PC Gamer writes- After playing Far Cry 2, I am simply unable to go back to straight and simple first person shooters. The game has executed my expctations. Would you, could you, go back to homes with similar gunfights as this, but along a more rigid axis? I think your own expectations are going to rise dramatically.
And I really think you should play this game.
If you’re new to this long-running franchise, we’ve got you covered.
2 and 3, pretty much the only ones i really enjoyed. 1 was amazing for the time but aged quite poorly. 4 has the elephant gun, all i can praise from any entry after 3 lol
Ummmm 3 than stop.
Okay maybe two as well. But yeah probably 3 and then move on.
Far Cry 2. People constantly rant about games now being too easy, holding your hand, having too many unnecessary RPG-lite leveling features, etc. People specifically complain about open world games being too focused on tons of collectibles and "checkmarks" that just waste time.
Far Cry 2 is an answer to all of those complaints. It was made by Ubisoft before they fell into all the traps discussed above (and before they started inserting towers into their games to defog the map). It has respawning enemies, weapons that degrade, and the collectible diamonds are very useful in the game (which you find in a similar way to the way you find shrines in BOTW with a radar system). The map you have is an in game item you pull out while playing, not a pause menu that is unnecessarily detailed. Also the enemy AI and physics are much better than later entries in the series.
It has a mixed reputation because people at the time said it was too hard, the weapon degradation was annoying, and then respawning enemies were annoying. FC2 came out in 2008, so this was before games like Dark Souls and BOTW had come out and made it cool to like these types of features.
GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."
I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.
Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.
It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good
The Far Cry series’ best game – not Far Cry 6 – just got more brutal and realistic thanks a mod than revamps and remakes the classic Ubisoft open-world FPS
Far Cry 2 where your guns never ever jammed until you got into a gunfight is their best? I disagree.
Far Cry 2 may certainly not be the most "fun" game in the series but from a narrative standpoint it definitely is the most interesting of the bunch. FC2 couldn't be further away from the pointless fragfests that the following episodes turned out to be.
I want to see the console reviews for this game!
This game will be amazing on all platforms, I hope the reviews keep flying in.
Thanks for the review.
Edit i know there scans i missed out
i will wait for IGN and game spot Yahoo can P*ss off
I didn't read all the scans, I personally hate reading scans off the net but I was curious about how it performed tech wise and saw this in the review :-
"Some will avoid the game out of worry that their PC won't run it at sufficient detail levels. Don't before the game is out, the developers will release a benchmarking tool that will let you see how the game will look and what framerate you'll get".
I must say that is an absolutely FANTASTIC idea and it's been a long time coming. That alone certainly bumps up the chances of me supporting the developer (although I doubt my quad + 8800gts will have any problem) it is just great to see this kind of innovation into making it as easy as possible for people to check the game out before they spend £40 on a game that might not even work on their machine.
My only worry now is whether they will cripple the game with the same type of DRM that EA are now using. If they do then well I have saved myself £40 and I will leave it on the shelf like I have done with Spore, Bioshock and Mass Effect and will continue to do so till they stop trying to cripple my purchase.
this game looks good on pc and as good as pc on ps3
i hear x box is the weakest version