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Yeah, i'll give 'em that...
Still, this doesnt sound like FarCry at all to me, though i cant express how happy i am they leave the fecking mutants out lol.
I just wish they would keep it on a tropical island, cause not many games use that setting, or at least use it properly.
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Well they probably realized players would be sick of a tropical setting with Crysis and all. I like this idea, not many games that have taken us to anything below North Africa.
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Don't believe the hype!11!1
Seriously remember all the other times a game was going to be the most dynamic, open-ended game with the best AI you ever saw and then you get a game like Oblivion or Stalker. Pointless even talking about a game until you have played it - its all lies..LIES11!
Seriously remember all the other times a game was going to be the most dynamic, open-ended game with the best AI you ever saw and then you get a game like Oblivion or Stalker. Pointless even talking about a game until you have played it - its all lies..LIES11!
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But they didn't live up to the hype - the AI in both were way below what they said they would be and Oblivion was insultingly dumbed down in pretty much everything you could do...very un-immersive for me..and immersion is the most important thing in a RPG
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Yes, amazing how Oblivion was extremely casual, mainstreamed game for the 'typical' Xbox gamer.
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hmmm im not really impressed with the 50 km square map. I mean ofp already had 100 km square.
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In STALKER (and I think Oblivion too) the AI is there, just deactivated for most parts. They did that because it would disrupt the story. If you try the A-life mod, crucial characters are usually killed by a creature. Oblivion prevents this by making important NPCs invulnerable but considering the horrible Radiant AI it's more to protect them from the player rather than the world.
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Exactly.
IMO Oblivion could have been fun.
Could have been, but not while it's also wearing the Elder Scrolls sign in front of it, because in the light of TES games its an unworthy and inferior piece of bullcrap.
The same goes for Vegas.
Vegas could have been fun, if only it had not had the Rainbow Six signature in front of it.
If you look at what the originals were like, both Vegas and Oblivion are dumbed down noobified games, raping the good name of a great series, for the sake of 'mainstream gamers'.
Well, i have a nice surprise for them: all those 'mainstream gamers' dont care, and if they do care their opinion does not count, because the useless slobs download the game anyway without paying anything for it.
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I think Vegas is a fun experience if you just sit down on the couch with one of your friends and play co-op. At least it was for me.
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Well, i kinda have to.
As i've been playing games a whole long time and i know the brilliance of the old games, it just hurts to see what people are doing to all of my beloved series.
You cannot say that Vegas is a worthy R6 game, as it offers a totally different experience as opposed to what you know about the old R6 gameplay.
But its not just Vegas, there's a whole lot more games that do this as well, this is just one of the biggest examples.
I know you might find my ranting annoying. But it is annoying to me as well that i HAVE to rant about this stuff, cause i'm not happy with it either.
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You are right about the name. It should've been released under a different name. Yet it's an excellent game. Tbh I highly doubt you'll ever see a game like Rogue Spear again. You just have to get over that. Personally I loved Raven Shield and when I first heard that they would port Vegas over to PC I was absolutely anti-vegas, then I stopped giving a **** about the game in general. Then when I got my new PC I could actually play it and it's just fun. I know it's sad that games are getting more and more arcade(though I wouldn't call Vegas that) but complaining is just useless.
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Yeah plus these are the RO forums on a thread about FarCry 2. More ranting about Vegas really isn't needed. All of us know how much you hate it. TRUST ME. 
Now Oblivion was a fun game. It may have not had the size that morrowind had, but it was a lot better in the sense of combat. I couldn't stand morrowind for the aweful combat system.
Now Oblivion was a fun game. It may have not had the size that morrowind had, but it was a lot better in the sense of combat. I couldn't stand morrowind for the aweful combat system.
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Actually, I think the discussion of Vegas and Oblivion DO fit in here somehow, as all three series, R6, TES and FarCry seem to get on only due to marketing reasons, without actually remaining true to their predecessors.
But unlike Vegas and Oblivion, Far Cry 2 might actually be better than part 1.
Still I dislike the idustry's way of using successfull names to boost the sales of essentially different games.
But unlike Vegas and Oblivion, Far Cry 2 might actually be better than part 1.
Still I dislike the idustry's way of using successfull names to boost the sales of essentially different games.
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Way to contribute to a discussion. *clap* *clap*
It might be "just a name" for you, but it isn't for me, the original R6 fans and ubisofts marketing department, obviously.
And actually you validate my point, as it is "just a name" to you. They might have called it "Anti-Terror: Vegas" and it wouldn't have made any difference for those who don't know and/or like the series.
It makes a difference to those people who like the original concept behind R6 though. So basically, the publishers just use a name to get a larger audience, and possibly fool some more people into buying it that wouldn't have done so if it was called otherwise.
If we look closely, R6: Vegas doesn't even have the same protagonists as all of the sequels (including the abomination Lockdown). So it really doesn't share anything with R6.
Another thing I don't understand is why people like yourself even bother to post these statements. You enjoy Vegas, I have no problem with that. In fact I too enjoyed that game, I was just pissed that it used the R6 name, because it has nothing to do with the series whatsoever. IMHO it's just a glaring sign of two of the major flaws of the gaming industries of today: It is unimaginative and profit driven.
That might be okay for a generation that grew up with faceless hollywood blockbusters and soulless game clones with repetetive gameplay, but I too vividly remember times when games were inovative and dared to challenge you.
Just look at Vegas. It took me about one and a half afternoons to beat it in both difficulty settings. Now when I played R6 up to Ravenshield, I took a whole day for me to finish one single mission, even on easy, because I optimised my mission plans until every little tiny bit was carried out perfectly and I won the mission without my team being hit once. And it didn't stop at that. Due to how it worked, a mission could play totally differently, depending on how you set up your plan. So completing it the second, third and fourth time with increasing difficulty actually still made fun. Unlike in Vegas (and Lockdown I guess, but I never played that one due to being scared off by the demo), where you basically just can't take as much damage, but you still walk the same prescripted paths.
Heck, in the first three parts, even playing the mission thrice with the very same plan was less monotonous, as you could play as another fire team.
So, to reply to your "get over with". I don't want to. I don't wanna be served the same crap like the ADD suffering Xbox generation. I wanna be challenged, not taken by my hand and lead through a flashy graphics maze. I don't wanna be gratified instantly like the average twelve year old spoiled brat that wouldn't get their parents spend money on a game he wouldn't be able to finish without having to do something for it. Sadly that brat, or rather the parents at his command, are the main audience for games nowadays. Of course their are certain pearls that shine out, like RO, ArmA or Strike Force, but, just as the R6 series so well demonstrates: even these rare pearls are getting transformed into something for the socalled mainstream audience.
I just hope that TW doesn't go the same way after having a bit of success and actually realising that making lots of money has it's merits over making a game they themselves want to play.
Wow, this turned out to be quite a long rant. Well, BTT. Far Cry 2 looks promising, but I don't understand why they use the name, as it has nothing to do with the first one.
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