Far Cry 3 announced

With this game I'll wait until a demo is available. Far Cry 2 was one of the biggest let downs of the past few years. Stopped playing after a few hours, because the enemies were rediculous. They even saw you perfectly as you were hiding in bushes and such.

 

I keep thinking of trying to play FC2 again but I too quit that game after only a few hours. I can see the appeal for the few who liked it, because it has STALKER elements, but I think the STALKER games do that gameplay vastly better.

Who has played the Xbox editions of Far Cry? Far Cry Instincts. Those are not straight ports so they feel like sequels but they are a bit less open. They have the same kind of look and setting as the PC game. The animal instinct super powers are strange but entertaining. I thought they utilized the SuperNforce in the Xbox well too.

 

While I didn't like FC2, I really did like the ideas and the setting of FC2. I'm hoping they don't discard everything they accomplished, or at least tried to accomplish with FC2 and merely opt for the easy way out by simply rehashing the first game.

 

I started off liking it, great setting and amazing graphics. But the constant travelling back and forth across the entire map got very tedious and the story itself was very boring IMO. I stopped playing after about 15 hours or so. I may go back and try to finish it once I'm finished with all the other games I want to play (so probably in about 4 years!)

 

http://videos.videogameszone.de/hdvideo/6809/Far-Cry-3-Kommentiertes-Video

Commentary... no audio here at work, so I don't know if it's in German. Possibly 360 footage.

 

Well, I forced myself through FC2 because I've paid full pre-order price for it on Steam
Anyway the game had very good ideas ruined by repetition and stupid AI/respawns. The thing which surprised me a bit was the ending. Last 5-10% of the game was quite good with plausible story.

I agree with most posters here, if FC3 is closer to FC1 then I will buy it no doubt. If it's FC2 clone then even pretty graphics won't swing me towards it

 

FC3 doesn't look anything like FC2!

 

That gameplay video looks rad ! I think this might be the best shooter this year !

 

Genre: Ego-Shooter

 

Achieved with CryEngine 3.

 

I thought it was confirmed to be using a new version of Dunia.

 

I was hoping to see a more robust sand box editor this time ... I guess we will wait and see. Some property modifiers, especially for weapons, would have been very cool in addition to some more robust vehicle and game mode options.

 

Came across this (about the engine):

http://www.gamespot.com/far-cry-3/videos/far-cry-3-interview-with-jason-vendenberghe-6328951/

http://twitter.com/#!/CryJR/status/171278621779042304

 

That's what I thought! Must just be people still confused by the franchise's original connection to Crytek and repeating their misconceptions as fact. An engine change didn't make sense anyway. Far Cry 2 was a remarkable technical achievement and I expect great things from the improved version of Dunia!

 

Seems like as if it was about some discussions like those:

http://twitter.com/#!/CryJR/status/171209961131614208
http://twitter.com/#!/CryJR/status/171218869241913346
http://twitter.com/#!/CryJR/status/171258072747081729
http://twitter.com/#!/CryJR/status/171264255595790337
http://twitter.com/#!/CryJR/status/171264454246412290
http://twitter.com/#!/CryJR/status/171278621779042304

But again:

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1625285&postcount=113

 

http://engineroom.ubi.com/deferred-radiance-transfer-volumes/

 

http://engineroom.ubi.com/far-cry-3-video-showcases-impressive-animation-tech/

 

new pc shots..













Multiplayer footage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-jo-AX_7V4

 

Actually looks a lot like Dead Island. Those blood clouds are a bit over the top.

 

Aren't they smoke signals?