Zero Punctuation: Farcry 2
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I liked Yahtzee's point about open ended games; I've always prefered more linear games with better pacing like Bioshock and COD4.
Also, Farcry 2 is not a Cry project; that would be Crysis.
(Actually I did like Far Cry 2, even if it was painfully repetitive at times, so Far Cry 2 + Jennifer Connelly = Win)
Once again, who is that dude who pops up in his videos? He's at 3:32 in this one. The weedy looking guy.
Got better once you realized the only vehicle worth having was the Jeep with the Mk19 grenade launcher, and the only gun worth having was the Milkor MGL-140.
After you got those, clearing out the checkpoints became a lot more fun.
Don't get me wrong, I actually really like Far Cry 2. I'm playing through it very slowly. I couldn't care less about the story, I just like to play through one mission at a time whenever I need to let off some steam and don't feel like doing multiplayer.
I did hate it at first, but I stuck through the first couple hours and the game became a lot more fun once I learned the ins and outs and got some upgraded weapons. Now I think it's a very solid game and would recommend it to any fan of FPS, or eyeball junkies who buy games for the graphics.
Also, as I already explained here, this game was complete utter shit, disappointment of the year. As far as I'm concerned he went easy on it, not mentioning the enormous amount of glitches almost everyone's experienced up to the point of not being able to play the game even after applying the official patches, the sub-par physics engine, budzos' mentioned ultra-fast respawns, terrible AI in general (way worse than Crysis sub-par AI), etc. etc.
At least he did mention repetitiveness. Regarding that, let me put this in perspective for those that haven't played FC2 yet - this game is about three times worse than Assassin's Creed on X360/PS3 was.
With regard to the zebras. I once witnessed a zebra slowly amble up to the front of an empty, parked Jeep. When its nose gently brushed up against the front bumper it promptly fell down dead as if it had been shot through the head.
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Especially since he's an Australian living in England trying to do a South African accent.
>> ^Quboid:It's fine for Brits like me but I guess if you're not used to fluent Brit, trying to understand someone with a British accent butchering a South African accent is just too many weird sounds going on at once
Especially since he's an Australian living in England trying to do a South African accent.
Wait! I thought he was an English dude living in Australia?
But anyway, I love Farcry 2. It might be repetitive, but it's fun. It's fun to hunt guys in the darkness, and it's fun loading up heavy explosives (or strapping them to your car) and blowing everything up. It's a game that lets you wander around and make your own fun, doing missions however you feel at the time.
I liked the mods vs rockers reference. Yeah his accent was a bad attempt at the South African accent that is all over the game. It's fine for Brits like me but I guess if you're not used to fluent Brit, trying to understand someone with a British accent butchering a South African accent is just too many weird sounds going on at once, especially as he drops in and out of the South African accent all over the place. Anyway, I'm off to watch Blood Diamond on Blu-ray - I'm sure it's pretty much like Far Cry 2, right? )
I guess that was the idea - crazy-ass inconsistent accent-game => same in review.
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>> ^Quboid:It's fine for Brits like me but I guess if you're not used to fluent Brit, trying to understand someone with a British accent butchering a South African accent is just too many weird sounds going on at once
Especially since he's an Australian living in England trying to do a South African accent.
Wait! I thought he was an English dude living in Australia?
You know what he meant!
I dont like the GTA series (except 1), because they are so fucking boring and repetitive, so why should I like this game? Its even worse.
Running over zebra's is just a bonus.
if you like like linear, go watch a movie. I have a brain of my own, and like to develop my own story in the world that a game provides me.
It has nothing to do with enjoying linear storytelling. The developers have more control over the pacing in linear games, letting them craft deeper, richer, more immersive and exciting experiences. I would love to play an open ended game with the same quality, but unfortunately, open-ended games spread resources too thin and ends up diluting the whole experience.
Developing your own story in Farcry 2 is all well and good, but it gets boring and repetitive, and ironically, becomes quite mindless.