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Far Cry 2
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The sequel to the original Far Cry dispenses with Jack Carver, and moves the action to a war-consumed Africa complete with an open-ended storyline involving civil war, several hours of missions, heated gunplay, and a slew of dynamic elements powered by a new engine.
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"This sequel trades mutant-infested islands for a war-torn African savanna with mostly positive results."
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A boring and repetitive shooter, save your money

Pros: -Nice graphics -Interesting setting -Extremely large open world to explore -Great map maker -Some interesting gameplay ideas Cons: -Overly repetitive gameplay -Too much focus on realism makes th… Read more

This game is worth buying just for online play and the map editor

Far Cry 2 even if it's a pretty new game series,it's growing up to becoming a franchise.The first game,amazed us at it's launch.It featured an entire island to explore,new game-play mechanics at the t… Read more

Tedium and repetition detracts from Far Cry 2's intricacies.

Far Cry 2 is the kind of game that teases you. It puts you in an enourmous, sprawling African setting populated by all sorts of wildlife, lush terrains and choices to tangle with. It also boasts a ter… Read more

I heard Africa is nice this time of year

Africa, where Far Cry 2 is places is the second most populated continent. And you can really tell why, after seeing the amount of action in Far Cry 2's jungle. Joking aside Far Cry 2 is story driven f… Read more

Far Cry 2 is a solid action game, although it's not amazing.

I started playing Far Cry 2 a couple of weeks now, and I have realised that for the six pounds that I paid for it was damn good value for money. This game is pretty huge, and you can invest over 10 ho… Read more

FarCry 2 makes a good first impression, but soon leaves you bored

FarCry2 is the sequel to the 2004 First-Person-Shooter that was praised for its high level of AI and enemy behaviour which brought a whole new strand of realism to the game that helped the player feel… Read more

Perfectly acceptable, but not necessarily enjoyable

Graphics The graphics for Far Cry 2 are very impressive. And I do mean that. They really are very impressive. For a game made in 2008, you will be impressed. Actually, even by the standards of 2010, t… Read more

Rusty's Far Cry 2 Review

When I started up Far Cry 2, I expected to get one of these kinda recently popular open world FPSs. And for the most part, that is absolutely true. This is, by all means, a standard shooter; you'll be… Read more

"It could have been a contender"

Far Cry 2 is a good game at it's core, sporting an amazing world, and great selection of weaponry, FC2 is unfortunately muddled by many problems that range from annoying to extremely frustrating. If y… Read more

Potential not fully realised

Far Cry 2 is an open world sandbox game and you play it like a normal first person shooter. Unfortunately the shooting action or navigating the environment is not fun. THE CALL OF AFRICA Story sets yo… Read more

The Paradox of Immerson

It is interesting to see how skewed the views of a game developer, yet how accurate their gameplay becomes when you actually study the region the game takes place. “Far Cry 2” a game made by the guys… Read more

I had mixed reaction after finishing Far Cry 2 but...

"Somewhere out there is an arms dealer known only as the Jackal," the game tells you, by way of a send-off. "He has been selling guns to both the UFLL and the APR. Every gun, every bullet, and every c… Read more

Sometimes technically impressive, but has a few annoying quirks.

There is a lot to be said about Far Cry 2 for its technical feats. This open world game based seemingly somewhere between the Tropic of Cancer and Equator of Africa gives an impressive realism to this… Read more

Waaay too long

Ubisoft tried something a little different, taking a first person shooter and trying to make it open world. Unfortunately by not having anywhere near enough variety when it came to gameplay options, t… Read more

Good and bad design choices mingle in Far Cry 2

The original Far Cry on the PC was something special; it successfully combined an open world to roam with great shooting action. However, when Far Cry Instincts and its expansion, Predator, were relea… Read more

The Best $25 I've Spent In Years

I just picked up the game from Steam about a week ago, and I am LOVING it. I don't mind all the combat, because it is awesome. The guns have a heft to them that feels natural, and there are just so ma… Read more

One of the most unique games in the last couple of years-

Far cry 2 is a difficult game to classify, on a base level it is a first person shooter but is also greatly enchanced and influenced by open world games like Elder Scrolls and GTA. It also blurs the l… Read more

Far Cry 2

I’ve been playing Far Cry 2 for the past week and a half and I’m loving it, the mix of a SPS and an adventure game is always a winning combination in my book :-). Also the explosions, the wild fires a… Read more

Crying from afar.

Ambition is a funny thing when it comes to video games. Whenever we hear the word "ambitious" it usually denotes one of two things, either that A: the developer has used a new set of rules, options or… Read more

Far Cry 2

Crytek, the developer of the first game in the series, went on from that to make Crysis , while the rights to the series stayed with publisher Ubisoft, who gave the sequel to one of their internal tea… Read more

A guiltless action-fest with astounding sceneries.

When I first heard the news that Far Cry 2 wouldn't take place in the Caribbean I went through all phases of grief: shock, denial, bargaining, anger, depression, guilt (well, maybe not guilt), accepta… Read more

The Idiot's Review With Sarcasm - Far Cry 2

I know this review of the game is a little late as it came out exactly one year ago. But I have to admit, I’m a little hazy on the game. It’s strange, from what I remember of the game, it takes place… Read more

A far cry from a bad game.

