Honestly, is Far Cry 2 really that bad?

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#1 szab360
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Why do people keep crying over it, saying that they actually hate and they wish they had never bought it, or that its an annoying game, when in videos the action looks amazing and I'm not even talking about the graphics here which are IMO really good and the reviews gave it a generally high score? I'm asking because I'm thinking about buying it, thanks!

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#2 Floppy_Jim
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It's great, just has some annoying flaws-

  • Having to drive 10 minutes for a 2-3 minute firefight. This happens a lot.
  • No option to save anywhere you like, you have to drive to safehouses.
  • Being constantly followed and shot at by enemies.
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#3 szab360
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It's great, just has some annoying flaws-

  • Having to drive 10 minutes for a 2-3 minute firefight. This happens a lot.
  • No option to save anywhere you like, you have to drive to safehouses.
  • Being constantly followed and shot at by enemies.

Floppy_Jim

And would you still suggest buying it?

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#4 Floppy_Jim
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[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]

It's great, just has some annoying flaws-

  • Having to drive 10 minutes for a 2-3 minute firefight. This happens a lot.
  • No option to save anywhere you like, you have to drive to safehouses.
  • Being constantly followed and shot at by enemies.

szab360

And would you still suggest buying it?

I would, yeah. But it really depends on what other shooters you're interested in buying, I can't say I'd choose FC 2 over Gears 2 for example.

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#5 2uneek4u
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dont buy it. Once the frustration hit you by its flaws. it isnt fun to play anymore. :(
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#6 szab360
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[QUOTE="szab360"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]

It's great, just has some annoying flaws-

  • Having to drive 10 minutes for a 2-3 minute firefight. This happens a lot.
  • No option to save anywhere you like, you have to drive to safehouses.
  • Being constantly followed and shot at by enemies.

Floppy_Jim

And would you still suggest buying it?

I would, yeah. But it really depends on what other shooters you're interested in buying, I can't say I'd choose FC 2 over Gears 2 for example.

Oh right I see well I'm absolutely loving Gears 2 at the moment more so than I ever did the first one and I'm a single-player gamer, so considering that maybe I would like FC2's supposedly 30 hr long campaign.

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#7 imdawiinner
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The gameplay is a blast, ilike havingthe non-chalant relaxed feel the whole time just doing whatever i want. I am also a sucker for unlockables so i dont think i will be able to trade it in until ive gotten everything. The biggest problem with me is the story, I never feel compelled to do anything or even compelled to play at all, there is no purpose. When i do end up playing i have alot of fun, but im never captivated by what is going on. I am very worried that i am going to reach the end of the game and realize that i wasted alot of time.
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#8 Paladin_King
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The game isn't bad, but it's deeply disappointing. Ubisoft Montreal is 2/2 i guess as far as disappointments go.

The game looks like a great game, it sounds like a great game, it smells like a great game, and by God it WANTS to be a great game....but it isn't a great game.

The AI, while good at running flanking maneuvers, is hideous. Hit detection runs into problems. Screen tearing is all over the place. As people have mentioned, driving between missions or mission objectives is a huge pain, not only because it takes a while, but because the map system blows. You don't have freedom to zoom in and zoom out on the map, just presets. Also, you can't ping a location at will and even when the game pings locations for you, it doesn't give the path, only the dot. Considering the roughenss of the terrain, this gets nasty. Worse still, your path will be laden with jeep patrols and guard posts, all of whom will give chase, and some of whom have RPGs. Half the time, the trip to your mission is as dangerous/more dangerous than the mission itself. Even if you kill all the guards at a post, there's a strong chance your car is blown to bits and you'll be walking.

Worse still, the guard posts respawn incredibly quickly. I killed a guard post off and left it on fire...the fire was not even out when guards started popping up again.

The worst crime in the game though, i think, is how repetitive the missions are. All the side missions are the same, and as far as the main quest missions go, they all follow the same structure more or less without exception: drive somewhere, kill a whole crapload of dudes to get through the item you need to collect/helpless guy you need to kill/thing you need to detonate. The last part never poses a challenge, so it just ends up being you driving to a place and killing a whole bunch of faceless thugs....again and again and again.

For sheer effort, tone, and atmosphere alone, I'd give this game a 7.5

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#9 szab360
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The gameplay is a blast, ilike havingthe non-chalant relaxed feel the whole time just doing whatever i want. I am also a sucker for unlockables so i dont think i will be able to trade it in until ive gotten everything. The biggest problem with me is the story, I never feel compelled to do anything or even compelled to play at all, there is no purpose. When i do end up playing i have alot of fun, but im never captivated by what is going on. I am very worried that i am going to reach the end of the game and realize that i wasted alot of time.imdawiinner

Thx that was quite useful

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#10 Leafnebula
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I ain't disappointed, I think Far Cry 2 is a great game. Brilliant gameplay and graphics, all is good. The only annoying thing; is the unreal amount of guard posts every darn corner you turn.
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#11 szab360
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The game isn't bad, but it's deeply disappointing. Ubisoft Montreal is 2/2 i guess as far as disappointments go.

