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Far Cry 2 (PC)

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Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Windows XP
ESRB Age Rating: Rating Pending
Release date: 24th October, 2008
Media: Video Game

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English, German, French, Italian, Spanish

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Editorial Reviews

Far Cry 2 by Ubisoft is the anticipated sequel to the award-winning original that brings players into the beautiful and hostile world of Africa. Far Cry 2 for Windows Vista/XP features open-ended gameplay that allows you to play the game whichever way you choose, with the choices you make affecting where the game leads you.

• First-person shooter for Windows Vista/XP gives players an open-ended gameplaying experience
• Roam the beautifully detailed jungles and savannah of Africa
• Pick up a wide range of weapons and hop into different vehicles
• Dynamic environment, including day-night cycles and fire propagation
• Online multiplayer supports up to 16 players

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Rating: - Very good, Despite DRM

Great game; the graphics are good, the gameplay is good, And the Keyboard & mouse controlls are unbeatable.I find it runs at around 30FPS on medium/high settings and my system specs are:
CPU:AMD Phenom x4 9500
GPU:(PNY)Nvidea 9800GT 512MB
Ram:4 Gigs DDR2
Creative Xtreame Audio
OS:Windows 7 (32)
Logitech Lazer mouse
saitek Eclipse II keyboard
Overall I find this game Very Good, and I actually prefer it to Crysis, It may seem a bit slow at the start but when you open up better weapons it starts getting intresting lol :D

Rating: - Disappointing

This game could have been so much better if it were PC only. The fact that the game is also available for consoles means it is ruined by simplifed controls, too frequently respawning enemies, an overly simplified weapon system, repetitive missions and many other problems. Don't buy it.

Rating: - 1 star for the graphics

I will keep this very short as I was on here writing a review for Borderlands but saw Farcry 2 and just had to comment..

I unfortunately bought this for £30 on release and spent a few days playing it, trying to get into it, but it didnt happen, I uninstalled it and went and bought Fallout 3 (best move I ever made).. I think my copy of this is either being used as an ashtray downstairs or is behind the sofa, im not sure, and I dont care.

I LOVED the original Farcry, a great game with lots of sneaking about and satisfying kills and sniping.. the multiplayer was amazing too.. (Surf level being so so good!)

But the sequel is absolutely nothing to do with Farcry.. they should have called it something else and made a decent sequel to that game..


The graphics on this are amazing theres no doubting that, but even the constant brown landscape grows tiresome after a while.. the game has literally zero atmosphere.. its just a case of drive crappy car to brown location, accept dull quest (about 3 different types of quest that are constantly repeated but in different locations).. then spend 20 minutes driving across the dull landscape.. whereby any enemy will INSTANTLY start firing accurately at you, no matter that theres no way they could see you or possibly know you were an enemy.. get to location, perform task.. then repeat again and AGAIn and AGAIN.. it makes me tired just thinking about it..


Anyway in a nutshell, this game sucks big time, so repetitive, so boring, just buy any other FPS instead of this.. anything at all..

Rating: - Forget the DRM rubbish

[With the 1.3 patch, Ubisoft got rid of all DRM for Far Cry 2 so now you don't even need the DVD in the drive to play it - just so long as it is installed that is]

This is a game which has one main flaw. This is the reason for all the bad reviews and press. This flaw has nothing to do with the game itself, more the current state of gaming. This flaw, is that Far Cry 2 was marketed to the wrong crowd of people by a big margin. The trailers made it out to be a balls-to-the-wall action game a-la Call of Duty 4 or Gears of War. It is nothing like those games, and in my opinion that is for the better. Typically, those who favour the aforementioned games need the high-octane, constant action that they provide in order to hold their attention. I apologise if this is a generalisation but I feel that they typically lack patience. In some cases this is warrented. Perhaps you work from 9am-9pm and don't have time to play anything which doesn't give instant gratification. Maybe you have the attention of a humming bird on adrenaline. Regardless, this is a game where if you put in the time you will be rewarded.

First of all I would like to mention the most basic layout of the game. While there is a multiplayer, forget about it. I doubt many play it - I definately don't. But the single player will take at least 20hours to complete, which becomes 40+ if you don't just do primary missions. Compared to the average campaign length of <10hours we seem to get sold these days, this rocks. I talked earlier of this game requiring patience to play. I derive this need from the fact that it is quite a realistic game. It's up there with S.T.A.L.K.E.R in this respect. Like many games, you can sprint but can't do it indefinately. Unlike many though, your guns deteriorate the more they are used and become prone to jamming. This never gets annoying though, instead it adds a great rush of tension to a gunfight. A gunfight which is typically quite tough on all but Easy level. The A.I is good. Really good. It will flank you, occasionally grenade you (not CoD ridiculous grenading) and communicate with each other (which you can listen to and flank accordingly). The only problem I've seen with the AI is that they can be blind to fire. If you start a fire, they won't dodge it and the flames will kill them unless they dodge accidentally.

