Finally finished Far Cry 2.... I hate this game....

In the end this game is really just full of fails... It took me 30 or so hours to complete, about 50-60% of the time is used for pointless driving and wasting time to get malaria medicine.

Things I loved:

1. The environment
2. Attacking a base in any way I prefer.
3. The clever use of fire & wind direction
4. the best explosion effect I've ever seen.

Things I hated:

1. Long ass driving, it gets really really boring because you have to do this all the time.
2. stupid AI, this really ruined the game
3. random guard post, patrols. driving long distance is annoying already, stopping frequently to deal with stupid AI is frustrating.
4. Malaria sickness, this is 110% fail. it does nothing but waste your time, kill the fun and force you to drive MORE so you can get medicine.
5. same mission over and over again. drive, kill something and then drive again.
6. one of the worst video game ending I've seen in years.

Please don't get this game, it's way too repetitive & all the driving will make you go nuts.

CryTek should handle Far Cry games.

I did not like it much either, but I did not even beat the game. I could not force myself to play it more than the hour or so I put into it.

CryTek should handle Far Cry games.

NoAssKicker47

Nope then they would be as bad as Crysis. I liked Far Cry 2 more then Crysis.

Can't say you were not warned :P

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26695951&msg_id=307652983#307652983

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

CryTek should handle Far Cry games.

nVidiaGaMer

Nope then they would be as bad as Crysis. I liked Far Cry 2 more then Crysis.

Well did you play the original Far Cry? Crysis or no Crysis, this is one of the best shooters ever.

I like driving.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

CryTek should handle Far Cry games.

NoAssKicker47

Nope then they would be as bad as Crysis. I liked Far Cry 2 more then Crysis.

Well did you play the original Far Cry? Crysis or no Crysis, this is one of the best shooters ever.

Far Cry along with Doom 3 are my favorite shooters from that time.

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

Nope then they would be as bad as Crysis. I liked Far Cry 2 more then Crysis.

nVidiaGaMer

Well did you play the original Far Cry? Crysis or no Crysis, this is one of the best shooters ever.

Far Cry along with Doom 3 are my favorite shooters from that time.

holy hell, you actually had the will to finish the game?

my god, i uninstalled after a week

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

Well did you play the original Far Cry? Crysis or no Crysis, this is one of the best shooters ever.

NoAssKicker47

Far Cry along with Doom 3 are my favorite shooters from that time.

Thats the problem its too similar. Like I said before Crysis is Far Cry with better graphics. When Doom 4 comes out if its the same or very similar as Doom 3 but with better graphics I won't like it either.

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

Far Cry along with Doom 3 are my favorite shooters from that time.

nVidiaGaMer

Thats the problem its too similar. Like I said before Crysis is Far Cry with better graphics. When Doom 4 comes out if its the same or very similar as Doom 3 but with better graphics I won't like it either.

Props to you for finishing the game. I barely got through the boredom of the first half of the game. Then, as soon as I completed some mission and realized that there's an entire second map with the exact same things I had to do in the first, I immediately uninstalled. Good to know the ending was crap, at least I cut my losses.

At least you finished it brother! I didn't even have the courage to buy the game! Say, how long was the campaign?! Maybe there's still time for BL to get his road rage going!!biggest_loser

I managed to finish it last night, It's easily the biggest disappointment I've experienced recently. There was so much potential for this game to be good, It baffles me completely how Ubisoft could be so lazy with the mission design, having to drive half way across the map to the same locations to do the same mission except that you're killing different people each time is ridiculous. It wouldn't have been hard to get creative with the mission objectives either, but It seems Ubisoft now has repetition down to fine art. I'm definately not buying anymore Ubisoft junk.

I'f you're going to get it BL, I'd wait till it hits at least $20 AUD or under. Anything above that and it'll most likely feel like a huge waste of money.

The game is really long (for an fps) and totally open ended but like he said... over half the time is driving or fighting miscellenious checkpoints... Some of the missions can be like literally 5-10 mins of driving and checkpoints only to use 1 well placed shot to complete it.

holy hell, you actually had the will to finish the game?

my god, i uninstalled after a week

REforever101

Guide To Make Far Cry 2 Fun

------------

1. Watch Blood Diamond

2. Grind for diamonds before the game becomes repetitive

3. Use your diamonds mainly for new weapons and those quick vehicle repair upgrades

4. Use different weapons for each mission

5. Don't plan any mission, the randomness of the combat is wonderful

6. ???

7. Profit

i really liked fc2 and the only bad parts were driving and a poor story, the multiplayer has also gotten better since the release

In the end this game is really just full of fails... It took me 30 or so hours to complete, about 50-60% of the time is used for pointless driving and wasting time to get malaria medicine.

Things I loved:

1. The environment
2. Attacking a base in any way I prefer.
3. The clever use of fire & wind direction
4. the best explosion effect I've ever seen.

Things I hated:

1. Long ass driving, it gets really really boring because you have to do this all the time.
2. stupid AI, this really ruined the game
3. random guard post, patrols. driving long distance is annoying already, stopping frequently to deal with stupid AI is frustrating.
4. Malaria sickness, this is 110% fail. it does nothing but waste your time, kill the fun and force you to drive MORE so you can get medicine.
5. same mission over and over again. drive, kill something and then drive again.
6. one of the worst video game ending I've seen in years.

