Far Cry 3: New details, New Trailer, Release Date: Sep 4, 2012 (N.A)

Cool!

I want to see some gameplay footage. That trailer didn't get me going, since it didn't offer anything new for the game. I'll have to wait.

Metamania

[QUOTE="Metamania"]

Cool!

I want to see some gameplay footage. That trailer didn't get me going, since it didn't offer anything new for the game. I'll have to wait.

Black_Knight_00

Far Cry 3 looks gorgeous! That line is in my head now. "Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?" :lol:

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[QUOTE="Metamania"]

Cool!

I want to see some gameplay footage. That trailer didn't get me going, since it didn't offer anything new for the game. I'll have to wait.

Metamania

Far Cry 3 looks gorgeous! That line is in my head now. "Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?" :lol:

That is what I call "astonishing graphics".....

[QUOTE="Metamania"]

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] No you don't :lol: There's been gameplay footage since the last E3. Here you go and watch this one too.

Black_Knight_00

Far Cry 3 looks gorgeous! That line is in my head now. "Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?" :lol:

That's because the Far Cry series never entered my radar at all, so I never bothered with the series. I mean, I've heard of it, just decided to never play it.I'll have to look into it at some point in the future.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"][QUOTE="Metamania"]

Far Cry 3 looks gorgeous! That line is in my head now. "Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?" :lol:

Metamania

That's because the Far Cry series never entered my radar at all, so I never bothered with the series. I mean, I've heard of it, just decided to never play it.I'll have to look into it at some point in the future.

[QUOTE="Metamania"]

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] I can't believe you hadn't seen that gameplay video yet! Also, yes, that very promising line. Voss looks like a very well written character.Black_Knight_00

That's because the Far Cry series never entered my radar at all, so I never bothered with the series. I mean, I've heard of it, just decided to never play it.I'll have to look into it at some point in the future.

If I decide to go and play Far Cry, I think I'll just wait until the third game arrives and try that instead. :)

Ok, so I watched the Gamespot review of Far Cry 2. One of the things that turned me off about it was the fact that you had to constantly look for some kind of medicine for your malaria infection and tone it down with the temporary cure. I hope Far Cry 3 doesn't make you constantly look for medicine to heal you all the time...I know it's supposed to add some kind of realism into the gameplay, but I'd rather have my health regenerate and not have to worry about a side-effect that could be hurting me constantly, forcing me to scramble for medicine 24/7.

Ok, so I watched the Gamespot review of Far Cry 2. One of the things that turned me off about it was the fact that you had to constantly look for some kind of medicine for your malaria infection and tone it down with the temporary cure. I hope Far Cry 3 doesn't make you constantly look for medicine to heal you all the time...I know it's supposed to add some kind of realism into the gameplay, but I'd rather have my health regenerate and not have to worry about a side-effect that could be hurting me constantly, forcing me to scramble for medicine 24/7.

Metamania

FC2 is extremely cheap. It's not a bad buy for $10.

[QUOTE="Metamania"]

Ok, so I watched the Gamespot review of Far Cry 2. One of the things that turned me off about it was the fact that you had to constantly look for some kind of medicine for your malaria infection and tone it down with the temporary cure. I hope Far Cry 3 doesn't make you constantly look for medicine to heal you all the time...I know it's supposed to add some kind of realism into the gameplay, but I'd rather have my health regenerate and not have to worry about a side-effect that could be hurting me constantly, forcing me to scramble for medicine 24/7.

ristactionjakso

FC2 is extremely cheap. It's not a bad buy for $10.

The gun jamming on rusty weapons and enemy respawning, I can understand that. That's bound to happen for old weapons and first-person shooters have been known to bring infinite enemy respawns (not sure if FC2 has that), so I agree. I'll look into it and see if there's a rental available for Far Cry 2 and go from there.

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[QUOTE="Metamania"]

Ok, so I watched the Gamespot review of Far Cry 2. One of the things that turned me off about it was the fact that you had to constantly look for some kind of medicine for your malaria infection and tone it down with the temporary cure. I hope Far Cry 3 doesn't make you constantly look for medicine to heal you all the time...I know it's supposed to add some kind of realism into the gameplay, but I'd rather have my health regenerate and not have to worry about a side-effect that could be hurting me constantly, forcing me to scramble for medicine 24/7.

Metamania

FC2 is extremely cheap. It's not a bad buy for $10.

The gun jamming on rusty weapons and enemy respawning, I can understand that. That's bound to happen for old weapons and first-person shooters have been known to bring infinite enemy respawns (not sure if FC2 has that), so I agree. I'll look into it and see if there's a rental available for Far Cry 2 and go from there.

But being a free roaming game, the enemy respawn times are ridiculous. Once you clear out a enemy camp, they respawn way to soon. It would be better if the game waited about 10-20 minutes for enemy respawns, but it seems as if it takes them 5 minutes to respawn.

