Comments on: Short Game Review: Far Cry 2 http://doombot.com/2009/12/11/short-game-review-far-cry-2/ by Jane Austen Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jason http://doombot.com/2009/12/11/short-game-review-far-cry-2/comment-page-1/#comment-79727 Jason Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:10:35 +0000 http://doombot.com/?p=1925#comment-79727 Yeah, your criticisms (and noted parallel with GTA4) are spot-on; I just wanted to make sure I was giving FC2 all due props for bringing texture to parts of the game that GTA ignored. But then again, I suppose that's largely a matter of personal preference. I'm more interested variety in weaponry than variety in vehicles, and in novelty of scenery (I've never been to Africa!) than in familiarity. FC2 felt more detailed in terms of the physics of objects, though GTA4 was probably better in terms of irrelevant NPCs' behavior. I guess, at the end of the day, I'd dispute that one game is a rip-off of the other … but I'd have to agree that "go from point A to point B to kill a guy" is common to both, and getting old. Yeah, your criticisms (and noted parallel with GTA4) are spot-on; I just wanted to make sure I was giving FC2 all due props for bringing texture to parts of the game that GTA ignored. But then again, I suppose that’s largely a matter of personal preference. I’m more interested variety in weaponry than variety in vehicles, and in novelty of scenery (I’ve never been to Africa!) than in familiarity. FC2 felt more detailed in terms of the physics of objects, though GTA4 was probably better in terms of irrelevant NPCs’ behavior.

I guess, at the end of the day, I’d dispute that one game is a rip-off of the other … but I’d have to agree that “go from point A to point B to kill a guy” is common to both, and getting old.

]]> By: SBuercklin http://doombot.com/2009/12/11/short-game-review-far-cry-2/comment-page-1/#comment-79714 SBuercklin Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:34:07 +0000 http://doombot.com/?p=1925#comment-79714 Far Cry 2 had the ability to be a masterpiece of video games, but I don't believe it was that masterpiece. The game didn't have enough tying it together other than the repetitive "Go here kill him" formula that /every single mission/ followed. The immersion was unparalleled for me, until I got tired of driving the same road for the ninety-second time and just killing. I think the comparison to GTA IV is more correct than you think; both were stunning in their levels of immersions, until you realize that they sacrificed originality for temporary immersion. The missions in both games were the same thing, over and over. In FC2, you kill people in a big group and then you go help your buddy not die. Sometimes you can put out a little more effort still and get a gun dropped off at your safe house. But every mission was the same. Ironically enough, GTA IV's missions were structured almost identical to FC2. It was lacking the creativity of the previous GTA games; where was the casino-running from San Andreas or the gang warfare? Both games I adored until I got tired of repeating myself for the umpteenth time by shooting the same guy in the same place once again. Far Cry 2 had the ability to be a masterpiece of video games, but I don’t believe it was that masterpiece. The game didn’t have enough tying it together other than the repetitive “Go here kill him” formula that /every single mission/ followed. The immersion was unparalleled for me, until I got tired of driving the same road for the ninety-second time and just killing.

I think the comparison to GTA IV is more correct than you think; both were stunning in their levels of immersions, until you realize that they sacrificed originality for temporary immersion. The missions in both games were the same thing, over and over. In FC2, you kill people in a big group and then you go help your buddy not die. Sometimes you can put out a little more effort still and get a gun dropped off at your safe house. But every mission was the same. Ironically enough, GTA IV’s missions were structured almost identical to FC2. It was lacking the creativity of the previous GTA games; where was the casino-running from San Andreas or the gang warfare? Both games I adored until I got tired of repeating myself for the umpteenth time by shooting the same guy in the same place once again.

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