Really a far cry from the superb FarCry 1.

User Rating: 7 | Far Cry 2 PC
By natasha8384 | Review Date:
I takes lots of patience and persistence to classify this game as a great successor to the original FarCry game. FarCry 2 is an example of every component of the game being tight, but overall the gameplay is weak and enormously REPETITIVE. Graphics are great; weapons and weapons upgrades are also great (weapons jamming sucks tho). The story is mediocre as it was in FarCry 1. However, the gameplay, that was superb in FarCry 1, sucks big time in FarCry 2. Repetitiveness of action kills this game -- after a first few hours I kept playing just to try new guns pretty much giving up hope that anything new in terms of action will happen. It's always the same. I expected much more, and that may be the cause of my disappointment with this game.

Graphics - 9/10
Audio - 8/10
Game mechanics - 8/10
Gameplay - 6/10
Negative: DRM via Securom does nothing to protects honest user rights limiting us to 5 reinstalls

Overall, a disappointing sequel. Playable, but disappointing. If I were not influenced by the superb job Crytek did on FarCry 1, I'd score this game even lower. Maybe Montreal UBI Studio is just not cut for this type of game. Who knows how would this game look like in terms of action if Crytek made this sequel.

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