FAR CRY2 Pros Cons

PROS AND CONS of FC2

Pros:

1) Great setting

2) FIRE!!!!

3) Weather and day night cycles and beautiful scenery

4)sound design is exceptional

5) weapons are cool (though buggy)

6) Massive world

7) Dunia Engine

8) Intense Action

9) plays so smooth

Cons

1) Hey ubi soft instead of malaria pills can i have pills which teach my character how to lean and go prone. I thought it was supposed to be realistic.

2) Why is the AI short bus stupid?

3) why can i see every action my character does but at the end of the day hes just a floating head with a gun and no shadow? did you run out of money to give him legs like in riddick, fear and crysis?

4)whats the point of having all those character choies when they have no implication in the real game? How about giving the players main character a voice if youre going to give him a background and a name. Or you coudve sticked with one character and fleshed out the story more making this a truly awesome experience.

5)those stupid roadblocks have got to go! i cant believe the respawning involved. Its like playing COD.Patch it up.

6) the physics are horrible. Cant even shoot a tire out and ragdoll looks so unconvincing.

7) rubbish voice acting.every1 says their lines in such a hurry with no conviction.

8) why dont the bad guys get weapon jams or have i just not noticed yet?

9)didnt know JEEP was so big in war torn africa.

10) Wish the buddies wer actually useful instead of only coming when you get shot down. Why cant you choose a buddy to do a mission with and fight alongside with from the beginning.

11) Glass provides no reflection in Africa and you cant see through it either.

12) Gets stale after a while.

13) Ultra settings dont look very.....ultra

14) False RPG like elements.Weapon,armour upgrades and character selection with no added benefits. Would have been cooler if the different characters had different abilities e.g. a trained sniper or a heavy weapons expert etc...

15) Why can't i interact with the environment, like pikcing up a bottle and stuff?

Ah some of its just nitpicking but some of it for me just ruins the experience. Overall the game is an ambitious game you shoudnt miss out on. but you should be aware that ther are issues which are not everybody's cup of tea and Ubisoft has missed some great oppurtunities and left some real daft design flaws in the game. a 6-7/10 at best. Im sure if the game gets patched for its issues then it can be tightened up and be so much better.

The respawn issue is kind of a game stopper for me. Just got playing it for a couple of hours and got a mission that would require me to drive across the entire map (I'm in lower SE area of map, objective is top NW area). Obviously I haven't unlocked all the bus stations yet, only the eastern ones... So I'm going to be forced to drive through at LEAST a dozen roadblocks. I don't understand why 99% of the NPCs in the game automatically consider me as an enemy. I might understand if I built up a reputation for myself (currently it says nobody knows me?), its just silly. If the respawns were MUCH longer I wouldn't have a problem with clearing some areas out, but I believe the current respawn rate is 3 minutes. If I could actually "own" a point for a limited time (24hrs in game time lets say), it would let me select routes I know I've cleared without having worry about much except the random patrol. It's simply NOT fun to have to kill 4-10 enemies at each point only to have them fully supplied again when you drive back through the area 5min later. I'm guessing it will definitely be one of the first mods made for the game, until then I'm not sure if I have a desire to play anymore.... Damn :(

Wow i didn't know you "unlocked" bus stations... Since i'm able to go to the other parts of the map (3 OTHER corners and center) at any time (since i started playing).

I love the game, but i wish the online allowed dedicated servers because i think the map editor maps are way too big for 16 people (and making them smaller by walling kind of sucks). Oh and yea the spawns... They do get a little tedious. Why cant there be some of those guard posts unattended once in awhile? I mean i killed the 5 minutes ago so why do they have to be there YET again.

Those 2 things barely take away from my experience because i love the shooting in the game so kills those guards... is still fun. And making awesome designs with explosive barrels in the editor... awesome.

"3) why can i see every action my character does but at the end of the day hes just a floating head with a gun and no shadow? did you run out of money to give him legs like in riddick, fear and crysis?"

Do you play much FPS at all, this is a common thing. Legs aren't too common.

"9)didnt know JEEP was so big in war torn africa."

I'd assume most people drive jeep's out thereToriko42

ive been playing FPSs since i was 8...so tat over 14 years now.im just saying Ubisoft went to great lengths to show animations of me opening a door or getting into a car or helping out a friend where my arms legs and body are entirely animated. Why coudnt they have made my legs visible in first person view? Its not a big deal but for me in such a "realistic" open world shooter it adds t the immersion, kinda ruins it especially with other things considered.

by "JEEP" i mean the company JEEP.not general jeeps. I was really just pointing out the obvious brand placement in the game which ubisoft does so well.I don;t have a problem with it But then again the "JEEP" cars kinda feel out of place especially since i'm going to assume that well maintained western cars are hard to come by in a war torn state in africa.

You need to have the ability to quick travel around the Safehouses that have been unlocked.

*also, who's bright idea was it to limit your choice of weapons you carry? I like the way FarCry 1 did it, you get 4 slots and you can bring whatever you feel like....BUT NO! for some god forsaken reason, you can not carry a SVD and the mp5. However you can carry the SVD and the PKM....pisses me off...*end of rant

13 cons for 9 pros =) The respawn takes off some of the realism. brandeyep

no one said this was going to be fair.but to be honest for all the bad things that FC2 has going for it there are a lot of good things. It is a game with so muh potential. You notice this when you;re actually playing the game where a good strong patch can ge rid of a number of the cons and adding improvements. at the end of the day it comes down to the player and what they expect from a game...but for me personally there are too many game breaking mechanisms in place which need to be addressed.

The respawn issue is kind of a game stopper for me. Just got playing it for a couple of hours and got a mission that would require me to drive across the entire map (I'm in lower SE area of map, objective is top NW area). Obviously I haven't unlocked all the bus stations yet, only the eastern ones... So I'm going to be forced to drive through at LEAST a dozen roadblocks. I don't understand why 99% of the NPCs in the game automatically consider me as an enemy. I might understand if I built up a reputation for myself (currently it says nobody knows me?), its just silly. If the respawns were MUCH longer I wouldn't have a problem with clearing some areas out, but I believe the current respawn rate is 3 minutes. If I could actually "own" a point for a limited time (24hrs in game time lets say), it would let me select routes I know I've cleared without having worry about much except the random patrol. It's simply NOT fun to have to kill 4-10 enemies at each point only to have them fully supplied again when you drive back through the area 5min later. I'm guessing it will definitely be one of the first mods made for the game, until then I'm not sure if I have a desire to play anymore.... Damn :(

SuperBeast

Actually you dont have to unlock busses. I agree with the respawns and check points. For what it's worth I've found that you can cut it down by a really big amount by planning your route to your target. You pretty quickly figure out where there's check points. Using busses to get fairly close, then get to the target by driving cross country (unless your ina jungle part of the map) or use the rail tracks in map one as a sort of unguarded highwa, in the easter part of the first map it'll take you from north to south without firing a shot. Especially on the first map you can get to pretty much any place on the map in 5 mins or less once you get used to getting around.

Regarding the crappy weapon damage, it dosent really affect the sniper rifles, I'd recommend everyone to pick up a sniper as soon as they can. Even the first bolt action sniper is for the most parts more effective than any of the automatic rifles. The later semi automatic rifles can decimate a group of enemies. Unless UBI patches the automatic weapon dam I'd recommend just getting an Uzi later on for an auto back up, use the AS-50 as your main weapon and keep the special weapon slot for a rocket launcher.

expecting a game without bugs from ubisoft is just dreaming so you should get used to it.

but it seems this time there are far more things than bugs to annoy you... i'll try it myself too, but it seems i should not have high expectations...