FC2 is a typical FPS that throws you in a place full of soldiers and play as the last man standing but it has potential.
Far Cry 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released on October 21, 2008 in North America and on October 23, 2008 in Europe and Australia. Crytek, developers of the original game, were not involved in the development of Far Cry 2.
Ubisoft has marketed Far Cry 2 as the true sequel to Far Cry, though the sequel has very few recognizable similarities to the original game. Instead, it features completely new characters and setting, as well as a new style of gameplay that allows the player greater freedom to explore highly realistic African landscapes. The game takes place in a fictional modern-day Central African nation in a state of anarchy and civil war. The player takes control of a mercenary on a lengthy journey to locate and assassinate "The Jackal," a notorious arms dealer.
Settings
Far Cry 2 abandons the science fiction aspects of its predecessor in favor of a more realistic setting. The game takes place in late 2008 in a small, fictional, failed Central African state, never named, currently embroiled in a civil war. The government has recently collapsed, leaving two factions vying for control. At war are the United Front for Liberation and Labour (UFLL, led by Addi Mbantuwe, a former opposition leader) and the Alliance for Popular Resistance (APR, led by Oliver Tambossa, Chief of Staff for the former government). Both factions have claimed to have the people's interests at heart, but both have shown ruthlessness, warmongering, greed, and a general disregard for the well-being of the people. Both sides have hired many foreign mercenaries to bolster their strength over the course of the conflict. The recent exhaustion of the nation's diamond mines has thrown the nation into further turmoil, leaving many foreign mercenaries without payment and no way out.
The goal of the player's character is to find and assassinate the Jackal, an arms-dealer who has been selling weapons to both sides of the conflict. The player must accomplish this goal by whatever means necessary, even if he has to reach the level of immorality employed by the warring factions and the Jackal himself.
The Dunia Engine allows incredibly complex sequences and runevents. The game also features a real time day and night cycle, as well as tree and vegetation regeneration. Also included is fire propagation; the ability of fire to spread and eventually cause large brush fires. The behavior of fire is dependent on factors such as wind speed, wind direction, whether or not it is raining and vegetation type.
50km2 = Hell
When the game was announced, the producers also announced that the game will be big, around 50km2. Wow! That cool, not!!! It isn't because it's too long, repetitive and frustrating. Let me tell you how come. Let's say that a fat guy who sells weapons wants you to save his daughter because she was kidnapped by a bandit. He promises you weapons and money if you bring his daughter. So, you accept the mission because you're an idiot and leave. You take car, or steal it if you're a naughty boy and leave the area. The view is so wonderful. It's cool and realistic....but guess what? You spend more than an hour travelling with you car which has almost empty fuel. You find the place, kill the bustard (the bandit), save his daughter and you bring her back to him. You've finished the mission! Huraay! But you didn't. He gives you another mission....to save his cow, I mean elephant (there are no cows in Africa or are there?) which got stuck in a tree. How original and pathetic is that. You save the elephant, get the reward and finally the fat guy leaves you in peace. What happens next? Well, another fool gives you another mission to go to somewhere near a lake which is like 47.2 Km long. What? Not again. Do you see now what I mean by long, repetitive and frustrating? Cool then.
Rambo meets Terminator
I am not impressed about the AI in this game. The AI used in this game is really pathetic. If you play on easy, you'll see that you can kill an army with just a pistol and a knife. Wow! Who the heck are you, Terminator? Also, there are no tactics and strategies in this game. You can beat the enemies just by going on front of them with a knife. Don't worry, cause they are bad at aiming. They just miss you at every 2 shots which gives you the opportunity to kill them. On the hard mode it's the same thing, only that the damage of the shots has increased. Also, after killing a lot soldiers you'll see that many respawn.....quickly, on the same place you killed them. It's like fighting an infinite army, but this time you can kill them easily. I bet my granny can kill them with her eyes closed and no knowledge about video games.
Any sounds?
I don't have anything to say or complain about the sounds in Far Cry 2. They are just normal, exactly what a FPS game should have.
If not Singleplayer, then Multiplayer
If you think that you wasted your money on this game only because Far Cry (the original duh) was awesome, original and very acclaimed therefore this one should be the same, then you didn't waste them. You might not like the Singleplayer for it's bad AI, no tactics, long length and frustrating missions, but you'll love the Multiplayer. The action in there is just enough to satisfy a lover of FPS games and Online games and the AI is extremely high (obvious because you play with real people). When the game commences, you'll spend more than 10 hours per day playing it and sometimes you'll be amazed how time flies so quick.
Editor
Besides the good graphics, you get also a map editor. This is one of the best map editors I ever seen in my life because is User-Friendly and easy to use. Wow! Coolio :D! Using this editor you can create from a simple map to a complex one. I bet that in the multiplayer part, you'll have a lot to download. I won't tell more about it because I don't want to spoil the fun.
Conclusion
Far Cry 2 doesn't even compare with it's predecessor. Far Cry (the original) wasn't that big, but you had total freedom and enemies were much clever because they came from universities as Harvard and Oxford when these guys...well, let's say they didn't even pass the 4th grade. Overall, I think this game wasn't made for PC games. It was for console gamers. There're so many aspects that relates to consoles in this game which I can't count them. If you want to buy the game, buy it only for the Multiplayer.
One more thing, I expected Far Cry 2 to be a little bit bad (like 5% bad) because it's not even developed by Crytek. Hail Crytek!!!!
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Graphics: 10
Sound: 8
Gameplay: 6
Storyline: 6
Multiplayer: 10
Impression: 6
Score: 7.7
Gamespot Score: 7.5