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Far Cry 2 will run the same on console and PC ... seamlessly?
by Jim Sterling on 03.17.2008 34 comments

Far Cry 2 will run the same on console and PC ... seamlessly? screenshot

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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Cheeburga at 03/17/2008 10:06

Running at an epic 6 frames per second.
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savagesaladin at 03/17/2008 10:08

Better have that map editor. God I loved that.
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Jetsetlemming at 03/17/2008 10:10

Cheeburga beat me to the punch. :(

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.
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HarassmentPanda at 03/17/2008 10:11

If those claims are true I will be impressed. It will be a big change considering how mediocre I thought the previous Far Cry iterations were on the consoles. The first Xbox game (Instincts) was enjoyable, but the quality declined from there until it hit the ultimate low-point in Wii's Vengeance.
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xmetninjax at 03/17/2008 10:14

I'm pretty sure Nvidia pays Crytek big bucks behind the scenes to make absolutely sure 95% of the pc's on the market can't run their games, in order to drive video card sales.
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king3vbo at 03/17/2008 10:28

Its gonna suck on console. It will probably be dropped down in quality and run at a locked 25 fps
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Y0j1mb0 at 03/17/2008 10:33

Hoping it works well on the consoles considering my rig probably couldn't even play the intro to this game.
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AirborneToxicEvent at 03/17/2008 10:38

PUCK FORTS! Devs really should just keep the game complex, and put it on Steam. If the quality goes up over time, so will saless. Translation: FUCK PORTS!
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brosef at 03/17/2008 10:41

If only I had some sort of rig that was could run such a high-quality game, possibly a rig with some sort of artwork from a video game set on speculative history of WWII.

*ahem*
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MikeXPose at 03/17/2008 10:43

I agree, Farcry 2 was definitely the highlight of a rather disappointing day. It was nice to see some of the Destructoid team in person too. I hope that you wasn't hanging around at the station for too long though guys, it was seriously cold.
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RitualNet at 03/17/2008 10:52

What is the point of a "larger than oblivion" game world? If i play FC2, i'll want to gun down/set traps/unleash feral abilities on people, not wander around for three hours in a random direction with nothing but forest animals for company.
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Kaspar at 03/17/2008 10:58

Yes, I fully agree that a 360 will surely be equal to my 3500$ PC in terms of, well, everything.
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Anus Mcphanus at 03/17/2008 11:04

Damn I wish I could have seen that demo it sounds like I missed out but the lure of rockband was just too much for me!
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Cube at 03/17/2008 11:25

YA until the pc guys use there better GPU's to turn up the RES and AA/AF higher than the consoles.

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.
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foxhound009 at 03/17/2008 12:06

Hey Jim, were you guys.. you know drinking or something
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 :)
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pixelsword at 03/17/2008 12:14

The biggest Levels on Lair were 32x32 miles, 20,000 feet high, and ran at 1080p, 60 fps if I'm not mistaken. The game ran smooth with a little hitch here and there, but given the amount of detail and things going on it was definitely excusable, so I can see Far Cry going on consoles (also 32x32 miles... but for the entire game) especially the PS3 since the PS3 has already proven it is possible.
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savagesaladin at 03/17/2008 12:24

@AirborneToxicEvent

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?
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GuitarAtomik at 03/17/2008 12:35

Honestly, I don't see how this is possible. FC2 looks just as good as Crysis (sometimes better) and they said they could never do Crysis on consoles. Did they just get better at porting all of a sudden?
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Axion22 at 03/17/2008 12:40

Hyperbole Theater!!!

All I gotta say is, "Good effin' luck, consoles."
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mrelusive at 03/17/2008 12:54

@savagesaladin

Exaggerating the price on PC gaming a bit, aren't we?
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AirborneToxicEvent at 03/17/2008 13:01

@savagesaladin: Didn't quite think that through, did you? Where in my comment did I mention having a $5000 pc is a must? Learn to read before you make snarky comments please. Or rather, just don't make them.
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Sharpless at 03/17/2008 13:15

It looks awesome on the PC. If they can match it on the 360, then good for them. And for me.
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harrmonica at 03/17/2008 13:35

if you are paying $5000 for a pc you deserve to be dragged out to the open savanna depicted in fc2 and trampled to death by rampaging wildabeest.
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mix at 03/17/2008 13:35

Im also skeptical about this. Looks damn good though! Farcry was and is much better to play than Crysis.
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tylerdurden at 03/17/2008 14:02

I saw the demo for Far Cry 2 and I don't see what the problem would be for this to run on the 360 and PS3 well. Probably will look better on full graphics on a top of the range PC though.

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.
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brainderailment at 03/17/2008 14:20

As long as they treat each platform as if it were the only platform they were developing on, it's possible. Whether or not it's a goal worth working toward, is another story.
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brainderailment at 03/17/2008 14:34

@GuitarAtomik,

No, it's possible
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 03/17/2008 14:54

Who gives a shit, PC gaming sucks ass anyway.
Velt's Avatar
Velt at 03/17/2008 15:19

@Kyousuke Nanbu:
dont be an ignorant idiot.
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PrinceofCannedPeaches at 03/17/2008 15:27

PC gaming lives (or at least might be resurrected in the future sometime)!
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 03/17/2008 19:38

@Velt

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.
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ConsFEARacy at 03/17/2008 20:22

Please don't hold back on the PC experience...last time I heard a statement like this and saw it happen was Shadowrun...oh my...
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mrelusive at 03/18/2008 08:54

@Kyousuke Nanbu: "Just my ignorant opinion kiddo"

Fixed. If all you think PC gaming has to offer is those three genres, then you've obviously haven't been doing your homework.

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