On the subject of the fire, I must speak of the graphics. Luckily I can run the game at max on a decent resolution - this is with 3GB RAM, a Phenom II and a GeForce 275 GTX - and so it looks utterly incredible. In the approx. 8km^2 of African wilderness on offer, almost every style of African terrain has been included. From plain and savannah, to desert and jungle, it is in the game and looks beautiful. Which is good, seeing as when you get a mission you typically have to travel somewhere by foot, jeep or boat (or hang-glider, but these are more for fun). this is where the idea of patience comes in. If you don't mind driving around, you'll be fine. Especially seeing as while driving you are never more than 1 minute away from a fight if you so choose. Dotted along the roads are enemy checkpoints which contain anywhere between 4 and 20 enemy. One major complaint is that these guys respawn too quickly meaning if you clear them out then drive back through 2mins later they will all be back too. Yes this can get annoying, but usually you can find an alternate path or sneak by them.

This game allows you to play however you want. Charge into the checkpoint in a jeep and then jump onto the .50 cal on the back if you want. Or sit 0.5km away with a sniper rifle. Or sneak around with the silenced weapons. Do whatever you want. You can always drive straight through while a hail of gunfire comes your way, or spend the time sneaking round the edge before continuing along. And there are easily enough guns to supports whichever style you like. There is a silenced pistol, shotgun, machine gun, sniper rifle and explosive weapon (if you ge tthe Fortunes Pack). There are many other pistols, assault rifles, sniper rifles, explosive weapons all of which are unlocked by doing missions for the gun shops and then buying them with diamonds earned through the story missions, the assassination side-missons, or finding them around all the different maps.

The different mission types are: story mission which involve blowing stuff up or assassination - usually during which your 'best buddy' will give you an alternate mission choice which requires more time but gives extra benefits, side missions which are either assassinations for diamonds, blowing up convoys to unlock more weapons or buddy mission to increase reputation and status with buddy's. So all the missions do essentially boil down to blowing something up or killing someone. But then again, very few FPS games have any other type of mission, and at least these two things are always fun. The buddy system is something I should mention. Beginning the game you pick on of 9(?) characters to play as. This is a very arbitrary choice, it doesn't really matter who you pick. But on the 1st mission you will meet your first buddy who will become your best buddy. They will give you extra things to do during story missions in exchange for certain bonuses. These buddys can be killed, and it can be up to you to save their life. Then you have a secondary buddy, who will be introduced to you. These ones can be rescue-ready if you meet up with them at some point. This means that if you get 'killed' (no health left), the will in actual fact save you and stand over you defending you whilst you stand up and heal yourself. Then they give you a gun and you fight off anyone nearby. It's a nice system which avoids an immersion-destroying reload. These buddy's can also die or be incapacitated during which, if you get to them in time, you have the option to use your limited healing kits to save them or you can switch to a sidearm and euthanise them.

This review is too long already so to finsh I'll just reiterate. If you need action constantly, don't buy this game unless you are willing to change. Otherwise, if you like fps games and enjoy something a bit more complex, buy this game. And seeing as it kind of bombed, it's cheap so hey, what are you losing?

Rating: - heart of darkness

Quite simply Far Cry 2 is an awesome game, one of the best fps games for a long time, a very similar gaming experience to GTA although with more possible approaches to playing, and for anyone who enjoyed Black on the PS2 this is a must have. like many other reviewers i wouldnt compare this to COD as its much less linear, with COD you can pick it up and get a good feel for the game very quickly, but here some time and patience is required to discover your own method of playing. Patience is rewarded with a game that is impressive and highly immersive.
The world of Far Cry 2 is stunning, a huge variety of tropical landscapes which are hugely enjoyable, and highly realistic, from creeping through steaming jungles teeming with insects in a tropical rainstorm, to driving a jeep through endless deserts and savana dodging the herds of zebra its very easy to lose yourself in the game.
The actual game-play is a little frustrating initially and getting your gunsights on an enemy and emptying a magazine may not take him down, but things do improve, regular visits to the gunshops early in the game are a must as is learning to use fire tactically, personally i found the silent route a little frustrating as even when armed with a silenced MP5 it doesn't take the enemy long to realize you are nearby.
The enemy AI is indeed challenging, but this is no bad thing, enemies will try and outflank you, and sometimes climb to a vantage point to try and pick you off from a distance, wounding enemies can produce some interesting results, from a comrade running out of cover to try and assist them, to them crawling or hobbling off to cover.
All the characters in the game are superbly detailed, its impressive to see such evil stares and non verbal threats.
A very very good game, a huge and richly detailed world and an enormous variety of ways to play through the story. being a malaria ridden heartless mercenary caught up in an african civil war has never been so much fun.

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