LGR Plays - Far Cry

[@PinkFloydrulez]

fun fact about seeing seen through walls and in cover 2398789 miles away and for anyone who has experienced it or hasn't played Far Cry yet and finds it off-putting: the last patch for the game completely broke the game and made it where the AI actually can see through walls, or more like they just _don't_ see the walls at all. Luckily, the fine People of the internet have provided a fix for this that can be found with a little bit of searching on Steam, as well as a fix for the FOV and a way to create your own save games through the console so you don't have to rely on the checkpoint system. The game is still gonna kick your ass, though.

[@LGR]

Thank you. These videos have never, ever been about showing the "best" or most efficient way to play a game. I never even claimed to be good at the games I'm playing. LGR Plays is here to show people what a game looks like and hopefully entertain while doing so. That is it. If I wanted to do visual walkthroughs, I'd call this LGR Walkthroughs :)

[@LGR]

Yes, the dense vegetation was amazing. Really got my money's worth from my ATi Radeon 9800 Pro!

[@nathansyupp1137]

Still looks pretty good in 2023! I remember thinking graphics were at their limit back then and couldn’t go much farther. I was just playing Farcry 6 earlier today on PlayStation 5 and now I’m excited to see what else is coming.

[@Basssiiie]

I don't get most of the hate on the AI. It has some flaws and maybe it's a bit too realistic, but that doesn't mean it's bad. A few things to note is that those bad guys aren't blind. The ones in the tower can easily spot you if you run down the beach, they're in a frickin tower with a sniper rifle. A normal human with eyes would see anyone on the beach from that perspective. Furthermore, if they spot you they will call their nearby mates to assist, you can see them waving and pointing and screaming if they see you. Also, AI hears sounds. If you shoot your gun or ride a noisy vehicle, they will obviously hear that and go investigate. Same goes for the alarm, if one of the AI guys triggers it, it alarms all the guys in the base. The trick of this game is to play with that sound and the environment. Hide in bushes and trow rocks to tell the AI to investigate somewhere else. You will be fascinated by how the AI works. Some will search around the area in patterns after they have heard some noises, while some others will stay behind to keep the base protected. The alarm in the first level will also call in a helicopter. If you prevent the alarm from being triggered, no helicopter will come and it will make life a bit easier. In later levels the AI can call in helicopters via radio, if you destroy this radio no helicopters will come either. This game isn't meant to be played like any other shooter by just gunning down everyone you meet. It's meant to be played tactically, think of attack strategies and search for the best routes to your goal. And yes, I agree there are flaws. The shooting through walls at the tents is a glitch from the last patch which was never fixed. The vehicle driving is clunky. Furthermore, this game had a strict deadline, so some of the stuff isn't perfect, but it's a great game for what it has to offer.

[@mikerelvas]

You're right. It took me a few play-throughs of this game to get the gist of the AI. That's why it is still one of my all time favorite games. It brings me so many good memories, I get goosebumps whenever I see gameplays of it.

[@konradstrachan]

"How did you see me?" - you're wearing a red hawaiian shirt!!

[@LGR]

...fair enough, now that you mention it, haha.

[@Lee.Moriya]

I've never found a game with more satisfying bullet wounds

[@LGR]

Exactly this. These videos are just for fun, showing me screwing around in a game world for 20 minutes or so. People saying I'm playing it "wrong" are missing the point entirely, I obviously don't play like that for real since it simply isn't going to work. I'm trying to make an entertaining video, that's it.

[@LGR]

Check back this weekend for my Far Cry 3 full review!

[@LGR]

I'd like to take a look at it, yeah. Been a long time since one of these games came out.

[@apsolyte4123]

This is simply one of my favourite games of all time. This game requires a certain style of gameplay. You need to be patient, do your tactics and have a perfect focus on the environment. This game taught me a lot on how to be really quick and precise. Any other fps since felt so easy compare to this one. I've been playing it since it's lunch at least once a year.

[@stockicide]

"Stay low and avoid contact" *Shoots dude in chest*

[@zzrog]

I played this on hard, with a 360 controller that had a broken right thumb stick. Now that’s a challenge.

[@LGR]

"IA" is not something that exists. You're thinking of AI. And no, sorry, I'm not making another video just to appease you. If you don't like how I play, then just move along.

[@LGR]

It's a Das Keyboard Professional S.

