Abstract: Today I start the first of hopefully many reviews on Tech Olive with the new game Far Cry 2. I may end up regretting the choice of such a power-house of a game as my first review, but I’ll try my best.At the start of the game, you find yourself in a ta...
Incredible amount of freedom to approach each mission, 50 square kilometers of visually stunning African landscape, Hefty singleplayer campaign should take at least 30 hours, Diverse reward and upgrade systems feed off each other very well, Robust map edi...
Story does very little with politicallycharged setting, Traveling for long stretches can become tedious.
Although you cant say the same for the plot, Far Cry 2s first-person action squeezes every last drop of potential out of the unique African setting. ...
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Published: 2008-10-21, Author: Dave , review by: gamespy.com
Lush, beautiful environments; sense of total immersion; terrific action when carrying out missions
Extremely repetitive map encounters; slow pace with long travel times; character motivations are an enigma
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