Comments on: Far Cry 2 Development Video

By: Sarpedon

Sarpedon — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:14:19 +0000

non linear is great if you’ve got more than one ending…If you mission is “hunt down this one guy” I think the game will end when you finally “hunt down that one guy” and he’ll only be in one place, so really it’s a huge landscape that you’ll wander around in until you decided to go and kill that guy you’ve got to go and kill.

By: Lysenko

Lysenko — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:42:25 +0000

Paul: CoD 2 for starters, although I’ll admit that there’s a difference between fighting through snippets of WWII’s north african campaign and exploring the central african savanna. I believe that city level in Halo 2 was set around a futuristic Mombasa, and likewise a few Halo 3 levels are also set in africa. There may be a few others, but that’s off the top of my head.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:59:40 +0000

Thumbs up to the devs for choosing Africa as the setting for the game because I think until now, no FPS game has used Africa as its setting. Or can anyone name me a fps game?

By: DigitalSignalX

DigitalSignalX — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:47:14 +0000

do. want. Definitely going to be the new hotness in 09.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:07:40 +0000

Really a lot of the things I’ve heard about this game seem too good to be true. Real time story telling? Unscripted AI? If they can pull it off, I’ll be a quantum leap ahead of any game currently out.

I can see them pulling a STALKER and releasing a disappointing shell of a game.

By: Pace

Pace — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:28:51 +0000

I feel similarly to Cargo Cult about the realistic killing of ordinary people. I enjoy shooters but I always feel a bit better about it if I’m shooting zombies or aliens or demons or some such. But maybe I’m just a pussy or some such.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:17:39 +0000

I think they’re selling this non-linear thing too hard; I don’t give a damn if a game is linear or non-linear as long as it’s well done.

Now, while this may look like it’s everything it’s promising, so did Crysis only a short while ago. I’m a little more wary now.

By: JohnG

JohnG — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:57:42 +0000

Do I want this.. oh yeah.. doubt it’ll run on my laptop though.

I smell a reason to buy a new computer.

By: Whiskey Jack

Whiskey Jack — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:37:47 +0000

po said: “OK, so a BIG thing that ruins realism for me is when you strafe sideways and the gun moves in a perfectly level straight line”

For me it is when you can’t see your legs, which is in most FPS. When I look down I always feel like the character is 4 feet tall if I can’t see his legs. Apparently it is a lot of animation work though so I can understand why most devs don’t do it.

By: Marcin

Marcin — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:20:41 +0000

This reminds me to fire up Boiling Point again. And Armed Assault, although admittedly the best part of that one is buzzing towns in an assault chopper.

By: much2much

much2much — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:41:59 +0000

OMFG!! Beautiful.

Stalker should be delayed and moved over to this engine.

By: Cian

Cian — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:39:43 +0000

Somehow, working for rebel forces in a Central African civil war seems alot more morally dubious than the normal choices.