Should I d-load the Far Cry Demo and expect HL2 to be just like it?

Yeah, I've had fun. Plus, you can change LOD type stuff in the config (although, I'm not sure what to change and to what values)
 
yes hes a British comedian who dresses up like a fanny and says "Izzit" and stuff.

we got bored of him about 3 years ago and now hes trying to crack america, with jokes about 9/11 :dozey:


didnt take a genius to know that would go down well.
 
Dougy said:
yes hes a British comedian who dresses up like a fanny and says "Izzit" and stuff.

we got bored of him about 3 years ago and now hes trying to crack america, with jokes about 9/11 :dozey:


didnt take a genius to know that would go down well.
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They should never have allowed him off the 11 o'clock show
 
Teh Far Cry Demo

Well, I just finished playing the Far Cry demo for about 45 minutes or so and I just have to say... I think that's all the Far Cry I ever want to play. I haven't been following the game's development very closely, but I know it's been being talked up quite a bit. One of the "next gen" shooters, they say. Hmph. Maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't see it. Graphics are nice, sure. They have to be, or a game would get laughed right off the shelf these days. Nothing that impressive, though. On par with Halo, I'd say. Controls aren't so smooth (driving the boats is downright frustrating). Your guns seem horribly inaccurate, while the enemy pops you three times from 200 yards and you drop. Ragdoll physics are in, of course (they have to be, again, or the game would get laughed off the shelf, right?), but again nothing spectacular. I still managed to have a guy come to rest in an awkward looking position humping a tree. Explosion effects are pathetic. I ran into some clipping issues, and an invulnerable soldier manning a PT boat who was apparently oblivious to my attempts to cap him. After being called a "mofo" about 34 times in 45 minutes, I got bored and quit. Again, maybe I missed something, and I'm sure this game will grab some people, but not me. Guess I'll go back into HL2 hibernation... :)
 
you obviously failed to follow the style of the game it seems

It's a fantastic demo, some great AI and the gfx is stunning as well as the sound

The boats are piss easy to drive and the guns are good too. both hl2 and farcry are totally different styles of game but the same genre yes, this however does not mean they can be compared.

Far Cry is the best demo ive played so far I must say.

It is also freeform and the AI adaptive. one will always send another to call for backup, fire at one from the bushes and the rest will fire blind in all directions, steal their boat and use onboard gun to mow them down or cap them off one by one. it really is fun
 
I downloaded the demo off 3dgamers and was surprised what a quick download it was. I installed it and loaded it up. First thing I did was max out all the details and ran it at 1024x768 32 ... Ran perfectly. Took a few seconds to load up though. The boats (That Jeep too - but no friggn' clear roads to open her up) are fun to drive but nothing stuck out as it being a great game. Graphics are sweet but other then that it appears to be a typical FPS.

Guy Shoot Guy Shoot Plant bomb boom.

I can tell you that I am personally not going hold Far Cry up to H2 as far as gameplay. Valve did something (Lots) right with HL and I am sure we won't be dissapointed.
 
I loved this game, looked and played great.

The rocket lancher and sniper rifle scopes have real time reflections which also rock. I aint sure if hl2 can beat far cry. I liked demo alot. Vehicles owned. It reminded me of halo except better.
 
i thought the demo was great...if you guys give it more time i think you'll agree...you can go about doing things your own way your not stuck in a corridor with 2 gaurds in front of you and that being the only way to kill the enemy....once i picked off the two gaurds on the first island with my pistol...gunned down by other two heavily armed gaurds...so next time i snuck under the cabana and shot them from a hole in the boards....then snuck around and killed the other two gaurds...but they had alerted the gaurds further down and they killed me....then i tried sneaking unerneath the cabana, sneaking into the cabana from a out of view place....after throwing a well placed rock to divert attention....found a machine gun and a grenade and dispatched the gaurds quickly. then i blew up the communications just in case....from there i had two choices...steal the boat and gun the men down further down the island or fire on them from a window...getting them closer then dispatching them

thats just a small example of the different ways you can go about things...the replayability looks to be damn good. i honestly think this game is great and i wonder what the people bitching about it have against it.
 
I think the demo is fantastic. There are still a few graphical glitches, but the gameplay is awesome. Rambo-style approach won't do it, you'll have to sneak, hide in the jungle (never seen a graphics engine that draws so many details and runs at smooth 40-60fps)..etc.. And there is no game interruption (like in almost every other fps where only a part of the level is loaded into memory), the level design is perfect (interiors look fantastic, too) and DX9 effects are well implemented. I will definitely buy this game and I can recommend it to everyone who has a little patience and doesn't get pissed of by how easy you die in this game :)
 
Nothing that impressive, though. On par with Halo, I'd say. Controls aren't so smooth (driving the boats is downright frustrating).
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way better than HALO, and if u cant drive the boat than you cant drive the vehicles in hl2, they both drive the same.....to be honest, after playing hl2, farcry and stalker, HL2 just isnt that impressive no more...but than again none of these games are finished. by the time hl2 comes out, there will be games better or just as good.
 
