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General discussion (archive)Steam Farcry 2 "Fortune's Edition" Give away(71 posts)(71 posts)
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Posted February 12, 2012
Thanks for the giveaway, and thanks for not using SteamGifts, otherwise AndrewC would have won. He knows how to hack the system.

/conspiracy
Posted February 12, 2012
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kavazovangel: Thanks for the giveaway, and thanks for not using SteamGifts, otherwise AndrewC would have won. He knows how to hack the system.

/conspiracy
Hey, I haven't won anything since that winning spree. I need to maintain the appearance that I can't game the system. *whistles*
Posted February 12, 2012
in! thanks!
Posted February 12, 2012
I'm in. Thanks man and good luck to everyone.
Posted February 12, 2012
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Primate: I can give it a try. Thanks.

Anyone know how it compares with the first game?
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iainmet: Its a huge expansive game, this time set in Africa rather than an island paradise.

Its a damned fine game, visually looks stunning as the Dunia Engine can render HUGE open spaces with no difficulty. It also scales really well so works on most systems. I was running it on my laptop which was a standard Pentium Dual Core, 4Gb ram and a mobility Radeon 4530. I managed to run it DX9 mode, 1280x720 resolution and all the settings medium to high. Still looked really good and played smooth as silk Now with my new system everything is maxxed out at 1920x1080, DX10 and it looks even better!

Only thing that bugs most people with it including me is the speed at which enemies respawn. You can go through a checkpoint and capture it, then head further up the road and do an objective, then when heading back 10 mins later all the enemies are back at the checkpoint. If you can get past this gripe then its fantastic. Its literally more of an annoyance than anything else.

Another minor gripe when you start out is how quick weapons can deteriorate also, so collect the diamonds and upgrade the weapons you use most to get longer out of them. Nothing worse than being in a huge firefight and your weapon starts to jam frequently. This can make things a bit more tense though and you can tell when a weapon is well worn as it starts getting lightly rusty.

I absolutely love the game. Clocked up 40 hours on single player so far and about three quarter of the way through roughly. Really enjoy the game and would recommend it to anyone if they can look past the minor issues.


Dont enter me for this as I have Farcry 2 already, just replying to user asking about the game
Noted :)
Posted February 12, 2012
I'm in.
Posted February 12, 2012
count me in
Posted February 12, 2012
I'm in!
Posted February 12, 2012
Give me any game but sports.
Posted February 12, 2012
i'd like to apply
Posted February 12, 2012
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Primate: I can give it a try. Thanks.

Anyone know how it compares with the first game?
The gunplay is better, the atmosphere is better (of course, seeing as it's a Ubisoft game), the story is better (although still not great plot-wise, the characters and dialogue are pretty good--which is way more than can be said for Far Cry 1), and there's a lot more to do and a bigger world to do it in. However, the cat-and-mouse stealth is gone, it's replaced linearity with a GTA-style sandbox of questionable merit, and has a few issues that send some people through the roof. For instance, the game is very VERY repetitive as far as the missions go (again, it's a Ubisoft game). There's enough sandboxy options (more than in the original, not quite as many as in Crysis) that I never found it hard to vary things up myself, however. Go sniping, play around with remote explosives, burn everything with a flamethrower (it has the best fire effects in any game period), wait for night time and go in stealthily, melee everyone with your machete, hijack a vehicle and run everyone over, or just have fun with the brutal gunplay and variety of weapons. Then there's the problem of travel time...it takes a few minutes to get anywhere in this game, and those few minutes can sometimes be a little uneventful. Again, I really didn't find this to be a big issue--the game world is beautiful enough that doing some sight-seeing was enjoyable in and of itself--but it ruins the game experience for some. Then there's the complaint about the malaria mechanic, which forces you to hunt up pills every so often, and can momentarily cripple you in the middle of combat. There's the fact that the plot becomes a little...silly toward the end. There's the fact that the game is huge, and could potentially take well over 50 hours to complete. There's the fact that enemy guards respawn frequently at guard posts (this issue is overstated by many. The respawn time isn't THAT bad). And there's the fact that it promised a lot of things that it didn't deliver.

But I really don't find any of these complaints to mar the game for me. At its very core, it's a solid, highly visceral, very atmospheric shooter that ends up being a whole lot of fun. Just realize that the experience and pluses/minuses are far different from those of its predecessor.
Post edited February 12, 2012 by jefequeso
Posted February 12, 2012
thank you :)

i'd like to enter please
Posted February 12, 2012
Post. Thank you :)
Posted February 12, 2012
sign me up my disc is lost.
Post edited February 12, 2012 by mrmarioanonym
Posted February 12, 2012
Thanks, Kaldurenik. I'd like to enter.
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