Repetitive generic gameplay and large distances between missions make this a poor sequel for Farcry
To begin with to make matters clear, this is a FPS game. Yes it has "RPG" elements like improving skills for shooting, but it's still just a FPS. For what that's worth there's plenty of shooting to be done, but unfortunately it gets very old very fast. I've yet to be impressed with the AI as I've seen enemies constantly charge at me while I was in the open in a truck armed with a machinegun, or show equally suicidal tendencies
You will spend a great amount of time driving round in generic trucks and cars with different paint jobs. God forbid you loose your truck out there because running is painfully slow. You can repair your vehicles with a quick adjustment under the bonnet though, even if it's had a .50 cal machinegun riddle it with bullets so as long as you jump out before it's completely wrecked you're ok
Gun's don't last in the gameworld, they "wear down" with use (which is reminisce of Dark Sector although more forgiving) and most weapons that are picked up are in such poor condition they look as if they came of the scrapyard, and they jam repeatedly (meaning you have to repeatedly stab the X button on the Xbox version) but you CAN "buy" guns which are brand new and therefore last longer in game (The AK47, heavily used in Africa, was designed to be tough and rugged so this seems rather silly)
Once a new gun has been purchased, you have an unlimited supply of replacements as long as you head back to collect one. I'd hate to be the arms dealer who agreed to that!
No matter how many times you drive through and slaughter everyone at guard posts within minutes the damage is repaired and the same soldiers are back
Upset someone and as long as you drive far enough away, or get to a "safehouse" you'll be ok (again rather too GTA for my liking)
Graphically the game seems nice enough, although I found that at night it was hard to see anything even with brightness adjusted, and during the day even resetting the brightness it was then too bright and glared at times, again if this is suppose to be realism you'd not be picking new guns up every half hour or repairing critically damaged vehicles within a minute
Farcry 2 is an overhyped game that steals too much from other games already out there, and looses what the original had, such as the storyline and a truely fun island to fight through. There are better games to be bought at this time of year, including Fallout 3, Fable 2 or Dead Space.