Official Far Cry 3 Hype Thread. GS=9.0

GameSpy review: 4.5/5"Even though the story is propped up by a memorable villain, exploration is the show-stealing star of Far Cry 3. "Zensword

When r u getting the game bro?

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

Bugs are bugs, doesn't matter the size or quality of the game. If one game gets a "freebie" while another one doesn't that is favoritism out the ***, not hard to understand but again I doubt you understand that simple concept frozen.

If bugs happen in a less appealing game compared to an appealing game there's no neutral ground doing that review, you will easily ignore bugs which honestly shouldn't be ignored on any level. You wonder why the NFL has strict restrictions on referees?, favoritism would ruin the game, same with video games. I loved Skyrim and GW2 but they had some pretty annoying bugs/glitches. That's why they need to remove the scoring system in reviews cause there's no such thing as a perfect scoring game or a flawless game some people might say.

Cherokee_Jack

When did it become the goal of a review to analyze a game's technical workmanship? The focus is their personal experience with the game, not how hard they think the programmers worked.If that experience wasn't spoiled by the bugs, knocking down the game's score because of them is helpful to precisely nobody.

At that point you might as well say "Well I love Skyrim's RPG elements, but some people might be mad that they were simplified, so I'm going to take .5 off the score."

Gameplay looks too consolise for my taste. i dont think its as good as reviewers make it out. but then again looks better than most crap these daysSNIPER4321

[QUOTE="SNIPER4321"]Gameplay looks too consolise for my taste. i dont think its as good as reviewers make it out. but then again looks better than most crap these daysbalfe1990

The enjoyment the reviewer gets should surely be taken into account but so should the craftsmanship and technical prowess of the software also. MirkoS77

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[QUOTE="SNIPER4321"]Gameplay looks too consolise for my taste. i dont think its as good as reviewers make it out. but then again looks better than most crap these daysMirkoS77

You know it bro.

[QUOTE="MirkoS77"][QUOTE="balfe1990"]

balfe1990

You know it bro.

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

[QUOTE="MirkoS77"]Is Crysis running modded on your system? MirkoS77

You know it bro.

If you're looking for similar specs, I'm sure NASA would be happy to oblige.

Just tell them I sent you, it's cool brah.

[QUOTE="Cranler"][QUOTE="SNIPER4321"]Gameplay looks too consolise for my taste. i dont think its as good as reviewers make it out. but then again looks better than most crap these daysSNIPER4321

I actually totally agree with the arrows bit. Marking targets is cool though.

Makes you feel like you're actually assaulting a base/stronghold/enemy camp etc. Far Cry 2 had it, and it worked so well.

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

Bugs are bugs, doesn't matter the size or quality of the game. If one game gets a "freebie" while another one doesn't that is favoritism out the ***, not hard to understand but again I doubt you understand that simple concept frozen.

If bugs happen in a less appealing game compared to an appealing game there's no neutral ground doing that review, you will easily ignore bugs which honestly shouldn't be ignored on any level. You wonder why the NFL has strict restrictions on referees?, favoritism would ruin the game, same with video games. I loved Skyrim and GW2 but they had some pretty annoying bugs/glitches. That's why they need to remove the scoring system in reviews cause there's no such thing as a perfect scoring game or a flawless game some people might say.

Cherokee_Jack

When did it become the goal of a review to analyze a game's technical workmanship? The focus is their personal experience with the game, not how hard they think the programmers worked.If that experience wasn't spoiled by the bugs, knocking down the game's score because of them is helpful to precisely nobody.

At that point you might as well say "Well I love Skyrim's RPG elements, but some people might think they're dumbed down, so I'm going to take .5 off the score."

/facepalm

Skyrim has game breaking bugs (which most of them are fixed now, although Dawnguard has opened up more bugs) and the class kevin played as (Necro) had horrible bugs and pet AI which was voiced out loud on the GW2 official forums, which I'm sure they are fixed by now. Honestly it's not even worth reviewing an MMO it's first 2-3 or months out.

Saying both games are a 9/10 rating means they are almost perfect technically and entertainment value, we all ****** know reviews aren't just based on "entertainment value", it's based on entertainment,technical quality and in a way "money value". I love Skyrim, hell it's even one of my fav games of all time, yet I don't ignore the bugs it has. I know you're gonna say something stupid like "well some people can ignore those bugs", It's funny cause how many of those people you think don't give other games with bugs/glitches a chance cause it doesn't "appeal" to them or the game is lesser quality, that's being biased out the ***. There's no sugar coating it.

