Ah beauty, "Borderless" it shows up as and it does just that. I wonder what if any downsides there are to that.

Funny, I was looking forward to playing this game sometime in the future (maybe after it enters some Humble Bundle, or is released DRM-free on GOG) because of the praise I read here.

Yeah, pretty much. I expected something like a new storyline for Far Cry with similar playability etc. but this is a totally different game. That's ok but wasn't expected. They seem to have made a totally different game concept using the Far Cry engine, and called it Far Cry: Blood Dragon where "Blood Dragon" alone would have been less misleading IMHO. Kind of like if Aliens vs Predator were called "Half Life: Aliens vs Predator", you'd be thinking why the hell is it called Half Life, it has nothing to do with halflife even though it uses the Half Life 2 game engine. :)

Yeah Far Cry 2 is somewhat different from what I saw of it but the graphics and story and playability were interesting and had similar elements to a degree although I didn't get far enough to know how it compares overall to the first game.

My next session of Blood Dragon will probably be a few hours long so I'll get a much better idea of the game tomorrow likely, perhaps my mind will change about it in light of the info shared here and new experiences. :)

I finished Far Cry 2 (the GOG version) on the hardest difficulty, and I loved it overall, and I am thinking of maybe replaying it in the future. But so many people complain about the game that maybe I am in a minority, like I seem to be liking Lands of Lore 2 and 3, and thinking they are superior games compared to the first Lands of Lore game. :)

As I understand, many people hate Far Cry 2 because the enemies respawn too often (if you go across map borders in fact, good to know that while you play the game so you don't unnecessarily go across map areas unless you have to). It makes sense that the enemies respawn sometime (because otherwise you'd quite soon be playing on a game map which has no enemies at all, as you have already killed them all; think of the GTA games if enemy gangs or police wouldn't respawn at all), but the way they respawn in Far Cry 2 is somewhat confusing. The respawn method may be due to its console roots (memory restrictions), and it could have been implemented better, e.g. that they respawn only between successful missions.

But even with it, I enjoyed the game a lot, especially since you can quite often just disregard the respawned enemies and just drive through the enemy outposts at full speed, or avoid them altogether by driving off-road. I think it became much more enjoyable to me once I acquired sniper rifles, as I love sniping in FPS games, and the sniper rifle makes it easier to kill those respawning enemies from a distance, rather than having to fight them over and over again in close combat.

Ok, I hopped into the game for a few minutes more before bed and I climbed the first thing in the game you have to climb after kiling the first 6 enemies or so... then another annoying endless tutorial pops up followed by a dialog telling you to press ENTER to get rid of the annoying tutorial. Then your character says something like "I fucking hate these annoying tutorials they're terrible!" or something. LOL Ok, I think I'm starting to "get it" now. :)

I loved Far Cry 2, I really don't get the hate, hope you enjoy it :)

Blood Dragon is so full of 1980s win and jokes about the state of games and the game industry.
And sharks; cyborg sharks. And dragons with lazers! Lots of dragons with lazers and so much pew pew!

Fun game.

Thanks AMD!

Yes, I'm starting to enjoy it more now after the initial hurdles and lack of understanding of what it was all about.