Let me start off by saying, yes I know Farcry 2 is not a MMO and yes I realize I’m reviewing a FPS on a MMO blog. However I do play games other than MMO’s and while normally I would refrain from posting about them here, I just could not resist considering how hyped up Farcry 2 was and how horrible the game acutally is.
Here’s a quick introduction to what the game is like. Drive 5 mins to a mission point, spend 5 mins getting your mission, spend 5-10 mins driving to your mission, spend 5-15 mins completing the mission and finally spend 5-10 mins driving to the next area to get another mission. Rinse and repeat for the rest of the game. Think of it as GTA except driving around is not fun at all, it’s the worst part of the game and you’ll spend about 50% of your time doing it. Then think of having to do basically the same mission over and over, with almost zero variation. What fun!
To make things ever better, you need to buy all your own weapons, which are mostly pointless. Here’s a great example. I used a “silenced” pistol to shoot a guard, before anyone saw or heard me, I ran behind a mountain and made my way to the back of the base. Without so much as a peep from me I had about 10 guards running to my exact location. WTF Ubisoft? Is there no AI at all? Does buying a silienced gun even matter if the comp knows exactly where I am regardless of how stealthly I’ve been? But what I like even better is when I’m outside a building with no windows and the guys on the inside shoot me through the wall even though they should have no clue that I’m there. No it’s ok, I doing mind playing a game with AI from 1995.
Moving on to the game map. This is a map you’ll use a lot and the best part is that it covers about 45-55% of the screen depending if you’re driving (45%) or walking(55%). No mini map at all unless you’re driving. However the minimap in cars is pretty much useless as it only shows about 200 yards around you, so you’ll have the main map open anyway and have about 1/3 the road blocked by the map.
Next up are diamonds, the currency that you’ll need to use to buy shit. You can either get diamonds by completing missions or by finding breifcases randomly thrown about the map. To finds a breifcase you need to use a radar that will beep green when you’re near a case. Best part here is you only have the radar if your map is open. WoooHooo! Why there is no radar on the UI is beyond me. I think developers goal here is to frustrate the gamer to a point that they take their mouse and shove it into their eye. So as a fun mini-game you’ll be opening and closing the main map about ever 10 seconds you’re walking to see if there are any diamonds near by.
Gun shops are by far the best mission givers in the game. There’s a handfull of these places around the map and guess what? Every mission is EXACTLY the same which you have to do in order to open up new weapons. Seriously it’s the same exact mission over and over again! I did 4 or 5 of them before deciding I would just use the weapons that are currently available. I couldn’t stand doing the mission again, it was that boring.
Jeeze, this list is getting long. Next we have the game animations. There’s basically an animation for everything, which you HAVE to watch. Off the top of my head there’s knocking on a door, opening a door, sitting down, standing up, getting padded down, healing yourself, fixing a vehicle, even a dying animation which is about 30-40 seconds long that cannot be skipped! The fact that you’re constantly doing all these things and have to watch a 1-2 second animation every single time takes some getting used to. While I love games that are realistic, please cut the crap that makes gamers bored as F@#K. I don’t mind the animations that are 1-2 secs, I can live with that. But when I die and have to sit there for 30-40 seconds as I watch my character fall to the ground, black out, get rescued, watch as they stand back up and get ready to fight again, it makes be want to quit playing the game. At least put in a skip button.
Finally you have everyone in the entire country trying to kill you regardless of what you’re doing. You start the game in a taxi who magically is able to drive around without being fired upon, however as soon as you try it everyone shoots first and asks questions later. It doesn’t matter what time of day, where you are or what you’re doing. You could be on a cliff viewing the wildlife and randomly a jeep will pull up and open fire. This is the most ridiculous attempt at trying to break up the boring and tediousness of driving around. Good job Ubisoft. Also thank you for making quick saves not actual save files. I very much enjoyed it the first time when I exited the game and came back the next day only to find out the last hr and half was not saved. ..|..
