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

[Netherscourge]

I'm waiting in line currently. It's a next-gen DX9 game right? Does it use Havoc's physics too? Or are we talking apples and oranges here?

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I would download it, but expect HL2 to be beter than it. HL2 is made by valve.

 

[Shuzer]

...the games are nothing alike. Yes, they're both DX9, yes they both feature Havok physics (although, HL2's are revamped), and yes, they're both FPS games. Don't expect them to be just like eachother, they're completely different games.

HL2 goes for a more photorealistic, gritty type of world where you fight aliens (presumeably), while FarCry features brightly lit outdoorsy jungle environments while fighting humans (atleast in the demo).

 

[SubKamran]

In short, no, don't expect them to be the same but YES DOWNLOAD THE F'ING DEMO ALREADY!

And download it from downloads.ign.com so you don't have to wait in line.

 

[Dougy]

far cry's a joke.


simple as that realy.

 

[SubKamran]

But it's awesome Graphics-wise.

 

[Znipper]

Far cry was totally awsome, I recommend it to you all!
However I doubt that you should compare it to HL2 since they are rather
different (from what I can tell by the Far cry demo and HL2 movies and info).

And btw Far cry does not use Havok. It's a "homemade" physics system.

 

[Dougy]

But it's awesome Graphics-wise.

granted.

Far crys like a nice looking chick who you spend all night talking to, then when you finaly get her in bed you find out shes a dude and wants a piece of your ass.

 

[ray_MAN]

yes they both feature Havok physics (although, HL2's are revamped)

No, FC uses an inhouse physics engine.

 

[Shuzer]

No, FC uses an inhouse physics engine.

blah blah blah, I realized that after I posted, I meant to say they both feature physics

 

[Lil' Timmy]

Far crys like a nice looking chick who you spend all night talking to, then when you finaly get her in bed you find out shes a dude and wants a piece of your ass.

yeah.. i'm not sure about your weekends buddy..
more appropriately, FC is like a hot chick that you get home (after a bit of trying, but not too much ). you fool around with her for awhile, then toss her aside, cuz she's dumb and boring after a couple of weeks (but you will probably come back every now and then for a booty call). HL2 is some chick that your friends keep telling you about.. and she's apparently hot, from the pictures you've seen. but you've never seen her in real life, and it seems highly unlikely you're ever going to see her.. much less hit that.

 

[ray_MAN]

blah blah blah, I realized that after I posted, I meant to say they both feature physics

Ok. Edit your post next time and it shall never be corrected again...
OT: FC looks really neat. I am d/ling it right now at Gamespot at 352 kb/s on a DSL line!

 

[ray_MAN]

yeah.. i'm not sure about your weekends buddy..
more appropriately, FC is like a hot chick that you get home (after a bit of trying, but not too much ). you fool around with her for awhile, then toss her aside, cuz she's dumb and boring after a couple of weeks (but you will probably come back every now and then for a booty call). HL2 is some chick that your friends keep telling you about.. and she's apparently hot, from the pictures you've seen. but you've never seen her in real life, and it seems highly unlikely you're ever going to see her.. much less hit that.

That's a very nice way to put it. :naughty: :afro: :naughty:

 

[GhettoFab]

Edited: Post properly or not atall. Ali G wannabe.

 

[B_MAN]

apples and oranges
no comparison

 

[Shuzer]

Ok. Edit your post next time and it shall never be corrected again...
OT: FC looks really neat. I am d/ling it right now at Gamespot at 352 kb/s on a DSL line!

sorry, was a little cranky at that moment, didn't mean to be a jerk :cheers:

Anyway, been playing the demo myself, lotta fun.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

ok, what ghettofab said is prety much what i was hinting at :O

 

[mortiz]

GhettoFab is so dope.

 

[bastard_loud]

If he wants to talk in ebonics, shouldn't he be allowed to? Censorship sucks...

I see Fenric did the moderating, could only be him. Or Badger. Bunch of nerdy megalomaniacs.

 

[PvtRyan]

If he wants to talk in ebonics, shouldn't he be allowed to? Censorship sucks...

I see Fenric did the moderating, could only be him. Or Badger. Bunch of nerdy megalomaniacs.

I doubt it would be very good for the board if everyone started to speak their own language. So english should be the only language, and not some stupid dumbass gangsta crap language.

 

[Netherscourge]

I doubt it would be very good for the board if everyone started to speak their own language. So english should be the only language, and not some stupid dumbass gangsta crap language.

seeeee seeeenior.

:smoking:

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

crowbars and palmtrees....

 

[ComradeBadger]

If he wants to talk in ebonics, shouldn't he be allowed to? Censorship sucks...

I see Fenric did the moderating, could only be him. Or Badger. Bunch of nerdy megalomaniacs.

Excuse me?

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

What he say...? (GhettoFab)


I really really wan't to laugh at him again.




And whats this Bastard_loud: Picking a fight with the moderators..... Can't be the smartest thing you've done so far......

 

[Dr. Freeman]

granted.

