Far Cry 2

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6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1832 Ratings

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  1. DrewL
    Jul 23, 2009
    0
    Miserable. Just miserable. Loved the first Far Cry, and this one manages to keep none of the firsts good points while introducing a whole mess of bad. The menus and interface is clunky at best, and the gameplay is tedious right from the start. Travel to and from missions takes forever with tons of meaningless fighting along the way. Missions are all the same. The storyline is basic and Miserable. Just miserable. Loved the first Far Cry, and this one manages to keep none of the firsts good points while introducing a whole mess of bad. The menus and interface is clunky at best, and the gameplay is tedious right from the start. Travel to and from missions takes forever with tons of meaningless fighting along the way. Missions are all the same. The storyline is basic and dull. I tried playing FC2 for four hours and had exactly zero minutes of fun. I kept hoping that it would get better and it never did.… Expand
  2. NickS.
    Nov 2, 2008
    0
    The only interesting thing about this game is how it managed to get so many good "professional" reviews. To begin with the game should not be called far cry 2 as it has ZERO to do with far cry. A cash in attempt. No need to discuss further. Just mindless running around, gfx boring and drab. console port.
  3. AlexejOvtcharenko
    Nov 20, 2008
    0
    Good graphics, thats all. Story is most 5 points of 10, but the worst thing is that multiplayer does not work, you cant joint any online severs, ubisoft support just makes some strange sudgestions in 1 week now without any solution like to change region in windows to US. Well i played this game to play online and now i cant even join any servers. worst game ever, worst support ever.
  4. DB
    Dec 13, 2008
    0
    Wow, I installed this game 2 hours ago, played it one hour , shook my had and checked the web for reviews if this is only me or if the game is really that bad. Now I read all the bad stuff here and I know the story. I had high expectations on this game since Far Cry was BY FAR my favourite FPS I ever played. This game is totally rubbish and I can't believe this is sold really as Far Wow, I installed this game 2 hours ago, played it one hour , shook my had and checked the web for reviews if this is only me or if the game is really that bad. Now I read all the bad stuff here and I know the story. I had high expectations on this game since Far Cry was BY FAR my favourite FPS I ever played. This game is totally rubbish and I can't believe this is sold really as Far Cry2. Gonna delete it now and never touch it again. A 0 is a bit harsh rating, it should be around 3-4 , but this rip off deserves nothing better.… Expand
  5. OneShot
    Oct 26, 2008
    0
    Guys...I was bought into the hype on this game...please by whatever means do not BUY this game. I couldn't even finish it..i just quit. This has to be the worst console port to PC I have ever witnessed. Just another Ubisoft game like Assassins Creed. The multiplayer...oh goodness...almost in the year 2009 with many great games out and they release a multiplayer like THAT for PC? Guys...I was bought into the hype on this game...please by whatever means do not BUY this game. I couldn't even finish it..i just quit. This has to be the worst console port to PC I have ever witnessed. Just another Ubisoft game like Assassins Creed. The multiplayer...oh goodness...almost in the year 2009 with many great games out and they release a multiplayer like THAT for PC? Guards respawn...you can't lean left or right..you can't prone...cars break down easy...enemies take too many shots to kill...there is almost nothing in the environment that is destructible (just some boards...and on special certain trees you can shoot the branches off of it)...missions are repetitive...I honestly think that compared to what this game was supposed to be the final product deserves a 0. We need to bounce back at Ubisoft and stop buying these games of theirs.… Expand
  6. GarrettW.
    Oct 28, 2008
    0
    This game is dishonest in what it presents, you see, during release it seemed as though you were going to be pitted in a sweet African civil war; instead it's story is feature-less, dialogue terrible, and fire physics an out right lie; it thinks it's being gritty and real by having you hunt diamonds with a magic hand held diamond finding gps. My advice avoid this game. It gets a This game is dishonest in what it presents, you see, during release it seemed as though you were going to be pitted in a sweet African civil war; instead it's story is feature-less, dialogue terrible, and fire physics an out right lie; it thinks it's being gritty and real by having you hunt diamonds with a magic hand held diamond finding gps. My advice avoid this game. It gets a zero because it was a waste of money.… Expand
  7. Dr.No
    Oct 2, 2009
    0
    No, no, no. To put it shortly, this game is a joke. I had to finish it just to convince myself i was right. Even then I couldnt believe myself and to backup my thoughts I decided to google to find out what others think out this hyped game. That's how I found this site. Had a blast reading those reviews. I feel for everyone who paid full price of the game. It's the saddest and No, no, no. To put it shortly, this game is a joke. I had to finish it just to convince myself i was right. Even then I couldnt believe myself and to backup my thoughts I decided to google to find out what others think out this hyped game. That's how I found this site. Had a blast reading those reviews. I feel for everyone who paid full price of the game. It's the saddest and overhyped game I have played so far.… Expand
  8. MarkS
    Jan 28, 2009
    0
    One of the most frustrating games I've ever played, full of bugs, ridiculous AI, poor controls, over priced DLC, one of the worst online multiplayer experiences I've ever endured. Buy it if you wanna know what it feels like to be a mug.
