With hindsight vision, was Far Cry 2 good?

I still find it the best FC. The game rewards exloration and moves the story along at a nice pace. The missions and people are much more interesting than in the other FC games, and vehicle dynamics work much better in it than in the other games.

The map was interesting and just the perfect size. In following FC games, maps became too large so one got fed up with the map take over well before the end.

Sure, the sickness is annoying, but as long as you use medicine, it does not really affect your pace at all.

same here. What a terrible mechanic. Clear an outpost walk 100m away come back and find the same freaking enemies doing the same freaking thinks

It was fun at first but got old fast because of design decisions.

Cars break so easily so you were always walking, couldnt fast travel to safehouses, respawning checkpoints, malaria, your guns jamming but not the enemies, voice actors talked like they were in a hurry.

There was a good game underneath, but oppressive game design ruined it.

I've seen enemies get gun jams too although not very often. They can also self-heal and have comrades heal wounded buddies.

FC2 is also from the good old days when Ubi still wrote sane plots. These days Ubi is all over the place, and their plots make no sense whatsoever.