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For how many steps Far Cry 2 took towards immersion, it's pretty weird how much of it this one disregards. The constant HUD pop-ups really are distracting, yeah, but it hasn't been enough to keep me from enjoying the game. Maybe if enough people complain they'll patch in an option to turn them off. 
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Does anyone know how co-op works in this? From the Steam Page they say quote:PLAY WITH FRIENDS IN A FULL CO-OP CAMPAIGN Which is rather vague. At first I got my hopes up and thought it was like Borderlands 2; however, from this Far Cry 3 Co-Op it seems to be a custom campaign that is really short. I was hoping to go around the island stalking people with some friends 
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Nov 29, 2012 10:18
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It's just a set of linear missions like Left 4 Dead.
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Nov 29, 2012 10:20
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Dan Didio posted:Bad design decisions that run counter to the entire principle and appeal of the game as an open world action game are inexcusable. There's no need for personal attacks because I criticized a game and used a word that you think was a little too harsh. I'll be sure to write the head of Ubisoft an apology because I used a no-no word. You're complaining that one part of one of the first missions is inexcusable because it runs counter to how the rest of the game plays...except you've only done that one mission so far. On top of that, you even admitted that stealth was still possible because the game doesn't snap you out of hiding or automatically alert the bad guys to your location. So all you're really mad about is that the sequence didn't let you do stealth in the precise way that you wanted to, and I'm legitimately curious as to what that method was. They gave you body armor and some ammo in the cabin and I managed to pick the guys off one by one without them noticing me and thought that it was a decent set piece. Basically, I just think it's pretty silly to complain about such a minor part of a mission and proclaim that it's totally counter to the rest of the game when it really isn't. It's a mission that's finished the easiest by simply unloading on a couple of guys that are running at you, but is possible to beat stealthily if you take your time. How is that not the same basic thing that you're doing the rest of the game?
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Nov 29, 2012 10:35
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VDay posted:You're complaining that one part of one of the first missions is inexcusable because it runs counter to how the rest of the game plays...except you've only done that one mission so far. There is more to this game than the missions, shock surprise. It is an open world game with a stealth touted as a viable choice. VDay posted:On top of that, you even admitted that stealth was still possible because the game doesn't snap you out of hiding or automatically alert the bad guys to your location. So all you're really mad about is that the sequence didn't let you do stealth in the precise way that you wanted to, and I'm legitimately curious as to what that method was. They gave you body armor and some ammo in the cabin and I managed to pick the guys off one by one without them noticing me and thought that it was a decent set piece. My complaint wasn't that it didn't let me stealth, it was that it shifted me, because of choices I'd made that the game had supported; via an options toggle and via customizing my guy for remaining undetected, into a situation where I was at a disadvantage for no reason and no fault of my own. VDay posted:Basically, I just think it's pretty silly to complain about such a minor part of a mission and proclaim that it's totally counter to the rest of the game when it really isn't. This is the thread for discussing Far Cry 3, I was discussing Far Cry 3. VDay posted:It's a mission that's finished the easiest by simply unloading on a couple of guys that are running at you, but is possible to beat stealthily if you take your time. How is that not the same basic thing that you're doing the rest of the game? Because in this instance I was discouraged from playing well in that style that I chose, a style that the game is supposed to support. Again, my complaint wasn't that I couldn't beat it stealthily, I did and found it to be quite an enjoyable sequence, it was that it runs counter to what the game's design had told me so far, to throw me into that situation for no reason. Punishing the player for playing well is bad design. Yes, it's a minor complaint in the grand scheme of thigns, but it's also one that could have been remedied in any manner of a great number of easy ways that would have been more befitting the game's design up to that point, and large swaths of it following. I thought it was an inexcusably bad piece of design in an otherwise so far excellent game.
