Thinking in the gaming forum? I've never heard such nonsense.

Well, yeah. You've got a point!

Well all i can say reference Far Cry 3 is it the most intense exhilarating experience i have had with a game for as long as i care to remember.

Anyone that Bad mouths this game on this superbly rendered open ended Island and superb action with so much to do and see in my opinion does not know what a fantastic game really is.

This is Open ended FPS Shooter heaven of the finest quality and without doubt is the number 1 contender for game of the year,nothing comes close to this game this year based on what it actually is.

A massive FPS,come rpg based on what has to be the best designed Island ever to be created in a game of this type.

Ubisoft developers deserve as much praise as possible for delivering what i consider to be a FPS gaming masterpiece,I'm some 15 hours with this game and bet i have not completed 20% of whats on offer,every little section i open from the radio masks/towers that open up more story missions,side quests,mini quests,hunting,assassination targets,the list to do is endless.

I actually played it for some 5 hours tonight and all i achieved was a few radio towers ,skinned and killed a lot of animals and cleared a few camp sites of pirates so i could fast travel around the island a little more.

Just hunting a particular skin and finding that animal sometimes requires stealth and a cunning play requirement ,i love the way that the skins of certain animals you craft gives you bigger wallets,ammunition,weapon pouches and so on and so on.

I can not speak any highly of this game and when i eventually complete it and its a game i will complete no doubt about it i will play it over and over again because of its quality.

What a Game...........Masterpiece

And the first time in a long time T2D is contented and has fell in love with Gaming once again.

Ubisoft has set not only a high standard for Far Cry 4 but a standard so high there are very few developers out there that will match there achievement .

This is one of those rare gems that will never ever get traded and i doubt it will be beaten for a mighty long time but for now Christmas has come early for me and this game has me compelled from the moment i load it and not for one instance do i ever get bored with it..........

I seem to have jump into a parallel universe, it's very strange here, in this one the T2D is happy
I wonder what awaits me when I leave the house???

And he's exceptionally quiet too, like a baby sucking on a particularly satisfying dummy.

It's time to wake the contented little blighter up though. Hey you! T2D! Are you still with us? How's Far Cry 3 going I want to ask?

Why? Cuz I just got me a copy and guess where from? Yes. That's right. Amazon! Nah... Only jokin'! I got a copy from... [drumroll] - ShopTo.net! Yeah. Amazin' eh? So, why I do that? Amazon don't have it in stock. And they're evil. They don't like paying taxes apparently. But they're also ever so handy. It's a tricky world we live in, ain't it? Damned if you do. Damned if you don't. Like sugar. And chocolate. And beer!

So, I just installed the game on my PC. Now I've gotta enter the Product Key and hope the game launches without too many crashes. Wish me luck.



Edit. Just hit play and we're now downloading the 1.01 farcry3 patch. It's 270806232 bytes big but I don't know what that is in megabytes. 270 megs maybe? I hopeless at this. Now verifying download. Looks good. Now what? Oh. There's a box underneath and it wants me to run the patch installer. Here we go again then.

Edit 2. Well, I survived. Patch installed. Starting Uplay? Oh my gosh. Not more junkware.

Here's the patch details in case anyone's interested:

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Release note � PC patch 1.01
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Multiplayer fixes for the patch:
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General:
- Improved overall Multiplayer stability and performance.
- Added SHOW TOP, SHOW YOU, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN options in Leaderboards.
- Fix the voice chat issue that would mute players by default.
- Lobby chat can now be accessed when a controller is connected

Co-op:
- Fixed graphical issues on loading screen hints.
- Fixed the issue that would prevent maps from being displayed or randomized the first time a user enters Public Co-op.
- Health regeneration option no longer has inverted functionality.
- "Flare gun" kills are no longer considered as Assist kills.

PVP:
- Fixed ground texture resolution.
- Grass surrounding fire spawns no longer remain red on Firestorm maps.

Map Editor:
- Improved white objects thumbnails legibility.
- Users can now start a private match in 1 player on user created maps.

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Single Player fixes for the patch:
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- Improved game stability and performance.
- Fixed issues with flickering on specific water textures.
- Fixed small UI glitches related to different display resolutions.
- �Weapon cache� mission: Mission Zone and Mission Marker no longer stays on mini-map and on screen after mission completion.
- Crafting items are now auto selected when entering a new crafting category
- Added sound when zooming in and out the camera with the mouse scroll button.

Ah crxp! I have to create a freakin' Uplay account or access an old long forgotten one. Life is soooo complicated...

Edit 3. Recovered an old account. Had to reset password. Enter captcha thing (twice). Turn off anti-tracking addon. Do the whole thing again to allow cookies. And we're done. Let's try logging in with the newly created password then shall we?

Edit 4. Oh, you're joking! After selling my soul back to Ubi and forever locking my product code with them so I can't ever resell the game, I see they've got some clever point reward system in place where I can unlock content they've created for the game but no doubt want to charge me for. And there's ANOTHER patch! This one is 269141552 bytes or I'm guessing, 269 megabytes! Just as well I've got a generous download allowance. You need it when you're a gamer it seems.

