God damnit. How is this possible, the activation servers aren't up yet? What the shit. Motherfuck. This drm assrape is getting worse all the time. It also makes you have the disc in the drive. Seriously, enough is enough. Have to go through bullshit activation and cd key ARGHHH. For what? The piraters are cruising. CRUISING.
Turns out I hate the game anyway. Haha. Awful narrow fov, shoddy inaccurate shooting and aiming, the game world feels tiny and claustrophobic, and empty, and dead. It just feels like a consolegame to play, this being a product of the fov and aiming and maybe the dumb drawn out animations for every press of the 'action' button I guess.. maybe something else, the mouse movement feels weird. If I could get this game to run in windowed mode I'd try to play it with a 360 controller, it's probably better like that. So, in conclusion.. this game is no good at all. Hope you console doods are enjoying this at least, this one's for you. No bullshit, just sit down and play the way it was meant to be played. PC gamers fucked in the ass again. God. Damnit. I hate you ubisoft. I really hate you. I'm really seriously pissed off.
Here's another review score to the pile; 2/5. Positive points are; nice stats screen, it keeps track of a bunch of stuff (it looks like the standard gta3 stat screen) and there's quite a few things to do if you're able to enjoy the gameplay experience.. also the enemies go down fairly quickly, no bullshit or drawn out shooting-- they drop at the headshot.
This review based on 10-15 minutes of gameplay. Rant over.
Far Cry 2
Game » consists of 16 releases. Released Oct 21, 2008
The sequel to the original Far Cry dispenses with Jack Carver, and moves the action to a war-consumed Africa complete with an open-ended storyline involving civil war, several hours of missions, heated gunplay, and a slew of dynamic elements powered by a new engine.
Oh my god I was forced to crack the .exe to play this
wow, really, I see if my steam version is any better in the activation departments, but damn that suck bad. The funny thing is that i got a copy of The witcher form steam and it also give me a CD-Key that i have but i don't need to play it, or it alreadly active.
"This game is out already?Yeah, got it in the mail today.
"
Agent_Lost said:
"wow, really, I see if my steam version is any better in the activation departments, but damn that suck bad. The funny thing is that i got a copy of The witcher form steam and it also give me a CD-Key that i have but i don't need to play it, or it alreadly active."
Ah, the witcher key is a little different as it only gives you access to patches and the stuff from the site. You can play fine without putting in the key. And also for the original version you had to be registered with the key on the site to download the uh.. enhanced edition update, I think. Could be wrong on this. But the thinking behind the witcher key is a little different than regular keys.
pause422 said:
"Its just your opinion, which I am not taking seriously by that post."
Hehe. That's fine, it wasn't written in a very serious manner true.. but it's honestly how I feel. I don't really like to influence peoples' buying decisions anyway.. games are by and large personal preference and I know I love many terrible and buggy/flawed games many people would hate. This is partly the reason I stopped reviewing games, as my taste is somewhat particular and I didn't want to ruin it for anyone-- I don't know if I ever did, but the chance of it happening is pretty big when you're out there in print and on the internet. But yeah I just couldn't stop myself from writing a bit more after I was done with crying about the cd key thing. :)
"is this guy serious?"
What do you mean?
"Man...it's really that bad?
So, not worth it?
That sucks. I thought for sure Far Cry 2 would be similar to Call of Duty 4 in the sense that it's meant for PC."
It feels kind of like Bioshock to me, so if you were fine with that I'm sure you'll be ok. Did I just read the other day they weren't planning on releasing a demo? Hope not.
"Ok yea that really is lame. I totally understand your anger. I'm all for companies trying to prevent pirates from stealing their games, but man it's really getting ridiculous when honest customers have to suffer the consequences."That's the problem with piracy though. It's only ever the legit that suffer.
I just preordered the Limited Edition (it comes out tomorrow in Europe - or Norway at least), so hopefully you are wrong. Very, very wrong.
