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Manufacturer: Ubisoft Entertainment Part number: 68408
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- Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out "The Jackal", a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with ... Read more
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Gamespot editors' review
Far Cry 2 (PC) price range: $19.99
- Reviewed by: Shaun McInnis
- Reviewed on: 10/21/2008
- Released on: 10/21/2008
In Far Cry 2's chaotic world of mercenaries, gunrunners, and armed militias, you'll find yourself dropped into a dizzying web of shady clients and paper-thin alliances. All manner of names and faces are introduced during the course of the storyline, but the real star isn't anyone brandishing a smuggled weapon in search of blood diamonds; it's the daunting and awe-inspiring 50-square kilometers of African landscape that make up the game's open-world setting. Aside from providing the opportunity to soak up an amazing sunset, Far Cry 2's free-roaming terrain brilliantly harmonizes with the first-person combat. The diverse landscape and myriad environmental factors work alongside a wide assortment of weaponry to give you tremendous freedom to approach each mission. Combined with solid multiplayer, Far Cry 2's sheer breadth of action provides you with plenty of reason to stay lost in the African wilderness despite an underwhelming plot and the occasional sense of tedium in navigating from one location to another on the gargantuan map.
Far Cry 2 is quite the looker.
Far Cry 2's story is filled with potential. You're a mercenary working for a client who's sent you to an unnamed African nation engulfed in civil war, and your job is to take out a notorious arms dealer known as "The Jackal." He quickly proves to be an elusive figure, so you'll need to begin working for various warring factions that the Jackal has armed so you can trace the supply line back to your target. The two primary organizations at the heart of all this bloodshed are the militaristic UFLL and the revolutionary APR. You'll spend the bulk of the story working for these two groups, getting to know their power structures, and taking on all of the violent tasks they throw your way. Complicating things is the fact that your character has malaria, which means you'll need to occasionally play nice with the more ragtag Underground, the only group with the medical connections necessary to keep your potentially life-threatening symptoms at bay.
Each story mission can be played in multiple ways. There are 12 potential buddies randomly scattered throughout the storyline who you can befriend (nine of whom are available to choose as your silent protagonist), and they're often keen to tack on their own interests to the quests handed out by the UFLL and APR. Instead of just taking out a target, you have the option to earn extra reputation points by working alongside your buddy to first squeeze any remaining assets from the soon-to-be-deceased. This also earns you the ability to increase your level of companionship with that buddy. It's a neat reward, but it doesn't shed much light on their backgrounds. But that's par for the course; the main story is delivered in such a rushed, quick-and-dirty way that you never feel very involved in the game's overarching conflicts. The plot is less Blood Diamond than it is early Grand Theft Auto, a long roster of changing faces that scroll by far too quickly to capitalize on the politically charged setting.
Although disappointing for a single-player campaign that could easily drain more than 30 hours of your time, any shortcomings in the plot are mostly forgivable thanks to Far Cry 2's overall structure. The game is organized in a way that provides a daunting amount of freedom to explore, earn currency, and wreak havoc on the game's landscape and its denizens. It's all laid out in a manner typical of sandbox action games. Pulling out your map reveals a collection of icons that signify available missions and points of interest that you can meander toward at your own leisure. Among these are dozens of side missions that you can take on, with various forms of rewards. Delivering transit papers to trapped refugees earns you malaria medication, destroying rival convoys for gun merchants unlocks new weapons for purchase, and performing assassinations for mysterious voices at the other end of your cell phone rewards you with diamonds. You can also rough up militias stationed in small camps and turn their dwellings into your own safe houses. The side missions can feel a bit repetitive when played through in rapid succession, but they offer a great change of tempo when sprinkled throughout the main narrative. But what's most clever is how their differing rewards intermingle so wonderfully with your needs in progressing through the story: Malaria pills keep your HP and stamina up, diamonds buy you new weapons and ability upgrades, and safe houses provide temporary shelter to stock up and save your game.
With so much ground to cover, you'll be spending a lot of time driving, boating, running, and swimming.
The freedom of choice that goes with selecting which mission you want to perform carries over to how you execute them, and that's where Far Cry 2 really shines. There are a variety of factors that affect the way you approach each mission, from the number of people you need to kill, to the landscape, to the weather and time of day. If your job is to take out a key figure hidden deep within a militia camp in the jungle, you'll do well to take a nap at your safe house until nightfall and silently stalk your prey under the cover of darkness. If it's a windy day and you need to take out a bandit outpost in the dry plains, you can start a fire from far away with a flare gun and let the breeze and arid conditions collude to spread the flames toward their camp, finishing off the survivors with a sniper rifle. Need to clear out a bunch of scattered guards? Why not shoot an oil drum near an ammo stockpile and watch as the bullets erupt in every direction like deadly pieces of popcorn? Of course, you can also get up close and personal with pistols and machine guns, but the moments in which elaborately planned assaults succeed are some of the most gratifying points in the game. The whole process of staging an attack only becomes more intricate and rewarding as you slowly upgrade your safe house into a full-blown armory and unlock new weapon and vehicle abilities--all done through the gun shops.
