Far Cry 2 is underrated!

Anyone who hasn't played this game needs to pick it up for sure! The realism in this game is unbelieveable. I dont know why more people aren't talking about it. (Maybe because it came out around the same time as Gears 2, Resistance 2, and fallout 3,) But this game is on-par if not better than all three of those games. I know thats saying alot but if you haven't played it how can u say its not? for those who have played it i want your thoughts.

IMO and looks like many people agree FAR-Cry 2 is one of the most boring games i played and if anything is overrated. Is not a bad game but is not a 9 more like a 7

The reasons people don't talk about it are as follows;

1) There is no war in a so-called warzone. You are doing 99.5% of the fighting, and you never really see the two warring factions ever engage one another.

2) Speaking of the two factions, the fact that there is no faction-mechanic (like in Mercenaries) where you can gain favor/trust with them and play them against one another for your own benefits is a travesty in and of itself. Their respective soldiers will always be hostile towards you no matter what you do, under the guise of your mission being "secret". Yahtzee Croshaw nailed this with "Real reason why the soldiers are always hostile towards you; programming friendly AI is hard"

3) Malaria. This is universally decried as one of the worst game mechanics of the decade. Nothing else needs to be said.

4) The weapon deterioration is so grossly exaggerated that it's amusing to even the general gamer. If you're a gun nut like me though, its sacrilege. AK-47s do NOT explode after firing off seven magazines.

5) Apparentlysouthafricanstalkreallyreallyfastwithlittletonopausesbetweensentences

6) Weapon convoys do not drive around in circles. Once again, AI-coding laziness rears its head (something it does quite often for this game)

7) Instant-NPC respawns. Hey, you just went Sam Fisher on those outpost gaurds, taking their asses out with a machette and a silenced Makarov pistol in the dead of night. You have every right to feel good about that. Now, hop back into the jeep and-RATATATATATATA. Oh, you're dead. That gaurd you capped in the head with a 9mm round just respawned and perforated you with his G3. Damn shame.

8) Since we're talking about the jeeps, who here enjoys stopping their vehicle while on their way to an objective on the other side of the Goddamned map every thirty seconds (literally) to mount your little mounted M249 machine gun and wasting that jeep that'll follow you non-stop if you just choose to ignore it? Fun times...

I could go on.

Anyone who hasn't played this game needs to pick it up for sure! The realism in this game is unbelieveable. I dont know why more people aren't talking about it. (Maybe because it came out around the same time as Gears 2, Resistance 2, and fallout 3,) But this game is on-par if not better than all three of those games. I know thats saying alot but if you haven't played it how can u say its not? for those who have played it i want your thoughts.

Set_Free

Realistic? How is that game realistic? Everybody wants to kill you, enemies respawn at every checkpoint which seem to be every 50 feet...

I could go on. The game is boring.

I think the AA scoring is just right, but it's definitely underrated on these forums. Not the greatest game ever, though, and it certainly didn't live up to expectations...

The game is ....... awful. Instead of being a living breathing world in which you effect the environment.... everything respawns. Fail.

Far Cry 2 bored me to death. It just wasn't fun. And I generally love sandbox games.

Crysis is the real far cry 2. Far cry 2 was a joke.

The game is great. I didnt get to finish it because I told one of my gamer buds that it was not what people were saying about it. It was actually good.....He asked to borrow it, and NOW he has not returned it to me because he likes it so much.

Unfortunatly i thin its crap. It was one of my most hyped games last year and at the end i has some of the best graphics and at the same time some of the worst gameplay this gen :?

, i agree, the game is extremely fun. I think the problem most people have is that they are impatient, and used to linear style shooters, and dont know how to deal with thinking on their own navyguy21

I like it. If it had checkpoints like if you die you just restart somewhere without having to load the game then I'd like it a lot more.

