Can we agree that this is the best open world game ever made?
>memeing over Far Drive 2 again
we get it, your an idiot
>>319661248
idk about that, but it's my favorite far cry. It always gave me more a STALKER vibe than 3 or 4.
I'm a bit peeved about the constantly returning checkpoints
>>319661248
It's my favorite Far Cry game at least.
I realized the game was going to be a boring piece of shit after playing for 5 minutes.
Stop having horrible taste holy fuck.
It's a fun game but hardly the best shooter or open world game available.
>>319661248
Isnt this the one where you break your wrists or ankle to heal yourself ?
Instincts was probably the best
>>319661248
No but it's fun with Dylan's mod
>buddies can revive you if you die, though you have to reset this ability and may also have to do the same
>this mechanic has never been seen again in video games
>intense firefight in an old run down diamond mine
>get hit
>pull a bullet out of my chest with a pair of rusted pliers
>my gun jams
>clear the jam
>the rusty piece of shit explodes in my hands
>only have my sidearm with a few bullets
>trees around me all on fire
>get hit
>this time the pass out from shock
>buddy drags me to safety
>we try to hold them off behind a rock
>there's too many
>buddy gets hit
>pump morphine into him
>it's not helping
>check my ammo
>3 bullets
>decide that it's for the best put him out of his misery
>his blood falls on the red sand mixed with my tears
And that's what it's like to play Far Cry 2
god no. maybe when it was released, sure. the best would probably be GTAV or Skyrim.
>>319661325
>your an idiot
>>319661752
bait
>>319661813
uh, how?
>>319661701
Not most of the time though. When Far Cry 2 does get good, it gets really fucking good, but it's really dull for the most part. I wish they went full-on through with the emphasis on survival, reconnaissance, planning, emergent gameplay and all that. Instead, we get this sort of middling mediocrity most of the time we're playing the game.
>tfw grew up in Zim and travelled through Africa a lot due to dad's job
Gave me childhood feels, I really enjoyed it. Never played it on PC though, I really shouild just to fix the stupid fucking checkpoints.
It was a lot of fun. It's hard to pinpoint what exactly about it made me feel this way, but everything in FC2 really feels like your own adventure, every firefight and car chase feels like a unique organic experience, rather than simply "staged" by the developers, so to speak.
The game was really fucking ugly though, christ.
>that storm section
>firefight by an oil pump
>the oil get set on fire
>all that smoke and fire while not being able to see more than 5 meters in any direction
Sections like that are why I play videogames.
>>319661882
Fallout 4 > Skyrim.
>>319661356
This.
Say what you will about 3 getting boring because of the cleared checkpoints, but at the very least it felt like progress was being made. 90% of the gameplay in 2 is just razing the same checkpoints to the ground you finished clearing out 5 minutes ago.
If not for that, the game would have been fine, even with the gun jamming happening way too often.
>>319661701
>Not getting a fresh kit after every mission
>Not maintaining your lifeline in this hellhole
>>319661248
No, just because of the superniggers who can spot you hiding in an outhouse 5 miles away.
Dylan's mod fixed some of the issues with this game, but not all.
Also, everything is too brown, including the people. Yes I know because it's Africa, doesn't mean that I want to look at brown shit all day.
>>319661248
>black people
>agree to help their faction
>they won't inform their faction
>the people you are helping will chase you across the entire region for no good reason just to brutally murder you
>relentlessly drop whatever shit they're doing or guarding and hop in their trucks to chase your irish ass down for fear of letting someone help them
>>319662717
The point being, you aren't supposed to feel like you are making progress. That completely goes against what the entire game was about.
>>319662734
>not solely using rusty AK's for those authentic Africa feels
No. Shootings are fun but the world is lifeless and the story is pants-on-head retarded.
>all those random encounters where shit hits the fan
>all that gallantry in the face of certain death from me and my buddy
>that section where you either save your buddy or your priest
>that entire ending
The game had a serious amount of feels. The ending is seriously one of the best ever.
>>319661248
I just started FarCry3, never played 1 or 2, Blood Dragon, or the other one. Am I in for a good time if I liked the first ~hour of gameplay?
>>319662893
>Not buying an AR-15 like the black ops commando you are
shaking my head, to be honest.
