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Far Cry 2 (PS3) | 
| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 122
Platform: Playstation 3
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3307210410801
ASIN: B0014QZ004
Release Date: October 24, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Exploring 20 square miles of African savannah and jungle is never an easy task. But when you’re up against an army of highly trained mercenaries, the danger becomes unimaginable. Welcome to the world of Far Cry 2.
 Far Cry 2 has some of the best explosions in the business |  Vehicles are great for cover as well as transport |  It’s best to keep some of the game’s factions on your side |  The environmental graphics are both stunning and highly varied | It’s been over four years since the release of the first Far Cry, and Far Cry 2 has almost nothing in common with it beyond being a first-person shooter with excellent graphics and advanced artificial intelligence. It’s by a different developer, and you now play one of eight different mercenary characters out to catch an arms dealer nicknamed “The Jackal.” The sci-fi enemies have also been jettisoned in favour of a much more realistic game where survival skills are just as important as a good aim. The rules of engagement--either by stealth or all guns blazing--are entirely up to you. Key Features - Virtual safari: The game features 20 square miles of terrain for you to travel, filled with realistic fauna and flora and fully destructible trees and buildings.
- Fiery realism: With an all-new graphics engine created just for the game, fire moves and propagates exactly as in real-life, with vegetation breaking and snapping realistically.
- The coming storm: A dynamic weather system changes to reflect your mood, with the sky turning dark and stormy during bad times.
- Jungle survival: Highly realistic weapons degrade with use, bullets need to be dug out of your body, and vehicles break down if pushed beyond their limits.
- Buying friends: Meet and co-operate with fellow mercenaries as you pit different factions against one another in a war-torn African state.
About the Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft’s huge development studio in Canada has created many of the French publisher’s biggest hits, including the Splinter Cel series, the modern Prince of Persia games, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Assassin’s Creed, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja and the Far Cry sequels and spin-offs.
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 A Gaming Work of Art! November 21, 2008
Lots of other reviewers have gone into great detail over the qualities of this game so I'd just like to add how refreshing it is to shell out 40 and get something that has obviously been a real labour of love for the developers.
They must have spent months on end developing this game to the near perfection that it is. The attention to detail is fantastic, it uses unique special effects and an active environment/physics engine not yet seen in any other game (as far as I am aware). It gives a real sense of continuity: Everything stays where you leave it; nothing mysteriously disappears, all elements of an environment are intelligently linked. For example, work out the direction the wind is blowing in by looking at the trees. Start a fire downwind of an ammo store and watch the wind spread the flames through grass and trees, to eventually reach the ammo store and blow it sky high ...amazing!
The incredible ambient soundtrack and realistically-timed day/night cycle make this game feel unbelievably involving and the huge environment is completely open and accessible from the start. It really makes you feel like you're all alone in the most dangerous place imaginable!
It's massive and will take a very long time to complete: At last a game that's worth every penny of the forty quid!
Stunning! November 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With FPS's being a dime a dozen these days, its nice when a game comes up with a little originality, and Far Cry 2 adds a new depth to an already overcrowded market of FPS. The catch is not a straight up, linear progression shooter, but a large, open ended environment that you have to navigate accordingly and quite often strategically.
I'll cut to the chase, Far Cry 2 is a tale of vicious mercenaries and brutal faction regimes fighting for control in a strangley beautiful un-named African country. All you know is that your target is a gentleman who goes by the name of 'The Jackal', and your sole purpose in this hellhole is to eliminate him.
Your new in town and its within your best interests to capitalize on some dirty handed job opportunities, this is where Far Cry 2 really shines!
GRAPHICS-
The games 50 square kilometres are full to the brim with sweeping deserts, rickety shanty towns, bustling wildlife and beautiful sunrise/sunsets. Its impressive how Ubisoft managed to capture the realism of the African enviroment, to such a high detail is amazing. The sun rises on a new day with rays breaking through the trees incredibly realistically and the sunsets are even more breath-taking. The wildlife, the fauna and all the bells and whistles are all here in glorious HD.
The weapons animate very convincingly and even wear down and jam, sometimes breaking apart in your mitts if overused! Superb detail!
In short, this game looks fantastic on my 32" HDTV!
