You are sent to war-torn Africa to assassinate The Jackal, a mysterious arms dealer who has rekindled conflict between local warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the warring factions against each other, identify and exploit their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force.
Brilliant game from a very good game developer company. If you love open world games, especially FPS games, then this would be something that you will love. This game throws you into a hostile environment and basically anything can kill you; from malaria to hang-glider crashes. You will have to survive by relying on the only few weapons you have that can be by times, not really reliable after all, and as well as your buddies that can bust you out of a firefight when needed. This game is in my opinion far better that Far Cry 3 due to the fact that this game is very much stripped to only the basics you will have when in a similar real-life setting: You, your environment, your half-rusted weapon, and the few diamonds you have. No crafting or any resource gathering can be done here, which is cool because it keeps the game simplistic and your mind on the mission, which is to kill the Jackal.
Pro's:
-Large playable zone
-Many side missions
-Variety of sub-zones (forests, deserts, savannahs etc.)
-Good graphics
-Vast spectrum of different firearms
-Many ways to do your missions through your own approach
-Realistic landscapes and environments
-Interesting missions
-Long campaign and can be replayed without feeling repetitive
-Afrikaans speaking mercs, and overall a lot of South African reference
Con's
-Somewhat weird AI
-Stealth system could be made better eg. stealth meter, stealth melee kills
-Lack of more hidden weapons like the golden AK
-Lack of hostile animals
-Handheld guns could be made more realistic; reloads are unrealistic and the AK-47's receiver is on the wrong side like on Counter-Strike.
-Should have more desert playable areas like between the two zones
-No mod support; this one makes me cry the most
10/10
So underrated
The Best Far Cry.
"Realism" in this game is pretty good but gameplay is not.
I dont get it, everything that i thought i would hate about this game i love.
I have malaria and have to occasionally pop some pills: i love it.
Enemies keep re-spawning at outposts: i love it.
Weapons degrade: i love it.
Repetitive: i still love it.
Have to drive for long distances: i still love it.
Its amazing.
I really like the realism in Farcry2.
i love this game and i gust got it today and its the ****!!
Reviewing 'Far Cry 2' [2008] in the year 2020 is not probably going to further much sales of the game or build a base of opinion; especially that myself, I am a newcomer to the series - an autumn lark - therefore, I will be brief.
'Far Cry 2', is a game the image of which, could be captured in a triangulation between two and four notions: competence and vision - albeit, the craftsmanship, took the upper hand over the artistry in creative approach.
The soundtrack, is amazing.
The African landscape - this is why I play.
The score, is 8/10: niche masterpiece with certain fields of wasted potential. It is not going to appeal to everyone, but those who like it, will love it.
This game is a perfect example of good games. This game forces you to leave your comfort zone and take risks to learn the ins and outs and receive rewards. This game doesn't hold your hand after the tutorial. The tutorial isn't perfect but it does it's job. Farcry 2 game is different from the modern Farcry games. The world is a battleground not a playground. The game isn't for everyone, It can often feel like the game is tormenting you but when you push through those moments it is very rewarding. 10/10
[h1]The Best of The Series [/h1]
Far Cry 2 is something else from the whole series, a real "Black Horse" than a "Black Sheep", compare to the copy and paste style in the later series--- that "Call of Duty" kind of laziness, a lot of features left in Far Cry 2 still amaze the player to this day, although, the gun jamming, the hand held map, the malaria(COVID-19 anyone?), the long driving and scarce fast travel point, all this "anti-fun" element sounds like a discouragement to the player, they actually [b]build a huge, believable world and added the perfectly deep immersion that non other Far Crys has been able to give even in 2020, [/b] no cartoonish antagonist, no unlikable wussy protagonist, no out-of-place political propaganda,[u][b]no microtransaction, no Uplay, [/b][/u] only you, the player, vs the world, for that, I give this game a solid [u][b]"9/10". [/b] [/u]
[h1]The Bug Fix[/h1]
I saw a lot of players giving this game a thumb down just for the "jumping bug", which I think is unfair to this game, If you're having the jumping bug, simply [u][b]enable V-sync and cap the FPS to 60, [/b][/u]
and that should fix the problem.
[h1]Far Cry 2.5[/h1]
A mod I made call [b]"Far Cry 2: New Dunia" [/b]that enhanced the base game further more, adding a lot of new features like: [b]"faster vehicle", "Drive and Shoot" and also the long waiting [u]"Machete Stealth takedown"[/u][/b] it's a Far Cry 2.5 basically, it also fix many bugs and glitch in the vanilla game(including the "Jump bugs") links to this mod:
[url= Moddb.com ]Far Cry 2: New Dunia mod (Moddb page)[/url]
Words cannot do justice to how this game feels. You simply have to live the experience yourself... and no, I didn't mean to say "play" the experience.