So just ran across this image online...does the game ACTUALLY look like this????
Pretty much, that shot might be downsampled/anti aliased out the ass but it looks amazing on PC.
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Far Cry 3 |OT| Sex, Drugs, and the Call of Battle in the Uncharted
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Pretty much, that shot might be downsampled/anti aliased out the ass but it looks amazing on PC.
So just ran across this image online...does the game ACTUALLY look like this????
Take that image, add some aliasing, a frame-rate that's constantly jumping around in the 20's that makes the environment judder/blur, and add some nasty screen-tearing -- then you have Far Cry 3 on 360. Seems like a good game that is buried under terrible performance. It caused eye fatigue. lol
The only part that looks a bit "unreal" to me is the panther, but otherwise that could pass as a downsampled PC shot. Although it's worth noting that the other areas in the game, like towns, don't look quite as good. The dark lighting in that shot is flattering too.
Uno Venova
Banned
That's all I kept thinking during that cutscene, all of that would have been for nothing, lol.
It's still risky. One shot might actually not be enough, you know?
Him and his friends might have had too much of a good time in Bangkok so she probably got something a bit more special than she was hoping for.
legacyzero
Banned
The problem with stupid console certification bullshit. Perfect example. This patch was out for the PC version, when? Like a month ago??
At least I assume that's what took it so long?
I've never played a game that's as much of a paradox as this. I hate the story, hate all of the characters and have no empathy whatsoever for any of them - but the game itself is so much fun! I love the open nature and the sheer amount of stuff to do and numerous ways to do it.
I hate the "get knocked out by the last dude in the entire place after butchering your way through a mission" trope, but on the other hand, which other game lets you hunt a black panther with a bow and arrow.
I hate the "get knocked out by the last dude in the entire place after butchering your way through a mission" trope, but on the other hand, which other game lets you hunt a black panther with a bow and arrow.
What do you mean? It's an open-world game. All open-world games are horribly paced.
But if you're talking about how cheesy it is to rely on such an over-done contrivance, then, yes, it is cheesy as hell. This game's about as full of cheese as a lasagna and baked brie fondue. That's one of its charms IMO.
CecilRousso
Member
When you get to the second island, can you still travel back to the first one and do the stuff you still have left to do there?
Yes.
a secret-boss
Banned
finally finished it. not bad. I would like them to add more mystical stuff for the next game, but no more regular joe character.
EDIT: really digging these credit musics
EDIT: really digging these credit musics
The cool way to do it is to climb that tall mountain that's towards the western part of the second island, the one with a little house at the peak. Then you can just take the hang glider back to the first island, to almost any point on the map actually. It's great.
Also, there's fast travel.
Welp, finished the game yesterday.
The open world is amazing, and the gameplay is super fun, but the history keeps getting worse and worse
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The best feeling is clearing an entire pirate's camp without getting noticed and with perfect timing in your actions: scan everyone from the top of a nearby mountain, then double death from above take down and off go a couple of guards, turn off the alarms, snipe the guard on the watchtower, throw a rock to make a guy look in another direction, get behind him, chain takedown two or three guys and finish up by throwing a knife from the last chained takedown to the last standing guard.
So awesome.
Unlocking the wind suit was also one of the best things to do. Moving through the island became much easier and faster.
Overall, what I missed the most is more stuff to do (or more varied), and more rewards.
I finished the game and haven't completed most of the side missions, but have no interest at all in doing them: there's no new weapons for me to get, no more perks or skills, no achievements...
I could have kept on playing the game for more than the ~25 hours it lasted for me.
The story is highly inconsequential, but the worst is that the story missions are also the least exciting things to do. Special mention to the ones in which you have to protect someone and they keep fucking dying.
But still, a great game that I thoroughly enjoyed. And very happy to having been able to enjoy it, because I couldn't play Far Cry 2 due to the motion sickness it gave me, so I nearly skipped 3.
Have they announced any DLC for 360?
The open world is amazing, and the gameplay is super fun, but the history keeps getting worse and worse
the ending having to choose to save your gf or that Citra bitch, lol
The best feeling is clearing an entire pirate's camp without getting noticed and with perfect timing in your actions: scan everyone from the top of a nearby mountain, then double death from above take down and off go a couple of guards, turn off the alarms, snipe the guard on the watchtower, throw a rock to make a guy look in another direction, get behind him, chain takedown two or three guys and finish up by throwing a knife from the last chained takedown to the last standing guard.