The game looks like a great game, it sounds like a great game, it smells like a great game, and by God it WANTS to be a great game....but it isn't a great game.

The AI, while good at running flanking maneuvers, is hideous. Hit detection runs into problems. Screen tearing is all over the place. As people have mentioned, driving between missions or mission objectives is a huge pain, not only because it takes a while, but because the map system blows. You don't have freedom to zoom in and zoom out on the map, just presets. Also, you can't ping a location at will and even when the game pings locations for you, it doesn't give the path, only the dot. Considering the roughenss of the terrain, this gets nasty. Worse still, your path will be laden with jeep patrols and guard posts, all of whom will give chase, and some of whom have RPGs. Half the time, the trip to your mission is as dangerous/more dangerous than the mission itself. Even if you kill all the guards at a post, there's a strong chance your car is blown to bits and you'll be walking.

Worse still, the guard posts respawn incredibly quickly. I killed a guard post off and left it on fire...the fire was not even out when guards started popping up again.

The worst crime in the game though, i think, is how repetitive the missions are. All the side missions are the same, and as far as the main quest missions go, they all follow the same structure more or less without exception: drive somewhere, kill a whole crapload of dudes to get through the item you need to collect/helpless guy you need to kill/thing you need to detonate. The last part never poses a challenge, so it just ends up being you driving to a place and killing a whole bunch of faceless thugs....again and again and again.

For sheer effort, tone, and atmosphere alone, I'd give this game a 7.5

Paladin_King

Ok thanks that was really useful, but I just dont understand why reviewers didnt pick up more on these really annoying points...

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#12 Gen007
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its still good but the large world did the exact opposite of what ubi wanted it to do its annoying travel across the game to get to each mission and then the missions are all the same they could have done alot more. The traveling is the real problem though not only does it take a long tome just to drive somewhere you usually have to make 50 stops on the way because everyone you see is trying to kill you.
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#13 Paladin_King
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[QUOTE="Paladin_King"]

The game isn't bad, but it's deeply disappointing. Ubisoft Montreal is 2/2 i guess as far as disappointments go.

The game looks like a great game, it sounds like a great game, it smells like a great game, and by God it WANTS to be a great game....but it isn't a great game.

The AI, while good at running flanking maneuvers, is hideous. Hit detection runs into problems. Screen tearing is all over the place. As people have mentioned, driving between missions or mission objectives is a huge pain, not only because it takes a while, but because the map system blows. You don't have freedom to zoom in and zoom out on the map, just presets. Also, you can't ping a location at will and even when the game pings locations for you, it doesn't give the path, only the dot. Considering the roughenss of the terrain, this gets nasty. Worse still, your path will be laden with jeep patrols and guard posts, all of whom will give chase, and some of whom have RPGs. Half the time, the trip to your mission is as dangerous/more dangerous than the mission itself. Even if you kill all the guards at a post, there's a strong chance your car is blown to bits and you'll be walking.

Worse still, the guard posts respawn incredibly quickly. I killed a guard post off and left it on fire...the fire was not even out when guards started popping up again.

The worst crime in the game though, i think, is how repetitive the missions are. All the side missions are the same, and as far as the main quest missions go, they all follow the same structure more or less without exception: drive somewhere, kill a whole crapload of dudes to get through the item you need to collect/helpless guy you need to kill/thing you need to detonate. The last part never poses a challenge, so it just ends up being you driving to a place and killing a whole bunch of faceless thugs....again and again and again.

For sheer effort, tone, and atmosphere alone, I'd give this game a 7.5

szab360

Ok thanks that was really useful, but I just dont understand why reviewers didnt pick up more on these really annoying points...

To be honest, it's a total mystery to me. They picked on Assassin's Creed but somehow let this one slip by despite its obvious problems. Given the number of people complaining about the game (as evidenced by your thread title), i've no idea how the game is so high overall critically.

I absolutely agree with Gen007 as well. imdawiiner mentioned the "relaxed feel" of complete freedom the game gives you. Nope. Because of what Gen said, this doesn't work out.

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#14 mehrdad1987
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No man, Farcy 2 is not bad that high, but i enjoyed it
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#15 kar008
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I am seriously sick of these threads. fc2 is a very good game according to me, I completed it and had lots of fun. I was bored with fallout 3, while my friend was bored by fc2, he loves fallout 3 and he didnt even play more than 2 hours of fc2 thats when the real game starts. I mean, what sort of answers do u expect man, it received 8.5 score, isn't it?

