gozioso on 22/11/2012 at 18:05
I've been reading reviews of this game, and I'm thinking that this game might be what Boiling Point/White Gold should have been. It seems very promising. Check out the reviews:
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http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/far-cry-3)
Jason Moyer on 22/11/2012 at 18:55
I'm skeptical as hell given how lame the trailers have been, but I'm getting a free copy with my new GPU and the RPS preview made it sound phenomenal.
Sulphur on 22/11/2012 at 22:14
Sounds like they stripped out Far Cry 2's more irritating bits and tumbled in an entire kitchen sink's worth of crap to do. But I wonder if the moreishness detracts from the focus of the game. I know I had to drop Batman: AC for a bit because there was too much shit popping up, and it ended up with Bats pinballing from one random side-mission to the next and fatiguing me the fuck out.
Kaleid on 23/11/2012 at 01:52
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Sounds like they stripped out Far Cry 2's more irritating bits and tumbled in an entire kitchen sink's worth of crap to do. But I wonder if the moreishness detracts from the focus of the game. I know I had to drop Batman: AC for a bit because there was too much shit popping up, and it ended up with Bats pinballing from one random side-mission to the next and fatiguing me the fuck out.
Not that there was a need to do that. I focused fully on the main story and did everything else after that with the plus game.
When it comes to FC3 I will likely play it, but I hope the AI is improved, no more superfast respawns and hopefully not as dull missions. On the positive side it seems that a lot of the look is borrowed from the first game, but I still expect to like the first more.
gozioso on 23/11/2012 at 06:13
Hello, Mr.
8 month old thread.
[Obligatory Blood Omen reference]
Alas, poor thread...I knew him well...well, not really.
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Sulphur on 23/11/2012 at 08:51
Quote Posted by Kaleid
Not that there was a need to do that. I focused fully on the main story and did everything else after that with the plus game.
The standard rule in sandbox games is to finish the side-missions up and then move onto the main thrust of the story, because once you've finished that, you won't be able to wrap up the side-missions. I have no idea if AC lets you continue once the game is done, but it doesn't matter since the game doesn't let you know beforehand, and that's what we've been conditioned to do for the past two decades anyway.
Thirith on 23/11/2012 at 10:00
I liked the amoral bleakness of Far Cry 2 but found the game relatively boring. It sounds like this one loses the bleakness, bringing back some of the first Far Cry's gaudiness, but that it's also the better game. Hmm... Perhaps once it's come down in price.
Jason Moyer on 23/11/2012 at 12:40
Quote Posted by Sulphur
The standard rule in sandbox games is to finish the side-missions up and then move onto the main thrust of the story, because once you've finished that, you won't be able to wrap up the side-missions.
See, I find it works the opposite way. The side-missions in sandbox games are so dull and pointless that you can completely ignore them and focus on the main gameplay/plot threads and not miss a single goddamn thing. See: STALKER, Far Cry 2, Saints Row The Third, the emergent missions in Skyrim, etc.
henke on 23/11/2012 at 14:10
Simple sidemissions are a good way to add length to a game if the core gameplay is good enough that you don't need much extra justification to keep playing. I'm doing all the left-over sidemissions in Red Dead Redemption right now. It's mostly dull filler stuff like "Collect 10 Red Sage plants" but I'm loving it anyway because it's an excuse to play more RDR. :)