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I'm loving the game so far but Ubisoft hosed some stupid poo poo up when it comes to keybindings, as usual. Wanna use ESDF as movement keys? Of course you do. Too bad even if you bind it, the glider still requires WASD. Why the gently caress would Ubisoft even allow keybinding if they aren't going to let it work? BTW, same thing goes for your camera. Still requires hitting L to take out, no matter what you bound it do. gibbed I hope this is something you could fix, assuming they don't patch it.. Is there a config file somewhere? I can't seem to find any .ini or .cfg. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 10:58 on Nov 29, 2012 |
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Nov 29, 2012 10:55
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DaveKap posted:I'm loving the game so far but Ubisoft hosed some stupid poo poo up when it comes to keybindings, as usual. That's really bizzare, are you sure there's not another tab in the keybind menu or something? Seems like a really strange, massive oversight.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:02
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I've played for a couple of hours on PS3 and I'm enjoying it so far. I think after a few more hours I will like it as much as I liked Far Cry 2. There are a couple things I don't like: The guns feel too strong. I picked up an AK 30-40 minutes in and easily kill groups of 5 guys barely taking a scratch. The recoil barely makes a difference at medium range. I think with the weapons as strong as they are, the weapon decay mechanic from FC2 might have evened it out a bit. Stealth takedowns are too easy. I understand you don't have to use them and I will probably avoid it. I think the distance from which you can activate a takedown is too far and enemies' peripheral vision isn't good enough. Neither of those things spoil the game for me. Things I do like so far: Maoris. I'm a New Zealander and the first time the gun shop lady said "ka kite" I was like what the hell? Then a guy with a Maori kinda accent was telling a girl she needed to get some meat on her skinny bones. It's funny and cool hearing it in a game. Vaas' surname, Wahine, means woman in Maori. Maybe he's a tranny? I flew a really long distance on a hang glider and a hawk came and flew along with me. 99% sure its scripted but it was a cool touch.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:04
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Just got an email from Amazon UK saying they've despatched my copy. 
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Nov 29, 2012 11:05
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im a girl btw posted:Vaas' surname, Wahine, means woman in Maori. Maybe he's a tranny? Vaas surname is Montenegro. 'Vaas Wahine' refers to the little hulu statuette that you get with the Insane edition.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:08
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gibbed posted:I'm pretty sure you do -- one of the unlocks is "get an early unlock of the tattoo editor in multiplayer" which isn't unlocked for me. I don't know if you ever found this, or if it was ever answered but go to options, exclusive content, and enter your CD key you got from steam again. It'll unlock all the digital deluxe stuff.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:09
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DaveKap posted:I'm loving the game so far but Ubisoft hosed some stupid poo poo up when it comes to keybindings, as usual. Yeah there's some really weird stuff. The most annoying for me personally is that the scroll wheel is ALWAYS mapped to next/previous grenade, even if you map it to next/previous weapon in the keybindings. You switch your grenade and weapon at the same time. 
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Nov 29, 2012 11:10
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Dan Didio posted:Vaas surname is Montenegro. 'Vaas Wahine' refers to the little hulu statuette that you get with the Insane edition. look at how dumb I am
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Nov 29, 2012 11:12
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im a girl btw posted:
It got me too when I went into pick up the Insane edition.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:17
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Cardboard Box posted:Yeah there's some really weird stuff. The most annoying for me personally is that the scroll wheel is ALWAYS mapped to next/previous grenade, even if you map it to next/previous weapon in the keybindings. You switch your grenade and weapon at the same time. Deus Ex Human Revolution straight up wouldn't let you bind numeric keypad keys to anything, you had to go into the registry and do it that way, so it's not unprecedented. I guess (hope) it will be patched sooner rather than later.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:17
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Really enjoying this game so far, my one complaint is the guns sound really weedy even compared to the far cry 2 ones. Apart from that Im impressed with the size of the world and it really seems like theres a lot to do in it. And thank god they got rid of the respawning checkpoints.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:25
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DaveKap posted:I'm loving the game so far but Ubisoft hosed some stupid poo poo up I agree. Hopefully this was just a one off glitch or something, but I just used all of my skins and hides to upgrade a whole shitload of stuff. Then I died a little while after. The game respawns me without all my upgrades and without the materials I used. So basically, I have no upgrades and no skins. All gone. Now I go to the menu and hard save all the time hoping that might make a difference. I really don't want to get hosed over like that again.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:25
