Yesterday, I led a war band of UK Destructoid members to Wembley Stadium for Play.com's "Live" event. The day was an absolute flop, but an unannounced extra was at the show and proved to be a highlight -- a walkthrough demo for Far Cry 2 with the team.
The demo, in which designer Peter Redding attempted to show us the game in action before the PC crashed (seriously, poor guys), showed off the 50 square kilometer game world. We know it was that big because he said 50 square kilometers more times than I've ever heard it said before. After we saw a very beautiful game world with some pretty cool gun play, they accidentally got themselves killed and we had an impromptu Q&A, where Redding dropped a rather interesting claim.
Apparently, the game will not be "better" on PC than on consoles, as Redding promises the games will be pretty much equal across the board. He also promised a near seamless experience, unlike Oblivion, which Redding said has a several times smaller game world than Far Cry 2's.
Unfortunately, they shunted us out after their technical difficulties, but at least we go to record that rather heady boast. Far Cry 2 is said to be just as good on consoles as on PC, and the game world is almost seamless, save one concession where the world is split into a northern and southern area.
Ambitious goals? Unrealistic hopes? We will have to wait and see. What I can say, however, is that the game at least looks gorgeous on PC so far. The consoles have their work cut out for them.
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10:08 AM on 03.17.2008
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Either they've going to sacrifice distant detail on the PC, or the console versions are going to be slideshows. It doesn't help that from the demonstrations Far Cry 2 looks to make Crysis's requirements look like Solitaire.
If they actually pull if off, making it run well and look good on all three/both platforms (Is it coming out on PS3 and 360, or just one or the other?), I'll be amazed. So far, most publishers can't even pull that shit off just porting between the 360 and PS3, let alone the vastly different focused PC standard hardware.
*ahem*
oh and they have a mouse so it automatically is better by 1000 times. even if it looks bad it's still better with a mouse.
because this claim is kind of.... weeeird
unless they meant like ps4 or xbox Z
there's no way in hell what they said could be true,
have you people actually seen the junge part of the screenshots
en vid gamplay from fc2???
It has waay more shaders and moving actors than anything I have ever seen... I think way more than crisis!
naa-aah it's the same kind of talk we receiveed from crytek 2 guys... (it will run on lder cp's) yeaah riteee.. :P
but yeah, it would be F-King awesome :)
Hey pal, not everybody wants to buy a $5000 PC. Ports aren't going to hurt you if you know which version you're going to play. Let everybody else have fun, mkay?
All I gotta say is, "Good effin' luck, consoles."
Exaggerating the price on PC gaming a bit, aren't we?
I thought the event on a whole was quite enjoyable. It wasn't anything like some of the events you see in America or Japan, but considering we have nothing else in the UK like this, and this was Play.com's first attempt, I thought it went ok. Maybe a bit poorly organised at times, but beggars can't be choosers.
dont be an ignorant idiot.
Just my opinion kiddo, PC gaming is shit, waste all the money you want on your machine, you're still playing the same damn genres over and over, they just look really pretty.
Enjoy your FPS, MMO's and RTS games, its all the PC market seems to be good for.
Fixed. If all you think PC gaming has to offer is those three genres, then you've obviously haven't been doing your homework.