I can't see what's realistic about Far Cry 2.RK-Mara

Far Cry 2 on PS3 is amaaaaaazingPS3Fanaddict

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"]Far Cry 2 on PS3 is amaaaaaazingnavyguy21

[QUOTE="navyguy21"][QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"]Far Cry 2 on PS3 is amaaaaaazingPS3Fanaddict

[QUOTE="PS3Fanaddict"][QUOTE="navyguy21"]ANYTHING on PS3 is "amaaaaaazing" to you lol, i bet you enjoyed Lair, and Haze too, didnt you?navyguy21

Anyone who hasn't played this game needs to pick it up for sure! The realism in this game is unbelieveable. I dont know why more people aren't talking about it. (Maybe because it came out around the same time as Gears 2, Resistance 2, and fallout 3,) But this game is on-par if not better than all three of those games. I know thats saying alot but if you haven't played it how can u say its not? for those who have played it i want your thoughts.

Set_Free

The reasons people don't talk about it are as follows;

1) There is no war in a so-called warzone. You are doing 99.5% of the fighting, and you never really see the two warring factions ever engage one another.

2) Speaking of the two factions, the fact that there is no faction-mechanic (like in Mercenaries) where you can gain favor/trust with them and play them against one another for your own benefits is a travesty in and of itself. Their respective soldiers will always be hostile towards you no matter what you do, under the guise of your mission being "secret". Yahtzee Croshaw nailed this with "Real reason why the soldiers are always hostile towards you; programming friendly AI is hard"

3) Malaria. This is universally decried as one of the worst game mechanics of the decade. Nothing else needs to be said.

4) The weapon deterioration is so grossly exaggerated that it's amusing to even the general gamer. If you're a gun nut like me though, its sacrilege. AK-47s do NOT explode after firing off seven magazines.

5) Apparentlysouthafricanstalkreallyreallyfastwithlittletonopausesbetweensentences

6) Weapon convoys do not drive around in circles. Once again, AI-coding laziness rears its head (something it does quite often for this game)

7) Instant-NPC respawns. Hey, you just went Sam Fisher on those outpost gaurds, taking their asses out with a machette and a silenced Makarov pistol in the dead of night. You have every right to feel good about that. Now, hop back into the jeep and-RATATATATATATA. Oh, you're dead. That gaurd you capped in the head with a 9mm round just respawned and perforated you with his G3. Damn shame.

8) Since we're talking about the jeeps, who here enjoys stopping their vehicle while on their way to an objective on the other side of the Goddamned map every thirty seconds (literally) to mount your little mounted M249 machine gun and wasting that jeep that'll follow you non-stop if you just choose to ignore it? Fun times...

I could go on.

Verge_6

Exact same problems I had with the game, and I played it the whole way through. It just reeked of lazyness and bad game design.

that game annoyed the hell out of me.

No.

FarCry 2 is an affront against everything that is well designed and fun in this world.

Far Cry 2 is way overrated that is why I traded it in for Saints Row 2.

3) Malaria. This is universally decried as one of the worst game mechanics of the decade. Nothing else needs to be said.

Verge_6

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]

3) Malaria. This is universally decried as one of the worst game mechanics of the decade. Nothing else needs to be said.

i absolutly love far cry 2, if gta and mgs didnt come out last year it deffinitly would of been my GOTY. people tihnk im crazy but i actualy love this game. and i hope its one of the 50% off ubi games this week on steam! :D

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]

3) Malaria. This is universally decried as one of the worst game mechanics of the decade. Nothing else needs to be said.

Rougehunter

[QUOTE="Verge_6"]

3) Malaria. This is universally decried as one of the worst game mechanics of the decade. Nothing else needs to be said.

Rougehunter

Blurs your vision and plays spooky music every 45 minutes or so. If you take your pills regularly, your health and stamina increase and you regenerate faster.

Your stock of pills only goes down when you play the main missions; otherwise you can dick around for days, taking hundreds of pills and never finishing your supply.

I didn't really like thegame at first. Then I saw Blood Diamond, and I play it regularly and I love it...

No.

FarCry 2 is an affront against everything that is well designed and fun in this world.

t3hTwinky

Well put.