With how much renting games are (about $6 for 3 days where I live), you might as well buy it for $10. It's worth a buy for $10 if you like free roaming FPS games.

Brandnew Gameplay Footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psn3IuH_B0shttp://www.gametrailers.com/video/strange-place-far-cry-3/726950http://www.gametrailers.com/video/living-island-far-cry-3/726948http://www.gametrailers.com/video/down-the-far-cry-3/726885Zensword

The gameplay footage from IGN looked great in places but some parts looked very cartoony. Im hoping it's just because of it not releasing for a while. But the gameplay looked good. loved how he stealth killed one guy and threw the knife at the other. Good to see it 100% real time for definite. I hope stealth gameplay is a big part of it. not just something you can do with 2 enemies in the camp and then they all know where you are like most games do these days

Ok, so I watched the Gamespot review of Far Cry 2. One of the things that turned me off about it was the fact that you had to constantly look for some kind of medicine for your malaria infection and tone it down with the temporary cure. I hope Far Cry 3 doesn't make you constantly look for medicine to heal you all the time...I know it's supposed to add some kind of realism into the gameplay, but I'd rather have my health regenerate and not have to worry about a side-effect that could be hurting me constantly, forcing me to scramble for medicine 24/7.

Metamania

[QUOTE="Metamania"]

Ok, so I watched the Gamespot review of Far Cry 2. One of the things that turned me off about it was the fact that you had to constantly look for some kind of medicine for your malaria infection and tone it down with the temporary cure. I hope Far Cry 3 doesn't make you constantly look for medicine to heal you all the time...I know it's supposed to add some kind of realism into the gameplay, but I'd rather have my health regenerate and not have to worry about a side-effect that could be hurting me constantly, forcing me to scramble for medicine 24/7.

Black_Knight_00

Also if you do well and always treat it, it can eventually disappear for a long time and you don't have to worry about it.

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[QUOTE="Metamania"]

Ok, so I watched the Gamespot review of Far Cry 2. One of the things that turned me off about it was the fact that you had to constantly look for some kind of medicine for your malaria infection and tone it down with the temporary cure. I hope Far Cry 3 doesn't make you constantly look for medicine to heal you all the time...I know it's supposed to add some kind of realism into the gameplay, but I'd rather have my health regenerate and not have to worry about a side-effect that could be hurting me constantly, forcing me to scramble for medicine 24/7.

seanmcloughlin

Also if you do well and always treat it, it can eventually disappear for a long time and you don't have to worry about it.

How bad can the game get on the Infamous difficulty?

How bad can the game get on the Infamous difficulty?

Metamania

you will die. A LOT

[QUOTE="Metamania"]

How bad can the game get on the Infamous difficulty?

seanmcloughlin

you will die. A LOT

Really? Yikes. If I ever play the game, I think I'll stick with the normal difficulty. :lol:

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[QUOTE="Metamania"]

How bad can the game get on the Infamous difficulty?

Metamania

you will die. A LOT

Really? Yikes. If I ever play the game, I think I'll stick with the normal difficulty. :lol:

Even the normal difficulty can be unforgiving but it's the best balance

On topic I'm kinda sad to hear they dumbed down the fire, I guess it was to be expected on a watery tropical island but that was the best part of FC2. Throwing molotovs and trapping all your enemies in a wall of fire while it rages towards them. Good times

How bad can the game get on the Infamous difficulty?

Metamania

[QUOTE="Metamania"]

How bad can the game get on the Infamous difficulty?

Black_Knight_00

That sounds pretty bad in compairson to what I went through in the recent James Bond games I've been playing...wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=picUlc4ZGoc

New Far Cry 3 footage. Looks absolutely gorgeous. The person playing is horrible, but it gives you a good idea what there is in the game. I can't wait to go about it playing the game more methodical and plotting. I wasn't the biggest fan of Far Cry 2, but everything I've seen for this is looking excellent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=picUlc4ZGoc

New Far Cry 3 footage. Looks absolutely gorgeous. The person playing is horrible, but it gives you a good idea what there is in the game. I can't wait to go about it playing the game more methodical and plotting. I wasn't the biggest fan of Far Cry 2, but everything I've seen for this is looking excellentIndianaPwns39

I only watched a minute of it, I don't want to spoil myself the levels, but it looks amazingly fun, gameplay-wise it's like a free roam CoD and it looks like they removed the experience points display, which was distracting. I love it already :)

[QUOTE="IndianaPwns39"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=picUlc4ZGoc

New Far Cry 3 footage. Looks absolutely gorgeous. The person playing is horrible, but it gives you a good idea what there is in the game. I can't wait to go about it playing the game more methodical and plotting. I wasn't the biggest fan of Far Cry 2, but everything I've seen for this is looking excellentBlack_Knight_00

I only watched a minute of it, I don't want to spoil myself the levels, but it looks amazingly fun, gameplay-wise it's like a free roam CoD and it looks like they removed the experience points display, which was distracting. I love it already :)

I know. This reminds me of Crysis or rather an awesome version of Crysis. I was a bit disappointed with Crysis 2, but this looks like just the kind of shooter I want to play.

