+Anju Gokul yeah, that's weird. Every other review I saw back when this game came out mentioned or complained about the malaria system that you're stuck with at from the onset of the game.
+Daniel Thomas Yeah it was a terrible idea to have the player die of malaria if he didn't keep taking medication, who ever came up with that idea should have been fired because it was one of the worst ideas in video gaming history. That idea turned a decent game into a shitty game.
I liked how there was always a tension that something was gonna go wrong on your mission and you'd have to salvage it and do the mission while you're out of ammo or something. There's constant tension.
I think FC2 gun degradation was way too fast. After shooting maybe 100 shots from a gun, it looks as if its been dropped in a swamp. I wish there was an option to clean the guns or something. If it happened a little slower, id be happier.
They streamlined the game to keep the action fast. Things like gun degradation and malaria slows it down, even though people like me loves it for the immersion and the challenge.
I'm a freak I would like to see something different in the gameplay, the way the characters look. Far Cry and Far Cry 2 didn't look alike and Far Cry 3 was totally different to Far Cry 2. The opening scene of FC5 has you running into some trees pursued by dogs and being shot at exactly the same as 3.
The game was far from perfect, but this game is one of the only shooters where I really felt like the hands of death was just around the corner. Malaria... seemingly EVERYONE wanted to murder you for some reason... when you do a mission, the faction you do it for still doesn't care and wants to kill you... Yeah, I beat this game long ago with some sweat on my eyebrow. And who can forget getting ran over and dying instantly? '
the thing is those cars sound scary. like when they see you they slam on the gas and its spooky cus you know they wont hesitate to turn you into a new hood ordainment unlike other games where they drive near and get out.
Still my #1 favorite game in history. Single and multiplayer are to die for. Since I first got it in 2008, it's still fun up to this point. Plus many people still play online which is awesome.
i have and love far cry 2. But im going to buy far cry 3 cause it looks amazing the thing i didnt like about far cry 2 was that you couldn't skin and sell animal hides you could shoot them but there is no blood
I'm not a fan of Far Cry 3. But I love Far Cry 2. I remember when I first bought back in 2008. It was really fun and I felt so much freedom for a 7 year old xD. Now i'm 13.
Damn ... I remember playing this before far cry became so commercialized with far cry 3, they've come a long way with this franchise. Sacrificed the realism of 2 for the arcade funness of 3, I'd say a mix of both would be perfect
Yeah, one of them being that you can do whatever you wish to do without any limits. I know Far Cry 3 is like that too, but there were a lot of limitations, such as annoying pop ups that kept showing your objectives. Go craft this, go get that, go make syrettes with this. Far Cry 2 felt more like freedom compared to FC3
***** In FC3 and 4 it would be good if you get the tutorial once. But you get it throughout the entire game. Go there, do that. It's a hand-holder. A tutorial should be at the beginning of the game and then you're on your own. FC2 did that and it was amazing. EDIT: Oh, and regarding the story. I'm cool if the game doesn't push the story in my neck. That way, I can make my own story in the game.
Riiiight, despawning enemies, great idea, if only there was an extremely good dark fantasy RPG franchise we could nearly ruin with that idea, while also basing pvp matchmaking on the amount of money you've collected, destroying the multiplayer aspect....oh wait, Dark Souls 2 already exists -__-
+boffifis1 cz they are making every far cry game easier then the one before, i remember in far cry 2 , was harder but so much better, like : no minimap, essential HUD, had to use a veichle for anything, was just better imo
I hated how everyone was trying to attack you. It would have been sick if they put lions and elephants and other wildlife. They should have put in a third faction made up of corrupt peacekeepers ect.
Apart from all the great things of this great game the Soundtrack of this game deserves huge respect. Well done Marc Canham. So touching, that African feel and it's an emotion. The soundtrack is so great that just with the music it conveys the game's theme - "You're alone. You've malaria, you gotta protect yourself. You're all alone. They're coming for you. Better hide all the time. Take care of yourself. You're battling with militia and malaria. Stand up and fight or else you die. You're alone again. Heal yourself. If you've got a bullet in you, then calm down, take it out, patch it up or else you die, you gotta patch up buddy and start fighting again or else you die. Yes, of course, you got buddies but don't rely on em. Kill the damn Jackel and get outta this place. It's a pure test of your survival. Play safe or else you'll be dead. Go run, run fight "
this is the first far cry i've play. and this is the best imo. far cry 3 and 4 maybe have better graphic but this far cry 2 have the best game immersion. you felt like you're really are in Africa. those HUD on FC 3 and 4 ruining the game immersion.
I loved how real this game felt. In real life your enemies dont get harder as you level up. You didnt leave africa, you are still there, fighting the same guys.
Best thing to do in far cry 2 is attach IED's to a jeep or truck, then drive into a camp filled with explosives, detonate the the ied's and kill everyone in one big explosion.
KreepingKreeper2 Except you can't always jump out if an enemy shoots the IED or shoots an explosive in which the blast radius hits the IED... then you're screwed.
One of my favourite games of all time. I used to skip high school all the time to play this (I have 300+ hours in it and replayed it at least 10 times lol). The best in the whole series and I just ordered an AH-IPS 2560x1440 monitor and I can't wait to see this game shine at this high resolution.
I played far cry 2 when it came out and loved it, it is very immersive and quite challenging its very gritty and believable as an African worn torn country, the music is good as well. Far cry 3 is much prettier and more colourful and less sombre and gritty just more crazy.
Despite it's technical issues on PC and super aggressive AI that respawns all the time, it's a personal favorite of mine with it’s great gameplay and gorgeous to look at African atmopshere over a decade after release. Also, the sniping is really fun and my favorite part of the game.
