Leaning towards canceling pre-order...
I played Far Cry 1 and 2 on my xbox (RIP POS xbox) and enjoyed them and tooling around with the map editor a bit.
I was going to finally buy FarCry 3 but then saw Far Cry 4 was coming out. Looked up some of the media and was hooked. Liked it all. The clips with Pagan Min clinched it (is it Troy Barker? Have read conflicting reports on the voice actor).
Went ahead and pre-ordered through a large online retailer and got automatically "upgraded" to limited edition with a retailer specific gun.
So that left me with combing the internet and trying to find as much info as I could about the game. Found some playthroughs on youtube, typical game sites fluff,some more videos and that...was it.
Surely the official forums have tons of info? I mean they are releasing a game soon so you'd think there would be tons of info here.
Nope.
It really is abysmal.
My main reasons for cancelling (in no particular order)
1. Forums have no information and what is provided is vague and late. I am assuming someone above the mods paygrade are dictating all this which frustrates the mods and forum members. Stuff should break here FIRST (or at least simultaneously as official stuff) as all these people took the time to join this forum and talk about and anticipate this game. I will concede that yes-there will always be complainers,those you just cannot please and fanbois (this is true everywhere) but it does seem Ubi is pretty flippant towards the long time fans and forum members here. Almost like the official forums on the official site are an afterthought. Kind of backwards don't you think?
2. Prior games had some issues and the dreaded Uplay: SC:BL made my machine run HOT. This was after I had to screw around with the setting to prevent huge lag/fps and crashing. The game was alright. Multiplayer kind of sucked a bit and Uplay was horrid. Sorry Ubi-you will not beat Steam or other similar services with UPlay and are just annoying everyone with forcing them to have it.
3. Multiplayer issue. Now I am not as hardcore towards FC multiplayer as many on here. I have other games for that aspect and consider it a bonus or icing on the cake provided the SP game is awesome. However reading through the FC4 posts and then the FC3 posts I will say I think they have a point especially in regards to the map editor. The 5 x5 does seem a bit odd and like a step backwards as well. I cannot fault a company for innovating (I hope this is the case) but it would be wiser to also keep the tried and true (if it ain't broke don't fix it) right along side the new stuff. Why not have TDM,etc as well as the new modes? Win win.
4. Support- I had an issue with SC:BL before I went online and read until I found the solution. Ubi did not do jack except reply with a boilerplate message. That incident coupled with what little news and support are on the forums does not bode well or give me a warm fuzzy feeling. What if the patch Ubi rolls out (and oh yes...there will be patches) is problematic? How long until THAT is fixed. And then the next....and the next....I can see it now-thousands of angry players with a non-functioning game being told a solution is "Coming soon..."
I really did not want to come here and poop all over the game and site. I was really excited about Far Cry 4 but that is no longer the case. I will more than likely cancel my pre-order and maybe pick it up in a few months with ALL the dlc Ubi is offering all over the place with all the different retailers.