  9. GalenK
    Oct 4, 2009
    0
    This game is confused, it says its going for immersion right? so why when i am creeping through the shadows and raise my ak-47 and shoot a bullet into a person's heart he turns around and kills me? Call of Duty 4 is more fun than this game and more realistic, and i thought call of duty was the epitome of psuedo-realism but this game tops it, having studied the terminal ballistics of This game is confused, it says its going for immersion right? so why when i am creeping through the shadows and raise my ak-47 and shoot a bullet into a person's heart he turns around and kills me? Call of Duty 4 is more fun than this game and more realistic, and i thought call of duty was the epitome of psuedo-realism but this game tops it, having studied the terminal ballistics of military rounds this game was no more immersive than far cry 1. snipers are also clearly the best guns in the game, the imbalances in the game are very annoying. also the upgrades for how much ammo you can carry are stupid small, you pay a massive amount of money for 1 more clip in each gun, its idiotic. along with that the health system should have been adapted from the call of duty series but nope they had to waist their time putting pointless animations of you pulling sh*t out of yourself, idiotic, you also had to constantly be stocking up on syringes which just slows down game play for no good reason and stresses you out because if one of your partners is shot down and you are out you have to shoot them in the face, what the hell is all i can say to that ill-advised mechanic. also this game feels nothing like Africa at all, i couldn't have been less immersed. the game breaker for me was that it takes 5 shots to the chest to kill someone with a 7.62mmX51mm (FN-FAL para) which should be a one shot to the heart along with every other gun and 1 shot to the lung. overall a very very broken game that left me wishing i could sell steam games.… Expand
  10. mIKEs
    Mar 3, 2009
    0
    This game is absolutely horrible. At first I said, oh maybe it's just the beginning and it will pickup, due the lack of excitement and that I am forced to constantly drivie around a world that seems to be the size of the entire continent of africa in an extremely slow pickup truck, or a medium speed buggy which blows up after 2 or 3 bumps. If you go through a checkpoint, just plow on This game is absolutely horrible. At first I said, oh maybe it's just the beginning and it will pickup, due the lack of excitement and that I am forced to constantly drivie around a world that seems to be the size of the entire continent of africa in an extremely slow pickup truck, or a medium speed buggy which blows up after 2 or 3 bumps. If you go through a checkpoint, just plow on through, the only thing you will get is frustration when you drive back through it again and realize all the guards have respawned. The guns in this game are ridiculously underpowered, I takes 2 hits to the face on any enemy to kill them, and no I'm not kidding. If you do die, and believe me, you will, you don't go back to a save point, you have to sit and watch as some random guy drags your body around for a while, and shoots at the "bad guys", and then you can somehow get up, inject yourself with some needle and you magically get back up to full health. The problem is that it gets so annoying watching the scene with him dragging you around, and it just makes you want to smash your keyboard. I didn't quit here though, it's when I decided to go paragliding off a mountain, and landed in a river. The problem with this is, the river has no way out but to swim to one end or the other, and there were no boats anywhere in site, and the guy just swims so dang slow. I swam for about 20 minutes before I just got frustrated and uninstalled the game.… Expand
  11. TaylorJ
    Mar 31, 2009
    0
    Horrid waste of money. I pre-ordered over Steam 2 months early, hoping that this would be worth a wait. It wasn't, not only did i have to wait 2 days after release for the download to finish, when I started, the game crashed, and this is a new computer. Wanting to give it a try in hopes that it has half the fun of the original Far Cry, I borrow someones computer and wait 2 days for Horrid waste of money. I pre-ordered over Steam 2 months early, hoping that this would be worth a wait. It wasn't, not only did i have to wait 2 days after release for the download to finish, when I started, the game crashed, and this is a new computer. Wanting to give it a try in hopes that it has half the fun of the original Far Cry, I borrow someones computer and wait 2 days for the download. The first 2 hours was decent, cinematic wise. After that everything is garbage; gameplay, AI and story. The gameplay is a repetitive notion of go to objective x and do y. There is no realism what so ever, it takes 2 shots to the head to kill anyone unless you are running around with a Barrett. The guns "rust", in a matter of minutes and constantly jam. Even the Springfield bolt-action rifle jams, colt .45 jams, and the first model fired 5000 rounds without incident, here an improved model jams after 2 mags. How the player "heals" themselves is seriously goofy, if only it were as easy as using a Gerber to pull bullets out of a wound. the AI is seriously flawed. There is little programing, all coded is the lines regarding how to interact with vehicles, an aim-bot and an objective to go strait towards the target. More than once Ive taken a dune buggy up a rocky outcropping, only to be followed by a single AI in a 2.5 ton truck who flips his vehicle. The AI has but one objective, follow and try to kill you. For gameplay, I expected destroyable buildings, all they have here is the breakable awning. This trainwreck is generously overrated by everyone, the critic scores are ROFL wrong. Someone must be playing SNES to say FC2 has any substance. This was a waste of money, better off going back to FC, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., CoD or HL2.… Expand
  12. davskib
    Jul 10, 2009
    0
    Absolute, overhyped nonsense. Don't waste your money. I can't, in my right mind, believe reviewers' scores are as high as they are. $ talks, and BS review(s) walks. Sad disappointment. Play Crysis Warhead, then try this game and you'll know what I'm talking about. Hell, SOF from 6 years ago, which btw is a good game even now, is better than this PoS. How sad.
