Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2 was okay.

I'm not a nerd, geek or fanboy of any console or game. When I play these games it's fun at the beginning, then thing get so repetitive and boring. These games are a waste of energy and time. It's not a horrible series. It's just overrated because you don't get anything back in return excpt for dust. That's what video gaming has become, 90 dollar games in exchange for dust. (Back then, 40-60 bucks).

Far Cry is like any game. It has guns. You shoot, you die, story mode, and it's unfulfilling.

Last Words: Sitting around playing games like these are not as fun as it once used to be. Its not bad it's just an okay game.

'Far Cry 2 (2008)' isn't supposed to be a traditionally 'fun' experience. In fact, it goes to great lengths to fight against the player, attempting to mimic its story's bleak and ultimately anti-war tone within its actual gameplay. This is an interesting prospect, to say the least. Your guns can jam and eventually break, your companions can die or even turn against you, your explosives can cause wildfires that wipe you out, and your character constantly requires medication for the malaria they contract right at the start of the plot. It all feels rather 'realistic', as it were. This hostility has a tendency to put players off, but those who stick with the experience will find a slow-burning, open-world thriller that essentially emulates Joseph Conrad's 'Heart Of Darkness'. It's actually rather remarkable how unlike most examples of the genre this is. There are only four spots that offer 'fast travel', there aren't an overabundance of side-quests, your map is a physical item you have to look at... the list goes on. It makes for a rather unique affair, one that sort of creeps up on you. The game's narrative sees your mercenary - one of several whom you can choose between - travel to Africa in order to eliminate the elusive Jackal, only to get caught up in a civil war and participate in the circulation of blood diamonds. It's an 'every man for himself' sort of story, with each mission offering the opportunity to 'switch sides'; no matter what you do, you're betraying somebody. This all comes together nicely for a near nihilistic vibe, even though the ending itself feels rather scripted and forced. The piece is enjoyable, even if it's often frustrating and cumbersome by design, and it's bold in its decision to favour immersion, in terms of both aesthetic and theme, over ease of use. It might not please fans of the following 'Far Cry' games, but it's a great first-person shooter nevertheless. 8/10

An exhausting game to play that makes you play as a scumbag on this earth. Just being alive to pillage and eat the last bit of this African country,,,,, a very enjoyable and fun game.

I like the story and the character even if it kind feels like a first draft at some points. I mean don't know it. Just feels like some of the writing should have been through a bit more hands, but I still enjoy it. It feels like the bones of an amazing game but now it's just a really great game.

I enjoyed the way game tries to realism without being realistic. I enjoyed how you have to use the bus system as fast travel how the gun with jam. If you don't get the new ones, how would the damage affects if you have to use healing animations where your arm up broken hitting the stomach. It's just all around really immersive in the gameplay even if the enemies feels like they bullets sponges most of time.

I really love the game, but it feels like a game that only has the bones but it doesn't have the skin and muscle yet. I've truly think this could have been one of the most great games, but there's just not enough to do in it and the story feels like it has some good points, but it's not all the way there. Sadly far Cry 3 goes in a totally different tone with the gameplay. So it just feels more like an action game with hit points and experience which at least this game. Just feels like it tries to be realistic Africa.

If you play all your games in 3D like I do then you will love this game. Rarely has an experience immersed me so deeply in the atmosphere that I have actually wanted to go out and buy a ticket to visit Africa. The story keeps you involved and you play in real time, meaning that you will be playing during nightime hours and daylight hours although you can sleep at anytime at a safe house until your preferred time of day. IE: I would sleep until dawn then play until it started to get dark and find a safehouse etc etc. Any seasoned FPS player must play this game. Your weapon can become damaged during a firefight, jam and leave you vulnerable so you must be prepared at all times. You will hear African drums and wildlife are in abundance. Very enjoyable and replayable. Well made and even wildfires if you please! Worth every cent so as Molly Meldrum would say, "Do yourself a favour and buy this game!

I loved this game. I thought it captured the atmosphere of a dirty bush war very well. You go in all guns blazing and its all fun and games, but as the story goes on, it becomes darker, dubious moral choices, hurting the little people. And all this is enhanced by the Jackal Tapes. Whoever wrote those is a genius, they set the mood very well. You're no hero, you're just another exploiter.

Mayfield in The Mandalorian has a variation on it "Yeah, Empire, new Republic. It's all the same to these people. Invaders on their land is all we are." And if you follow those Jackal Tapes you KNOW you're just another invader.

The Zulu and Afrikaans spoke by the mercenaries is a great detail too, helped the atmosphere.