So awesome.
Unlocking the wind suit was also one of the best things to do. Moving through the island became much easier and faster.
Overall, what I missed the most is more stuff to do (or more varied), and more rewards.
I finished the game and haven't completed most of the side missions, but have no interest at all in doing them: there's no new weapons for me to get, no more perks or skills, no achievements...
I could have kept on playing the game for more than the ~25 hours it lasted for me.
The story is highly inconsequential, but the worst is that the story missions are also the least exciting things to do. Special mention to the ones in which you have to protect someone and they keep fucking dying.
But still, a great game that I thoroughly enjoyed. And very happy to having been able to enjoy it, because I couldn't play Far Cry 2 due to the motion sickness it gave me, so I nearly skipped 3.
Have they announced any DLC for 360?
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Is PSN down? or does Farcry3 hate me?
i just threw in the Farcry3 in, and im suppose to DL this 1.03 Update, but the bar's not moving. And its only 95MB
I know my internet is fine, im on GAF and streaming inauguration.
i just threw in the Farcry3 in, and im suppose to DL this 1.03 Update, but the bar's not moving. And its only 95MB
I know my internet is fine, im on GAF and streaming inauguration.
legacyzero
Banned
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509499
Far Cry 3 on sale for $35 for today (all platforms.)
Far Cry 3 on sale for $35 for today (all platforms.)
legacyzero
Banned
I think so. Good extra missions, M-700 is awesome, Soundtrack is awesome. Great game in general.
Templar Wizard
Member
i bought it on amazon, installed it and im getting SHOCKING performance: about 24-27fps according to fraps.
3.2ghz, 4gb ram, 660ti
dx9, quality set to optimal (which is a combination of medium and low)
is that normal?
3.2ghz, 4gb ram, 660ti
dx9, quality set to optimal (which is a combination of medium and low)
is that normal?
legacyzero
Banned
Pretty much, yes.
I have a 670, and she fluctuated between 20 and 50. Shit was all over the place.
EDIT: well, for DX9? Hmmmm ya got me there..
Templar Wizard
Member
yikes!
Donny Hayabusa
Member
Someone up for a round of co op on the ps3?
I really want my last trophy and its always sidetracked and ready or not and not payback :/
Feel free to add me. My username is the same without the space.
I really want my last trophy and its always sidetracked and ready or not and not payback :/
Feel free to add me. My username is the same without the space.
Boss Riovane
Member
So i just got back into the game and arrived in the latter half and decided to do a quest called Home Delivered. Well it looks like the devs are fans of 30 Rock. The npc just said this area was spooky and scary like a werewolf bar mitzvah. Lol this game never ceases to amaze.
WascallyWabbit
Member
By what mission will my entire skill tree be open?
The checkpoint/save system is kinda bugging me. Sometimes when I die, I start at a checkpoint just two seconds before my death. That's fine. There are times I lose a radio tower, stuff I crafted etc though. It's weird.
Just recently, I captured a radio tower, went down with the zipline and got killed by an enemy several minutes later. When I revived, the radio tower was hidden again.
Just recently, I captured a radio tower, went down with the zipline and got killed by an enemy several minutes later. When I revived, the radio tower was hidden again.
"At least we're not on the Island with the Dinosaurs"
~ random privateer in Far Cry 3
why...why aren't we as gamers on the island with Dinosaurs!? Far Cry islandverse with giant dinosaurs hunting you everywhere and some mystery about trying to get back to your parallel universe or some such stupid shit to use as an excuse while you're traveling through time and the island changes each time you shift to a different time period; cities grow and fall, outfit styles go in-and-out of style, music and culture unique to each period and mission structure requiring some shifting between time zones to solve some island puzzles
*swoon* at this idea
~ random privateer in Far Cry 3
why...why aren't we as gamers on the island with Dinosaurs!? Far Cry islandverse with giant dinosaurs hunting you everywhere and some mystery about trying to get back to your parallel universe or some such stupid shit to use as an excuse while you're traveling through time and the island changes each time you shift to a different time period; cities grow and fall, outfit styles go in-and-out of style, music and culture unique to each period and mission structure requiring some shifting between time zones to solve some island puzzles
*swoon* at this idea
teruterubozu
Member
Borrowed this from a friend, been playing for the last few days.
