Comments on: Far Cry 2 PC review

By: "Tzeff[NL]"

"Tzeff[NL]" — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:35:59 +0000

The singleplayer SUCKS! (That says all in a nutshell)

Although it’s fun cruising around, enjoying the environmental vistas and completing the (non-convoy-intercepting!) repetitive missions, I HATE having to kill the same dudes at the same “checkpoints” over a DOZEN times over and over again…every 2 minutes!

I would have loved this game if the AI wouldn’t respawn at least for a few days at a checkpoint that I’ve already cleared. And also if they were smarter at driving. (not only TRYING to ram your car…which is suicidal FOR THEM in most cases!)

And I don’t like my “magical” resue pals who appear out of nowhere. Why don’t at least one of them fight at my side? That would make it more believable when they rescue me when I am downed!

What I REALLY liked:
There are only a few games in which I can see parts of my body…in a fun way! (Like Crysis) Fun to jump in a vehicle or pick up weapons and swim, being rescued, etc and see your own arms and legs.
Weapons that jam add both realistic immersion and thrills! (Having a weapon jamming during combat in FC2 is NOT frustrating! It only adds more excitment!) I’m afraid that after FC2 we won’t see weapon jams that are so cool like in this (sucky) game. In FC2 the weapon jams are not too many and also not too much! They’re just perfectly balanced!

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:44:45 +0000

MSpears, congrats for not having to deal with the crashes. Unfortunately, I’m not alone in my memory-leak misery. Scanning Ubisoft’s FC2 forum reveals a number of threads created by people whose games were interrupted every two hours or so by the crash bug. I haven’t played in a couple of months, so perhaps Ubi has patched this out (finally), but, as annoying as it is to have to reboot after the crashes, FC2 is still a game that should be played by all serious shooter fans. And as Isaac says, the console version is indeed more stable (for now), but the PC version’s graphics and sound are superior, especially if you have DX10 hardware in your PC.

By: MSpears

MSpears — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:14:43 +0000

I never EVER had the crash-to-desktop bug that the reviewer complained about, and I was playing it on my laptop (which is crappy compared to the computer that I’ll be getting in about four days.) I do agree about the repetitive nature of the game… I got so tired of blasting the same guards at the same checkpoints over and over again.

Does that mean I won’t play it again when I get my new computer? No… it will probably be one of the first games I install.

By: Namtaw

Namtaw — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:52:58 +0000

So what you want to see is Far Cry 2 graphics with GTA settings? Why not just play GTA or one of the others like it. What else does Far Cry 2 do better than GTA 4?

By: Isaac

Isaac — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:30:42 +0000

I played Far Cry 2 on the xbox 360. While it has its shortcomings this really is the next generation of FPS’s. The console version never crashed, and the graphics were amazing. Now they need to take it to the next level. Give me far cry 2 in an open ended Urban Environment like the NYC of GTA IV with cars and all….now that would be something. I highly recommend FC2.