Edit 5. Anyone interested in the patch details. Here you are:

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Release note � PC patch 1.02
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Multiplayer fixes for the patch:
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PVP:
- Fix some issues with user created maps when more than 8 players were playing them.


Map Editor:
- Fix a Map Editor crash at launch when the windows user account contains language-specific characters.


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Single Player fixes for the patch:
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- Fix the "View Leaderboard" and "Start Trial" buttons in the World Map.
- Improve stability when the user is quitting to desktop.


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Release note � PC patch 1.01
----------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------
Multiplayer fixes for the patch:
----------------------------------------------

General:
- Improved overall Multiplayer stability and performance.
- Added SHOW TOP, SHOW YOU, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN options in Leaderboards.
- Fix the voice chat issue that would mute players by default.
- Lobby chat can now be accessed when a controller is connected

Co-op:
- Fixed graphical issues on loading screen hints.
- Fixed the issue that would prevent maps from being displayed or randomized the first time a user enters Public Co-op.
- Health regeneration option no longer has inverted functionality.
- "Flare gun" kills are no longer considered as Assist kills.

PVP:
- Fixed ground texture resolution.
- Grass surrounding fire spawns no longer remain red on Firestorm maps.

Map Editor:
- Improved white objects thumbnails legibility.
- Users can now start a private match in 1 player on user created maps.

----------------------------------------------
Single Player fixes for the patch:
----------------------------------------------

- Improved game stability and performance.
- Fixed issues with flickering on specific water textures.
- Fixed small UI glitches related to different display resolutions.
- �Weapon cache� mission: Mission Zone and Mission Marker no longer stays on mini-map and on screen after mission completion.
- Crafting items are now auto selected when entering a new crafting category
- Added sound when zooming in and out the camera with the mouse scroll button.

Edited by deleted (Wed 05-Dec-12 17:56:37)

One of the greatest ever open world FPS i have ever played,i posted my thoughts and impressions of the game last week mate but nobody has really made much of a comment and seem content in rambling on about that old game called Battlefield or something

Its been about 3 years since i last struggled to turn of a game because this game is drop dead gorgeous and breathtaking at times,yes on consoles it has some frame issues,screen tearing and a few minor bugs but when games are this good who cares.

According to my stats i have been playing it for 18 hours,finished about 5 of 13 of the story missions,completed about 11/18 of the radio towers and cleared about 10/35 of the pirate campsites......

The game seems to amaze me everytime i play it and the sheer size of it and the fact you can play for about 3 hours and accomplish nothing is astonishing but brilliant.

And when the day comes when i do finish i am going to delete the game save and enjoy this marvellous game all over again until my eyes bleed.

Enjoy a gaming masterpiece Spooky as you and your super duper high end PC and all the downloads and patches have the ultimate edition.

Glad you're enjoying it Timey. I've been playing the game solid since I installed it just to give it a workout mind. Need to check it's okay.

It's all right. I've been skinning half the jungle and I'm about a step away from most maximum ammo etc holding upgrades. Need to find me some damn dingoes and some more leopards.

To be perfectly honest, although the graphics are pretty decent they take some getting used to. I have them on high for all. But as I'm getting a decent framerate I'm gonna bang a couple up to ultra to see what happens.

I'm playing on average difficulty settings and now I've finally worked out how to switch guns, I'm finding it a lot easier. The enemy AI is a bit strange. Those guys are really fast and try to outflank you but they're all a bit stupid. Some great game modes though - like shooting as many enemies as you can in a given time limit. Reminds me a lot of the earlier Far Crys and Just Cause 2. Far Cry 2 had some breathtaking scenery for the time. This game's mechanics are far better though.

Gotta say, GOTY for me is gonna be Skyrim (again). Okay, it's a better game really but yeah, FC3 is safely the best game I've bought this year I think. Wanna get that Lego: LoTR game though.

Good to see you're still enjoying it T2D. Have you had a go at hand gliding yet? I've concentrated mainly on levelling my character up so he can carry more so I've only unlocked a few radio towers and pirate camps. I like the boats though. And killing sharks. I was attacked by a crocodile actually and it frightened the life out of me. I managed to turn him into a nice pair of shoes though so it was lucky I had my knife ready. Not done many main story quests yet but I must've done about 5 too I reckon. Love driving around though. Nice scenery but I prefer the original Crysis still. That game was so ahead of itself.

It's all right.

Spooky How dare you give this game a less than perfect review, Old Man Time will be after your skin

After the above reviews I'll start watching the bargain bins.

Yeah having a machine gun with 60 bullets just about clears out a small campsite and like you i have crafted many ammo pouches and other stuff.

You may have to go into a area of the map you have not opened Spook to get dingo pelts because i only came across dingos after about 16 hours and well into highlighting the map area.

I think i have only about 7 skills to acquire now and i have yet to see multiplayer.

Don't you just love the look of this Rook Island though Spook,what a marvellous spectacle and fantastic design work we have here.