The_Neon_Cowboy

pondering to far cry/or not to far cry?
How good is the multi-player?

I've know all about the single play and that it's good what about the multi player?

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MIG-31

id say far cry is one of the best gaming experiences in my list of games.but as for the multiplayer side i hve not gave it a try yet.

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The_Neon_Cowboy

lol people say that or it sucks lol

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davidnsibs

the single player is amazing. just finished it on medium difficulty and it took me 7 days of fairly constant playing, other games take two to four (call of duty, nolf 2, mafia etc) so you get your moneys worth. only multiplayered over LAN, and with not many people the maps are just too big and its hard to find your opponents with all the plants trees etc. might be better with 10+ people online maybe, but i guess itd still be hard to spot snipers hidden in the undergrowth

The_Neon_Cowboy

no botz in mp?

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Bicka

Heres the main forums if you wanna see just how bad mulitplayer is doing at the moment http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/6/ubb.x?a=...02&f=452106891

MIG-31

lol..... might have something to do with nobody likes the same things in gaming.be so bored with games if everyone had far cry and no others!!


i finished single player campaign in 3 days of nearly constant gaming on easy...... now on medium.oh i love far cry.

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The_Neon_Cowboy

http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/6/ubb.x?a=...91&m=394109904



that doesnt help eather lol

or thar
http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/6/ubb.x?a=...91&m=726103014

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CherryPopper

Id say.... Definately Farcry It is suucchhhh a cool game.... probably the best graphics of any shooter ever to date. Huge well designed maps. esp the outdoor scenes are amazing. Even w/o the multiplayer this game is worth every penny IMO.

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Nacht

hmm i dont know. i have it, and i liked it a whole lot...that is until i got to the lava fields....the game is just sooo frustrating at some points that it becomes more of a chore, and not entertainment. the save system is the biggest culprit i believe....because you will travel a good distance for about 5 minutes, then get to a fight, where you die...you then have to travel the distance again because it did not save before the fight!

in terms of Single player straight action/fun...i think painkiller is better. havent played painkiller online, but far cry MP is really cool....engi's can build towers and gun implacements (which score poitns as well), and people can snipe, use rockets, assault etc etc...its fun

Falstaff

Ive got a job and a career, single player is about all I can handle

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BiGBrOwNPimpsta

i never hear anything bout the multiplayer, but ive only seen screens never played it. i cant find a good server on mirc to get it off of

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kinetic

I've tried MP but only in FFA mode just to hone up my reflexes before a good old game of Obj. Spearhead! I enjoyed it for the scenery but the actual gameplay was nothing different!

Ev!L-aLphA

single player owns multi player sucks. Theres a bunch of weird stuff on the multiplayer just doesent stisfy me

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CherryPopper

I hear ya on that... there was a couple spots (lava fields for sure) where i ran the puppy in developer mode and got me some unlimited ammo and went into god mode to get through it

However i only recall 2 places where i had to do this.. the first one was with that damm Chopper on the boat that you had to take out before the ship sank and you with it. The second was the lava fields. Apart from those 2 places gameplay was pretty even.

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Dyre Straits

You can save the game anywhere you want to using a console command. I LOVE it for that.

Hit the ~ (tilde) key and the console comes up.

Now type: \save_game [name] and press ENTER. (No, don't type the brackets, just name the save.)

Now hit the ~ key again to close the console. Now you've got yourself a new 'latest' save point to select.

Here's how I handled the lava fields since the game dropped to a CRAWL with all the activity:

I used the sniper rifle from the near side of the chasm. When the sniper rifle was empty, I used the jeep but didn't drive it across the broken bridge at first. Rather, I used some rockets and machine gun fire to eliminate a few of the enemies. As enemies were eliminated, my FPS began to increase.

Once it got more manageable, I moved across the bridge and up the short rise to the left. I still had lots of ammo on the jeep. I pulled up to near the top of the ridge and watched for rockets coming at me. (Use the BRAKES a lot!) Once I saw where the rockets were coming from, I let loose with a salvo toward that location. When rockets started coming at me, I'd back up down the hill and watch them fly past. LOL! Sometimes 3 at a time!

Once I finally got the number of enemies down farther, I was able to get from the jeep across the log by switching to 3rd person (F1 key) and started watching for new ones to deal with.

I finished the game in just under 10 days on the default level -- one above easy -- and am now playing it again in the next higher level. (But, I don't really see anymore problems than I did the first time....probably because I know better what to expect and how to deal with them this time.)

At any rate, I have no qualms recommending this game to anyone who enjoys a FPS game. The fact that you can play it so many different ways and from so many different approaches makes it one of the top games ever released....IMHO.

I'm sure it's going to be Game of the Year from several quarters.

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davidnsibs

for the lava fields, go over the broken bridge but dont get as far as the log, theres a place you can jump the lava stream in the jeep just after the big bridge and get back onto the road and then just run everyone over :-) great game, but for multiple ways to play a game, the original deus ex was the best. my fav game of all time, i couldnt stop playing it, and its huge, took ages to complete, and then you want to play it again to see how different actions affect the storyline

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Nacht

yes, deus ex was great...but for open gameplay...my award goes to morrowind....god i wasted so much time in vvardenfell!

Dyre Straits

I agree that the openness of Morrowind is great. I've really enjoyed playing it for the past couple of years, but, it also got to be tediously boring.

Deus Ex, on the other hand, kept me on the edge of my sit, white-knuckled, almost all the way through.

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zerodamage

I absolutely hated Deus-Ex (the first one). The game play did not appeal to me in the least.

Nacht

what did you not like ZD?

my only complaint was the missions sometimes seemed to repeat themselves...after a while there were no new mission designs...but it was still a great game.