Far Cry 2?

[WaterSnake]

Hello,

I recently saw that FC2 was for sale on steam for $10, and I was wondering if I should buy it.

I have FC1 and Crysis, and love both of them, so it should be right up my alley in THEORY. However, I wanted to consult the eGO community on this, just in case Ubisoft is trying to pull the wool over my eyes.

So, please enlighten me on FC2. Any good? I heard most PC glitches were fixed.

If you are going to say anything, please give reasons. I bet its good/bad, but I want to know why.

 

[pillar]

i heard that the sp campaign is really long, which is a rarity. not sure bout the mp aspect tho. i have heard mixed thoughts bout it tho.

 

[WaterSnake]

i heard that the sp campaign is really long, which is a rarity. not sure bout the mp aspect tho. i have heard mixed thoughts bout it tho.

I want a long SP game. I'm buying it right now.

I bet it's going on sale for $5 tomorrow. I'll lol so hard, that's what happened with Torchlight.

 

[Sexy Beast]

It's a long Single Player, but pretty repetitive. You'll be doing the same 4 things over and over again for the duration of the game.

 

[yellowbadger52]

it was eh.. the graphics are really nice and the fire effects or pretty awesome, the single player is pretty good, just gets very repetative. It feels like GTA but theres no city and people around. For $10 i think it would be worth it. definately not a $50 game, but for $10 i think youll like it.

 

[Stormrider^]

Go for it for something like 10$.
I got the game when it came out and with the benefit of hindsight I'll agree that it wasn't worth it. The fire effects are really lame, even with DX10 on. The only thing that happens when you turn DX10 on is that you'll lose fps and get microstuttering. Great, eh?
Also the game feels like an MMO in disguise, with 99% of the game consisting of grinding the same freaking things all over again. Don't get me wrong, all games have repetition but because the FC2 singleplayer is so long it gets really tedious and boring and all you want to do is pour acid into your eyes to add a bit of variety into the game.

 

[Orange_Kun!!!]

Do not expect FC2 to feel anything like FC1, they are completely different games.

FC2 feels like GTA: Safari Edition, you basically become a merc in Africa who does odd jobs. I got the game free w/ my gtx260 and tho it was a nice test of the card, it was so disappointing to find that it was nothing like the original game that I liked so much.

It's up to you of course, but be warned, it's not the same.

 

[JunK]

i recently got FC2 myself, knowing that it had no relation to FC1 other than the title and i love this game.
i specifically got it for the graphics, i needed something to test out my new gfx card and this thing does it, and man is this a pretty game. with everything ultra high and 8xSSAA you will be shocked and gasp at some of the graphical awesomeness this game does have to offer.
gameplay wise is pretty good. im liking the game but just like every shooter and every other game it is repetitive, but it doesn't feel it. mostly because there are many ways to go about doing something.
got a convoy to destroy? rush in with guns-a-blazin. maybe sit from afar and snipe only your target leaving the others baffled as to what the hell just happened. plant some IEDs beside their travel path and blow them all to pieces.
storyline is not strong, but what shooter storyline is?? None. Repetition is funny too, because literally every game is just as bad or the same as this. the genre of game outlines what will be repetitious. shooters are just that, shooters. mmorpgs are just that, grinders. RTS games are just that, build your army to destroy objective blah blah blah.

its like saying watching TV is repetitive, you always sit down and watch TV.

either way there is a lot of fun to be had with this game, and im not slightly disappointed with the 20 dollars i spent for this game, let alone ten. good to see you are getting it

 

[shadows5631]

It's a great game and for $10 it's worth it.

Like the others said, it pretty much is the same thing over and over after the game finally starts and eventually ends up getting boring. Oh and be prepared to have your eyes strained. Because, some genius decided to add malaria to the game so when you get it the screen is completely blurry until you get pills from some guy, sometimes it takes up to 30 minutes, and that's the reason I quit playing.

 

[JunK]

It's a great game and for $10 it's worth it.

Like the others said, it pretty much is the same thing over and over after the game finally starts and eventually ends up getting boring. Oh and be prepared to have your eyes strained. Because, some genius decided to add malaria to the game so when you get it the screen is completely blurry until you get pills from some guy, sometimes it takes up to 30 minutes, and that's the reason I quit playing.

keep in mind this is highly avoidable, well for me at least, since you can always have a pill of meds on hand. you'll notice once you're running on the last pill, which gives you plenty of time to go do a certain quest to get more.
if you run out and you're stuck with the blurry screen, don't blame the game

 

[e MpTy]

For 10 dollers its good, but be perpaired for respawning checkpoints.. kill them and walk away a few hundred feet and go back they are there again like nothing happened lol