FarCry 2

[SintaxErr]

Got the game, loaded it up, start playing and the black okes in the game start talking zulu. Not long after that, the local mercs talk afrikaans. I look around and realize that the research was obviosly done here in South-Africa, street signs, small rural towns the works, it's like they created a game just for South-Aficans.
Some screenies.
the taxi driver, quite a comical character.
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just after an attack, i spotted some wildebeest.
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[veer477]

:hyper: can't wait. Looks awesome thx Sintax. Mine will probably come on monday or so.

[Voicy]

I need this game.

I just need a better cpu :sad:

[Stool]

yeah its just the same on the xbox. freaking awesome

1. I had an awesome chuckle as i heard the Afrikaans mercs trying to outflank me.

2. the flame thrower they give u at the beginning? use it on some grass outside :rofflel: talk about a veld fire

[SintaxErr]

ok, the post was premature. The graphics in the game gets beter and beter as you play. I mean, the leaves have shadows to name one. I went through an late afternoon bushfelt storm just now and the effects was unbelievable accurate.

PS. I heard one of the mercs just now... "Gaan jy links om, en flank hom, vir hierdie ou gaan ons bliksim."

[WingNut]

lol :rofl:

[Voicy]

Blood Diamond: The game :rofl:

Dudes, this game sounds like a must-have for all afrikaner fps fans :D

I think I should order it and go play it at stinkthumb's house!

[TG]

I must say, from those screenies, it looks awesome.

[rainy]

At least that makes a refreshing change to the Russian and Arabic we always hear in games today... Sadly the humour of it will be lost on most of the Euro and US audience.

Sintax, can you post your specs? Want to know how the game may run on my rig...

[Stool]

The euro and Us audience got enough games to keep them happy

For got to tell you I was a lil hap-hazard chucking grenades all over the place last night and someone started shooting like a machine but in every damn direction. Quickly realised I hit an ammo cache lol.

[Voicy]

:bounce: :panic: :bitenails:

I bought my copy just now!!! I was real surprised to see CNA is fully stocked on the latest games!

They even have 10 copies of burning crusade which you couldnt find ANYWHERE... they also have Sacred2 and a smack of other new titles!

They didnt have STOP!....WARHAMMERTIME! though, sorry TG :p

Now to see if it'll actually run on my pc :hmmm:

[SintaxErr]

@rainy
I'm running Quad 2.8 with 4 gig DDR 800, 1 x 8800GT 512M

[stoke]

Be-a-u-tiful.
Man oh man.
Sommer makes me wants to go and pay a wee visit to Margate's CNA ...
Oh look ... car keys .. just lying there .. doing nothing.
*SLAP*
No!
Wait till next month dammit!

[Voicy]

The engine feels very "HL2"ish :D

I've pwned quite a few afrikaans okes already :gyes:

what's quite cool as well is how the plants bend as you walk over them...

[rainy]

I bought it, again in a momentary lapse of sanity. Only at the beginning now but I'll say this much:

- The game looks and sounds damn good, not the high-gloss post-card island stuff from Far Cry or Crysis, but well-detailed, real-looking environments. Feels like Africa. The accents of the NPCs are believable and the Afrikaans and other African languages add a nice touch to it.
- The setting is also more pleasant than Far Cry. Not the jacked-up military equipment, instead it's a bit more toned down. You get simple weapons and a ragged car in the beginning.
- Difficulty is manageable so far, the game refrains from throwing hordes of enemies at you like its predecessor. Instead it's more realistic, small camps and groups. Also the AI is a lot more believable, not the Far Cry type where they would spot me at 500m in high grass, but look for me when I was right behind them. Here it's actually possible to scout out a camp and then take the best way in.

I am actually enjoying it so far.

[rainy]

here's another one. They are trying to add a realistic African touch to it. I just got out of a bar and now my bloody car is gone. TIA baby!

[Badapple]

Rainy, that ROCKS, i'm gonna go buy me a copy tomorrow!

[Noodle]

I downloaded the pc version to see if it will run on my pc... it does..
No matter though I will continue to play it on mah 360 :D

The devs actually came to Africa, Kenya in specific as it had all the diffrent land types avail in Africa, in one Country.
I'll try find the link where I read up on it.

/edit found it (http://www.edge-online.com/blogs/far-cry-2’s-african-heritage)

[stoke]

Lekka article, this game is such a hit in this country.

[Stool]

"glimlag, dan skiet ek daai bek vol tande flenters!"

[WingNut]

Hahaha, I wonder if they drop any p-bombs in the game! :rofl:

[Stool]

couple of afr f bombs here n there

but u gotto raise a lot of hell with explosives till that happens

[rainy]

In the official FC2 forums, a lot of peeps are whining and moaning because apparently Ubisoft at some point promised destructible environments and some such. Everyone's crying foul over some marketing babble. Here's the thread for your amusement, I posted a few comments there but I won't post anymore, it's not worth my time.

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1521068375/m/7151008796/p/1

[Voicy]

lol @ afrikaans Mercs "Moerse goeie tydsberekening... MOERSE GOED! "

Then i machete'd him.

[rainy]

The devs actually came to Africa, Kenya in specific as it had all the diffrent land types avail in Africa, in one Country.
I'll try find the link where I read up on it.

/edit found it (http://www.edge-online.com/blogs/far-cry-2’s-african-heritage)

Awesome article. Nice find!

[rainy]

Two of my screenshots:

Found this lush waterfall while driving through the jungle, and then later I started a little veld fire. Oops... :D

[Stool]

lol i love using the veld fires before i move into to kill the peeps. really confuses the crap out of them and if your lucky kills a few

[Voicy]

I still dont have the flame thrower.

I wonder if it depends on who you use to play with. I.e. that old east block chappie is a mate and he revives me everytime I die. I wonder what happens if I chose him to play :hmmm:

[Stool]

I'm the nationalised american. Dont you have any molotov cocktails voicy?

[Noodle]

ex IRA for me :D

[Voicy]

Man I'm such a doofus ... I didnt see you could tab through the purchasables at the PC, so I only saw weapons - no accuracy / reliability upgrades or cool ammo pouches and camo suits :( And I had so many diamonds on me - Wasted 'em all on crappy guns I never use. :mad:

I'm loving my sniper rifle :snipe: ... but man those IED's are kief! Plant them ahead of a convoy and everything goes BOOM!


@stoolie, I sure do... I've turned many a landscape into charcoal.

[rainy]

I am playing the Hungarian/naturalized Israeli. I got the Flamethrower right in the beginning from the guy in the slaughterhouse.

[Voicy]

Hmmm ... I was never near any slaughter house :hmmm:

[rainy]

That was my starting location. What was yours?

[Voicy]

Some lake in the middle of nowhere. I had to fix some dude's car outside as well.

*that's ofcourse after the Hotel opening scene where you shoot okes and then collapse where the Jackal comes and talks to you*

[rainy]

So the different chars have different starting locations as well. Interesting.

[Noodle]

My IRA dude, started in some little house effort to the top right of the map, then had to fix a car as well, to the south was a lumber mill (where me buddy was)

[Albereth]

My brother tells me that Frontosa are selling the game for R252.

[Voicy]

Woah! That's alot cheap!

[rainy]

But that would be ex VAT.

[Albereth]

But that would be ex VAT.

Still cheaper.

[SintaxErr]

lol, did you guys come across Mr. VoorHees in the game? And his chirp?? "Watch your back.. boet".