That's why there should be no number point scale for a review, a simple buy it,rent it or skip it should be how games are viewed. But w/e continue believing as you do Cherokee_Jack, cause it just further proves how biased and how bad reviews have gotten the last few years. We all know people look at that number and if it's not a 9 or above, people believe it's a crappy game.

[QUOTE="Cranler"][QUOTE="SNIPER4321"]Gameplay looks too consolise for my taste. i dont think its as good as reviewers make it out. but then again looks better than most crap these daysSNIPER4321

From what I've seen Far Cry 3 has nether of those, unless you want to think hiding in a bush or behind a building is cover.

3 days to go.

Far Cry 3 isn't found on Steam. Guess I'm gonna wait for the next sale.

Saying both games are a 9/10 rating means they are almost perfect technically and entertainment value,we all ****** know reviews aren't just based on "entertainment value", it's based on entertainment,technical quality and in a way "money value". I love Skyrim, hell it's even one of my fav games of all time, yet I don't ignore the bugs it has. I know you're gonna say something stupid like "well some people can ignore those bugs", It's funny cause how many of those people you think don't give other games with bugs/glitches a chance cause it doesn't "appeal" to them or the game is lesser quality, that's being biased out the ***. There's no sugar coating it.

Ballroompirate

I'm not going to explain for the nth Goddamn argument about "perfect" vs. "top of the scale". Everyone should grasp that by now.

Anyway.There's no reason to divide it into "entertainment, technical quality, and money value" because it's all the same thing. Value and technical quality are only important as they relate to the experience, and the only experience a reviewer can realistically speak about is his own. Obviously if he finds the bugs are a problem, he shouldn't ignore them, but if they don't get in the way of his enjoyment then so be it. What he thought of the game when he played it is all he has to offer, and it's all anyone can reasonably expect when they read a subjective review.

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

Saying both games are a 9/10 rating means they are almost perfect technically and entertainment value,we all ****** know reviews aren't just based on "entertainment value", it's based on entertainment,technical quality and in a way "money value". I love Skyrim, hell it's even one of my fav games of all time, yet I don't ignore the bugs it has. I know you're gonna say something stupid like "well some people can ignore those bugs", It's funny cause how many of those people you think don't give other games with bugs/glitches a chance cause it doesn't "appeal" to them or the game is lesser quality, that's being biased out the ***. There's no sugar coating it.

Cherokee_Jack

I'm not going to explain for the nth Goddamn argument about "perfect" vs. "top of the scale". Everyone should grasp that by now.

Anyway.There's no reason to divide it into "entertainment, technical quality, and money value" because it's all the same thing. Value and technical quality are only important as they relate to the experience, and the only experience a reviewer can realistically speak about is his own. Obviously if he finds the bugs are a problem, he shouldn't ignore them, but if they don't get in the way of his enjoyment then so be it. What he thought of the game when he played it is all he has to offer, and it's all anyone can reasonably expect when they read a subjective review.

You're such an idiot, the two games we've been talking about Skyrim and GW2 had some pretty bad bugs and glitches, some you can't SIMPLY IGNORE cause they effect ether your progression or the class you're playing as. It's not like I'm comparing a simple glitch that is barely noticeable or doesn't effect your gameplay.

Are some of those bugs/glitches patched?, yes of course, but we're talking about the time the review was made which those bugs/glitches where well known by players and other reviewers. If those major bugs didn't impact Kevin, yet minor bugs do in other games that's being called inconsistent and biased look it up GD. I know you're gonna say he must have had a quality experience while playing those two games, I will tell you for the last ******* time how could he have had a "quality" or fun experience playing two games that had major/game breaking bugs?.

Reviewers need to realize that people look at scores differently than they do, everyone here can say they at least have disagreed on at least one GS review whether the game scored lower or higher than what they would've gave their opinion on. I can already see who ever reviews FC3 will say something along the line of "Far Cry 3 is simply amazing and the best in the series" and scores ether an 8 or 8.5 (which would put it ether equal or less than FC2) which would further prove how inconsistent GS is with their reviews. If the game is reviewed by a different person that did the other two games then they need to clarify on what they thought they thought of the previous 2 or so games instead of just doing an instant comparison if they thought the game is better than the previous 2.