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What is the gun obtaining/carrying system like this time around? The weapon classes in Far Cry 2 were interesting, but also kind of restrictive. It didn’t help that I had to run to a gun shop every time I wanted to switch weapons.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:37
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Wierd/funny/possibly crazy spoilers for one of the pre-order exclusive missions: On giantbomb.com, during their quick look, they made a joke about the twist of Far Cry 3 being that the protagonist is in an Animus, which were being advertised as a commercial product at some point in an Assassin's Creed game. Vinny Caravella quipped that he wanted to see an Abstergo symbol in Far Cry 3 somewhere. During one of the Unlockable Content missions you get for pre-ordering or buying the Insane Edition, the World War 2 bunker ones, you find a folder with an Abstergo symbol on the front. Platystemon posted:What is the gun obtaining/carrying system like this time around? The weapon classes in Far Cry 2 were interesting, but also kind of restrictive. It didn’t help that I had to run to a gun shop every time I wanted to switch weapons. You start off capable of carrying two guns at any time, and by skinning animals, you can craft further holsters that allow you to carry up to four. EDIT: Oh, man, the dialogue in this mission is really something, wierd Bishock references, wisecracking one-liners, what the gently caress. Shirkelton fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Nov 29, 2012 |
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Nov 29, 2012 11:37
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Flannelette posted:Just a heads up: I tried entering it a few times now and it still insists its invalid, what gives? It's a serial with one 3 letter part and four 4 letter parts.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:38
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Dan Didio posted:That's really bizzare, are you sure there's not another tab in the keybind menu or something? Seems like a really strange, massive oversight. Guy from Ubisoft support forum posted:I've changed my movement controls from WASD to something else (PL:')
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Nov 29, 2012 11:51
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I hate how developers lie about minimum requirements all the time. My CPU is kind of bad, but it's well above the minimum and my GPU is really good so I was expecting at least stable 45 fps at minimum settings but what I got is 20-25 fps which is totally unplayable for me. I pre-ordered the deluxe edition as well, what a waste of money.
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Nov 29, 2012 11:59
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Far Cry 3 officially takes place in the same universe as Assassin's Creed.
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Nov 29, 2012 12:01
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I still need to take care of some stuff before I allow myself to play this, but I just wanted to check in and see if someone wanted my spare copy of Far Cry 1? If you're playing 3 you might not be interested but hey, figured I'd check.
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Jack Trades posted:My CPU is kind of bad, but it's well above the minimum and my GPU is really good That's partially the problem. You could have a GTX 680 but if your CPU is an old dual core then you won't see any more benefit from it than if you were using an old 9800GT. The best graphics card in the world won't do any good if you don't have a processor to match it. Plus, the minimum requirements are typically just that: the literal bare minimum to be able to run a game. We're talking lowest settings at maybe 30 FPS. They're not a very good measuring stick on if you want good performance. Cardboard Box fucked around with this message at 12:06 on Nov 29, 2012 |
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Nov 29, 2012 12:03
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Cardboard Box posted:Plus, the minimum requirements are typically just that: the literal bare minimum to be able to run a game. We're talking lowest settings at maybe 30 FPS. They're not a very good measuring stick on if you want good performance. That's what I'm talking about. Minimum requirements should be minimum configuration at which the game is playable not "runable". EDIT: So I just pretty much wasted 60€ because developers think that you can play the game at 20 fps and I can't even return the game because I always buy my games on Steam. Frankly I feel ripped off.
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az posted:I tried entering it a few times now and it still insists its invalid, what gives? It's a serial with one 3 letter part and four 4 letter parts. Yeah 1 3 letter then 4 4 letters. I put mine in with capital letters and dashes so try that if you haven't already, then ask Ubisoft for help. Mr Scumbag posted:I agree. Hopefully this was just a one off glitch or something, but I just used all of my skins and hides to upgrade a whole shitload of stuff. Then I died a little while after. The game respawns me without all my upgrades and without the materials I used. So basically, I have no upgrades and no skins. All gone. As far as I can tell when you die you respawn and your inventory is returned to the state it was when it last saved, you can force a save from the menu though. Flannelette fucked around with this message at 12:28 on Nov 29, 2012 |
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Nov 29, 2012 12:26
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So, dudes with 560Ti's - is it possible to play this game on 1920x1080 and with almost everything on High?