  13. NaytoE
    Jul 14, 2009
    0
    Samuel W Sums this game up very well... I give this 'thing' a 0 simply because it isn't a game, it's just a thing for looking pretty in videos and pictures and to be fair the graphics are poor in comparison with games like Crysis. So, it doesn't even succeed at looking pretty, So very very poor. Ubisoft, once again, take a large turd and plop it onto a once great title.
  14. KillerE
    Sep 4, 2009
    0
    Ok i never do these "rate this game" crap becuase i never give a crap if someone buys a bad game. THere lost. But this..... this is just terrible. Not even the village idiot deserves to play this. This game in everyone stink beside graphically but who give a crap about. It all about gameplay and story. You can have the most best game looking in the world and it will suck if it dosnt have Ok i never do these "rate this game" crap becuase i never give a crap if someone buys a bad game. THere lost. But this..... this is just terrible. Not even the village idiot deserves to play this. This game in everyone stink beside graphically but who give a crap about. It all about gameplay and story. You can have the most best game looking in the world and it will suck if it dosnt have a good gameplay and story. This has nothing other then boredom and the feeling that "You Will Know" and i cant stress that enough, that youmeeting up with the dumbest ai in the world and that is game has nothing new to it that other great game title have already accomplished. Its a wannibee game. If anything Ubisoft pay high money for critics to rate there game prositivly. Kinda like those commerical you see on tv for a movie saying "its the best movie in the world and must be seen" when in reality it sucks and they pay random people to say it great to trick you. That goes this this game and many other ubisoft game other then Il-2 (which was never part of ubi soft in the first place) and splinter cell 1 2 and 3. All other games are just over advertised game they promote. If anything UBI lost an other customer. I will only buy a game from them if it was made by a other company that has there name but other then that never again. And for IGN review saying "More importantly, it has nowhere near as many bugs as something like "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl," a title that bears many similarities" I have stalker and it 1000 times better then this crap for a game. It barely full of bugs because most were fix since you last review of it 3 years ago. It has more game play in it, action, horror, and etc then most games. It has a huge modding community and a story with 7 different ending depend on what you do. And stalker is 3-4 years old now yet it accomplish basically everything that this crappy game try to mimic. Stalker is the unsong hero that start nonlinear FPS with open world and etc. It has for its time great ai that will even outsmart this game Ai by a long shot, amazing wildlife (animal and mutants hunt each other and are non scripted. there only 3 thing there programed for is eat, sleep, and basic needs for life. nothing else). Everyone if you want a game that this crap for a game try to be Buy Stalker or Fallout 3 (even though fall out 3 is more RPG but hey at least it bring people back to play it more even if they finished it).… Expand
  15. OneShot
    Nov 13, 2008
    0
    Zero to try and bring the user rating down even MORE. Guys pretty much every rating on here under a 6 is the truth, don't believe the people who rate above a 6. This game is bad, but the Multiplayer...im laughing just thinking about it. What was the Head Game developer thinking? I wouldn't play the Multiplayer if it was Freeware (and it sure does bare a striking resemblance toZero to try and bring the user rating down even MORE. Guys pretty much every rating on here under a 6 is the truth, don't believe the people who rate above a 6. This game is bad, but the Multiplayer...im laughing just thinking about it. What was the Head Game developer thinking? I wouldn't play the Multiplayer if it was Freeware (and it sure does bare a striking resemblance to it). I just can't even believe how bad this game was...… Expand
  16. FredWhatever
    Oct 17, 2008
    0
    In case nobody noticed, the two critical reviews of this game which are being displayed on the main page are written by the same person, and almost quote each other.

    For all the site admin bitch about user ballot-stuffing, it seems they're content to let PC Gamer do it. Probably because PC Gamer pays for the space and we don't.
