Platforms
- PCOct 21, 20087.9playscore8.87 Critics7.412.9K Players
- PlayStation 3Oct 21, 20088.1playscore8.57 Critics8.16.59K Players
- Xbox 360Oct 21, 20088.2playscore8.310 Critics8.434.1K Players
15 critic reviews · 23 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Far Cry 2 is a great game that does everything a first-person shooter should. It has a great presentation, good shooting mechanics, decent AI, a long single player experience, impactful choices, an enormous multiplayer component, and some of the more memorable injury scenes ever witnessed in a videogame. The pitfalls come with the redundancy of some missions, the sparsely populated world, and awkward saving system that can often throw players miles away from objectives with nothing but a long, pointless drive to look forward to.
Brad Nicholson · Nov 03, 2008 Reviewed on X360Read full review - Besides, the dense, lengthy single-player experience is the real focus here and is worth the price of admission alone. You can easily spend 20 or more hours solely on the story, notwithstanding all the side missions available from weapons vendors, buddies, cell towers, and so on. There's a lot to do in Far Cry 2, and if you can get a good handle on the quirks of the almost constant combat scenarios you'll run into, the weapons variety, stunning visuals, and originality of the story and setting make for a well-rounded and satisfying shooter.
Brad Shoemaker · Nov 03, 2008 Reviewed on X360Read full review - Far Cry 2 is a ruggedly good-looking game with an ambitious design and a cutthroat feel. The action is high-quality, free-roaming stuff, and the game earns major points for its smart way of dealing with getting shot up, patched up, and bailed out. The story does keep you on a leash and your objectives tend to repeat without too much variation, but if you enjoy this line of work, Far Cry 2's dangerous African landscape is a great place to be a merc
Game Trailers · Oct 31, 2008 Reviewed on PC, PS3, X360 - Obviously if you're a shooter fan you should buy this game. A simple glance at the score should confirm in your mind, if there was ever any doubt, that Far Cry 2 is nothing but brilliant. But we're already looking to the future. Our minds are already spinning at what Ubisoft Montreal might come up with for the inevitable Far Cry 3. Just like your options when it comes to tackling a mission, the possibilities are endless.
Wesley Yin-Poole · Oct 21, 2008 Reviewed on PC, PS3, X360Read full review - Overall, Far Cry 2 is a game in which you can quite literally get lost for hours at a time. But that feeling of exploration is precisely what makes the game so much fun; your creativity never feels stifled when approaching a mission, and the game's overall structure of side tasks, friends, rewards, and upgrades is a diverse ecosystem rivaling the landscape itself.
Shaun McInnis · Oct 21, 2008 Reviewed on PC, PS3, X360Read full review - After playing Far Cry 2, I'm simply unable to go back to straight and simple first-person shooters
Tim Edwards · Oct 21, 2008 Reviewed on PC - Ubisoft Montreal has done some great things with Far Cry 2; the product of putting a gigantic development staff and what must have been a gargantuan budget behind developing a new kind of first-person shooter on a new engine. The formula still needs work in terms of enemy AI, quest structure, and giving the player more to do to fill in all that open space, but as it is, it's still a standout achievement.
Charles Onyett · Oct 21, 2008 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Ubisoft just falls short with this unique title. Although it has an excellent concept, environment and top-notch visuals, the main gameplay elements could use some work. In all honesty, realism has greatly hindered Far Cry 2. Added extras like gun jamming and malaria are never the less realistic, but they make the game more frustrating and less enjoyable. Obviously Ubisoft have put a lot of their time and resources into creating realistic effects, and although they may be technically impressive, they hinder how much fun this game actually is, and at the end of the day that’s what it’s all about.
VGChartz Staff · Aug 08, 2009 Reviewed onRead full review - For all our gripes about Far Cry 2's shortcomings, we can't help but applaud the rich vein of innovation that runs through so much of the game. Unfortunately, it's these failings that defined our experience of the game, though for anyone keen to sample a shooter that dares step into the leftfield we recommend endeavouring to get to the heart of what feels like an uncut diamond, rough-shorn but not bereft of value.
Martin Robinson · Oct 21, 2008 Reviewed on X360Read full review - Far Cry 2 is unforgettable rather than perfect, then; brilliant, frustrating, sombre and comical, it offers freedom within extremely curtailed limits, and strives to treat its players like adults. In the end it remains, true to its source material, a game that was born to struggle with itself.
Christian Donlan · Oct 21, 2008 Reviewed on X360Read full review
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
Far Cry® 2 is a true open-world FPS where every decision you make affects the outcome of the game. The first sequel to the award-winning franchise takes you to one of the most beautiful and hostile environments in the world - AFRICA. You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords. Your mission is to hunt down and kill The Jackal. This evil arms dealer has been perpetuating this conflict for years, wreaking havoc on the land an all of its innocent people. Run, swim, drive, fly, shoot, fight and smash your way through over 50km² of open world. Beware though, sometimes the hunter can become the hunted.
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal