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Far Cry 2

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Far Cry 2
85
7.5 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 75 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Ubisoft

Developer: Ubisoft Montreal

Genre(s): First-Person Shooter

Players: Multi

ESRB Rating: M (Mature)

Release Date: October 21, 2008

Summary

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 your their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force. Real-time story telling, systemic auto-healing, minimal in-game interface are just few of the features that make you feel the tension of being alone against barbarous warlords that threaten thousands of innocent lives. Choose from a wide range of weapons to make your way to your primary target. Meet the fight head-on with your machine-gun, go berserk with your machete or make stealth kills as a Sniper. If you feel that the atmosphere is not warm enough, light up your flamethrower and let your enemies and everything around them feel the heat. [Ubisoft]

What The Critics Said

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100

Yahoo! Games

The objective of Far Cry 2 as a game is to get out of the way and let you experience the game world. And there is no other game world quite like this one: haunting, spectacular, meditative, explosive, violent, and serene, all at once, and all in a mere shooter.

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100

GamePro

Sure, Far Cry 2 is a bit hardcore, and it's blend of breakneck shooting sequences and more meandering exploration might not be for everyone. However, if you're craving a shooter with a bit more bite than the increasingly casual competition, and one with more substance than the familiar run-and-gun fare, then you'll be hard pressed to beat this content-rich offering.

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100

GameShark

This is one of the most amazing worlds in gaming and the fact that it's brimming with so much action and intrigue makes it that much better.

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100

Cynamite

Far Cry 2 has its annoying quirks, no doubt. But they can be solved via patch – the quality of fights, atmosphere, graphics and gameplay still reaches a very high level.

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95

GameFocus

Great game and one of the best first person shooters of all time with only a few minor issues such as you will always be on the run and sometimes you must travel far distances for missions. But with plenty of weapons, vehicles, zebras, and for you pyromaniacs out there you can do some major damage with fire, there is a lot of fun to be had.

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95

GamingTrend

Takes it time which lets players sink deep into the game world. This makes all the difference between a good game and a great one. Far Cry 2 is the latter.

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94

WonderwallWeb

An amazing shooter, a real breakthrough, but the mission structure isn’t up to much.

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94

3DJuegos

Far Cry 2 is not a game for everybody, neither is it perfect. It requires time, patience and dedication; some will be frustrated with the long car trips - avoidable - while others will struggle with the excessive freedom. Nevertheless the little objections that can be made disappear compared to its virtues. This video game is technically impeccable, it offers a very interesting multiplayer mode, and is equipped with a campaign that should appear in the dictionary under the words intensity and immersion.

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94

Cheat Code Central

By adopting a laissez faire attitude to player discretion, Ubisoft has crafted a brilliant follow-up.

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92

Games Master UK

A challenging and technically impresive FPS set in gorgeous but treacherous surroundings...It's one of the most engaging shooters we've played for ages. [Dec 2008, p.67]

91

IGN AU

Despite some flaws, Far Cry 2 is almost an essential purchase this holiday retail season. The only reason to excuse yourself from picking it up might be if you're just shootered-out, which frankly is an understandable possibility.

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91

Game Revolution

Between the open environments and multi-branching plot of its story mode and designable maps for multiplayer, there is a ton to do and be seen in Ubisoft’s latest endeavor. So pack your bags and get ready for your trip to the motherland.

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91

Gaming Age

I really, really enjoyed Far Cry 2, and I was happy to see that it's a pretty far departure from the formula of the first title. The open world environment is absolutely beautiful at times, and the little touches in the game really help to heighten the sense that you're in a real world setting.

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91

Gaming Nexus

Far Cry 2 is a fantastic game:. The gameplay's great, the environmental execution is near-flawless, but a couple glaring mistakes keep it just shy of perfect.

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90

DarkStation

Far Cry 2 may be the surprise game of the holiday season.

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90

NTSC-uk

Far Cry 2 is a game that thrives on the moments and experiences caused by its mechanics working in harmony and by making the player think about where they are and what they are doing. If the player can buy into the world and fiction they will have a thoroughly exciting time surviving through the twisting plot and explosive gun fights.

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90

Xbox World Australia

Far Cry 2 is without doubt one of the best FPS games currently available on the Xbox 360.

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90

Jolt Online Gaming UK

It’s a shame that more wasn’t done with the story, as the shallow characters and lack of moral depth sits in stark contrast to the hard work spent on some of the most impressive game technology we’ve ever seen.

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90

Gameplanet

A superb FPS that plays out on the African continent, one of the most spectacular staging grounds to date. The graphics are exceptional and the multitude of missions and side-quests is big enough to keep you occupied for a long time. The AI are one of the smartest to date, actively using cover and flanking you realistically. Truly a sequel to Far Cry which does the original justice!

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90

Extreme Gamer

Ubisoft Montreal has done it again with another ambitious game that pushes the boundaries of what we have come to expect out of our games.

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90

TeamXbox

If map modding, PC-worthy tech and the ability to make your own magic happen in a game (rather than waiting for the game to reveal its tricks) sound like you, then Far Cry 2 is the only way to hang-glide this holiday season.

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90

Official Xbox Magazine UK

Far Cry 2 is this year's equivalent of Assassin's Creed... when it comes to enveloping the player in exotic sights and sounds, Ubisoft has absolutely nailed it. [Issue # 40]

90

VideoGamer

And it's also through experimentation that you'll experience the magic moments you'll not find anywhere else.

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90

BigPond GameArena

Far Cry 2 is what you might call a risky move. In a culture of playing it safe with first person shooters, Ubisoft Montreal has created a title where you have to essentially make your own fun.

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90

GameZone

Far Cry 2 is a great open-world game, giving FPS fans a great sense of freedom and tons of content to play through.

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90

Gamervision

Far Cry 2’s gameplay is solid, and it works as both an open world game and a shooter. Its plot is light, but dense, and will make you rethink the way you look at real world conflicts like the ones represented in the game. As with most sandbox titles, there is a huge amount of content, and there is at least twenty hours of gameplay in the single player alone.

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90

Total Video Games

Far Cry 2 is a slog for the first few hours of gameplay, but you've got to stick with it because it soon turns into one of the most revolutionary FPS games of the decade.

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89

NZGamer

There are a number of annoying parts of Far Cry 2, but things are more than held together by both the presentation of the game, and the sheer absorbing joy of exploring the world that has been put together with so much care.

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89

XboxAddict

Overall Far Cry 2 is a solid FPS experience despite the few shortcomings it has.

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89

Worth Playing

It's an experience like no other, with great potential to make your own hugely memorable story line, and for that reason alone, it comes highly recommended.

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88

Console Monster

So in a nutshell, a rather large one, that is Far Cry 2; a bustling and beautiful paradise which is held back by small conflicts of repetition and control.

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88

AtomicGamer

Either way, Far Cry 2 should be pretty close to the top of any console FPS fan's list this holiday season.

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88

IGN

The formula still needs work in terms of enemy AI, quest structure, and giving the player more to do to fill in all that open space, but as it is, it's still a standout achievement. 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.

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87

Xbox World 360 Magazine UK

Far Cry 2 is a resounding success. It looks incredible, and the attention to detail is staggering. All it really needed was the added spart and thrill of a really, really good shooter underneath it all. But if you can live with the game's start/stop gunplay you're going to have some real fun playing with fire. [Jan 2009, p.78]

87

GameTrailers

The action is high-quality, free-roaming stuff, and the game earns major points for its smart way of dealing with getting shot up, patched up, and bailed out. The story does keep you on a leash and your objectives tend to repeat without too much variation, but if you enjoy this line of work, Far Cry 2's dangerous African landscape is a great place to be a merc.

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87

Planet Xbox 360

The game successfully drives home the themes of poverty and desperation. The voice acting is also up to task, delivering solid performances throughout to keep you engrossed in the story.

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85

Talk Xbox

There isn’t much to complain about in Far Cry 2. As I’ve already raved about before, the visuals are gorgeous, the use of fire is amazing and the gunplay is viscerally satisfying.

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85

Da Gameboyz

Far Cry 2 is an incredibly deep game while the online component, including the ever so popular map editor, is truly a treat.

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85

Gamer's Hell

With open-world games there often seems to be a disjointed equilibrium between gameplay and technical execution; Ubisoft Montreal, however, have done well in bringing these two elements together.

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85

MS Xbox World

Though there are a few hiccups in the gameplay, the sheer immersion of the ultra-realistic and well-refined perspective, combined with a beautifully detailed environment and intense and unrelenting combat, make Far Cry 2 an incredibly enjoyable game.

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85

Official Xbox Magazine

The biggest disappointment is that the six character classes, experience-based upgrades, and full-featured level editor can't elevate online play past the sheer rote familiarity of deathmatch, capture the flag, and control-point variations. But even though Far Cry 2 isn't quite a sandbox-shooter masterpiece, it is a consistently fun and intensely challenging trek into the ailing heart of the dark continent.

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85

GameSpot

Although you can't say the same for the plot, Far Cry 2's first-person action squeezes every last drop of potential out of the unique African setting.

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85

Kikizo

A rough diamond. Ubisoft succeeds in making Far Cry relevant again, a few nagging design flaws notwithstanding.

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84

IGN UK

Unfortunately, it’s these failings that defined our experience of the game, though for anyone keen to sample a shooter that dares step into the leftfield we recommend endeavouring to get to the heart of what feels like an uncut diamond – rough-shorn but not bereft of value.

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83

1UP

Even if I find the multiplayer too staid, I find the possibility of cool user-made levels (via the easy map editor) tantalizing. Like any good Grand Theft Auto, Far Cry 2's overall package makes up for any individual flaws -- enough for it to be on a short list of best FPS games this year -- and so it's fitting to summarize it as...well, GTA: Mogadishu.

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83

Xbox360Achievements

In order to truly appreciate it, you’ll have to look past all the monotonous traveling and the repetitive missions and get sucked in to the immersive world that Ubisoft Montreal has created.

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82

HellBored

A picturesque, open world environment and some simply brilliant fire physics make up for incompetent AI and a lot of repetitiveness in the missions.

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80

Eurogamer

Far Cry 2 is unforgettable rather than perfect, then; brilliant, frustrating, sombre and comical, it offers freedom within extremely curtailed limits, and strives to treat its players like adults. In the end it remains, true to its source material, a game that was born to struggle with itself.

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80

Game Informer

Ubisoft has managed to strike some potent emotional chords with Far Cry 2. Combined with the depth and breadth of the sweeping African environment, they may very well be enough to overcome a combat system that isn’t nearly as intricate as the game world in which it is housed.

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80

Gameplayer

The combat feels haphazard, reckless. The voice acting is flat and emotionless. There is a shallower sense of progression, and far fewer opportunities to make meaningful choices. Granted, it is unfair to compare an action game and an RPG too closely. Yet with "Fallout 3" still fresh in our minds, so many of the design decisions in Far Cry 2 seemed off-balance.

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80

GameDaily

Compared to the single player adventure, the multiplayer mode comes up short, but the 16 player firefights still offer some thrills.

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80

Edge Magazine

Combat is thrilling – each weapon packing a solid, vicious blast; movement suggesting heft and momentum. [Dec 2008, p.80]

80

360 Gamer Magazine UK

Despite hitting many highs that are far beyond the ambitions of nearly every other game on the 360, Far Cry 2 is slightly hamstrung by its own ambition, some design missteps and a learning curve that rolls itself into a handy noose. Like Africa itself, it’s beautiful, complex and massive. However, less methodical or patient gamers may find themselves questioning where the line between ‘challenging’ and ‘pain in the ass’ is actually drawn.

80

Boomtown

And there's very little to touch it in graphical terms on a console. So if you're a graphics whore and a fan of action go right ahead, most gamers will enjoy Far Cry 2, just don't expect something as cerebral as the hype has lead you to believe.

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80

Gamer.nl

Far Cry 2 doesn't quite live up to its expectations, but its in total a great shooter with more freedom then you can chew. It scores extra points with the original setting and superb transition from real life to your tv. True, the leveld esign could have been more creative, the storyline with a little bit more depth and the thousand and one control points a little less annoying, because that's the reason why Far Cry doens't get that monster score.

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80

G4 TV

Technical issues aside, Far Cry 2 is an epic (and epic-ly long) take on the first-person shooter. The setting, open word, and side quests make it feel more like a more action-oriented "Grand Theft Auto," or a less ridiculous "Just Cause," than the original. Which, admittedly, will annoy fans of the original (present company included).

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80

games(TM)

Ambition at the expense of excellence. [Dec 2008, p.116]

80

Meristation

Better than an excellent game, Far Cry 2 is an excellent idea of a game. Despite of its poor AI and repetitive mission design, Ubisoft's new proposal delivers a solid shooter in a beautifully rendered open-world environment that packs some fun for the not so demanding player. Although better than the previous installments in the series it just comes up short of its and ours expectations. Rental recommended.

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80

ActionTrip

Despite some of its technical issues and repetitiveness, I feel compelled to play this game until I finish the entire single-player campaign. Each mission means you work your ass off and that makes a nice change over the traditional FPS formula.

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80

Giant Bomb

There's a lot to do in Far Cry 2, and if you can get a good handle on the quirks of the almost constant combat scenarios you'll run into, the weapons variety, stunning visuals, and originality of the story and setting make for a well-rounded and satisfying shooter.

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80

Destructoid

A great game that does everything a first-person shooter should. It has a great presentation, good shooting mechanics, decent AI, a long single player experience, impactful choices, an enormous multiplayer component, and some of the more memorable injury scenes ever witnessed in a videogame. The pitfalls come with the redundancy of some missions, the sparsely populated world, and awkward saving system that can often throw players miles away from objectives with nothing but a long, pointless drive to look forward to.

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80

Video Game Talk

Thought it may be a sequel in title only, Far Cry 2 is a fantastic shooter worthy of finding a home in any FPS fan's library.

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79

DailyGame

Far Cry 2 is a solid game no matter which way it is examined.

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75

Armchair Empire

It was enjoyable being given this much freedom to change the rules in an FPS, but the repetitive action quickly pulls the game from a fun activity into a chore.

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75

Electronic Gaming Monthly

Still, despite the tedious travel periods, Far Cry 2 features some truly gorgeous environments, (mostly) satisfying combat, and a lengthy, entertaining campaign. [Dec 2008, p.66]

75

PTGamers

Far Cry has some excellent ideas and high production values, but some design choices and technical problems drag it down.

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70

Level7.nu

Far Cry 2 manages to lend the open world of typical RPG:s and mend it into a first person shooter. The trouble is that the game's world isn't properly adapted to the openness of the gameplay, leading to lots of tedious stretches of transportation. A somewhat silly AI and extremely tough enemies dampens what is otherwise a really competent shooter.

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70

Game Over Online

Some games grow on you the more you play them, as you get used to the little idiosyncrasies and learn to appreciate the finer points. Far Cry 2 is at the opposite end of the spectrum, a game that makes it harder and harder for you to like it by placing more and more junk between you and its best features.

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70

X360 Magazine UK

Far Cry 2 is a drawn-out yet ambitious FPS that doesn’t quite align its many ideas into an effective game, due to the confused nature of the open world. Nice atmosphere, though.

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70

Variety

Stunningly beautiful and morally harrowing, but plodding in its execution.

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70

DarkZero

It falters in just enough places to make you think before you hand over your money.

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70

Totally360

To summarise, love the visuals and explore the fantastic gameworld Ubisoft have created but don’t expect anything ground-breaking or life-changing because this just isn’t as innovative as it wants to be.

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70

GameSpy

If you can bear some of the repetition in between missions, the missions themselves are a blast. The environment is among the most compelling ever put on a screen this year. And multiplayer is strong. Far Cry 2 may not live up to its full potential, but there's a lot here to enjoy regardless.

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69

GamingExcellence

So long as you only play the game in small bursts, Far Cry 2 is an interesting experience.

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68

MEGamers

Far Cry 2 is a game that we wanted to love. It started off very well only to sink lower and lower into tedious territories.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 117 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Rowan F gave it a2:
Tf and Anthony, you could not be more right. This game is terrible, a ptitful attempt to live up to the brilliance of Far Cry 1. The gameplay is absolutely shit: the stealth/guerilla warfare aspect that made Far Cry one so unbelievably fun to play has been completely removed, instead leaving a mindless 'charge in there and shoot em to bits' style of gameplay, not at all helped by a series of near-braindead two dimensional AI's. The scenery and buildings at first appear to be lucoius and incredibly realistic, up until the point where you realise that there are about four different buildings and locations in the entire game which have been copy/pasted six hundred million times. It amuses me that the devs claim that this game is all about 'realism', well lets see, how realistic is it to have any guns you buy mysteriously appear in evry other gunshop in africa, which by the way are all identical? One of the worst parts of the game is the 'non linearity'. Far Cry 1 nailed non linearity perfectly, it made it a fun and awsome game aspect by letting you choose which way you completed your missions, whether it be by charging in there all guns blazing, taking out the enemies one by one without them noticing, or blowing them to bits with a jeep-mounted rocket launcher. Far Cry 2, however has managed to get COMPLETELY the wrong end of the stick. Instead of letting you choose how you do your missions, it makes them almost completely linear. Their substiute for this is to let you choose which missions you do. Instead of giving a feel of non-linearity, this simply makes it feel like a linear plot that is sepreated into tiny repetitive chunks, puncutated by dreadfuly boring and horribly repetitive driving sections. This idea of getting to choose which missions you do is also completely flawed by the fact that every single mission is exactly the fucking same, but with a slightly different backstory. That's right, if you get this game, your mission variation will range from 'go here and blow up this oil tanker; to 'go here and blow up this generator', and in between missions you will have to spend nearly twenty minutes driving there and back, being pursued by an unending amount of jeeps, which for some reason are all identical and don't require any keys to start. All things considered, I think that the main problem with the game is that it's dull. In Far Cry 1 you tore through a tropical island, fighting off mutants, finidng experimental weapons, destroying underground labratories, wheres in Far Cry 2 you spend your time killing the same uninteresting enemies in the same uninteresting missions in the same uninteresting locations. Ok, so all of this is very realistic, which is supposed to be the main selling point of the game, but what Ubisoft need to realise is one simple fact: Reality is dull. That's why we play videogames.

Adam W gave it a5:
This game has promise and looks like an 8 or 9 when you first start playing it but after the first 4 or 5 mission everything is the same with no range of mission. It is either go to a place and steal something, kill someone or blow something up. Not only does this get very boring easily there are also checkpoints filled with enemies every 5 minutes. There is no joy in killing them because they will be back the next time you pass. The only thing that saves this game from being a 2 or 3 is the map editor and some of the truly tremendous maps made available for all to play online. For instance some has built an entire plane floating in the air for players to battle on, another person had built a map which has four dimensions and some of the creations are truly inspiring. There are limits to the number of vehicles and explosives you are allowed to use but apart from that you can make endless creations

Toltec 01 gave it a6:
Like I said another beautiful game wtih no game....it basically didn't allow me to play the game...that might sound strange, but compare it to Fallout3. Fallout3 releases the player out into the wild and you'r e on your own, what a great feeling! While Farcry is so restrictive for an open world game...I gave up looking for diamond briefcases after finding the 3rd one or not being able to driver around into the red zone, come on...Farcry1 was a much better tuned game as well...to bad.

Brian J gave it a10:
I'm only giving this game a 10 because everyone else is not giving Ubisoft THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT! I mean come on now! They are one of the leading developers in the industry and they wouldn't even think about releasing a finished product unless they were possitive that it would be recieved well by the masses. Now having said that, I think Far Cry 2 isn't truly deservable to carry on the Far Cry name in many aspects BUT it's still a wonderfully crafted fps and should have a home in any fps fans collection. Anyone who loves a mixture of open-world gameplay and intense fps action should definitely pick this one up!

Justin E gave it a3:
First of all, this game sucks. Who ever said it is better than CoD:4 is unbelievably stupid. The only reason why this game gets a 3 rather than a 0 is because the graphics are damn nice, and some of the best I have seen. The map is also hugely big. But the enemy AI is stupid, 12 bullets to kill 1 guy is retarded and the missions are very repetitive. Not to mention you have to drive for 20 minutes to do each mission, BORING! I really wanted to like this game because it looks so good, but it is just awful. DO NOT BUY!!

Charlie gave it a9:
Men, it is one of the best games of Ubisoft, the game mod, the plot and the weapons are awesome!!!

Simon gave it a2:
Just another game that, amidst the hype-machines demands for realism and gimmicky gameplay elements, has completely lost sight of the fact that games are meant to be fun. It takes a very warped perspective to think that people will find having to take virtual malaria medication every 35 minutes, for example. Don't waste your time or money on this cynical rubbish.

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