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Yodzilla posted:Yeah as far as I can tell it doesn't do anything, same with UseRoadSignHilight whatever that means. Road Sign Hilight is almost definitely another Far Cry 2 holdover, that game used to color road signs that lead to your quests in the same color as your quest markers.
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Attention Horse posted:Seriously, how does this loving Gunslinger Takedown work?! I'm going insane over here, I think I tried to do it 30-40 times and it never worked, I always throw the knife instead of shooting the stolen pistol. On the PS3 it's telling me to press L2 immediately after initiating the takedown to steal the pistol before pressing R2. I've customized my controls so you're looking for whatever brings up the weapon select function menu if you're on the PC.
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Incoming Chinchilla posted:I'm probably going to get this (on the 360 as I have no other option) anyway, but is there anything BAD about this game? Everything said so far seems to be positive but are there any compulsory tedious part, is stealth not working properly, is it one of those pseudo free roam games where you have a large map with few routes? It pretty much fixes all the things that were complained about from FC3. I would recommend doing a few sidequests/outposts/radio towers and then do a story mission to mix things up a bit, though. I went through compulsively unlocking every radio tower and capturing every outpost after the tutorial finished, and started to get a little burnt out by the time I was done. Especially since you end up with a billion skill points you can't use because you have to play story missions to unlock skills. I can't help it, it's the same story when I play Assassin's Creed games. Gotta open up that map!
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Incoming Chinchilla posted:I'm probably going to get this (on the 360 as I have no other option) anyway, but is there anything BAD about this game? Everything said so far seems to be positive but are there any compulsory tedious part, is stealth not working properly, is it one of those pseudo free roam games where you have a large map with few routes? For most of the game it's quite easy if you use stealth effectively. The AI doesn't really know what to do with itself if it can't hear you.
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DrNutt posted:For a moron who never messes with this sort of stuff, can you explain in a little more detail? I hate blur and I usually turn it off, but FC3 doesn't give you the option in game! go to C: > USER > MY DOCUMENTS > MY GAMES > FAR CRY 3 > GAMERPROFILE.XML create a copy if you care, then right click, edit it and look for SSAO, should be set to '1' change that poo poo to '0' and you're all set son also the blur effect from turning is from post processing FX which you can turn off in-game. the effect I'm talking about is a crap looking dark aura that appears around characters and objects when they're under the horizon in your line of sight
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Dec 2, 2012 21:00
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Soylent Green posted:On the PS3 it's telling me to press L2 immediately after initiating the takedown to steal the pistol before pressing R2. I've customized my controls so you're looking for whatever brings up the weapon select function menu if you're on the PC. I plugged in my X360 controller just to check the console instructions and it turns out that the PC tutorial for Gunslinger Takedown is straight up wrong - it says that you need to quickly press the left mouse button, but you actually have to press the right mouse button, and then shoot the pistol normally with LMB.
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McMyke posted:go to C: > USER > MY DOCUMENTS > MY GAMES > FAR CRY 3 > GAMERPROFILE.XML Huh. I haven't actually noticed that. If I'm using HBAO instead, perhaps it doesn't happen? What other sorts of things are affected if you turn of post-processing FX?
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Thanks everyone in the thread for VPN help. Turns out my PC actually handles this game pretty well because I took a chance and bought it. Can't run it at 1080p but at 720p it's on High or Very High for everything with shadows at low and no lag whatsoever. For those who may be in my boat: Core i5 650 at 3.2ghz 8GB ram ATI Radeon 5570- This is what I thought would make it no deal for me, but I'm doing fine. Anyway, this game is the tits and far better than anything I've played in several years. I've been waiting for a game as complete and fun as this. Anyone know what kimodo skins are used for? I threw a grenade into a pack of 4 of them that were chasing me and I was scared shitless, but can't find a use for it yet.
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Incoming Chinchilla posted:I'm probably going to get this (on the 360 as I have no other option) anyway, but is there anything BAD about this game? Everything said so far seems to be positive but are there any compulsory tedious part, is stealth not working properly, is it one of those pseudo free roam games where you have a large map with few routes? I'm in a similar boat. It worries me that this entire thread is pretty much just dumbshit questions from PC users about performance/DRM/VPN stuff and minor complaints about everything and the game is barely out at all. A game that gets 10/10 reviews everywhere normally has a 300 page thread at this point full of people ranting endlessly about how the game is definitely GOTY and they're thinking of ways to commit suicide because Amazon hosed up the shipping on their pre-order. That $60 is a good bit of money for me, and I kind of need to see more positive stuff about tigers mugging people and less "how do I fix minor graphical glitch #824" to feel comfortable blowing it on silly computer shooting.
