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Far Cry 4 will be released on November 18th (PS4, Xbox One, PC, 360, PS3)
- Thread starter Quentyn
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It'll probably be another white savior power fantasy. Just don't make the protagonist another frat douchebag like FC3. I was rooting for the main character and his friends to die the entire game. Bro, do you even define insanity?
Tidus_Great
Banned
sucks to see it's cross gen 
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
ehehehe
/DEAD.
Same!
GamingIsDead
Member
You are also completely insane.
do you have some information we don't? i was hoping that was the case
ehehehe
OMG!
BrianAltano
Member
ehehehe
Credit the artist next time, dawg <3
https://twitter.com/agentbizzle/status/467006943853154304
SniperHunter
Banned
sucks to see it's cross gen
Why does this matter btw? The engine scales really well from low end video cards to high end enthusiast cards, so they are releasing the game on those old consoles. PC gamers with old rigs will also be able to enjoy the game.
If anything playing on those older machines will make them realize how behind the the times they are (after they play the game at sub 720p res that runs at 20 fps) and it will make them invest in a better machine
Sweet, will pick this up digitally on the PS3 unless I get a PS4 by the time it comes out.
It's certainly a waste of time for you but not for many other people
It's certainly a waste of time for you but not for many other people
SketchTheArtist
Member
Can't remember where I read that but rumor is its the BLOOD DRAGON writer working on the game and not the dude who wrote FC3. If true, I'm interested.
FC3's main character and his group of friends were just beyond terrible. Zero redeeming values to the lot which is hard when you're mission is to save them.
To go with the racial conspiracy theories:
In the original book all the workers in Willy Wonka's factory are African pygmies slaves
Cozmogramma
Member
Yes. So glad that the rumors about the Himalayas were true. Day one on PC.
And guys, please, he's Asian.
And guys, please, he's Asian.
There's more to machines than graphics. A new console generation used to mean big leaps in game design, game play, A.I., graphics, etc...
I feel like I just payed all that money for a incremental graphics upgrade.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
If true, awesome! Blood Dragon was great. Had a great, funny main character too. I hope they're doing a full-length Blood Dragon 2.
But yeah, I hope they get a better writer for Far Cry 4.
Gameplay reveal to open the conference, I guess.
Not surprising, Just like three years ago with Far Cry 3. I really thought they would wait E3 for simply announcing the game, though.
Now the question is whether the new Pirates IP will be unveiled this year or later (because this has to happen after AC's naval open-world success).
Not surprising, Just like three years ago with Far Cry 3. I really thought they would wait E3 for simply announcing the game, though.
Now the question is whether the new Pirates IP will be unveiled this year or later (because this has to happen after AC's naval open-world success).
Things can't be racist unless they involve black people obviously. Move along, nothing to see here apparently.
Aces&Eights
Member
Can't unsee. ...
OT: Here's hoping there is not a serious amount of aggro involved in moving around steep mountains. Also, not one word of moneyhats? Thats...weird. quick vote: will we get a "only on playstation" ad that reveals that the Sony version has guns unlike the other guys version who only has rocks to use as weapons? Or will we see a "only on xbox" ad that says it's the only platform that doesn't have mandatory inverted axis for aiming?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Why are people surprised that cross-gen games are still a thing in 2014? I don't expect it to phase out until about mid-2015.
Just so people remember when they see the inevitable fake trailers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqnAbRpyqfI.
Hidden One
Member
Okay I don't care how badass an evil guy is supposed to be..It doesn't make sense that he's pulled a grenade pin and is sitting right next to guy holding the active grenade >_<.
That's not accouting for optimization on consoles and the fact that in actually ran pretty well on those cards in my memory. But fair enough, I agree chances aren't amazing it'll be 60FPS now that I've thought more about it than in a quick post. Especially since I didn't know Far Cry 3 itself already ran like crap on past-gen consoles.
I didn't say that or acted like that was the case at all, but that aside; of course it matters and especially for an open world game. If you can't see why you shouldn't act like you know more about RAM than the general GAF-user does. More RAM = more temporary storage space = better textures, bigger worlds, more assets, less pop-in, and so on. It's way easier to get a big open explorable world running at a decent resolution with nice framerate when you have 8GB instead of the small amount the 360 and the PS3 gave developers (unless you're some miracle coder like Rockstar and are capable of doing that on a 360/PS3 anyway somehow).
