mean “GOOD GAME”.

No.

But all of us, gamers, do have a hope that this is a not-so-bad a beginning of a new era of FPS.


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Yikes, don't get me thinking about pretty girls with no personality... I am at work.

So, does she just lay there or does she participate?

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whatever about farcry but Tron 2.0 is utter rubbish

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