It's a fun a game, but it can be really repetitious. Kind of reminds me of the first Assassin's Creed, where you start completing missions in route patterns - Tower, Outpost, Hunt, Relics, Assassin, etc. - wash, rinse, repeat.
The story sections are really up and down - sometimes I refuse to progress in the story because the gameplay in those sections are really mediocre. And what's up with the lame fetch quests? (The cheating husband one was so horrible - go the house-look-come back - seriously??). Also, the economy system is kind of dumb since money seems to be plentiful and is never an issue.
A beautiful game with some glaring flaws, but definitely worth a play. I don't know if I have the attention-span to finish it though.
It's a fun a game, but it can be really repetitious. Kind of reminds me of the first Assassin's Creed, where you start completing missions in route patterns - Tower, Outpost, Hunt, Relics, Assassin, etc. - wash, rinse, repeat.
The story sections are really up and down - sometimes I refuse to progress in the story because the gameplay in those sections are really mediocre. And what's up with the lame fetch quests? (The cheating husband one was so horrible - go the house-look-come back - seriously??). Also, the economy system is kind of dumb since money seems to be plentiful and is never an issue.
A beautiful game with some glaring flaws, but definitely worth a play. I don't know if I have the attention-span to finish it though.
I would recommend just skipping most of the side content, or at least saving it for post-game content, should you choose to continue playing after the credits roll. I agree with your complaints, the side content is generally shit, so I avoided most of it and just stuck with the story missions.
teruterubozu
Member
Yeah, at this point I'm just gonna blaze through the story. I "get" the cyclical pattern of the side-quests now so I'll save them til later if I'm still into playing more after the credits roll. It's disappointing that they didn't mesh the story and the side stuff better.
Okay, so I finally played it. Wow, so great, and so shit. Gameplay is awesome, world is awesome. Music was going to be shit, but the main theame and intro track redeem it. Terrible QTE boss fights. Too much 'fade to black/white, hey look where you are now' laziness.
The AI is massively improved over 2, makes stealth worthwhile but not a win button like some games. Still some shitty routines and behaviours, I think they are still too fast to locate you from a gunshot only sometimes.
I think I would like the story better if I was a middle class American, all of the characters, Jason included just sound like douches all the time. That is kind of the point, I know, but it is to the degree I can't really empathise with any of them.
Anyway, much better than I expected, now I have to go get all this red off the map.
Oh, I love that there are no MP only trophies.
The AI is massively improved over 2, makes stealth worthwhile but not a win button like some games. Still some shitty routines and behaviours, I think they are still too fast to locate you from a gunshot only sometimes.
I think I would like the story better if I was a middle class American, all of the characters, Jason included just sound like douches all the time. That is kind of the point, I know, but it is to the degree I can't really empathise with any of them.
Anyway, much better than I expected, now I have to go get all this red off the map.
Oh, I love that there are no MP only trophies.
Messofanego
Banned
Far Cry 3 Zombie Island
That looks brilliant. Too bad can't download it because of weird editor restrictions...
That looks brilliant. Too bad can't download it because of weird editor restrictions...
SJRB
Gold Member
Pretty amazing indeed. Can't believe how smooth the framerate is considering there are 100+ npcs on-screen.
Last Baron
Member
Just got this today. Is UPlay anything but a glorified launcher? From what I've gathered, I've gotta scrounge up the installers for DLC and patches myself, not to mention the installer for the game itself. This kind of thing should be automatic by now :/
teruterubozu
Member
Finished it. It was a fun messing around on the island. I didn't think the story was too bad - a little ridiculous, yes - but kind of original too. Freed all the villages, grabbed like 50 relics, maxed out the tats, did all the Raykat challenges, etc. - a lot more to do but I'm pretty much done with this game - it gets a little grinding and repetitive. I had to restart a few missions because of some random bug like getting stuck on a rock, villages not freeing even though everyone's dead, or some dude seeing a body like 5000 yards away (WTF?). The game has many glaring and super-frustrating flaws, but somehow it keeps you coming back for more. Good times.