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I just spent 9.95!! posted:I'm in a similar boat. It worries me that this entire thread is pretty much just dumbshit questions from PC users about performance/DRM/VPN stuff and minor complaints about everything and the game is barely out at all. A game that gets 10/10 reviews everywhere normally has a 300 page thread at this point full of people ranting endlessly about how the game is definitely GOTY and they're thinking of ways to commit suicide because Amazon hosed up the shipping on their pre-order. That $60 is a good bit of money for me, and I kind of need to see more positive stuff about tigers mugging people and less "how do I fix minor graphical glitch #824" to feel comfortable blowing it on silly computer shooting. Spend the $60, both of you. The game is just plain fun and was executed flawlessly and beautifully. I'm only about 5 hours in, but no tedious or compulsory stupid poo poo thus far.
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harskarenjag posted:Thanks everyone in the thread for VPN help. Turns out my PC actually handles this game pretty well because I took a chance and bought it. Can't run it at 1080p but at 720p it's on High or Very High for everything with shadows at low and no lag whatsoever. For those who may be in my boat: Hang on to them for now, you'll need them for at least two different mid-level crafting items. I can't forget which, but there are two for sure. You should probably make hunting and crafting bigger ammo pouches, etc, your first priority. I just spent 9.95!! posted:I'm in a similar boat. It worries me that this entire thread is pretty much just dumbshit questions from PC users about performance/DRM/VPN stuff and minor complaints about everything and the game is barely out at all. A game that gets 10/10 reviews everywhere normally has a 300 page thread at this point full of people ranting endlessly about how the game is definitely GOTY and they're thinking of ways to commit suicide because Amazon hosed up the shipping on their pre-order. That $60 is a good bit of money for me, and I kind of need to see more positive stuff about tigers mugging people and less "how do I fix minor graphical glitch #824" to feel comfortable blowing it on silly computer shooting. Jesus dude, if you read this whole thread and can't enough positive stuff, then maybe its your reading comprehension? Or maybe cassowaries, explosions, giant open worlds, solid gunplay, a great stealth system, fun vehicle mechanics, and a decent-to-good story just aren't your thing? Professor Beetus fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Dec 2, 2012 |
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Lord Tywin posted:I thought I was going to be a badass warrior god over the Island after I killed Lisa, but then Citra kills you when you're loving her and says that the child you will have with her will rule the island. Oh what the gently caress  Okay, I can see why people are complaining if they got that. That's awful. Glad I got the one I did 
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harskarenjag posted:Anyway, this game is the tits and far better than anything I've played in several years. I've been waiting for a game as complete and fun as this. Anyone know what kimodo skins are used for? I threw a grenade into a pack of 4 of them that were chasing me and I was scared shitless, but can't find a use for it yet. Komodo Dragon skins are used for the third throwables pouch and the third munitions pouch.
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I had a bit of a close shave was exploring the island and reached a river, I decided to just take a moment to admire how great the graphics are before diving into the river in front of me to swim to the other side. All I notice was a croc just floating there, if I hadn't stopped well  I'm pretty sure I would have been toast.
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Incoming Chinchilla posted:I'm probably going to get this (on the 360 as I have no other option) anyway, but is there anything BAD about this game? Everything said so far seems to be positive but are there any compulsory tedious part, is stealth not working properly, is it one of those pseudo free roam games where you have a large map with few routes? So far the only real negative I've found is that you can't take your knives out underwater, so my dream of having a knife fight with a shark is not becoming a reality. Maybe this changes (I hope it does) Also the enemies can be really, really loving stupid, especially once you get a decent sniper rifle or get good with the bow. There's one mission where you have to take out the weapon cache using some explosives, and you can go to a lookout point. I had a silenced sniper rifle and managed to take out all the guards with well placed headshots and they never once found me, even when they realized their buddies were being picked off one by one. Never even went for the alarm, either. A group of them managed to figure out that maybe I was in the little shed thing overlooking the base, but I managed to cook a grenade and take out four of them at once. They still didn't decide to hit the alarm. The only guy who did was the one who eventually saw me, and only then did he run to the alarm. He got shot in the head before he could activate it, though. It can work hilariously, though. I managed to lure a tiger near an outpost I was going to attack. The guard spotted the tiger, started shooting at it, then the tiger killed all the guards in the base. This counted as me "liberating" the base, and I got a ton of bonus XP for not being detected/raising any alarms. I literally did nothing and watched the tiger house these guys. The tiger liberated the base, not me. Rush Limbo fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Dec 2, 2012 |
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I'm sitting at 70% general completion rate and outside the dumb story my complaints are the obtrusive UI, bland sidequests and easy combat. The side quests are all so simple that they feel like an afterthought most of the time. There was one where I had to repeat the process of picking up flowers outside some guy's house three times then it ended. Another had me talking to a woman, walking five feet, talking to a man then walking back to the woman and talking to her. Lastly, other two had me going to 3 designated areas, picking up key objects and going back to the guy who gave me the mission. They're all so simple that I wonder why they even exist. The UI everyone's complained about already: you constantly get remainders while exploring about your main story objective and constant pop-ups every time your wallet or backpack gets full, which is going to be very often early on in the game when you have no upgrades. The huge PRESS SPACE/A/X TO CLIMB whenever you're near a set of ropes strips away any kind of challenge in those radio tower jumping puzzles. The combat, even on Hard, never gets too challenging. It starts out slightly difficult for the first two hours of the game when you have no ammo/item upgrades and lovely weapons, but after you get those and some higher tier weapons (silenced sniper rifle and MP5) the game becomes extremely easy, even more so with how stupid enemies are if you're sneaking. Weapons also boiling down to "each one in each category is better than the one before it" also strips out a lot of options for you, if you want to use the AK over better weapons you're just artificially making things harder on yourself. The exploration is something that's extremely good, but when you buy collectible maps it becomes rather pointless to explore on your own since the hundred collectibles happen to be placed in every uniquely designed area of the game, which means you'll never have a moment like in STALKER where you'll come across something cool by accident. That said, I think it's still a very good game that deserves a purchase if you're interested in the genre. It's quite unique considering the only big budget games of this type are Bethesda's (and those are terrible  ).