Being a huge fan of Farcry this game was the biggest disappointment in 2008. An absolute pile of shit, I only wish I could get my money back. On another note I see PC Gamer gave this game a 94%. Having been subscriber for 8 yrs going, I can only assume a huge pile of money was dropped on the table to get that score. To be very very kind, I would give the game a 60% tops.
This is probably the last time I will post as I’m not that fond of expelling negative energy. lol But just to the people saying we should be doing something better with our time then complaining or whining about a game, that is very hypocritical of you. Counter is you can also be doing something more constructive, that is the last and only thing I’ll say to the other users. As for the game, I don’t hate Ubisoft or anything, I’m just angry about the game and trying to keep people who haven’t already wasted their money from doing so. So no offense honestly to anyone.
This game is very flawed.
-Map Travel- You might say “Well you wanted a large map and now you complain about having to travel it?” Well, there is absolutely nothing interesting about the map. What is there to find? It’s not like Morrowind for example where when you travel you know you might find valuable or interesting items. There’s nothing to find! Also, this makes me laugh, you can’t go exploring for long, because you’ll suffer from “Molaria”. Kind of defeats the purpose eh?
I’m frustrated that despite all they’re attempts to make this game realistic, the ejection port is on the wrong side, it is required to fire an entire magazine of .45 cal rounds into a man without a shirt to kill him.
-The enemies never change/Always the same
-You have to travel to bus stops to teleport to other places in the map…Use your mind and figure out whats wrong with that.
-Missions are completely repetitive
-You’re constantly under attack, you can never enjoy the scenery
-Molaria is so troublesome and ridiculous I can’t believe it’s in the game.
I was very surprised to see how many people actually enjoy this game, despite so many things being wrong to me. I could LITERALLY go on for 20,000 words about the things wrong with this game. In the end, if you enjoy the game, good for you, I’m just expressing my opinion of the game. I’m done here, and I hope every one takes care.
-Ben
Jisus look your right thnx i have spend 50 euros for that shit
they make a reality game but their reality is bullshit
they make booring thinks like goo 30 mins to a location
But shooting 10 timen in a guy with a ak47 and he dont dies WTF reality??? bullshit
ak have 7 mm bullets it blows a leg off with one bullet
if people are really curious to how shitty this game is use torrents and download it free because it is sure as hell not worth 50$
if the site goes down sometimes i am sorry i am not aware of it..maybe something to do with the server
please sign the petition I shall send the database to UBISOFT so that atleast they know that the game does suck! and yes if you think we are being desctructive ..you guys can stop complaining about us and become constructive
http://www.farcry2sux.com
Ok Anando .
Why haven’t anyone made a facebook-group for this? Would be alot easier to get pepople to sign the pledge if someone did.
Wath is a facebook ?
Facebook, the social website like Myspace..
Anyways, this review is dead on. I really enjoyed Far Cry, however Far Cry 2 was just pathetic. I played it for around an hour so before uninstalling it.
i know this is gunna sound stupid but, i have got myself stuck in the south east desert on the first chapter. Every time i pass out, it keep’s sending me right back 2 the middle. How the fuck do i get out without reloading
i have reached 42 pledges ..8 more 2 fifty :)
http://www.farcry2sux.com
I started farcry2world.com hoping I would like the game.
I put so much time and effort into making that site.. I suppose I could use the backend for other sites… What a waste of time and effort though… The only people that seem to go on there are kids spamming the forums.
There is a lot of information on there that I painstakingly added over 3 months constant work.
I think Ubisoft should be sued… Farcry 2 should have never been called Farcry … PERIOD
Ubisoft used the name simple to make more money, they spent loads and loads of cash advertising this game, I think they knew deep down it was going to be a huge mistake.
Why didn’t they release any news or information about Multiplaer until a week prior to release ? Because it is pants thats why… I was deeply shocked when I launched the Muliplayer…. What an anticlimax, it was unplayable.