I'm still waiting for the download to finnish :(
 
The boat's handling is very realistic, I own a rubber dinghy myself and I can safely that the boat physics are alright. I haven't tried the beta of HL2, so I can't compare the two, but if HL2 intends to have realistic physics (which it will most certainly have), then the handling will be similar.
 
Stereo said:
I downloaded the demo off 3dgamers and was surprised what a quick download it was. I installed it and loaded it up. First thing I did was max out all the details and ran it at 1024x768 32 ... Ran perfectly. Took a few seconds to load up though. The boats (That Jeep too - but no friggn' clear roads to open her up) are fun to drive but nothing stuck out as it being a great game. Graphics are sweet but other then that it appears to be a typical FPS.

Guy Shoot Guy Shoot Plant bomb boom.

I can tell you that I am personally not going hold Far Cry up to H2 as far as gameplay. Valve did something (Lots) right with HL and I am sure we won't be dissapointed.
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again, you went in expecting a average FPS and ghot exactly that without looking deeper.

Look deeper

The graphics are gorgeous, the AI is generally solid but does go bonkers on occasion such as when I threw a gren into a group of guys, none of them died but it must of shook them up as they started firing randomly killing each other.
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The Vehicles feel pretty good I particularly liked the change in feel from the powered dinghy to the speed boat also the enemy seem to use their vehicles effectively with the patrol boat bringing reinforcements and the attack helicopters working well together, although the jeep felt kinda, well boingy?
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Wow the rocket launcher is groooovy. Try getting a tail hit on the chopper from underneath, flips it right up tipping the gunner out. Note to developers - this is how you do a demo right.
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There is more too and the demo isn't optimised fully yet either
 
Well, we were allowed to speak our native languages in the merry christmas thread so why not here? As long as we can understand what he's saying (Which we couldn't?)
 
mrk said:
wrong thread?
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nah, he's talking about the guy that got his post edited on the second page, or whatever. His post was stupid anyway, it was needless, the mods are just trying to keep the board clean (which is a good thing)
 
Demo's that are released months early are Puiblic beta's. Dont judge it until its final.
 
Why does FarCry still look really jerky even when it's running at 50-60 FPS!?

Help :(
 
Hell its like apples and a fuxing M4A1.... well I hope it will be. I wasnt impressed by FarCry cept the good graphics.
 
i absolutely love it. the way the guns fire, the lush water lapping at the dead body ofI HATE MY FU**ING MOUSE WHEN THE HECK AM I GONNA GET A NEW 1all the ppl i have killed...... hmmmm, and the graphics are amazing. that too.
 
Suicide42 said:
i absolutely love it. the way the guns fire, the lush water lapping at the dead body ofI HATE MY FU**ING MOUSE WHEN THE HECK AM I GONNA GET A NEW 1all the ppl i have killed...... hmmmm, and the graphics are amazing. that too.
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I agree with all you said, except for the mouse part :) lol

/me is still waiting for his MX700 to come in via FedEx today
 
if the multiplayer has lots of vehicles and mounted weapons and nice maps, it should be pretty fun...watching a rocket just goooo for like 10-15 seconds before it his is pretty sweet...

the controls feel a bit sluggish and the jumping feels like you're on the moon, but whatever...it was still fun even if it's not the best game ever.
 
it was fairly fun. i just love going under neath the wood planks and capping one of the two talking guys in the head. then the other one yells are you alright!? to his now capped buddy. then he notices me through the floor boards and begins blindly shooting through the floor to get me

or when i dispatch all the people on the dock the guys farther down the beach notice me, one of them stays behind to radio in some help and lo and behold an armed patrol boat comes crusing in

my only gripe is that you can take out an osprey with 1 rocket but no matter what you do you cant kill the 2 blackhawk helis
 
Well i was gonna download it with my 56k, until it said it was going to take 30 hours, so i asked a friend with cable to download it.....took him 50 minutes. I need cable.

OT: What exactly do you do in the demo anyway? is it a long demo?
 
Sparta said:
OT: What exactly do you do in the demo anyway? is it a long demo?
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Your mission is to blow up a radio tower with some C4. The demo lasts anywhere from 30 minutes to forever :) lol, well, there's probably about 30-40 NPCs total in the demo, all which are enemies. There are a few vehicles to mess around with, and alot of fun to be had.
 
I just played the demo earlier tonight, after getting a copy from my friend

yeah theres fun to be had with the vehicles and what not, but i dont like the fact that you have a whole island there and you can only explore certain parts of it, but if you go of course just a little bit you get shot by helicopters. The demo's fun but i gotta admit it just feels like every other action-shooter game i've played but just with a few extra gimmicks in it. Still a fun game but nothing new really. I can't remember who said it was the best demo they've ever played but as soon as i got into the game and started playing it i was like "this is awesome, its fun as" then after about 10 minutes it wore off and it just felt like every other game out there. Anyway im gonna go play the demo now
 
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