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Far Cry 2 Going Hardcore, Teaching Hard Truth about Guns

Posted 02/10/09 at 09:01:31 PM  by Nathan Grayson

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In the original Far Cry, rigging a tree branch to clothesline a hapless foe was a deadlier alternative to, you know, shooting them. With guns. Unfortunately, Far Cry 2 de-fanged guns in a similar manner (minus the pro-deforestation propaganda) – something for which we nearly awarded it a seven out of ten. Good thing, then, that Ubisoft Montreal has announced a new “Hardcore” Far Cry 2 multiplayer patch that promises to make sure in-game guns’ bite outdoes trees’ bark (grooooan).

"The hardcore mode has been designed as an answer to a community request," Ubisoft community developer Atmon wrote on the game's official forums. "Some players were seeking and expecting a more realistic experience.” 

  • A new damage model will be applied with increased damage for all weapons.
  • All weapons have been rebalanced on normal mode, and on hardcore mode.
  • Enemy names will disappear after the spawning invincibility period is over (A shield is displayed above a player’s head for a few second to show that he is invincible).
  • A new option will allow you to tweak spawning time (but not spawning rate).
  • A new search option will be available in multiplayer to allow you to find games that are playing on hardcore mode.

The patch hasn’t been given a drop date just yet, but we’ll be sure to give you a heads up when it does. 

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TAGS: gaming, Software, news, patch, ubisoft, far cry 2
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avatarMy Two Cents...

Submitted by Pablo-man on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 3:35pm

I haven't played Far Cry (or the second one, for that matter) but it seems to me that weapons should be more powerful in, say, every FPS ever made!!! I am sick of putting four or five rounds into a guy's chest without it doing any damage to his shooting ability. I think that the enemies in games should at least show more damage. I would be thrilled if after shooting a guy, he fell to the ground and stayed there, maybe firing off some blind shots with a handgun.

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avatarI haven't played this yet,

Submitted by AntiHero on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 8:17am

I haven't played this yet, since i heard the multiplayer was nothing short of average, like F.E.A.R.'s multiplayer, i wouldn't buy the game if it didn't have sensible multiplayer, because that is where i'd spend my time. I'd rather borrow it from a friend and play the campaign if it interests me, which it does...mildly.)

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avatarYeah, but no.

Submitted by cappomutato on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 6:48am

There was no branch rigging in the original Far Cry.  That was part of the xbox port of the game.

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avatarThey can make...

Submitted by Devo85x on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 4:54am

They can make a whole new game mode and redo alot of the multiplayer but cant give us DLC they have already released on 360 and probibly ps3? wtf?

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avatarWell then

Submitted by maniacm0nk3y on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 8:35pm

Even though I rarely ever play on anything above "normal" difficulty, this seems like a lot of fun. Delta in Crysis was a joke, but the game was cool. Can't wait to play this when I build my new system.

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