Far Cry 2 - Please tell me this game gets better soon...

[MiracleOfSound]

There is a Quick save Op. F5 or F6. Doesn't anyone read manuals!? Or aren't you playing it on PC?
I didn't see anything wrong with Farcry 2. I got Heavily immersed into it. Like when you sprint and after a while you get tired and stuff gets blurry, I was actually blinking in real life.

Playing on 360. You have to drive to a safehouse or gun shop every 5 minutes as there is no autosave or checkpoint system. I am well capable of reading a manual, thank you very much!

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This has cemented my belief that I am the only person in the world who likes Far Cry 2.

To me, the game is what you make of it. If you don't expect too much, experiment and dick about, then if you're like me you will have fun. If you accept it for what it is - a sandbox with story added for the hell of it - then its actually a really fun game.

If you expect it to be rich in story, side quests, unlocks and all that stuff, then you will be disappointed. Personally I loved feeling like nasty merc chappie, playing both sides of the factions, exploring the different areas and finding weird and wonderful ways to kill stuff.

But if you don't like it now, chances are the rest of the game wont make you change your tune.

I'm happy to report to you then that I finally went back to it and forced myself to play it, and I am enjoying it a lot more.

Once you unlock the grenade launcher and some decent assault rifles the game becomes a lot more fun, and much easier, as long as you keep going to the gunshops and stocking up between weapons.

I'm 5 missions from the end now and still having fun, though the respawning guard posts are still driving me insane.

Wow, this is a blast from the past. So glad to hear you've stuck at it and realised how fun it is, despite its flaws

And I agree about the weapon unlocks. The beginning weapons are very mundane, but once you get to roll the big guns out, stuff can get really quite interesting. As you said, grenade launcher abuse is just too much fun to be allowed. I also have a soft spot for the dart rifle though, which is kinda the opposite end of the spectrum

Yeah I haven't tried thatone yet as I love my carl G too much... I am basically a demented explosives addict in Far Cry 2, I go around with the Massive automatic grenade launcher which is so overpowered it's almost broken (deteriorates mighty quick though), the Uzi or mini grenade launcher and the Carl G rocket launcher.

God bless any game that lets you carry 3 different explosive weapons...

 

[Wadders]

Yeah I haven't tried thatone yet as I love my carl G too much... I am basically a demented explosives addict in Far Cry 2, I go around with the Massive automatic grenade launcher which is so overpowered it's almost broken (deteriorates mighty quick though), the Uzi or mini grenade launcher and the Carl G rocket launcher.

God bless any game that lets you carry 3 different explosive weapons...

Haha, Amen to that. The Carl G is just pure undiluted awesome. I remember the first time I used it I almost nerdgasmed. I was kneeling down in long grass, and as I fired it the back blast scorched away the grass behind me and started a little fire. I think that was the moment at which I truly fell in love with FC2

I haven't yet figured the mortar out though. It's such a fucking cool idea, but I have no idea how to operate it. All I've hit with it is my own jeep, some innocent trees, and a hut about half a mile away from the camp I was actually aiming at... :S

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

I much prefer the first Far Cry games with Jack Carver and you get those feral abilities, pretty fucking sweet

 

[TheBarefootBandit]

Well to be honest it doesnt get much better than that, there is some fun to be had. Its just not enough. Sounds like youre just not enjoying this game at all. No sense in just playing through something you arent enjoying, i say stop and take it back.

Listen to this mans logic.

 

[Xtr3me_O]

I have completed this game and some points of it are very fun. However the complaints you have listed to continue throughout the game and especially the saving becomes very annoying at a later part in the game.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Yeah I haven't tried thatone yet as I love my carl G too much... I am basically a demented explosives addict in Far Cry 2, I go around with the Massive automatic grenade launcher which is so overpowered it's almost broken (deteriorates mighty quick though), the Uzi or mini grenade launcher and the Carl G rocket launcher.

God bless any game that lets you carry 3 different explosive weapons...

Haha, Amen to that. The Carl G is just pure undiluted awesome. I remember the first time I used it I almost nerdgasmed. I was kneeling down in long grass, and as I fired it the back blast scorched away the grass behind me and started a little fire. I think that was the moment at which I truly fell in love with FC2

I haven't yet figured the mortar out though. It's such a fucking cool idea, but I have no idea how to operate it. All I've hit with it is my own jeep, some innocent trees, and a hut about half a mile away from the camp I was actually aiming at... :S

Those little touches sweeten the immersion, same happened me I was like 'what the hell is burning me?', then when I realised what had happened I was very impressed!

It's very handy for taking out snipers too... I had a very fun moment where a sniper was pissing me off for ages until I fired a long range missile into his wooden tower, blowing it and him to pieces. I actually said 'snipe THAT!' out loud... which is a sure sign of being right in the game

The mortar is too wierd for me. And when the AI use it it is totally unfair... remember that awful mission defending the barge?

 

[Anarchy In Detroit]

No, in fact the guards get worse. Jeeps full of assholes becomes jeeps full of assholes with an automatic grenade launcher mounted on the back. Yeah, woo boy, fun stuff. Boats are annoying. Every other form of transportation is a joke.

Fast travel would be nice. Gun shops near bus stations would have a been a no brainer solution. I hate weapon degradation in ANY game. It was stupid in Elder Scrolls, it was stupid in Fallout 3, it's stupid here. Wow my gun jammed! Just like real life! And when your gun jams and you die you can go back to your save point that might be back across the map. Who the fuck does save points anymore? That stuff is archaic. Stealth? Forget it. You shoot one or two guy tops with a silencer then have to pull out the big guns anyways. I hate how guards always fidget a couple steps when you're trying to shoot them.

The fire stuff was nice. Explosions were good. Shooting was tight. It could have been great but was merely good. Annoying but good.

 

[Ben7]

If it had a quick travel system it would be a hell of alot better.