I also like how the protaganist actually speaks and has a personality. F*** the silent protaganist. :P

I only watched a minute of it, I don't want to spoil myself the levels, but it looks amazingly fun, gameplay-wise it's like a free roam CoD and it looks like they removed the experience points display, which was distracting. I love it already :)

Black_Knight_00

That's probably a good idea, since the video goes into part of the story and features a more scripted event near the end.

A couple things I noticed that I really liked, without spoilers:

The XP pops up on the left side, instead of getting right in your face about it, which is cool. I'm hoping for the option to turn all markers off, but if that option isn't there at least it isn't distracting.

When he jumps off the boat in the opening segment, he actually dives. That was a nice touch, usually you just fall feet first into the water in FPS games.

And.

I know. This reminds me of Crysis or rather an awesome version of Crysis. I was a bit disappointed with Crysis 2, but this looks like just the kind of shooter I want to play.

I also like how the protaganist actually speaks and has a personality. F*** the silent protaganist. :P

S0lidSnake

I completely agree with this. I love that the protaganist was talking and actually responding to the other characters. Funny you should mention Crysis/Crysis 2. Nomad actually said stuff in the first game, albeit brief and unimportant, but that was better than Alcatraz silently murdering a bunch of people and characters carrying conversations with themselves in the second one.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]

I only watched a minute of it, I don't want to spoil myself the levels, but it looks amazingly fun, gameplay-wise it's like a free roam CoD and it looks like they removed the experience points display, which was distracting. I love it already :)

IndianaPwns39

That's probably a good idea, since the video goes into part of the story and features a more scripted event near the end.

A couple things I noticed that I really liked, without spoilers:

The XP pops up on the left side, instead of getting right in your face about it, which is cool. I'm hoping for the option to turn all markers off, but if that option isn't there at least it isn't distracting.

When he jumps off the boat in the opening segment, he actually dives. That was a nice touch, usually you just fall feet first into the water in FPS games.

And.

I know. This reminds me of Crysis or rather an awesome version of Crysis. I was a bit disappointed with Crysis 2, but this looks like just the kind of shooter I want to play.

I also like how the protaganist actually speaks and has a personality. F*** the silent protaganist. :P

S0lidSnake

I completely agree with this. I love that the protaganist was talking and actually responding to the other characters. Funny you should mention Crysis/Crysis 2. Nomad actually said stuff in the first game, albeit brief and unimportant, but that was better than Alcatraz silently murdering a bunch of people and characters carrying conversations with themselves in the second one.

Nomad barely spoke, and had no personality. Now Psycho on the other hand was fantastic. He was funny, clever and above all just badass. I really liked the cutscenes in Warhead mainly because of how badass Psycho was.

Nomad barely spoke, and had no personality. Now Psycho on the other hand was fantastic. He was funny, clever and above all just badass. I really liked the cutscenes in Warhead mainly because of how badass Psycho was.

S0lidSnake

Personality aside, Nomad at least spoke when necessary. Such as the part during the alien ship where he gave a play by play of what was happening to inform his allies, or when he was enthusiastic to try the TAC cannon near the end. Not saying it was good, exactly, and Psycho was leaps and bounds better. Either way, it was better than Alcatraz :P

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Nomad barely spoke, and had no personality. Now Psycho on the other hand was fantastic. He was funny, clever and above all just badass. I really liked the cutscenes in Warhead mainly because of how badass Psycho was.

IndianaPwns39

Personality aside, Nomad at least spoke when necessary. Such as the part during the alien ship where he gave a play by play of what was happening to inform his allies, or when he was enthusiastic to try the TAC cannon near the end. Not saying it was good, exactly, and Psycho was leaps and bounds better. Either way, it was better than Alcatraz :P

Actually yeah, the alien level commentary by Nomad was fantastic. Such a great idea. It seemed natural that that's how a marine would react when going into an alien place. It also racketed up the tension really nicely.

The level went on for a bit too long though, so i ended up hating the level but i agree that his play by play was not bad at all.