The single player wasn’t that much better either, loads and loads of repetition and deja vu. It was a mixture of Grandtheft Auto and Africa on a bad scale, all the missions were the same… boring. I only managed to play 8hours before I had enough.
I started to ask myself if this was just me ? Initially it was and I stopped adding news to farcry2world.com and uninstalled the game. A few months have passed and I found farcry2sux.com and im glad to see it to be honest.
Have I signed the petition… dam right I have
Do I think Ubisoft will listen ? nope.. unfortunately they say that they don’t care… 80% of buyers wont complain 19% will moan a little and will continue to buy Ubisoft titles… and it would seem we are the 1% that they would rather not like to mention.
I definatly wont be buying another Ubisoft title ever again, I was going to close farcry2world and revert the traffic to farcry2sux.com !
i think the absolute worst part is the online play for 360. farcry isnt farcry if you pivk a wepon set at the beginning then its just like every other shitty shooting game out
This is so great to hear Ped! I’m almost sad on behalf of all those faithful Far Cry (1) – players….
THIS GAME IS S-H-I-T!!! YOU CAN’T EVEN SHOOT, THE GUN KEEPS SWAYING OFF COURSE! ARGH!!!!
I totally agree with you Ped .
When I first played the game, I thought it was incredible. Although I like several aspects of it, the negative ones definitely outweigh them. Here are my biggest complaints:
Every single person in the game wants to kill you! Aside from weapon dealers and your “buddies,” there are virtually no average civilians. This makes going to and fro absolute HELL! After you’ve just spent about half an hour clearing out some big camp and think you just want to go back to your safe house, you have to go through a dozen more camps and bases. And what’s more, when you have people on your tail and bring them to another camp, they all just join together and are after you! So it feels like you’re “Africa’s most wanted” anywhere you go.
The whole first person everything is a pretty good idea, but poorly delivered. It is annoying to watch your “buddy” come to your rescue every single time you fall in battle! It is practically the same every time- he picks you up, black out again, see him shoot, hands you gun. There is no variety at all! Healing yourself by pulling stuff out of your arms and legs is a neat thing at first, but gets annoying and predictable.
The action also has its bad parts. First of all, the damage system is way off balance. It can take more than 3 shotgun blasts at close range to kill someone, unless it is a dead on headshot, yet just ONE sniper shot can kill on any part of the body! The assault weapons are weak too; you can spend up to 5 seconds killing someone with an assault weapon while aiming directly at them! Also, the incredible fire that can be produced is commonly wasted. You’d think that you can take out a majority of the people in a base/camp by starting it on fire, but no, in fact, the only times I remember actually killing someone with fire is by throwing a Molotov cocktail directly at them. The blade works efficiently for what you need it for, but when there are people on the ground and you go to stab them, you do the same move every time. There is apparently no stealth in the game either. As you mentioned, the silenced weapons don’t really fulfill their purpose. Also, in Pala, the cease fire zone, I once killed a guy in a mission with the blade. No one else was in the alley, yet somehow they managed to hear it slice through him.
Going back to the first point I mentioned, people for some reason ALWAYS go back to the camps/bases no matter how many times you clear them all out. Even at safe houses you can find people still waiting to kill you. Cars come speeding out of nowhere toward you, with the sole intent to kill you. How this could possibly make sense is beyond me. Although it is helpful when you’re in the middle of nowhere and need a ride, it is not something that makes the game particularly enjoyable. Speaking of which, the game world as a whole is extremely tricky to find your way around. The map is useless unless you’re in a town or some other location which automatically narrows the perimeters down. You cannot zoom in on the map and the icons on the large scale view are hard to read. I frequently get lost and sidetracked by all the different paths you can take.
The gameplay on Live is awful. That’s really all there is to it. It’s not even worth reviewing, it’s just that bad.
The map editor is one of the only truly GOOD elements of the game as a whole. Although it does have some flaws, the other map editor systems, for example, Halo’s forge, do not compare with it.
