This review contains spoilers
Far Cry 2- After Ubisoft purchased the rights for this franchise, it became an open world game instead of being a linear campaign like the first game and instead of being silly and over the top, this game goes for a more serious and realistic setting set in Africa. This installment has gained a cult following over the years just for being realistic even though the gameplay and graphics also didn’t age well like the first game.
Story- The game takes place in Africa which has become a war zone between two factions fighting over control of the area. You play as a mercenary that is assigned to kill a weapons dealer called The Jackal and you work for both factions to earn blood diamonds. There isn’t much of a story since you are mainly just doing quest for both factions which involves you killing someone or blowing up stuff and it becomes very repetitive. The characters aren’t developed or well rounded that much including the main character who never talks and The Jackal rarely appears in the game and you end up working for him instead of killing him. People say that this game has a believable story, but why would you work for someone that you don’t know and were assigned to kill?
Gameplay- The game is now open world so you can now travel across the map at your own pace. There is no fast travel in this game except for bus stops which are limited so you will spend most of the game driving around to point A to point B which can become very tiring due to lack of fast travel. People keep praising this aspect and call it an adventure even though it feels more like fetch quests since you are constantly driving around pace to place. Enemies will constantly respawn at checkpoints even if you leave the area by a few centimeters and they will constantly shoot at you and your car so you have to keep fighting them and repairing your car every time. The gunplay has a unique mechanic where your gun will jam the more you use it and if you use a crappy gun, it will be destroyed. You also get Malaria in this game and have to take pills every 45 minutes to an hour and you get more by doing side quests which can be annoying since you also have to drive around to get these pills
Overall Impressions- Far Cry 2 is prototype and tech demo for the next game in the franchise and I found the game to be very boring and repetitive even though people keep praising it for its realism. I rather take a game with good gameplay and replayability than a game that got praised for a realistic setting with replay gameplay and missions. 5 out of 10
Story- The game takes place in Africa which has become a war zone between two factions fighting over control of the area. You play as a mercenary that is assigned to kill a weapons dealer called The Jackal and you work for both factions to earn blood diamonds. There isn’t much of a story since you are mainly just doing quest for both factions which involves you killing someone or blowing up stuff and it becomes very repetitive. The characters aren’t developed or well rounded that much including the main character who never talks and The Jackal rarely appears in the game and you end up working for him instead of killing him. People say that this game has a believable story, but why would you work for someone that you don’t know and were assigned to kill?
Gameplay- The game is now open world so you can now travel across the map at your own pace. There is no fast travel in this game except for bus stops which are limited so you will spend most of the game driving around to point A to point B which can become very tiring due to lack of fast travel. People keep praising this aspect and call it an adventure even though it feels more like fetch quests since you are constantly driving around pace to place. Enemies will constantly respawn at checkpoints even if you leave the area by a few centimeters and they will constantly shoot at you and your car so you have to keep fighting them and repairing your car every time. The gunplay has a unique mechanic where your gun will jam the more you use it and if you use a crappy gun, it will be destroyed. You also get Malaria in this game and have to take pills every 45 minutes to an hour and you get more by doing side quests which can be annoying since you also have to drive around to get these pills
Overall Impressions- Far Cry 2 is prototype and tech demo for the next game in the franchise and I found the game to be very boring and repetitive even though people keep praising it for its realism. I rather take a game with good gameplay and replayability than a game that got praised for a realistic setting with replay gameplay and missions. 5 out of 10