[@JKWesser]

I used to be obsessed with the graphics of this game back in the day. The water and the terrain under it looked so awesome and....... I feel a bit older now...

[@OpenMawProductions]

This may be hard to believe, but tents do not stop bullets! Even big ones. I used to love the Hell out of this game. I'm very excited for Far Cry 3.

[@LGR]

Me too! I'd love to post my review now, but alas, Ubisoft says I must wait til the coming weekend to post anything.

[@LGR]

Got it a week ago, yes. Yay for review copies!

[@staypuftlova]

OMG I LOVE THIS GAME. So happy you did a LGR plays of it.

[@LGR]

I was going to, but got caught up playing Far Cry 3. Completed it now though, so expect some kind of Absolution coverage eventually.

[@Humppaleka1]

This is my most loved FPS of all time, nothing can surpass it in my eyes.

[@LGR]

Yup, which is why I asked how they could see me, not how they could shoot through cloth. Though they also shoot through other objects later on.

[@LGR]

Yes, this was (purposely) chaotic gameplay with no real plan of attack. But I don't think my attack pattern has anything to do with the AI seeing and shooting through walls and objects, frequently aiming dead-on from across the map even on lower difficulty, or being unreasonably good at detecting you even when sneaking around. I take issue with AI constantly utilizing cheap shots and being annoying, regardless of tactics.

[@mitsostechtips9047]

I am playing this game today in a curved 32" monitor with headphones and it has goood graphics!

[@-taz-]

Chaotic is fun but you have to go slower and stay hidden in this game. Kill the one who can see you, then move in. In real life, if you walk in front of 3 guys with guns and start shooting you would get killed just as fast. At the end you walked up in front of the ship on white sand while a bunch of guys are up top keeping a lookout. They'd see you, easily. Have you played the much newer Rainbow 6 Vegas 2? Now they will shoot you from across the map and though a fence, with a shotgun even!

[@VideosfromNH]

6:33 "Oh good grief!" Charlie Brown goes to war.

[@casperas2]

Its old but still fun specially with a older pc

[@shatley123]

i love it how they did this, it's perfect for a game that's not supposed to be open world completely, but allows exploration and many different ways to get to places and do things compared to most modern fps shooter that are a 100% point A to B, but just a strait line, not turns twist, you know what i mean

[@andrewjack31]

This is one of my all time favourite games.

[@bencheshire]

Thanks for this trip down memory lane. When I saw the swimming in this game I was like holy crap this is amazing, which in hindsight was a "next-gen" kind of feeling. This was also the first stealth game I got really into, but i guess the enemy AI was a bit cheap.

[@HourOfOblivion]

An ATI Radeon 9800? I had one of those in my old desktop! :D

[@LinearPortal]

whenever I decide to watch one of your videos I like it before it even starts :D

[@capnfoo]

Best thing about the game was the ability to take out entire camps from the bushes without being seen, running into the middle of each camp is no fun!

[@1977leodav]

hey your graphic configuration is lower middle ?? I remember it with better graphics if my memory serves me

[@LGR]

You miss the point. This isn't a video showing how to best play it for maximum efficiency. This is me having fun with a game for people's entertainment. Playing it slowly and methodically makes for a boring 20 minutes. Besides, it's "LGR Plays" and not "LGR Walkthroughs", I really don't care if I am not the most efficient if I'm having fun playing :)

[@Autistic_Pixel]

Farcry the game where the AI uses wallhacks

[@PickYourVenom]

This was my first pc game and remains my favorite FPS and maybe favorite game of all time. Going from a ps2 to this was amazing. I had just built my first pc with a 5400+ Brissy and a 3850

[@CircularMirror7]

I literally got this game at a thrift store. When I was 6 or 7 I played the crap out of the tutorial, Because I thought it was the whole game. Because of the aimbot AI. But Soon as I learned the tactic of camping under a desk at a outpost and killing everything I was able to progress. When the Trigens showed up I had my headphones on in a dark room playing the game. I quite Enjoyed Jumping out of my chair and freaking out that there was mutant monsters being experimented on. I thought the whole time it was just bad mercenaries, But later realized that the monsters where hinted in the introduction video. Fun game game overall 10/10.

