Stop! Rumor Time! The Far Cry 2 edition.

Posted By: Steve McBarnes - 06:33:54 Mon, October 20, 2008

A [H]ard|Forum member has stated that Far Cry 2 will be packaged with all GTX 260 and GTX 280 cards soon "...without any charges to the card makers". So if you're looking at getting a GTX, you should probably wait a few days after Far Cry 2's release date (which is tomorrow) to see if you can get this awesome game for free.

I give this rumor about a 78% chance of becoming a trumor (a rumor that turns out to be true) and coolness rating of 8 apples if it is true.

[H]ard|OCP front page post.

The Ubersweet Far Cry 2 Map Editor Presentation from PAX 2008 Part 1 Part 2

UPDATE: [H]ard|OCP has performed some high resolution tests in Far Cry 2 with several cards from the HD 4850 on up to the GTX 280.

UPDATE 2: Escape from San Diego

Seems like this is a trumor after all. BFG is giving you Far Cry 2, 3DMark Vantage Advanced Edition and a BFG LED flashlight when you buy a GTX 260 or GTX 280. XFX is bundling the game with specific GTX 200 and GeForce 9000 series cards. Like BFG, Evga is bundling the game with every GTX 260 and GTX 280 they sell. Some models will ship without the game, but the game will be sent to you after you register your card.

Far Cry 2 shot.

5 Comments

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:34:13 AM

wyz135
Senior Member

Is this the Crytek engine?? I heard my freind say that Ubisoft made it instead of Crytek.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:55:44 AM

the game is made by ubisoft and uses a new engine called the Dunia engine. i honestly think it will look on par with crysis but be no way near as demanding on the graphics. :-) which is good for people with 8 series cards and 3750 above cards.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:21:34 AM

ultima
Senior Member

Its not crytek engine, its new.

"Engine

Ubisoft has developed a new engine specifically for Far Cry 2, called Dunia, meaning "world" or "earth" in Arabic but also used in many languages including Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, Swahili, Assyrian, Indonesian and Malay.[23]

The engine will take advantage of multi-core processors as well as multiple processors and support DirectX 9 as well as DirectX 10.[24] Only 2 or 3 percent of the original CryEngine code is being re-used, according to Michiel Verheijdt, Senior Product Manager for Ubisoft Netherlands. Additionally, this engine will be less hardware-demanding than CryEngine 2, the engine used in Crysis.[25]

Far Cry 2 will also support the amBX technology from Philips. With the proper hardware, this adds effects like vibrations, ambient colored lights, and fans that generate wind effects."

Heres more information on the game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Cry_2

Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:03:21 AM

aliquidparadigm
Senior Member

The tl;wr version of my review: Looks great; plays great; story sucks.

Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:49:24 PM

andrew2004gto
Member

story sucks ass, i like far cry better, i read some reviews on gamespot from users, and one was like better than crysis, to be honest i still think crysis looks better,more fun, and way better story

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