This game seriously just jumped into my must buy list.  I'd assumed that it was just going to be another gimped version for consoles like Far Cry 1 was.  Not only does it look like it runs but it looks like it runs well.  Really damn well.  Not sure if they've cut out the loading screens transitioning from testing maps to editing them but damn that video is slick.

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/08/19/far-cry-2s-map-editor-is-flipping-amazing/

ALSO OF NOTE:  Read the Halo 3 fanboys defend Halo 3's Forge at the expense of their dignity in the comments.

Oh my god man, I love you.

In a brotherly way.

I've been waiting for this reveal for months. Hell, it was already in my top 5 for the fall, but...

FUCK. YEAH.

Edit: Here's an embed, everyone.

I know right?  How freaking awesome is that?  I just hope that we can map share too.  MS made the exception for Halo 3 but didn't for N+.  Wonder what they'll do with this 3rd party game

I dunno. You could still (sorta) save N+ user episodes if you had played them before, and were still in the game; but it really didn't have the content structure of N.

Maybe FC2 with Ubisoft's "fuck you, we make you money!" attitude can pull some levers.

That's really damn impressive - is that really a seamless transition between the editor and gameplay? I know it's been done before but it seems more impressive on that scale, somehow.
This will be big on PC. and huge if MS allows content sharing...

Holy fricken cow, you've just sold Far Cry 2 to me!

I haven't been this stunned by the awesomeness of a game in a long time. I didn't think Far Cry 2 would have much say in GOTY, but watching that shows that this could just be Game of the Year. Looks amazing.

What makes this extra special, I never thought such a detailed map editor would come to consoles. I am buying this on day one.

My geekyness is on full display here, I'm actually feeling very excited. Thanks for posting.

Damn, i had no intention to play Farcry 2 until now, excellent find!

lol they updated it from the first one and made it far better im so happy

oh and sick profile image tc

I really don't think that it is that seemless.  I suspect that its been edited.  The demo guy doesn't seem to actually choose where he wants to spawn.  Typically he'd need to chose a spawn location.  Then again showing the guy creating spawn points, not good demo skills so it still could be that seemless.

The weather and time of day things impress me the most.

"I really don't think that it is that seemless.  I suspect that its been edited.  The demo guy doesn't seem to actually choose where he wants to spawn.  Typically he'd need to chose a spawn location.  Then again showing the guy creating spawn points, not good demo skills so it still could be that seemless.

The weather and time of day things impress me the most."

That looks sweet. I think I will be buying this game.

ms allows content sharing, just not external content creation. 

"ms allows content sharing, just not external content creation. "

Because Halo is Bungie, as in Microsoft's Bitch. Halo could do anything it wanted to get ahead of the competition and MS would let it.

This completely blows Halo 3's Forge editor away!

While we're all excited about Far Cry 2 (well I am)  Aparently this is the 360 version too

EDIT:  HA! Cracked it! Thanks Jayge!

its nothing new to what the unreal editor offers actually less but the ease of use sure is impressive

"While we're all excited about Far Cry 2 (well I am)  Aparently this is the 360 version too

EDIT: How the hell do you embed stuff?

Here's the URL anyways

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14226061/far-cry-2-/videos/farcry2livewire_072308.html;jsessionid=1ora7vuhouy3j"

This was a pretty damn good video. I'm impressed.

I think my favorite part was the fact that there doesn't appear to be any kind of gimmick like Forge's money count, which was stupid. It should never have been made into a "gametype".

Also, the teraforming looks great. The map template is huge. I wonder if you can make it smaller, or you have to border off with mountains? And then, what happens when you put in a hang-glider or a plane?

POSSIBILITIES.

"I think my favorite part was the fact that there doesn't appear to be any kind of gimmick like Forge's money count, which was stupid. It should never have been made into a "gametype".

Also, the teraforming looks great. The map template is huge. I wonder if you can make it smaller, or you have to border off with mountains? And then, what happens when you put in a hang-glider or a plane?

POSSIBILITIES."

There's at least a plane prop, which was shown in the video.

"Jayge said:

"I think my favorite part was the fact that there doesn't appear to be any kind of gimmick like Forge's money count, which was stupid. It should never have been made into a "gametype".

Also, the teraforming looks great. The map template is huge. I wonder if you can make it smaller, or you have to border off with mountains? And then, what happens when you put in a hang-glider or a plane?

POSSIBILITIES."

i dont think there are planes ......."

A boy can dream.

