Far Cry is a game that broke me. The game is structured in a way that makes it very hard. but not like cuphead hard, which is a difficulty that makes you go "oh, I died, but at least I'm confident that I'm getting better", its like NES era hard - which is the kind difficulty that makes you shout "how did that merc see me from 2km away" and search for cheat codes on the internet.
Which is exactly what I did.
I made it through the first 19 chapters of the game with only the Save game cheat (by the way, you can't save in this game, the game works with a series of autosaves that you can't control) but at the last chapter was where I drew the line, even the save game cheat didn't help me with it. At that point I was so desperate to finish the game that I edited one of the game files so I would make 1000% damage on the enemy AI, and the enemy AI would make 0% damage on me.
I've killed the final boss with a pistol. And no, I don't feel shame about it.
Other than that, the game is surprisingly good. the graphics looks nice on max settings (although the human models still look like they're from the early 2000s). the gunplay feels good and balanced, the world feels rich and full (kinda) thanks to the mercs talking to each other from time to time, and I really like some of the mechanics like the binoculars and cry-vision.
However, I do feel that the story is very shallow, or that at least it should be shorter. I think I've counted three times that Val was kidnapped, and I've lost count on how many times told that "yeah, you need to go there to exit the island, But just before you do that, could you retrieve a PDA or a bomb or a key or whatever?" or "Yeah, just go there to find Valerie... Oh, she's not there? well sorry Fucko, I forgot to tell you that they moved her to the other part of the island 30 fucking minutes ago, 'guess you'll need to go there, man".
Long story short, if you're a Dorito snorting, mtn dew chugging hardcore gamer you'll probably like this game.