>>319662882
>you aren't supposed to feel like you are making progress
Then it's a shit game. Why bother even playing if there's no progress to be made?
>>319663149
>farcry 2
>ar15
>>319663228
The point is that as soon as you remove one cancer, another sprouts just as fast. There is no winning in a civil war etc.
>>319662970
>story is pants on head retarded
It's one of best stories in a video game, it makes Silent Hill look like Just Cause.
But you probably don't even know what the story is about, let alone any of the heavy concepts it deals with.
>>319661701
>intense firefight in another nigger outpost
>weapon jammed
>weapon jammed
>weapon jammed
>weapon jammed
>get hit by a bullet
>character starts to fix his broken finger
>drive to another side of map
>nigger outpost x10
>>319663123
Pretty much.
If you like the first two hours you'll be fine at least.
shit story tho, and pants on head retarded at times.
>>319662882
Then leave them cleared for a whole mission or so.
It's like they're paradropping guys onto checkpoints, using satnav to pinpoint which checkpoints were depopulated over the last 30 seconds.
>>319663325
>there's no winning in a civil war
Whoever wrote that clearly didn't read any history books, I think pretty much every civil war was won at some point
>>319661248
I personally love it but it's not even close to The Best Ever. It's more of a diamond in the rough.
>>319663351
>pants on head retarded
Cleaned out all the Hunt missions in the first 2 tiles, the start one you have to reveal and the one with the doctor, all 3 of the outposts, and 1 kill mission. Got through the mushrooms and stopped, because final exams, Is there going to be some cultist bullshit or something where I have to pick "stay with cultists and 'hot' leader female or leave with friends."?
Pretty repetitive, but gets bonus points for letting me kill blacks to my heart's content.
>>319663357
Or you are a lone man up against tens of thousands of others in a country that is literally an entire warzone.
>>319663325 is right. You aren't meant to feel like you have any power beyond who you can directly kill in that moment, and there are so many combatants in this war that whatever damage you inflict in your weeks here will be entirely unnoticable to the situation at large.
The best you could hope for is to kill the Jackal and hope that they run out of guns.
>>319663453
There is no winning in a war where father fights son.
>>319663339
It's one of the most mature videogame stories I have ever seen.
>>319661248
>shoot nigger
>drive
>shoot nigger
>drive
>shoot nigger
>drive
repeat until you want to kill yourself
>>319663529
>stay with the cultist who rapes you and drugs you through the story, and be brutally murdered by her
>or leave with your friends and fulfill the only real objective you ever had
It plays the whole "WHAT HAVE I BECOME?!" card, painting you to be a monster, in it for the violence, instead of violence being a means to an end.
The writer did a good interview, it turns out he's batshit insane too.
>>319661248
The game is as good as ice is calm
>>319663592
Sure there is, one kills the other.
>>319663680
It's everything MGS:V's Africa section should have been.
Instead we got pretentious shoehorned child soldiers that didn't even fit the kind of African conflict they were portraying.
>>319661325
>Far Drive 2
ahahahahaa
>>319663742
I see. I kinda figured something like that the way Daisy wondered what the tatau on my arm was. Plus the whole "Warrior" thing.
Good to know, thanks.
>farcry 2 2008
>snipe someone in the leg
>buddy comes to help and picks him up to safety
>mgsv 2015
>snipe an enemy
>buddy just stands near him and tells him everything will be ok
>dies
? ? ?
>>319661248
Hell no. I only played this for like an hour at a friends house but it was one of the most boring games I've ever played in my life.
>>319663348
>malaria attack
>>319663228
So you want to be a hero, huh?
>There will never be a game with as good as a story as FC2
>There will never be this much effort put into a video game again
>No video will ever try to tie it's mechanics in to it's story themes to further strengthen it's meaning
>No FPS will ever be this non-hand holdy again
>>319664195
It wasn't that great anon.
>>319664285
>Nietzsche wuz sh!t
>>319664174
Nah, I just want to feel like something changes in the world.
Hell, Walker makes progress as he goes and has to live with the consequences of what he does; he changes the world as he marches through it. Meanwhile, whichever protag you choose for FC2 can literally scorch the earth in front and back of him, leave for 10 minutes, and everything will be returned untouched when he returns.
At the very least, STALKER had AI advanced enough to complete the game regardless of your interaction, while FC2 does away with any kind of interaction with the world.