User reviews
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Huge playground, small jungle-gyms
by joppenheim on August 14, 2009
Pros: The landscape in this game is nothing short of breathtakingly beautiful. It is highly representative of Africa with jungles, plains, deserts, shanty towns, shody bridges and unused railway tracks, burning cars and rusty old weapons and vehicles.
Cons: Everything in Far Cry 2 is almost perfect, but nothing in this game is actually perfect. Whether its a rusty car that works exactly like a brand new Jeep Wrangler, or first mission of the game to the last, it becomes very repetitive very quickly.
Summary: Far Cry 2 sends you to Africa within seconds of it loading up. You immediately feel dirty, alone and far from civilisation. The characters and landscape are immediately threatning, and ...
Summary: Far Cry 2 sends you to Africa within seconds of it loading up. You immediately feel dirty, alone and far from civilisation. The characters and landscape are immediately threatning, and you begin to look for the exit immediately.
As soon as you are left to your own devices, you feel like you are in Africa, from the sun beaten dirt roads, to the dilapidated shanty structures and the eternal buzz eminating from the insects.
So, you gather yourself, grab the resources you need and head out to face the dispair head on, hoping to "fix" the situation in which you find yourself. You tackle the missions head on, improve your resources and develop as much intel and knowledge as you can only to find that nothing changes, nothing improves, and even less gets worse.
As fast as you were thrown into Africa, you are just as quickly thrown into boredom. The characters you meet are only vaguely interesting, the different tasks can all be experienced within two or three hours, which means you have got another 30 or so hours of monotony awaiting you.
With a miriad of weapons, vehicles, sites and tasks, the situation is always the same. You will meet bad guys, you will need to take them out and you will get paid all the same. There is very little difference in what you need to do to finish each step let alone complete the game.
The most fun had, comes from exploring Africa, playing with one or two of the weapons or trying to do silly things with the vehicles. Once achieved, there is very little to keep you entertained.
It definitely is a game worth buying to experience a truly different, specifically African landscape. Its accurate and complete, but not much else.
If you are into good story telling, this one aint the one for you. -
Outstanding
by Pon666 on June 14, 2009
Pros: The guns, the storyline, the realism, the graphics, the bug free programming
Cons: Getting to locations on the map CAN get pretty frustrating sometimes. Because the map is really big.
Summary: People, this game is damn worth the money.
Summary: People, this game is damn worth the money.
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Nice landscape and good weapon selection
by junkmailreview on February 16, 2009
Pros: Weapon selection
Graphics
Game interaction
Plenty to doCons: Installation glitches
Quickload can freeze game
Storyline goes to hell, ending sucksSummary: Fun game to play, you can choose (up to a point) which missions you do first so you can get better weapons before tackling harder missions. If you like first ...
Summary: Fun game to play, you can choose (up to a point) which missions you do first so you can get better weapons before tackling harder missions. If you like first person shooters you will enjoy the game, just don't go looking for the next great thing in this one.
Be sure to shut down EVERYTHING before installing this game, I even had to shut down my mouse software. -
This game _should_ have been better.
by alfalfa6945 on November 14, 2008
Pros: visually appealling, stable (hasn't crashed on me yet), and that's about it.
Cons: Physics engine is total garbage, A.I is beyond poor (this is a 1995 A.I in a 2008 game. Seriously. Duke Nukem had comparable A.I.) You will need 1gb video cards to take advantage of the graphics (and in SLI/crossfire setup as well)
Summary: I'll start with the "good" since it's a very short list. The graphics are good. This is 2008 and we should expect better, but they're good non-the-less. ...
Summary: I'll start with the "good" since it's a very short list. The graphics are good. This is 2008 and we should expect better, but they're good non-the-less. I say this because when the GeForce2 came out, I watched the nvidia video's showing what that card was capable of, and it pretty much looked like this game. We expect better in 2008 going on '09... The game is stable, they know how to code. I have to add this because it's uncommon when a game comes out that actually works proper throughout on its first revision.
Let's get to why the game is not worth getting. The only thing the game has going for it is decent graphics. The physics are trash (and that's probably putting a shine on it). The A.I. is so poor I can't even begin to put it into words, it's a train wreck you just have to witness to believe. This makes the game almost unplayable. Examples;
1) When you are driving and pass a car going the opposite direction, the other car( the bad guys) will turn around, catch up with you instantly, and even pass you. I have my foot to the floor, this shouldn't happen. In other words, forget about trying to evade a fight if your health/ammo is down, it isn't happening.
2) Don't even bother to try and be stealth, there is no such thing in this game. Oh you do have some stealth weapons, it's the physics engine that makes being stealth impossible. "Hide" in the grass outside of an encampment, then pick off one guy standing alone and away from anyone else (and use the "silent" dart gun). Almost instantly, the entire camp will know exactly where the shot came from and be on you like stink on an ape. If you really want to see how lame the physics are, hide behind a tree, let a vehicle pass you then poke your head out to shoot the passenger (open cab vehicle) in the back and then hide behind the tree again. Almost instantly the driver will be turned around and if you don't move around the tree, you will get run over. He knows exactly where you are even though you used a silenced weapon, shot from behind, and are "hidden".