"I'm guessing there's no ragdoll on dead bodies. Probably no craters or good environmental decals. Probably like 5 textures."What...?
How many games have you played where you can create craters? I'm pretty sure there's ragdoll, and the textures and models are nicely done. Not technically amazing graphics, but very stylized to create the illusion of it.
"I just preordered the Limited Edition (it comes out tomorrow in Europe - or Norway at least), so hopefully you are wrong. Very, very wrong."
Halla. Hvis du hadde bestilt fra cdon hadde du fått spillet i dag du også. :) Eller, alle andre steder begynte sikkert også å sende ut samtidig som cdon. Ingen reklame takk.
OK, here the Steam update,
Yes, you need to activated the game, event if you got from steam. I had to check server and all.
ehh, well i was gunna buy it today but i thought id save myself. i want to wait untill all the big games have their reviews out.
whining about the DRM is fair enough.
but reviewing the game after fifteen minutes of play, while pissed off at something outside of the developers is dumb.
real reviews.
"whining about the DRM is fair enough.
but reviewing the game after fifteen minutes of play, while pissed off at something outside of the developers is dumb.
real reviews."
This review is guaranteed drm assrape influence-free. Guaranteed!
Also, I should probably have put a smiley or something for the 10-15 mins thing as that was not actual factual time, but a fabrication for the funnies. Let's say 30 mins (haha) or so after the tutorial bullshit. Enough now to experience the respawning crap and other mission/driving annoyances. All there is to the game beyond this point is more content, the mechanics have been exhausted and this truly is all you need for a great and accurate review.
Really need some fov settings enabled. They left console with some commands in there but didn't bother to REALLY let us customise the game experience. More annoyances.
It's piling up.
"real reviews."
And yeah, as I already said-- the 360 version is probably the better one for people who play 360, versus what someone who would get the PC version would want. It's a consolegame and I'm only talking about the PC version, as a PC dood.
And yeah, as I already said-- the 360 version is probably the better one for people who play 360, versus what someone who would get the PC version would want. It's a consolegame and I'm only talking about the PC version, as a PC dood."
I'm trying to figure out what this means, but I'm convinced it's some obscure dialect.
This guy played the game for 10-15 minutes, you can't really make a full accurate review and decision in 15 minutes.
ajr123 said:
"This guy played the game for 10-15 minutes, you can't really make a full accurate review and decision in 15 minutes."
I think I can since I'm not "reviewing" the mission content and story whatever. I'll stop calling it a review from here on out. More funnies killed off. I'm running on fumes here.
daniel_beck_90 said:
"Console gaming is the future - PC gaming will be dead in a couple of years .
"
PC games got you pretty much all your giantbomb wiki points, show some respect!
PC gaming won't really be dead, but that's off topic.
You really can't have a complete impression of a game like this within 30 minutes. It really isn't up for debate, 30 minutes is around 1/100th of the time it takes to finish the story on average. Your 15 minutes is 1/200th; ridiculous. Play some more, unlock some shit, experiment, see where it goes, but don't go and trash the game based on that minuscule amount of time. That's ludicrous.
I can, and I did. I'm not talking about the content, which in itself is the same thing over and over again. There's nothing else to the game past that first half hour. You find implementation variations, but the game is exactly the same. That first tutorial mission, that's the whole game right there. The variation is in how you yourself choose to kill the dudes in and around a place, big whoop.
"I can, and I did. I'm not talking about the content, which in itself is the same thing over and over again. There's nothing else to the game past that first half hour. You find implementation variations, but the game is exactly the same. That first tutorial mission, that's the whole game right there. The variation is in how you yourself choose to kill the dudes in and around a place, big whoop."Either you're just trolling now, or you have no idea what you're talking about.
"C,mon man , look at the sales and compare 2008 's PC sales with 2007 , and compare 2007's with 2006 and ........... . you 'll notice it your self .daniel_beck_90 said:
"Console gaming is the future - PC gaming will be dead in a couple of years .