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Party Plane Jones posted:Ending spoilers: I have the feeling that the Citra ending for the saving your friend's path would be less jarring had you actually had more than 4 or 5 conversations with her before she spouts her devoted love for you. There seems to be a big gap in the plot once you get to the second island that the developers didn't quite fill in regards to your friends (who you already said good-bye to) and Citra.
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Lord Tywin posted:I would say that she just loving kills you was pretty unexpected for me, sure I knew she was a bit insane but why the gently caress would she just kill the reincarnation of the warrior god just like that? We never asked what the rest of the myth was, and we were clearly loving on a sacrificial altar...
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Ddraig posted:It can work hilariously, though. I managed to lure a tiger near an outpost I was going to attack. The guard spotted the tiger, started shooting at it, then the tiger killed all the guards in the base. This counted as me "liberating" the base, and I got a ton of bonus XP for not being detected/raising any alarms. I had a very similar thing, but I didn't lure the tiger myself. I came up to the outpost, spotted all the guys, found a hole in the fence to go in, so I go around to the hole and am getting ready to assault the outpost. At that very moment, a tiger attacks, and mauls everyone in the base. I get the outpost cleared with undetected/no alarms. The best, though, is that just as the last guy is about to die, I'm suddenly hit by something. I spin around, missing the last of the tiger's carnage, and discover that there is a second tiger who found me while I was watching the other tiger wreck the outpost. I get the little "outpost cleared" movie, then run for the dudes who have just arrived to hold the outpost, getting them to help me take down both tigers. thefncrow fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Dec 2, 2012 |
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Is there a clear point of no return or a free roam mode?
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Lasher posted:Is there a clear point of no return or a free roam mode? Yes to both. Before the final mission you get a warning that it is the point of no return, and a button prompt to continue. After you beat the game you also get the option to free roam, but if you cleared all the bases, it's a pretty dull island with almost no enemies.
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Do you get infinite bandages (the heal thingy that comes up after you run out of syringes)?
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Nelson Mandingo posted:Yes to both. Before the final mission you get a warning that it is the point of no return, and a button prompt to continue. After you beat the game you also get the option to free roam, but if you cleared all the bases, it's a pretty dull island with almost no enemies. I'd probably just be mopping up idols and clearing challenges. It's also fun to just jump off cliffs and wingsuit around too. Kind of wish there was an option to get back up in a plane somehow though.
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VoLaTiLe posted:I had a bit of a close shave was exploring the island and reached a river, I decided to just take a moment to admire how great the graphics are before diving into the river in front of me to swim to the other side. That's good to know. I was worried that you couldn't actually see them normally and they were just random water-related QTEs.
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fookolt posted:Do you get infinite bandages (the heal thingy that comes up after you run out of syringes)? Yep. Q to heal is infinite. Medicine's only benefit is it's animation time is quick and heals you up to full health.
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DrNutt posted:That's good to know. I was worried that you couldn't actually see them normally and they were just random water-related QTEs. I didn't even know they were in the game until I went into a temple and dived into a flooded passageway. Thought to myself, "No need to scan this, no sharks in here that's foOOHSHITTTTT!"