  17. CharlieB.
    Dec 27, 2008
    0
    This is easily the worst PC game made in recent history. The game has nothing to do with Farcry, and is completely different in almost every respect. The game is plagued with extremely boring missions, and most of your time will be spent driving or taking the bus. Seriously, if you want to play this game, be prepared to spend a couple hours going back and forth across the map. In short, This is easily the worst PC game made in recent history. The game has nothing to do with Farcry, and is completely different in almost every respect. The game is plagued with extremely boring missions, and most of your time will be spent driving or taking the bus. Seriously, if you want to play this game, be prepared to spend a couple hours going back and forth across the map. In short, it's a very boring game with very little to offer. I'm extremely disappointed in FC2. What really annoys me is that they called the game Farcry 2 just because it would sell more copies.It's time to boycott Ubisoft for their deceptive practices and because FC2 is just a terrible game overall.… Expand
  18. MikeL
    Oct 24, 2008
    0
    Very surprised by all these high reviews, the game had pretty good graphics, decent guns, and some cool features like the fire, but this game is like a lame copy of STALKER, everyone in the world shoots you with no questions asked, stealth is nonexistent(enemies can see you for miles) and if you try to kill a enemy with the knife or silenced gun all his buddies within a mile will see you Very surprised by all these high reviews, the game had pretty good graphics, decent guns, and some cool features like the fire, but this game is like a lame copy of STALKER, everyone in the world shoots you with no questions asked, stealth is nonexistent(enemies can see you for miles) and if you try to kill a enemy with the knife or silenced gun all his buddies within a mile will see you and shoot at you. You constantly drive, and fight at random checkpoints, you drive 70% of the time and the roads all look the same and vehicles don't have good physics. Enemy AI is awful. The missions are all the same(boring) kill this guy here, intercept this convoy here, etc. It's like they tried to mix realism and arcade style and it really fails. Down voting with a 1 just to counteract ridiculous 10s(probably ubisoft employees), the game is realistically a 5 or 6.… Expand
  19. ChrisH.
    Oct 24, 2008
    0
    For all the hype, I'm sorry but having sheled out my hard earned money to play a game that is no where near as good as crysis with regards to physics or storyline the game is awful! The original was graphcally superb just as crysis is but far cry was also fun to play, far cry 2 is dull, boring, feeble in relation to its physics and graphically? for Photorealism Crysis wins again. Not For all the hype, I'm sorry but having sheled out my hard earned money to play a game that is no where near as good as crysis with regards to physics or storyline the game is awful! The original was graphcally superb just as crysis is but far cry was also fun to play, far cry 2 is dull, boring, feeble in relation to its physics and graphically? for Photorealism Crysis wins again. Not crysis lover has many faults but Far Cry 2 is a far cry from a great game.… Expand
  20. VinceP.
    Oct 25, 2008
    0
    Wounder why there is no demo? Worst Game of the year, thats why. It offers nothing new to any fps besides the cool map editor and the fire physics. Besides horrible controls for the 360 which make it impossible to kill enemies with 1 head shot, and the AI constantly respawns within seconds once you kill everyone. What a joke this game is. Repetitive gameplay, for instance. 1 Get a mission Wounder why there is no demo? Worst Game of the year, thats why. It offers nothing new to any fps besides the cool map editor and the fire physics. Besides horrible controls for the 360 which make it impossible to kill enemies with 1 head shot, and the AI constantly respawns within seconds once you kill everyone. What a joke this game is. Repetitive gameplay, for instance. 1 Get a mission from your boss. 2 Drive across the map with everyone shooting at you.. why, I dont know. 3. Kill the target. 4. Repeat. .... GTA in the jungle. The multiplayer is the worst ive ever seen. Takes you about a whole clip to kill someone and thats if your able to hit them with the horrible controls. Try turning while your running, good luck. I can go on and on, and i will. This game has absolutely no resemblence to farcry 1. NOTHING!!! This game is supposed to be destructable gameplay? Ya you can blow up oil drums and burn grass but thats all! Holy crap you cant even blow up a straw hut with an rpg so excuse me? Battlefield Badcompany is 99 percent destructable enviroment and Farcry 2 is 5 percent if that... If your going to think this is the game for you because you love mp fps dont buy this. Im a hardcore FPS gamer. I play Counterstrike, Unreal tournament (not 3 . ..sucks) , Battlefield Games, Far cry 1, deadspace, resident evil, and so on. Far cry 2 is the biggest dissapoint since doom 3. For the love of god dont buy this game, rent it if your curious. Dont waste 70 bucks like the rest of us.… Expand
  21. Chris
    Oct 26, 2008
    0
    I agree with Dave N.