So I went back to play some farcry 2 from watching a few farcry 3 vids just to compare, holy hell I must have forgotten how bad this game is because everything feels like a chore.

Driving is just plain lame, there's zero momentum to the **** vehicles, the shooting is bland, getting missions sucks, the missions suck, just everything sucks.

Are some of those bugs/glitches patched?, yes of course, but we're talking about the time the review was made which those bugs/glitches where well known by players and other reviewers. If those major bugs didn't impact Kevin, yet minor bugs do in other games that's being called inconsistent and biased look it up GD. I know you're gonna say he must have had a quality experience while playing those two games, I will tell you for the last ******* time how could he have had a "quality" or fun experience playing two games that had major/game breaking bugs?.

Ballroompirate

Because the same bugs don't happen the same way or with the same frequency to every player? Bugs are naturally unpredictable, that's why tons of money is spent on QA and yet no one ever releases a bug-free product.

I stopped playing Skyrim before even finishing the main questline because it started routinely crashing every 30 minutes for no reason I could understand. By your backwards reasoning, no one could have had a good experience with Skyrim because they would all have had the same problem I did, but obviously most people didn't. Likewise, it should be obvious that within the comparatively tiny group of Skyrim players who reviewed it professionally, many of them could have avoided having their experience ruined because most bugs aren't guaranteed to happen at all, much less with enough frequency to make it not a great experience.

Far Cry 3 isn't found on Steam. Guess I'm gonna wait for the next sale.

GamerwillzPS

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]

Far Cry 3 isn't found on Steam. Guess I'm gonna wait for the next sale.

Stevo_the_gamer

Give him some slack, it's hard to use the search function and type "far cry"

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]

Far Cry 3 isn't found on Steam. Guess I'm gonna wait for the next sale.

Ballroompirate

Give him some slack, it's hard to use the search function and type "far cry"

I never played a Far Cry game. Is it worth playing 1 and 2 first?caseypayne69

No.

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]

Far Cry 3 isn't found on Steam. Guess I'm gonna wait for the next sale.

Stevo_the_gamer

Link.

Self-owned.

2 days to go

2 days to go

sukraj

9 hours here :P already pre-loaded it in steam yesterday night

*types "far cry 3" in Steam's search box*

y u no there?! :cry:

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]

Far Cry 3 isn't found on Steam. Guess I'm gonna wait for the next sale.

GamerwillzPS

Link.

Self-owned.

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]You're not looking hard enough.

Stevo_the_gamer

Link.

Self-owned.

I don't understand what is going on, but I'm sure that they will be back in Steam soon.

But anyway, UK > US. Good luck out there in the battlefield full of guns. ;)

But anyway, UK > US. Good luck out there in the battlefield full of guns. ;)GamerwillzPS

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]But anyway, UK > US. Good luck out there in the battlefield full of guns. ;)Stevo_the_gamer

Is that what makes America a better place? Yeah right! :lol:

I hope you already got health insurance! I don't and I don't have to worry about it. I will be carted off to the hospital for free if anything happens to me. For £100? Nah. It will be £0.00. :cool:

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]But anyway, UK > US. Good luck out there in the battlefield full of guns. ;)GamerwillzPS

Is that what makes America a better place? Yeah right! :lol:

I hope you already got health insurance! I don't and I don't have to worry about it. I will be carted off to the hospital for free if anything happens to me. For £100? Nah. It will be £0.00. :cool:

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]I can purchase Far Cry 3 on Steam. Can you?Stevo_the_gamer

Is that what makes America a better place? Yeah right! :lol:

I hope you already got health insurance! I don't and I don't have to worry about it. I will be carted off to the hospital for free if anything happens to me. For £100? Nah. It will be £0.00. :cool:

Okay, but do explain why you have the bastardised version of the English language.

Okay, but do explain why you have the bastardised version of the English language.

GamerwillzPS

I'm really think 8.5 but im gonna go out on a limb and risk saying AAA.

Either way, im buying it later on because of thebacklog at the moment.

When will Gamespot put their review up?

I never played a Far Cry game. Is it worth playing 1 and 2 first?caseypayne69

These reviews aren't enough to convince me that Far Cry 3 is worth 60 bucks. Far Cry 2 got a ton of praise too and that game could have been used as a tool to get insomniacs to fall asleep. Fizzman

My dumbass went to buy this yesterday :P I saw all of the reviews and figured it came out lol......

When does Gamespot's review go up, then?RulerofGondor