I think that the concept and ideas behind the game would be terrific with an enormous amount of improvement, but for now there are still several aspects that make Far Cry 2 repetitive, boring, and a waste of money.
Anando that facebook thing that that dude Kro said is a good idea.You should do it, maybe you will get alot more pledges.
To Clinton (who loves this game so much).
If you say that Crytek has co created this game… why did’t they make it like Far Cry 1 or Crysis. Far Cry 1 was awesome. The soft beaches, tropical water effects, the sun’s lens flare effects, vegetation, and draw distance were all great thanks to the 1st gen cry engine. Crysis was even more incredible cause it used the 2nd gen Cry engine. You could also use the vegetation for stealth, and the Ai was also good. And the best thing is, they both used a great navigation tool.
Far Cry 2 just sucks. They failed to see what gamers want from a game and went about their own way designing it. 1st we want gameplay, then a good storyline and then lastly graphics. We want ‘Form Following Function’. FC2 has good graphics no doubt, but it not even comparable to Far Cry 1 or Crysis. Moreover, it has totally neglected gameplay and has a lousy storyline. Buying a game for its graphics is like judging a book by its cover.
I went back to the used games store after just 3 hours of gameplay and demanded my money back. They charged me a $ 5 rental fee though and gave me resistance 2 instead (awesome game btw) And I did see FC2 just pile on at their store with the prices reduced. Meaning…. This Game SUCKS !!!
WHERE IS EVERYBODY!!!!!!The game sucks, hate it mony back fore everybody please Ubisoft.Or go F. your selfs!!!!!!!
It’s so good to read a review from someone who knows what they are talking about. This whole game is depressing as it had everything to make it a good game but was destroyed by so many fatal flaws. Whats the point of a game built perfectly for stealth when you can’t at all use stealth.
To bad, the money’s gone now. I’ll get over it. With time.
Terrible game. I received it as a gift, and had really been looking forward to it. What a disappointment… Everything has already been noted earlier in this thread, except perhaps for the hamfisted Jeep product placement. What the hell are brand new Liberties and Wranglers doing driving around Africa? I dunno why Jeep would put their name on this, the freaking cars can’t even go faster than 45 miles an hour. Pure crap. Why put vehicles in the game if they aren’t fun to drive?
Every review I looked at painted this as “a near perfect gaming experience.” Looking at them now, they read almost like press releases. The same line about “the most immersive FPS game ever” was repeated a lot. Were the reviewers bought off?
It seems like a full court press by Ubisoft cover their asses for this crap game. It’s almost like they saw they success of GTA4’s marketing blitz, but didn’t bother putting together a product that was even remotely playable. GTA4 did NOT deserve much of the critical acclaim it received. But it was still a good game, in spite of the heavy -handed storyline.
Enough of this rant. At least I wasn’t the only one who bit into the FC2 turd sandwich.
I really wish i’d bought fallout 3 instead of this shite =/
oh well trade in time
Ubisoft should have just made a bunch of new maps for FC1. I gladly would have shelled out a few bucks for that.
FC2 is total CRAP!!!
i really liked the game, OK the AI sucks a bit but the game in total really was good and I still enjoy it. and I understand why u guys don’t like this game but the facts that u called don’t bother me in the game. But i wouldn’t gave this game 10 uit of 10 but maby 8 out of 10.
As there maybe some problems to a PC game of the actual game not good enough for online play or just the gameplay its much better to decide for yourself and have your own opinions rather better then listening to some basement virgin crap on about how bad his life is just because he can not play Farcry 2 for shit. Get a 360 it is much better then having a bucket with a sh!t load of keys that would die out in 5 years anyway. To people out their who research this article for future refrence. its your own opinion, choose what you think is the best not what some geek that has no life wanted to write about because he has nothing else better to do.