Interview with FC3 director Matthew Meth. http://www.gamereactor.eu/articles/17101/Far+Cry+3%3A+Interview/ - Weapons are customizable. - There are "exotic" weapons - Missions are much more VARIED than FC2.Zensword

Oh by the way, I noticed that the ability to throw rocks from FarCry 1 is back, if you look at the alternate E3 2011 playthrough you'll see it, right after he uses the zip line he chucks a grenade and the HUD on the bottom right shows the rock icon :)

[QUOTE="Zensword"]Interview with FC3 director Matthew Meth. - Weapons are customizable. - There are "exotic" weapons - Missions are much more VARIED than FC2.Black_Knight_00

Oh by the way, I noticed that the ability to throw rocks from FarCry 1 is back, if you look at the alternate E3 2011 playthrough you'll see it, right after he uses the zip line he chucks a grenade and the HUD on the bottom right shows the rock icon :)

I hope it isn't as insane as the mode that was in FC2, the one that you somehow lucky in beating in. :P

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]

[QUOTE="Zensword"]Interview with FC3 director Matthew Meth. - Weapons are customizable. - There are "exotic" weapons - Missions are much more VARIED than FC2.Metamania

Oh by the way, I noticed that the ability to throw rocks from FarCry 1 is back, if you look at the alternate E3 2011 playthrough you'll see it, right after he uses the zip line he chucks a grenade and the HUD on the bottom right shows the rock icon :)

I hope it isn't as insane as the mode that was in FC2, the one that you somehow lucky in beating in. :P

[QUOTE="Metamania"]

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] Great find. I especially like the fact they don't mention multiplayer, ever, meaning this is a game where really the main focus is the single player experience. I'm a bit intimidated by this Insane mode they hint at. I like extreme challenges in shooters, but I hope they won't go down the "delete save file" road: frustration and wasted time are never fun.

Oh by the way, I noticed that the ability to throw rocks from FarCry 1 is back, if you look at the alternate E3 2011 playthrough you'll see it, right after he uses the zip line he chucks a grenade and the HUD on the bottom right shows the rock icon :)

Black_Knight_00

I hope it isn't as insane as the mode that was in FC2, the one that you somehow lucky in beating in. :P

I may give it a shot if I get Far Cry 3. ;)

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/337396/far-cry-3-is-about-enabling-the-player/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS "FarCry 3 is about enabling the player" says the lead game designer and then adds "We want it to be a situation where you say, 'Wouldn't it be cool if... Oh! I can!' " That's just a excerpt of what he told CVG and it sounds really promising. It really sounds like they are aiming for a combination of absolute freedom where the player can do whatever pops in his mind and meaningful secrets to reward exploration and creativity. *drool*Black_Knight_00

Reading that brief blurb from Jamie Keen, I can't help but get a little more excited. It looks like they heard players in regards to the malaria thing and took that out, so I think I may enjoy this more if they remove that kind of realisim gameplay altogether.

Ok, so I watched the Gamespot review of Far Cry 2. One of the things that turned me off about it was the fact that you had to constantly look for some kind of medicine for your malaria infection and tone it down with the temporary cure. I hope Far Cry 3 doesn't make you constantly look for medicine to heal you all the time...I know it's supposed to add some kind of realism into the gameplay, but I'd rather have my health regenerate and not have to worry about a side-effect that could be hurting me constantly, forcing me to scramble for medicine 24/7.

Metamania

I tried very hard to get into Far Cry 2 but the malaria issue and the enimies respawning just ruined it for me.

Looking at the footage so far this seems like Far Cry 2 : Southeast Asia

No idea how they tweaked the AI and respawning.

If you haven't played FC2 do it now, the game is awesome, it makes you feel like Rambo.

You go thru the world picking up weapons, making contacts, picking up missions, and pretty much everything outside of towns is hostile to you.

I'm an open world junky, FC2 was one of the best but you had to play it a certain way to get alot out of it.

I'll definitely pick up FC3.

I'm trying not to watch to many videos i want to keep the experience fresh.

I tried very hard to get into Far Cry 2 but the malaria issue and the enimies respawning just ruined it for me.

sukraj

Malaria is a non-issue, it's just a plot device to make you see the doctor and run errands.

If you want to enjoy this game, stay away from cars.

Never drive, go on foot.

Use the bus to get around and only work at night.

This is what breaks the game.

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I tried very hard to get into Far Cry 2 but the malaria issue and the enimies respawning just ruined it for me.

ZombieKiller7

Malaria is a non-issue, it's just a plot device to make you see the doctor and run errands.

If you want to enjoy this game, stay away from cars.

Never drive, go on foot.

Use the bus to get around and only work at night.

This is what breaks the game.

This is all for Far Cry 2, right?

Since I have not played the game, wouldn't it be faster to drive than to take the bus?

Try far cry 2 you can get it dead cheap and u may even like it bro.

Great interview. The more I know about FC3, the more I get pumped for it:)Zensword

In one of the interviews they said that u can hunt animals and u can use exotic weapons.

Does Metamania actually not have an opinion on a game he hasn't played, which seems to be many.

How bizarre.

Anyway, i've lost my buzz for Far Cry 3