[@Thetinygamer_]

I love your commentary

[@cartmanbeer]

I bought Far Cry on the day of release! I remember it was optimised really well, and it looked great on my crappy Pentium 4 PC. At the time the gfx were amazing, and I still think it holds up pretty well for an 8 year old game. Great video as always :) I felt sorry for the piggies though..... "Be Free!" lol

[@ArtypNk]

I was blown away when this came out and I played it. It was like, wow, I am the king of this huge world.

[@Jazzy7664]

I remember the game nothing having this problem "see-through-tents" when it first released, so somewhere between updates and running this on windows 7 I began having this problem :( - Still a great game back in the day.

[@MasterControl90original]

oh god i liked a lot this game back in the day... i love it still today!

[@kamikazezombie5967]

Oh, this game. I remember Far Cry. It was my second ever FPS. I remember I'd play it constantly, sometimes with my dad on the other computer playing with me. I'd (we'd) play all of the default multiplayer maps and sometimes custom ones. My favorite one by far was Monkey Bay, very fun map. There was also another whose name escapes me, but it had a radio tower on it and a lot of bridges. Does anybody play multiplayer anymore?

[@Aiedail]

1:30 - You hear something? - ITS HIIMM!!!! haha i remember this sentence so good xD

[@KeplersConjecture]

Laser accurate AI is something that Crytek likes to include in their games. I remember dying all the time in the first Crysis to NPCs that I couldn't see.

[@mp4podcastDOTcom]

I love this game. I never played the console version but they change the story around a little bit.

[@Ponimaju]

i got this back on boxing day one year from best buy for $10 (probably close to the time it originally came out) and i loved the graphical style and vibrant colour. "woah" is right, it was a great intro to start in that dark bunker and walk out to see the jungle below and the cyan blue water out to the horizon. i got far cry 2 for 360 a few years ago and was sorely disappointed by the change of setting, and the gameplay didn't really hook me. i need to get around to crysis sometime soon

[@pubesz]

Quick save is not available at default. But you can quick save by binding a key to it in the game's configuration file.

[@TheTranscendantOne]

I have many fond memories of this game, especially the brutality of the "then" AI. No other game had AI like that at the time.

[@Kingrat10111]

Haha that was great! Very funny please keep LGR Plays I love these!

[@MysteriousShadow321]

U do such awesome reviews on games :D

[@thelastdruidofscotland]

Trigens were badass......

[@emmanuelperez8094]

You can download FCAM far cry add on it adds proper iron sights and fix the AI in the tent were it can shoot through

[@GenseiHD]

Hi, I like to watch your videos (I discovered your work long time ago because I was interested in old school dos gaming etc). I just wanted to ask you something. Are you using the 64 bit patch for this game ? and by the way there is a HD texture patch available. In 1920x1080 it improves graphics by applying both the 64 bit patch and the HD textures

[@chazbotic]

I wrote mods for this game back in the day (now I do STALKER and Crysis mods). The AI doesn't cheat per se - it's just not what you expect from a game. The enemies alert each other once they detect you and attempt to either blind-fire in your direction or move closer. Loud sounds like grenades and rifle shots will travel farther than other attacks. Also tents offer only concealment, not cover. Different materials can be penetrated to different extents with different guns.

[@PinInCruiZ]

I've never had this wall shooting bug before, evidently it's latest patch problem. Other than that this game is amazing, play it on realistic!

[@andrewlperu]

plus the bullet holes on your victims would actually stay there and not just magically vanish after half a second. i love the joy of no scope snipe'in a dude in a watch tower from the top of a mountain half a mile away and forgetting about it and then finding him a half hour later while scouting the camp and discovering a huge gaping hole right between the poor shmucks eyes. sadly i dont understand why you could ever dislike this game unless you just didnt like the genre.

[@TheLORDMJ]

My very first FPS! This game started my love for guns, blood, violence and being not able to see my feet! I also remember AI being problematic, but it's still an awesome game. I have played it over 8 times( yes, you read that right) and I could do it over and over. It's just timeless.

[@talideon]

I remember when that came out: the foliage blew me away!

[@TangentDeltaLPHA]

Perfect thing to watch while waiting for a steam download :P

[@shatley123]

i had a LP of this, unfortunately though i had to discontinue it because when i upgraded my graphics card it deleted my save files :(

[@toneswinger]

Farcry was the first game to be ported to windows xp pro 64 bit. With improved drawing.distance and graphics.

[@affy313]

I love this game.

