Far Cry Instincts Predator

[jcee]

Not overly impressed by this really, the aiming seems twitchy when compared to the original instincts- it suffers from the bug bear of precise movement being too slow yet anything else is way too fast. I'm playing this at 720 p and the water looks amazing..and..erm..well...that's it really- the rest of it looks like the xbox version...yawn...

[RobDimmock]

How are you guys all getting this game? I got like a demo disc of King Kong from Ubi out of the blue before, reckon I could get one for this?

[Matt KB]

Really interested in whether MP actually works this time.


Edit: Or should I say works with more than a piss poor 7 people.

[MJ]

Here's an interesting comment from a US user:

I unlocked the new game... Type in "GiveMeItAll" in the cheat menu and it opens. Guess what! It looks the same. These are quick Xbox ports and that's sad... I also noticed some slowdown, which is insane, and the reticule seems to move a little awkwardly, despite my fiddling with the sensitivity. I'm dying left and right because I can't f*****g aim... and I'm a major FPS player.

[Wools]

Yeah if you want a 360 FPS get Call Of Duty 2 especially now the multiplayer has been patched into something incredible

I've completed COD2 and play it lunchtime at work but it has sod all replayability in single player

Does Far Cry on 360 have multiplayer bots? Can someone plaese let me know cause if it does then I'll be so happy!

[Matt KB]

Here's an interesting comment from a US user:

Yep the code works. He's right about the slowdown too Draw distance is quite nice on people and grass but trees, rocks etc pop in - aside from the water it more or less looks like an Xbox 1 game too.

Multiplayer seems more stable, (no bots that I can see sorry) but does get quite laggy with higher numbers. Map editor is more or less the same and optimatch already has tons of bloody septics running **** created maps that you have to spend an age downloading to play.

The worst thing is the aiming/reticle movement. It doesn't feel "right", in fact it feels down right clumsy, almost like they've pissed up the zones of sensitivity between very slow movement and very fast - really tough to aim up shots (far more than the last one iirc).

That's first impressions anyways.

[Yoshimax]

Thanks guys - saved me another ?50

[ascender]

One thing putting me off this is actually the controller. I'm really starting to miss the keyboard and mouse on anything other than Halo tbh.

[Dezm0nd]

played this today and it's absolutely garbage IMO! not alot going on in terms of graphics and it's that piss poor Xbox version which is like running through jungle corridors. Curse Ubi for making this IP crap!!

[Matt KB]

Just fired up FarCry on Xbox and got my housemate to bring in his TV for a side by side comparison. Got to the same bit on each.

The 360 has an extra hut in the way after the initial beach section (after "Training"). It also looks far more crisp and vibrant, but has the vegetation pop in in EXACTLY the same places as the Xbox 1 version. Better draw distance though but not by a huge amount. Aside from that, they're pretty much identical. I stood the guys in the same spot, normal difficulty on both. The Xbox 1 guy died far quicker than the 360 one, he's still standing there - they just can't hit him.

Physics are more erratic on 360 also, but worse is the aiming. It's far harder on 360, as you can only get the extremes really of slow movement straight to fast movement - skipping the middle ground which the Xbox 1 version has. As such the previous version is far more playable when it comes to gun fights without your character shaking his head around like Rain Man.

Multiplayer - sucks on Xbox 1 anyways - 8 people = mega lag. Had about 10 with it lagging on Xbox 360 although that was with Europeans and not Brits so might try that later although it's much harder to aim. Few new maps too, and you can have zip lines and clicking ladders to towers in the map editor.

That aiming thing is seriously annoying though, it's not unplayable but sure doesn't feel right.

[MJ]

I wish I kept the Xbox version now.

[jcee]

Taken it back...just couldn't be doing with such a shoddy aiming system and the laziness of the port as a whole. AVOID FOLKS!

[dvdx2]

Taken it back...just couldn't be doing with such a shoddy aiming system and the laziness of the port as a whole. AVOID FOLKS!

Isn't there a full new game on the disc as well as the original Far cry?

[Plisken]

yeah. the slowdown on the evoloution chapter is piss-poor. the aiming is harder, and as a whole the whoel game is just so much harder than the original xbox version. also, the enemies just seem to soak up the bullets without even flinching, while you taker a hit of a 9mm and go 'ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!' and lose about 30% health. ****in joke! i ploughed through Insticts (XB) at an enjoyable pace, not to diffucult, but IP 360 takes the ****in piss! i died around 7 times at one section due to no fault of my own! PC FC > XB FCI > XB360 FCIP

[TheForce]

I'm sooo glad I ordered Burnout instead of this one...

a m8 of mine has it and he's also not to happy about it, everytime when I speak him it's like " I hope it will get better soon when I'm further in the game....."