3) When you shoot someone in the "graphics intense" game, there are no bullet holes. Well, sometimes you can get one little entrance wound to show up if you go over to a dead body and shoot them in the arm. I can use the .50 cal. sniper rifle and shoot a guy in the head, but there is no evidence of a wound on the corpse.
4) Don't try and hide in the grass/shrubs/trees. Seriously. They already know where you are. And you're already surrounded, you just don't know it yet. Oh, and there is a vehicle coming from out of nowhere that will run you over if you stay in one spot and try to fend them off.
5) Drive by a checkpoint, kill all the bad guys, drive down the road a bit, turn around and come back. Bet they're not dead anymore. It's not like you can go around the checkpoints to avoid the confrontation (you know, if you're low on health/bullets, might be an asset). As explained earlier, you can't just drive through and run a couple over, keep driving and get away. Someone always lives. And they have superhuman aim. You will take a bullet, even in your car, you'll take a bullet. 100 mph on the speedo and a bullet will hit you, swerving left and right just means you get hit more often.
6) The weapons in the game are all pretty much the same. One is no more powerful than the other. Same as one is no more accurate then the other. Ummm... for giggles, try using the .50 cal. sniper rifle up close. Walk up to somone, without using the scope, just aim it at the guy with just the crosshairs and pull the trigger. He didn't drop? You're right. You can be point blank with this rifle, almost walking into your enemy and pull the trigger (can't miss!) and you miss him. The only way to hit the guy is by using the scope. At inches away you need the scope to make this rifle work.
7) To real get a feel for how bad the driving physics are you'd have to play the original battlefield 1942. Hop in a jeep in Battlefield 1942 and then hop into a vehicle in FarCry2. The more things change, the more they stay the same....
Okay, enough on the physics/A.I. The list goes on forever, believe me. Play the game, you'll see. Let's talk about the story for a bit. You start the game with malaria (yeah, THAT malaria). You constantly have to do side missions to get malaris pills. Give me a break. Who's dumb idea was this and why did they run with it?! "You know guys, what this game really needs is a good case of malaria!" How many six packs of some local MicroBrew that only college kids that walk around with a guitar playing it on the beach did you have to go through to think THAT was a good idea??!
Anyways, not enough words to really go over how bad this game is. It's got nice scenery, and that's it. Seriously.
You'll need 1gb video cards in an SLI/crossfire setup to crank up the display settings, two 512mb cards will let you crank it up some, but not fully. This is for 1920x1200, smaller screens may vary.1 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Arguably the best PC game ever!
by Reinhardtan on January 9, 2009
Pros: Everything from the brilliant graphics to the interesting story plot. This game has it all. It's a kind of hybrid of GTA and COD like FPS.
Cons: None. (Seriously)
Summary: I recommend this game to every gamer. The beautiful graphics(Pretty same as Crysis) with a great story are woven together to form a masterpiece.
Summary: I recommend this game to every gamer. The beautiful graphics(Pretty same as Crysis) with a great story are woven together to form a masterpiece.
0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Worst game ever for me.
by tijeang on December 20, 2008
Pros: Not much but except good video and story line.
Cons: After install no desktop icon,cannot play as you should because of a fault in the program and no help from Ubisoft.
Summary: The intro is very long but looks interesting however shortly thereafter during play you should get a map after pressing 5 but nothing happens,
Numerous requests for help to Ubisoft ...Summary: The intro is very long but looks interesting however shortly thereafter during play you should get a map after pressing 5 but nothing happens,
Numerous requests for help to Ubisoft were to no avail,instead of helping they pass the buck to their forum (no help) and even to other sites eg. ING (also no help) in other words you are stuck with an expensive game and stategy guide!.
The minimum requirements for this game are such that I had to purchase a new computer and did.
My final review of this game is please do not waste money buying it.0 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Ubisoft Entertainment
- Part number: 68408
- Description: Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out "The Jackal", a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force.
Product Basic Spec
- Platform PC
- ESRB rating Mature - Drug Reference,Strong Language,Sexual Themes,Blood,Intense Violence
- Genre Action
- Elements Action - first person shooter
- Context Realistic
- Number of players 1 Player
- Operating system Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Customization Editing Tools
- Online modes Competitive
- Sound Dolby Surround
- Resolution 720p,Widescreen,1080p,480p,1080i
Minimum
- CPU Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
- DVDROM 16x
- RAM 1 GB
- VRAM 1024 MB
Recommended
- CPU Intel® Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
- VRAM 2048 MB
Game
- Developer Ubisoft Montreal
- ESRB Mature
- ESRB descriptors Drug Reference,Strong Language,Sexual Themes,Blood,Intense Violence
- Release date 2008-10-21
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