Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Far Cry 2

Have you ever wanted to go to Africa? Far Cry 2, the follow up to Far Cry, a tropical game that blew my mind as a kid, is a huge game filled with A.I. that seems to be no smarter than a door nob and seeming infinite number of trucks that seem to find you where ever you are. The game starts out with you picking who you want to play as, the only thing that I found that this really affected was what people will help you and who you see. In the first ten minutes, you get attacked, get malaria, and you get recruited by a group to help fight the main bad guy. Lets talk about game play. Its fun, and the controls can be confusing at first, but once you have the hang of it, they feel second nature. The weapons are what stood out the most for me. With use, they will degrade and eventually break, which was annoying most of the time. You had to take the guns somewhere to repair them, which is a major pain in the arse. Towns are another big disappointment. You would figure that there would be more people out in the world, but all you see is people with guns. And while you are in the towns, your gun is lowered. If you raise the gun you can make the town people very angry and they will attack you. Which made things very difficult early on in the game. There were a few things that I found that were very interesting. The money system was the first, which involved you searching the whole map and taking on jobs so you can buy and repair guns from vendors. The second thing is that you could light the grass on fire. I know that this might sound strange to some people, but it is a huge part of combat. You see a group of guards searching through the grass? Fry them by throwing a fire bomb into the grass, catching the whole area on fire. When you find a flame thrower (which you can early on in very poor shape) it makes this very fun and very easy. The final thing is that ammo pick ups can be shot, which turns them into bullet spraying jumping beans, which can be used to take out several enemies. Multiplayer is fun, tho nothing new. You rank up and unlock new guns, tho with the map editor, you can find some very interesting player created maps out there. All in all this is a good game, and for the low price of only $12.99 used at GameStop, this is a good choice if you want a change in pace from the normal call of duty or battlefield games. I am rating this a 3 out of 5.

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