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Did you expect him to find a screenshot with the full details on to compare it with? :lol

Here's a screenshot I took with full details taken from a 6800 Ultra.

Farcry PC had some nasty looking character models so the PC version wasn't all roses. Screenies are hard to judge. Let's wait for the 360 version running in hi def and then let's get into more stupid fucking arguments.

 

[Raven.]

I have it already.

I skipped Instincts on Xbox, so I will be grabbing this. I read this will be 60FPS too.

I hope so. I like 30fps for the extra eye candy, but you've gotta have that extra eye-candy in my book to be 30fps.

 

[PG2G]

It doesn't look great, but I've been wanting to try the game out and it looks good enough.

 

[FirstInHell]

If I was not able to run Far Cry at max settings and am excited about the visual quality of the Xbox 360 version, does that still mean that I am supporting mediocre ports? Not all of us have 400 to spend on a new videocard every 6 months.

Farcry PC had some nasty looking character models so the PC version wasn't all roses. Screenies are hard to judge. Let's wait for the 360 version running in hi def and then let's get into more stupid fucking arguments

This was my point all along.

 

[Willy Wanka]

It looks quite comparable to Far Cry with maxed settings, which leaves much to be desired. I hope it at least runs at 60 fps.

The devs say it does in this Eurogamer interview.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62565

 

[Emiru]

UbiSoft makes Ghost Recon look good, but they make Far Cry look like crap? WTF?!?!?!

 

[op_ivy]

You missed out on 2 really cool games then. Instincts was better than the PC one in terms of overall pace and only weakens near the end. The level editor in Instincts is amazing.

thats what i hear, but it looks like it paid off in the end. 360 version get (especially if it is indeed at 60fps)

 

[tegdf]

The devs say it does in this Eurogamer interview.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62565

the games sound very cool, and i loved FarCry on PC, they said they made the game more open, reworked the AI even in Instincts, but will there be achivements for both of the games on 360?

 

[teiresias]

The 360 shots do look 10 times better than the one you (and others) posted. Plus this will be HD-Quality.

It is amusing that based on a handful of screenshots, you label the game as "mediocre".

I'm sorry, but this is completely and utterly laughable. As if PC gamers haven't been playing games at "HD-quality" or in some cases beyond "HD-quality" for years now, so long as your hardware and monitor was capable of doing it. You really need to shut up.

 

[Pimpbaa]

If I was not able to run Far Cry at max settings and am excited about the visual quality of the Xbox 360 version, does that still mean that I am supporting mediocre ports? Not all of us have 400 to spend on a new videocard every 6 months.

My video card was less than 200 and I've had it for more than 6 months, and i'm able to run Far Cry a high settings.

 

[cicero]

PC



360



No. It looks 10 times better than the PC version. You're the one who is making no sense by over exaggerating.

A pathetic and quite disingenuous comparison.

 

[FirstInHell]

A pathetic and quite disingenuous comparison.

Not any more disingenuous and pathetic as saying the Xbox 360 screens looked like "Dog vomit" and were "nasty crap"

 

[cicero]

Not any more disingenuous and pathetic as saying the Xbox 360 screens looked like "Dog vomit" and were "nasty crap"

Well, looks like I have clearly been rebutted with a red herring two wrongs make a right argument! And that it was made in direct response to my comment about your "pathetic and quite disingenuous comparison."?!??

I can see how the irony of this situation is probably lost on you though.

 

[Warm Machine]

That movie that was posted in the locked thread pretty well proved the 360 version looks better than the PC version with max settings.

 

[hadareud]

That movie that was posted in the locked thread pretty well proved the 360 version looks better than the PC version with max settings.

The water (and the water physics for that matter) in that video looked absolutely amazing. Best water I've seen in a game so far, better than HL2 and Kameo.

 

[Warm Machine]

The water (and the water physics for that matter) in that video looked absolutely amazing. Best water I've seen in a game so far, better than HL2 and Kameo.

What impressed me just as much too was the new detail in the gun and on the boat.

 

[FirstInHell]

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=22950

Here is the video in question. But I am sure people in this thread will call it a "lazy" port.

 

[bee]

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=22950

Here is the video in question. But I am sure people in this thread will call it a "lazy" port.

wow sweet water effects , i'm a big fan of the pc original which was graphically way ahead of its time in my opinion ,i also liked the xbox sequel and it looks like im gonna like this version aswell . the only thing i dont like about that video is that the waves are clearly supposed to be made by wind and look great but the trees and vegetation are all completely static , apart from that it looks great

 

[erikevrhrd]

360 version looks amazing. Great video.