    The game is boring, graphics are awful and it seems this is mostly because they've decided to switch the engine from crytek to their own in house crap to save money.
    I know designers in Montreal are lazy, but this is pathetic and a rip off. I want my money back!
  22. JackB.
    Nov 11, 2008
    0
    You guys crack me up....tHOSE WHO GAVE IT A GOOD REVIEW...here we go This game is shit. Period. How dare you call this Farcry 2. This is Shit Cry. Unlike the first luscuious viuals with grenery awesome weapons and story line, the makers of this game are idiots. You guys used old ass weapons, A boring and colorless map that seems to go on for hours after boring hours..Its so boring I got You guys crack me up....tHOSE WHO GAVE IT A GOOD REVIEW...here we go This game is shit. Period. How dare you call this Farcry 2. This is Shit Cry. Unlike the first luscuious viuals with grenery awesome weapons and story line, the makers of this game are idiots. You guys used old ass weapons, A boring and colorless map that seems to go on for hours after boring hours..Its so boring I got sick just driving the gay cars. You guys at Ubisoft really needd to reevaluate what the hell a good game is all about. Go back and look at the Farcry, Crysis game with awesome weapons, colores plotlines and vehicles and then after giving back everyone their monies for this garbage you made, Make a Farcry 2 enhanced version that puts you in a a futuristic worls like the afforemantioned games, not some old world with shiity weapons that jam all the time. What the hell were you thinking? You may have just destroyed Ubisoft's reputation and brought your stock down a million points by making a game that is this bad..... Absolutely rediculous. Laryy and the lad of the lounge lizards make this game look worse.… Expand
  23. bstm300
    Mar 3, 2011
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game severely lacks interesting game-play. The protagonist must travel hundreds of miles chased by pea brained, buggy AI that will hunt you down no matter where you run to. How is this realistic? To make matters worse, you encounter hundreds of the same monotonous check-points that vary only in the number of tires and fences that are commonly found around one.. On top of that, you have an incurable malaria that serves as a really a poor plot device. Finding a cure for malaria should not drive the STORY! The story should be driven by fun game-play and interesting missions. The mission narrative doesn't really push the envelope either as it centers too much on petty clan warfare and local rivalry. The developers attempted to change the names of the clans and characters to break the monotony, but the characters continually bring about the same plot elements I describe above-petty rivalries, etc.. Even the equipment is a letdown. Vehicles blow up too easily and weapons constantly jam. The only thing that really kept me going a 1/3 of the way through the game was the possibility of acquiring better weapons. Unfortunately, the mechanics of wealth acquisition don't favor even a moderately fast ascension to power. Acquiring wealth is slow, painful, and disheartening. The primary currency for barter are diamonds that are scattered across the whole god-forsaken territory that you must trek across ever so painfully. If you ever manage to complete the miserable story-line, Ubisoft should award you with a small prize. Believe me, you deserve it for all of the torture you will assuredly have to endure. The only reason why I gave this abomination of a game a 1 is because it serves as a good benchmark for video-cards. My recommendation to those who wish to avert a deplorable gaming experience is to avoid playing Far Cry 2 altogether. In fact, the game itself, if you bought a physical copy, should be reserved for use as a coaster for soft drinks. Alternatively, the dvd-rom can be used in a futurist art project. Better yet, go use it to play frisbee with your dog in a park. If by the unluckiest of chances, you bought a digital copy, you will undoubtedly be dismayed at having wasted however many dollars you spent on this treasure that, by it's digital nature, precludes it's more appropriate uses described above. If this is the case for you, let me just a dedicate a moment of silence to you.… Expand
  24. Tubie
    Oct 11, 2010
    0
    Stay FAR FAR FAR away from the PC version of this game, not even at a discount price on steam will you feel like you got your moneys worth. The controls are horrible and make the game unplayable and that's just the tip of this iceberg. Even if we look past the bugs of this horrible port, the game you see is merely "decent" but nothing like the original. This is a sequel in name only.