MadMax052 True story mate :) One more thing, Far Cry 2 released in 2008 has better graphics than Far Cry 3 and 4 released in 2013 and 2014. I mean, when I take a look to those drawn shitty coloured graphics in 3 and 4 I want to cry and then I see the burst of sunlight pouring through the trees and reflects on the water in FC2, while giving you the most amazing atmosphere you can imagine in gaming, similar to Metro LL :)
Yeah I remember when I first realized there was like no ambient noise in Far Cry 3 on the 360. I was in the middle of the jungle and the trees were shaking all around, but there was no wind, no insects, just silence. Far Cry instincts had better ambient sound than Far Cry 3 and that's just sad.
David Warden -2 was about the world, a realistic situation, and the people who feed off of this type of hell. You are placed in the center of this world as a simple mercenary. War is your home. You're not special, you're just there to do a job and it's up to you to figure out how you want to do it. This is how a game should be made in my opinion. It's about the world and your personal experiences in it. The game doesn't force you to experience anything in any particular way. So when you do experience something interesting, it really is interesting, because it's dynamic, it's yours. 3 and 4 are more about characters. This is more like how a movie is made. And if it's done well then fine, but you're missing the entire point of what makes a videogame so special. You're not telling a story that could only be told by a game. It's Jason Brody's story now, not mine. -They made 3 less realistic. Realism goes hand in hand with immersion for most people. -3 and 4 are objectively easier than 2 in every single way. If there is no challenge, there is no point to playing the game for many people. If it's not possible to lose, technically it shouldn't be considered a 'game'. -In 2 you technically don't have to repeat anything if you don't want to, but you can if you do. Which is nice because it gives you a chance to try things out. In 3 you actually have to play the game over again if you weren't tired of using your Deagle because you run out of things to shoot. So it's funny how you talk about FC 2 being repetitive when meanwhile you literally have to repeat the entire first half of 3 if you liked using fun weapons and abilities. I don't see how you can just be like "all your shit is just opinion, now here's the real problems." literally brushing my points aside without addressing a single thing about them. Then you say two words and apparently it's an objective fault of the game? The only thing about your comment that I can see being objective, is that you don't know what objective means. Everything I mentioned objectively exists, whether or not they are seen as faults in the game is always subjective. My arguments were never pointing out that they are objective faults that everyone should hate. But rather that people who appreciate a smarter, realistic, immersive, challenging, engaging, tightly designed gameplay experience would enjoy 2 more. Of course 3 is going to be better in some ways, it better be since it's newer, but if it had stuck with the direction 2 was going 3 would have had a lot more to offer the more hardcore crowd. But then hey I'm not in business, and I know if they made 3 as deep as 2, people wouldn't have gotten bored as fast, and then who would buy something as unnecessary as 4?
This game was awesome in my opinion, and I beat it fair and square without any cheating or anything. The environments in the game are amazing. It was fun following the trail and straying off a little ways to warehouses, poaching camp sites, the lake area, the train graveyard thingy, and all of the other cool sites in the game.
Liking the game for the most part so far, but one thing is really bugging me. Everyone says the game is beautiful, but in my opinion, it has the dullest color pallet of any game I have ever played. It stains my eyes and gives me a headache just looking at it.
Yes it comes with a scope but to get t you must do the convoy missions for gun shops and progress in the story since certain weapons will become available only when convoy missions are available.
Yes but you still have to upgrade your guns if you don't want them to jam, so you need to put great care in them. The respawning command posts was a little too much for me thought. If it took some more time for the respawn to trigger I would be perfectly fine with that. Or if the enemies would only respawn when you get very far away from them, that would both be realistic and not as frustrating. I remember in fc2 I always had to leap out of my car and hide because of some dude with sniper lol
Far cry 3 is much better than Far Cry 2. They got rid of the respawning guard posts! Far Cry 3 also has more animals, better story, and increasingly harder enemies. Far Cry 2 was a great game, but is no match for Far Cry 3....
If it helps in any way, there is a Far Cry 3 nexusmods site that has immersion-enhancing mods that do things like rebalance the weapons based on real-life ballistic tests, replace the minimap with a compass, disable the tagging system, and disable most of the HUD.
in far cry 2, you sprint for 3 seconds and then get tired and keep repeating that in the endgame, in far cry 3, you got on a car while being chased by hundreds of enemies and then escpae with a helicopter with your brother. really big difference.
Imho, Far Cry 2 was a lot of fun, but a bitch to play and ultimately very confusing and irritating: E.g. when you run out of meds and happen to be in the middle of the desert, and keep fainting every 20 seconds. Also the controls are clunky and unresponsive at times, but the actual overall game itself makes up for it. Far Cry 3 takes everything that was good with 2 and improves upon it, and makes it fun to play and interesting and engaging.
Far Cry 3 isn't even close to FC2. Everything feels different. There is no buddy companion system and no choice between how you engage in a mission. It also doesn't take place in a desert but a jungle. The vehicles are probably the only similar thing about it as well as the animals.
bob fred I just preferred Far Cry 3, it just seemed a lot more polished. And I still felt in FC3 you could choose how to do a mission; go in stealthy with the bow and takedowns, all out assault with RPGs and molotovs, or just plain shooting and looting. I'll admit, parts of FC2 were more interesting, but the scope and character development of FC3 was bigger, and the motivation was better. FC2 - Go kill an arms dealer. FC3 - Find your friends and brother, try and get them off the island safely.
***** I never said FC2 was better but just both are very different. All the far cry games take different routes than the previous ones. Sure, in FC3 you can choose to go in stealthy or guns blazing like in FC2 but FC2 gives you the opition of how you complete the mission. In FC3 it's always scripted. Personally, I like FC3s hostile characters better aka Vaas. Hey was by far the best villain in a video game. Jason and his friends were pretty boring though.