 

[DSN2K]

found some great PC shots with HDR enabled.

 

[Willy Wanka]

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=22950

Here is the video in question. But I am sure people in this thread will call it a "lazy" port.

Wow, the water in the 360 version is just insane. I might have to get this after all.

 

[Warm Machine]

The HDR in the PC version is a bit of a hack. They didn't do true floating point lightmaps or skyboxes and instead used tone mapping to brighten and darken the scene. Hopefully the new 360 game does it the right way.

 

[FirstInHell]

Where are all the haters after watching that comparison video? :lol

 

[Sinatar]

EDIT: Apparantly I can't read, video is already posted. NM :lol

 

[FirstInHell]

 

[Lo-Volt]

But if this turns out well, I shouldn't be surprised. UBISOFT is apparently the best of the big publishers when it comes to its video games, ports included.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Holy flippin crap, look at that water :O

 

[DSN2K]

somebody build a Turok game on this engine.

 

[Lukkas]

Someone really needs to post atleast 1 decent PC screen in this thread

 

[Warm Machine]

I'd like to see more of the 360 version in motion. I want to know if they are allowing the higher LOD's of the instanced objects a farther drawing distance. That alone would make it a bit nicer than the original running on a high end PC.

 

[cicero]

found some great PC shots with HDR enabled.

Someone really needs to post atleast 1 decent PC screen in this thread

And this from a game released on March 23, 2004...

Why wouldn't it look somewhat better after TWO YEARS and on a newly released console?

 

[FirstInHell]

And this from a game released on March 23, 2004...

Why wouldn't it look somewhat better after TWO YEARS and on a newly released console?

I always said that it looked better than the PC version. One's opinion may differ as to how much better than the PC version it looks, but saying the screenshots look like "Dog Vomit" and "nasty crap" is just too much. It seems like some nice optimizations were put into the 360 version. That coupled with getting the original Xbox version included should free this from stupid "lazy port" accusations.

Gun and Tony Hawk are lazy ports. This is not one of them.

 

[Warm Machine]

Far Cry has been patched enough times over the last 2 years that it isn't really the same game as when it was originally released. The HDR update alone is a pretty big step forward and is pretty recent.

Wicked thing about that engine is that it is completely scaleable because it relies on heightmapping for the terrain and instancing for the foliage. More power allows for more on the visual end for those 2 main factors. 3 years from now on a top end PC the engine could still pull out great visuals by scaling back the LODs and replacing them with the high poly versions of everything all of the time.

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

Alright I stand corrected. The 360 version is freaking beautiful after seeing that video. Wow. That water is just mind blowing.

 

[cicero]

I always said that it looked better than the PC version. One's opinion may differ as to how much better than the PC version it looks, but saying the screenshots look like "Dog Vomit" and "nasty crap" is just too much.

And you responded to the exaggerated rhetoric of someone else by posting a, as I put it, "pathetic and quite disingenuous comparison.". Yours was a fallacious response, two wrongs do not make a right.

It seems like some nice optimizations were put into the 360 version. That coupled with getting the original Xbox version included should free this from stupid "lazy port" accusations.

Gun and Tony Hawk are lazy ports. This is not one of them.

Who actually made that accusation in this thread??? You are the only one who has even used that phrase, "lazy port", in this thread. wth are you quoting, yourself?

 

[cicero]

Alright I stand corrected. The 360 version is freaking beautiful after seeing that video. Wow. That water is just mind blowing.

Indeed. I have to agree with Warm Machine too though. "I'd like to see more of the 360 version in motion. I want to know if they are allowing the higher LOD's of the instanced objects a farther drawing distance."

 

[FirstInHell]

And you responded to the exaggerated rhetoric of someone else by posting a, as I put it, "pathetic and quite disingenuous comparison.". Yours was a fallacious response, two wrongs do not make a right.

Who actually made that accusation in this thread??? You are the only one who has even used that phrase, "lazy port", in this thread. wth are you quoting, yourself?

How was my response fallacious? I was not intending to deceive anyone. I googled Far Cry and grabbed a screenshot. Do you think i was trying to "get one over" on everyone here? I am sure enough people here have played the game and know how to look up some screenshots.

