Far Cry 2

I loved the original Farcry but was really dissapointed with the console versions so I was very wary in buying this.Anyhoo, I took the plunge and alas my fears came true. While this game is alot better than the awful Farcry instincts on the 360, it still cannot hold a candle to the original Farcry on the PC. Saying that though, this is still a solid FPS blaster as long as you play in short bursts. There are some awesome weapons in this game and there are plenty of targets to use said weapons on but after just a short while the mission structure of 'go there shoot/collect/give that' becomes very tedious. This wouldn't be so bad but as soon as the missions start, all the enemy checkpoints that you had just laid waste too respawn, so its a case of another slog to the other end of a very large map killing all the bad guys again who you have slaughtered moments before. Again shooting bad guys is fun and finding new ways to kill the bad guys is even better but the enemy A.I is RUBBISH!… more »

I loved the original Farcry but was really dissapointed with the console versions so I was very wary in buying this.Anyhoo, I took the plunge and alas my fears came true. While this game is alot better than the awful Farcry instincts on the 360, it still cannot hold a candle to the original Farcry on the PC. Saying that though, this is still a solid FPS blaster as long as you play in short bursts. There are some awesome weapons in this game and there are plenty of targets to use said weapons on but after just a short while the mission structure of 'go there shoot/collect/give that' becomes very tedious. This wouldn't be so bad but as soon as the missions start, all the enemy checkpoints that you had just laid waste too respawn, so its a case of another slog to the other end of a very large map killing all the bad guys again who you have slaughtered moments before. Again shooting bad guys is fun and finding new ways to kill the bad guys is even better but the enemy A.I is RUBBISH! They either just stand there as you calmly pop 12 shots in their face as his buddy just watches 2 feet away and does nothing or they spot you from miles away while you are crouched behind a tree and no there was no way you could have been spotted. It is at this point you realise that all missions can be completed by just rolling on in a jeep with a machine gun and blasting everything! A real shame when the original Farcry has such good A.I.
The graphics are good but are in no way pushing the PS3 like MGS4 and the locations can get a bit samey. Oh and the voice acting is some of the worst I have ever heard. Flat, soulless,wooden and spoken at such a unrealistically fast rate. Something went very wrong and I think this part was rushed for the christmas release.
All in all though, this is good game if you can get it cheap. Lots of big bangs and things to shoot but there is better out there and with killzone 2 and resi 5 coming in a few weeks, maybe you might be better off putting you money towards them instead.

This was one of the highest demanding games for me... I was looking forward to this game like a child on the 24th of december waiting for christmas... But after getting it. It really disapointed me in so many ways i can only describe it as a kick in the gentle area.
The positive things about this game is the look.. the graphics are impressive. the flames look good as they spread and the light and shadow ratio works a treat.
But.... There is so more negatives to this game.. This is a boring game. You will spend more time Driving, Running, or Swimming to your next location, than you will in the mission. You will also be attacked in random points of the game, meaningless, pointless fighting that just stops you in your track towards your next mission. You might be driving down a road when some baddies come out of no where and blast your car.. you think you could outrun them but before you know it your car is spewing out black smoke. So you gotta take care of the guys then… more »

This was one of the highest demanding games for me... I was looking forward to this game like a child on the 24th of december waiting for christmas... But after getting it. It really disapointed me in so many ways i can only describe it as a kick in the gentle area.
The positive things about this game is the look.. the graphics are impressive. the flames look good as they spread and the light and shadow ratio works a treat.
But.... There is so more negatives to this game.. This is a boring game. You will spend more time Driving, Running, or Swimming to your next location, than you will in the mission. You will also be attacked in random points of the game, meaningless, pointless fighting that just stops you in your track towards your next mission. You might be driving down a road when some baddies come out of no where and blast your car.. you think you could outrun them but before you know it your car is spewing out black smoke. So you gotta take care of the guys then repair your car and continue your journey. This happens so much. you tend to try and find diffrent routes to avoid this more. But end up loosing your car down a ditch off road... That said if you loose your car and your in the middle of nowhere you better get your jogging feet on cos your gunna be running for a long time.
That might be a positive thing to most people. But i garantee soon you will find it anoying when you just want to get the mission over and done with.
One last thing is you can't do stealthy.. Now the thing i was most excited for was how you could complete missions. Go in all guns blazing, or sneak in and take everyone out with your knife without beeing spotted. But there is only one way in and one way out... all guns rambo style action.. No sneaky solid snakeness.
I could go on forever with this...so overall its bad but playable if you really have nothing better to do. Oh and online sucks... stick to cod4 or cod5