Far Cry 2 dev diary goes to Africa

by Richard Mitchell { Sep 10th 2008 at 7:10PM }

Okay, forget the Halo 3 ViDocs. Forget the Too Human Goblin 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.

Tags: far-cry, far-cry-2, ubisoft, ubisoft-montreal

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Highimpact1 @ Sep 10th 2008 7:56PM

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.

kp @ Sep 10th 2008 8:43PM

agreed. Ubisoft will once again be getting my hard earned cash.

chubytuby @ Sep 10th 2008 8:02PM

Very entertaining dev diary :)

Shashwat @ Sep 10th 2008 8:16PM

I had malaria before. If it's not celebral malaria and you have access to healthcare you won't die or anything.

halo 3 sucks. @ Sep 10th 2008 9:00PM

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.

NukeAssault @ Sep 10th 2008 8:48PM

Damn, that guy got all those shots and he stayed back... Oh well, it was for the betterment of the game. GJ man... gj....

Momer @ Sep 10th 2008 9:15PM

That was the guy from the immersion video. Irony... Also, why is the "remember me" checkbox not doing anything?

wickedpheonix @ Sep 10th 2008 9:21PM

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