Review from a hardcore FPS PC Gamer: just not that fun. I want to blow **** up, not drive and treasure hunt for diamonds
Far Cry 1 and Crysis are better. Now that thats out of the way, heres my thoughts on this game.
It does some good things, but some gimmicks and decent ideas cant hide the mediocrity here. I like the bandaging stuff, pulling out bullets etc, but if this game was going for immersion/realism, what happens to the bullet hole on my arm after i take out the bullet? It disappears. Not a big deal, but its just one example.
One of the major problems, as was stated in the reviews, i thought i could look past but wow, it really sucks having to drive or, god forbid, run across miles of terrain just to get to a mission. All along the way, you will either fight in pointless battles, enemies just respawn when you come back anyway, or try to drive around them. If they shoot your car, you will now be driving slower, unless you get out and repair it. This is all very time consuming and does nothing to advance the game, but most importantly, its just not fun. I felt like i was at work playing this game today. Searching for diamonds using the horrendous map is NOT FUN AT ALL.
My biggest complaint with the game is, of course, the gameplay itself. The way you move, the way you bring up your iron sights, it all just feels unpolished. The shooting is just meh. It takes way too many bullets to kill someone, and your gun is going to jam, a lot, perhaps too much. Unless you waste more of your life looking for diamonds and buy new ones (UGH, i want to blow **** up, not treasure hunt) Muzzle flashes are very large and the lighting in the game makes it even harder to see if you are actually putting the 10+ bullets into the enemy, unless you get a headshot.
I did not finish this game because i know that theres not much thats going to change, and i can get paid to do work at a job rather than sit behind a keyboard looking for diamonds and driving around all day.
Graphics are great, but outdone by Crysis (get a better computer if you disagree).
Sound is excellent though, the music aint bad and the shotgun/grenades have great sound effects.
In the end, Far Cry 2 delivers some cool new ideas like an open world, fire spreading the way it does, bandaging etc, but it just goes so far with certain things that it becomes a 30 hour chore to play this game ad it fails in executing. Crysis Warhead is a far more enjoyable experience, regardless of its length. Short and sweet is better than long and monotonous.