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Title: Far Cry demo out
Post by: aldo_14 on January 22, 2004, 05:59:54 am

( found on Bluesnews (http://www.bluesnews.com)

Whopping 500Mb, but figure some people might be interested. :)

DL-ing now, give some impressions later - although god knows how well it'll run on my machine...

Title: Far Cry demo out
Post by: pyro-manic on January 22, 2004, 07:14:04 am

Ooh! Gonna check this out on the weekend.

Title: Far Cry demo out
Post by: Ace on January 22, 2004, 10:35:00 am

It's ok, it has some issues with my Radeon 9800 card but the overall gameplay is decent in the demo.

However, I still have some grieviances with CryTek from when I worked with them several years ago and so I'll decline from purchasing the full game.

Title: Far Cry demo out
Post by: aldo_14 on January 22, 2004, 01:28:28 pm

Meh.  Big dissapointment.  

Graphics very glitchy, slowdown, poor enemy AI in many places, enemy can shoot through walls, abysmal system for grenades, trees and buildings occasionally floating off of the ground, and a particuarly crappy bit where you have to blow up a miniscule boat with a single rocket from long range (or else get showarded with nigh-unavoidable rockets whilst a helicopter attacks).

I'd say it's in the 60% range going by this..... nowhere near as good or polished as Call of Duty.  It does feel like a tech demo more than a game.