Customer Reviews
Pretty... but pretty rubbish - By: Andrew W. M. Perry, 05 Jan 2009 
Doing the shopping is boring. You getin the car, drive to Tesco, do your shopping, queue at the till for twenty minutes, get backin your car & drive home.
Well, Far Cry 2 is exactly the same, except the other shoppers have guns & the till is made of petrol.
It manages to make everything a chore. The long drives are dull - but don't worry, because every blasted other personin the world wants to kill you to death. So you drive for twenty seconds, get shot upin a gunfight against the dumbest enemies I've seen since Quake, drive for twenty seconds... lather, rinse, repeat.
There just is no variationin the missions. There's no benefit to siding with one faction over the other; "Oh, & this is a secret mission," the bosses say before every mission, "our guys will try to kill you too." Secret missions are fine - but are they secret missions, or could the developers just not be bothered to include proper alignment code?
The graphics are pretty enough, but nowhere near what was promised. The much-vaunted fire physics are simplistic and, once you get over the "oooh", not very realistic. And how many bush fires die out after twenty seconds?
Then there's the story. "Adaptive storyline," they said - but it's just one linear story with a few names shuffled about. There are no substantive changes, & the "dramatic climax" is really just a simple choice between two very similar fates.
Allin all, a remarkable waste of potential. A massive disappointment.
And oh yeah, it has Securom. That makes everything all right, eh?
Good graphics, good game play (shame on the DRM) - By: Norwatt, 05 Jan 2009 
I have been playing Far Cry 2 now for a week or so & it has to be the most enjoyable game I have playedin ages. Graphics are extremely good, & the game play is really good fun. I agree with other reviers that the DRM is a shame & I must admit to thinking twice before purchasing (personally I believe all forms of DRM should be stopped as it discourages people who legitmately purchases music / games & has no effect on those that pirate). But, the game is superb. I have had no issues with the DRM. My advice is that if you are thinking of buying it, do.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!! - By: Mr. Graham Boden, 04 Jan 2009 I absolutley love this game, the vast open spaces that stretch & stretch & stretch. the graphics i think ubisoft has sone the best job for. they have low, medium, high, higher & ultra high something for everyones computer i think.
First of all lets start with the campaign. When you start the game you get too choose your characters the ones you don't choose will become buddysin game that will help you with your primary missions & you can help them with secret missions. After you choose your character you will have to have a drive around northern africe which i found really good at first but yoou can't skip it! Also when you start you have malaria which i actually find irritating because you have to go miles & miles to get 3 tabletsin a container! They last about an hourin real time not enough!.
Campaign rating-****
Multiplayer now- Theres really no pointin getting this game if your not going to use multiplayer. I must admit that there needs to be some things sorted out with it but forget about that. Multiplayer on this is the best multiplayer ever, its a combination of COD4(amazingness) & Crysis(beauty). You get action xp & winning xp(if you win). every rank you get earns you a diamond which you can upgrade your classes with.
Multiplayer rating-****(when they have sorted multiplayer out i'll put it to 5 stars.
Should have called it Vice city Africa - By: D. E. Walker, 31 Dec 2008 
You go get a mission, you drive around killing everyonein sight, kill the target & get paidin diamonds, really very BORING! And not very challenging. Everyone will shoot at youin this game, & I mean everyone.
The graphics are great & the explosions are as real as they come.
The one thingin its favour, its a massive game, its just to repetitive.
The makers should never been aloud to call it Farcry, it is nothing like the original.
Another bad point against it, ( DRM ), need I say more.
My advice, don't buy until its very cheap, or get somebody to buy it for you, then you won't feel like you have been ripped off.
Limited activations totally unacceptable business practice. - By: Robin Chaddock, 31 Dec 2008 I bought this game unaware that it has limited activations.
Having upgraded my machine so as to run this game at an acceptable framerate, I have now discovered this activation limit.
I will never again be purchasing a product with Securom of any kind, from any publisher. If it has Securom & I want to play it, I will pirate it - plain & simple.
So much for piracy killing the pc games industry.... it's going to be copy protection that kills the pc games industry - idiot publishers.
