Originally posted by Phat JTypically when someone is treated to something they like to see, and it's taken a bit of time and effort to do, it's common courtesy to at least remark on whether you like the gameplay shown or not, rather than just the game itself, so yeah, I guess you could say I'm used to people giving their opinion on that.
what do you want, like a review? i thought it looked dope, i have that game comin in the mail right now. nice shooting, the hang gliding sniping looked liked fun. 👆 is it hard to make the videos?
I don't expect all praise, just honest opinions without being insulting, it's part of how I learn what is liked and disliked, and in turn you can learn about the game from my replies.
The glider sniping is a thrill, but difficult to master, especially in the Glider Ride 4 of the series I referred to. It's not so bad when you're flying straight, but if you have to negotiate turns just before and/or after shooting, it's pretty tough.
The videos you're seeing now were actually tougher to make than the ones I'm curerently making. That was largely due to using the Fraps demo which only records 30 seconds at a time. I actually had to use Devmode in FarCry when I made Fraps videos of it so I could quicksave at the 30 second intervals.
Some accused me that this was cheating, but when you factor in that the armor left by corpses disappears when loading a quicksave, and the lag of Fraps while playing, not to mention being able to get to a spot with no video motion each 30 sec for a seamless save (not always possible), it's really just as hard if not harder.
My last 3 videos of FarCry have been done without Devmode and using checkpoints only, as I now use Game Cam to record. I still am making no damage runs, and all on Realistic mode now (highest difficulty), so I can't say the lack of quicksave has made it harder. The only difference is the editing is easier because I have fewer clips to piece together.
As for how hard to make movies, it's fairly easy and quick to learn really. I recommend Game Cam for capture and Movie Maker for editing to those beginning at it.
Here's some great sites to learn about it:
Movie Maker Forum: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/Default.aspx
Game Cam tutorial:
http://www.planetgamecam.com/index.php?locid=tutorials&PHPSESSID=
If you get serious about it and need personal help with capture, editing, compression, and making custom compression profiles, let me know. Game Cam has much less FPS drain on your system than Fraps, writes much smaller files, and has a feature called Smart Capture, which automatically adjusts everything but capture size for you to give you the best results. The Lite version is only $10 too, and the techs on their forum are very helpfull.