It was Heavily Hyped. Did it deliver the Hype?
So what is Far Cry 2? Is it better than Far Cry 1? Is it atleast Good? Are Ubisoft BACK ON TRACK? Nope! it misses the smoothness, story, rich environments of Far Cry 1.
Just like Assassin's Creed this game is so close to a Perfect 10 or a 9.5 atleast but yet so Far. 8.5 Gamespot is CORRECT Rating.
My actual Rating is 8.9! Can't give that as Gamespot has forgotten Math, they now believe 9.5 comes after 9 instead of 9.1!
Anyways, what is far cry 2 about?
Far Cry 2 is unlike any other FPS game. Just like its Predecessor its an Original Concept and has a Lot to offer which no FPS has.
This game has stuffs which no FPS ever had. You can Brutally perform surgery on yourself when hurt. Your weapons get jammed due to frequent use. The fire spreads in the Forest if started. Trees realistically Shake and even Fall Down or Get Uprooted when you launch a Grenade or something.
For its concepts alone i would put this game close to my favorite FPS of all time Half Life 2.
The best part is that this game is Open world. It feels actually as if you are playing GTA in first Person. You get to drive cars long distance.
The Graphics again are not GREAT. The grasses SUCK like always. But their movement and especially the DAY NIGHT Cycle thing in Far Cry 2 is amazing. You get to RAID Guard Posts and mark the locations with your zoomer lens which looks damn stylish. The MAP is the BEST MAP EVER that i have seen in any GAME. You carry it in your hand.
You can do your missions at night or Day. You can actually do Combos using the short sword. A little inspiration from Prince Of Persia i guess since its the same company.
Your main objective is to kill JACKAL. You get to make Buddies even Girls who help you in time. Since this is Africa don't expect any BABES. But when your health is Zero, when you are supposed to die, your Buddy comes in time to save you. Best thing is once i by mistake thought my buddy for enemy and launched a Grenade Launcher in her A**. She was almost DEAD. But i got the chance to perform SURGERY on her. Amazing.
The SIDE MISSION sucks a bit but its still WAAAAY better than Side Missions of A** Creed. You go to some random place and that guy gives the same mission. Take out this Truck or that. Love to do that mission though using Grenades, seeing the Truck go Heaven and the Trees Uprooted.
WOW!! Some times i really Feel that this game has INVENTED its own genre of First Person Action Adventure instead of First Person Shooter.
The Weapons in this game do require a SPECIAL MENTION. One of the best Weapons. You can store them in a crate. Frequent using will JAM your weapons. It can be frustrating and also FUNNY when you are in front of 10-20 Soldiers and just when you are about to kill them, your weapon jams or even breaks, you get malaria at the same time lol. My favorite weapons are the Grenade Launcher, Flame Thrower and ofcourse the Best is the Rocket Launcher(Advanced one). But the bad point is that the AIMING sucks sort of. Its no where close to Half Life in terms of the smoothness of aiming. Still its not bad. Manageable.
Okay i have edited my review. This is the final version. I have COMPLETED FAR CRY 2 on my PC and it lags like hell. You need a 8800GT MINIMUM. I have 8600 GT 512mb and thats not Enough. This game took me exactly 31 Hours to Finish.
The Story in this game is so-so. You have friends and some of them will turn back on you. The ending is not EPIC. But it doesn't Suck like it did in Assassin's Creed. You have alternate endings or Two endings alias Warrior Within.
Ubisoft have worked VERY VERY HARD on this game(much more than Prince Of Persia, Splinter Cell or Assassin'c Creed) and it Saddens me to see their game get below 9.
Overall, this game just like Assassin's Creed looks GREAT and the concepts are a MASTERPIECE. But it still Fails to Deliver that Perfect Punch. Its not a bad game by any Means. If you have the Stamina and 25-30 Hours of time do play this game. Its really a good if not great game.
Lastly, this could have been the Greatest FPS ever and possibly the Greatest Game Ever but its Failed. But in the end its not a Bad Game at all to check out.
P.S. Ubisoft, if you do plan to make Far Cry 3, please improve aiming, A.I and the credits music of FC2 simply was the Worst ever. I had fun playing this game. Thanks for reading my review.