Far Cry

[DrSpike]

Does anyone have this game? I am embarrassed to admit this game slipped under my radar until it was released recently. Some are touting it as beating HL2 and Doom3 to the punch in starting the next generation of FPS games. It's not been hyped at all, but the reviews seem very flattering.

[Illuminatus]

It has a demo of over 500 megs.

[Zopperoni]

The real game is 4 GB DVD. It's a cool game if you like FPS games

[Skanky Burns]

Any link to the demo?

[Zopperoni]

http://www.farcry-thegame.com/uk/demo.php

[Skanky Burns]

Danke.

[DrSpike]

500MB demo! It had better be good.

[Zopperoni]

Check out the system requirements as well, they're pretty high:

Minimum
Supported OS: Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP (only)
Processor: 1 GHz
RAM: 256 MB
Video Card: 64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compatible graphics card
Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0b-compatible PCI card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD
Hard Drive Space: 4 GB
Multiplayer: Broadband with 64 Kbps upstream to play (512 Kbps upstream to host 8 players)


Recommended
Supported OS: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP (only)
Processor: AMD Athlon 2400-3000+ or Pentium 4 2-3 GHz
RAM: 512-1024 MB
Video Card: 128 MB GeForce 4 128 MB to GeForce FX 5950; ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT
Sound Card: Sound Blaster® Audigy® series
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 8x-16x DVD
Hard Drive Space: 4 GB
Multiplayer: Broadband with 64 Kbps upstream to play (512 Kbps upstream to host 8 players)

[DrSpike]

Excellent..........I like games that put my system through its paces.

[pg]

it's supposed to be a really killer fps game in single player. multiplayer seems more of a mixed bag but it's rumored to have superb modding tools.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by pg
it's supposed to be a really killer fps game in single player. multiplayer seems more of a mixed bag but it's rumored to have superb modding tools.

Sounds familiar...

Half-Life

[Adagio]

I have the full game, and it looks promising... great graphics, large maps... I've only got to second level though...

First level is some very large beach level, which ends when you're going into a ship. In the ship you have to fight your way to the top, which is where I'm now. On the top of the boat there's tons of soldiers, plus an annoying hilicopter... I've only once managed to kill all soldiers, but then I got killed as I tried to get the escape boat into the water... the boat killed me


It's interesting that in level 2 you can quickly go back to level 1, by jumping of the ship (into the water), then swim ashore

[DrSpike]

ADG if you used the same method to get this as you described in the UT2004 thread I am amazed at your prowess.

[BustaMike]

I've got the full version. Graphically, it is the best looking game released to date and it manages to run a a good framerate on my pretty average system (Gforce 4 TI 4200, 1 gig RAM, Athlon 1800+) with all settings on either medium or high. I can't put enough emphasis on how amazing this game looks.

Graphics is about all the game is good for, however. The gameplay is adequate. The story is basically non-existant. And the voice acting... oh god! Only resident evil 1 has worse voice acting than this game. Overall I'd probably give it a 7 or 7.5 of 10.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Doc
ADG if you used the same method to get this as you described in the UT2004 thread I am amazed at your prowess.

You have no idea

Originally posted by BustaMike
And the voice acting... oh god! Only resident evil 1 has worse voice acting than this game.

I take that you haven't played The Black Mirror... and for Gods sake, don't ever play it