Brian
10-23-2008, 09:36 PM
Far Cry 2: Sexier than Palin, More Surprises (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/13347/Far-Cry-2-Sexier-than-Palin-More-Surprises/)
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The combat is as smooth and strategic as you could hope it to be too, so there’s no fault on that side. You can take a silenced pistol and sniper rifle approach if you want or use rocket launchers and molotovs to flush the enemy out. The fire in this game spreads beautifully and can really be used as a weapon to funnel and direct enemies – plus it looks gorgeous.
The enemy AI showcases some basic quirks though – like closing the distance to reach you and then waiting to pull out a sniper rifle to shoot you with instead of a pistol. It’s not a huge issue, but it is noticable and occasionally holds back the game from reaching the brilliance it is capable of. That's the case with some of the filler missions too, which can get repetitive. Completing missions for the Gun Seller for example is pretty much always the same - find the enemy truck, drop a well-timed grenade in its path and reap the rewards.
For the most part though, that brilliance manages to stay intact and Far Cry 2 secures its place as one of the gaming highlights of the year. Really; it is a very, very good game. It feels like a blend of all the things we like about games. It has the upgradeable weapons and tactical options of Deus Ex, the open world and vehicles of Grand Theft Auto and the solid FPS mechanics of Half-Life 2 – and each element manages to be both distinct and at one with the overall game design.
This just makes things harder for Fallout 3, let's be straight. If this can honestly be likened to Deus Ex and the others, then BioWare might just have a pantload of Daikatana in their, well, in their pants. It's not like the ground hasn't been recently not trodden by a not-unnamed title other than S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Twice. (Not once. For clarity.)
I'm going to find out for meself, just as soon as I can get God damn Steam working right. Also, what the Hell, Steam, why is Rain-Slick just a black screen? Hothead says it's <em>your</em> fault.
By the way, I googlefought it, pantload beats pantsload by several orders of magnitude, or in other words <em>the aforementioned</em>, which then leads me to the conclusion that I have no idea what a single pant looks like. On the outside chance that it's the same thing as those banana hammocks that my dad wore around the house, I don't want to know."
Read full story here (http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/10/23/far-cry-2/1)
"[image]
The combat is as smooth and strategic as you could hope it to be too, so there’s no fault on that side. You can take a silenced pistol and sniper rifle approach if you want or use rocket launchers and molotovs to flush the enemy out. The fire in this game spreads beautifully and can really be used as a weapon to funnel and direct enemies – plus it looks gorgeous.
The enemy AI showcases some basic quirks though – like closing the distance to reach you and then waiting to pull out a sniper rifle to shoot you with instead of a pistol. It’s not a huge issue, but it is noticable and occasionally holds back the game from reaching the brilliance it is capable of. That's the case with some of the filler missions too, which can get repetitive. Completing missions for the Gun Seller for example is pretty much always the same - find the enemy truck, drop a well-timed grenade in its path and reap the rewards.
For the most part though, that brilliance manages to stay intact and Far Cry 2 secures its place as one of the gaming highlights of the year. Really; it is a very, very good game. It feels like a blend of all the things we like about games. It has the upgradeable weapons and tactical options of Deus Ex, the open world and vehicles of Grand Theft Auto and the solid FPS mechanics of Half-Life 2 – and each element manages to be both distinct and at one with the overall game design.
This just makes things harder for Fallout 3, let's be straight. If this can honestly be likened to Deus Ex and the others, then BioWare might just have a pantload of Daikatana in their, well, in their pants. It's not like the ground hasn't been recently not trodden by a not-unnamed title other than S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Twice. (Not once. For clarity.)
I'm going to find out for meself, just as soon as I can get God damn Steam working right. Also, what the Hell, Steam, why is Rain-Slick just a black screen? Hothead says it's <em>your</em> fault.
By the way, I googlefought it, pantload beats pantsload by several orders of magnitude, or in other words <em>the aforementioned</em>, which then leads me to the conclusion that I have no idea what a single pant looks like. On the outside chance that it's the same thing as those banana hammocks that my dad wore around the house, I don't want to know."
Read full story here (http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/10/23/far-cry-2/1)