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Is FarCry 2 any good?

 

I think Far Cry 2 is fantastic, but it's definitely not for everybody. It gets a lot of flak on the internet for a few things, one being the amount of driving, plus the amount of checkpoints that you usually have to drive through that keep respawning, and the second being the amount of bullets that the enemies take is the exact same amount that you take. To put it simply, you die with 10 bullets, and your enemies die with 10 bullets. I personally think it's a really neat element, and makes the game incredibly challenging at the end, with you having to check and scout every area before you attack, making sure you eliminate snipers and grenade launching vehicles before you run in and attack everybody. I've heard it called the Dark Souls of FPSs, and I think that makes some sense.

 

Of course, I recommend it, but if you want a nice, happy, open world where not everybody is hostile to you, it's not that game. It has its flaws.

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I've heard it called the Dark Souls of FPSs, and I think that makes some sense.

 

That seems pretty silly to me. It's kinda tough, but it's nowhere NEAR as tough as Dark/Demon's Souls. I feel like Far Cry 2 was a pretty interesting game that ultimately wasn't varied enough. The formula gets too repetitive after a bit, and you get tired of it. The core systems are very interesting, however. The gun upkeep is underused, but fun, the health system is quite good, the missions are fairly fun... it does a lot right. I just wish it had kept things fresh throughout.

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I've heard it called the Dark Souls of FPSs, and I think that makes some sense.

 

That seems pretty silly to me. It's kinda tough, but it's nowhere NEAR as tough as Dark/Demon's Souls. I feel like Far Cry 2 was a pretty interesting game that ultimately wasn't varied enough. The formula gets too repetitive after a bit, and you get tired of it. The core systems are very interesting, however. The gun upkeep is underused, but fun, the health system is quite good, the missions are fairly fun... it does a lot right. I just wish it had kept things fresh throughout.

 

Yeah, I don't see it completely either, as the checkpointing is completely and utterly different, but the damage, what with you taking as many bullets as the enemy and dying really quickly may be sort of where that idea comes from.

 

Definitely worth picking up for free, though, to answer the question.

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http://blog.us.plays...e-soldier-beta/

 

Exclusives:

The House of the Dead 4 Demo – 4/10

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier Closed Beta – Date TBA

 

Free Downloads:

Shift 2 Unleashed – 4/3

Shank 2 – 4/3

Frogger Returns – 4/17

 

Minis:

Canabalt – 4/10

Farm Frenzy 2 – 4/3

Mystic Garden – 4/10

 

PS one Classics:

Silent Hill – 4/3

 

Full Game Trials:

Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes From Liberty City – 4/10

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record – 4/17

NHL 12 – 4/17

SAINTS ROW THE THIRD – 4/17

Disney Universe – 4/24

The Cursed Crusade – 4/24

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – 4/24

SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV ARCADE EDITION – 424

 

Media:

Qore Episode 47 – April – 4/10

 

Free Avatars and Themes:

Escape Plan Lil Avatar – 4/3

Escape Plan Bakuki Avatar – 4/3

Escape Plan Logo Avatar – 4/3

Escape Plan Triangle Avatar – 4/3

Escape Plan Laarg Avatar – 4/3

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 4 GOLDMAN AVATAR – 4/17

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 4 JAMES AVATAR – 4/17

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 4 KATE AVATAR – 4/17

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 4 DYNAMIC THEME – 4/17

 

Discounts:

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY – 4/10 (PS Plus Price: $11.99)

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 4 – 4/17 (PS Plus Price: $6.99)

Disney Universe – 4/24 – (PS Plus Price: TBD – 50% off Store Price)

 

Exclusive Discounted Avatar Bundles:

Devil May Cry Avatar Bundle- 4/3 (PS Plus Price: $0.99)

Devil May Cry 2 Avatar Bundle – 4/3 (PS Plus Price: $0.99)

Devil May Cry 3 Avatar Bundle – 4/3 (PS Plus Price: $0.99)

 

Looks like another good month for PS Plus. Sadly, my subscription ends on the 10th of April. I need to scrounge up some money to renew it. This thing has gotten so much better, but I don't think most people notice it yet.

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Fair enough. Canabalt I can take or leave, but I really enjoyed Shank, so I'm looking forward to Shank 2 and Silent Hill is a classic. I've also discovered a couple of gems, most recently Costume Quest, which I might otherwise never have picked up. All in all, I think it's a great service.

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Didn't think this deserved its own thread, but given how this relates to PS+ members having cloud storage for save data, I'd post a link to an up-to-date (as of March 18th) list of locked save files as well as other saves that don't fully transfer data.

 

PS3 Trophies's Official Locked Saved Games

 

Interesting to note, you'll have games locked to your PSN ID, but you can easily remedy that by creating a User Profile on another PS3 and logging in to PSN.

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Holy shit, the free games this week! Simply insane :o

 

I've been so far really happy with the value I got out of Plus considering all the free games I've accumulated so far. But fuck, inFAMOUS 2 alone makes the entire subscription worth it. It comes at a perfect time, too. I've yet to play it and have been really wanting to the past few weeks. Probably would've bought it last month if I wasn't completely broke.

 

Took a while to download but it's installing now. Can't wait to play it :D

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My download said 14. And since the wifi on my PS3 is slow as all fucking hell, I started downloading it as soon as the store updated yesterday and it only completed tonight.

 

I am so glad I upgraded my hdd last year because man I would be going nuts right now. I was shocked earlier today when I checked and realized I'm already down to 80GB free out of my 300. All that PS+ crap adds up pretty fast. Some of it I'll probably never play so I should probably do some cleaning in there.

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The first time I tried to DL it it said 14, but the second time (I didn't have enough HDD space the first time) it said 15.

 

@FDS: In my experience Wireless G tops out at about 1.5 MB/s, though in theory you should be able to get about 7, but even wired my PS3 never exceeds about 750 KB/s anyway, so really it doesn't matter.

 

For reference on the PC I can sustain downloads at about 3 MB/s, so it's not my internet connection.

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Didnt' one of the updates make it so you only need the file size in space to download and install. I know they did that on the PSP at least, though maybe that was because you didn;t have as much space to play with on the memory card

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Get that shit wired. PS3s only have Wireless-G and not N.

 

Yeah, I really want to do that but it's a huge headache. The router (and phone line) is in another room and there's a long broadband cable going through a hole in the wall from it and to my desktop PC. I could buy a second long cable but it wouldn't fit in the same hole so yeah...

 

Unless there's such a thing as a y-splitter for broadband cables?

 

@FDS: In my experience Wireless G tops out at about 1.5 MB/s, though in theory you should be able to get about 7, but even wired my PS3 never exceeds about 750 KB/s anyway, so really it doesn't matter.

 

For reference on the PC I can sustain downloads at about 3 MB/s, so it's not my internet connection.

 

See, that would actually be an improvement for me. 750 kb/s is my average top speed. Steam downloads sometimes go a little faster but not by a lot.

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