Far Cry 2 is fine. All you whingey US/Eurotrash loser boneheads have no appreciation. This game was meant to REFLECT REAL life, as far as possible. It is spot on in reflecting Africa – I know cos I live in Africa, some of the foreign dialogue is pretty funny if you can understand it – I can understand it all (kudos for me). Why dont you guys take a vacation or leave your Cuntries for once in your life. Stop bitching and moaning about a game because it reflects real life. And yes, if ANY of you REAL MEN have ever had ANY REAL MILITARY training, sometimes it takes more than 1 bullet from a crappy M190 sniper rifle (among others) to take down someone, even to the head. (Uncle SAM doesnt want you, losers!)
I’ve said enough, I’m bored…. nothing wrong with this game, just the retard “gamers” who play it. Jou ma se gat.
I’m a soldier “Suverenog”! I have shot taliban soldiers in Afghanistan with my AG3. I assure you – they die with only one bullet! In FC2 you have to empty your mag to kill a man. Btw “Suverenog”: M190 is a pistol, not a sniper rifle.
As for the the “REFLECT REAL life” in Africa. I’ve been stationed in Kongo. I saw people there! Not “soldiers of fortune”. I saw civilians living under degrading standards. There’s no life in FC2, only angry dumb soldiers shooting at you – and ONLY you!
And how “real” is a looping annimation of you removing a bullet from different parts of your body? Or tightening a knot on the engine over and over again to fix the car?
If the developers were looking for realizm, why aren’t you able to go up to the guard posts and talk your way through? What makes your player any different from the other goons in the game? They aren’t being shot at, why should you be?
I know the cab driver says the civilians have fled the country in the opening scene. But he also says the cab drivers are still there. How thrilling is it that everything you see in “Africa” is an enemy. Shoot first, ask questions later is a frase that comes to mind – except you don’t need to ask questions later because there’s no chance in hell the guy you shot was a civillian!! I only wish my days in Afghanistan were like that!
FC2 isn’t real, it’s just REAL boring!
And who the hell made up the idea of making a realistic game? You play games to get away from everyday life!
Picture FC3:
-You’re a soldier in Africa.
-You get in a car after first opening the door. Then you turn the egnition and put it in “drive”. If your engine is shot to pieces you have to drive to the nearest workshop and manually insert the new parts. You’d ofcourse have to fill gas before the tank is empty.
-When you get shot you’re fucked because the game is realistic. The pain and shock makes you almost unable to move so the enemy can kill you without any effort.
-You’d also have to stop to go to the toilet on regular bases.
and so on……
Don’t come here and whine about how stupid we are to actually crticise FC2. In my opinion anyone who likes this game are people who play too many games. People who have their entire life revolving around a computer. People who “appriciate the dept of detail” built in to a game. You should get out more and get a life. Normal people don’t like games where you have to make the gameplay your self. We don’t all have the retarded imagination of a prepubescent computer geek. Most of us buy games for entertainment and expect a few hours entertainment when we spend 70$.
The thing I hate the most about FC2 is that it’s an insult to mature gamers. There’s no gore in this, just unrealistic blood splash. Pretty much the only thing that elevates it above Teen titles is the insipid expletive-laden dialogue.
Well guess what, Ubisuck? You’re not ripping off a bunch of stupid kids here. I’m a fully-functioning adult, and I don’t like to spend my gaming dollars on ripoff titles. Congrats on your brilliant strategy of selling me one game. You’ll never see another red cent from me.
How are all these FC2 defenders finding this place, anyway? I only found this thread by entering “farcry 2 sucks” in a search engine. Why would someone who purportedly likes the game do that? It’s strange how no one was sticking up for this pathetic piece of programming afterbirth until AFTER the thread was emailed to Ubisuck. What a joke.
Oh my god this game is fucking shit you could not be more right what a fucking legaend you are!! i’m turning it off as i write as i’m off outside to watch a puddle evaporate!