Far crys like a nice looking chick who you spend all night talking to, then when you finaly get her in bed you find out shes a dude and wants a piece of your ass.

yeah.. i'm not sure about your weekends buddy..
more appropriately, FC is like a hot chick that you get home (after a bit of trying, but not too much ). you fool around with her for awhile, then toss her aside, cuz she's dumb and boring after a couple of weeks (but you will probably come back every now and then for a booty call). HL2 is some chick that your friends keep telling you about.. and she's apparently hot, from the pictures you've seen. but you've never seen her in real life, and it seems highly unlikely you're ever going to see her.. much less hit that.

only on this forum u can compare games as u would compare girls..

i like the demo.. its fun.. if i had extra cash right now, i'd get the game.. but seeing as i need to choose wisely which games i get, i think i'll save for HL2 and Doom3..

 

[A2597]

I've yet to find a single ubi-soft game I liked....

but I'm downloading the demo.

 

[Dougy]

yeah.. i'm not sure about your weekends buddy..
more appropriately, FC is like a hot chick that you get home (after a bit of trying, but not too much ). you fool around with her for awhile, then toss her aside, cuz she's dumb and boring after a couple of weeks (but you will probably come back every now and then for a booty call). HL2 is some chick that your friends keep telling you about.. and she's apparently hot, from the pictures you've seen. but you've never seen her in real life, and it seems highly unlikely you're ever going to see her.. much less hit that.

whoaa!

my ass is virign territory and if ive got naything to do with it thats the way its gonna stay!



in short far cry looks good but plays crap.

 

[Shuzer]

in short far cry looks good but plays crap.

Eh, I had alot of fun, it plays really well. A few bugs to work out, but past that, it'll be great, IMO

 

[Letters]

I found it to be quite fun... what made it 'play crap'?

 

[Nindoze]

Ehh far cry was not too bad. Good combat i guess.. anyone get the buggy? thats got a nice feel too it.

Whats with the cryvision function, i couldn't get it. :S

 

[csmighty1]

I found the demo to be really fun...I think it could be more enjoyable than Call of Duty....but thats just me...I wait for the reviews, to many potentionally good games coming out this year so I dont want to blow all my money

 

[Dougy]

I found it to be quite fun... what made it 'play crap'?

well lets start with getting stuck inside rocks/bushes/characters.

1. 5 times now ive been playing and my controls have just died, the game still runs but the enemy stand their and shoot but its like godmode, only a exit and reload fix this.

2. the joke that is far cry's vehicles, worse control than Bf's higgins landing boat.

3. the fact that enemies fail to become visible beyond a certian distance, stand at the 2nd enemy camp and look at the beach with just normal view, you dont see anybody, then use your binocs you still dont see anybody, zoom in a few times then out of nowhere theres a dozen guys just standing their.

4. the Ai, wow i didnt know that hurling grenades at their own teammates was a good concept for them, or that they are death and have poor eyesight.

5. bodies that vanish after death, i hate that with a passion.

meh. its probably too soon for me to judge the entire game on 1 shoddy demo.

 

[The Dark Elf]

I pretty much agree completely with Dougy on this.. I was very dissapointed in it

To add to Dougy's list, some visual things I noticed

1) water jitters badly when moving sideways

2) tree's and larger details 'pop' into view instead of fade or Stalker style grow. Not the case with the smaller plants, grass and such, but the larger stuff

3) Whats with the dropping dead if you try go another way around. Whats happened to this huge map its supposed to have when you still can't go where you like, its still, regardless of what they've said on the rails so to speak. Bit pointless having such a big map in that case. Since you can't go where you want when you want why not just have smaller maps, use 3dskyboxes and put more effort into making whats on screen and accessable look and work better

4) Animations unrealistic. Environment unrealistic. NPC's suddenly becoming black where there's no shadow and close enough to see them clearly. Errors with textures at a distance. Audio errors

Granted _some_ of it might be just cause its still pretty much in beta (or alpha by the looks of it) But overall it just wasn't very good. At no time can I honestly say I enjoyed it. Sorry all you farcry fans

 

[Sai]

but all the complaints hopefully will be addressed in the full version

 

[Kincaid]

Runs on the CryTek engine doesn't it?

 

[Sai]

that's what i think i heard

 

[Shuzer]

Well, the only thing I noticed as your complaints were the LOD "popping," that sucks.

I never had any control issues, that sounds weird.. I've played the demo for about 2 hours total, too.
Bodies hardly ever vanished for me, but they did vanish after a certain amount of time, which does suck.

I didn't have that problem with the viewing of enemies at a distance (although, objects is another thing), though. Also, the AI is alot better on hard, I hadn't tried it on anything else, so I didn't see them throwing grenades at eachother.

 

[Pressure]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Far Cry was horrible don't touch it.

 

[Dougy]

but all the complaints hopefully will be addressed in the full version

A Demo is unfortunatley 90% of the time basicly wat the game will be like.

very few companies change anything becuase of a demo. and i think farcry is only a month away, wich leaves very little time to change anything if they want to release on time.


not to metion i read somehwere that the Story involves Mutants and DNA and other mutanty stuff. :dozey:

 

[Letters]

Well... I know *I'm* getting it! I've already played through it twice!