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In association with XFX, today we will be taking a look at Far Cry 2, early contender for game of the year which XFX are now bundling with select products from their 9 series of graphics cards.

Far Cry: game of the year 2004. Topping that is going to take some effort, especially as the developing rights are no longer with Crytek. Ubisoft Montreal now hold the reins to the Far Cry franchise and this is the first in what is most likely a long running series. Notice I said series and not sequel? Far Cry 2 breaks all of its links to its predecessors. Gone are the Hawaiian shirts, genetically altered soldiers and the picturesque paradise of yesteryear; Far Cry 2 is a different fish altogether.
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[Mr cairo]

Game of the Year ???? not for me Far Cry 2 has been the biggest dissapointment of the year it just has nothing to do with Far cry This was named FC2 for the sales it would generate plain and simple

Imagine if they had released STALKER but in a marketing idea called it Half Life 3 ...... cause thats what they did with FC2 just took a game and traded on an established name ?

[Stop It]

Originally Posted by Mr cairo

Game of the Year ???? not for me Far Cry 2 has been the biggest dissapointment of the year it just has nothing to do with Far cry This was named FC2 for the sales it would generate plain and simple

Imagine if they had released STALKER but in a marketing idea called it Half Life 3 ...... cause thats what they did with FC2 just took a game and traded on an established name ?

I'm sorry you feel that way but to be perfectly honest this was clear to many from the start.

Far Cry, as a game done a lot right, but quite a bit wrong (The main character and the story sucked), the people who made it knew this while creating its spiritual sequel, Crysis, which kept the same art style and gameplay style but changing the story to be more contemporary.

As for Far Cry 2, Ubisoft, for better or worse, kept the Far Cry IP after Crytek (Makers of Far Cry and Crysis) moved to EA for publishing. Far Cry 2 by any other name would have stood up just as well, but instead we have this situation where less informed gamers have expected Far Cry 2 to be a continuation of the Far Cry story.

[Zardon]

While this is true to a point. I think a lot of gamers maybe expected a FPS rather than a STALKER style RPG FPS (even with the change of development team).

I am one of the people who also much prefer the original game. Then again I think Farcry was better than both Crysis games also.

[Stop It]

Originally Posted by Zardon

While this is true to a point. I think a lot of gamers maybe expected a FPS rather than a STALKER style RPG FPS (even with the change of development team).

I am one of the people who also much prefer the original game. Then again I think Farcry was better than both Crysis games also.

I do agree with that point, Far Cry 2 is quite the departure from the original Far Cry, but in my view it benefits from this as a game, if not in the marketing/honesty stakes.

Crysis, which should be seen as Far Cry 2, in my view, sucked, if Far Cry 2 stuck to the same style as Far Cry it would have sucked too, after all Far Cry, while fun for a few levels, became completely uninteresting the longer it went on.

As I stated before though, i would have rather had Ubisoft let Crytek keep the Far Cry name, and called this something else, as this game would have stood on its own two feet, rather than being tethered to an IP that wasn't that great to begin with.

[Mr cairo]

Originally Posted by Stop It

I'm sorry you feel that way but to be perfectly honest this was clear to many from the start.

Clear to many but not all , i had only gone so far as to check out a few screenshots as i generally prefer to not be too spoiled for plot and story when i buy a game the only real change i was expecting was a shift from the Tropical Island to the African Jungle all the other elements (barring the hula shirt maybe) that made Far Cry a game I liked I really expected to find in Far Cry 2 the Trigen the labs etc

Originally Posted by Stop It

Far Cry 2 by any other name would have stood up just as well, but instead we have this situation where less informed gamers have expected Far Cry 2 to be a continuation of the Far Cry story.

Well yes why wouldnt we ??

Originally Posted by Stop It

Crysis, which should be seen as Far Cry 2, in my view, sucked, if Far Cry 2 stuck to the same style as Far Cry it would have sucked too, after all Far Cry, while fun for a few levels, became completely uninteresting the longer it went on.

As I stated before though, i would have rather had Ubisoft let Crytek keep the Far Cry name, and called this something else, as this game would have stood on its own two feet, rather than being tethered to an IP that wasn't that great to begin with.

this is where the words "in my opinion" should be used because i totally disagree with you i loved the original far cry and when a sequal has the name Far Cry 2 I dont believe that i should not feel some measure of dissapointed when the sequal actually isnt Far Cry in any shape or form ......... IMHO that is

It doesnt play , look or Feel like Far cry .... at all but it really does play look and feel like a companion to Stalker

[Vikingod]

Personally, I really like the game. I'm probably half way through it, and it's still very fun to me.

I do agree however that it should have used the Far Cry name. While I disagree with cairo in that I think the game "feels" like Far Cry with regards to the control mechanics, weapons, vehicles, etc., there are very few other similarities. In and of itself, I think its a good game if you just need to look beyond the branding.

[IEMC]

Crysis should have been called Far Cry 2, and Far Cry 2 should have been called Crysis. It only makes all the sense in the world.

[Dark Lord]

as has been said, my only real complaint about the game was that they called it farcry2. it was a fun game, but it had nothing to do with the original FC, and really, it would have done well as its own game.

[sterben]

I think gamers are too lazy to complicate through the different style of the game rather then the genre itself.
Played it myself and it seemed to be pretty awesome, and as for the story continuation, come on guys stop complaining. Who cares about a story in a FPS?

[BlueMak]

Originally Posted by sterben

I think gamers are too lazy to complicate through the different style of the game rather then the genre itself.
Played it myself and it seemed to be pretty awesome, and as for the story continuation, come on guys stop complaining. Who cares about a story in a FPS?

Just because people disagree with you it doesn't make them lazy. The same way you are not a "graphics whore" just because you like this game for a variety of reasons.

[Zardon]

I wish I could say I was "lazy", but I actually picked up Far Cry 2 and played it for around 5 hours. The first hour was good. then it all went downhill for me after that. I know people will say that these games take a long time to get into but if something doesn't grab my attention within a few hours, I move on.

I think people need to realise that everyone has a different opinion on this and Far Cry 2 seems to be very popular. I personally don't enjoy travelling huge distances with very little to do apart from seeing the odd bit of wildlife. Also I can't disagree more with people saying Far Cry was good just for the first few levels. I played that game (on and off) for over a year and the patches helped prolong it with the new added graphics techniques. It was one of my favourite FPS of all time.

Again, as I said, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but Far Cry 2 is a monumental disappointment for me......

[Callandor]

Originally Posted by Zardon

I think people need to realise that everyone has a different opinion on this and Far Cry 2 seems to be very popular. I personally don't enjoy travelling huge distances with very little to do apart from seeing the odd bit of wildlife.

Lol, perhaps fujitsu's virtual safari and farcry 2 have a lot more in common than we had first perceived.



I just loved the profs antics in that game, lol.