I Pre Ordered ACU...

[Davehaslanded]

like I've already pointed out in this thread, go try it (watchdogs) again.  I runs great now.  if you want details find my other post in this thread (there's also a very similar post in another thread from me)

I will give it a go, but that doesn't make up for the time it took to get there. It really upsets me that releasing broken games is now the norm, and gamers increasingly are happy to accept that a broken game will be fixed later.

[warmmilk]

I will give it a go, but that doesn't make up for the time it took to get there. It really upsets me that releasing broken games is now the norm, and gamers increasingly are happy to accept that a broken game will be fixed later.

 

you make a solid point.  I'm hoping ubisoft gets to this one a big quicker, if anything, just cause of how big of a deal it is.  there wasn't nearly as much noise about watchdogs when it just launched...

[GrandNoodleLite]

I'd get a refund. That way if they don't fix it, your safe and if they do fix it you can just rebuy it if you want to.

[James Brockhurst]

Yes I am going to the store today to say I do not want an unpolished turd, it upsets me as a I work in software development myself and it just worries me they could push something as bad as it is to a customer base as big as it is.

[typographie]

no outposts to capture...

 

I think your memory of Far Cry 2 is a bit hazy. That game had a huge number of outposts to capture. You need only count the white circles on the game map: http://firstpersonshooters.net/Games/-=franchise=-/Far_Cry/2/images/maps/Far%20Cry%202%20-%20map.jpg

 

As I recall, the UFLL, APR, your buddy, and the priest in Pala sent you on numerous side missions. You are correct about the crafting and skills system being absent, but as those were some of the worst and most awkwardly implemented systems in Far Cry 3 I tend to block them out of my mind.

 

If you disregard the names for a moment, the original Far Cry is the precursor to the Crysis series. It's the only one developed by Crytek, the only one that uses the Cry Engine, and bears almost no resemblance to Ubisoft Montreal's Far Cry franchise since.

[warmmilk]

I think your memory of Far Cry 2 is a bit hazy. That game had a huge number of outposts to capture. You need only count the white circles on the game map: http://firstpersonshooters.net/Games/-=franchise=-/Far_Cry/2/images/maps/Far%20Cry%202%20-%20map.jpg

 

As I recall, the UFLL, APR, your buddy, and the priest in Pala sent you on numerous side missions. You are correct about the crafting and skills system being absent, but as those were some of the worst and most awkwardly implemented systems in Far Cry 3 I tend to block them out of my mind.

 

If you disregard the names for a moment, the original Far Cry is the precursor to the Crysis series. It's the only one developed by Crytek, the only one that uses the Cry Engine, and bears almost no resemblance to Ubisoft Montreal's Far Cry franchise since.

After racking my brain, you're right, there were outposts... But they weren't anything like outposts in FC3, you only had to kill a few guys... And other than having a safe house in that location, I don't recall any advantage to capturing them

Weren't the UFLL and air the main missions? I guess you're right about the buddy system and the priest, but those side missions were completely meaningless, provided no advantage to doing them other than a bit more money.

I know FC1 and 2 are on different engines, but the games felt somewhat similar... Pretty linear... Even though 2 was an open world game it still felt very linear, I never felt like going exploring to see what I could find, never came across anything interesting on the way to a mission. Also didn't like the fact that there was no fast travel, it made the game unnecessarily long.

I guess the biggest difference for me was the level of enjoyment between the 3. I had much more fun playing 3 than I did 1 and 2.