To all the people writing in this forum, who dedicated their time to talk about a game that almost no one on the internet cares about.
your opinions are of little matter here on the internet, if you want to complain got to a websie like gamespot.com and vote your opinion of the game it dosent matter what you think or the ideas you have Ubisoft is not going to listen to you at all even if you send a letter telling them how pissed off you are about the game. they only care about their score on which more than several magazines gave. in some of the original farcry games they had bio-organic weapons and also your character inherited great strength and speed.
there is no such thing as a great ideal thing in life there may come some good but that is just a term many people like to call, “the eye before the storm” as many gamers where disappointed about the making and gameplay of farcry 2, there is nothing else anyone can do until Ubisoft adds content to fix all the crap that screwed the game up or make a Farcry 3 that would exceed Fc2.
so please save your time in complaning and go vote the score you believe Ubisoft should really be reward, to all the Pc gamers, there are many substitutes to Fc2 so go and find a title you may enjoy and stop complaining, because it’s pathetic even for “mature gamers”
Seriously this game could use a few game play patches to make it better. If i was Ubi i would do these 4 things to makes this game better.
1. Fix some AI Glitches, –
Spawning is ridiclious, once you scope a enemy site it should last at least a week or more. Game-play time. Make some improvement on the amount per shot for a kill i mean some people claim about shooting dudes maybe 10 times? and they don’t fall? Is there super steroids in africa, they should be weak by the weather anyways. More Stealth situations where you can hide and or approach where you can slit there neck to kill them. Last on Ai make some more mission’s more things to do in this world.
2. Add more Animals – Gators,Fish,Rabbits,Dogs,Cheetah?? etc…. I mean this africa no Chetah’s???? Water Buffalos, Snakes would rock. More Deer, Zepbrahs, Yes and i think you should be able to have a pet dog, like Fallout 3.
3. Vehicles- I know africa is rugged thats why the vehicles are but i think there should be some more effects , tires blow off, you can fill up your tank and run out of gas, etc… They really need to finish the track around the whole map and add a train with living space saves on the train would be superb.
4. Civilians –
Add more civilans that you could either talk with and or help find things are do stuff for. Last but not least they should be able to use the cell phone to talk with buddies you have in this game, so you can get them to a situation in a mission that is quite numerous with enemeies,
-i find it quite annoying to drive all the way somewhere to complete a mission and die then have to do the whole thing over or run off way somewhere to save the game in a house. All in All these few things would solify this game. But with out this, the game is kinda a wreck and i see the negative aspect. But im not gonna dis this game it is still a diamond in a ruff , but needs some help. Im still having fun playing it but get fustrated by some of these bad things that ruin this game. I still love the concept of the open world Fps and the graphics, guns are amazing. Two good things on this game.
Way are you on this forum if you dont care about the game ?
Too bad I didn’t see this post sooner ! I just bought it for the 360 and played 2 hours of it ! Thank god I didn’t pay full price ! This game should be named Action Tutorial 2, for an open world game it is doing everything it can to stop you exploring Africa. All the bad design decisions, stupid and pretentious story and idiocratic gameplay elements aside, there is one thing that sucked almost all my will to live out of me and that are the controls. They are so sluggish and after cod 4 there is absolutely no reason for any developer to replicate such pinpoint precision controls ! It’s the final nail in FC2’s coffin !
Farcry 2 was a piece of complete of shit. It was so boring! but te worst ting is that a bunch of fucking armed gunmen pull up and start shooting you for no reason! Thankfully i was only borowing the game from my mate so im not the one whos going to try and get it my money back.
