Far Cry 2 - does it get better...

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I've had Far Cry 2 for a while, just never really played it, in a bid to get through some of my "outstanding" games I installed it this afternoon. I'm finding it pretty boring though, seems like way to much time is spent travelling from one place to another with not enough action.. and what action there is is not that good.

I was just about to unistall it and put in the, ohh well waste of money pile, but maybe I'm being to harsh.. does it get better as the game goes on or not ? I loved the 1st game, this just seems soo different though :(
 
It gets a bit better after the first 2 hours - but theres still too many irritations to really enjoy it, and the last quarter or so its pretty meh too.

With some fairly simple modding it could have been a really great game... such a shame they really dropped the ball without proper play testing.
 
I agree, it could have been a very good game indeed but sadly too many bad points like the respawning enemies, guns jamming too often, ruined it.
 
RESPAWN RESPAWN RESPAWN RESPAWN

Sums it all up really, not a bit of wonder the devs claimed there was 50 hours of gamplay in it. :rolleyes:
 
Thanks guys, not going to waste my time playing it any more then.. I know I have a lot better games to get through.
 
The second area/island is marginally better, if only because the landscape makes it so due to a slightly better design. But on the whole, the first few missions are as boring and repetitive as the rest. The constant respawning outposts and driving around was a terrible idea and is what makes the game so unbearable.
 
I didnt think it was a terrible game, although i didn't play much of the original far cry, and combined with the ammount of hype this game was given it was probably a huge letdown to those looking forward to it...
 
After the amazing first game, it certainly made me 'Cry 2'.

Utter abomination of a game. What a waste of serious programming time. it could have been the best game ever made with a bit of thought.
 
The biggest problem with FC2 was the repetitive missions as everything is pretty much the same. It's better if you can just unlock everything from the beginning and just mess around until you're bored.
 
It was repetitive, the game play was awful, it had re-spawning enemies, irritating long drives between objectives, horrible horrible stealth mechanics and the game just felt completely numb.

For me at least it was one of the worst games I have played in a good few years.
 
To be fair, the combat model was bang on. Felt really good when you got to a mission. however like everyone has said here; far to repetitive.

You get a mission, you then look at the map and sigh as you see the amount of check points you have to go through. You then do not bother.

I just do not understand why, when the game had two factions, that the devs did not introduce some sort of faction play that the player could get involved in a influence. Bit obvious to be honest and they should be ashamed they missed it.

I think to much of the budget was spent on trips to Africa imo.
 
RaMDOM said:
To be fair, the combat model was bang on. Felt really good when you got to a mission. however like everyone has said here; far to repetitive.

You get a mission, you then look at the map and sigh as you see the amount of check points you have to go through. You then do not bother.

I just do not understand why, when the game had two factions, that the devs did not introduce some sort of faction play that the player could get involved in a influence. Bit obvious to be honest and they should be ashamed they missed it.

I think to much of the budget was spent on trips to Africa imo.
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no, the combat mechanic was god awful. Weapons shoot every-which-way except where you actually pointed them, and IF you managed to actually hit your enemies they'd take an entire magazine to the chest and keep going. five, six shots to the head before they'd get the hint were commonplace.

in Crysis that made sense because you were fighting super-armoured killing machines, not African Guerrillas.

all in all, the best part of the game was uninstalling it and microwaving the disk.
 
i wanted to like this game cos the gfx r great and such a large playable area, but the AI is terrible and it just feels pointless cos it is so repetitive...how many times can u shoot up a checkpoint or set the savanna on fire!
 
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