"
PC games got you pretty much all your giantbomb wiki points, show some respect!"
"Cyclonus said:The mods didnt delete your post... got too many negative ratings."C,mon man , look at the sales and compare 2008 's PC sales with 2007 , and compare 2007's with 2006 and ........... . you 'll notice it your self .daniel_beck_90 said:
"Console gaming is the future - PC gaming will be dead in a couple of years .
"
PC games got you pretty much all your giantbomb wiki points, show some respect!"
PS
some of the moderators in this website are not decent guys . they have not deleted Demilich 's post in which he insulted me but instead deleted my answer ."
"daniel_beck_90 said:ehem !! I see ..!"Cyclonus said:The mods didnt delete your post... got too many negative ratings.""C,mon man , look at the sales and compare 2008 's PC sales with 2007 , and compare 2007's with 2006 and ........... . you 'll notice it your self .daniel_beck_90 said:
"Console gaming is the future - PC gaming will be dead in a couple of years .
"
PC games got you pretty much all your giantbomb wiki points, show some respect!"
PS
some of the moderators in this website are not decent guys . they have not deleted Demilich 's post in which he insulted me but instead deleted my answer ."
Actually, I've enjoyed the game somewhat the last previous couple of hours playing it now. No way in hell I'll ever finish the main storyline crap, but it's a start.. right? Seriously need that fov patch.
daniel_beck_90 said:
"Cyclonus said:"C,mon man , look at the sales and compare 2008 's PC sales with 2007 , and compare 2007's with 2006 and ........... . you 'll notice it your self .daniel_beck_90 said:
"Console gaming is the future - PC gaming will be dead in a couple of years .
"
PC games got you pretty much all your giantbomb wiki points, show some respect!"
"
Where are the numbers? Btw. Pretty much all my personal pc game purchases this year have been through download services gamersgate/stardockimpulse/steam/etc, this game right here Far Cry 2 was the first box in a long time.. so, any american retailer numbers or whatever you've been reading will have to do something extra special to impress. Hot tip.
Jayge said:
"Cyclonus said:"I can, and I did. I'm not talking about the content, which in itself is the same thing over and over again. There's nothing else to the game past that first half hour. You find implementation variations, but the game is exactly the same. That first tutorial mission, that's the whole game right there. The variation is in how you yourself choose to kill the dudes in and around a place, big whoop."Either you're just trolling now, or you have no idea what you're talking about."
Or you're just not understanding what I was saying? It wasn't that complex. The game mechanics stay the same regardless of missions/weapons/vehicles and where you are on the map, it's not an rpg-- your guy doesn't evolve over time, his skillset and available actions stay the same. No mutants from malaria.
"oops, sorry about that.It is. I'll try to move over to talking more giantbombish moving forward.
But he linked 360 reviews anyway, and again it's probably a fine game for consolers. Different expectations and history in fps games and all that.
"
what i meant to say was.
Real Reviews
"Or you're just not understanding what I was saying? It wasn't that complex. The game mechanics stay the same regardless of missions/weapons/vehicles and where you are on the map, it's not an rpg-- your guy doesn't evolve over time, his skillset and available actions stay the same. No mutants from malaria."The AI, available weaponry, story-based missions and other gameplay factors definitely do change over time, as does the user's playstyle along with those. Not something you'd understand if you've only played for 15 minutes. You can't pass judgement on such a small portion of the game. You didn't even complete the tutorial. So I'll refine that post: you're both trolling, *and* have no idea what you're talking about. Hand in hand, really.
After I heard about the SecuROM I just pirated it. Life is too short for DRM bullshit. If they take out the SecuROM malware, I'll buy it.
You know you do not have to put up with this. When companies do not take care of their customers then they do not deserve those customers anymore.
Plus SecuROM itself is illegal. It breaks 2 California state laws. Need I remind you that is where silicon valley is.
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