Rumours of console versions of Ubisoft's upcoming Far Cry sequel have been doing the rounds almost since the game was first announced for PC, and today the France-based publisher has confirmed that Far Cry 2 is on the way to Xbox 360 and PS3.
In development at Ubisoft Montreal, Far Cry 2 is a next generation first-person shooter which hopes to immerse the player in an entirely new kind of gameplay experience. The game utilises a custom-made engine which has been built from the ground up, making it possible to deliver real open-world gameplay.
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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.
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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.
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Seriously great find. I was really hoping for this game to come for consoles since I'd never have the kind of money to make a super computer to run demanding PC games.
Which is pretty much COD4. While COD4 was impressive, it isn't a powerful engine that Farcy yeilds, and there is minimal dynamics.
The PS3 has stepped up with Uncharted. The best looking console game to date, Load Free game, huge worlds. The 360 cant even match the streaming aspect of that one. And even that isn't close to Farcry/Crysis sheer scale. I wouldn't even put Bioshock in the same category as Farcry/Crysis either. This will be a completely sad crippled version of its PC counterpart. Just like Farcry on the Xbox.
And the PS3 gets to suffer. I'm sorry, but its true. The 360 has nothing in terms of advanced graphics. The only thing that is touted is GEARS OF WAR. Its great, but its the OLD UNREAL ENGINE. I mean UT3 already trumped it, and even that looks like ass in comparison to Crysis/Uncharted. I really want to see a PC/PS3 only title. Not for Farcry, but for some other game. The power of the ps3 was only nudged, and out came Uncharted. Lets see what happens if someone actually pushes it.
If you guys PS3/360 owners think this one is going to look anything like the PC version, you are sadly mistaken. There would be a chance for the PS3/PC.. But definitely not the PS3/PC/360. I'm not saying the hardware is limited on the 360, but hey. No one has done it so far..
great news i hope we get map edit again
Now it will be a matter of time before EA announce some kind of console version for Crysis.
FarCry 2 for PS3/360, StarCraft 2 for 360, Fallout 3 for PS3/360, Spore for Wii. Is there any huge PC left besides Crysis and WoW?
ouch, I guess no one plays PC games anymore except for WoW. Sorry PC, but there will be a time for you, when I make 2000 dollars and see what Dx10 can really pull off.