WAYYY better than Far cry 1 and an amazing FPS..
User Rating: 7.5 | Far Cry 2 X360
First to the people who wanted a more shooter like Call of Duty or Halo, this game was created to be a different shooter as most people who enjoy the genre are looking for a more involving experience. Halo is one of the worst shooters out there and Call of Duty is riddled with unreality. Now, This game's map size is huge is the first thing I noticed. It takes several minutes to get from 1 side to the other. Tho I seem to get shot at everywhere I try to go. The graphics are amazing contrary to what some people here who do not know what good graphics are. The graphics remind me of another Ubisoft Montreal game; Assasin's Creed. This game is an involving experience as I have said. The choices in the game are yours to make on who you choose to work with (what faction or group). Unlike fake duty you do not miraculously heal automatically, you actually have to pull bullets out and inject yourself with needles for healing, which is much more realistic. The aiming system is more geared to a fan of FPS. The sites are good and I enjoy the steel sights for owning enemies. The explosions are so good too. I was taken back by how good the explosions are. The wildlife running freely is also very cool. Now the destructable environment is also very cool. Everything is not destructable which is cool, but setting the grass on fire is very cool, especially when you are looking for a way to confuse enemies this is a cool thing. The 24 hour clock and weather features are also very welcome and new way to do a shooter game. The multiplayer is also very fun and you can rank up just as in other shooters on the market right now. The maps are very good and fun to play on. The choices of weaponry when you begin is also welcome as some game (COD4) give you not much. The map making feature is one of the reasons I had bought the game. It is very fun to play online unranked games against other people on one of your maps and watch and see how people do or don't enjoy playing on them. Basically this game is a very welcome addition to the FPS genre and I will be playing this for -years to come.
* follow up..what a pain this game has become. moving anywhere in africa is a pain due to all of the checkpoints. if your vehicle blows up like mine have done by the supermen patrols, have fun walking as you will do it a lot. most of my gameplay so far has been walking and walking. there should be an achievment for walking over 1000 miles as i have probably done it.. 
