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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PC/PSN/XBLA) - May 1st 2013 (Michael Biehn included?)
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Neuromancer
Member
Someone hold me
It was certainly better than FC3 but that is a discussion for a different thread.
Of course. FC3 is a really bad one if you play it that way.
Omega_Tom_Hanks
Banned
What makes you say that? I thought the stealth aspects of Far Cry were some of the most satisfying I've come across in the first person arena.
FC3 was fucking terrible.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Both FC2 and FC3 were fucking terrible, but in different ways
Hope Blood Dragon rises above both piles of medirocity
Hope Blood Dragon rises above both piles of medirocity
Yep. I played it as much as possible in stealth and had a blast.
Dictator93
Member
Chronicles of riddick has good stealth... far cry... not so much.
Because like everything else in the game it was made with minimal effort and for the lowest common denominator. It doesn't have any stealth aspects, it has a crouch button and takedown button and some weapons have a silencer option. That's it. You don't make any noise while crouched if I remember right and you can spam rocks to get people to turn their back to you for the easy takedown kill. There's no effort, challenge or skill involved with it.
partyphone said:
No, that's a big reason why I asked if this was just more of the same. Because if it's the same mechanics and abilities from FC3 then it will suck as much as FC3 did.
partyphone
Banned
Could it be that Far Cry 2 and 3 were terribly awesome?
But that doesn't matter. Blood Dragon looks amazing.
But that doesn't matter. Blood Dragon looks amazing.
partyphone
Banned
My Opinion Is Always Correct
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Never played any Far Cry. I can honestly say anything Far Cry about this title will be the part I give a shit about the least.
I'd like it to not suck, but I'm a sucker for the theme. I'm not gonna rationalize that it's actually good if it's not though. I just hope this isn't another Retro City Rampage.
I'd like it to not suck, but I'm a sucker for the theme. I'm not gonna rationalize that it's actually good if it's not though. I just hope this isn't another Retro City Rampage.
FC3 was fun.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
legacyzero
Banned
FC3 is actually built on a solid premise. Exploring the islands in FC3 was amazing with the added element of 80's sci fi action it will be good.
Sentenza
Member
I do!
FC2 was insulting.
Yeah, good games.
Skiptastic
Member
Powerglove is still pretty bad ass, so I'm not worried at all.
Lord_Nergal
Member
So is it an expansion to the base game? Or stand-alone?
Stand-alone. So insane it broke the continuity.
RustyNails
Member
This is the Dudebro II: MSIFUSIGTS/SY game we need.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I get all sorts of nostalgia listening to that music.
I don't know why but the beginning of the video where the title comes into view reminds me of the Orion movie intro. Somehow dubiously, righteously, and tubularly 80's.
I don't know why but the beginning of the video where the title comes into view reminds me of the Orion movie intro. Somehow dubiously, righteously, and tubularly 80's.
COWABUNGA!
Demoncarnotaur
Member
So when is this officially being announced, and when are we getting a trailer? I really want to see this in action.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Far Cry 3 was so good that it was named Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Game of the Year:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/24/magnificent-and-important-advent-calendar-day-24/
They do a good job of explaing why, even though it wasn't my personal fave. Still a great game and this might be a lovely eighties style icing on the cake.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/24/magnificent-and-important-advent-calendar-day-24/
They do a good job of explaing why, even though it wasn't my personal fave. Still a great game and this might be a lovely eighties style icing on the cake.
Don't show it Derrick.
Noisepurge
Member
this is what i want to know too, if its release is in under a month?
i want to see some gameplay of this:
john_trent11
Member
Having just finished Far Cry 2, I think there are some great things about the game, such as the atmosphere and the music.
However, I think it's nostalgia to say the game is "deep." There is very little variety between the gameplay in hour ten (Leboa-Sako) and hour twenty (Bowa-Seko). To survive the regenerating guard-posts and often punishing enemy AI, you stick to the same formula and it gets very repetitive.
RPS does stuff like this sometimes. They're without a doubt the best place to go to for un-biased reviews and previews but every now and then they pick a bad game to like. They did something similar by calling Dishonored (a really bad stealth game) the best stealth game since Thief 2.
partyphone
Banned
No that's a true thing. It was an amazing stealth game.
Omega_Tom_Hanks
Banned
I would like to disagree a little with the idea that it takes no skill or effort to act stealthily. Granted, you are not constantly nursing a light and sound meter or worrying that you have enough rocks in your backpack to distract the next two guards, but there are clear patterns that guards will take that must be taken into consideration when attacking a base, and an order of dispatching that needs to be figured out more often than not. I'm not arguing that it is massively complex, but I do find it satisfying, even though it's simple.
I enjoy complex gaming systems as much as the next person, but I also sometimes like to stab a dude in the back from 20 feet away and then shoot another guy with a fire arrow whilst getting mauled by a tiger. Why? Because it's awesome.
If you constantly seek out complex game mechanics in triple A titles, I'm afraid you will never be satiated, just stuck in an endless diatribe with people such as myself who can find pleasure in such games. Luckily we live in the age of the Kickstarter and a lot of these older more complex gaming systems are starting to see a resurgence so all may not be lost for you Derrick.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
This looks fantastic; can't wait to pick this up. Looks right up my ally.
Fragamemnon
Member
I find that I agree with RPS' opinions and evaluations of games about as much as I disagree with them. I certainly can't get behind FC3, which is an awesome world in which mostly dreadfully boring things happen.
Maybe I am getting tired of the latest episode of 'Escape from AAA Dangerous Places', but when that game was done I was glad it was over, and thought that it had worn out its welcome by a good while for me.
This standalone title looks awesome based on aesthetic and style alone.
Maybe I am getting tired of the latest episode of 'Escape from AAA Dangerous Places', but when that game was done I was glad it was over, and thought that it had worn out its welcome by a good while for me.
This standalone title looks awesome based on aesthetic and style alone.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Ruined by Blink.
EdibleExplosives
Member
I just went on the official site for the first time. Incredible.
partyphone
Banned
made amazing by blink
Miles Quaritch
Member
I felt it ruined the stealth aspect. Levels, etc were all built around the mechanic. Sure you could go without, but the same is true of Absolution and its Instincts mode and it only serves to make the game so frustrating that you simply lose the will or drive to continue playing.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
FC2 was fighting me every step of the way when I tried to play it as you described.
what do you consider good? i need a bar.