Far Cry 2 Review

By Luke Larry

Far Cry 2 is a sequel to Far Cry. Although it is a sequel it is nothing like the original Far Cry. Instead of an island you are in the african savanna, tracking down a weapons dealer that is supplying the Alliance for Popular Resistance and the United Front for Liberation and Labour with weapons galore. Your job is to track down this dealer and kill him.

In Far Cry 2 you can choose between 12 characters, choosing what character you are will not have any impact on the storyline. When you arrive in Africa you will discover that your character has malaria and you must get medicine every so often to cope with the symptoms. In Far Cry 2 there are many weapons and vehicles to choose from, including boats, hand gliders, jeeps, flamethrowers, and much more! The cool thing about Far Cry 2 is you can play the game how you want. If you don't feel like doing a mission you can skip it and come back to it later. How you play it will also affect the outcome of the game, so choose your path wisely

Some things you should probably know about Far Cry 2 before you get it is that the game map is huge! I'm not kidding, it will probably take you up to an hour and a half to drive from the bottom of the map to the top and that is in a jeep. Another thing you will want to know how to do is use a map. When I play the game I probably have the map out for around 70% of the time I am playing. If you can't read a map you are in big trouble because as I said before the map is huge! You should also be ready to fight at any moment. One moment you will be driving down the road in your jeep, and the next thing you know you will be under fire from an enemy encampment just up the road

Now I will tell you the pros and cons of Far Cry 2. Now this is my opinion and it may differ from yours so please hang with me.

Pros

1. You can make a huge fire out on the open savanna.

2. Tons of different weapons and gear to allow you to play the game how you want

3. Loads of different vehicles to get you around the incredibly large map

4. Great graphics and audio to make your experience even more enjoyable

Cons

1.You are constantly getting attacked by the enemy

2. The map is sometimes too large and is very annoying when you must drive a car for 10 minutes just to get to your objective

3. Getting medicine to treat malaria is very time consuming.

All in all I would say that this is a great game for all of those who like a good fps/adventure game. It has a deep story with lots of twists, amazing detail and graphics, and lets face it, who doesn't like playing with fire! However if you hate driving cars to and fro across the map this game is not for you as most of your time in this game will be in a car. Thank you for reading about Far Cry 2!

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