***** I admit some parts of both games were dumb, but I just enjoyed FC3 more. I did like the African setting, it was a nice change of pace from other shooters, but the overall game felt clunky. Revisited FC2 after completing FC3, and I realised that I had no idea how I coped with it as far as I did. It's weird. I loved it at the time, but going back to it now, you can see that Ubisoft (or whoever developed it) really did make the most out of what they had, and refined the game for a wider audience. (After all, isn't that the main thing? Making more people like it, reviving the franchise?) Excited for FC4, and I hope it's better than both FC2 and FC3. :D
Indeed. It seems Ubisoft has gotten a bit lazy or whatever. Other thing I'm dearly missing is a "widescreen" option like in Far Cry 2: if checked, the FOV will by default be 80 or so and the weapon viewmodel (the way you are holding it) will seem smaller/further away and you'll see more of the weapon on your screen.
What i like of this game is how realistic is, on high difficult taking just a roadblock could be deadly, you have to use guerrilla tactics or stealth to make it.I always searched for high positions or cleaning from the distance with the mortar .Africa also is awesome.
Josh Ellis Havent had much of a chance yet, waiting till exams are over. But did also manage to get Black Flag for £22 and State of Decay for like £4, plus about £4 for dlc. Love Steam so much!
same here! glad i ditched consoles last year and built my first desktop. i loved far cry 3, just dont know about this as it looks quite different. pc gaming honestly offers so much more, happy with my choice!
zane brown Graphics card is key. Work around the graphics card you want. For example, I built my system knowing that I would purchase a GTX 780ti in the future, which I did, so I made sure my CPU was good enough not to bottleneck, made sure I had a good trusty power supply that wouldn't explode (no joke I actually had one in the past that set fire to my desk!) and I made sure I had a reliable motherboard. Start watching Linus tech tips or Newegg, they give very easy to understant tips and tricks.
not to mention the fact that the A.I in far cry 2 reacted differently at night. some of the guards go to sleep. in far cry 3, you can use the quick travel option to escape gunfights aswell.
and they skip everything the original had to make it a modern fps -_- boring. The ai in f.e.a.r is one of the best even today and that game was more satisfying. It felt better to hit and kill enemies plus they react in realistic ways and it feels so damn good to fire a gun! it's like old games where you can do the same thing over and over but it feels great so you don't care.
Dylan Masterson So AI that shares information with other NPCs in its squad and also attempts to flank the player whilst staying in cover is bad? Not to mention the AI isn't scripted and acts differently every time you play. F.E.A.R has some of the best AI in the FPS genre so I don't know what you were playing.
Enemies in FC2 react in realistic ways. They panic and sometimes run away. If you injure them their buddies call out for a medic and try to drag them to safety. It's a long time since I played FEAR but I don't remember them doing that ?
I loved Far Cry Instincts, I played so much of that on Xbax with my friends. We would make maps and play versus together and the mutant powers were really cool. I can still remember almost all of the levels from the campaign and a fair amount of the single player ones.
barzy qasim Colours are what made the atmosphere great! But I'll be honest, after like 21 hours I wanted a change, so I went ahead and I downloaded this mod called SweetFX and it is basically tweaking files a bit to make everything look brighter and more alive. It's small, but it changes the way you see everything. It requires HDR and Bloom to be closed though or it will reflect way too much light and I think it only works on DX9
barzy qasim DX11 is the same as DX10 and DX9 apart from some new features and improvements. Far Cry 2 can only support up to DX10 since it's an old game, but the mod only works with DX9 I think. If you have DX11, you have DX9. You can play every game that uses an older DX version than yours, apart from some 80s games which require a DOS machine or emulator to play.
Rob Yagenmyer You clearly only like the first two for being classics or just to show off that you were “here” before most people. 3 is said to be the best by most people, and it’s an amazing game regardless, and saying they lost ambition is ridiculous, untrue, and sad
I think after completing they shouldve added a free roam option and either add a reward for completion, so the option of no more malaria, with a loop of missions(so you can replay them) and they give you more pills, I loved the survival game as having a mercenary point of view, it has constant challenges, which i loved about outposts as there will always be more guards, safe houses and just the rest, far cry 3 has always been my favourite, but if they did add those featurrs far cry 2 would be my preferred game, if we weren't limited by pills for malaria and a option for free roam, so we can unlock all the gear we haven't unlocked yet and collect those diamonds
All of them Far Cry veterans bitching about how FC 3 & 4 are terrible games... Yet, they never pointed out the great parts of the game. In my opinion, FC 3 is the best out of the series. FC 4 was fine, but so many online issues. Not to mention the amount of glitches it had... Oh wait, those were purely all online. And the funniest thing is is that my brother is a Far Cry veteran and he thinks FC 2 was the worst out of the series.That is simply hilarious. XD
+Ender Blox (EnderBloxRules) I really hated FC4. It felt like they didn't care about the game and just wanted to grab some easy money. I mean even the animations were recycled how lazy is that?? It did upgrade from the last fc3 but it wasn't enough to call it a good game imo. Far cry 2 upgraded a lot over fc1 and so fc3 over 2 but Far cry 4 didn't feel enough. Far cry 5 is okay from what I have seen but the lack of guns really puts my hype down.
1) Yeah, I got rid of it, now realizing how recycled it is. Traded it in at GameStop and got Fallout 4. ;) 2) It's not really Far Cry 5. It's like one of those little games they usually make after the release of their bigger ones. Like Blood Dragon. Or the other ones that I can't remember.
5 min review and not a single mention of malaria
GG
+Anju Gokul yeah, that's weird. Every other review I saw back when this game came out mentioned or complained about the malaria system that you're stuck with at from the onset of the game.
+Daniel Thomas Yeah it was a terrible idea to have the player die of malaria if he didn't keep taking medication, who ever came up with that idea should have been fired because it was one of the worst ideas in video gaming history. That idea turned a decent game into a shitty game.
