A sandbox First-Person Shooter set in Africa, what more can you ask for?
While many people complain about the story, I really don't think it's all that bad, I mean, sure it's not outstanding, but it's not horrible either. Again, the setting is awesome, just staring at the savanna makes you feel like if you were in Africa, the music that plays fits perfectly, and... well, it's a fantastic experience.
Now, the gameplay is what really makes the game so cool. I, personally, think that playing a First-person shooter in a console is particularly difficult and frustrating, however, Far Cry 2 makes it so easy and fluid I didn't even thought about it, and the control scheme is simply superb, it's so simple and easy to memorize you'll get the grip of it in no time.
Something I really, really like is that you'll see your character's hands for everything. By this I mean that if you must heal yourself, you'll see the character injecting himself with a syrette, or snapping a bone back in it's place, or taking a bullet out of his arms with a knife. If you get a call from a buddy, you'll see his hands taking out the cellphone and answer.... etc. you get the idea, I'm not gonna describe every single animation.
Now on to the bad aspects. what first comes to my mind is the enemy AI, it's incredibly annoying and a bit unrealistic. Example: you're trying to sneak apst an enemy outpost, you think you're well hidden between the many plants in the jungle, when suddenly you hear some guy shouting something in "African", and everyone starts shooting at you, and I don't mean in your direction, but directly at you, even that far off sniper that shouldn't even be able to see you. Seriously, i'm not joking, this happens all the time, but who the hell cares? the rest of the game is awesome.
And also, the story mode ends the game,I mean, you can't like, continue after you complete the story missions, you have to start a new game to obtain all those trophies you didn't got, and starting a new game isn't really all that exciting since the game takes too long to complete, which is good. So, a word of advice, make multiple saves, just in case. And, you're buddies can and WILL die, which really sucks.
Overall, Far Cry 2 is an amazing experience that shouldn't be missed by anyone who enjoys first-person Shooters.