I bought Far cry 2 a long time ago, and at first i hated it. But it grew on me, and now i find i cant stop, ive played through the campaign more times than i can remember and its still not boring. But I think its time for sequel and there is so much ubisoft can do to improve it. Heres what i think ubisoft should do
- MOST IMPORTANT: take your time ubisoft! The first game had so much potential, the sandbox-shooter formula is something i really liked, but it felt rushed. Ubisoft did not spend enough time flushing out the story and mission variety.However,Ubisoft isseemingly taking their time with fc3, since it has been two years and they still havnt officially announced the game,even though there has been a lot of unofficial announcements about it.
- Make the story better. It almost nonexistant in fc2. they should have the jackal again, because i thought he was a very interseting character in his viewsof africa, but also introduce more characters that i would actualy care about. Also,they should have a decision making system, where your decisions affect the whole country. This would giveyou a sense of power in the world that fc2 kind of lacked.
- Make the missions more varied. The biggest knock against this game is that it is very repetetive, and it isnt hard to see why, the missions are boring as f***. But this is very simple to correct, USE YOUR IMAGINATION UBISOFT. Look at CoD's campaign, it is beautifully composed because infinity ward used their imagination on creating missions like the ac-130 missionand the all ghillied up mission. Like that, fc3 should have missions that require stealth or vehicular combat, not just repetively doing the same thing over and over again like in fc2.
- Keep the game in africa, and dont make it like far cry 1. As flawed a game as fc2 is, i think it is an excellant foundation to build fc3 on, and I doesnt make any sense for the series to go backwars towards fc1. But also make the setting more interesting, put carnivorous animals in it, introduce a hunting minigame, or have secret areas to explore. Also, introduce fresh new ways to travel. People hated going places in fc2, but if you inrtoduce things like helicopters or planes, this can be easily fixed.
- Introduce a more robust economy system and have more stuff to buy. The "get diamond, buy gun"economy is very boring, Ubisoft should implement new ways to gain money and new ways to spend it. Like the hunting mini-game can get you cash for rare animals killed(animal activist ITS JUST A GAME), or something like that. Then, you should be able to buy more stuff like gun attachments or upgrades to your safehouse. More ways to buy and sell equals less repetive gameplay.
- Allow players to customize more. ubisoft should allow players to chose a character and a backstory that actually affects the game, so players can customize how they are looked at in the world. Also, let the players buy upgrades for their character to tailor that character to the player's tactics. For example, a stealth character could buy a ghillie suit, suppressors, night vision goggles, etc. Far cry 2 was built on the premise of playing it your way, this ideawould greatly help.
- Lastly, include more easter eggs and secrets in game. Ubisoft should give gamers a reason to hop back into the world, and theres no better way than putting in easter eggs. Golden guns and diamond briefcases just dont cut it, there should be full blown secret locations that you can explore and secret items that you can collect, like powerful guns or a crazy new car.
Well thats all that i can thinks of, what about you?
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