It’s pretty good :D
I first opened it yesterday expecting the holy grail, but starting the game helped me realize that no game is ever perfect. The game starts you out with the character of your choice, but your character cannot speak. Right there is a downside, I find only some games can get away with it but Far Cry has had character voicovers (although not perfect) for every single one of their games for both the original xbox and the PC. It just felt a little different playing as a character that has no past, no family, and no occupation.
Aside from that though, the graphics and gameplay are awesome. For the PC, even better :D
I’d hate to be this guy :(
Having the freedom to do whatever missions you want is a blessing, the only thing is you have to have the patience to drive all the way from mission to mission (that includes using the bus transit system of course). I felt that the variety of weapons in the game comes in handy when it comes to figuring out your style. I of course kept my Dragunov handy when taking out different targets assigned to me, and then pack an Uzi for those close quarters we always run into.
The AI has a somewhat interesting blend of ’smart’, on the road they are pathetic. For an example, you are in a jeep with a mounted machine gun minding your own business on the road, when suddenly a troop drives towards you in an unarmed car as if they have a death wish to have a hundred bullets inserted into their body. Aside from that though, the enemies are smart enough on foot to have you stumped on a few missions.
The main tactic that far cry tries to teach you is plan your attacks wisely, scout the area and take out snipers first, then blow up any conveniently placed explosives that troops just so happen to stand beside. It’s good fun, and it’s worth playing.
Multiplayer is amazing fun, you have to play it a bunch of times in order to understand how awesome it really is. It’s tense, it’s brutal, it’s competitive. It’s exactly what I like in multiplayer. This is one example of how multiplayer worked out for me. I was playing a ranked Team Deathmatch on Fort, my team was in trouble, the score was 47-48 with 10 seconds left, the other team was winning. All of my team were dead and waiting to respawn, so I ran across the upper balcony dodging sniper fire from up above. I was hit giving me a critical wound to the shoulder, so I hid behind a wall and proceeded to relocate my shoulder. The sniper was running across the upper balcony in order to finish me off. After I popped my shoulder back in place I turned around and blindly fired my grenade launcher (1 second left), the sniper was killed and so was one of his teammates that walked into the blast radius at the wrong time. Game over, my team one by 1 point. 49-48.
I might even go over the map editor in my later posts, but overall I would reccomend this game for people who like exploration, action, and first person immersion. Frankly I find myself playing more Gears of War 2 than far cry for now, but I’m sure I’ll come back to it any day now…
I’m going to go on, pretending that I have not been slacking, as you’ve probably already heard my excuses for being inactive already.
