- Platform: Windows Vista / XP
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Far Cry 2 by Ubisoft is the anticipated sequel to the award-winning original that brings players into the beautiful and hostile world of Africa. Far Cry 2 for Windows Vista/XP features open-ended gameplay that allows you to play the game whichever way you choose, with the choices you make affecting where the game leads you.
Outstanding Graphics
Ubisoft developed the Dunia Engine specifically for Far Cry 2. Among other things, the Dunia Engine delivers realistic, interactive environments, special effects, real-time night-and-day cycles, and smart enemy AI.
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Ubisoft developed the Dunia Engine specifically for Far Cry 2. Among other things, the Dunia Engine delivers realistic, interactive environments, special effects, real-time night-and-day cycles, and smart enemy AI.
Expansive, Realistic Environment
Far Cry 2 is set in a fictional region of Africa where you are caught between two rival factions at war. The Ubisoft team spent a lot of time filming and photographing in Africa to get all the details of the landscape and native wildlife. The result is a huge gameplay area that is 50 square kilometers, taking players into and out of the jungle and savannah. Wild animals such as zebras, buffalo, gazelle are encountered during the game, with both players and enemies allowed to interact with them.
Far Cry 2 features an incredible level of detail and realism, with a minimal in-game interface to detract from immersion. For example, players will need to navigate the world using an in-game map and navigation system, weapons will disintegrate over time, and fires will spread and propagate.
Each of the actions a player takes is reflected in the environment and changes the content of the game. To fulfill your mission, you need to play the enemies against each other, using both strategy and skill.
Huge Range of Weapons and Vehicles
Far Cry 2 offers gamers a wide range of weapons, from a machete for hand-to-hand combat, to a sniper rifle that can stealthily pluck off enemies from afar. As weapons disintegrate over time, they might jam or even explode in your hand.
There are also a large range of vehicles such as gliders, trucks, cars, and boats that will let you fly, drive, slide, and hover over the open landscapes.
Multiplayer Options for up to 16 Players
Far Cry 2 supports up to 16 players and has four gameplay modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Diamond, and Uprising. Players can choose from six different classes in multiplayer, each with its own set of pros and cons. Just as in the single-player mode, multiplayer games will feature dynamic elements, making each session unique.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz, Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better | Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better |
| Memory | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard Drive Space | 12 GB of free space | |
| Graphics Hardware | NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better; must support Pixel Shader 3.0 | Nidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better |
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Far Cry 2 [DVD-ROM] [Windows Vista | Windows XP] For the Windows Vista
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Spudgun
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I thought I would take the time to play Far Cry 2 before reviewing it. What a concept. The game has, so far, performed flawlessly on my computer without any glitches or bugs at all. Any problems were caused by my own impatience as the game requires that NPC's finish their dialogue before the player can take any action. Sometimes this requires standing still for a while to make sure the NPC has completely said his piece. The play takes place in a vast African landscape in which the player is free to roam and wreak havoc as desired. The game world is so big that it has a bus service if you want to get someplace fast without having to fight your way through a dozen roadblocks. What am I saying, this game is about blasting through dozens of roadblocks in as many different ways as your imagination can come up with. Especially enjoyable are setting grass fires that burn through roadblocks without you having to fire a shot. Just watch the wind or the fire may come back on you. Best part is that after a while the bad boys return and occupy cleared checkpoints again. Your work is never done.
The assortment of vehicles is much more varied than Far Cry 1 and are easier to control. They can also be repaired by the player when damaged, so it isn't necessary to abandon a smoking jeep, although new ones are so plentifully strewn about the landscape that little walking is required. Skulking through the bushes to the perfect sniper vantage point is really all the walking you'll have to do.
The missions can be played when the player chooses or not at all. The incentive to complete the missions is the pay with which the player can purchase weapons and upgrades. The pay is in rough diamonds which can also be found hidden around the game territory, so better weapons can be purchased without taking on the missions. I think the game is better than Far Cry 1 in every way, while being true to the concepts introduced in that game, and more than makes up for the huge disappointment that Crysis turned out to be. The addition of 'buddies' who turn up and haul your bullet riddled body out of a firefight just as your health runs out was a brilliant new idea. If you expect them to be there during the crunch you have to cultivate the friendship and not let them down when they need help.
I downloaded the game from Steam so did not have to deal with the copy protection software issue, not that I care about it anyway. If the game is good I buy it, and Far Cry 2 is a very good game, especially if you like to see things blow up real good and really, who doesn't?. One last thing; try not to run over the zebras.
The assortment of vehicles is much more varied than Far Cry 1 and are easier to control. They can also be repaired by the player when damaged, so it isn't necessary to abandon a smoking jeep, although new ones are so plentifully strewn about the landscape that little walking is required. Skulking through the bushes to the perfect sniper vantage point is really all the walking you'll have to do.
The missions can be played when the player chooses or not at all. The incentive to complete the missions is the pay with which the player can purchase weapons and upgrades. The pay is in rough diamonds which can also be found hidden around the game territory, so better weapons can be purchased without taking on the missions. I think the game is better than Far Cry 1 in every way, while being true to the concepts introduced in that game, and more than makes up for the huge disappointment that Crysis turned out to be. The addition of 'buddies' who turn up and haul your bullet riddled body out of a firefight just as your health runs out was a brilliant new idea. If you expect them to be there during the crunch you have to cultivate the friendship and not let them down when they need help.
I downloaded the game from Steam so did not have to deal with the copy protection software issue, not that I care about it anyway. If the game is good I buy it, and Far Cry 2 is a very good game, especially if you like to see things blow up real good and really, who doesn't?. One last thing; try not to run over the zebras.
