Don't get me wrong the game is great but there are a couple of things that make me cringe:

FALL DAMAGE - You can never tell if you are going to jump to your death or do a nice slide off a hill. Complete a quest now all I got to do is loot the body down the slight hill. Nope dead and have to do the mission all over again.

STEALTH MISSIONS - Objective is to kill them all. I am sorry sir you used a gun and you were supposed to use a knife only. WTF can't use my gun in a FPS game? Is this a FPK game instead.

No you cannot use your gun in an FPS game!

@Blastroid said:

Don't get me wrong the game is great but there are a couple of things that make me cringe:

FALL DAMAGE - You can never tell if you are going to jump to your death or do a nice slide off a hill. Complete a quest now all I got to do is loot the body down the slight hill. Nope dead and have to do the mission all over again.

STEALTH MISSIONS - Objective is to kill them all. I am sorry sir you used a gun and you were supposed to use a knife only. WTF can't use my gun in a FPS game? Is this a FPK game instead.

I agree with you on the fall damage to begin with, but I've now put enough time into the game to be able to recognise where I'm going to take fall damage and where I'm not, you'll get used to it eventually.

Psssh guns! I take out enemy encampments with nothing but my knife!

I don't like how there isn't a crouch toggle off option. At least I haven't been able to find one. I'm having troubles adapting. But thats pretty much my only complaint.

I think I figured out the problem with fall damage. It seems to be a trigger with running. As in, if you are running you can easily take fall damage from just small ledges, but if you're walking you can actually fall/slide down rather large distances.

Those missions are A. side activities, so you can completely ignore them if so desired. B. you can still use your guns on any of the enemies except the target C. are not stealth missions, the instant kill works on alerted enemies as long as they aren't looking directly at you, and the objective also completes if you kill the target by a standard knife attack, so basically you can run into those enemies guns blazing kill everyone, then run up to the target dude and take 2-3 knife swings at him

@Blastroid said:

Don't get me wrong the game is great but there are a couple of things that make me cringe:

FALL DAMAGE - You can never tell if you are going to jump to your death or do a nice slide off a hill. Complete a quest now all I got to do is loot the body down the slight hill. Nope dead and have to do the mission all over again.

STEALTH MISSIONS - Objective is to kill them all. I am sorry sir you used a gun and you were supposed to use a knife only. WTF can't use my gun in a FPS game? Is this a FPK game instead.

Hmmmm, I think you are talking about the assassination missions, Just scope out the camp before hand with the camera to suss out who the leader is.

Yeah fall damage can be pretty funny though, was running through the jungle and saw a cliff to jump off into water, jumped off it and it was rocks below instead, DEAD.

Definitely agree on fall damage. There's times I can maneuver my way down a steep mountain/hillside and be okay and others I'll take a ton of damage.

Also I can not land the hang glider for the fucking life of me. I constantly eat dirt and have to heal up right away. >_>

@kishinfoulux: Press 'E' or the alternative to 'get in/out vehicle' on whatever you're playing, after dropping the hang glider. You have to be going level (holding down on the analog stick) to be able to land.

There was one point where I accidentally fell off a sizeable cliff, yet it continually respawned me on the edge of the cliff on some geometry that automatically slid me down the cliff and killed me. every. time. It was funny at first but then it got bothersome when I had to fast travel back to a safe house and trek back over to the camp. That's my only complain, and it's quite related to fall damage

The sliding effect for going down a steep hill is really well handled. I was surprised that it matters to me at all, but I like it a lot and will miss it now forever in games that just have you doing whatever you call that awkward way it's always been.

@Adziboy said:

@kishinfoulux: Press 'E' or the alternative to 'get in/out vehicle' on whatever you're playing, after dropping the hang glider. You have to be going level (holding down on the analog stick) to be able to land.

I knew about bailing out, but I'm thinking my problem is not keeping it level enough. I'll try to pay more attention to that next time.

STEALTH MISSIONS - Objective is to kill them all. I am sorry sir you used a gun and you were supposed to use a knife only. WTF can't use my gun in a FPS game? Is this a FPK game instead.

@Blastroid said:

STEALTH MISSIONS - Objective is to kill them all. I am sorry sir you used a gun and you were supposed to use a knife only. WTF can't use my gun in a FPS game? Is this a FPK game instead.

Does using silencers get around that?

Those missions are A. side activities, so you can completely ignore them if so desired. B. you can still use your guns on any of the enemies except the target C. are not stealth missions, the instant kill works on alerted enemies as long as they aren't looking directly at you, and the objective also completes if you kill the target by a standard knife attack, so basically you can run into those enemies guns blazing kill everyone, then run up to the target dude and take 2-3 knife swings at him

First-Person Knifer is my new favorite genre.