[@LGR]

Heh, you know I do things other than DOS games throughout the week, every week. DOS game reviews only happen on weekends, and sometimes it's not even DOS.

[@YourComputerExpert]

Is it me or does Crytek always have much better graphics than anyone else around that time?

[@Yusuke_Denton]

I assume he was wondering how they could aim into the tent, not why the bullets went through.

[@aTANKnameMURDER]

i either played the demo for this or saw a video and i wasn't interested, but then seeing FC3, i want to play that!

[@Templars1005]

Hey Clint, be sure to put the GOG link up! It's cheaper on steam at the moment but still.

[@LGR]

Yes, but tents SHOULD stop people from seeing exactly where you are. The problem wasn't them not stopping bullets, the problem was the enemy having a precise bead on me even when the couldn't see me.

[@talideon]

...and the foliage *still* looks fantastic. See that, modern military shooter devs? Those are colour! And there are more of them than brown, light brown, dark brown, and grey. Heck, there are literal gamuts of the things to use! Go wild!

[@Acehalo2]

your one liners sound like Jon St. Jon.

[@htown11465]

I bought this game recently from gog. Very different from fps games I played when I was a kid (wolfenstein 3d and doom). I am enjoying it a lot though, i personally find it very hard and frustrating at times and have even had to use a walkthrough a couple of times - not used to destructible environments - but that said, I find the game very enjoyable and rewarding.

[@XxMadnessXx]

back in the days was this game and warcraft 3 for me

[@Highretrogamelord]

Wish it would be weekend already! :D

[@gypsylegomaster]

Just out of curiosity, will do an LGR Plays of Hitman Absoloution?

[@frostin1990]

one of the hardest FPS game in history!!!!!!! but i still love it!!!!

[@cratecruncher6687]

I loved Far Cry. The best tactic was to retreat to choke points and execute the mercs as they blindly chased after you. The pile of corpses never tipped them off for some reason. Good times.

[@Holammer]

All the recent COD games are colourful enough, you might be thinking of the older games like World at War which took its art direction straight from Quake. The latest COD, Black Ops 2 is actually ridiculously colourful. Especially when compared with the 50 shades of blue in Battlefield 3.

[@TylerGames4LIFE]

Awesome Video! :D

[@Samouraii]

Jack might also be the Jackal from FarCry 2

[@Tr3vor42532]

What kind of keyboard do you use? I hear mechanicalness, but not as loud as a Model M.

[@GFXAnimations3dmodels]

gotta love that duke voice :)

[@BluePBoxProductions]

LGR is awesome

[@CherryPixelBun]

Well with a bright floral pattern shirt, you are very eye-catching.

[@SkelterHelter]

2004? Holy shit this game graphics are fuckin amazing!

[@iseo247]

The story of Far Cry was much more involving than Crysis 1/2, imho - which can't be said about the gameplay. Although they didn't improve the AI one tiny bit - quite the contrary.

[@metabog]

Amazing graphics for the time.

[@PolyFPV]

Did you get an early copy of FC3?

[@h-leath6339]

And, in addition to the red shirt, you seem to have forgotten about the "detection meter". If you are stealthy they can't see you. Spent most nights playing this by sneaking around in the bushes the entire time. Until I had to stop because of the naked mutant spider gorillas. Headcrabs give me the willies. The pink nasties in this give me nightmares.

[@aceconfetti]

btw i'm glad i'm not the only one that thought the controls were a little clunky

[@toneswinger]

Did anybody remember the Athlon64 patch for this game that ran as 64 bit. The hype was much better graphics etc I can't remember the rest

[@mrbitbot]

It's a tent with cloth walls that's why they could shoot you. You're right about the AI though, it's a hard game.

[@jimmykand4774]

Finally!It was about time that you do something more interesting instead of dos games all the time.

[@xebek]

Lol @ shooting down the entire pig pen, killing the pigs, then casually walking over and opening the gate.

[@Bigbacon]

i remember playing the demo and then skipping class to walk to the mall to buy the full version

[@gokudomatic]

I also tried to replay it recently, and indeed, the gameplay didn't age well. It's just too unbalanced now, compared to the more recent games. And yet, when I was young, I played the heck out of it, including its extensions.

[@SHAMAN79]

hey phreakindee have you ever played Scrapland?

[@TheBucketTv]

hey LGR, Have you played farcry instincts?