PS:fallout 3 is also a piece of shit which I probley wouldnt be able to sell anyway because ist so crap
You really are all idiots. You prove it be saying things such as “I played it for 45 minutes then returned it.” Personally, I love this game. Best campaign I’ve played in a long time. Here are my reasons: 1. It lasts more than 8 hours (the usual duration of most shooters). 2. Completely free roaming…go where you want, do what you want. 3. Somewhat realistic. 4. Alot more that I don’t feel like listing. So many of you complain about how it’s repetitive which is true to some extent, but the fun is in going to new places and approaching the fight by new methods. Many of you have said how it’s lame how everyone shoots you on sight…that is weird at first, but your character gains a reputation…no one wants you alive and everyone knows who you are. The thing about this game is it’s different than most shooters. There’s not much of peeking your head around a corner only to get shot by a shotgun (Vegas 2). If you’re looking for pure nonstop action, then this isn’t the game for you, it’s an exploration type of game. And honestly, most all shooters are very repetitive, they just don’t have traveling. Fire is amazing in the game too. That’s all I have to say.
This game is so gay that having a loose sphincter should be a requirement for playing it. Only the gayest of the gay n00bs would like this game.
Hey i like the game a bit when ur bored but i agree this game is the biggest pile of shit ever created. If it was my ass i would never take a shit!
I played it for about an hour and gave up as it just did not have a good feel about it that I could not put my finger on. The author of this review got it spot on.
Looking back at FC1, I think that one of the biggest missing elements of FC2 is the lack of ultimate fear or sense of forboding. I dunno, maybe because I live in Africa, but to me running……driving around in the African bush shooting at mercinaries/rebels is just not something I find exciting about a game.
Sneeking about, sh1t scared that some genetically modifiied ape is going to rip your arms off… now that’s exciting.
Anyways, gave the game to my son who is eleven and he seems to like it, but as I saw in an earlier reply….. “noobs will like FC2” and I have been playing PC games for 15 years.
I’m SO glad I’m not the only one that feels this way! I blew the dust off my Xbox 360 copy (I hadn’t played since November) and decided to give it another shot. I quickly remembered why I stopped playing it the first time around. Why does everyone shoot at you no matter what? Why would they make the map so big? Why are there so many mountains between me and my mission? Why did I buy before renting? SHOOT ME….everyone else already does!
@that’s a joke – You need to put the game controller down and take an English class. I can barely understand what you’re talking about. Don’t presume to tell me how my internet time should be spent.
@FM – Reread this thread. If you think the majority of people posting in here support the game, you’re fucking delusional. This is a hate thread. Read the title, genius.
@hahaha
1. Which shooters last less than 8 hours? But yes, you’re right. It practically takes 8 hours to get anywhere in FC2.
2. As long as you don’t want to drive into the desert, or stray more than a few hundred yards from the road.
3.In what way, exactly? Go dig a bullet out of your leg and see if you can still run around. Then go tighten your jeep’s engine bolt.
4. Like what, exactly?
I prefer to explore areas with interesting things to find (besides diamonds and ranting psycho tapes). There are way better exploration games than FC2. It’s not even in the top ten. Just having a big area to traverse is meaningless if there’s nothing going on to speak of.
I dont now wath are you talking about , I hate the game and i tink most people do .
This game sucks so hard I think it gve me cancer.
I actually feel like crying at the thought of the graphic artists’ good work going to waste in this piece of shit.
The graphics are amazing, props to the GFX department!
But all the other relevant points hve been correctly adressed:
– The AI blows.
– The huge world ready to be explored is as thrilling like a daytrip to a botanic garden with your grandparents.
Only that there’s retards shooting at you every once in a while whose retard strength give them the power to absorb 3 bullets to their foreheads.
– The cars handle like a soapbox and it’s ZERO fun driving around the jungle.
– The use of the “mini”-map navigation makes you feel very very very uncomfortable.
Far Cry 2 is like 2girls1cup except theres no 2 girls.
Avoid this stinkbomb AT ALL COST.
i agree with that whole article, but i still like the game. Oh, and you left out the part about how everytime you kill a shit load of guys at an outpost, and come back, they’ve all responed, which pisses me off.
I felt the same way when I started this game but it’s as addictive as they come.
It took 60 plus hours the first time 50 plus the second and I’m playing it again. thats a lot of value for the price. I loved it!
Yes it is hard even on easy! After you get the feel of it you will be playing on hard core and powning the AI’s.
