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Farcry 2: Meh
PenKaizen \| 4:10 PM on 01.04.2009	16 comments

People slated Mirrors Edge because of its hard gameplay and combat
system yet Farcry 2 is rated very highly among reviewers and gamers.
Why?

Farcry 2 is the most annoying game I've played of this generation, list
will be provided.

*Health Bar depletes rapidly
*You have hardly any ammo
*Enemies appear to have eyes in the back of their heads
*Cars die too quickly
*Check points everywhere
*Hidden enemies popping your head off from 100 metres away with a
shotgun, and you can't see where they are.
*Bad voice actors
*Missions send you on a car journey that lasts 10 minutes

And they all congeal together to make many frustrating experiences.

EG, You go through a check point, they come after you in a truck, car
gets 2 shots in the back of it and then the bonnet starts steaming (Doesn't really
make sense),
you get out of the car and then 5 people lamp you in the face with bullets.
And even if you escape, if you haven't cleaned all of their clocks they come
running after you shooting you in the back but then you turn around to shoot
them you either:

A) You have no ammo
B) You cant see them anywhere

And you get pwned again.

The problem is that I really want to like this game because it seems to
have the right idea going for it, I don't know maybe I need to slog on through
to get a better experience.

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16 comments | showing # 1 to 16

Roshey

I agree with you for the most part... However I never had too many problems with cars, just get out and fix. Same with Ammo, if your not a crap shot it's easy to conserve ammo or pick up a enemies weapon after you dealt with them.

wardrox

It's a game where you are ment to take your time. I find going on a mission is fun because getting there is half the level. Which rout do I take? Can I go cross country, what if there are checkpoints etc.

It's not boring or frustrating. It's designed for you to really take your time, instead of just running and gunning.

It's also a 30 hour game, I'm 16% though and it's taken me 8 hours. I found it took a couple to get used to the pace, but when I did, the game really opened up. Try doing more of the missions for the arms dealer and unlock new weapons. I found that made a big difference. Or try the online, it's pretty solid once you work out what's going on.

ShoveTheJayOhBee

Remember games like Turok dinosaur hunter when enemies would literally fall from the sky and charge you? lol...

covah

Yeah I sort of agree. Basically I'm going to say that the game was TOO ambitious.

Dr l0cke

It was a open-ended FPS, not RPG. The whole point is to shoot as many people as you can. If you just teleported to the next "level", you would miss out on combat. As for ammo, I never had that problem.

Qraze

take your time and think out the outcome. i know it may be too much to grasp but that's life.

Eschatos

The game can be fun, but you have to make the fun for yourself. It's not a good game. Very disappointing.

Wedge

I thought the game was too easy actually, just roll up with a jeep and hop in the gunner slot and kill everyone worked most of the time. It was total shit either way though. I've no idea why it got such high ratings from "official" reviews either. It was a mediocre game with a few interesting ideas that largely failed in execution. A lot of people that don't get paid to write reviews thought so as well.

bovine

I really like it because it plays so differently than most shooters. It's not all about running and gunning, it's more of a first person adventure game. Try doing things differently, like taking a boat, driving off of the road and around the checkpoints, using a sniper rifle and picking most of the enemies off from a distance (doesn't work so well in the south of the country though). I really liked this game because it was so different. I just wish you could keep playing after you beat it to go back and get all the safehouses or the other achievements. I'm sorry you aren't liking it since I think that it is the most surprisingly good game of the year (surprising in that it was very overlooked)

Rhyno

I don't know. I have had great fun with it. The enemies do seem to be able to see you too well, but it adds to the strategy needed in the game which I feel has made it so fun for me. I haven't had any ammo troubles. I seem to find it everywhere. I love scouting ahead, planning my moves, and then carrying out my strategy.

Clockwork

It's okay. I'm not far at all and I'm finding it difficult to go back to it. It's annoying that everyone you see just shoots at you. I mean come on, yeah you're a mercenary, but EVERYONE hates you?

hcore

Not Halo 3.

Batthink

I actually enjoyed the game, PenKaizen, in spite of its flaws. Yes, there are bugs; yes, the weapons rust too quickly; yes, the cars don't seem to go faster than the opposition's; but I liked it.

I liked running over mercs at guard posts with vehicles, but I had to change the tactics after I ended up getting stuck in the middle of a fire-fight when I hung around to knock down more. Doing as many sub-missions on the fly before heading off to the main ones was helpful as well as fun, as I got better weapons which take longer to start jamming.

Trunners

Great game with some massive flaws. Some of my best gaming moments of the year have come from this game as have some of my worst. The main problem, clearly, is the respawning checkpoints. Who allowed the game to go out like that? why they cant patch it so they don't repopulate for a few in-game days is beyond me and that would instantly improve the game for most people in an instant.

But the moments were you're crawling through the undergrowth with your sniper rifle locked on to your prey, waiting for the best chance possible to kill them, or when you take a boat around the back of a camp before springing them with a shotgun, or when you explode a box of ammunition taking about 7 people out all more than make up for the design errors in the game.

I'd seriously take this over a COD:WAW any day, at least as far as single player goes.

wast3oid

this game is a failure! you are absolutely right.

Velt

Your are right, I wrote something about it, annoying.
The story: bad.
The weapons: I an only have three, I could use a sniper and an assault rifle.

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