OPM: Anyone who played Far Cry 2 will remember fixing cars by the side of the road, getting stuck on trees and walking. So much walking. Far Cry 3′s lead game designer Jamie Keen says travel won’t “become a chore this time”.
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2 and 3, pretty much the only ones i really enjoyed. 1 was amazing for the time but aged quite poorly. 4 has the elephant gun, all i can praise from any entry after 3 lol
Ummmm 3 than stop.
Okay maybe two as well. But yeah probably 3 and then move on.
Far Cry 2. People constantly rant about games now being too easy, holding your hand, having too many unnecessary RPG-lite leveling features, etc. People specifically complain about open world games being too focused on tons of collectibles and "checkmarks" that just waste time.
Far Cry 2 is an answer to all of those complaints. It was made by Ubisoft before they fell into all the traps discussed above (and before they started inserting towers into their games to defog the map). It has respawning enemies, weapons that degrade, and the collectible diamonds are very useful in the game (which you find in a similar way to the way you find shrines in BOTW with a radar system). The map you have is an in game item you pull out while playing, not a pause menu that is unnecessarily detailed. Also the enemy AI and physics are much better than later entries in the series.
It has a mixed reputation because people at the time said it was too hard, the weapon degradation was annoying, and then respawning enemies were annoying. FC2 came out in 2008, so this was before games like Dark Souls and BOTW had come out and made it cool to like these types of features.
TheGamer Writes "Far Cry 3 is a time capsule of what game design was like in the early '00s"
Beat it twice; once on PS3, and once a couple of months ago on PS5.
Doesn't Far Cry 2 have some of the things they are talking about here? Diamond hunting, healing, malaria medication?
"Far Cry 3 is a time capsule of what game design was like in the early '00s"
>Came out in 2012
Okay then
If we are going to talk early 2000's game design how about start in the year 2000 with games that are a far cry better than something released 12 years later.
"Chrono Cross, Baldur's Gate II, Diablo II, Dragon Quest VII, Final Fantasy IX, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, along with new intellectual properties such as Deus Ex, Jet Set Radio, Perfect Dark, The Sims and Vagrant Story."
The article names things Ubisoft has shoved into games to dumb them down and then claims we should rush off to play it. Maybe instead look back at it as the death of originality from Ubisoft and gaming in general.
Far Cry 3 & Assassin's Creed VI: Black Flag are 2 of the very best games from Ubisoft. All Ubisoft games since then are all just copying these 2 games.
I enjoyed FC 2 but gee I'm glad they're fixing up the traveling aspect. There's nothing worse than crashing your car in the middle of nowhere and having to walk a million miles only to be shot by a respawned bad guy you just blew up 30 seconds ago.
I watched a video on this @ gametrailers.com and I have to say this game looks amazing to me. Far Cry 2 was fun but needed some tweeks. This one just seems like it's exactly what I wanted from part 2.
I gave up on far cry 2 when I had a 10 minute walk to my mission and then came across a tricky bit where I died. I then respawned back where it had last saved hence another 10 minute walk. After repeating this process three times I switched it off and never played it again. This was a shame because at times far cry 2 blew the pants off other shooters, but it was just too unuser friendly for my tastes.
Might give 3 a go if it is fixed. I strongly believe in open world games like this that you should be able to save when you want or certainly when out and about between major locations anyway.
I might have to pick up this game again. Last time I played it was on my old system with a sound blaster audigy 4. That particular sound card would cause your system to bsod if you pick up more health packs or whatever they were. Kinda hard to play when you can't heal. How is that for a crazy issue though.
This game is looking better and better with every article. One of the only games where I'm looking for another article daily. I'll be getting it day one. For sure.