OT: Far Cry AMAZING!!!!!

If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this one. I can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will blow you away.

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:27:12 -0500, "mjones53" <[email hidden]> wrote: >If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this one. I >can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will blow you away. I've been meaning to try it but I'm too busy with Splinter Cell 2 and waiting for Thief 3. =) Jason

You aint kidding. It takes some decent hardware to open up all the eye candy, but the effects that are used throughout the game are amazing. My favs so far are the blur effects when you are getting hurt real bad, and when you toss grenades indoors too close and get that cool retina burn that lasts for a short time. Not a hitch of a problem either. No bugs, hangs, or lockups, pre or post patch.

Agree 110% I loved this game within 10 seconds or so of playing the demo. I bought the full version the next day. I played it on Normal and finished it. I started a game on Realistic and played through the first level. That difficulty would require some serious strategy later on. I never tried the MP. I have since sold it as UT2004 is so much fun but am looking forward to FC2. :) I have high hopes for Doom 3 but the graphics in FC are amazing. I liked the way the enemies would react to being shot; more or less realistic reactions depending on where they were shot. Also the fact that shooting to the head/neck killed them faster. All in all a great game if you have the PC to run it. - F50 GT mjones53 wrote: > If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this one. I > can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will blow you away.

In article <gU1dc.17125$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (F50 GT) wrote: > Agree 110% WHS. Well worth the money. It's no GPL though. Andrew McP

"mjones53" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]: > If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this > one. I can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will > blow you away. Yep, it's fun-tastic. I had a blast with the game. Definitely the best graphics I've personally ever seen in a game, and just the thing to show off my monster rig. I hear someone is working on a Jurassic Park mod. Wow, that would be killer. I hope it doesn't get shutdown with a cease & desist though. -- Ped Xing GPLRank -31.657 "A good racing driver doesn't really look like he's going that fast; but in fact it's a clean, smooth, progressive performance that supplies the real speed." -Sir Jackie Stewart

"GMpartsguy" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:%y1dc.209661$1p.2401414@attbi_s54: > You aint kidding. It takes some decent hardware to open up all the eye > candy, but the effects that are used throughout the game are amazing. > My favs so far are the blur effects when you are getting hurt real > bad, and when you toss grenades indoors too close and get that cool > retina burn that lasts for a short time. One of my favs was shooting a guy riding in a boat and he ended up in the water, and the blood flowed out naturally around his body. And the physics are fun. I shot a guy who was standing by a railing with the shotgun, and it sent him over the railing. Looked very natural. -- Ped Xing

[email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote in news:[email hidden]: > WHS. Well worth the money. It's no GPL though. LOL, but GPL gave you the skills to drive the Jeep well, didn't it? ;-) -- Ped Xing

Is this a computer game or a counsel game? Who makes it? More details please :) "Ped Xing" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "mjones53" <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:[email hidden]: > > > If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this > > one. I can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will > > blow you away. > > Yep, it's fun-tastic. I had a blast with the game. Definitely the best > graphics I've personally ever seen in a game, and just the thing to show > off my monster rig. I hear someone is working on a Jurassic Park mod. > Wow, that would be killer. I hope it doesn't get shutdown with a cease & > desist though. > > -- > Ped Xing > GPLRank -31.657 > > "A good racing driver doesn't really look like he's going that fast; but

in > fact it's a clean, smooth, progressive performance that supplies the real > speed." > -Sir Jackie Stewart

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 07:53:25 -0400, "Rodney Arndt" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Is this a computer game or a counsel game? Who makes it? More details please >:) Its a PC game, http://www.farcry.ubi.com/ -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

You racing sim guys are sure easy to impress :) The game is good. But not amazing. There are a lot of issues with the game, go to the main website and read about it or go to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action and read alot of threads from REAL FPS pros :) "mjones53" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this one. I > can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will blow youaway. > >

In article <dFpdc.23949$J56.12617@edtnps89>, [email hidden] (wavex) wrote: > There are a lot of issues with the game There are always issues with any game, some of which bug some people more than others. But nothing whatsoever has stopped me having the best FPS fun I've had since RTCWolfenstein. There's a demo anyway. If that doesn't sell it to people then they probably won't enjoy the full release. Andrew McP

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 04:30:01 GMT, "wavex" <[email hidden]> wrote: >You racing sim guys are sure easy to impress :) >The game is good. But not amazing. The graphics are by far the best seen on a PC. >There are a lot of issues with the game, go to the main website and read >about it or go to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action and read alot of threads from >REAL FPS pros :) And of course nobody in this newsgroup has any problems with PC games do they. -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:27:12 -0500, "mjones53" <[email hidden]> wrote: >If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this one. I >can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will blow you away. > Apart from nice graphics the demo didn't do a thing for me. It's just another FPS to me.

So whats good about it besides the graphics...

And none of our Race Sims, ever had bugs or problems? "Scooter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > So whats good about it besides the graphics...

"wavex" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dFpdc.23949$J56.12617@edtnps89... > You racing sim guys are sure easy to impress :) LOL. You've been around for a long time haven't you?