+Clarence Boddicker it does give a realistic feel though it feels silly if there was no death from
+Clarence Boddicker malaria
I want to see a remake of farcry 2, it has so much potential
It stills looks pretty damn good imo for a game that's 8 years old
play it on pc, there's your remake
Yeh but there is still problems like swinging a knife in a corner where no one can see you and all the guys coming running at you
Ahoy matie with lootboxes.
Ahoy matie yes
I like the guns jamming and degrading. I feel like your more of a survivior if your guns are breaking after constant use.
I liked how there was always a tension that something was gonna go wrong on your mission and you'd have to salvage it and do the mission while you're out of ammo or something. There's constant tension.
I liked guns jamming but my god malaria was annoying
I think FC2 gun degradation was way too fast. After shooting maybe 100 shots from a gun, it looks as if its been dropped in a swamp. I wish there was an option to clean the guns or something. If it happened a little slower, id be happier.
I agree gun jam was awesome ... why did they take it out =/
They streamlined the game to keep the action fast. Things like gun degradation and malaria slows it down, even though people like me loves it for the immersion and the challenge.
And here we are, 2018, playing far cry 5
Not me. I've seen the walkthroughs and it is just FC3/4 in a different setting.
lewisner not really
lewisner and what do you want? Alians and zombie and you have to kill them? If is far cry 5 of curse the gameplay will the like all other far cry
I'm a freak I would like to see something different in the gameplay, the way the characters look. Far Cry and Far Cry 2 didn't look alike and Far Cry 3 was totally different to Far Cry 2. The opening scene of FC5 has you running into some trees pursued by dogs and being shot at exactly the same as 3.
I'm a freak The gameplay is worse than far cry 2 with less attention to detail. Only thing thats better is graphics.
this game deserves a remastered edition
More like a rebuild with far cry 3's engine and combat but simpler.
JamesR3d I wish they could just update the game with FC3's stealth system and animations
Agreed!
Remake would be better
the graphics are still pretty good to this day!
I was blown away when I first played it
N1GHTPAUL yup
It's just the lighting that let's it down.
Don't forget to mod it makes it even better and enjoyable
No.... no they haven’t.
The game was far from perfect, but this game is one of the only shooters where I really felt like the hands of death was just around the corner. Malaria... seemingly EVERYONE wanted to murder you for some reason... when you do a mission, the faction you do it for still doesn't care and wants to kill you... Yeah, I beat this game long ago with some sweat on my eyebrow. And who can forget getting ran over and dying instantly? '
that my prolem just go out fixing car then BOOM! some car ran over you without even make a sound
the thing is those cars sound scary. like when they see you they slam on the gas and its spooky cus you know they wont hesitate to turn you into a new hood ordainment unlike other games where they drive near and get out.
This is the only far cry game with gun jamming. such a great game.
@@Alliwantedwasapepsi you know there are upgrades right?
yadabing must have a piss poor pc
@Doom Slayer DOOOOOOOMMM
@Doom Slayer sad
@Doom Slayer *with religious intent*
Still my #1 favorite game in history. Single and multiplayer are to die for. Since I first got it in 2008, it's still fun up to this point. Plus many people still play online which is awesome.
I keep meaning to uninstall it from my PC but just end up playing it again!
this game is pure survival and i love it
@Debate Bait Feel the burn
Oh yeees
and A LOT of driving
It seems like people either hate Far Cry 2 and love Far Cry 3, or hate Far Cry 3 and love Far Cr2. Thoughts anyone?
Its because they are kinda different...and people all have different tastes....
MrWorkem I've heard the respawning enemies are annoying too, but I kinda like the idea of your guns jamming on you without regular maintenance.
i have and love far cry 2. But im going to buy far cry 3 cause it looks amazing the thing i didnt like about far cry 2 was that you couldn't skin and sell animal hides you could shoot them but there is no blood
I'm not a fan of Far Cry 3. But I love Far Cry 2. I remember when I first bought back in 2008. It was really fun and I felt so much freedom for a 7 year old xD. Now i'm 13.
***** I'm 29. You make me feel old.
Far as I'm concerned, this game is an underrated classic. It's amazing that something like this was made by a big game dev as "late" as 2008.
Damn ... I remember playing this before far cry became so commercialized with far cry 3, they've come a long way with this franchise. Sacrificed the realism of 2 for the arcade funness of 3, I'd say a mix of both would be perfect
***** I love Far Cry 2.
Yeah, one of them being that you can do whatever you wish to do without any limits. I know Far Cry 3 is like that too, but there were a lot of limitations, such as annoying pop ups that kept showing your objectives. Go craft this, go get that, go make syrettes with this. Far Cry 2 felt more like freedom compared to FC3
***** In FC3 and 4 it would be good if you get the tutorial once. But you get it throughout the entire game. Go there, do that. It's a hand-holder. A tutorial should be at the beginning of the game and then you're on your own. FC2 did that and it was amazing.
EDIT: Oh, and regarding the story. I'm cool if the game doesn't push the story in my neck. That way, I can make my own story in the game.
Oh yea, the beginning was tutorial and after that, you are on your own.
Dark0pz "Yeah let's just not make a story. Idiot players like Dark0pz who are blind fanboys will make their own crap story."
I wish I had Internet back in 2008. Amazing review!
+Nipplestroke They did tf
+Alphaomarni Karnley Jarbie He meant an internet provider
+Alphaomarni Karnley Jarbie he said "I WISH I HAD"..meaning he did not have Internet..
HowToHowTo okay
HowToHowTo lmfao ever heard of the library
If Enemies wouldnt respawn,that would be great
Riiiight, despawning enemies, great idea, if only there was an extremely good dark fantasy RPG franchise we could nearly ruin with that idea, while also basing pvp matchmaking on the amount of money you've collected, destroying the multiplayer aspect....oh wait, Dark Souls 2 already exists -__-
I dont trust a guy with a polish surname
iPodiMaster Psshh this isn't Call of Duty, an abandoned post will eventually be reclaimed by its faction
iPodiMaster And why you don't trust guy with a polish surname ?