No prone option, seems pretty weird. Crysis had a prone position, and that game had you as an elite Delta Force guy in an uber nanosuit with a magical armor shield, as opposed to being a malaria patie… Read more

Farcry 2 Review for PC

Farcry 2 is a great first-person shooter, it does have it's problem but what game doesn't. In the week or two I had with the game I think I was only 56% done with the game and only 2 missions into the… Read more

Far Cry 2 Impressions

Far Cry 2 My Rating: Impression: Far Cry 2 would be the end result of taking the Grand Theft Auto world and relocating it to Africa, only to substitute fancy cars for inoperative, unreliable rust buck… Read more

Far Cry 2 is like GTA 3 in first person view

After playing it for about 12 or so hours. I've come to the realization that FC2 is very similar to GTA 3 you do errands that are not very different from each other, and you buy guns, you unlock them,… Read more

Goodbye Jack Carver, hello mediocre gameplay and crappy AI

No one really knows what happened to Jack Carver, the macho oozing Hawaiian shirt wearing tit of a protagonist that graced our screens in the original Far Cry. A man who after having 400 mercenary's s… Read more

Welcome to the Savannah with no tropic island insight.

For anyone who played the original Far Cry or the enhanced versions on the xbox, Far Cry 2 will not feel like the same game. For one thing the protagonist is no longer Jack Carver but a choice of a fe… Read more

A Journey Into The Heart Of Darkness

Far Cry 2 is one of the best games I've played this year. But ever time you think about giving it ultimate greatness the niggling doubts come and change your mind In Far Cry 2 you play as one of 9 mer… Read more

Booooooooring...

...I was waiting for something way greater then this...I've played way better games than this.Some people say that Far Cry 2 is better than Crysis,but I just cannot agree with them.That's because the… Read more

It burns...

It's sad. The potential that Far Cry 2 had was huge - a 50sqkm African open world, gunplay, great graphical design and gameplay. Too bad only some of that came true. Yeah, there is a 50sqkm open world… Read more

Too much and not enough.

Open world is the new light bloom: a lot of games have it, few of them need it, and even fewer use it in a way that makes sense. Done right, with a delicate balance between pointless exploration and s… Read more

Bullet Point Review: Far Cry 2 (XB360)

What I liked: Controls - Finally a Far Cry game with lefty controls, though for what ever reason they assigned the left trigger button as your trigger finger. Pssst. Game makers. For the love of God j… Read more

Far Cry 2 is competent, but nothing more

Far Cry 2 is a game with a lot of good ideas, many of which simply are not well-executed. While the basic shooting action is enjoyable, the context in which the shooting takes place is often frustrati… Read more

10% awsome 90% Mediocre

A few weeks ago I had beaten all the holiday season games and had nothing to play. My older brother said that he had just beaten Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 on the PC and that Far Cry was ok and that Fall… Read more

Beautiful world marred by many questionable design choices

Set in a fictional country in Africa, you begin Far Cry 2 as a just-landed mercenary sent to kill a notorious-but-elusive arms dealer. After a relatively lengthy opening and an introductory mission, y… Read more

Fire! Pretty!

Far Cy 2 is a beautiful game. It captures the image of the savanna perfectly. It creates a world that should be worth exploring. Unfortunately, exploring it just isn't any fun. For an open world game,… Read more

Far Cry 2

This open world thing is easily the thing of 2008. Far Cry 2 is a solid game but it has some very hardcore-type ideas buried inside. If Far Cry 2’s competition during its release is Fable 2 and Fallou… Read more

Don't get lost or found here

I've been playing Far Cry 2 for close to 24 hours on the hardest difficulty right off the bat. I move out of the stolen truck I picked up 2 Km ago from a military security check point. I move quickly… Read more

It's too...BIG

Far Cry 2 : A supposed open-world first person shooter that lets the player go anywhere and betray anyone, because these are the aspects that appeal to players apparently. Story : The game makes you c… Read more

Far Cry 2: A Big Open-World Bust...

Back in 2004, a little known German company named Crytek made a first person shooter (FPS) for the PC called Far Cry. It was the sleeper hit of 2004, raved by critics for its non-linear gameplay, inte… Read more

Far Cry 2, though a disappointment, is still a good game.

Far Cry 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original game done by Crytek. Far Cry 2 though is not by Crytek, rather it is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal; the same team behind the Splinter Cell an… Read more

Beautiful Desolation

Far Cry 2 begins as open ended as the Sahara Desert: It's wide open, with no rules, little direction and plenty of anarchy. It's gorgeous visuals dominate the game from beginning to end, and the vast… Read more

Hello, Far Cry 2. Sit back and relax.

Far Cry 1, needless to say was pretty freaking awesome and appealed to almost everybody. If you like blood and gore, it was for you, you like pretty graphic, it was for you, if you like man eating bea… Read more

Far Cry 2 tries to be a really great game, but falls a tad short.

For the longest time I had no real desire to buy this game. From the looks of screenshots and videos it just looked like another run of the mill shooter. And for the most part. It kind of is. The shoo… Read more

Far Cry 2 - far out!

I played the original FarCry on the XBox and got too bored to complete it. I really like the direction this game has gone in - there are no "feral abilities" of the first game. The new setting is an o… Read more

Far Cry 2 Review

Far Cry 2 is a first person shooter set in the open plains of Africa. You play one of 9 characters in your adventure through an amazing and deep world. Graphically Far Cry 2 is simply one of the great… Read more

Far Cry 2 has potential

Well it's too late now and will have to wait for the third for improvements, not that Ubisoft are into that kinda thing lol. Well it's not all that bad because I really liked the opening scene of the… Read more

Compelling but Flawed

I got Far Cry 2 on launch day, not 100% sure of what to expect. I had seen the "do it your way" open world demos, I had seen the piece-of-cake map editor, I was hyped. What I found inside was a great… Read more

Welcome to the jungle...

A good game that sadly doesn't live up to all it could have been! Story: Far Cry 2 puts you in the role of a mercenary in an unnamed African nation in a post civil war state.. Your overall goal is to… Read more

Great Overall Experience

This review is based on the PC version of the game. I consider my PC to be mid-range and I esentially maxed out all of the game's setting in both dx10 and dx9 with a few exceptions (well optomized). I… Read more

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