Please don't get this game, it's way too repetitive & all the driving will make you go nuts.

1076751

Thanks for the update, I'm really glad I didn't waste my time and continue to play just to see if it gets any better. I figured the rest of it sucked.

Far Cry 2 on Infamous is a totally different game, try it...Just be aware of the enemies that have eyes on their backs... rmfd341

I can agree that there are some issues with the game, but I still liked it. I also still play it on Infamous difficulty. It really offers a challenge.

Some things that made FC2 more fun for me:

• Playing sneeky
• Diamond-hunting
• Mastering different weapons (IED's, mortars, etc)
• Driving AROUND checkpoints and AWAY from vehicle patrols
• Using bus routes (makes things much, much easier)

First time the game made me go to sleep i quit and uninstalled.

Who the hell wants to sleep when they are playing a god dam video game!!! I want to blow **** up!

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

CryTek should handle Far Cry games.

nVidiaGaMer

Nope then they would be as bad as Crysis. I liked Far Cry 2 more then Crysis.

The only way I could beat this game was by getting **** up on pain pills, that was the only way I could endure playing it lolz.

I tried it out, couldnt stand it for more than an hour. the controls felt weird for some reason too.

hahahaha, I just play the game when I get bored. Do a few missions, make a few explosions, then I move onto something else....I'll finish the game eventually lol

holy hell, you actually had the will to finish the game?

my god, i uninstalled after a week

3. random guard post, patrols. driving long distance is annoying already, stopping frequently to deal with stupid AI is frustrating.

That's the main reason I got sick of it and gave up.

couldnt get more than a few hours in to it, despite going back and trying again several times. just one big frustrating mess of a game

Yeah the game isn't much but atleast the graphics are great. I finished the game just because of the graphics, lol.

Farcry 2 was one of the worst games I ever bought. I think the last game I hated this much was Yogi Bear for the SNES.

I'm surprised you actually finished it. I got to about 55% in the game before I had to call it quits.

Guide To Make Far Cry 2 Fun

------------

1. Watch Blood Diamond

2. Grind for diamonds before the game becomes repetitive

3. Use your diamonds mainly for new weapons and those quick vehicle repair upgrades

4. Use different weapons for each mission

5. Don't plan any mission, the randomness of the combat is wonderful

6. ???

7. Profit

Baranga

lol

Driving, driving, driving...

That's why we have racing games

Hmm.. I really don't know I didn't think the game was so bad actually I mean for one thing game was on highest setting with AA etc etc all that mumbo jumbo on a widescreen without any hiccups or lags so the graphics and gameplay blew me away.

I thought the AI was okay I mean its pretty smart, for exampleI would run behind a car for cover to heal up (that part was really cool like when you got shot in your foot he had to pry the bullet out and then apply a needle etc etc its close to reality of course at the same time its not because the pain of prying out anything from your foot is way too great and ive been around to feel that pain : /) everyone would start shooting on me and not just instantly run up to me like in COD4 where it was like the AI's had 0 brain and would just run up to a certain death. And then without them realizing I would slip out from behind the car to a flanking position all the while since they didn't see me leave my spot of cover they would continue firing on the car until 2-3 brave mercaneries went to check up to find i wasn't there and would frantically look around to see me wave a RPG to them and boom! I mean you can't beat that AI its pretty much true ofc you have to play this game calmly and smart like irl.

Besides in COD4 the stupidst thing was when they couldn't see me at all and i would go behind them every single person in the building would suddenly turn 180 degrees and shoot at me I mean really in that base of action with that much bullet and debre flying around you wouldnt hear boots on mud or marble or watever etc etc.

anyways someone suggested watching blood diamond which is indeed awesome, i watched it right before starting the game and it makes the feel of it much more amazing, yea the respawns and outposts were too too much but while driving its normal to come against 2-3 of them especailly when driving long distances. And oh if you didn;t want to drive their were buses in the game which made stuff a whole lot efficient. But i liked the driving factor especailly outrunning mercaneries. I thought malaria while a pain in the ass was clever i mean these stuff can happen and it just makes it more realistic, because i think the WHOLE idea of far cry 2 is to bring a very very realistic experince to gamers around the world.

The plot was a bit scattered but there was some very nice and meaningful missions. Like corrupt governments especially in south africa, the betrayal of a son to his own father these are all very real.

If you guys can understand my point and if you aren't so trigger happy, nerd-rage people you could have given time to enjoy this .. 'different' kind of game its really not that bad at all :)

Thanks

In the end this game is really just full of fails... It took me 30 or so hours to complete, about 50-60% of the time is used for pointless driving and wasting time to get malaria medicine.

Things I loved:

1. The environment
2. Attacking a base in any way I prefer.
3. The clever use of fire & wind direction
4. the best explosion effect I've ever seen.

