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  1. #31
    I'm an extremely big fan on the FC series
    I love the game but it has a lot of flaws and seems unpolished in terms of functionality
    Everything else - the graphics, story, levels, and ai seem awesome and don't need any fix whatsoever

    the menu systems is the biggest flaw in this game - buying selling, crafting, use syringes and weapons feels disjointed, over complicated and poorly designed
    it breaks immersion 100% -- perhaps one of the worst menu systems I have ever used
    also, getting constant popups about how to do things should be taken out or turned off, or have a switch for it in the menu, especially if I'm playing the game on expert mode
    the only things I want to get a popup about is when I have an XP points to spend or if I have enough of something to craft something else

    when I save, than die, i respawn sometimes in another town or at a radio tower (miles away), when i'm out hunting or about to take over a camp why would I respawn in another town rather than load where I saved? I'm not sure if this is intentional or a bug

    -sometimes the game crashed on save as well

    picking up an item or using it shouldn't be this difficult
    examples:
    - When I walk over a gun I should be able to pick it up as soon as I hit E... Currently I have to stay motionless for 2 seconds while holding down E, if I'm getting shot at, I die
    - When I walk over a gun that's similar to mine and I have no amo, I should get the amo from that gun without having to press anything (at times I don't get any amo even though the gun on the ground is flashing)
    - I should be able to get into a car as soon as I tap E, if im getting shot at and im trying to flee, staying motionless for 2 seconds while holding E is extremely frustrating
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  2. #32
    Day/night cycle was perfect in Far Cry 2. I actually refer to Far Cry 2 as having the perfect ratio of real time to game time.

    The HUD and enemy spotting mechanic are far too over-the-top and overpowered. Again, this was an area which Far Cry 2 excelled at. Other people have also gone into more detail about this already.

    I need to be able to holster my weapon in-game to really be immersed. Otherwise I just have a niggling feeling (akin to leaving one's fly undone.)

    Outposts have to be able to be retaken in some form. Even if only a few can be taken back at any given time, that would be fine. The problem with FC2 was that enemies re-spawned at outposts at a ridiculously fast rate. However even that was preferable to not being able to take them out again at all. I'd rather that they attack the outpost and retake it after some minimum amount of time (a few days or so.)

    I must say, as a huge fan of Far Cry 2 I would still need these issues to be addressed for me to buy FC3. I want to buy it rather badly, but I know that these issues would ruin my experience and would only cause me to complain and feel ripped off. Please don't let these points prevent an otherwise great game from being what it can.
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  3. #33
    Two comments even though both have been posted. I do this because the greater the number of the same comments, the more likely a larger percentage of the gaming population will have those same thoughts.
    1. An options menu with on/off toggles for many features such as HUD presence/absence - the pristine appearance of the FC2 gaming screen was quite unique.
    2. While the spawn rate in FC2 was too high, in my opinion a complete lack of spawn in FC2 is an extreme pendulum shift to the other side. Again, an options menu item could have a slider that specifies spawn rate.

    The bottom line: a well designed options menu would resolve many of the negatives seen in this thread, and because most programs are parameter driven, it would not have been too difficult to build this into the system. The more options you can choose, the more you will have satisfied gamers because they can essentially tailor the game to their gaming preferences.
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  4. #34
    As of patch 1.02:
    + I love, love, love open-world sandbox games like FC3 and Skyrim. I'll be playing this for a long time.
    + Good acting. Vaas is a great character.
    + Jungle is menacing, particularly if your bad at shooters like me.
    + Love the crafting and upgrades. It's a little goofy hunting certain animals but it forces us to explore.

    - The wubwubwub noise in the menu is already grating. It's louder than the rest of the game.
    - Single player games should be offline with local saves by default. Connect if I start multiplayer, otherwise leave me alone.
    - Some odd key fiddling. For instance, I can walk, then sprint but I can't start out in a sprint.
    - Looting and skinning is weird. The 'hitbox' for these functions is really small.
    - HATE HATE HATE the checkpoint system. Even when I save (PC) I end up in a different spot, sometimes missing gear I crafted. Why can't it simply load my last save?
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  5. #35
    Since the game release, i havn't even reach yet the south island and i still have tons of great things to do on north island. Far Cry 3 Single player campaign is absolutly the GOTY....and by far....

    Grand thief auto and red dead redemption are nothing compare to FC3 single player campaign. Pure genius....almost an hollywood scenario, tons of greats ideas and mini games and cool stuff....Ubisoft Montreal creat a real Masterpiece....!
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  6. #36
    I just want to put it plains and simple. I've been a hardcore gamer now 26+ years. My last personal favorite game was Skyrim. I play every new game that comes out. I call Skyrim a $120 game, cause it's worth double MSRP. I call some other games that too but, Far Cry 3 is another of my $120 games. Grant it the are some bugs and glitches here and there, but nothing major a little patch can't resolve (*cough servers dropping in co-op).
    This game is the best game I've ever played in the last 10 years or so. It is next to perfect. (*cough, map editor mp with AI and vehicles)

    Ubi, Thank you for delaying it and making this game our GOTY this year for us gamers and next year at the VGA's
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  7. #37
    I started the game yesterday, I couldn't put down my controller until just now for my lunch I was just wondering, since the game is integrated with facebook and there's a photo taking feature in the game, they should just let us take photos of a scenery or whatever we want and be able to post it on facebook wouldn't that be cool?
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  8. #38
    Far Cry 3*Singleplayer*Constructive Feedback Thread* HUD/Outposts/Holstering
    PC:
    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...sts-Holstering
    Console:
    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...sts-Holstering

    ]----------------------------->>> THE ONE THREAD TO RULE THEM ALL !