OVERALL 9.7/10
GAMEPLAY-
Far Cry 2 plays as a finely tuned FPS should play. Smooth controls, nice mechanics and responsive gunplay. A lot of the time will be spent walking/driving/swimming/boating or even gliding your way through or over the lush environment. Enemies are smart and often during a firefight, they can be heard communicating, talking about flanking, or asking which direction you were last spotted in! It all adds realism and a sense of urgency as you hide in a hut, life bar on red, AK-47 jammed as you frantically tap square to unjam.
Bullets need some nifty self surgery if your health bar depletes too quick and you'll often find yourself cringing at the screen as you pop another bullet out thats lodged in your arm!
You can enlist the help of Buddies after saving them from a not-so-pleasant situation. They'll come to your aid if your taking too much heat and if their injured, do you risk your life to save theirs? Or do you pull your pistol out and end their suffering??
OVERALL 10/10
SOUND-
Absolutely spot-on. Creeping through the tall grasses, wild animals can be heard calling out. In the middle of a vicious gunfight, the wounded will writhe about in agony requiring a quick stab of your machete. Explosions, tyres rolling over dirt roads and best of all, the guns, all sound absolutely brilliant, each with their own unique sound.
OVERALL 10/10
TROPHIES-
Ubisoft has included trophy support and they are as challenging as they are fun! Very! They range from completing all Assassination missions to putting your fallen buddy out of his misery! They are all fun and a nice reward for all your efforts!
Overall, I'd rate the single-player campaign more enjoyable than Call Of Duty 4, or a nice alternative to! Also after playing this game for any cosiderable time, you'll want your paycheck in uncut diamonds!!!
Highly recommended!
 Game halted at 43% because of a glitch November 13, 2008
Ultimately I am bitterly disappointed with Far Cry 2. Without doubt it's a great looking game and apart from a few little niggles I was having fun playing it. That was however until I got to act two, roughly 43% into the game when one has to help Bai on his barge at the marina. He's supposed to be in the cabin, but he's not, he's on the lower deck but you're still prompted to go into the cabin. Anyway, when one is prompted to press the square button to communicate with Bai it doesn't work thus one is unable to complete the mission and progress into the game.
If you are one of those people that does not have a lot of money to buy games and you like shooters then my advice would be to keep that money in your pocket untill the end of November and purchase resistance 2. Now I'm not saying that everyone is, or will have problems, but if you are still tempted by Far Cry2 then I'll point you in the direction of Ubisoft's FC 2 forums to read about all the people with many similar problems which stop them from progressing into the game.
My copy of FC 2 is going bye bye tomorrow.
Sorry if I have offended any fans of this game but that's just tough.
Fantastic game! November 13, 2008
I almost traded this game in after the first time I played it. It seemed incredibly difficult from the driving with a map in your lap and being ambushed from all angles and not having a clue where you were being hit from.
However, once I played it again I havent been able to put it down until completion. It is one of the most realistic games I have ever played in a wonderful African backdrop and I am sure there are African places like this one in reality.
The enemy are incredibly clever and try to flank you on missions and although I have to admit their precise shooting is unrealistic, each main mission is enjoyable and you really feel you have achieved something when you have completed one.
Downsides are that there are too many checkpoints which can be a nightmare to get through particularly if you cant get to a save game point.
You also have to do a hell of a lot of travelling at times, it is close to tedious but to be fair as long you dont have to repeat the journey (through dying the first time) then it is just about acceptable.
Good missions though, plenty of hours for your money and despite criticism from many sources, I didn't think it was a bad story line and it had a decent finish.
 ok November 12, 2008
I've been playing far cry 2 for about 2 weeks now and have mixed views on it. Firstly,how the hell do you get to the jackel? all you seem to get is these side missions to destroy a convoy or take out a arms stash somewhere and then you go driving round and round to find the next mission which is identical!! its cool for a while but gets boring and you have to drive to the other side of the map just to complete your mission endlessly king bad guys at checkpoints along the way..very repetitive.Also it takes about 5 shots with a pistol to kill somone..you literally have to empty a clip to jsut to kill 1 person!
There are some noce touches,the graphics are quite cool..i blew up a car and the bad gut nearby caught fire and screamed..lol cool. I just can't seem to get the game out of the side missions..or is that just it? might trade this ioj for COD 5 this week.
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