Forum Overview :: FarCry 3
 
Thank you! by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 2:57pm PDT
Rafiki wrote:

Missions have checkpoints, when you're in combat (such as raiding a base) you get a checkpoint just before you started. For the most part it works, except for when missions have unskippable cutscenes you have to watch, like the intro. Do NOT stop the game when you get into town and start talking to Dennis. He gives you a "mission" go to the shop. That is not an appropriate time to quit. You will have to go through the entire fucking Dennis intro all over again. The whole thing would have been fixed by being able to skip the fucking cutscenes.

How is it that Star Fox 64 was released in 1997 and had a system that made the first time you viewed a cutscene unskippable and skippable every single time after that, but that didn't instantly become the industry standard? Even later Nintendo games abandoned that. It's bullshit!


I absolutely would have assumed that I could have saved when meeting "Dennis," so thanks. I am stunned that they chained two missions together without letting you save. No I am not, because this is the least consumer-friendly game I have ever played in my life.

I have to write what just happened while it is fresh.

The game decided to give me hints on like five different aspects of gameplay. The 1911 (Hit Escape!). Buying Weapons! (Hit Escape.) I had to hit escape five times in a row to get it to shut the fuck up. I got told to go up to the radio tower and "turn it off." I hit F9 and took a screenshot that told me I couldn't save. The mountain is one of those Bethesda mountains where you totally can climb it... at one particular spot. Well, it's dusk in the game for some reason, so I can't see shit. I try to go around the mountain and get told that I will fail the mission if I keep going that way. (Remember FarCry's open world? Neither does anyone who worked on this game.) I hit F9 and took a screenshot when it told me I couldn't save. I finally figure out how to get up there. I am now dealing with the second-weakest part of an FPS game, walking on ladders. I mean, they already did a bit with a required jump, so I guess this was next. I want to confirm for everyone reading this that doesn't have the game that CryTeam didn't solve the problem of not being able to see your feet in FPS games. They're just fucking retarded people who have never played an FPS before in their lives. I hit F9 and took a screenshot when it told me I couldn't save.

I finally get up there using the awkward climb interface. At this point, my goals and the player character's goals are not in alignment. I hit F9 and took a screenshot when it told me I couldn't save. I open up the lock on the radio tower. Well, no, I didn't. CryTeam thought I'd be too stupid to do that (hey guys, how about a tutorial???) so they just did it for me. Playing this fucking game is like being at the one kid's house who won't give up the joystick and let you fall to your own death in Aztek. I hit F9 and took a screenshot when it told me I couldn't save, but the reason I did that is because they used a fucking network card as the "model" for the circuit board to the radio tower. These homely fucks haven't gone a mile away from their "gaming rigs" since they were fetuses. I hit F9 and took a screenshot when it told me I couldn't save.

At this point, the player character tells me, "Welp, I can't get down the way I came up." Oh, there was something I didn't catch about the sun coming out when I destroyed the radio tower. No idea. To me, the PC saying that was an invitation to walk off the ledge of the tower. I hit F9 and took a screenshot when it told me I couldn't save. I fall down ... and the second before I hit the ground, the game says:

CHECKPOINT REACHED!

Sure enough, the thing resurrected me on the ground, next to Dennis who was blabbing away about something I didn't care about. By the way, forcing a black man to work on this game is worse than the entirety of the history of the American slave trade. I don't want to engage in hyperbole, but it is. I hit F9 and took a screenshot when it told me I couldn't save.

I then find myself on some sort of map screen. The game DID say that it saved, so as far as I am concerned, me and FarCry3 are finished. But the game is telling me to click on a "boar" icon. Herp derp, these primitive people and their need to use animals as letters! (I am making fun of the airport parking at Denver International Airport here, not islanders, to be clear.) I hit F9 and took a screenshot when it told me I couldn't save. But whatever - it saved. I'll just close the map down and quit to the desktop.

ESC didn't work.
Q didn't work.
Hitting ESC many times didn't work.

There was no way to get out of the screen where you have to pick a boar. For all the wonderful things my computer has done, for all the wonder exchanges I have had with friends much more brilliant than I could ever hope to be, for all the letters I have written the girls I have loved, for all the sweat I have poured into my own games and for all the castles and cities I have created with my hands... my PC was now nothing more than a boar icon-picking device for what has become the worst gaming experience I have ever endured.

I went to the task manager to kill the game's process. Steam lost all my screenshots in doing this, which is why I had to make a macro telling you that I took them, instead of in-lining them.

Look. I am sure that once you get past the opening, it is a fun game. The voice acting is great. The animation for the mohawk guy is the best I have ever seen. I do not question that you guys who got past this terrible, terrible opener are having fun. But man, this is the worst beginning to a game I have ever played, and I wanted to write it down while I remembered.


