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Suck-fest from the outset I'd just completed Crysis and Warhead, couldn't get the original FarCry, but figured that FarCry2 would be just as good, right? Wrong. Dead wrong. Quite apart from the movie scenes that you can't click through, the dreadful weaponry (the degrade feature is a nice touch, granted, but it's not suited to a shoot-em-up like this - maybe in something like Call of Duty it would better), the cloning of the opposition (in the guardposts? Oh please), and the oddball effects (if you firebomb a wooden hut with a briefcase in it, the hut burns to the ground but the briefcase remains unscathed. Wow.) the Load feature of this game frankly stunk. If you have a lot of saved games it takes forever to bring up the list - faster to kill yourself and then Load Last Save. I'm running a 3.2ghz dual-processor, nothing should be slow on it. But this game is. As far as empathy with characters goes, there isn't any. After the 5th mission or so the only reason to play it is to complete it, you couldn't give a damn about the player, the Jackal, or anything else. There's some nice features in this game but it's not worth playing for these. If you liked FarCry go and buy Crysis - it will blow you away. In a more enlightened age, Ubisoft's butchering of Crytek's franchise would have been grounds for hanging, drawing, and quartering Ubisoft's executives and display their heads on spikes at the city gates as a warning to others. Rating: 1 (Psnyper, 2010-02-08) Product reviewed: Far Cry 2

Farcry 2 AMAZING Excellent game, played full specs on my M-a478 got it on 360 also ,but i like the computer verzion better(easier to controll in multiplayer) Rating: 4 (Brian Muldoon, 2010-02-03) Product reviewed: Far Cry 2

Great game play, but poor morality Pluses: -Realistic weapons (overall). -Weapon & equipment upgrades. -Huge maps. -Nice visuals: fire, weather (rain, wind, fog), day/night cycles, and explosions. -Replay value (some random mission assignments & use different tactics) -Overall stable game. -Sniper rifle can shoot through multiple targets if you line them up. -Plant explosives and remotely detonate them. -Complex, but easy learning curve. -Great tutorial at beginning of game. -Weapons will go bad with use -- replace them often. Minuses: -Low morality since many of the missions are about killing for stupid reasons -- like doing a mission to get your buddy some high-strength coffee. -The buses ruin the game play. You can travel all over the district without game loading messages, except if you use a bus. I don't use the buses for this reason. -Can get permanently stuck at places along the boundary edges (around mountains). -Graphic settings may need to be tweaked -- were fine for one of my machines, but had to be tweaked for another. -The accuracy rating does not account for incidental targets, for example, the rating will go up by directly shooting a target, but your accuracy rating will go down if you shoot an explosive barrow to take out 5 targets. -No hurt-able civilians -- for realism, there should be hurt-able civilians, and penalties if you hurt them. -Gun turrets have unlimited ammo -- I like realism, thus ammo limits. Rating: 5 (Dale Flint, 2009-12-15) Product reviewed: Far Cry 2

The graphic is great but the story line is too jumpy This game is not too bad, The graphic is good but the story line is confusing the player and the most have to find out what's going on about the story and events. Rating: 3 (C. H. Chang, 2009-12-03) Product reviewed: Far Cry 2

Game is awesome! -- if you play the way the developers intended! Given the many bad reviews, I was very hesitant to buy.. The reviewers could not have been more wrong. It is an AWESOME game. A classic example of a great game which was misunderstood by most gamers. As mentioned in most reviews, the map is huge and you have to travel all over to complete missions. It seems MOST of the negative reviews fail to understand the PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION system in the game. There are BUS STOPS clearly marked on the map -- one at the four corners of the map, and one in dead center. Dead center is your home base. The four corners are where most missions will occur. So...after accepting a mission, go to the bus stop, board the bus for your destination, and in an instant you are transported to that corner of the map. Time of day has changed (dusk, midnite, early dawn, etc.) to imply it was a LONG bus journey... There is always a vehicle waiting for you outside. And usually, there is a weapons shop nearby (in case you want to change your weapons or ammo.) I think 99% of negative reviewers FAILED TO UNDERSTAND this concept. (If you don't take the bus, YES it will be slow/frustrating to cross the map). There are enemy outposts and armed checkpoints along the roads, which are also patrolled by armed jeeps. If you insist on driving instead of taking the bus -- YES the game seems slow, frustrating, and impossible... The game developers should have made this point clearer (it is not explained in the game manual). But if you play the game as intended, WOW....it is a great experience. Tips: 1. Take the bus. 2. Even when driving, try to stay off-road as much as possible to avoid confrontations. 3. Don't be afraid to abandon your vehicle and go on foot. Eventually you'll find another vehicle. 4. Take the time to experiment w/ the display. May take a long time depending on your PC/graphics card, but is worth it. 5. Chose a lower resolution if necessary. I play 800x600, maxed out. If you don't play maxed-out, you are not just missing out on eye-candy. You are getting a much poorer quality experience. 6. Try turning "shadows" down. Moving/morphing shadows are PC-intensive. Turn shadows down, and max everything else. 6. Choose "realistic" setting, and play w/ your on-screen crosshairs turned off. Much harder. 7. Limit yourself to missions from the 2 rival factions -- this will progress the game story as intended. 8. Avoid random side missions, these get repetitive and don't advance the story line. PROS: - Great single-player experience. - Totally unscripted, non-linear gameplay. Great voice-acting. (Enemy dialogue can be hilarious and suspenseful). - Very smart AI..the more you play, the more you will appreciate it. (AI can be down, wounded, bleeding, but still try to squeeze off a few rounds as he's dying.) - Huge map, amazing environment, changing weather conditions/time-of-day. - Great in-game tension and stealth gameplay. (some of the best scenarios are after taking out a target and trying to make it home while low on ammo. - Stunningly beautiful, at max settings. - NO ALIENS OR MUTANTS! :) CONS: - Lack of direction from developers. Failure to utilize the "BUS" concept will result in frustrating, repetitive experience. - Endless choice of side missions will fail to advance the storyline and can seem pointless. - Fans of pure run/gun shooters will be frustrated by the need to for strategy, planning, and stealth. OVERALL: Great game. In terms of single-player, non-linear, non-team based combat, voice-acting, intelligent AI, game length, replay value, and game environment, this game might sit alone at the top. It's too bad most people didn't figure it out and gave such BAD reviews! Buy it and try it! Rating: 5 (One Hand Clapping, 2009-12-02) Product reviewed: Far Cry 2