  25. Sandwich_Lord
    Sep 1, 2011
    0
    Its hard for a game to come by around me and get a 0 as I always look for the positive things in video games. Far Cry 2 is just... unacceptable. The first problem is the name. Do not be fooled, this is NOT Far Cry AT ALL. Far Cry 1 was Crytek's baby; a first person shooter centered around one guy who had his normal research out in the sea turn to **** when a group of mercenaries inhabitingIts hard for a game to come by around me and get a 0 as I always look for the positive things in video games. Far Cry 2 is just... unacceptable. The first problem is the name. Do not be fooled, this is NOT Far Cry AT ALL. Far Cry 1 was Crytek's baby; a first person shooter centered around one guy who had his normal research out in the sea turn to **** when a group of mercenaries inhabiting a nearby island blow up his boat. The premise was simple; a man wearing a bright red Hawaiian shirt is trying to escape, but finds out the secrets about the mutated creatures. The game featured an open environment for players to take different approaches in order to progress through each level. And with it, level design that actually created atmosphere, developed certain characters, manipulated the environment around you, the works. Far Cry 2 has none of that. Replace Jack Carver with a mute that has a Malaria and is out to find a weapons dealer. Mutants? What mutants? Character? Lol what character? It's sad because when starting the game you do have a set of different people to choose from, each with their own unique bio. But all that really means is that while playing, the your character's arms will be different. Any character you don't choose becomes an AI friend you can assign to help you out during combat later on. However, which ever one you choose will be mute and have malaria, even when the AI versions have voice actors and are perfectly healthy. What is the POINT? I'm trying to play a game, not manage a god damn illness. This game is just a simplistic shooter that hides itself under layers of complex illusions. The only bit of story and atmospheric build up is right in the beginning when you learn about rising tensions between two African factions that could cause a war any moment thanks to your cab driver. Then you get into town, your malaria bugs you and then you are given an introduction to our baddie. Then a war erupts in the town. After that... well there are no more civilians and not one friendly face. Instead, every single person you see is a member of one of the 2 factions. Which leads me to my biggest complaint: The missions. You can accept missions from both factions, but surprise surprise, you have no allies depending on the faction you are doing a job for. And its not a case of them cutting you some slack later on and saying, "Our boys won't do harm to you." No. Its every **** time. It really feels like Ubisoft was too lazy to code any friendly AI apart from the one "friend" you can select. Biggest complaint #2: Getting to your objectives. Far Cry 2 has no level design, and instead we get free roaming. What does that really mean? Drive from one area of the map to another. Although every inch of Africa can be explored, your vehicle obviously can't travel over a mountain or through trees. So you're stuck on the roads. But here's the worst part: EVERY BODY DESPISES YOU. At any given point while driving, you see a vehicle on the road, don't assume its a civilian. The only people that are driving are members of the 2 factions, and the minute they see you they will floor the gas and open fire on you. Why? Who cares! It wastes the player's time and gives them the sense the game is longer than what it really is right! This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that EVERYONE IS FASTER THAN YOU. That's right, you can't outrun them. While you're locked to a cruising speed, enemies in a damn flat bed truck can drive faster than you. So its really 1-2 minutes of driving, 3-4 minutes trying to save yourself from being killed and searching for a new vehicle. Wash, rinse, repeat. And it traps you into thinking check points are safe where you can pull up and show ID to the people. But no, checkpoints = 6 men stationed there are ready to kick your ass. And while you may have cleared that checkpoint or area full of enemies, guess what? They respawn back there again. Its padding, and its obvious. The worst part... the level design, or should I say the lack there of. Every mission in the game is just driving to a certain location, killing a bunch of randomly placed NPCs and then driving on back (while still being shot at by cars and checkpoints). That's it, nothing more. Far Cry 2 does offer side objectives you can accomplish in order to unlock new weapons and stuff of that sort.... but let me give you a little run down of the gun merchant side quest. Every merchant will offer a new weapon if you can stop this convoy that's transporting guns. Ok, sounds cool, some actual mission design perhaps? But no. Instead, you get a line of 3 trucks that just drive around IN A GOD DAMN CIRCLE ENDLESSLY UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY STOP IT. This game is so basic, its disgusting. The graphics are the only decent thing about this game, and some cool aesthetics such as over 100 different animations for fixing yourself from bleeding out on the last segment of your health bar. Shallow, do not buy.… Expand
  26. Not_Casual
    Jun 14, 2012
    0
    This game bored me to tears so badly that I had to quit. Virtually every aspect of this game is broken, overly done, or underdone. The realism they try to implement means that you can die from a 5 foot fall, your weapons never work, and because it's Africa everything has to be ugly and bland as sin. Far cry instincts beats this game so miserably it was a wasted release for ubisoft.This game bored me to tears so badly that I had to quit. Virtually every aspect of this game is broken, overly done, or underdone. The realism they try to implement means that you can die from a 5 foot fall, your weapons never work, and because it's Africa everything has to be ugly and bland as sin. Far cry instincts beats this game so miserably it was a wasted release for ubisoft. Furthermore, my CD key is repetedly refused for the online, despite attempting all fixes possible. This game is therefore unfinished and worthless.… Expand
  27. RoXX
    Jun 6, 2012
    0
    This game is a shame for the name Far Cry! The first (and only) Far Cry was a brilliant masterpiece with excellent graphics, very long and really amazing campaign, great level design, everything just perfect!
    It was a revoltuion to the PC game market.
