Wowbagger_TIP wrote on Aug 22, 2010, 13:43:
No, the complaint was that the implementation of the gun decay was just stupid.

Other dumb game mechanics they need to address from FC2:

# guns that degrade/jam/die after only a couple of clips

# having a bunch of enemies shoot at you for 5 mins whilst you circle round their camp; you take them out and loot the weapons to replenish your ammo, only to find 4 or 5 bullets on each corpse

# respawning checkpoints (can't say that enough!)


But it's a Ubishite game, so will have purchase-killing DRM and so not really an issue, after all.

Guns that decay within the span of firing a few clips, but didn't so much as jam once on the guy you stole it from? That makes no sense and is so inconsistent that it's clear they didn't bother to try to balance the game. They just made quick and dirty changes to parameters to try to achieve the affect they wanted on the player, even though those changes made no sense in the game world.

These guys weren't even trying. When considered in light of the lack of friendly AI, the retarded respawn decisions, the lack of mission variety, all of it points to half-assed design and/or rushed implementation.

If this game wasn't aimed at me, then I have no idea who they thought their target audience was. With a sequel, it's generally understood that you're targeting the people who liked the previous game. I loved Far Cry, and played through it several times. I'm not the only one who loved the first one and thought the second was a serious disappointment either.