If enemies didn't respawn at some point you would depopulate the entire map which would render it a bit boring ?
they need to remake this for next gen consoles
+Wilbo Baggins They should make a new game
+boffifis1 I think that they should remaster Far Cry 2, exact same story. Only improved graphics and audio. more guns, vehicles, animals etc...
Pies and Poverty But its already a game why remaster when you could make far cry 5 instead?
+boffifis1 cz they are making every far cry game easier then the one before, i remember in far cry 2 , was harder but so much better, like : no minimap, essential HUD, had to use a veichle for anything, was just better imo
+Baby become Docthar Not just FC2, gaming industry is more noob-friendly now and hard is essentially what was called easy back then.
Wow you have the liveliest voice ever!!!
People are gonna wanna buy this game because of you!
Anyone seeing this on 2023?
Main
2024??
@@foge3465yes
2024
yes :)
This game is a masterpiece, one of a kind 🔥
Agreed.
How? Have you ever played Bioshock? The Portal Franchise? The Last of Us?
@@samgomez9942 none of these match Far Cry 2 for me. I don’t care about explaining why, because I can’t change your opinion, nor I want to.
the jackal is Mr Carver himself
yep
I hated how everyone was trying to attack you. It would have been sick if they put lions and elephants and other wildlife. They should have put in a third faction made up of corrupt peacekeepers ect.
***** And now we have Elephants in FC4 . . . Because India. Or Asia. I don't remember.
Ender Blox FYI, India is located in Asia. :)
Sebastien Vachon R. Oops. I don't even geography.
Yeah but thats what made FC2 so challenging and fun for me while in FC3 it was just shooting a leopard cage open and blink. OUTPOST LIBERATED
Vinnisaurus agreed FC2 was way more realistic than FC3 I still think they should have put in a peacekeeping faction make it even more realistic
Apart from all the great things of this great game the Soundtrack of this game deserves huge respect. Well done Marc Canham. So touching, that African feel and it's an emotion. The soundtrack is so great that just with the music it conveys the game's theme -
"You're alone. You've malaria, you gotta protect yourself. You're all alone. They're coming for you. Better hide all the time. Take care of yourself. You're battling with militia and malaria. Stand up and fight or else you die. You're alone again. Heal yourself. If you've got a bullet in you, then calm down, take it out, patch it up or else you die, you gotta patch up buddy and start fighting again or else you die. Yes, of course, you got buddies but don't rely on em. Kill the damn Jackel and get outta this place. It's a pure test of your survival. Play safe or else you'll be dead. Go run, run fight "
this is the first far cry i've play. and this is the best imo. far cry 3 and 4 maybe have better graphic but this far cry 2 have the best game immersion. you felt like you're really are in Africa. those HUD on FC 3 and 4 ruining the game immersion.
agreed
caalcb7 you can turn off the hud
caalcb7 far cry 2 graphics is way better man.
I loved how real this game felt. In real life your enemies dont get harder as you level up. You didnt leave africa, you are still there, fighting the same guys.
Its funny how we finally found out that the jackel is the guy from the 1st one
Best thing to do in far cry 2 is attach IED's to a jeep or truck, then drive into a camp filled with explosives, detonate the the ied's and kill everyone in one big explosion.
KreepingKreeper2
Except you can't always jump out if an enemy shoots the IED or shoots an explosive in which the blast radius hits the IED... then you're screwed.
Jonny Tuts
I'm hoping that he bailed from the jeep!! :D
On steam right now for $2.49!!!
What about now?
One of my favourite games of all time. I used to skip high school all the time to play this (I have 300+ hours in it and replayed it at least 10 times lol). The best in the whole series and I just ordered an AH-IPS 2560x1440 monitor and I can't wait to see this game shine at this high resolution.
This and FC3 were masterpieces, i feel like they half-assed 4 and Primal though....
Exactly!!
Dude you'll love them both! Theyre so worth it. If you loved 4 then you'll definitely like 3
3 is 4 with a good story.
***** I found Jason to be unlikeable.
I played far cry 2 when it came out and loved it, it is very immersive and quite challenging its very gritty and believable as an African worn torn country, the music is good as well. Far cry 3 is much prettier and more colourful and less sombre and gritty just more crazy.
Despite it's technical issues on PC and super aggressive AI that respawns all the time, it's a personal favorite of mine with it’s great gameplay and gorgeous to look at African atmopshere over a decade after release. Also, the sniping is really fun and my favorite part of the game.
One of the best graphics for that time:) Great game too:) 2-3 and now I play 4 big fun guys:)
Why are people giving random fc3 is better than fc2? I would hope so IT'S A FREAKING SEQUEL!
Farcry2 And Farcry3 are not direct sequels to each other, and they came out about 4 years apart so obviously fc3 is better
sam bohler how does that not make them direct sequels?
6pakUnited because they're not related to one another
Right, the story-lines dont continue throughout the two games.
sam bohler You know what he meant... No need to get all technical
Oh this masterpiece was so much better than FC3 and FC4, those graphics, the health system, weapon degradation system.. I loved every aspect of it.
MadMax052 True story mate :) One more thing, Far Cry 2 released in 2008 has better graphics than Far Cry 3 and 4 released in 2013 and 2014. I mean, when I take a look to those drawn shitty coloured graphics in 3 and 4 I want to cry and then I see the burst of sunlight pouring through the trees and reflects on the water in FC2, while giving you the most amazing atmosphere you can imagine in gaming, similar to Metro LL :)
Yeah I remember when I first realized there was like no ambient noise in Far Cry 3 on the 360. I was in the middle of the jungle and the trees were shaking all around, but there was no wind, no insects, just silence. Far Cry instincts had better ambient sound than Far Cry 3 and that's just sad.
