Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Crono on Wed Jan 23rd at 11:54am 2008

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Le Chief on Wed Jan 23rd at 12:02pm 2008
Crono, you should have called it "Recently, the video game hype train". The recently threads always seem to do well.

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by reaper47 on Wed Jan 23rd at 12:14pm 2008
I don't see why this doesn't deserve it's own thread?
Far Cry 2 looks amazing. I love how they're doing the grass and the no-loading-times engine sounds more than promising.
I'm not too sure about the hyper-realism, though. Imagine a stamina bar for walking a 25 kilometer map. It hurts.

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Crono on Wed Jan 23rd at 11:29pm 2008
Reaver the reason why I made the thread was so it would be a continuous conversation of upcoming games (as opposed to the list fest it was). When the game gets close to coming out, then yeah, I think it should get it's own thread for thoughts and discussion, but until then ... why?

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Zein on Thu Jan 24th at 12:30am 2008
lol new engine? looks exactly like crytek's engine from Crysis. I mean EXACTLY maybe even the same roof models. check it out sorry for no link to lazy

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Cash Car Star on Thu Jan 24th at 2:49am 2008
The Rush song is better than the game.

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by FatStrings on Thu Jan 24th at 9:29am 2008
it looks amazing, i can't imagine every prop being phisics though i hear it means the mapping software is similar to world of warcraft 3

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Naklajat on Thu Jan 24th at 10:01am 2008
This thread has a serious lack of links.
I remember seeing a Crytek "behind the scenes" vid showcasing a level editor, not sure if it was Crysis or FC2 but it looked awesome. The terrain editing in particular sticks out in my mind, you could push and pull to make actual cave-like indents and the editor would seemlessly add new geometry and fix up textures. [colpr=gray](at least as I recall)[/color]

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Zein on Thu Jan 24th at 5:23pm 2008
Ok im not lazy anymore here are the links
For Far Cry 2 In-game
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tU7lyFmgeFg
Crysis In-game
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3nzMdPwO2Qw
look at the roof models, THEY ARE THE SAME! It's pretty funny.

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by reaper47 on Thu Jan 24th at 6:55pm 2008
Hmmm. How many ways are there to do corrugated sheet metal?
They always claimed to have a totally independent engine. And even if it wasn't - the idea around it is great. More game devs seem to discover Africa as a game setting. It's something you don't see everyday and you can have huge landscapes with interesting rock formations and vegetations.
I'm not sure if Far Cry 2 can deliver on all the things they promised, but even if this turned out to only be a prototype for what is to come for interactive gaming worlds, it's still amazing. I like the freedom.

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Crono on Fri Jan 25th at 12:39am 2008
They initially said it was using a beefed up CryEngine 1. I wouldn't be surprised if they still used CryEngine 1 as a basis for Dunia, considering they've only been working on this game, engine and all, for a year.

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Re: Far Cry 2
Posted by Junkyard God on Mon Feb 11th at 9:56am 2008
people are too lazy to google these days, damnit.

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