I must say, I am in a slight state of heaven right now. Having just moved in to the new house, chilling to some Bob Marley music and knowing that I don't have to work again until Saturday afternoon, life seems pretty sweet.
But there is a spanner in the works, something putting a sour taste in my mouth, and that bastard's name is Far Cry 2.
I loved the premise of the first Far Cry game, and loved it up until you encounter the trigens. I suppose, for the game to advance, it needed something more than going around killing the same level guards over and over, but they could have thought of something better than these pretty pathetic game. It was a shame, I really wanted to love Far Cry, I had anticipated it being one of those games that would live forever in gaming history. Maybe it will, but for the wrong reasons.
When I heard Far Cry 2 was coming out, I was a little excited as I was anticipating a remake of the first one, but with all the niggles either removed or developed into something interesting. I should have cottoned on that this wasn't going to be the best game I'd ever played when the developers advertised the fact that Far Cry 2 had the most realistic fire ever seen in a video game. I'm not shitting you, if you saw the adverts at the time, this almost seemed to be the key point of advertising. Clearly the devs realised halfway through production what a terrible game this was, and thought "Hmm, this is actually a pretty terrible game...what could we do to make it better?" "Hey Steve, you hear Dave got fired?" "FIRE! THAT'S IT!"
Seriously, how fucking retarded are some people that they believe that realistic fire is a selling point. Even now, the Far Cry 2 Amazon page is advertising the realistic fire, I DON'T CARE!
Unfortunately, I hadn't cottoned on at this stage that this advertising was an attempt at compensating for a poor game. So, I picked up a copy, on release, for £40...I know, I know, egg all over my face.
At first, I thought it was just taking me a while to get into it, but soon I realised how drab and repetitive it is. And the fire wasn't really that impressive. Woo, the fire spreads through the more flammable areas, big freaking deal. There was another thing that got to me. The patrols of the guards did not feel remotely natural. The guards patrol vehicles would show up at pretty much every moment you didn't want them to, for example, when you're low on ammo or about to reach your mission marker. They would show up out of nowhere and deplete your ammo, or kill you because you've already had your ammo depleted. This game is just so fucking frusutrating!
Maybe, they will make a Far Cry 3, which will combine the best elements of the first two (the only element I did enjoy from the second one was the graphics, but they really aren't the most important aspect of a game to me), but I won't hold my breath, and neither should you. I don't want to be held responsible for mass suicide by suffocation.
Until next time, stay safe
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