David Warden
-2 was about the world, a realistic situation, and the people who feed off of this type of hell. You are placed in the center of this world as a simple mercenary. War is your home. You're not special, you're just there to do a job and it's up to you to figure out how you want to do it. This is how a game should be made in my opinion. It's about the world and your personal experiences in it. The game doesn't force you to experience anything in any particular way. So when you do experience something interesting, it really is interesting, because it's dynamic, it's yours.
3 and 4 are more about characters. This is more like how a movie is made. And if it's done well then fine, but you're missing the entire point of what makes a videogame so special. You're not telling a story that could only be told by a game. It's Jason Brody's story now, not mine.
-They made 3 less realistic. Realism goes hand in hand with immersion for most people.
-3 and 4 are objectively easier than 2 in every single way. If there is no challenge, there is no point to playing the game for many people. If it's not possible to lose, technically it shouldn't be considered a 'game'.
-In 2 you technically don't have to repeat anything if you don't want to, but you can if you do. Which is nice because it gives you a chance to try things out. In 3 you actually have to play the game over again if you weren't tired of using your Deagle because you run out of things to shoot. So it's funny how you talk about FC 2 being repetitive when meanwhile you literally have to repeat the entire first half of 3 if you liked using fun weapons and abilities.
I don't see how you can just be like "all your shit is just opinion, now here's the real problems." literally brushing my points aside without addressing a single thing about them. Then you say two words and apparently it's an objective fault of the game? The only thing about your comment that I can see being objective, is that you don't know what objective means. Everything I mentioned objectively exists, whether or not they are seen as faults in the game is always subjective. My arguments were never pointing out that they are objective faults that everyone should hate. But rather that people who appreciate a smarter, realistic, immersive, challenging, engaging, tightly designed gameplay experience would enjoy 2 more. Of course 3 is going to be better in some ways, it better be since it's newer, but if it had stuck with the direction 2 was going 3 would have had a lot more to offer the more hardcore crowd. But then hey I'm not in business, and I know if they made 3 as deep as 2, people wouldn't have gotten bored as fast, and then who would buy something as unnecessary as 4?
David Warden Mate, you're limited.
nolejd50 Definitely agree. It is by far the best in the series so far and not many games will ever compare to it.
Now Far Cry destroys crisis lol
Crysis*
FC3 is overrated, FC2 is underrated.
FC2 > FC3- blood dragon > FC1 & instincts> FC3 & FC4
i dont like to no fast travel but that is it
Far cry 3 story is one of the worst ever
Sai Teja (scoffs) So, you're gonna judge Far Cry 3, based on the plot alone? Your logic makes no sense.
Chris Burdick read properly. I only talked about its plot.Its a great game.Has an amazing gameplay
Anyone in 2018? And why this was suggested to me almost after 10 years?😂😂😐
Alvin right here bruh
same here
Alvin me lol
count me in..
its 2016 and i bought this instead of GTA 5 and i did not regret
this guy is from the past is he able to communicate to the future?
Far Cry 2, 3 and 4 are one of my favorite games of all time, hate primal though.
Volumegood yeah I agree with you, but hey at least they made a fresh new far cry.
Primal is the best one imo...
Volumegod why
16 years ago…now I feel old
@@arxxiii91 i hear ya
I actually miss the degrading guns from FC2, they're not in FC3, and FC4 is just a crap game with even less features.
What about fc3 blood dragon?
Good type of reskin
Niceguy3210 far cry 4 is my favorite
blood dragon was fun but it was only like 3 hours long
So, you could say it's a far cry from Far Cry?
*Get out*
Hell yeah
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@@viknu6304 jeez! that would be ironic...
A remaster of this game would be amazing. Updated graphics, story, mechanics etc.
12 years ago.......
hit me like a train
Best Far Cry game
This game was awesome in my opinion, and I beat it fair and square without any cheating or anything. The environments in the game are amazing. It was fun following the trail and straying off a little ways to warehouses, poaching camp sites, the lake area, the train graveyard thingy, and all of the other cool sites in the game.
Liking the game for the most part so far, but one thing is really bugging me. Everyone says the game is beautiful, but in my opinion, it has the dullest color pallet of any game I have ever played. It stains my eyes and gives me a headache just looking at it.
Well.... It Suits the environment, because it's takes place in Savannah, not a colorful forest
Who’s playing it in 2022 on Xbox series x
What's sad is the online version is done and over with now...
Who's watching in 2016 March?
Ye
How come farcry2’s AI was more advanced than farcry5’s AI by a long shot
U could ask the same question about hitman games ai. They do it on purpose to make the game fun
Yes it comes with a scope but to get t you must do the convoy missions for gun shops and progress in the story since certain weapons will become available only when convoy missions are available.
i like seeing my weapon jam ill hide from combat just to see the animation
Is this game worth playing? I've been recently getting into the far cry games and want to explore them all
Yes
R u female
how did it turn out?
Rough around the edges and missions can get repetitive but it's very fun.
Yes but you still have to upgrade your guns if you don't want them to jam, so you need to put great care in them. The respawning command posts was a little too much for me thought. If it took some more time for the respawn to trigger I would be perfectly fine with that. Or if the enemies would only respawn when you get very far away from them, that would both be realistic and not as frustrating. I remember in fc2 I always had to leap out of my car and hide because of some dude with sniper lol
2008 FARCRY 2
2018 RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
Far cry 3 is much better than Far Cry 2. They got rid of the respawning guard posts! Far Cry 3 also has more animals, better story, and increasingly harder enemies. Far Cry 2 was a great game, but is no match for Far Cry 3....
