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Posted on: Feb 29, 2008
Far Cry 2
WORDS BY: Ryan McCaffrey
Some of you might recall a 1998 experiment called Trespasser, a Jurassic Park–licensed first-person adventure for PC that pitted a stranded woman against the dinosaurs of Isla Sorna. (It was created by Seamus Blackley, who went on to become one of the Xbox’s founding fathers.) Though its gameplay was entirely forgettable, it was an interesting attempt at creating a living world, presenting one large “level,” an intricate physics system you could use to solve puzzles, and dinosaur A.I. that interacted realistically within the game’s ecosystem.
Ten years later, Far Cry 2 appears to be the total-package “fun-ified” realization of that prototype, emphasizing open-world freedom, multiple-solution combat scenarios, and realistic, intelligent enemy A.I.
“Our mandate was to reinvent Far Cry,” reports Creative Director Clint Hocking, whose previous project was Ubisoft’s sublime Splinter Cell Chaos Theory.
After just five minutes of our demo, we were convinced they’d succeeded. Set in the sunny savannahs of Africa, Far Cry 2’s story is driven by a single goal: kill an evil arms-dealer warlord who’s left you, a mercenary, dying of malaria in a hotel. To do this, you’ll need to work — at your own pace and discretion —with two opposing mercenary factions who’ve each been given the empty promise of diamond rights to the area by a government that has since fled town along with most of its civilians. What remains is a tense war zone for you to navigate through. The plot offers a lot of choice (see sidebar), but it’s the graphics and gameplay that will really astound you.
While loading the upper-northwest squarekilometer section of the 50-square-kilometer gameworld, Hocking unleashed a truckload of technical buzzwords to describe Far Cry 2’s engine, but what appeared on-screen was a better translation than any dictionary could give. Grass blows in the wind and gets trampled, trees can be shot apart, clouds pool together to affect lighting conditions, sun filters perfectly through treetops, and roads are dynamically altered by the tracks of passing vehicles.
Tue, 08/12/2008 - 11:38
Posted by Tehylor
Yo ive never even heard of far cry 2 until i stumbled upon that E3 video but now i am totaly sucked in and if anyone knows when its coming out PLEASE REPLY!!! Gamertag: TeHylor add if you want i play halo 3 and C.O.D 4 also Civ. Rev.
dam i typed alot XD...
Sun, 07/27/2008 - 10:49
Posted by lambo carl
im really looking forward to this game and i think the graphics are great
Sun, 07/13/2008 - 17:35
Posted by Rain2011
When i get this the first thing im doing is going on a zebra killing spree.
Wed, 06/25/2008 - 06:31
Posted by Rogue_Agent
Wow now this looks good the graphics and game physics look great! and honestly who doesnt love setting off a nice raging bushfire to appease the pyromaniac in us all HAHAHAHA
Fri, 04/25/2008 - 18:27
Posted by vam95
1ST ONE WAS CRAP!!!!
But maybe this cud turn there serios gud.
Wed, 03/26/2008 - 15:24
Posted by FarCryDevil
On the ubisoft website, it says that both ps3 and xbox 360 have gotten to the point where theyve almost caught up with the pc. so expect that the versions all going to be very very silmilar and not have man differences.
Sun, 03/09/2008 - 01:38
Posted by geek24
it look's fast paist and i hope that there will be new wepons and great enomay a.i's and hopely new powers!
Sun, 03/09/2008 - 01:33
Posted by geek24
i can not wate to to play far cry again but what about hafe life2:ep3?
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 19:38
Posted by Shadov
Im interested to see if these guys will live up to crytek's brand of quality, the original far cry was fatastic but I cannot say the same about the two console ones that followed. On the plus, this game looks fantastic and I hope they really pull this one off! buckle up baby we goin to Africa!
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 14:36
Posted by NateyPoo546
This game looks fantastic. I don't know if its gonna make it to the final version, but the whole "regenerating tree limbs" thing is pretty awesome. The real time weather and clouds are awesome looking, and how it gets crazy windy and starts ripping branches off tree is a good touch. The enemy AI seems top notch, they flank, cover fire, use vehicles to their full potential, and use the environmental destructibility somewhat, which is crazy. I just hope the 360 version looks as good as the PC version looks. I don't doubt the 360 can run it, but can it run it at a steady framerate? That seems to be my biggest question about it. Other than the possibility that the framerate might stutter a bit, i think this game might be the next huge seller on the 360.
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 17:24
Posted by saggin good
Ive never been a far cry fan but by the way this one looks ill probably have to try it.
Sat, 03/01/2008 - 13:08
Posted by breadman007
ha ha i am the first to comment wut now!!!
looks awsum!!