Things I hated:

1. Long ass driving, it gets really really boring because you have to do this all the time.
2. stupid AI, this really ruined the game
3. random guard post, patrols. driving long distance is annoying already, stopping frequently to deal with stupid AI is frustrating.
4. Malaria sickness, this is 110% fail. it does nothing but waste your time, kill the fun and force you to drive MORE so you can get medicine.
5. same mission over and over again. drive, kill something and then drive again.
6. one of the worst video game ending I've seen in years.

Please don't get this game, it's way too repetitive & all the driving will make you go nuts.

1076751

I like the exactly the same things but:

1) you think thats long driving? Play boiling point it forces you to drive from the first town that is located to the left side of the map, to the second town thats located to right side of the map, atleast in far cry 2 the vehicles are really fast and too easy to handle, unlike boiling point.

2) Far cry 2 has the best ai i eve seem, if you make noise theu split up and flak you and finally suround you.

If you get in a vehicle the ai chases you and try to ram you of the road, now pick a fps that you v seen that before?

I shot somene with a sniper rilfe and every one was looking for me.... "where is he?" unlike crysis that by the moment i killed the first soldier his buddy had already shot me from miles away with a cheap ak74 knock off.....right, nice ai crysis.

I shot someone a few times and i thought i killed him but he crawled inside a building and pull he pistol out as he was bleeding out....WOW

I got up a tower and start killing enemies, one of them got under the tower but he did not come up so i can kill him, after a while i killed everyonr and i turned around to climb down and guess who was behind me? thats right the mercenary i left alive under the tower, wow he tried to flank me, amazing ai.

3) that pissed me too in the beggining but later i realize 2 things, if they didnt use it then drving will be like boiling poin extremely long and no combat also it reminded me many times in SoC that i wanted to find an enemy to kill with my new rilfe and i couldnt find ayone than few cheap armed bandits, so at that point i said, hey its a fps, atleast far cry 2 lets you have fun anytime.

Ohh you can use the rivers if you dont want much combat, especially in the second map.

Ohh id call the ai agressive not frustrating, they dont do anything weird that confuses you, they are fast, and thaks to the accurate weapons you can be too, the whole idea of the game is to use diffirent weapons and unload the in dull auto , not innacuracy and headshots.

4) true but it didnt annoy me so much, maybe because in real life i require medcine too

5) exactly the same thing happens in gta iv, go in there, take cover and shoot.......OR go there chase him with a vehicle and shoot..... honestly i didnt find it that repettive far cry 2 could have been much more repettive like assasins creed, atleast you got diffirent briefing and it takes place in diffirent areas, i mean id like it to be more repettive and take place in the areas you already did a mission just so i can replay in that area.

6) havent completed it yet.

Also let me short out the weapons idea:

There are accurate weapons like the g3ka4 that are weak but dont loose recoil, also there are weapon like ak 47 that require small bursts to be used succesfully, every weapon in the game is diffirent unlike most fps out there that the only diffirence is firepower and accuracy, so buy selecting diffirent weapons in diffirent slots you get diffirent gameplay ****

Well ask me that game was ok the first 15 hours, then it start to lose its point but everytime you thought that you play another "drive and kill em all" mission something cool always happend, like the way things turn out in act2, nice plot twist.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

CryTek should handle Far Cry games.

chandu83

Nope then they would be as bad as Crysis. I liked Far Cry 2 more then Crysis.

At least you finished it brother! I didn't even have the courage to buy the game! Say, how long was the campaign?! Maybe there's still time for BL to get his road rage going!!biggest_loser

[QUOTE="REforever101"]

holy hell, you actually had the will to finish the game?

my god, i uninstalled after a week

Swiftstrike5

When I arrived in the second area of the game I just couldn't take it anymore: the repetitiveness, the respawning outposts, malaria, AI, clipped widescreen ... . Besides the beautiful landscapes and the beginning part this game was absolutly terrible. One of the worst games I played this gen (but that can also be due to the fact I was pretty hyped for this).

When I arrived in the second area of the game I just couldn't take it anymore: the repetitiveness, the respawning outposts, malaria, AI, clipped widescreen ... . Besides the beautiful landscapes and the beginning part this game was absolutly terrible. One of the worst games I played this gen (but that can also be due to the fact I was pretty hyped for this).

R4gn4r0k

I got the Game Free and even I felt I got Jipped...:?
(Came free with Video card, Love the Card though.)

I uninstalled it the same day I played it, I dunno maybe I didn't give it enough time or something I was just Bored out of my mind with the game.

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So, Congrats to TC! :P

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

CryTek should handle Far Cry games.

nVidiaGaMer

Nope then they would be as bad as Crysis. I liked Far Cry 2 more then Crysis.

Haha..

Good one.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="NoAssKicker47"]

CryTek should handle Far Cry games.

Velocitas8

Nope then they would be as bad as Crysis. I liked Far Cry 2 more then Crysis.

Haha..

Good one.

[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]

When I arrived in the second area of the game I just couldn't take it anymore: the repetitiveness, the respawning outposts, malaria, AI, clipped widescreen ... . Besides the beautiful landscapes and the beginning part this game was absolutly terrible. One of the worst games I played this gen (but that can also be due to the fact I was pretty hyped for this).

dakan45