    *Most of you have probably seen me post the same post multiple times, Me endlessly repeating myself over & over again is to keep up with the many threads arising which basically cover the same topics.
    I hope by creating this thread and linking all the older threads to it our constructive feedback will be more organized, centered & thereby making it more easy for the developers who confirmed they are watching the forum to gather feedback making it more clear to them what to tinker, tailor, fix, add or fine tune the Far Cry 3 Singleplayer aspect.

    This in the end is what the forum is the supposed to be for,giving and collecting feedback - a vehicle between the company and customer so to speak, one which enables progress for the specific product.
    Because by playing and posting We are to a degree shaping the future of Far Cry, We are putting the product to the test & even though we are just a small portion of the customers we Are giving valuable feedback. (especially when allot of the feedback is uniform as to what could be improved)

    People take the time to sign up and post on the forum, this means they love the game- this is a good sign- I think we just need to take it next level so Ubi can keep creating & refining the Far Cry universe and make money & we can keep enjoying this hobby !
    I truly believe if from now on we use this thread for all constructive feedback regarding: The Hud , Outposts & Holstering Weapons a fix, repair or tweak will be made sooner !
    *(the topics will probably/hopefully change throughout time depending on fixes)

    Also, it means that whatever the future will bring we really did our best as a community and customer to work something out and make this game even better !

    *(feel free to bring up subjects which in your eyes really will make a contribution to the singplayer part of Far Cry 3 - please do however make it a constructive post and not a rant so we can keep this thread more effective so no matter what page the developer reads they will see positive and constructive feedback with a clear fix or alternative from our side)
    I will keep scanning this forum and thread to keep everything up to date !
    Dont forget twitter can also be used for giving feedback ! address is @FarCrygame

    IMPORTANT !
    Post on these topics to create more awareness about these subjects, these are the official bug/ known issue topics wich will certainly looked at by Ubisoft.
    you can copy paste parts of my post !

    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...ted-2012-11-28
    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...ted-2012-11-28
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    Hi there Ubi ! First of all I want to congratulate you with the release of far cry 3 ! - The game had exceeded all my expectations !
    Im very happy to see you guys responding and communicating with the community !
    I felt the following 2 things could use some attention:

    THE HUD :

    While i fully understand why the hud is there and what role it plays in farcry 3 i do think that some ways to modify it will be very very much appreciated by many fans looking at the different threads (with some having the highest post and views) !
    The world you created just begs to be experienced fully immersed with minimal hud !
    Also I choose the highest difficulty expecting it would translate to less help ingame, keeping count of bullets myself, no highlighting so i would have to keep track of where dead bodies, animal cadavers or plants are ect ect
    .
    The following options are just a example but here they are :
    Mini-map [ON] [OFF]
    Hit Indicators [ON] [OFF] - (the enemy detection arrows)
    Objective Markers [ON] [OFF]
    Object Highlight [ON] [OFF] - (e.g. the glowing/flashing dead animals)
    Hint Pop-ups [ON] [OFF]
    XP Pop-ups [ON] [OFF]
    Enemy Tagging [FULL] [MINIMAL] - ('Full' would be as it currently is, i.e. wallhack + orange skull icons, 'Minimal' would just be red dots on the map/mini-map).

    *I think the HUD customization would be relatively easy to implement, looking at how most of the trailers show footage without the HUD, this change with its easy to implement but high impact on gameplay will really push the right buttons of many people !

    OUTPOSTS
    you could make the pirates take over certain outposts (outposts just become hostile again and there is a notification that an outpost has been taken over. no need for any other fancy ideas.) and never more than , say, 5 outposts re-taken by pirates at a time, max. this way you always get more action and you dont get the entire map repopulated by pirates.
    Im not far into the game at all so i assume that making pirates return doesnt fit with the story.... but i feel it doesnt fit with the gameplay either.

    I think this just shows how much people love the game and want to keep playing it, I mean - after a while when you chose your skills and bought and customized the weapons, you want to experiment in the world, the outposts are perfect for this.
    (I personally wouldnt mind a sort of reset button to reset all outpost next to the suggested option which I think is a sublte but very effective one)

    *clearing all outposts gives an achievement - how do you guys think we can make it work without interfering?
    -by making it only available after clearing out all outpost so leaving no room for error as to interfering with the achievement ?

    HOLSTERING WEAPONS.

