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Have you compared it to screenshots from Far Cry 1, or to your memory of the game? Far Cry 1 was a beautfiul game, absolutely, but the new iteration clearly do

Have you compared it to screenshots from Far Cry 1, or to your memory of the game? Far Cry 1 was a beautfiul game, absolutely, but the new iteration clearly does look a lot better than the original.

hifikuno 3y ago
This was one thing that surprised me when playing the remastered version of Halo. It looked exactly as I remembered it. Then I swapped to the original graphics and realized my nostalgia and memories had added lots of extra details.
- busfahrer 3y ago
  Had the same experience with the StarCraft Remaster
simonklitj 3y ago
Yeah, take a look at this photo: https://i.redd.it/rfvm4j1j9m391.jpg https://i.redd.it/rfvm4j1j9m391.jpg Looks like a lot of improvement to me.
- xwdv 3y ago
  Somewhat, you can still see how the sky looks unnatural from the HDR effect which just ruins everything. The top is a more natural realistic sky. Shoreline is kinda weird too.
  - bhouston 3y ago
    I see what you are referring to. But I don’t think it is just simple HDR tonemapping, it doesn’t do that, but rather some type of color grading going on. The bottom is over saturated and over contrasty.
- lelanthran 3y ago
  > Looks like a lot of improvement to me. Dunno about "a lot". Certainly, it's improved in the area of modeling humans and faces, but landscape still looks pretty much the same.
dumdumchan 3y ago
They peaked at far cry 2 and it has been down hill ever since
- als0 3y ago
  There's a lot to be admired by Far Cry 2: the environmental mechanics, the introduction, the lighting effects, the gritty and exotic atmosphere... but to me it was not a fun game. Not in the way that Far Cry 1 was fun.
  - dumdumchan 3y ago
    The immersion is what sold it to me. No hud, no on screen markers. Need to look at map? Pull it out, hold it in your hand and look at it. I'm surprised no other AAA game has tried this formula.
    - looperhacks 3y ago
      You might want to take a look at the latest entry in the Metro series
  - thsbrown 3y ago
    I absolutely loved far cry 2. Dynamic fire and gun jamming were standouts.
  - barrkel 3y ago
    FC1 lost its fun with the mutants. FC2 never stopped being fun to me, because it was essentially a giant open world game of Thief: get from A to B without being detected (since enemy patrols respawned, there was no point killing them).
    - squeaky-clean 3y ago
      > (since enemy patrols respawned, there was no point killing them) This is the main thing that made it not fun for me, lol. There really is no point in partaking in random combat in the open-world. It's always better to run away or sneak past them. Fine in a stealth game, but FC2 didn't have great stealth mechanics beyond crouching and staying far away from enemies.

Have you compared it to screenshots from Far Cry 1, or to your memory of the game? Far Cry 1 was a beautfiul game, absolutely, but the new iteration clearly does look a lot better than the original.

hifikuno 3y ago

This was one thing that surprised me when playing the remastered version of Halo. It looked exactly as I remembered it. Then I swapped to the original graphics and realized my nostalgia and memories had added lots of extra details.

busfahrer 3y ago
Had the same experience with the StarCraft Remaster

simonklitj 3y ago

Yeah, take a look at this photo: https://i.redd.it/rfvm4j1j9m391.jpg https://i.redd.it/rfvm4j1j9m391.jpg Looks like a lot of improvement to me.

xwdv 3y ago
Somewhat, you can still see how the sky looks unnatural from the HDR effect which just ruins everything. The top is a more natural realistic sky. Shoreline is kinda weird too.
- bhouston 3y ago
  I see what you are referring to. But I don’t think it is just simple HDR tonemapping, it doesn’t do that, but rather some type of color grading going on. The bottom is over saturated and over contrasty.
lelanthran 3y ago
> Looks like a lot of improvement to me. Dunno about "a lot". Certainly, it's improved in the area of modeling humans and faces, but landscape still looks pretty much the same.

dumdumchan 3y ago

They peaked at far cry 2 and it has been down hill ever since

als0 3y ago
There's a lot to be admired by Far Cry 2: the environmental mechanics, the introduction, the lighting effects, the gritty and exotic atmosphere... but to me it was not a fun game. Not in the way that Far Cry 1 was fun.
- dumdumchan 3y ago
  The immersion is what sold it to me. No hud, no on screen markers. Need to look at map? Pull it out, hold it in your hand and look at it. I'm surprised no other AAA game has tried this formula.
  - looperhacks 3y ago
    You might want to take a look at the latest entry in the Metro series
- thsbrown 3y ago
  I absolutely loved far cry 2. Dynamic fire and gun jamming were standouts.
- barrkel 3y ago
  FC1 lost its fun with the mutants. FC2 never stopped being fun to me, because it was essentially a giant open world game of Thief: get from A to B without being detected (since enemy patrols respawned, there was no point killing them).
  - squeaky-clean 3y ago
    > (since enemy patrols respawned, there was no point killing them) This is the main thing that made it not fun for me, lol. There really is no point in partaking in random combat in the open-world. It's always better to run away or sneak past them. Fine in a stealth game, but FC2 didn't have great stealth mechanics beyond crouching and staying far away from enemies.