the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!
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No quicksave by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 1:51am PDT NEW
    Irrelevant. by WITTGENSTEIN 03/17/2013, 7:22am PDT NEW
        Re: Irrelevant. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 8:17am PDT NEW
            It's not game-crippling, so I'm not going to give it a "Not Buy" based on that by niggling detail 03/17/2013, 8:28am PDT NEW
                Of course it is, and of course you should. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 8:54am PDT NEW
                    Quicksave 3: The Quickening NT by GAME OF THE YEAR 03/17/2013, 9:07am PDT NEW
                        I'm sorry you're this butthurt, Wittgenstein by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 9:12am PDT NEW
                            I'm not the one wailing about a game based on its lack of quicksave by WITTGENSTEIN 03/17/2013, 9:21am PDT NEW
                                Re: I'm not the one wailing <- stop right here by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 9:42am PDT NEW
                                    an apolgy by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 11:17pm PDT NEW
                                        Oh god! It's SB in an ICJ flesh mask! Somebody, back up the website! by Entropy Stew 03/18/2013, 8:17am PDT NEW
                                            Re: Oh god! It's SB in an ICJ flesh mask! Somebody, back up the website! by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/18/2013, 9:42am PDT NEW
                    I really don't care about it in a very linear game. by Worm 03/17/2013, 9:33am PDT NEW
                        Expansive open-world action-RPGs definitely benefit the most from quicksaves. by Jerry Whorebach 03/17/2013, 9:03pm PDT NEW
                            Expansive open-world action-RPGs definitely benefit the most from quicksaves. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 9:21pm PDT NEW
                                Far Cry 3 sounds terrible. You remember what I thought of Far Cry 2, right? by Jerry Whorebach 03/17/2013, 11:58pm PDT NEW
                                    Far Cry 3 has a bad save system, but I agree with Jerry. by Gutsby 03/18/2013, 7:14am PDT NEW
                                    Re: Far Cry 3 sounds terrible. You remember what I thought of Far Cry 2, right? by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/18/2013, 11:38am PDT NEW
                                        Fair enough. by Jerry Whorebach 03/19/2013, 12:42am PDT NEW
                                            Where does the GameShark fit into your mixmaxer ethos? NT by Also strategy guides and tiplines 03/20/2013, 8:53pm PDT NEW
                                                I don't use any of those things, but I do have a pretty nice Mad Catz gamepad. by Jerry Whorebach 03/20/2013, 9:27pm PDT NEW
                                                    Would you feel differently if you had stuff to do besides play games? NT by Mysterio 03/21/2013, 12:19am PDT NEW
                                                        Not sure I understand your logic here. Busy people will tolerate flabbier games? by Read more FAQs? Call more tiplines? 03/21/2013, 1:14am PDT NEW
                                                            You can always just use self-discipline and not save whenever you want by Mysterio 03/21/2013, 1:39pm PDT NEW
                                                                this problem has been solved for at least 25 years NT by NetHack 03/21/2013, 2:21pm PDT NEW
                                                                You're arguing for a suspend function, genius. No one's ever been against those. NT by Jerry Whorebach 03/21/2013, 2:49pm PDT NEW
                                                                    Answer the Mysterio's question, Jerry! NT by Disability or Welfare!? 03/21/2013, 2:54pm PDT NEW
                                                                        If you have to ask, you wouldn't know the difference anyway. NT by Jerry Whorebach 03/21/2013, 3:02pm PDT NEW
                                                                            Sob Choke Duh Hompth Hurmpth Canned Tuna Fish NT by Jerry and his favorite comfort food 03/21/2013, 3:16pm PDT NEW
                                                                                I will never get tired of the guy who can't stand how much fish I eat. NT by SAVE SOME FOR THE REST OF US, PAL 03/21/2013, 3:21pm PDT NEW
                                                Into it? Cheating is completely orthogonal NT by Entropy Stew 03/21/2013, 11:24am PDT NEW
                                        Key remapping does not affect game state. Volume does not affect game state by Entropy Stew 03/21/2013, 11:38am PDT NEW
                                            I take the key remapping part back by Entropy Stew 03/21/2013, 2:25pm PDT NEW
            He's saying it basically has auto-quicksave. NT by Let's not get retarded here. 03/18/2013, 8:02am PDT NEW
    If the game is designed around the lack of quicksave, it's not an issue. by Eurotrash 03/17/2013, 11:30am PDT NEW
        Well, this one isn't. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 1:12pm PDT NEW
            You can save anywhere in Far Cry 3, except during a mission or in combat by Rafiki 03/17/2013, 1:34pm PDT NEW
                Thank you! by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 2:57pm PDT NEW
                    You forgot "masturbation kiosk" NT by Souffle of Pain 03/17/2013, 8:21pm PDT NEW
            Well, does it at least have some cool ass gun battles and shit? by Eurotrash 03/17/2013, 2:58pm PDT NEW
                I haven't shot anybody yet by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/17/2013, 3:02pm PDT NEW
                    I agree with pretty much everything Gutsby said. by Rafiki 03/17/2013, 6:38pm PDT NEW
                    Yeah, geez man, don't go all XCOM on this game. JUST PLAY ON NORMAL DIFFICULTY NT by Eurotrash 03/18/2013, 12:13am PDT NEW
                It's a lot better than Far Cry 1 and 2. by Gutsby 03/17/2013, 3:05pm PDT NEW
    Worm made a video about the awesome saving of FarCry3 by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/18/2013, 2:33pm PDT NEW
        The loading screen hints are a big help! NT by Mischief Maker 03/18/2013, 2:38pm PDT NEW
            "Press <SPACE> to jump!" "Press LMB to shoot!" "Press by Mysterio 03/18/2013, 3:17pm PDT NEW
        Geez man. Just deploy pogo stick, didn't you read the manual or something? by Eurotrash 03/18/2013, 11:12pm PDT NEW
            In all fairness it cut out where I easily land in the nearby pool of water. by Worm 03/19/2013, 12:09am PDT NEW
 
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