Just see the video reviews and check if it suits your style of play and will u enjoy playing such a game? take the score into consideration then make your decision or even the player reviews which are mostly kinda accurate also.

1) U dont HAVE to fight everyone. I just took offroads and bus-stops and reached my destination faster kinda took me a while to figure it out.

2)people following u, is infact a good thing because u can get a vehicle, when u dont have one and you are really far away from a desired area.

3)The guard posts can be massacered with grenade launchers and snipers the costly ones mid game onwards. once i completed an objective without being seen by anyone in an entire village, blew up the tower with eid. and ran away the same way i came that was very pleasing and satisfying gameplay imo.

4) there are safehouses everywhere in the map, I had no problems saving i save whenever i see a safehouse lol.

and many more but u figure it out yourself if u buy the game because trust me its not frustrating atall maybe earlier but once u get past 3 hours its a fun ride.

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#16 x-2tha-z
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I'm really enjoying it. I think it's great. As good as I'd hoped.

Problem is Far Cry 2 is a bit different to most FPS's and it does things a bit different to what most people are use to. Most people don't like change so they call these differences "flaws". I don't think it's anywhere near flawed. I've not played it for too long though. If you're looking for something a bit different give Far Cry 2 a shot. If you're just looking for more of the same get CoD: WAW or something.

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#17 onuruca
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well it's very boring for me
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#18 nebagaman4life
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Some games you have to put some time into them for the fun to get there, Far Cry 2 is one of them. The first few hours feel a bit stale due to the long times in transit and the annoying story catch taht keeps you hindered for a whole (wont say more for the sake of spoilers). If you stick with it, its an incredible game. I literally put it down for over a week and just finally got into it again this weekend. The onlne feels a little tacked on, but if your solely looking for an long, fun single player game Far Cry 2 is really good.
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I am seriously sick of these threads. fc2 is a very good game according to me, I completed it and had lots of fun. I was bored with fallout 3, while my friend was bored by fc2, he loves fallout 3 and he didnt even play more than 2 hours of fc2 thats when the real game starts. I mean, what sort of answers do u expect man, it received 8.5 score, isn't it?

Just see the video reviews and check if it suits your style of play and will u enjoy playing such a game? take the score into consideration then make your decision or even the player reviews which are mostly kinda accurate also.

1) U dont HAVE to fight everyone. I just took offroads and bus-stops and reached my destination faster kinda took me a while to figure it out.

2)people following u, is infact a good thing because u can get a vehicle, when u dont have one and you are really far away from a desired area.

3)The guard posts can be massacered with grenade launchers and snipers the costly ones mid game onwards. once i completed an objective without being seen by anyone in an entire village, blew up the tower with eid. and ran away the same way i came that was very pleasing and satisfying gameplay imo.

4) there are safehouses everywhere in the map, I had no problems saving i save whenever i see a safehouse lol.

and many more but u figure it out yourself if u buy the game because trust me its not frustrating atall maybe earlier but once u get past 3 hours its a fun ride.

kar008

1) No, not everyone, but enough to make it painful. The only way to avoid pretty much everyone by offroads is if you give up on car travel, which defeats the purpose

2) And why would I want a car if i'm already driving one?

3) I never said they were difficult to mow through, only that it was a pain that I had to or that it was always the same. Also, mowing through a post is not very satisfying when they respawn so quickly.

4) Only a few of which are necessary, given how painful some of them are to get to.

I do agree with you though: this game defines what it is to make a bad first impression. I went through the first act and despised the game. Into Act 2, I didn't hate the game any longer...I just disliked the tediousness of it. I do agree though, you do get accustomed to it. On that you're right.

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rent it
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#21 iam2green
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its a good game
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#22 Zyllus_
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i loved far cry 2 when i first started playing it, then i was really bummed out it wasnt the game i thought it was going to be.
i dont know, it isnt a bad game, its just not spectacular, and gets boring.

graphics are amazing though.

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#23 Toriko42
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It's great, just has some annoying flaws-

  • Having to drive 10 minutes for a 2-3 minute firefight. This happens a lot.
  • No option to save anywhere you like, you have to drive to safehouses.
  • Being constantly followed and shot at by enemies.
Floppy_Jim
On PC you can save anywhere, the 10 minute driving is annoying though and being followed sucks
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#24 FunkyHeadHunter
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99% of people are drama queens. The game is great. Better than any GeROfWar game I have played.
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#25 tancred8120
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It's looking pretty good to me
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#26 orb_03_2006
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the game itself was good. how realistic everything was is what made it really shine. the only irritating thing was that you have to drive for about 10 minutes for a 5 minute fight lol