Just beat this last night and really enjoyed it. Took over all the ememy camps & unlocked all the radio towers, but didn't do too many side quests. It's the first game I've played through on my new PC I built over the holidays, so the visuals were really quite stunning for me. Gameplay was great as well. Guns felt good, the smoothness of getting into a car and driving away was nice and knifing someone, then throwing the knife into someone else's head for a kill was pure awesomeness. Loved taking over enemy camps...surveying the area, marking the enemies, sneaking in and knifing someone, then shutting off the alarms and finishing everyone else off. Great stuff.
Story was a mixed bag, but I'm ok with that. Vaas was one of the best villians ever and even Hoyt had his moments for me. I chose the "good" ending first
but then loaded up my last save to see the other
Glad I did the "good" ending first.
Story was a mixed bag, but I'm ok with that. Vaas was one of the best villians ever and even Hoyt had his moments for me. I chose the "good" ending first
sure the friends were all vapid jerks, but how could I kill them?
Sex: good! Knife to the gut: not so good!
Uno Venova
Banned
Very happy about the 4.5 million. FC4 on next gen consoles baby!
scorpscarx
Member
Couple of questions, this game seems to be running like shit on my high end hardware.
Is .net 3.5 absolutely needed instead of just using .net 4, as related to performance?
During install I skipped over that, the game launches up and everything fine.
It's probably hbao/hdao running at 2560x1440, I didn't realize this game was so meaty.
Is .net 3.5 absolutely needed instead of just using .net 4, as related to performance?
During install I skipped over that, the game launches up and everything fine.
It's probably hbao/hdao running at 2560x1440, I didn't realize this game was so meaty.
Well, did you try switching them off? Don't leave us hanging here.
scorpscarx
Member
I didn't think anyone even cared lol, yep turning it down to ssao, not horizon based or high def ambient occlusion helped a lot. I had to turn a lot of stuff down to be fair. Also went down to 1920x1200.
Also turned shadows from ultra high to high, alpha to coverage down from enhanced to standard, and played around with 4/8 aa samples. The biggest difference was simply the AA samples, makes me think something is off with latest amd beta drivers, because it's a pretty big difference between 4/8.
Pretty impressive game visually, I've been playing the last three hours
I hate posting specs, because I never give a shit when people do but I'm running a 3770k @ 4.5 and an overclocked 6970.
Since we're taking about graphics, I've been running the game fine but the only problem I have consistently is the blood looks really weird. It looks really digital(?) and out of place. Any recommendations on what to do? I'm running the game on Ultra with a gtx 670 if that matters.
P.S. this game is definitely one of my favorite games of all time. Just got
P.S. this game is definitely one of my favorite games of all time. Just got
to the 2nd island and I love how it's so different from the first one.
I just ask because I hate to see threads on support forums and such where someone has a problem but then never reports back to anyone if the suggested fixes worked or, worse yet, they say "figured it out" or "got it myself" and never detail what they did.
Just finished the game and it is definitely GOTY 2012 for me and one of my favorite games period. Gameplay is perfect, but the ending definitely disappointed me. I chose the
Vaas was an amazing character and I wish that he was a separate faction from Hoyt, instead of being under his rule. I agree with everyone in that he died too quickly. Also, it was kind of a small thing, but I loved how the radio towers had a little bit of platforming to them. Made it fun to climb them every time. But yeah even with the bad ending, I still love this game.
good ending and was disappointed in how there was no closure. Jason's just going to go home to mom and dad with tattoos and tell them Grant is dead?
So is it just me or (for safety reasons, potential spoilers below)
Granted until I get my rig in a few months I am playing on the PS3, but I did search for a video about this and it seemed like either a bug or about the same as my experience.
Was the chase scene after you rescue Liza just very underwhelming? I mean they were yelling at each other like they were going fast, you know, how a real chase is suppose to be. But this was like, very slow and blah.
Granted until I get my rig in a few months I am playing on the PS3, but I did search for a video about this and it seemed like either a bug or about the same as my experience.
Pretty significant changes in the newly announced patch.
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/753983-New-Features-and-Changes-in-Far-Cry-3
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/753983-New-Features-and-Changes-in-Far-Cry-3