Far Cry® 2: Fortune's Edition

The Bad: Some annoying glitches (floating/disappearing characters/objects) The Good: Everything else The atmosphere, the music, the story, the gameplay...it's all tight and beautiful and compelling stuff! I used to think Stalker was the best open world FPS game I've played by Far Cry 2 is like someone played Stalker and said 'What can we do to improve this'? Guns actually hit what you're aiming at. Characters interact with each other in realistic ways (a lot of towns will have NPCs going on extended conversations and animations completely by themselves and enemies will do things like rescue downed allies and even carry their wounded away). Cars are fun to drive and just walking through the enormous and detailed jungles and deserts I found extremely moody and intriguing. I didn't feel this game was artificially difficult, in fact you have a LOT of advantages if you know where to look for them. You start off with a rocket launcher, you can get 'buddies' who will rescue you from death, you can stabilize yourself if you're almost dead (with wonderfully gruesome animations). Tons of guns, upgrades, voice acting throughout, great landscapes. The missions are simple and do repeat but this is the kind of game you can play either at a stretch or just pick it up and play for a couple minutes of mayhem. Intrusive cutscenes are few, you're not locked off to locations, and everywhere the jungle/desert feels like as much an enemy as the mercenaries shooting at you. GREAT experience, improved everything about one of my earliest favorite games!

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The game is old play it for nostalgia, it has ONE MECHANIC THAT I HATE, its call outposts, the thing that almost made me rage quit.

If you like action games you'll love "Far Cry 2," but after about five hours you'll have seen just about everything it has to offer. I started playing the game once every couple of weeks to keep from getting bored.

This game, while very pretty, gets boring really fast ! Take on mission, drive to location, taking out thugs @ checkpoints. Rinse and repeat ! In fact the checkpoint you just cleared, come back 5 mins. later..............Walla, more thugs !