Fun:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Recently UBISOFT had to settle a huge class-action suit brought against the company for bundling (the notoriously harmful) StarFORCE DRM with its released games. So what the geniuses at the helm do next? They decide to make the same mistake yet again - by choosing the same DRM scheme that made BIOSHOCK, MASS EFFECT and SPORE infamous: SecuROM 7.xx with LIMITED ACTIVATIONS!
MASS EFFECT can be found in clearance bins only months after its release; SPORE not only undersold miserably but also made history as the boiling point of gamers lashing back, fed up with idiotic DRM schemes. And the clueless MBAs that run an art-form as any other commodity business decided that, "hey, why not jump into THAT mud-pond ourselves?"
The original FAR CRY was such a GREAT game that any sequel of it would have to fight an uphill battle to begin with (especially without its original developing team). Now imagine shooting this sequel on the foot with a well known, much hated and totally useless DRM scheme that turns it into another Rent-A-Game no one wants. Were I a UBISOFT stock-holder I would be ordering my broker to "Sell-Sell!-SELL!!" instead of posting this...
Ever since its 7.xx version, SecuROM has NOTHING to do with "fighting piracy". All it does in this direction (blocking certain optical and virtual drives) is a very old, lame and already bypassed attempt that serves as a thin smoke-screen. SecuROM is, in fact, an intruding and silent Data-Miner and Root-Hijacker that is delivered by means of popular games.
That is why even the STEAM versions as well as the (free) Demos of such games are infected with it. SecuROM will borrow deep into our PC systems and will refuse to be removed completely even after uninstalling the game it came with. It will retain backdoor access and will keep reporting to its mothership.
Lately, these security concerns have been accentuated as known Trojans seem to be exploiting SecuROM's backdoor access for their own purposes. In effect, installing a SecuROM-infected game in our computer will be placing your hardware and data at risk long after having uninstalled the game.
And the latest vehicle to deliver this hazardous snoopware is FAR CRY 2 - a game crippled by LIMITED INSTALLATIONS! No, thanks. I think I 'll pass this one too.
The only people who do not care about SecuROM are, in fact,...pirates! Because cracking games "protected" by this contraption apparently is very easy. Every single game that was supposedly "protected" by SecuROM was cracked hours withing its release!
To everyone else though, SecuROM (or StarFORCE or any other hazardous DRM scheme) is a core issue that needs to be resolved before PC gaming can evolve any further. And the best way to resolve such issues is market correction.
That is why it is important for gamers to keep voting with their wallets. And as with any vote, well informed decisions are paramount in making the right choice.
MASS EFFECT can be found in clearance bins only months after its release; SPORE not only undersold miserably but also made history as the boiling point of gamers lashing back, fed up with idiotic DRM schemes. And the clueless MBAs that run an art-form as any other commodity business decided that, "hey, why not jump into THAT mud-pond ourselves?"
The original FAR CRY was such a GREAT game that any sequel of it would have to fight an uphill battle to begin with (especially without its original developing team). Now imagine shooting this sequel on the foot with a well known, much hated and totally useless DRM scheme that turns it into another Rent-A-Game no one wants. Were I a UBISOFT stock-holder I would be ordering my broker to "Sell-Sell!-SELL!!" instead of posting this...
Ever since its 7.xx version, SecuROM has NOTHING to do with "fighting piracy". All it does in this direction (blocking certain optical and virtual drives) is a very old, lame and already bypassed attempt that serves as a thin smoke-screen. SecuROM is, in fact, an intruding and silent Data-Miner and Root-Hijacker that is delivered by means of popular games.
That is why even the STEAM versions as well as the (free) Demos of such games are infected with it. SecuROM will borrow deep into our PC systems and will refuse to be removed completely even after uninstalling the game it came with. It will retain backdoor access and will keep reporting to its mothership.
Lately, these security concerns have been accentuated as known Trojans seem to be exploiting SecuROM's backdoor access for their own purposes. In effect, installing a SecuROM-infected game in our computer will be placing your hardware and data at risk long after having uninstalled the game.
And the latest vehicle to deliver this hazardous snoopware is FAR CRY 2 - a game crippled by LIMITED INSTALLATIONS! No, thanks. I think I 'll pass this one too.
The only people who do not care about SecuROM are, in fact,...pirates! Because cracking games "protected" by this contraption apparently is very easy. Every single game that was supposedly "protected" by SecuROM was cracked hours withing its release!
To everyone else though, SecuROM (or StarFORCE or any other hazardous DRM scheme) is a core issue that needs to be resolved before PC gaming can evolve any further. And the best way to resolve such issues is market correction.
That is why it is important for gamers to keep voting with their wallets. And as with any vote, well informed decisions are paramount in making the right choice.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Tora
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Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable game, you first start and it is a linear tutorial, but very soon opens up into a vast african landscape with many different land types.
Enemies are very smart, which makes for an interesting play. Many different types of weaponry that you can purchase and upgrade, as well as other equipment upgrades. Day & Night playable, amazing graphics.
Playtime of 10 hrs JUST on the main campaign storyline, all side quest included you could probably rack up an easy 30-40 hours of play time.
Overall, a great buy, hours of fun.
Enemies are very smart, which makes for an interesting play. Many different types of weaponry that you can purchase and upgrade, as well as other equipment upgrades. Day & Night playable, amazing graphics.
Playtime of 10 hrs JUST on the main campaign storyline, all side quest included you could probably rack up an easy 30-40 hours of play time.
Overall, a great buy, hours of fun.
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