Who made the accusation in this thread? The term "lazy port" was not used in this thread, that was used to sum up the gist of what the comments people were making about this game implied. Are you now arguing about the specific language of my posts? Am I wrong for infering the word "lazy port" from these comments or should I have pasted all of the quotes below everytime I wanted to reference this?

Serious busniess man, serious busniess.

Dog vomit, that's some nasty crap. And yeah, it's the X360 version. IGN has larger versions of the shots here

Ahh, fuck it. I'm not gonna argue with a bunch of Xbots. If you want to support "next-gen" that offers the same shit with extra bloom lighting, that's fine.

It looks quite comparable to Far Cry with maxed settings, which leaves much to be desired. I hope it at least runs at 60 fps.

xbox 1 version, right?

Gotta love subtitles for subtitles. Next you know, everyone is going to stop making sequels, and just make ports of their past titles, and add more and more subtitles.

Farcry Instincts Predator EX Max Hero Edition

 

[Pimpbaa]

How was my response fallacious? I was not intending to deceive anyone. I googled Far Cry and grabbed a screenshot. Do you think i was trying to "get one over" on everyone here? I am sure enough people here have played the game and know how to look up some screenshots.

You grabbed PC shots that were blatently medium to low detail and then said the 360 version looks 10 times better. It was pretty stupid for people to be saying the 360 looks like dogshit too tho. Anyway, the water in that vid looks great. I'm interested in seeing some shots of indoor levels (the xbox1 game was rather weak in that regard).

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Let me get this straight. You're using a video of water (which definitely does look good, but what's with the waves only being visible a few feet away from the player view?) to debunk criticism against shots showing no water, but rather marginally improved island environments? Just like your initial post ("How do these screens justify this response? Have you seen the game in motion on an HDTV?"), this argument you and others are trying to lead now makes very little sense given the nature of the shots first posted. Show us a video that shows a similar leap in vegetation density and quality, then we can talk.

Of course, that still wouldn't change the fact that the screens originally posted look like crap, so I don't know what the hell you're really trying to argue here.

 

[FirstInHell]

Let me get this straight. You're using a video of water (which definitely does look good, but what's with the waves only being visible a few feet away from the player view?) to debunk criticism against shots showing no water, but rather marginally improved island environments? Just like your initial post ("How do these screens justify this response? Have you seen the game in motion on an HDTV?"), this argument you and others are trying to lead now makes very little sense given the nature of the shots first posted. Show us a video that shows a similar leap in vegetation density and quality, then we can talk.

Of course, that still wouldn't change the fact that the screens originally posted look like crap, so I don't know what the hell you're really trying to argue here.

I guess we can all agree to disagree then.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Whoever posted this pic

...just wow. Were you playing it on the lowest possible setting?

 

[Warm Machine]

what's with the waves only being visible a few feet away from the player view

Probably because and effect like that would begin to turn into a mess of a moray pattern as it begins to recede into the horizon.

Far Cry 1 on PC has yet to be passed by a released game in terms of vastness of area and density of foliage and even in terms of effects to some degree so to call the 360 version dog vomit is pretty well calling all game graphics up to this point dog vomit. Besides, I don't see any PS2 or regular Xbox games with the visual fidelity of Far Cry on PC so bitching about how this looks when there is nothing else like it available makes any critisism pretty assanine.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=22950

Here is the video in question. But I am sure people in this thread will call it a "lazy" port.

Can someone re-up this? If this is a decent port I just might get it, FCI looked awesome on XBox.

 

[hadareud]

Can someone re-up this? If this is a decent port I just might get it, FCI looked awesome on XBox.

it's up on xboxyde as well now

 

[Pedigree Chum]

it's up on xboxyde as well now

Danke.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

Fuck wow that looked incredible. So basically this is FCI (redone to X360 specs) with extra content? Might be the first current gen port I get for the X360.

 

[puebla]

that water looks like u could jump in it.

 

[DopeyFish]

i have a sudden urge to drink kool-aid every time i see that water


mind you it looks great... it still doesn't look entirely like water


mmm... koolaid

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Very nice.

 

[CorruptionDee]

Initially, I was very disappointed with the 360 version of Far Cry. However, after viewing some of the newly released screens, and watching the video (at the other Age), I stand corrected. The 360 port isn't a lazy port, gives gives plenty of bang for the buck when you consider that it's basically two games in one. Oh, and let's not forget the water. I ran Far Cry on my PC at the highest settings, and was blown away when I did, but the water alone in the 360 version is worth $60. Does this game have online play?