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I just spent 9.95!! posted:I'm in a similar boat. It worries me that this entire thread is pretty much just dumbshit questions from PC users about performance/DRM/VPN stuff and minor complaints about everything and the game is barely out at all. A game that gets 10/10 reviews everywhere normally has a 300 page thread at this point full of people ranting endlessly about how the game is definitely GOTY and they're thinking of ways to commit suicide because Amazon hosed up the shipping on their pre-order. That $60 is a good bit of money for me, and I kind of need to see more positive stuff about tigers mugging people and less "how do I fix minor graphical glitch #824" to feel comfortable blowing it on silly computer shooting. This game is amazing. The thread has lots about the gameplay and how awesome it is. It also has a lot of talk about VPNs because the game isn't out in North America yet. I'm pretty sure it comes out on the 4th, so less people are able to talk about it. If they are, they are using a VPN to get around this issue, hence all that talk. Chill out and get the game.
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I just bought the steam version but I accidentally bought the regular version instead of the digital deluxe version. Is there anyway to upgrade or am I boned?
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ScienceAndMusic posted:I just bought the steam version but I accidentally bought the regular version instead of the digital deluxe version. Is there anyway to upgrade or am I boned? You can buy a separate key for the DLC on some cdkey sites.
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gibbed posted:Nevermind, I went and took a look at the hidden options and made a patch to enable them as well. Aww, I was going to look into the game DLL today to see if they would actually work. gibbed posted:*Code Editor is the most interesting, because it actually looks like it's intended for creating scripts to generate maps. Here are the two existing scripts the editor uses: mainland_mountains.lua and tropical_islands.lua. I was hoping scripts had meant actual game scripts, but editor scripts is cool too (and I was looking for the random map gen scripts, too!). Luckily, a lot of the XML parsing for *Import World seems to be in the editor. Given the map file format is figured out, the World stuff can be converted over to XML?
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whowhatwhere posted:We never asked what the rest of the myth was, and we were clearly loving on a sacrificial altar... At least you get a amazing gently caress buddy cam view before the main character horribly dies. It's not like having a crazy love interest could end any other way.
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ScienceAndMusic posted:I just bought the steam version but I accidentally bought the regular version instead of the digital deluxe version. Is there anyway to upgrade or am I boned? You could try contacting Steam support. They might refund the cash into your wallet, if you're going to buy an upgraded version. Also, just finished this and I'm still surprised how much better this is than Far Cry 2. I put Assassin's Creed 3 on hold to play this and I'm not sure how I can go back to finish that off. I actually quite liked Jason actually, partly because he isn't some gruff ex-merc but also because of how well voice acted he is. In the opening, he genuinely sounded scared.
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Stalked 2 dudes and overheard one of them complaining about how hot it was before he and his buddy just walk into a lake and die instantly. 5 minutes later and I get a proper monstering from a pack of the elusive boars while scoping out a base, couldn't even attack back. Loving it.
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Matrix-7 posted:Stalked 2 dudes and overheard one of them complaining about how hot it was before he and his buddy just walk into a lake and die instantly. 5 minutes later and I get a proper monstering from a pack of the elusive boars while scoping out a base, couldn't even attack back. Loving it. I really loved how they incorporated all the animals into the game, sort of reminds of the better moment from the Stalker series such coming up on some predators chasing down some food. Really makes the game world seem more alive and dangerous.
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They didn't know what was coming. Slowly, methodically, I stalked the bandits' camp. It was hard enough just getting to the fence unspotted, any misplaced step could spell my end. I listened closely to their chatter, straining to hear if anyone had broken away from the pack to take a piss. I came to the edge of the fence at the main gate. Suicide, but the alarm was just too close, begging to be disabled. I notched an arrow, waiting for the lone guard who seemed to wander out of bounds every five minutes or so. I could hear him coming. I brought the arrow back as far as it could go, eyed the opening of the fence in my sights... Then I heard it. A low, soft growl. It was quiet, but I knew at that second it was nothing less than the sound of the reaper - coming for me at last. I turned around slowly. "Clever girl..." I had to smile, as my striped attacker dug his oversized claws into my throat, tearing at my flesh. After all, someone on this island has to die eventually. It might as well have been my turn. I loving love this game. 
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Anyone else having isues with fire arrows? I've fired about two dozen (into grass, trees, brush, e.t.c) but not one has actually started a fire. I was trying to liberate an outpost and get the 'Not Detected' bonus, which I suck at because I can rarely find guards in a position where I can kill them without their buddies finding the body, when a bunch of Komodo Dragons stormed the place and killed everyone inside. This game 
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So how easy is it to launch your vehicle off of a hill and into the middle of a bandit camp? This is important.
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The enemies can become aware of your presence or find dead bodies and you'll still get the undetected bonus. The only thing that matters is if they don't ever see you.
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croutonZA posted:I actually quite liked Jason actually, partly because he isn't some gruff ex-merc but also because of how well voice acted he is. In the opening, he genuinely sounded scared. But he transitioned from that to gleeful killer by the time he got out of the village.
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