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[Granite26]

So... I read the developers talking about Far Cry 2, and how it's supposed to be this totally awesom next gen, non-linear game with all these under the hood systems that are really cool.

But I just don't get it.  I don't see any interaction other than "Get Mission", "Accomplish Mission" "Get next Mission".

Sure, there are hidden things (oooh shiny) that you get to buy better weapons, but la ti da.

Is there something I'm missing?  Does the 'Buddy History' actually DO anything?

[Sowelu]

I thought that game was all about the graphics, myself?

(Mind you, the graphics are really amazing...)

[Granite26]

yeah, they were.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about

What do you think of the reaction to the game? Compared to most of the big triple-A games that are in the same market category, it seems like there's more of a gap between people who understand what the game's going for and those who don't.

That's kind of like the base layer of the gameplay experience to a certain extent, because in the absence of anything else, that's what the experience is going to default to. Then, subsequent efforts and other iterations of the game's development were about adding these additional layers of experience on top of that.

That sort of thing.  I kinda felt railroaded in the missions.  Every area has a front door (guns blazing) and a back door (sneak around until you fail to oneshot somebody with a single silenced round, and then guns blazing).  Oh, and an optional side mission with no noticable reason to choose between them other than they play slightly different.

I wanted to like it, but it's just... 90% shooting at some guy point blank with a machine gun, watching bullet hit animations until he decides to die, often after several second of fire.  It's like Halo (unloading point blank on their back, watching them turn around, you run out of ammo and they headshot you.  wtf?)...  but the article masterbates itself over the games 'realism'

[Emperor_Jonathan]

I liked Farcry 2, at the start. When I got to the second map it was the same missions over and over, although the missions are great, there is no variety.

[Ampersand]

The game is less realistic than doom. For some reason, shirtless south africans seem to be able to absorb bullets into their chests as if you were firing nerf at them.

Sure it's non-linear, in that you can pick and choose which pre-defined missions to take and when. But the missions are always the same, and no matter who you decide to help out, their guys always try to gun you down regardless.

[Sowelu]

So?  People liked Myst's story too...

[Tormy]

This game sucks imo. Get Crysis Warhead. 

[Okenido]

No get Deus Ex.

[Jreengus]

Nah I say go for the best game ever

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

This game was a disappointment for me for all the reason mentioned above, plus the fact that it had the potential to be so much more.  It was also fairly consolzised, as usual.  I know now not to trust any PC game that isn't PC exclusive on release.  If it's announced for consoles before the PC release it means they were developing it multiplatform all along but were lying about it until then. 

Buddy History does nothing but decide which of your buddies will give you missions, and which of your buddies will save you when you go down.  It also affects part of the ending (which sucks) in a purely cosmetic way.

The only plot choices you can make are which of two places you go to at the end of the first map section, when you kill particular characters near the end of the game, and which path you take in the last ten minutes of gameplay to get to the same exact ending.

[Mephisto]

The game was fun for all of ten minutes. After those ten minutes, everything repeats. Unlocking weapons was a chore. "Go here and wait somewhere in the circular path that the convoy uses. If you fail to blow it up, wait until it circles back around."

Cell phone towers were no better. "Go here, kill this person, and get back here."

This is all sweeping the fact that this is supposedly a sequel under the rug. Seeing as, you know, the only thing similar between the two is that you shoot at anything that moves.

[Ampersand]

That and the first game was actually good.

And forget Crysis too. Equally un-fun unless you impulsively buy Shoot Aliens Volume LXIX

[Servant Corps]

I thought people would love the Jackal, and his evil plan to:

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save innocent childern by selling weapons to allow the evil warlords to kill each other! What an evil plan! That guy must be stopped!

And the plot twist where:

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you end up working for The Jackal.

Anyone? Anyone actually care about the storyline?

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

I thought people would love the Jackal, and his evil plan to:

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save innocent childern by selling weapons to allow the evil warlords to kill each other! What an evil plan! That guy must be stopped!

And the plot twist where:

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you end up working for The Jackal.

Anyone? Anyone actually care about the storyline?

As I said, I hated the ending.  Right when it started to get interesting it suddenly decides to instead get totally retarded.

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Ok, so apparently all my buddies from Mike's Bar survived and escaped even though they all got taken down before me when I almost died trying to save their asses.  Then they decided to continue pretending they were dead and secretly meet up with my new best buddy whose life I'd saved countless times... and then they all somehow get into the final area ahead of me and decided the most rational thing to do was kill me... What?  What about... I dunno, asking me to help them escape alive?  I mean, I've done everything in my power to do that so far, even when there was nothing in it for me, and I'm the most fucking deadly out of all of them...  What possible assheaded logic would lead to the conclusion that the best and only course of action is to try to kill me? 
Michelle: "Alright, here comes Marty, the strongest out of all of us, and the one person who would never betray us.  Get ready!" 
Nasreen: "But-"
Michelle: "No buts, stick to the plan!  We all wait in hiding then you go out there and act confused, then I come out and tell you to kill him and we all walk out ominously and attack!"
Nasreen: "Why the fu-" 
Michelle:  "BECAUSE!!!"

[Cheeetar]

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Ok, so apparently all my buddies from Mike's Bar survived and escaped even though they all got taken down before me when I almost died trying to save their asses.  Then they decided to continue pretending they were dead and secretly meet up with my new best buddy whose life I'd saved countless times... and then they all somehow get into the final area ahead of me and decided the most rational thing to do was kill me... What?  What about... I dunno, asking me to help them escape alive?  I mean, I've done everything in my power to do that so far, even when there was nothing in it for me, and I'm the most fucking deadly out of all of them...  What possible assheaded logic would lead to the conclusion that the best and only course of action is to try to kill me? 
Michelle: "Alright, here comes Marty, the strongest out of all of us, and the one person who would never betray us.  Get ready!" 
Nasreen: "But-"
Michelle: "No buts, stick to the plan!  We all wait in hiding then you go out there and act confused, then I come out and tell you to kill him and we all walk out ominously and attack!"
Nastreen: "Why the fu-" 
Michelle:  "BECAUSE!!!"

Nastreen: Alright...*Grumble grumble grumble*