So yeah, putting a cross-gen game from a platform where it couldn't even use more than half a gig of RAM to one where it has 8GB to use will make a big difference to how it will run.
E: That is not to say the GPU/CPU of the PS4/XBO won't do the biggest part of the work, but that isn't my point.
likedamaster
Member
Far Cry series is the shooter genre's Saint's Row.
antikythera
Banned
And when they showed Far Cry 3 it came out more than a year later. I'm happily surprised this is coming out this year already!
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
They should make the main protagonist Nepalese or Indian or something. Ubi's been... more decent than most when it comes to casting non-white folks as their game protagonists (well... in Assassin's Creed anyways). The main character here could easily be a Nepalese ex-pat or an Indian trapped in the Himalayas.
Don't you see!? It's cause he's crazy and twisted and represents the chaos of war! How deep!
...
Don't you see!? It's cause he's crazy and twisted and represents the chaos of war! How deep!
...
Cozmogramma
Member
What? Black people? Both of them are Asians. I don't get where all the racist bs is coming from.
Sorry broski <3
Looks white to me. But if it's a light-skinned Asian dude dominating a dark-skinned dude, is that any different? (Maybe? idk.)
Hypothetical race assignments aside, I think it's interesting that they emphasized the theme of "power over others" so strongly in their cover art. It's about as explicit as it could possibly be. Blondie is sitting on a throne, forcing the other guy to kneel in front of him, eyes down, holding a grenade to which Blondie has the pin. You couldn't really describe that relationship any other way than "slavery".
Makes you wonder what they have in mind for the story.
licktheenvelope
Member
*sigh* cross gen is disappointing. I hope they pay some peasants to port a real version backwards.
Call me crazy, insult me, whatever -- but the ONLY reason I don't ever plan on buying Far Cry 4 is that it's a 'cross-gen' game, meaning that it wasn't built from the ground up to utilize the full power and potential of the PlayStation 4 and/or Xbox One.
What a shame.
You're the new type of graphics whores that I don't like. Putting graphics in front of gameplay. Just because it's cross gen doesn't mean it's going to be a bad game. It's just as bad as people not buying Watch Dogs because it's 900p and not 1080p. What the hell is wrong with people?
SmoothRunningGun
Member
They still have to restrict the design of the game so it will run on those old consoles. We basically get what would be pc ports.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
ehehehe
Amazing!
This game is being made for machines that had their limits reached game design wise years ago.
PS4 / Xbone / PC confirmed for last-gen games with prettier textures / effects instead of bigger / denser worlds.
VanCityGamer
Member
Awesome news! I'm so stoked that it's coming this year. As strange as it sounds, I actually kind of wish it was announced at Ubisoft's E3 press conference. That would've been a really fun reveal/great moment.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Yea. It made me sooooo mad playing AC4 on PS4, knowing that people were enjoying it on PS3 too!!! ughhhh, why are people holding me back from my fun.
Green Yoshi
Member
That's true for the PS3-version, but the Xbox 360-version is running decent enough.
That person never mentioned graphics.
A graphics whore they would be fine with cross gen because the graphics are the ONLY benefit the PS4/XB1 version will have over the PS360 version.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-far-cry-3-face-off
''Even so, travelling around the islands by either foot or car still gives us wavering readings on both consoles, mostly circulating around the 25FPS point. This is usually a little higher on 360, though the juddering sensation feels largely comparable between the two at these levels of refresh. However, the regular, high levels of tearing prove to be the greater issue here. ''
Basketball
Member
I know crazy plan right
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Maybe they took the Far Cry 3 'racist overtones' criticisms to heart, and we're getting Django Unchained in the Himalayan mountains.
But... with Asian folks.
Not even close to decent, was really bad.
meanspartan
Member
I think that because the Ps360 are HD consoles, this cross-gen era is going to last longer than previous ones. Expect games being held back for another year or two. Thankfully, some titles like Arkham Knight are ditching the 2005 tech.