I did like the game, but the malaria mechanic was some goofy bullshit.
>>319661248
It's a good game kept back by some serious flaws that could've made it GOAT.
I wish the series would've continued in this direction rather than what 3 & 4 did. Blood Dragon is still bretty gud tho.
>>319664027
I felt dirty shooting guys helping their friends... I felt like the bad guy...
Fuck man... I didn't come here for all these feels...
>nowadays critics jizz over games that convey themes and induce emotions through gameplay
>Farcry 2 gave you malaria that was at worst only a nuisance but reminded you you were not in top condition and made you feel that much more vulnerable in an environment where everything already hated you
>never gets credit for it, only mocking as seen in this very thread
It was ahead of its time.
>have to blow up a convoy
>plant a few IED'd
>time it perfectly
>all 4 cars explode in a glorious fashion
>their bodies litter the ground by their charred vehicles
>almost feel bad about what I did because of how grotesque the sight is
>go back to the gun dealer and get paid
TIA
>>319661248
>Can we agree that this is the best open world game ever made?
Are you stupid or something?
There is so much wrong with that game I don't even know where to begin.
From the malaria (that is instant death inthe water btw) to the shit AI to the constantly respawning checkpoints, etc.
It even has one of those shitty "you're supposed to lose" moments without really making it clear (enemies just endlessly respawn, but it's not challenging to kill them).
It's the worst Far Cry game by far.
>>319664006
It's okay, the real story ends about 3/4 through, that one is worth enjoying.
>>319661248
If this game had better variety and lacked malaria mechanics, it would be fucking perfect. Also, twice as big map.
So no, in given state it's not the best open world game and please stop this pasta, it's getting annoying
>>319665630
It was anon. The plebs can't appreciate art.
>>319663348
>Forgetting to mention malaria attack every 30 minutes
You had one job
>>319666009
Was there even a purpose to the malaria mechanic other than "IT'S AFRICA SO WE GOTTA HAVE MALARIA"?
As much as I played it I never once ran low on the medication and all it did was make your screen flash every couple hours or so.
>far cry 1
>deadly predator instincts
>far cry 3
>psychedelic tatau powers
>far cry 2
>MALARIA
who thought this was a good idea for a superpower?
>>319666113
This is what some people call "fake difficulty". It made zero sense as gaemplay mechanics, but was simply there to annoy you.
>>319661248
Seems like it's going to be really cool at first. Gets old absurdly quickly.
>>319661692
lol or you can just shoot them instead of wasting a morphine
>>319666141
>Far Cry 4
>Stupid-ass native mumbo-jumbo that has zero meaning for the rest of the game or connection with anything
Ubi quality writing
>>319666186
It was there to remind you that even you, the guy who can pop heads left and right is no match for Africa.
>>319661752
>>319666393
>yfw Africa has the highest KDR of any continent in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G-pL495pt0&spfreload=10
One of the best endings of all time.
>>319666521
It's been playing much longer though, to be fair.
>>319665210
dont feel bad theyre niggers
>>319663841
some people never get tired of being edgy retards
>>319663348
This shit was so silly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF03s_DDAtw
>>319662519
> Ugly
U wot mate? Far Cry 2 was one of the best looking games of 2008, albeit mostly because of its unique and beautiful Africa rather than having top notch technical production.
>>319663149
>using the AR-15 (its really an AR-10 chambered in 5,56 and tricked out with bizarre aftermarket parts)
It starts jamming after two mags
Too much mountains making the open world not that open, especially around the main towns.
Checkpoints respawn too fast.
Too much "drive to other side of map to do this 5 minute mission" bullshit.
Repetetive missions.
Yet I've gone through it seven times, around 25 hours per playthrough...
And I don't know why.
>>319663228
You don't play a hero who ends the war. You're a single mercenary who takes up missions of limited scope to ultimately kill a weapon dealer.
>>319666692
>swimming
>in africa
not even once
>>319666845
masochism?
>>319666113>>319666141
I don't like that mechanic either, doesn't change the fact that far cry 2 is miles better than any other far cry despite it's flaws.
>Far cry 3
>can't snipe longer than 200m because it won't compute the hit.
>dudebro marijuana quest with dubstep
>psychadelics
>story is a bunch of fratboys going on vacation
Fuck that. More africa.