AND THE STEALTH IS BROKEN IN FAR CRY 2
***** 2005 splinter cell chaos theory enough fucking said you dumbfuck, best stealth game ever made
damn. it's been 9 years. and the graphics on this game still look so beautiful.
I love this game, no other game makes you feel more like a mercenary than this.
The game mercenaries
I want a Far Cry 2 Remastered NOW
More than anything else
Omg me and this game are of same age. Now I found a CD of far cry 2 in my storage. Now this game reminds me of nostalgia when I run it.
Still play this, wish multi-player wasn't dead on xbox.
multiplayer is dead on the pc too, i think
i still play this on ps3 and yesterday i still find some good online lobbys
Really its not dead on ps3?? Wow! I never played multiplayer.
Devonian its not too good
+steve maenhout are you playing Ranked or Player match?
I am playing this game in 2020.. its better than farcry new dawn!
If it helps in any way, there is a Far Cry 3 nexusmods site that has immersion-enhancing mods that do things like rebalance the weapons based on real-life ballistic tests, replace the minimap with a compass, disable the tagging system, and disable most of the HUD.
farcry 2 is heaps of fun ive replayed its a million times
Far Cry 2 and 3 were great. We need 4
My first Far Cry, man times have really changed.
for the better?
Ahhh the memories this brought back!
Yes
Far Cry 2 is more for patient, and strategic players.
Far Cry 3 is more for cod players.
i personally prefer far cry 2.
Dude saying far cry 3 is only for cod players is insulting to the people that dont even know cod exists and play far cry 3
Far Cry 4?
Wow you're cool.
far cry 3 is way more strategic
Mecha Gamer HD put it in on hard if your so badass then
Back when pure journalism existed in IGN
The newer far cry games are fun but none compare to 2
100% agree.
in far cry 2, you sprint for 3 seconds and then get tired and keep repeating that in the endgame, in far cry 3, you got on a car while being chased by hundreds of enemies and then escpae with a helicopter with your brother. really big difference.
Farcry Primal ad showed before this vidso😂
@au25 No. He said he never shot anyone before but that does not mean that he never used a gun before.
Should i get fc3 or 2?
Definitely FC3, it's muuuuch better :)
I went to a game store to get both but I only got the 3rd one because thats what was available. At this point is it worth getting the second game?
***** Do you mean 3 or 2? B/c your profile pic if FC3 haha
***** Considering how cheap they are, both! Far Cry 2 is $10 and Far Cry 3 is $20, and that's retail prices so you'd do even better online
Fc3 is 100 times better than fc2 so get Farcry 3
I love this game i have fc3 and 4 but i play this alot
Other people don't. See that's why there should be more options, or even put it in difficulty settings.
Wow... now Far Cry 5
Imho, Far Cry 2 was a lot of fun, but a bitch to play and ultimately very confusing and irritating: E.g. when you run out of meds and happen to be in the middle of the desert, and keep fainting every 20 seconds. Also the controls are clunky and unresponsive at times, but the actual overall game itself makes up for it. Far Cry 3 takes everything that was good with 2 and improves upon it, and makes it fun to play and interesting and engaging.
Far Cry 3 isn't even close to FC2. Everything feels different. There is no buddy companion system and no choice between how you engage in a mission. It also doesn't take place in a desert but a jungle. The vehicles are probably the only similar thing about it as well as the animals.
bob fred I just preferred Far Cry 3, it just seemed a lot more polished.
And I still felt in FC3 you could choose how to do a mission; go in stealthy with the bow and takedowns, all out assault with RPGs and molotovs, or just plain shooting and looting.
I'll admit, parts of FC2 were more interesting, but the scope and character development of FC3 was bigger, and the motivation was better.
FC2 - Go kill an arms dealer.
FC3 - Find your friends and brother, try and get them off the island safely.
***** I never said FC2 was better but just both are very different. All the far cry games take different routes than the previous ones. Sure, in FC3 you can choose to go in stealthy or guns blazing like in FC2 but FC2 gives you the opition of how you complete the mission. In FC3 it's always scripted.
Personally, I like FC3s hostile characters better aka Vaas. Hey was by far the best villain in a video game. Jason and his friends were pretty boring though.
***** I admit some parts of both games were dumb, but I just enjoyed FC3 more. I did like the African setting, it was a nice change of pace from other shooters, but the overall game felt clunky. Revisited FC2 after completing FC3, and I realised that I had no idea how I coped with it as far as I did. It's weird. I loved it at the time, but going back to it now, you can see that Ubisoft (or whoever developed it) really did make the most out of what they had, and refined the game for a wider audience. (After all, isn't that the main thing? Making more people like it, reviving the franchise?)
Excited for FC4, and I hope it's better than both FC2 and FC3. :D
Honestly Farcry 3 is one of the best games I've ever played Farcry 2 however wasn't the best at all but was still good
Indeed. It seems Ubisoft has gotten a bit lazy or whatever. Other thing I'm dearly missing is a "widescreen" option like in Far Cry 2: if checked, the FOV will by default be 80 or so and the weapon viewmodel (the way you are holding it) will seem smaller/further away and you'll see more of the weapon on your screen.
Lol now Far Cry 6 got announced in video u said people might forget far cry over crysis u were damn wrong
2020 playing far cry 2.
What i like of this game is how realistic is, on high difficult taking just a roadblock could be deadly, you have to use guerrilla tactics or stealth to make it.I always searched for high positions or cleaning from the distance with the mortar .Africa also is awesome.
Why is this in my recommended far cry 5 just came out😂😂😭
Just got it on Steam sale :D
do you like it, cant beat less than 3 bucks
Josh Ellis Havent had much of a chance yet, waiting till exams are over. But did also manage to get Black Flag for £22 and State of Decay for like £4, plus about £4 for dlc. Love Steam so much!
same here! glad i ditched consoles last year and built my first desktop. i loved far cry 3, just dont know about this as it looks quite different. pc gaming honestly offers so much more, happy with my choice!