    That's pretty much everything that FarCry 2 does not have. It doesn't continue Jack Carvers story, the envirenment is in a **** desert,    This game is a shame for the name Far Cry! The first (and only) Far Cry was a brilliant masterpiece with excellent graphics, very long and really amazing campaign, great level design, everything just perfect!
    It was a revoltuion to the PC game market.
    That's pretty much everything that FarCry 2 does not have. It doesn't continue Jack Carvers story, the envirenment is in a **** desert, graphics are quite nice, but there is NO story at all. All you do is move from control point A to control point B and kill some dudes on the way, when you are done with the mission and drive the same way back home, the dudes you killed have respawned and you got to fight them again! I AM NOT F**KING KIDDING! This makes you mad. Don't waste a cent on this game!    … Expand
  28. Masstyle
    Nov 19, 2012
    0
    The original Far Cry is one of my favorite game of all time. Its name is filled with honor. Because you know at the time the game was made they used top-notch graphics, and the story and gameplay was just explosive. How ever, Far Cry 2 was the most disappointing game ever. If you die, you will spawn to far away for your destination. You have to take malaria pills every so often. PeopleThe original Far Cry is one of my favorite game of all time. Its name is filled with honor. Because you know at the time the game was made they used top-notch graphics, and the story and gameplay was just explosive. How ever, Far Cry 2 was the most disappointing game ever. If you die, you will spawn to far away for your destination. You have to take malaria pills every so often. People always knows who you are, even if you're just driving a car, enemies will spot you and shot at you. The game is just to flawed and it never ends. Crytek, why did you sell Far Cry? Worst mistake they ever made.… Expand
  29. UncleDave27
    Oct 29, 2012
    0
    I like first Far Cry. But this game- piece of **** Good Graphics- that` s all what this game can propose to you. Stupid mission, stupid respawn, boring safari and idiotic story.
  30. Zendako
    Nov 29, 2012
    0
    You play a couple of missions types repeatedly through out the whole game. You have to travel massive distances to do it. It's boring. The graphics were the only selling point in the game. I loved FarCry. I couldn't finish the game I was so bored. I usually finish every game I buy. I was one of those fools that bought it full price. Harsh lesson learnt.
  31. Piotr
    Mar 18, 2013
    0
    Seemed like it was going to be good. Graphics, sound all impressive. Story kind of cool. But the more you play, the more repetitive this game gets. The problem is that it takes SO long to get from point A to point B. Checkpoints you've cleared become populated quickly so you end up battling practically every inch of the way if you want to get anywhere. It's a fatal flaw because youSeemed like it was going to be good. Graphics, sound all impressive. Story kind of cool. But the more you play, the more repetitive this game gets. The problem is that it takes SO long to get from point A to point B. Checkpoints you've cleared become populated quickly so you end up battling practically every inch of the way if you want to get anywhere. It's a fatal flaw because you end up not really wanting to travel anywhere because of the tedium involved.

    The only game left more unfinished by my friends might be Dead Island, which is a zombie version of this game. Great graphics, great acting, great audio, good gameplay, but it just becomes totally tedious to play. I understand the 5.6 10 user score, but the 85 100 critic score just reminds me why, like movie reviewers, professional critics all suck and should be summarily ignored.

    Not that it has anything to do with playability of the merits of this game, but I'd like to understand why this game was even called "Far Cry". It's about as close in plot and story to Far Cry 1 as Bioshock is to Quake 4. LOL...    … Expand
  32. AlexGamer
    May 23, 2013
    0
    The only redeeming quality in this game is the graphics.

    The enemy AI is terrible but, they just stand there shooting, all you have to do is snipe them all out easily because they don't take cover or move about much. Somehow they manage to hit you from long distances while you're on the move inside a vehicle, rubbish. The vehicles all feel the same, even in GTA3 a very old game now    The only redeeming quality in this game is the graphics.

    The enemy AI is terrible but, they just stand there shooting, all you have to do is snipe them all out easily because they don't take cover or move about much. Somehow they manage to hit you from long distances while you're on the move inside a vehicle, rubbish.

    The vehicles all feel the same, even in GTA3 a very old game now they managed to make you feel like you were driving different vehicles. Then, there's a hang glider, lol, pointless, no fun, gimmick.

    The missions are all very similar, drive 10 minutes to go kill someone, blow a truck or deliver some documents. I think the developers have done it on purpose, how come the mission is always on the other end of the map, it makes you spend 90% of the driving. If the driving part was fun it wouldn't be so bad, but it's not, it doesn't even feel like driving, it feels like walking really fast with shaky camera, I think it's because the vehicles have only two velocities, you're stopped or moving, they forgot the acceleration part of driving.

    Not sure if I consider the random missions a story, it makes little sense.    … Expand
  33. manilabae
    Jul 21, 2013
    0
    Too much driving. Too much scavenging. Combat is very repetitive. Enemies spawn back way too quickly. And where is the story? Played 8 hours so far and I am sick and tired of it.
