Okay, forget the Halo 3ViDocs. Forget the Too HumanGoblin Man of Norway. We're prepared to call the first installment of the Far Cry 2 developer diary the best developer diary ever. It's not every day that a development team -- in this case Ubisoft Montreal -- travels to Kenya for research. The first in a series of developer diaries about the trip, this video covers the events leading up to departure. Even preparing for the trip sounds like it was quite an ordeal. In addition to briefings about what to expect (wild animals, corruption, etc.), each member was given over a dozen shots to prepare them for the possibility of disease. Risking malaria to make sure you get those tree bark textures just right? That's dedication.
Wow, and I was sold on the game already because of the level creator. This team is dedicated, and seriously the ideal people to make a game such as this. This is the level of thought I didn't think games would get for years, and I'm extremely impressed.
This video makes me wanna work for Ubisoft. Seriously.... paid vacation AND company-paid "research visits" abroad? Hells yeah man sign me up! Best developer diary in a hell of a long time.
Other than that, this vid just made me feel better about the $50 I plunked down on Steam for Far Cry 2 :D
wow, i was alrdy psyched for the game, now im like this is gonna b one f**cking amazing game. who wouldve thought a dev team would put that much effort into making the game look that realistic
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9-10-2008 @ 7:56PM
Highimpact1 said...
Wow, and I was sold on the game already because of the level creator. This team is dedicated, and seriously the ideal people to make a game such as this. This is the level of thought I didn't think games would get for years, and I'm extremely impressed.
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9-10-2008 @ 8:43PM
kp said...
agreed. Ubisoft will once again be getting my hard earned cash.
9-10-2008 @ 8:02PM
chubytuby said...
Very entertaining dev diary :)
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9-10-2008 @ 8:16PM
Shashwat said...
I had malaria before. If it's not celebral malaria and you have access to healthcare you won't die or anything.
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9-10-2008 @ 9:00PM
halo 3 sucks. said...
HAHAHAHAHAAHHAH!!!!!
you got maleria.
"Each year, there are approximately 515 million cases of malaria, killing between one and three million people"
too bad you werent one of them. oh well.
9-10-2008 @ 8:48PM
NukeAssault said...
Damn, that guy got all those shots and he stayed back... Oh well, it was for the betterment of the game. GJ man... gj....
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9-10-2008 @ 9:15PM
Momer said...
That was the guy from the immersion video. Irony... Also, why is the "remember me" checkbox not doing anything?
9-10-2008 @ 9:21PM
wickedpheonix said...
This video makes me wanna work for Ubisoft. Seriously.... paid vacation AND company-paid "research visits" abroad? Hells yeah man sign me up! Best developer diary in a hell of a long time.
Other than that, this vid just made me feel better about the $50 I plunked down on Steam for Far Cry 2 :D
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9-10-2008 @ 9:51PM
alex.weick said...
@ halo 3 sucks
Waka Waka
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9-10-2008 @ 10:44PM
kyle said...
wow, i was alrdy psyched for the game, now im like this is gonna b one f**cking amazing game. who wouldve thought a dev team would put that much effort into making the game look that realistic
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9-11-2008 @ 12:49AM
i cat said...
your mum is hot in the pot meow
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9-11-2008 @ 12:46PM
Simon said...
Going for a trip to africa for free? You call it dedication, I call it a frickin big budget. Looking forward to the game anyway.
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10-09-2008 @ 11:13AM
ahmzet said...
please remember me for the xbox360
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