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From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject: Re: Decent FPS shooter bundle, worth a look!
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JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
> On 25/11/2024 20:30, candycanearter07 wrote:
> > Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 19:30 this Monday (GMT):
> >> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:43:06 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>> I liked Crysis and Crysis Warhead. Crysis 2, erm ... am I playing the
> >>>> same large open spaces shooter!
> >>
> >>> Yeah, "Crysis 2" was such a significant change to the style of
> >>> gameplay. I hate to point a finger and scream 'consolitis!" but with
> >>> "Crysis 2" it was quite obvious that was what had happened; many of
> >>> the game's features had to be cut back to fit into the limited memory
> >>> space of the prevailing consoles, and the gameplay simplified so you
> >>> could control it from a gamepad.
> >>
> >>> It had its moments and at times it still felt like Crytek's earlier
> >>> games, but overall it was such a radical change that it was really
> >>> hard for me to judge "Crysis 2" on its own merits.
> >>
> >> Remember Far Cry 1? That was a fun game!
> > 
> > 
> > I never touched the series, but from what I've heard online it was
> > decent.

> Far Cry was a great game as long as you had a PC to get the best out of 
> it. After that, well Ubisoft took it in-house. Erm ... 2 I found at best 
> mundane and at worst tedious. 3, that has the accolade for having you 
> play the most annoying character ever. It's hard to like a game when the 
> most enjoyment you get out of it is cheering on the bad guys when they 
> kill you.

I got FC2, but I never bothered.
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