I just went everywhere with the map out and it was fine. I got good at changing weapons and killing.
This game is about stratagy, thinking fast and moving faster. I recomend it to anyone who wants a challenge and isnt a pussy.
I don’t expect this to even get on the site though looks like the only people who wrote on the thread are the people who hated the game. One thing
I din’t see is anyone who had anyhting good to say about any game my geuss is these are the people who hate everyhting. Enjoy!
I wish I had read this site before purchasing the game. I was amazed by the first Far Cry. This one is very disappointing. I am playing on XBox 360 and the game will not retain my saved games. Very frustrating to have to begin all over again from the church.
@ will
whata phatetic atempt form UBI staff… :)
LOL, you are so transparent mate… :)
I waited years for this and I could not be more disapointed. I hate this game. The map covers the screen and all the pointless driving sux. Not to mention the malaria thing pisses me off. How can I shoot someone 15 times and they still shoot back. I wish I had googled Farycry2 sux before I spent good money. Buy Crysis instead. I love that game.
Yay! Writer gets 10/10 far cry 2 gets 0/10. You heard me. ZERO. It just doesn’t make sense. Just lie down, close your eyes and think about the plot (there isn’t one) actually happening. How ridiculous. Haven’t had any save issues so far (that’s coz i played for only a day). Crytek did a great job with Far cry. Holy shit, Ubisoft, you deserve to go bankrupt. As for ratings I can’t believe it too. They paid all of the major sites?
Spot on mate, couldn’t agree more. Got this game on steam for £30 (a lot more than many other, better games) and now I’m regretting it.
The combat and animation feels fake as hell and stands out quite a bit against the realistic graphics.
I played it for 5 hours and nothing seemed to change, still getting attacked by stupid guards at posts.
I think the most fun I had, was when I first played it.. I just walked around admiring the nice scenery… then I got raped by some random guards, ruined the only fun (if you wanna call it that) I had.
Also, is it me or do the NPC’s talk way too fast?
This game hates you.
Jesus Christ you guys are all whiny babies.
The game has a few flaws, fine. Flaws are an inescapable fact of life. Why is the silenced pistol way more accurate than my silenced MP5 with accuracy upgrade? The MP5 has a much longer barrel. Therefore, it should at least be equally accurate. Yet while I can rely on my pistol to hit my target 100% of the time, as long as I’m lined up, even when the target is smaller than the individual sights, I can’t rely on my MP5 at half that range. Doesn’t make sense. Yes, this is a problem. But I deal.
The rest of you, what a lot of you have a problem with is that Far Cry 2 plays tough love. Far Cry 2 does not hand everything to you on a silver platter, which is what a lot of what you are whining about comes down to. Waaah, I can’t travel cross country without getting shot at! Fine, I admit, patrols are excessive. JUST AVOID THEM. Waaah, vehicles suck because the driving sucks or the enemies see me from too far when I am in one. THEN DON’T USE VEHICLES. WALK, RUN AND SPRINT. Waaah, the game doesn’t teleport me where I want to go. JUST LIKE IN REAL LIFE. Jesus Christ did Oblivion spoil us or what? Now everybody wants to be immediately teleported to the mission because they want EVERYTHING HANDED TO THEM. Waaah, I can’t play a stealth game. WELL I’M DOING IT FINE. HIDE IN SHADOWS, NOT BROAD DAYLIGHT. RELOCATE AFTER A SHOT. Look, they don’t know where you are, but they know where the shot came from. They move toward the direction of the shot while slightly fanning out. If you move out of the area they search, they will probably not find you. Or hell, move into denser cover AND STOP MOVING. I’ve had enemies stop 5 feet away from me, look in my direction, turn around and comment about how I’ve disappeared and I’m playing on the hardest difficulty. If anything, this is retarded.
Look, if you want dumb action where everything is automatically handed over to you just because you asked for it, go play Gears 2. Far Cry 2 makes you earn what you want.