Forum Overview :: FarCry 2
 
Seems like you'd want to play Operation Flashpoint instead. by Eurotrash 10/25/2008, 3:09am PDT
Being ex-military, I can vouch for that game being about as realistic as they come. Not in every little detail, but the general feel of being out there in the shit. It definitely adresses the negative points you have for FarCry2:

- AI: still stupid as individuals, but in real warfare that isn't very important, as combat usually takes place over hundreds of metres of distance.
You can either hit what you aim at, or you can't. What I'm saying is, the AI probably won't try to outflank you (unless they're equipped with experienced AI), but they're able to calculate ballistic trajectories just fine and cram boollets up your ass.

- One good hit will kill you. Of course, it may not (a grazing headshot isn't necessarily fatal). Also wounds affect how steady your aim is. A good leg shot renders you crawling like a worm. :p

- All weapons are different in that they have different ballistic properties.
There's no artificial inaccuracy like in other games, the gun will shoot exactly where it's aimed (of course there'll be some minor inherent inaccuracy like in real guns), then external influences will take effect - wind causing drift, distance causing elevation.

Of course it's unrealistic that all guns are sighted in correctly, some should have crooked sights, crooked barrels, whatever.

You can see your own body unlike most FPS gaems. Also you can't move your aim as fast as you can move the mouse, so no flicking around like you got Parkinson's or mercury poisoning.


FarCry2 looks fun, but the "realism" seems a bit uhh, weird. Stopping mid-fight to extract bullets with pliers? That is fucking silly, I would've preferred a medikit just topping up your health bar. But I guess it gives an insight to what pasty game developers think real warfare is like. It's certainly obvious the Flashpoint developers are ex-military. *oak pipe*
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Man, why is this game boring? by Quentin Beck 10/24/2008, 1:52am PDT NEW
    remind me to never listen to anything you say ever again NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/24/2008, 2:00am PDT NEW
        A less reactive review. by Quentin Beck 10/24/2008, 11:21pm PDT NEW
            Thanks Jonathan Blow. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/25/2008, 1:42am PDT NEW
            your review is still worthless by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/25/2008, 2:07am PDT NEW
                Oh yeah the sun/moon effects in this game are the best in game history. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/25/2008, 2:36am PDT NEW
                    I just realized this is FarCry 2 and not Fable 2. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/25/2008, 4:08am PDT NEW
                Re: your review is still worthless by Quentin Beck 10/25/2008, 2:34pm PDT NEW
                    Re: your review is still worthless by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/25/2008, 2:45pm PDT NEW
                        I liked Jack Carver's guest starring role in Day Hard, the HL2 mod. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/25/2008, 3:06pm PDT NEW
                        Agreed. Also by Quentin Beck 10/25/2008, 6:57pm PDT NEW
            Seems like you'd want to play Operation Flashpoint instead. by Eurotrash 10/25/2008, 3:09am PDT NEW
                What do real ex-military guys use to extract bullets? Their fingers? Please. by Jerry Whorebach 10/25/2008, 5:48am PDT NEW
                    A rifle bullet will not lodge in your hand, it'll go straight through, leaving a by mangled ruin. There's no way you'll 10/25/2008, 7:11am PDT NEW
                yeah sounds like I would much rather play FarCry 2 NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/25/2008, 7:22am PDT NEW
                    FINE JEEZ :( NT by Eurotrash 10/25/2008, 9:54am PDT NEW
    I'd really like fast travel. by Worm 10/26/2008, 10:30pm PDT NEW
        What is up with this one mission at a time bullshit? NT by Worm 10/27/2008, 12:26am PDT NEW
        So do they not have the fight up an island cliff to the satellite dish and blow by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/27/2008, 3:46am PDT NEW
 
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