Bad Online Experience in MP
Hi,
I played Farcry 1 since 2005 and loved the game so much until the 1.4 patch but lets not go there....
I had higher expectations seeing what was done in FC2 and expecting it to be bettered, however I find the Farcry 3 online experience to feel more like im playing a game that is still in the Alpha testing stages. There is no way Ubisoft can ever say this game is complete and even a slightly good online experience for gamers who have spent their hard earned cash on this. It's quite clear that the game has many faults and bugs and that it has not been tested with any decent standards of quality control, but I ask why not? If so many of us gamers saw what was wrong on the first day then what excuse has Ubisoft got for testing a game for how long now that they kept pushing the release date back.
There is something that im sure many gamers would have noticed if they tried the SP is that the problems are almost non exsistent! Its a great game with a few bugs. So its definitely clear that we are being forgotten about as MP players and only SP counts. I truly believe this is the last ever game I will buy from Ubisoft ever if this is not resolved, you cannot trick us with trailers and online footage showing seamless gameplay and yet when we actually get into it its a whole other poor experience.
I think its quite clear that I feel let down not just for me but for the online community and for the clan and gaming group communities. Anyway moving on I would like to post a few things that I noticed were wrong in the game or what is lacking or needs changing.
1 - AK47 weapon stats always reset so you waste you time playing with this gun online
2 - Takes way to long to start a game in lobby and lobbies crash a lot, I spend about 50% of my time in lobby and 50% in game...
3 - Lagg in MP not SP and this has nothing to do with how powerful your gfx card is is as this has been reported across various gfx set ups
4 - Sometimes unable to connect to game and have to restart uplay a few times to get MP working.
5 - Changing the default 'e' keyboard button to 'v' for revives and interaction leaves you unable to use the function, I had to change back to the 'e' key and again all was fine
6 - No function to select the map you would like to play, only game mode selection possible
7 - Group party function comes through Uplay, this would be much better done through the game
8 - Why even use Uplay? All it does is annoy me every time I start it by showing me twitter posts i couldn't care less about and adverts for games im most certainly not buying, especially considering this one does not work properly
9 - No clan tag support
10 - Loadout lists keep getting reset
11 - Bad colour use in the customisation menu make it confusing when adjusting setting bars etc
12 - No dedicated servers, is this really p2p hosting? If so what a fail... plus punkbuster working alongisde p2p? Would this not make it easier for cheaters?
13 - No group game lobby leader as in FC2 to start the game etc...
14 - No ability to switch team (other day we played 4v1 after some left and couldn't balance it out)
I think I will stop there to enjoy a bit of Sunday TV as it seems this list is getting longer than any Call of Duty game i could ever complain about lol
I hope for some changes but if I dont see them then goodbye Farcry 3 and I will boycott Ubisoft for life. Im not being dramatic but you have to consider that we as consumers pay for a certain product, we pay for quality and we work hard for our income and as little as £40 for a game may seem to a few or to a company its also a matter of principle. Please take not of the ongoing support and changes in Counter Strike Source and Team Fortress 2 MP even after they have been out for so long, now that is really saying thank you to the gamers who bought their games, take a lesson from Valve on how to care for the people who buy your games. This game was seriously anticipated and it seems the thing we enjoy the most is the least important one for why we bought this game...SP (single player).
Regards,
Alex aka hg.Ancient
(FC1 clans: UBW, Legends, 22ndsas, Heroez Gamerz)