"Scooter" wrote... > So whats good about it besides the graphics... Two things I like about the game besides the graphics (which look pretty amazing, even on my GF3 Ti200 "powered" rig <g>), are the "within limits" freeform gameplay and the fact the easy setting allows a non-dedicated fps player to play and enjoy the game. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting pasted in the Call of Duty - Dawmnville demo, even on the greenhorn setting. Played it for two hours now, in 2 minute bursts, 'coz that's how long it takes me to get killed or inadvertantly shoot an allied soldier (--> graphics turned down in an effort to get better movement/aiming) and no progress whatsoever. Things like "get a Panzerfaust from the church"... cool, will do, but if the tank, which I've yet to actually see, doesn't mow me down or blow me up getting there, some German or friendly bullit tops me while I'm looking to take a bead on the tank (where *is* it?). Jan. =---

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 06:33 +0100 (BST), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: >There are always issues with any game, some of which bug some people more >than others. But nothing whatsoever has stopped me having the best FPS fun >I've had since RTCWolfenstein. There's a demo anyway. If that doesn't sell >it to people then they probably won't enjoy the full release. > >Andrew McP I played the demo of Far cry and it didn't impress me enough to want to buy it. Now S.T.A.L.K.E.R. may be another story. From what I've seen and read of that game it has me really intrigued.

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 21:04:07 GMT, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"Scooter" wrote... >> So whats good about it besides the graphics... > >Two things I like about the game besides the graphics (which look pretty >amazing, even on my GF3 Ti200 "powered" rig <g>), are the "within limits" >freeform gameplay and the fact the easy setting allows a non-dedicated fps >player to play and enjoy the game. > >I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting pasted in the Call of Duty - >Dawmnville demo, even on the greenhorn setting. Played it for two hours now, >in 2 minute bursts, 'coz that's how long it takes me to get killed or >inadvertantly shoot an allied soldier (--> graphics turned down in an effort >to get better movement/aiming) and no progress whatsoever. Things like "get >a Panzerfaust from the church"... cool, will do, but if the tank, which I've >yet to actually see, doesn't mow me down or blow me up getting there, some >German or friendly bullit tops me while I'm looking to take a bead on the >tank (where *is* it?). >

Oh, I found both CoD demos to be pretty easy, even at the highest difficulty setting. And I'm just your average guy who plays FPS in "easy" level to get through them quickly (which means, a couple of weeks) and remove them from the HDD to make space... so, if I did it, you can do it too. The tank (IIRC) is at the right corner (looking from the door of the building you enter when the shelling starts), partially hidden behind a wall. Once inside the church, try to take it out by shooting at it through the rightmost window (beware of enemy soldiers). -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

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> > <snip> > Oh, I found both CoD demos to be pretty easy, even at the > highest difficulty setting. And I'm just your average guy > who plays FPS in "easy" level to get through them quickly > (which means, a couple of weeks) and remove them from > the HDD to make space... so, if I did it, you can do it > too.

Eh... keep in mind I'm the kind of guy who struggles at the easy setting when playing with the aid of a walkthrough. > The tank (IIRC) is at the right corner (looking from the > door of the building you enter when the shelling starts), > partially hidden behind a wall. Once inside the church, > try to take it out by shooting at it through the > rightmost window (beware of enemy soldiers). Thanks, got it now. Also thanks to a tip received from a fellow GF3 owner: I get a big speed boost if I set the texture detail to 32-bit instead of "default". Now playing smoothly at 1024x768, which makes a big difference. I had to sprint to the car, then combat crawl to the sandbags in the road, taking out (ever-replenishing?) Germans near the corner of the "take cover" house and the two foxholes on that side of the map as I went, to be able to hit it with the Panzerfaust (would require some serious practise with the weapons if I was to buy and play this one), but I did manage to blow it up. Now the graveyard is swarming with Boche eventhough we're laying down fire from 3 heavy machineguns and I'm still dying. I'm guessing bursts is the key here, but the same soldiers that seem to go down quite easily when hit with a burst from the Thompson seem to be able to take serious punishment from the HMG (not to mention the tombstones themselves <g>). Jan. =---

"Jan Verschueren" wrote: > Now the graveyard is swarming with Boche eventhough we're laying down fire > from 3 heavy machineguns and I'm still dying. I'm guessing bursts is thekey > here, but the same soldiers that seem to go down quite easily when hitwith > a burst from the Thompson seem to be able to take serious punishment from > the HMG (not to mention the tombstones themselves <g>). Are you using the MGs yourself - you can use the "use" key to take over from your colleagues and use the MGs. Then it is a piece of cake as you never need to reload...