Actually while the guy is waiting for the flames to spread and he's spinning around I noticed that theres a small red to green bar in the upper left that moves quite randomly.  I wonder if thats the chance of a frame rate drop in the current area due to the amount of objects and stuff that's going on.  I'm still betting that Far Cry 2 will chug a little under a lot of stress.  Don't take my word on this but I'd assume that the map could be as big as the single player map potentially, I mean the tech is there to stream a 50km^2 map.  Actually come to think of it will these be single player or multiplayer maps?  Will I be able to create a coop map and beat it with my friends or is it strictly for deathmatch mode?  It would be awesome to be able to create my own defend the castle style mode for me and a friend or whatever.

"Actually while the guy is waiting for the flames to spread and he's spinning around I noticed that theres a small red to green bar in the upper left that moves quite randomly.  I wonder if thats the chance of a frame rate drop in the current area due to the amount of objects and stuff that's going on.  I'm still betting that Far Cry 2 will chug a little under a lot of stress.  Don't take my word on this but I'd assume that the map could be as big as the single player map potentially, I mean the tech is there to stream a 50km^2 map.  Actually come to think of it will these be single player or multiplayer maps?  Will I be able to create a coop map and beat it with my friends or is it strictly for deathmatch mode?  It would be awesome to be able to create my own defend the castle style mode for me and a friend or whatever."

"Jayge said:

"I think my favorite part was the fact that there doesn't appear to be any kind of gimmick like Forge's money count, which was stupid. It should never have been made into a "gametype".

Also, the teraforming looks great. The map template is huge. I wonder if you can make it smaller, or you have to border off with mountains? And then, what happens when you put in a hang-glider or a plane?

POSSIBILITIES."

i dont think there are planes ......."

"ZombieHunter said:

"Jayge said:

"I think my favorite part was the fact that there doesn't appear to be any kind of gimmick like Forge's money count, which was stupid. It should never have been made into a "gametype".

Also, the teraforming looks great. The map template is huge. I wonder if you can make it smaller, or you have to border off with mountains? And then, what happens when you put in a hang-glider or a plane?

POSSIBILITIES."

i dont think there are planes ......."

there was a plane in the video it was on or near the train."

They are multiplayer maps only

"ok i know your wrong about as big as single player map and the old farcry you could have like 300 objects in view and the frame rate wouldn't dip at all and its strictly for multiplayer but im sure there will be a large amount of multi player mode to choose from "

"ZombieHunter said:

"ok i know your wrong about as big as single player map and the old farcry you could have like 300 objects in view and the frame rate wouldn't dip at all and its strictly for multiplayer but im sure there will be a large amount of multi player mode to choose from "

No no you misunderstand I wasn't saying thats what will happen, just saying I'd imagine it would be possible if we were creating single player maps.  A little gutted that its multiplayer only, I would have loved to see a coop mode in here somewhere.  I'll have to find out more about Far Cry 2 and its mutliplayer now, but honestly the biggest surprise to me so far is how well it runs and how good it looks."

Nothing surprising since FC instinct predator already have a map editor. Now they should show us the multiplayer.

This looks leagues better than the original game. :D

"Nothing surprising since FC instinct predator already have a map editor. Now they should show us the multiplayer."

"Ma7moud said:

"Nothing surprising since FC instinct predator already have a map editor. Now they should show us the multiplayer."

We all knew Far Cry 2 would have an editor. We didn't realize it was so awesome."

That was pretty fucking sweet.

A lot of hours are about to be wasted.  When I used to play Far Cry Instincts on the Xbox I would spend hour after hour making maps out of anything that popped into my head, or just jumping into matchmaking and checking out everyone else's maps.  Now that the map creator has been bulked up even more...I'm afraid about what's going to happen to all of my spare time.

Looks good but I'm still waiting for a game to ship with a Single Player map editor.

I agree man using this map to create single player levels created by players, uploaded to a file share or something like that and then played against the AI would be sweet.  Just to make it perfect, if they allowed coop levels... That would be awesome

Yeah the map editor was always the best feature in Far Cry.

ime going to make the whitehouse or somthing similar

This is one of those moment where I think "Holy crap! It's the future already!"

Who's excited for this game?
<--- This guy right here is.

"Who's excited for this game?
<--- This guy right here is."

"Shawn said:

"Who's excited for this game?
<--- This guy right here is."

see it applies for me also"

"ZombieHunter said:

"Shawn said:

"Who's excited for this game?
<--- This guy right here is."

see it applies for me also"

It applies for anyone that quotes it really."

You're a bastion of hypocrisy, Zombie XD

wow in the beginning it was meh imo but now its definitely very impressive