Far Cry® 2: Fortune's Edition

Thank you so so so so much GOG! This game is one of my favorite shooters. Graphically beautiful, it was the first game that actually payed to plan out your method of attack. Ambushing convoys, taking out guard posts, finding diamonds, repairing weapons, its all here. And for $10 with no DRM, its too good to pass up. THANK YOU GOG!

I love this game. The atmosphere, the gameplay, the world, the weapons. The only thing I (and most players) dislike are the checkpoints which seem to respawn almost the second you leave them for 10 meters. If only this inequality could be fixed...

If you're looking for a fast paced, non-stop, balls to the wall shooter. . . look elsewhere. As people have mentioned, there can be lulls in the action since you spend a good chunk of the game going from one point to the other. But, this game is great for immersion. When I play games, I like to forget my crappy life for a while. The more a game makes me feel like I'm part of the world, the more I like it. There is a hud, but it's small and only pops up when you're injured, reload, or put your map away. Then it fades out after three seconds. As someone who prefers to play games without a hud, I find it informative enough without being irritating. Other things like your map are incorporated as elements in the game (your character actually holds the map). I think it helps with immersion. The only reason I gave this a 4 instead of a 5 is for three reasons: 1. Malaria. What a dumb addition. You need to stay stocked up on meds or you pass out and have to reload. Meds aren't widely available (at least not as far as I've gotten in the game). 2. Gun jams. I want to try a variety of weapons and have fun with them. It might not be so bad if you could easily switch to another gun when it jams, but it doesn't let me until I unjam the stupid gun. 3. Downtime. While immersive, having to drive long distances gets old fast. There is a bus option, but it's not that elegant. A faster form of travel would be nice. Overall though, I enjoy the game and it beats the console version by far just because it has customizable controls and no DRM.

I have owned Far Cry 2 since its release and it is a part of my Steam collection. It is one of my favorite FPS, I have found it very enjoyable and have replayed it through several times. My favorite way of playing is sneaking around with a sniper rifle and picking off the bad guys from a bunch of weeds or from the rocks. I especially liked the .50 caliber rifle because you can pick off guys from such a long ways off. I have had a good gaming rig and so have been able to play the game at max graphic settings. They really did a great job of representing fire and smoke, it is great fun shooting a fuel barrel or a propane tank. The fuel barrels explode and shoot quite a way up in the air streaming a stream of fire and the propane tanks wiz around like a balloon before exploding. My son has the game on his PS3 and one of the difference we found with the PC version are some unexpected graphic elements. I was very surprised to discover while sneaking through the grass or trees and coming upon some of the bad guys that occasionally one of them would be taking a leak on the side of a tree or into a bunch of bushes, of finding a guy on a dock with a fishing pole fishing. I asked my son if he had ever seen this in when he was playing and he thought I was making it up. Then the next time I found a guy taking a leak I paused the game and went and got him, he could hardly believe it but immediately burst out laughing. Even though I already own this game I will be buying it again here to support the whole idea that we gamers do not mind buying our games but also like them with out any DRM. DRM has never worked, I can find any of the newest games on bit torrent the day they are released so the only thing that DRM does is piss off the game developers real customers. The people who get them via bit torrent would never had been a paying customer any way. So UBSoft stop with your draconian DRM like the bull shit you currently have that started with Splinter Cell Conviction and subsequent titles. I have gotten over the issue of having to have Steam to play a lot of the games but don't you think that having to use Steam is enough DRM? Obviously not because after launching the game I some times have to wait too long a tome for your new UPlay client to load before I can even play the silly game. Because of this I will not be purchasing any of your new titles, the same goes for the new crap that EA has started.

This game probably has some of the most athmospheric sounds and settings I have ever seen, I'd compare it to the likes of STALKER honestly if not better in some cases, gunplay and animations are top notch, not to mention the underlying story they tell with the Jackal isn't your average liberal BS about how Africa is taken advantage of. Africa is a hellhole, and this game captures it perfectly.