Josh Ellis im thinking of building a pc got any tips
zane brown
Graphics card is key. Work around the graphics card you want. For example, I built my system knowing that I would purchase a GTX 780ti in the future, which I did, so I made sure my CPU was good enough not to bottleneck, made sure I had a good trusty power supply that wouldn't explode (no joke I actually had one in the past that set fire to my desk!) and I made sure I had a reliable motherboard.
Start watching Linus tech tips or Newegg, they give very easy to understant tips and tricks.
not to mention the fact that the A.I in far cry 2 reacted differently at night. some of the guards go to sleep.
in far cry 3, you can use the quick travel option to escape gunfights aswell.
and they skip everything the original had to make it a modern fps -_- boring. The ai in f.e.a.r is one of the best even today and that game was more satisfying. It felt better to hit and kill enemies plus they react in realistic ways and it feels so damn good to fire a gun! it's like old games where you can do the same thing over and over but it feels great so you don't care.
F.E.A.R was a boring and ugly piece of shit and had pretty stupid AI
Dylan Masterson how dare you speak ill of F.E.A.R.
Dylan Masterson So AI that shares information with other NPCs in its squad and also attempts to flank the player whilst staying in cover is bad? Not to mention the AI isn't scripted and acts differently every time you play. F.E.A.R has some of the best AI in the FPS genre so I don't know what you were playing.
Odeghy He was play f.e.a.r a piece of shit game.
Enemies in FC2 react in realistic ways. They panic and sometimes run away. If you injure them their buddies call out for a medic and try to drag them to safety. It's a long time since I played FEAR but I don't remember them doing that ?
Games for gold?
Games for gold Farcry 2 is free
I loved Far Cry Instincts, I played so much of that on Xbax with my friends. We would make maps and play versus together and the mutant powers were really cool. I can still remember almost all of the levels from the campaign and a fair amount of the single player ones.
would yall say far cry 2 is the best one of all the far cry series
barzy qasim Colours are what made the atmosphere great! But I'll be honest, after like 21 hours I wanted a change, so I went ahead and I downloaded this mod called SweetFX and it is basically tweaking files a bit to make everything look brighter and more alive. It's small, but it changes the way you see everything. It requires HDR and Bloom to be closed though or it will reflect way too much light and I think it only works on DX9
barzy qasim DX11 is the same as DX10 and DX9 apart from some new features and improvements. Far Cry 2 can only support up to DX10 since it's an old game, but the mod only works with DX9 I think. If you have DX11, you have DX9. You can play every game that uses an older DX version than yours, apart from some 80s games which require a DOS machine or emulator to play.
hell no. far cry 3 is the best in the series
michael mcintyre no far cry 3 and 4 is
Rob Yagenmyer You clearly only like the first two for being classics or just to show off that you were “here” before most people. 3 is said to be the best by most people, and it’s an amazing game regardless, and saying they lost ambition is ridiculous, untrue, and sad
Why is this on my recommendation in 2018?
I think after completing they shouldve added a free roam option and either add a reward for completion, so the option of no more malaria, with a loop of missions(so you can replay them) and they give you more pills, I loved the survival game as having a mercenary point of view, it has constant challenges, which i loved about outposts as there will always be more guards, safe houses and just the rest, far cry 3 has always been my favourite, but if they did add those featurrs far cry 2 would be my preferred game, if we weren't limited by pills for malaria and a option for free roam, so we can unlock all the gear we haven't unlocked yet and collect those diamonds
2019 anyone?😂
What's funny?
Far cry 2 on xbox one/ps4 Dear god please.
its coming
+x piKKatoo x Man I really feel bad for you console folk, needing the game to be compatible with the current gen where PC can play DOOM 1 no problem
Never came
anyone watching this in 2016?memories.
All of them Far Cry veterans bitching about how FC 3 & 4 are terrible games...
Yet, they never pointed out the great parts of the game.
In my opinion, FC 3 is the best out of the series. FC 4 was fine, but so many online issues. Not to mention the amount of glitches it had... Oh wait, those were purely all online.
And the funniest thing is is that my brother is a Far Cry veteran and he thinks FC 2 was the worst out of the series.That is simply hilarious. XD
far cry 2 has a real time map and more healing animations
+Ender Blox (EnderBloxRules) I really hated FC4. It felt like they didn't care about the game and just wanted to grab some easy money. I mean even the animations were recycled how lazy is that?? It did upgrade from the last fc3 but it wasn't enough to call it a good game imo. Far cry 2 upgraded a lot over fc1 and so fc3 over 2 but Far cry 4 didn't feel enough. Far cry 5 is okay from what I have seen but the lack of guns really puts my hype down.
1) Yeah, I got rid of it, now realizing how recycled it is. Traded it in at GameStop and got Fallout 4. ;)
2) It's not really Far Cry 5. It's like one of those little games they usually make after the release of their bigger ones. Like Blood Dragon. Or the other ones that I can't remember.
Ender Blox Yea I guess you're right. Still not too excited about it :(
Better than Far Cry 3
josef733 hell no
yep better,far cry 3 worst far cry ever :/
When you consider the size of the map/playable area and not not to load between islands. It's pretty incredible.
remember that game, it was boring
but it takes skill
I can't even get through like an hour in it. Soooooooooooooooo boring
+Andy Montanez just shut up
+Andy Montanez Maybe the reason you can't get past the first hour is because you don't have the skill?
Bacon Flavored Derp haha whatever. skill isn't an issue. the game lacks any spark or soul
Far cry 3 story was shit totally ruined the game, this story was far better
Bought the entire series on steams summer sale. 2024
the game its good but it looks colorless