🛈 Announcement
Greetings! Far Cry forums are now archived and accessible in read-only mode, please go to the new platform to discuss the game.
  1. #1
    Lunatic LK47's Avatar Banned
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    298

    Melee chain takedowns and Pistol Takedowns not working properly?

    I am playing on a wired X-Box One controller and have noticed that I am not able to consistently pull this off without spamming the command prompts. This is not normal since I am normally able to pull off these maneuvers flawlessly in Blood Dragon and Far Cry 4. Did you guys change the formula, or is this a bug?
    Share this post

  2. #2
    Lunatic LK47's Avatar Banned
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    298
    Video footage uploaded for reference purposes:

    https://youtu.be/y0BRkdGBZ6U
    Share this post

  3. #3
    Lunatic LK47's Avatar Banned
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    298
    Any response regarding this topic? No one responded for a month.
    Share this post

  4. #4
    UbiLed's Avatar Ubisoft Support Staff
    Join Date
    Dec 2017
    Posts
    40
    Hi there Lunatic. I apologize for the delay. Thanks for bringing this to our attention and for taking the time to include a video. If you haven't had a chance as of yet, I would recommend attempting our Xbox One guide. If after completing the guide, you are still unable to exacute the take down or are still having issues with your melee attack, please let me know. Thank you for your patience!
    Share this post

  5. #5
    Lunatic LK47's Avatar Banned
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    298
    Hi UbiLed,

    Tried power cycling, and the results are the same. This is on a regular XBox One console that was gifted to me in 2014, and I bought a physical copy of the regular edition. The on-screen prompts to do the chain melee and the pistol takedowns are completely random.
    Share this post

  6. #6
    Steve64b's Avatar Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    http://steve.farcry.eu/
    Posts
    1,628
    On PC I also find the chain/pistol takedown follow-up rather unreliable. When I get the prompt & try to 'activate' it, chances are it won't follow through. Unless I'm missing something compared to how it worked in FC4, it seems broken.
     1 people found this helpful
    Share this post

  7. #7
    Lunatic LK47's Avatar Banned
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    298
    Originally Posted by Steve64b Go to original post
    On PC I also find the chain/pistol takedown follow-up rather unreliable. When I get the prompt & try to 'activate' it, chances are it won't follow through. Unless I'm missing something compared to how it worked in FC4, it seems broken.
    Looks like no one is alone on this, Steve.
    Share this post

  8. #8
    ubi--unicorn's Avatar Ubisoft Support Staff
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Posts
    9,511
    Hey guys, is this still occurring on the latest patch?
    Share this post

  9. #9
    420JJ's Avatar Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    TX, USA
    Posts
    425
    Chain takedowns work fine for me. I did have to relearn how to do them for this game, but it's super easy once you figure it out.

    1. Chain takedown= press rightstick and then hold leftstick forward

    2. Pistol takedown= press rightstick and then hold down left trigger. Then press right trigger to fire while still holding left trigger

    3. Melee throw takedown= with melee weapon equipped press rightstick and just press right trigger to throw melee weapon

    I'm pulling off chain takedowns perfectly and often. I hope this helps.

    JJ
    Share this post

  10. #10
    Lunatic LK47's Avatar Banned
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    298
    Originally Posted by ubi--unicorn Go to original post
    Hey guys, is this still occurring on the latest patch?
    Hi Unicorn, as of the typing of this message chain takedown is STILL not working properly even when I followed the onscreen prompt. As an example, after doing a "death from above," there is an onscreen prompt telling me to "press left on left thumbstick," but my character would not execute even after pressing the prompt at least three times. I don't remember having to hold the button to execute this in Blood Dragon AT ALL.

    Originally Posted by 420JJ Go to original post
    Chain takedowns work fine for me. I did have to relearn how to do them for this game, but it's super easy once you figure it out.

    1. Chain takedown= press rightstick and then hold leftstick forward

    2. Pistol takedown= press rightstick and then hold down left trigger. Then press right trigger to fire while still holding left trigger

    3. Melee throw takedown= with melee weapon equipped press rightstick and just press right trigger to throw melee weapon

    I'm pulling off chain takedowns perfectly and often. I hope this helps.

    JJ
    Uh, I had not experienced that. It was completely done by luck and the problem I'm experiencing is even if I DID follow the steps, it still does not execute. Far Cry 4 and Blood Dragon was a LOT easier with ONE button press. I had to spam it at least 20+ times just to make it register. Not really a good sign of this being playtested.
    Share this post