Huge pain
At first these missions seem fun enough but after you get into the game it seems like you are continually playing side missions. You keep on waiting for something bigger to happen apart from killing local police chiefs or raiding rebel camps.
The game lacks urgency. Its like the developers just want you to stand back and enjoy the graphics instead of press on to the next objective. Also you character contracts malaria after only being in the country a few hours.This in itself doesn't seem to affect you at first but, after a few missions the need to go looking for pills to save you from dying is just bit too annoying. You end up begging for pills when really you should be shooting up the local outpost.
One thing the game does do quite well is the realistic weapons and physics it that they put into he game. Weapons get jammed and bush fires can catch out your enemies. Also shooting enemies from distance is immensely satisfying. Apart from this the game is largely bland and the missions you do do seem to have little relevance to your main mission.i.e. kill the Jackal
It seems to me that Ubisoft tried too hard to improve its formula for the original Far Cry. The new one seems to derive from a completely different genetic pool.