"Tony Rickard" wrote... > > <snip> > Are you using the MGs yourself - you can use the "use" key to > take over from your colleagues and use the MGs. Then it is a > piece of cake as you never need to reload... Yup, me and two AI. I take the unmanned one on the left. You're saying spray them and to hell with the accuracy? Jan. =---

> > Are you using the MGs yourself - you can use the "use" key to > > take over from your colleagues and use the MGs. Then it is a > > piece of cake as you never need to reload... > > Yup, me and two AI. I take the unmanned one on the left. You're sayingspray > them and to hell with the accuracy? Not sure if there is an advantage but I took over the one on the right and it seemed a turkey shoot... Just briefly stop shooting to get a quick update on where they are and spray!

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:44:16 GMT, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"machf" wrote... >> > <snip> >> Oh, I found both CoD demos to be pretty easy, even at the >> highest difficulty setting. And I'm just your average guy >> who plays FPS in "easy" level to get through them quickly >> (which means, a couple of weeks) and remove them from >> the HDD to make space... so, if I did it, you can do it >> too. > >Eh... keep in mind I'm the kind of guy who struggles at the easy setting >when playing with the aid of a walkthrough. > >> The tank (IIRC) is at the right corner (looking from the >> door of the building you enter when the shelling starts), >> partially hidden behind a wall. Once inside the church, >> try to take it out by shooting at it through the >> rightmost window (beware of enemy soldiers). > >Thanks, got it now. Also thanks to a tip received from a fellow GF3 owner: I >get a big speed boost if I set the texture detail to 32-bit instead of >"default". Now playing smoothly at 1024x768, which makes a big difference. >

Hopefully it works with a GF2 too... >I had to sprint to the car, then combat crawl to the sandbags in the road, >taking out (ever-replenishing?) Germans near the corner of the "take cover" >house and the two foxholes on that side of the map as I went, to be able to >hit it with the Panzerfaust (would require some serious practise with the >weapons if I was to buy and play this one), but I did manage to blow it up. >The way I used to do it was run after the guy the captain sends to scout (who usually get shot in the head after crossing the street), and overtake him; apparently, that puzzles the Germans, and they come out of hiding instead of sniping him. So, when the Panzer arrives, you're already on the other side of the street, and it's easier to get rid of the Germans behind the wall at the end of the street (since, staying prone, the tank cannot get you from where it is) and then get cover behind it to enter the church. >Now the graveyard is swarming with Boche eventhough we're laying down fire >from 3 heavy machineguns and I'm still dying. I'm guessing bursts is the key >here, but the same soldiers that seem to go down quite easily when hit with >a burst from the Thompson seem to be able to take serious punishment from >the HMG (not to mention the tombstones themselves <g>). >A bug I've noticed is that, if you go to the MGs too soon (instead of doing some other stuff that you're supposed to do), the Germans won't die, no matter how hard yo uhit them. They'll keep reviving again and again. So, leave the soldiers with the MGs take care, and you go with the rest through the houses to the other side, IIRC. It's a good idea that you bring a Panzerfaust along so that you don't have to return for it later. -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

Rodney Arndt wrote:

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> Is this a computer game or a counsel game? Who makes it? More details please > :) > > > "Ped Xing" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > >>"mjones53" <[email hidden]> wrote in >>news:[email hidden]: >> >> >>>If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this >>>one. I can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will >>>blow you away. >> >>Yep, it's fun-tastic. I had a blast with the game. Definitely the best >>graphics I've personally ever seen in a game, and just the thing to show >>off my monster rig. I hear someone is working on a Jurassic Park mod. >>Wow, that would be killer. I hope it doesn't get shutdown with a cease & >>desist though. >>

Not that I'm "in the know", but supposedly Far Cry's development team is VERY mod-friendly! They welcome them just like Battlefield did. Gunner

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> Is this a computer game or a counsel game? Who makes it? More details please > :) >>>If you ever play in other type of games, you have got to play this >>>one. I can't see Half-Life or Doom 3 being any better. Graphics will >>>blow you away. >>Yep, it's fun-tastic. I had a blast with the game. Definitely the best >>graphics I've personally ever seen in a game, and just the thing to show >>off my monster rig. I hear someone is working on a Jurassic Park mod. >>Wow, that would be killer. I hope it doesn't get shutdown with a cease & >>desist though.

Not that I'm "in the know", but supposedly Far Cry's development team is VERY mod-friendly! They welcome them just like Battlefield did. Gunner

>"Scooter" <[email hidden]> wrote > So whats good about it besides the graphics... The general openess that hasn't been found in a FPS for years and years. I mean, just kill somebody in the water off the beach, and wait a little ;) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"Scooter" <[email hidden]> wrote > So whats good about it besides the graphics... >The general openess that hasn't been found in a FPS for years and years. I >mean, just kill somebody in the water off the beach, and wait a little ;) ------------------------ Can you kill someone in this game? I walked up to someone and unloaded my gun into his head, he smiled and shot me dead with one bullet. -- Richard "ZZ" Busch Member: Screamers Racing League OAO MARA TransAm GPL Rank + 17.410 MoGPL Rank + 318.294 N2003 Rank -12.4850 ---------------- Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward -----------------

> Can you kill someone in this game? I walked up to someone and unloaded my > gun into his head, he smiled and shot me dead with one bullet. You need to fire the gun - not just unload the ammo.