Just finished FC2 [spoilers inside]

Goggalor · 07-19-2010, 01:30 AM

I have to say I was very impressed with how the story played out. Starting out the game thinking the Jackal is this monster arming both sides of a conflict just for personal gain, when really he is trying to kill the true monsters of the world and save the innocent civilians, to the point of sacrificing his own life. I don't think I've ever played a game where I started out despising the bad guy in the beginning, and ending the game with utmost respect and honor for the guy.

That said, here are my issues:
*Crashed way too much.

*Quick save doesn't override the last quick save. Combine that with the frequent crashing means I'm hitting F5 every few minutes and my save file had a hundred saves in it by the end of the game.

*Enemies with no shirts taking .50 caliber to the chest? Come on, at least put some armor on them.

*Enemies respawn too fast. Take out a checkpoint, blast threw the objective, and 2 minutes later the checkpoint is repopulated.

Mxthe · 07-19-2010, 06:02 AM

Totally agree with everything you said...

Though the ending would DESERVE a longer cinematic epilogue...

And, if the Guard Post would never be repopulated, the game would not be more boring, on the contrary, there are so many Post Guards and patrols, that it still would be fun to navigate around, and it would be better, because taking out the same Guard Post one hundred times is annoying...

FreemanForPrez · 07-19-2010, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mxthe

And, if the Guard Post would never be repopulated, the game would not be more boring, on the contrary, there are so many Post Guards and patrols, that it still would be fun to navigate around, and it would be better, because taking out the same Guard Post one hundred times is annoying...

That is the single most annoying thing about Crysis, IMO, actually - the fact that the enemies DON'T respawn. I would love to be able to continue to have bad guys to fight in some of those maps in Crysis, but once you've killed them all, all you can do is move on.

I've beaten FC2 on Infamous at least 5 times, and now when I play it I don't even really play it, I just go around and get into battles, and if they didn't respawn, it would be like walking around an enormous sandbox with nothing to do.

I don't see how NOT allowing the guards to respawn would make it less boring - if anything, having more people to shoot makes it less boring, not the other way around.

I think though that they should have made it where they don't respawn right away. If it had been up to me, a guard post would be repopulated maybe 6-12 game hours later, and then they would be delivered in on a truck, not just magically reappearing the moment you're out of sight.

tb87670 · 07-19-2010, 12:28 PM

I wish there was co-op. Driving through guard posts with a gunner would be so much more palatable than having to hop out and get in a turret to take advantage of a mounted gun. The reason being is because guard posts come back as soon as you leave sight of them. If they made a 10-15 minute spawn timer then that would be ok, I clear guard posts so I can drive through easily at least temporarily. I don't want to fight a post I wiped out 3 minutes ago on my way back from a mission.

Goggalor · 07-20-2010, 01:57 PM

My complaint wasn't that they respawn, but that they respawn too quickly.

JBBooks · 07-20-2010, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Goggalor

My complaint wasn't that they respawn, but that they respawn too quickly.

They magically re-spawn, all fire/blast damage is gone, and all vehicles replaced. These factions are rich & efficient!

ZeroPike · 07-23-2010, 09:59 AM

I agree with the OP.

Well when I first played I hit a guard post. Great, exciting, interesting. I drive through the same guard post a little while later its re-pop'd. So I decided to do a through exploration of the Guard post, thinking that maybe if I cleared it properly or hit some sort of checkpoint on it, it would stop. And no didn't work.

Alright I agree to that the game could be boring. But if it would lock a guard post down if you totally leveled it, or it was populated by friendly to you forces. The game could be better. Heck even pitched battles between sides for control of a guard post and you can go help them in there defense. That'd be fun.

07-19-2010, 01:30 AM	#1
Goggalor Join Date: Jul 2008 Reputation: 6863 Posts: 2,179	Just finished FC2 [spoilers inside] I have to say I was very impressed with how the story played out. Starting out the game thinking the Jackal is this monster arming both sides of a conflict just for personal gain, when really he is trying to kill the true monsters of the world and save the innocent civilians, to the point of sacrificing his own life. I don't think I've ever played a game where I started out despising the bad guy in the beginning, and ending the game with utmost respect and honor for the guy. That said, here are my issues: Crashed way too much. Quick save doesn't override the last quick save. Combine that with the frequent crashing means I'm hitting F5 every few minutes and my save file had a hundred saves in it by the end of the game. Enemies with no shirts taking .50 caliber to the chest? Come on, at least put some armor on them. Enemies respawn too fast. Take out a checkpoint, blast threw the objective, and 2 minutes later the checkpoint is repopulated.

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07-19-2010, 06:02 AM	#2
Mxthe Join Date: Jul 2009 Reputation: 6 Posts: 108	Totally agree with everything you said... Though the ending would DESERVE a longer cinematic epilogue... And, if the Guard Post would never be repopulated, the game would not be more boring, on the contrary, there are so many Post Guards and patrols, that it still would be fun to navigate around, and it would be better, because taking out the same Guard Post one hundred times is annoying...

07-19-2010, 12:28 PM	#4
tb87670 Join Date: Sep 2008 Reputation: 77 Posts: 780	I wish there was co-op. Driving through guard posts with a gunner would be so much more palatable than having to hop out and get in a turret to take advantage of a mounted gun. The reason being is because guard posts come back as soon as you leave sight of them. If they made a 10-15 minute spawn timer then that would be ok, I clear guard posts so I can drive through easily at least temporarily. I don't want to fight a post I wiped out 3 minutes ago on my way back from a mission.

07-20-2010, 01:57 PM	#5
Goggalor Join Date: Jul 2008 Reputation: 6863 Posts: 2,179	My complaint wasn't that they respawn, but that they respawn too quickly.

07-23-2010, 09:59 AM	#7
ZeroPike Join Date: Feb 2010 Reputation: 56 Posts: 182	I agree with the OP. Well when I first played I hit a guard post. Great, exciting, interesting. I drive through the same guard post a little while later its re-pop'd. So I decided to do a through exploration of the Guard post, thinking that maybe if I cleared it properly or hit some sort of checkpoint on it, it would stop. And no didn't work. Alright I agree to that the game could be boring. But if it would lock a guard post down if you totally leveled it, or it was populated by friendly to you forces. The game could be better. Heck even pitched battles between sides for control of a guard post and you can go help them in there defense. That'd be fun.