Far Cry 2 Message Board  

How could they get it so wrong? Why even call it Far Cry 2, when it is So Far Removed from original. Far Cry is a great game, even after repeated plays. FC2 is a bore! Pretty to look at, but not much more. I can't even get the energy to finish it, what, with just about everyone shooting at you the second you show up, and you find yourself defending with a jaming rusty gun most of the time. This while trying to get to next mission and driving/boating endless boring miles. Gee, even some workable cheats would make it bearable now! If only Ubisoft had followed up with an extended story of the first FC. They were on to a winner there.

I really tried to like this game, but my effort was in vain. I think it's the part that you have to drive and drive and drive from one point on the map to the furthest point all the way to the opposite.

i tink thers a reason that u can take a bus from te middle to any of the corners when u do that u get instantly out there and u can do the same from the corners either go to the middle of any other corner

if they had better physics like the crysis ones and cars that go past 20 kmh then it could be fun but when you mix slow driving and long maps it doesnt work. And anyone notice why everyone is extremely fast talking.

Check out the car speed in this game though its slow it goes to a whooping speed of 180/KPH
But i love riding all over those grass and all.
If there were some more animals it would have kept us busy.But just some harmless ones which flees when we are 1000 Yards sniping them

They do talk way too fast. I often can't even keep up with the subtitles. Everyone speaks in a rushed manner, swallowing sentences instead of articulating them.

The vehicles don't go all that slow; altho, they are pretty simple in terms of how they work. You accelerate, they go to pretty much top speed and that's it. If you're driving down a slope, it will pick up more speed, vice-versa if you're driving up a slope. And that's it.
But this wouldn't have bothered me. What does bother me is the AI. How they instantly identify you as a target, how they rush to their vehicles in 2 seconds if you drive by, how they pursue you to no end like you are their arch-enemy, how their vehicles are ALWAYS faster and how your vehicles will start smoking up with half a dozen to a dozen shots. It doesn't even take shots to the hood itself! Shoot at the freaking tires and they'll smoke. Hit a tree with your rear enough times and they'll smoke.

Really... like someone said in another thread, the game engine is fine, the gameplay itself is lousy. What a waste.

And like the author of this thread said, this game is so far removed, it's not even dismissible. Seems Ubisoft just wanted to use the famous Far Cry name for marketing. The game has nothing to do with the original except that it's also an FPS. What a waste.
If the original was released at the same time as this "sequel", it would've still been a lot better.

PS: I basically play this game for the explosions.