Far Cry 2: Lose A Buddy, Lose Content [Sep 05, 2008, 9:44 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Videogaming247 reports an interesting tidbit about Far Cry 2 they picked up
at the Games convention. Apparently when one of the game's NPC "buddy"
characters meets an untimely demise, the game content associated with that
character dies as well. They quote Patrick Redding, the narrative head on the
shooter follow-up: "That’s the price you pay for having buddies. When I unlock a
buddy like that and then use him, either by getting involved in one of his
missions… or by allowing him to come and rescue me, there’s always a risk that
he could be killed. If he’s killed, he’s gone forever and the content associated
with that character is no long available to me. So for example, any side quests
that he’d be able to give me are no longer available."
To be fair, Jerykk's downloading and purchasing habits don't invalidate his opinion. I hope that he pays for any game that he plays for more than an hour or so, but that is between him and his conscience. It really isn't relevant to his opinions.
I do think that he is too stuck in the past, while viewing it through the rose-colored glasses that make everything older seem better than it was. Many of us older gamers do that, honestly. Fallout, for example, was great, but it had many annoyances. True, because of the game's overall greatness, they were rather easy to overlook. The biggest difference is that newer games don't have the luxury of rose-colored analysis. The same holds true with many other old games he holds in high regard. I have often looked at his criticisms of modern games and thought to myself how some of the exact same criticisms can be made about older, classic games if one decided to focus only on the negatives.
This comment was edited on Sep 10, 15:52.
I do think that he is too stuck in the past, while viewing it through the rose-colored glasses that make everything older seem better than it was. Many of us older gamers do that, honestly. Fallout, for example, was great, but it had many annoyances. True, because of the game's overall greatness, they were rather easy to overlook. The biggest difference is that newer games don't have the luxury of rose-colored analysis. The same holds true with many other old games he holds in high regard. I have often looked at his criticisms of modern games and thought to myself how some of the exact same criticisms can be made about older, classic games if one decided to focus only on the negatives.
This comment was edited on Sep 10, 15:52.
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