Far Cry 2

[Kendrite]

I just got this in the Steam sale and have put about 1 1/2 into it. It was starting to get good and I was thinking to myself, why did this get such a poor reputation, it's pretty good fun!

Then after a few missions I realised the problem... re-spawns. More the timing of re-spawns.

WTF were Ubisoft thinking setting the re-spawn times so low? You clear a checkpoint, realise you think you've left the stove on so turn around to go back and the checkpoint has completely repopulated! It's BS.

And the games so old I can't imaging Ubisoft patching it now (why they didn't already I don't know).

I've looked for mods but there doesn't seem to be anything to help (is there?).

I honestly believe if they fixed this one thing the games reception would have gone from "meh" to "hey, this is really pretty good."

Anyway, I just had to vent that.

[DarkMellie]

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But yeah, we all feel your pain with that. Fortunately, Far Cry 3 is looking much better.

[PlasmaDavid]

Bit of a bump here:

Am I the only one who really loved FC2 multiplayer?

Singleplayer was a real waste of potential, with **** world population and non-factions, and crappy "story". But the map maker was a real thrill to use.

I only got it a year or two after launch in a Steam sale, and when my mate and I played online we played on a really stupid weird "underground" map and one set in a really really tiny cramped church cemetary, where you could run out of bounds through some alleys to get into some buildings. In other words, almost completely non-thematic maps, similar to silly CSS maps.

I think I recall I did get to play a couple of proper matchmaking maps, but just deathmatch.

Did anyone play multiplayer at launch or with mates and have a good African-merc-war time, or was what I experienced pretty common?

Here's to wasted potential, and a multiplayer scene I never properly got to enjoy.

[bishopoz]

i had trouble finding a mp game at launch , or 1 that was stable , i managed to play like 1-2 rounds , and it was great! , just didnt work for me ...

i enjoyed the single player to i must say , yea the re-spawning is annoying as fk but i thought the rest was done well...

[Fireslide]

Yeah, it started off pretty good. But towards the end it got really repetitive. Oh your mission is the other side of the map. You have to kill your way past x checkpoints for the actual fun scripted mission bit, then another hour of boredom to get the next mission.

Just another lesson in realism != fun

[PlasmaDavid]

I never knew that game mode even existed, let alone played it.

I cried tears of blood over the wasted potential of the game. The great game engine and heavenly level maker, all ruined by consolitus.

It could have been both a great game and made a really great statement about certain parts of Africa, but it failed on both counts.

Singleplayer was good for a mindless bash, nothing more.

[Kendrite]

Didn't know it had multilayer either...

Still haven't touched it since original post but not gotten around to uninstalling it.

[PlasmaDavid]

Didn't know it had multilayer either...

Still haven't touched it since original post but not gotten around to uninstalling it.

How could you not know it has multiplayer? >_>

Try the map editor, it's worth it just to cry over such wasted game engine potential.

[Helelix]

I got far cry 2 when I had a **** internet connection so I never played multiplayer (as much as I wanted to). I did try out the map editor and it was brilliant! It takes so little time to make something beautiful in that.

[Kendrite]

Didn't know it had multilayer either...

Still haven't touched it since original post but not gotten around to uninstalling it.

How could you not know it has multiplayer? >_>

Try the map editor, it's worth it just to cry over such wasted game engine potential.

Normally if I pick up a new game I jump straight into the single player so at least know which way is up before going up against real people.

I suppose that because I only played a few hours single player I never got around to the multilayer and have/had forgotten about it!

[Shinanigans]

Didn't know it had multilayer either...

Still haven't touched it since original post but not gotten around to uninstalling it.

How could you not know it has multiplayer? >_>

Try the map editor, it's worth it just to cry over such wasted game engine potential.

If you like that editor, you'll love Sandbox It's that but 1000x more powerful.