>>319666968
Agreed
No, but it is the best Far Cry game. The endless instant respawns suck, but the game is still fun as fuck and 3 and 4 don't retain that feeling
>>319662519
>the game was ugly
toppest kek, you cannot judge a graphic from 2008 game when you played it in 2015, i remember when the game came out and everyone was creamin all over it
>>319667121
The fire effects still look amazing.
>>319666968
I really liked the Africa setting. Wish more games utilized it.
>>319667212
yeah, and the fire really spread, i felt they stripped this feature heavily in later games
>>319661248
thats not san andreas
>>319663453
> At some point
Yeah, but not in days. Far Cry 2 is based around modern African civil wars. Angola lasted 25 years + 10 years of war of decolonization. Mozambique 15 + 10. Kongo Wars lasted a decade, with continuation of violence in parts of the country until 2013. Somali civil war has been going on for 24 year. It's an endless quagmire.
>>319661248
>>319661356
Also stealth was fucked in the game.
>>319667315
Can't anymore. Look what happened with Age of Empires.
>>319661248
>DO YOU WANT TO SAVE THE PEOPLE AT THE CHURCH YOUR SAVE YOUR FRIENDS?
>choose save friends
>they all die anyway
No, 2bquitehonest.
personally from a fun standpoint i would say the original mercenaries. but i was a young lad and fun was easier to be had
>>319661248
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Fucker was chugging peels faster than a drunko hooked on meth.
Fuck this game.
>>319667559
Do you feel like a hero?
>>319665630
Far Cry 2 has some really neat stuff in general conveyed through gameplay.
The whole low-tech stuff with the guns jamming and malaria and having to use a manual map. And by conveying the realities of African economy in that the best way to make money would be to get diamonds from environment rather than run missions to get them.
Can't the respawn shit be modded away?
>>319666009
> Twice as big map
But FC2 already had a pretty large map? Like, 50 square kilometers of which half is accessible. It's Oblivion sized. And has a lot of enviromental variety: Savannahs, Deserts, Jungle, Mountains, Scrubland, Steppe, Swamps and watery districts.
>>319667551
not really fucked, it just meant you couldn't hope to take out an entire camp without rasing any suspicion. Silencers where more for confusion and disorientation than splinter-cell style, ghost, stuff. I think it's fitting for a game focusing on gritty realism.
>>319667315
They should combine Nightfall and FC2 for the ultimate africa experience.
>Far Cry 2
fucking hidden gem, or rather, rough diamond. fantastic concept, location, story, beautifully connects story and game and makes you feel like you're in africa. guns jam, your health sucks, you have malaria, you have to use your map manually, there's several little 'choices' in the game that are subtle (not for example, like infamous: CHOOSE A OR B) and increase your investment in the story. the shitty part is the AI. enemy bullet sponges, enemy outposts constantly respawn and stealth is impossible without a mod
>Far Cry 3
very different from 2, but very good as well, and way more polished. game also integrates story and game. first you're a wimp running away in the jungle, then you're a drugged out tatau stealth warrior and the protag is as crazy as the player. fantastic story, great character arc, sublime villain. gameplay is more fast paced, balanced and polished. the islands are huge, but there's lots of ways to get around in the stunning environment, and also little cool things like poker, collectibles, weapon customization, hunting & crafting.
both vastly different concepts for far cry, but both are awesome. it's just that 3 is way better made
>2
Idea: 10/10
Execution: 6.5/10
>3
Idea: 10/10
Executuion: 9.5/10
>>319667859
Dylan's mod makes the chance of outpost guards chasing you much smaller.
>>319666708
I remember before and on release everyone was shitting themselves over the question "Is FC2 better looking than The Crysis??". I think it's pretty clear that in polycount, texture size and shader effect stacking FC2 was nowhere near Crysis, but it still looked good overall, maybe even better as a stylistic whole. The general art direction was strong and everything from the nature to buildings to people and equipment meshed well together. The fact that FC2 made its world look and feel natural when it was an open-world and scenery could be viewed at any angle at anytime is what's actually noteworthy. Crysis was in the end a linear experience where the developers always knew what the player would be looking at and fine tune their vistas accordingly.
>>319661248
>Can we agree that this is the best open world game ever made?
