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Howdy,

I picked up Far Cry today and I have one word - Wow!

It is pretty unbelievable. I like it so far. I've driven a dune-buggy and a jeep. I swam, threw a grenade, sniped with the M4 and gone cqb with the handgun. I ran two guys over with the jeep.

The visuals are great. The baddies take a couple shots to go down if they have body armor, but are a one-shot kill with a head-shot.

So far the "health packs" haven't turned me off - they're pretty innocuous. They don't glow or anything silly and are lying around just like amunition and firearms in logical places.

Multiplayer: It has 3 modes -- Free-for-all, team free-for-all, and Assault/Defend. It kinda makes sense in this one for there not to be a "coop mission" mode since there really aren't missions in the campaign.

If anyone else picks this up, we could try it online, but I think the emphasis is single-player. I don't really expect enough of WOF to pick this one up for us to have any 4 vs. 4 assault/defend matches. After all, we could play that mode in GR or RVS.

Just my thoughts.

-Brian

I got it, LOVE IT! Much much better than I thought it would be. The demo is nothing really, when compared to the full version. I love the Binos with the sound antenna, you look through the binos and hear conversations. I also like how the AI work as a team and try to flank you. You can hide in the brush or underwater from the AI and they lose track of you. The campaign is very scripted, but I really like the storyline and game so far, very well done. The graphics and the water are some of the best I have seen in a FPS. I agree with you on the health packs, they are in places I would expect to see one(Bunker, Hut, locker room, etc..), and when you find one, you usually need it. I keep getting killed by the enemy HMMVS and some RPG guy I can't see. Died 4 times already, when I come over this hill and BAM! I decided to take a break, gotta get ready to play RvS.

I'm up for trying out MP Gator, it uses the lovely UBI MP login interface, oh joy.

I'll bet no one is suprised to hear there's already a 1.1 patch for it ... get it at:
http://ubisoft.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ubi ... faqid=9392

I installed the patch today -- it didn't seem to break anything, but I can't say I was aware of any of the bugs it was supposed to fix. Also, I'm not sure what all the complaining on the "official" boards is about -- my ATI card works fine. I am playing it on all-medium video settings and it's still easily the most stunning visual quality I've seen.

Wow, I really am enjoying this one. I decided to replay the beginning part and the AI response is VERY different depending on what I do.

Listening to the enemy conversations through the binocular/mic is great -- "so, when do we get to start killing people ... we're mercs aren't we?"

The idle conversations are great, but I really enjoy when they think they're gonna kill you -- "suck on this!" as the rpg streaks towards your hiding spot.

very nice so far.

BTW: Steel - sounds like someone is trying to add iron sights to it... It's apparently a very mod-friendly engine.

Like the idea for the Jurassic Park mod? I saw that one somewhere. It's no more than an idea right now, but if they pull it off it will HAVE to beat Trespasser!