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Attention Horse posted:So, dudes with 560Ti's - is it possible to play this game on 1920x1080 and with almost everything on High? I'm on a regular GTX 560 and am running it on Very High spec (there's also an Ultra spec but it made my computer cry) in DX11 at 1680x1050, with antialiasing off and SSAO turned down, and getting ~45 FPS at all times. You'll probably be fine, provided the rest of your specs are similar to or better than mine (i5 2400k 3.1 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM). Also be sure to grab the latest NVIDIA beta drivers. I saw a notable performance increase from those.
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Cardboard Box posted:I'm on a regular GTX 560 and am running it on Very High spec (there's also an Ultra spec but it made my computer cry) in DX11 in 1680x1050, with antialiasing off and SSAO turned down, and getting ~45 FPS at all times. You'll probably be fine, provided the rest of your specs are similar to or better than mine (i5 2400k 3.1 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM). I have i5-2320 and 8GB RAM, so yeah, similar specs. Are you using the latest nvidia beta drivers? I heard that they're a bit bugged (artifacting etc.) but they add a shitload of frames.
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Nov 29, 2012 12:39
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Yeah there's some sorta weird shimmering in spots but it's barely noticeable for me and added 10-15 FPS to my overall framerate. It's worth using until the official drivers are out.
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Nov 29, 2012 12:41
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Where are the regular pigs? I can't for the life of me find a single one. 
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Nov 29, 2012 13:03
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Just look for the pig markers on the map. They sometimes hang around boars which doesn't really make much sense to me but whatever.
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Nov 29, 2012 13:05
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Seriously, why does Jason turn into a quip-machine making constant references to video games during the bonus missions? This is the most hilariously tone deaf game I've played in a long time.
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Cardboard Box posted:Yeah there's some really weird stuff. The most annoying for me personally is that the scroll wheel is ALWAYS mapped to next/previous grenade, even if you map it to next/previous weapon in the keybindings. You switch your grenade and weapon at the same time. I'm hoping it will be easily patched shortly cause goddamn is it annoying. Also have you guys tried changing your FOV? I put mine up to 80 and the UI is smaller, however now the minimap is in a weird rescaled size that makes the circle look more like a smaller oval.
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real_scud posted:Also have you guys tried changing your FOV? I put mine up to 80 and the UI is smaller, however now the minimap is in a weird rescaled size that makes the circle look more like a smaller oval. That's strange. I just tried mine at the opposite extremes (55 an 110) and didn't notice a UI change. I've been playing at 90.
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Cardboard Box posted:Yeah there's some sorta weird shimmering in spots but it's barely noticeable for me and added 10-15 FPS to my overall framerate. It's worth using until the official drivers are out. I'm getting a weird shimmering in spots and I haven't even updated my drivers yet so I guess there's nothing for me to lose, although I'm pretty outdated driver-wise by now.
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Adraeus posted:Cool. This didn't work the first time I loaded the game after unlocking. kojicolnair posted:I don't know if you ever found this, or if it was ever answered but go to options, exclusive content, and enter your CD key you got from steam again. It'll unlock all the digital deluxe stuff. Edit: Yep! Working now! tehsid posted:I'd love to know how the UI elements are packaged, and how hard that would be to change. DaveKap posted:gibbed I hope this is something you could fix, assuming they don't patch it.. Is there a config file somewhere? I can't seem to find any .ini or .cfg. gibbed fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Nov 29, 2012 |
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I just noticed this, if you want to sell excess skins or plants in your loot sack you can press enter three times (first two times rapidly) to cause the highlighted loot to be sold and it won't move the highlighted square instead of using the buggy mouse support.
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