Thread: About FarCry 2

The original FarCry Developer team CRYTEK had long been integrated into EA Games. That left the producer UBiSOFT in a bad position. Anyway, UBISOFT has developed and used a new engine for the latest "FarCry 2" game.
Lets have a look at what it can do :
This engine is called "Dunia" and is completely different from the previous one. I dont believe this one is optimized/developed for creating the Tropical environment we are so familiar with from previous Farcry and ofcourse Crysis.

Having said that , I must confess that this one is the best for creating a seamless African environment where the game is based upon. I have attached several screenshots i took on my pc to show the amazing shadow effect. Dunia also supports the use of multiple processors and is ofcourse compatible with DX10 as well as DX9. The game takes place in a fictional modern-day Central African nation in a civil war. The player takes control of a mercenary on a lengthy journey to locate and assassinate "The Jackal", a notorious arms dealer. Enough said,
lets have a look at the screengrabs, shall we...........







Have a look at the first pic, the wooden house burning. It had a gasoline lamp and a crate full og bullets (ammo) inside. I shot the lamp out of curiosity and it fell on the floor, setting the floor on fire. Eventually the entire house caught fire, burnt down and collapsed. When the fire had reached the crate (I was safely outside the house ), the bullets were hot and started firing in wvery direction. I got shot too and had to run for cover.
Amazing engine. Also check out the last two pics showing shadow effect. The game has a complete day-night cycle (its pretty common nowadays ).


The shots were taken on my pc with the following config :
AMD 5000+
Asus M2NE
1GB Ram
XFX 7600GT 256mb

no comments so far, none at all.....

Well i am amazed i really underestimated the 7600GT

y cant i see the crosshair in the screenies ?

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

Well i am amazed i really underestimated the 7600GT

y cant i see the crosshair in the screenies ?

7600GT is a very powerful card, i have finished playing COD4,BIOSHOCK,TIMESHIFT,HL2episode2,WITCHER,MASS Effect at full graphics with this card.

The gameplay of Farcry2 is too realistic and by default there is no crosshair. you have to use 'right click' to use every gun's precision view.

tell me one thing.
whether 8500gt is advance than 7600gt.
then what about 8600gt and 8600gtx.

7600gt and 8600gt are almost similar cards. the only difference is that 8600gt supports DirectX10 while 7600gt doesnt. 8600gtx is overclocked version of 8600gt so it gives slightly better performance.
8500gt is a very low quality card, 7600/8600gt are much superior cards.

Ultimately, if u want to buy a low-price/mid-level card, go for 8600gt 512mb version.
if u can spare more, go buy a 8800gt 1gb version.

Cool shots. Looks similar to Resident Evil. Can you also show screen shots of characters(eg:enemies) please ?

Originally Posted by Archer

Cool shots. Looks similar to Resident Evil. Can you also show screen shots of characters(eg:enemies) please ?

ur wish is my command sire will do it as soon as i can.


actually i m not progressing this game right now ( just playin POP) but i start this game and drive around in the pleasant and beautiful African country-side.
it feels great. If i see a good car at some enemy camp, then only i go there and kill em and take their car for a ride.
but i always return it to their camp before i close/end the game.

Originally Posted by prasannaganesh

tell me one thing.
whether 8500gt is advance than 7600gt.
then what about 8600gt and 8600gtx.

8600GT is a very good card ......The 8 series is not a rebranding of the 7 series so 8600gt is def more advanced than an 7600GT

8500gt is more advanced than the 7600gt because it has some new features like DX10 support ... so ll also run vista based games ..... But 7600gt performs slightly better than the 8500gt in DX9 games ....

So its better to go for 8600gt

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

7600GT is a very powerful card, i have finished playing COD4,BIOSHOCK,TIMESHIFT,HL2episode2,WITCHER,MASS Effect at full graphics with this card.

The gameplay of Farcry2 is too realistic and by default there is no crosshair. you have to use 'right click' to use every gun's precision view.

its seems to have changed a lot from Farcry 1 [gameplay vice i did nt like it much]..... Does FC 2 have free style roaming like GTA ??

Didnt enjoy this as much as FC1 except for GOOD GRAPHICS. I was disappointed when I found out that story in FC2 has nothing to do with previous Far Cry.

I mean i did nt like Farcry 1 ..... Have nt yet tried 2

actually i liked the story and gameplay of the first part better than this one

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

actually i liked the story and gameplay of the first part better than this one

really ??

I did nt notice there was a story at all :lol: :lol: [in FC1]

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

actually i liked the story and gameplay of the first part better than this one

Theres this Bikini Babe taking of on a Water bike and this hulkamaniac dude striking poses on his yacht and then he gets shot at by an unknown guy using an RPG [Rocket propelled Grenade] ..... this guy then goes about mowing down everybody in his path .....

I think thats pretty much the story

I think u r right :lol: ......... but i will never forget that game. that game ushered in a new age in grafix, it killed gf fx5200.

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

its seems to have changed a lot from Farcry 1 [gameplay vice i did nt like it much]..... Does FC 2 have free style roaming like GTA ??

Yes FC2 has free style roaming like GTA. But it also gives a different kind of map which shows terran and elevation etc.

the usage of the navigation system is very cool. Enemy AI is nowhere near FC1.


in fc1 the story was lame but the fight sequences were grand, here its exactly the opposite. I almost fell asleep while fighting.

rofl.....

Hope. They'll make their future games more fun.

good lord!!
try playing fc2 at hardcore or legend levels.you will realise how much has gone behind the enemy ai.

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

good lord!!
try playing fc2 at hardcore or legend levels.you will realise how much has gone behind the enemy ai.

Good Lord !! who's that ???... :lol:... (sam's dialogue btw)

Good gameplay comes before everything else. FC2 is'nt what I expected. A game needs to make itself grow on the players. That's where FC2 lags.

who's sam??

i guess different people expect different things.for me,once i completed a few hours,i was so hooked on!!

the second time round, i even completed most of the side missions..

Leo u can play the game at those settings..... nice.
How much of it did u play???

[QUOTE=ag_prasun;101428]who's sam??

I was talking of Sam Fisher. [off topic]