@Blastroid said:

Don't get me wrong the game is great but there are a couple of things that make me cringe:

FALL DAMAGE - You can never tell if you are going to jump to your death or do a nice slide off a hill. Complete a quest now all I got to do is loot the body down the slight hill. Nope dead and have to do the mission all over again.

STEALTH MISSIONS - Objective is to kill them all. I am sorry sir you used a gun and you were supposed to use a knife only. WTF can't use my gun in a FPS game? Is this a FPK game instead.

Fall damage can be negated by sliding down hills. Just hold back while sliding down. Don't jump either.

Forced stealth; use rocks. Enemies are dumb as rocks, and that's a good thing too, since it allow the stealth to work properly.

Hunting. I understand they want to make tigers and bares something to be feared but when you empty a full clip of your SMG in to the animals head, that should be enough to kill it.

The way you move around the world is awesome and feels so fluid. fall damage is not an issue if you aren't trying to sprint down a mountain!

@plaintomato said:

The sliding effect for going down a steep hill is really well handled. I was surprised that it matters to me at all, but I like it a lot and will miss it now forever in games that just have you doing whatever you call that awkward way it's always been.

You know what crazy thing I just freaking LOVE that is seemingly so tiny and insignificant: the skill where you slide on the ground when you press crouch while running.

It just feels so bad-ass to be running the perimeter of an outpost and see someone almost spotting you but you just slide back in the bushes, with your gun pulling backwards. This game is the best Rambo simulator ever.

STEALTH MISSIONS - Objective is to kill them all. I am sorry sir you used a gun and you were supposed to use a knife only. WTF can't use my gun in a FPS game? Is this a FPK game instead.

@jozzy said:

@plaintomato said:

The sliding effect for going down a steep hill is really well handled. I was surprised that it matters to me at all, but I like it a lot and will miss it now forever in games that just have you doing whatever you call that awkward way it's always been.

You know what crazy thing I just freaking LOVE that is seemingly so tiny and insignificant: the skill where you slide on the ground when you press crouch while running.

It just feels so bad-ass to be running the perimeter of an outpost and see someone almost spotting you but you just slide back in the bushes, with your gun pulling backwards. This game is the best Rambo simulator ever.

Completely agree. They really handled the feeling of mobility really well. The sliding down hills, the climbing animations, the run slide you're talking about, the way you move fast enough to not feel like they purposely made you plod around or unable to sprint more than five feet just to pad out the length of the game. I liked FC2, and this is waaaay better. I guess I'll probably hit 20 hours of gameplay before even touching a story mission, just because it's fun.

I don't mind stealth missions where you can actually kill someone but there is a story mission where you cannot be seen and you cannot kill anyone. It's instant fail if you are seen and sometimes it doesn't even give you the warning bar to say you're close to being seen. Whoever thought this was fun, it's not, it's annoying. Fuck the guy who put this in.

Those assassination missions are so easy to cheese. The game auto-saves as soon as you make the kill, so just identify the target and run at him. If the other soldiers kill you then it saves having to walk all the way back to camp.

@Tennmuerti said:

Those missions are A. side activities, so you can completely ignore them if so desired. B. you can still use your guns on any of the enemies except the target C. are not stealth missions, the instant kill works on alerted enemies as long as they aren't looking directly at you, and the objective also completes if you kill the target by a standard knife attack, so basically you can run into those enemies guns blazing kill everyone, then run up to the target dude and take 2-3 knife swings at him

Yeap I was hoping someone already pointed this stuff out. Personally I prefer takedowns anyway just because they net the most exp. Then again where I am in the story I am sitting on 2 maybe 3 skill points and have already unlocked every skill I have access to.....

The op's cliff complaint is legit though, I have died once or twice to what looked like a safe move.

@mordukai said:

@Blastroid: Seems that quite a few people think the fall damage is pretty harsh, or at least very unrefined, so I expect them to patch that in soon. As far as Assassination mission then while I don't fully agree with you I do fully understand where you are coming from. it seems they took so much care to get the player "play his own style" that it's rather odd they will make knife/stealth kills a requirement for success or faliur. They could have just made it so the knife/stealth kill is a bonus requirement for extra exp or money.

That isn't it. The mission is a Rakkyat "Dead Man" mission. They are literally paying you to kill the target as a "true Rakkyat" would. In other words the people posting the jobs are literally telling you that they want the dude killed with a knife. Since that is what they are paying you for that is how it has to be. Every other aspect of the mission is up to you though.

Well after awhile I now became a master at the mountain ski slide. Holding back while sliding down even the steepest mountain works well. I also spent a point in fall health reduction. Still not a fan of knife kills as a mandatory. Loving the sniper rifle for taking out those alarm boxes from far away. The sound of a comodo dragon gives me the creeps.