    Making it able for the player to holster weapons.
    I can understand how one who focuses on the arts of stealth would like to roam and stalk around with nothing in their hands because the only weapons they will use are the takedowns, the foliage, water and height advantage, the knife and enemies equipment.
    *looking at how players holster weapons in friendly town this should also be easy to implement.

    These 3 adjustments would make farcry 3 one of the best games ive played in a long long time and im not hesitating to spread this news to my peers !
    Bye !

    * I love the cover system + blind firing !!
    * I love how the enemies dont have an insane amount of HP on warrior diff.mode and dont need half a magazine of bullets to die - but will die with a couple of well places shots !! Good move
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  9. #39

    Controller & keyboard issue

    Really a great game, huge island, lot of nice things to discover cool story etc.
    Great (art)work!

    BUT the issue is that you can not use the keyboard/mouse AND the controller at the same time. To play a shooter with the controller on a PC sucks and to drive a vehicle with the keyboard/mouse sucks vice versa. Would be nice to have at least a 'quick' key ('j' for example) to switch between the used controller mode. Of course an update to use all three input devices at the same time would be much better...
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  10. #40

    c4 and mines pickupable plz

    so i cant pick up my c4 or mines after i lay them down??? but i can knife them and kill myself... GOOD ONE MAN!! pffffffffffff noobs......
    also i need to be able to throw a c4 pack on the passenger seat....... (figure it out) (yea, im that dude)
    c4 should stick or go or be able to be placed or STUCK anywhere....

    did i say i want to climb trees?..... make it like a ladder.. and when i get to the top i can shoot 180*... or do it better
    but do it ... or get me in there sarge... il motivate the troops to do it..

    why cant i shoot my gun while i drive....... or while i slide.. i think i said that yesterday..

    melee takedowns for animals please.... i am not the slasher.... im a tree climbing jump off onto a bears back and stab it in the head.. er.

    why cant all these syurms be accesed by holding Y and then using RS to select which one you want to put in the active spot...
    and the one thats in the active spot, you just hit Y to use...
    i dont understand only 2.... i can carry one of everything.... maybe i want to use one of everything is sucession..
    in the menu, out the menu, in the menu, out the menu.... OPEN WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    lights on/off in vehicles

    also having trouble killing people with the flame arrow...... it is and arrow plus flame right?? arrows kill right?
    you think im gonna break the arrow head off and get that flaming material to stay wrapped on a wood stick?? i didnt see crazy glue in the recipe..

    AND I NEED THE GPS!! the radio towers should show you where everything thing is on the map.... not the map itself....
    i need to look at my gps in my hand constantly while driving to the radio towers to try to find the best possible route off road.. so i can avoid gorillas

    and i need a stats menu, so i can see how many animals/bad guys ive killed.... how many people ive saved .(the hostages walking down the road)

    when i free hostages being escorted down the road,
    and then a jeep rolls up and i kill the soldiers inside,
    the hostages i freed should hop in the jeep and ride out

    and when i drive my jeep of a cliff or bridge i would like to be able to get out and live........
    i feel as though in real life i would time my escape better than the clumsy game door open get in/out animation (which i love ps)
    .... so maybe you should only loose one bar of health no matter what when you jump out of a vehicle....

    sort of the same as above.... but dying from landing a hand glider peferctly, or hitting a pole when im three feet off the ground.....
    .... and i have not tried it yet.. but i better be able to jump off the hand glider and dive into the water and live....

    while sprinting (LS clicked and forward) if you could press D pad left or right to look left or right while you were running, or D pad down to look back
    it would be toooo sick!
    another console first.


    i think the problem with ubisoft montreal is all yall are going to work everyday to make a video game.........
    when you should be trying to live in it....be alive in it..
    if you did this, all of your problems would be illuminated....
    ................. its either that or your game testers are noobs and were just overwhelmed by how cool everything that is here is,

    and sorry, i didnt put it on the hardest mode yet, but the spotting is too powerful!
    it should only be the x ray shadows or the symbols... and the symbols should be really small unless your scoped in on the face....
    imo its too much, it takes away from the game... but thats how it should look on the easy mode.... very user friendly...
    maybe in the hardest mode, they loose the spot after some time....

    where is my speed rope kit and my grappling hook.... why cant i tie people up... or knock them out? how come there is only one knife... and i cant paint it?
    where is the sling shot.... i want to be able to put the usless doll heads and poker chips i pick up into a sack that i make out of donkey zebras and use that ish for ammo for my slingshot!!!

    AND WHAT THE SKUNK! PLAYSTATION IS GETTING EXCLUSIVE DLC FOR CO OP?!?!?!?!?!
    THEY DONT EVEN PAY FOR ONLINE SERVICES!!
    WTF WTF WTF

    DONT MAKE ME CALL YALL THE F WORD!

    what is the world coming to..? ;(
    im so sad


    i only want to do what is real.... this game is still toooooo sick though!

    how bout... you hire me, we can get some sick life dlc going for this game.. and we will also start making far cray 4 for 720
    AT THE SAME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME.................... oh look at the time, back to farcry

    .... it hurts to blink, so i have stoped

    (LOX)cuzimKNOWLEDGE
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