  34. Mike-Messiah
    Feb 2, 2014
    0
    Most overrated FPS ever, makes COD franchise look good. FC1 was great, FC3 was good, FC2 simply falls flat on its face.
    It has Great graphics, the African landscape was great but devoid of any fauna(bye bye realism) The shooting mechanic is mediocre but the stupid AI completely ruined it all. As for the Open World, here is a piece of advice to developers. Open World games are fun only    Most overrated FPS ever, makes COD franchise look good. FC1 was great, FC3 was good, FC2 simply falls flat on its face.
    It has Great graphics, the African landscape was great but devoid of any fauna(bye bye realism) The shooting mechanic is mediocre but the stupid AI completely ruined it all. As for the Open World, here is a piece of advice to developers. Open World games are fun only when it is fun to explore. The map is horrendous, the vehicles are crap and break down with 3 shots (fck authenticity) with arcade like physics(maybe to please casual gamers) and the first person driving is horrendous with your dashboard and your FAIL-ATTEMPT-TO-BE-UNIQUE map taking up 75% of your view. And those irritating checkpoints...made doing side quest a hell.
    Here is a scenerio. You travel to one edge of the map for a quest, to reach there you have to kill all the baddies in the checkpoints again, like 3-4 of them..around 10 mins travel time. Quest tells you to go to a place which takes 20 mins to reach, and again go through those checkposts killing all those respawned enemies. If you spend 20 hrs on this game, 15 hrs will be spent traveling and re-killing everything you killed few moments ago.
    And plz lets not go into the "malaria" system. ughhh..
    I uninstalled it after 5 hours of play, just to get my money's worth(in vain) cuz it was simply unplayable..    … Expand
  35. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    0
    Have you ever wondered what the worst fps game is? Well, you don't have to anymore, because Far Cry 2 exists. I won't waste my time here, because this pile of horses**t doesn't deserve to have a long review., so I'll keep it very short. The only good thing about FC2 are the graphics... but graphics mean nothing, when your gameplay is broken, the story doesn't exist and I get the feeling,Have you ever wondered what the worst fps game is? Well, you don't have to anymore, because Far Cry 2 exists. I won't waste my time here, because this pile of horses**t doesn't deserve to have a long review., so I'll keep it very short. The only good thing about FC2 are the graphics... but graphics mean nothing, when your gameplay is broken, the story doesn't exist and I get the feeling, that even creators didn't gave a f*** about this game. This is the Nickelback of video games. People that created this game should be treated as war criminals and actually selling this stuff and demanding any money in return should be treated as a mockery of human race and punished. If you'll ever feel useless and suicidal just stop and remind yourself that there were actual people working on this game... and other people playing it and having fun... you'll laugh and the depression will vanish. Pickens condemns!… Expand
  36. efeozburuntr
    Aug 27, 2021
    0
    the game sucks. In the game, you only have to fight the tribes that you encounter while going to missions by car. Also, there are many armed men in the tribe and you die fighting. I paid 15 Turkish liras for this game, it doesn't even deserve it (15 turkish liras 1,80 dolar)
  37. UnslayedGamer
    Dec 27, 2021
    0
    This game is probably the worst game I have ever played in my life, The first far cry is totally better than this one, I was 8% into this game and I got bored right away, enemys would just drive to you randomly for no reason and shoot at you, I was only playing that game for the story and its kind of difficult getting through the story when people just drive to me out of no where and shootThis game is probably the worst game I have ever played in my life, The first far cry is totally better than this one, I was 8% into this game and I got bored right away, enemys would just drive to you randomly for no reason and shoot at you, I was only playing that game for the story and its kind of difficult getting through the story when people just drive to me out of no where and shoot me for no reason and it kept saying i had to do briefing missions and ive done like 10 of them and that did not progress through the story at all, this game was really sad to play, the story also was boring and im glad the far cry games aint canon because im def skipping this one to 3 thats for sure… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#17 Best PC Game of 2008
5
#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2008
8
#8 Most Shared PC Game of 2008

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Edge Magazine
    80
    Combat is thrilling – each weapon packing a solid, vicious blast; movement suggesting heft and momentum. [Dec 2008, p.80]
  2. Cheat Code Central
    94
    By adopting a laissez faire attitude to player discretion, Ubisoft has crafted a brilliant follow-up.
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  3. IGN
    89
    More importantly, it has nowhere near as many bugs as something like "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl," a title that bears many similarities. Add to the roughly 25 hour single-player campaign a remarkably easy-to-use map creation tool and a full multiplayer suite, and you've got one of the most complete overall gaming packages of the year, as well as one of the most ambitious.
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