Depends on the criteria. In general, I'm inclined to say no.
Best Far Cry though.
>>319668351
Fuck off, you are right about far cry 2 being a super idea with mediocre execution.
But 3 is the most vulgar, lowest common denominator crap ever. Completely uninspired/10. And fps mechanics are worse in 3 than in 2 so I dunno wtf ur on about.
See>>319666968
>>319668351
>3
>idea 10/10
>some retarded american teenager taking on thousands of pirates singlehandedly
>you can do it because you have tattoos
Yeah, the idea is grand.
>>319668592
The great pitfall of Far Cry 2's graphics is unfortunately the textures, which never were up to part with the rest of presentation. It's not just the resolution, but the very design: the metal in AK-47 looks blurry and upscaled no matter how much you filter it. The rocks are a mess, as is large amount of the details. Great vegetation and light makes up for a lot, though.
>>319668836
>>319668929
>implying that dudebros aren't actually cool
you guys /v/irgins or something? it's cool that they're initially all frat guy rich dad dicks but jason undergoes a huge change while exposed to the island, the tatau, drugs and adrenaline to the point he doesn't even recognize his friends anymore. after he saves his gf, he breaks it off with her because he realizes they don't have anything in common and wants to stay and fight against vaas and just kinda saves some of the other ones along the way.i still picked the ending where he leaves the island though. but even then, you know that when he returns to LA or where-ever, he'll never be the same
also 10/10 vaas
if you can't enjoy 3 you're literally just a contrarian neckbeard. this was the LAST (as in, most recent release date) good game i've ever played. GTA V and MGSV were OK too
>Gently bump into wildlife with your vehicle
>They dead.
Even Far Cry 3 is better.
>>319669458
>implying that dudebros aren't actually cool
A while before 3 came out, I had loved the multiplayer in the first Far cry for Xbox my buddy had so I gave this a shot.
I thought it was great having just come off stalker. Sure there were issues, but a lot of stuff had been a great idea. I loved that you could drive and fix your jeep. Use an actual map and binos to scout an area.
I don't think there was a single positive response after I posted a thread about it, praising it's strengths and looking into it's weaknesses without shitting on them.
So for that, I'm giving you the post I never had. It's a great game that is terribly forgotten.
>>319669527
Better yet
>wildlife bumps into completely stationary car
>they die
>>319666968
You forgot the worst part, the "boss fights".
Cliffhanger after cliffhanger, you keep getting fucked over by the villian yet hanging on by the skin of your teeth, and what does it all amount to? A couple of QTEs? Are you fucking kidding me? I was infuriated when I fought the Aussie faggot who locks up your friend in the sex dungeon. So unsatisfying.
>>319666708
>>319667121
I should have specified I played it on 360, not PC. It looks like absolute rubbish, I assure you.
>>319661248
>kill everyone in a base
>leave base for 5 min
>return
>all the enemies are back like I've never done anything
>>319661248
I refuse to believe anyone actually thinks that unless they've only read about it and never played it.
Far Cry 2 was almost a tech demo, calling it a game is almost a stretch.
>>319667620
that game was god-tier
too bad they sequel sucked
Not related, but I remember calling some anon a retard for "leaking" that next far cry is going to be a caveman sim.
I'm sorry anon.
Lets face it: If Far Cry 2 was made by eastern europeans /v/ would praise it to high heavens
>>319669458
I could never thrash the story of Far Cry 3 like you just did in that post, and you don't even know it
>jason undergoes a huge change while exposed to the island, the tatau, drugs and adrenaline
Fucking hell...
>>319669956
Yeah guess I did forget that. Who could blame me?
>>319669458
>implying that dudebros aren't actually cool
>>319670653
Yeah because it wouldn't have endlessly respawning checkpoints and guns that explode after 120 rounds.
All that aside, a semi realistic south african bush war / rhodesian fps is my dream game.
>>319669458
I really didn't enjoy FC3. It was technically sound, every individual part of it "worked" but I never felt strong emotions, negative or postive. It looked good and pased the time, but left no mark on me. The quintessential modern AAA game.
>>319661248
Shit game. Completely anti-fun
>>319670653
But that's true.
>>319669458
I also kiled far cry 3. Playing with Chad was fun.
>>319672516
Liked*
