Only 15 years ago? Jeez, that game feels ancient by now. The kinda game us old nerds bring up whenever kids brag about FarCry 3 and up.
I hope I’m not the only one who loved the gun jam mechanics? Or the way a NPC friend could drag me out of combat if I died, and only give me a basic pistol? Gamers today are so inconvenienced from setbacks and accidents outside their controls. Losing equipment just doesn’t happen anymore. And if it does, its called a survival game or survivor mode.
The jamming mechanics were fine. It was the weapon degradation rate that got a lot of flak. You could watch a gun deteriorate from perfect to garbage by auto firing through a handful of magazines.
It got so much hate for the jam back in the day (and a lot of other stuff too) but I loved it. It’s still by far my favorite Far Cry. The new ones are way too cartoony.
I played it a few years ago and distinctly remember not getting jams (maybe 2-3 the whole time) I was just conscious about ensuring my guns weren’t in disrepair.
One of the best moments I had was with a gun breaking. I was mowing down enemies with my machine gun and that thing flying apart was just so comedic in its timing
I ironically think FC2 was the best game in the series. It’s not perfect and not my favourite game of all time or anything, but it was miles better than the rest of the FC games.
I really liked Far Cry 2, even playing a decade after launch. I’d be really interested in seeing a remake, in vr would be cool too. If you ever play it crank it to Infamous. It gives a real scrappy vibe to the game where you win due to cunning not strength, which not many games capture like FC2 did.
The only criticism/disclaimer I can give about the plot is that structure wise it’s different from most stories. The middle is composed of a bunch of events that don’t have any big impact on the major story. But I felt that it was done so in a tasteful way important to the ideas the game was trying to convey.
As soon as I beat Far Cry 3 I started looking into the first 2 games and got nothing but warnings to stay away. Stories of malaria and glitched doors. Maybe it is time to check it out.
Far cry 2 had it’s faults, sure. But it was a game not afraid to embrace the chaos.
My favorite unscripted gaming moment ever was I was driving past a outpost, having enemies shoot my jeep to hell. I returned fire, only for my gun to jam. I run behind a rock, my ai partner is down. I fix my gun and return fire when suddenly, malaria kicks in. God damn it not now. I’m panicking. I need to save my partner. Suddenly, FIRE. Some enemy threw a Molotov and its catching the brush fire.
I retreat even even farther while everything is on fire, everything is going to shit, my partner screaming. Kaboom. My jeep explodes and the gunfire stop. The idiots set fire to everything and accidentally caused a explosion to my vehicle - and their stupid bodies all charred up next to it. I manage to pick my partner up, patch ourselves up, looted the bodies and continue the hike.
We didn’t even start a mission yet. We were on the way TO a mission.
This description is on point and completely brought me back.
100%. For anyone who has not played FarCry 2 that is thinking about giving it a shot, that is exactly the experience you will have. FarCry 2 was awesome!
The first ones a bit different but pretty playable, there is a difficulty jump near the end but it’s fine. Farcry 2 can be annoying but it’s basically a proto far cry 3 with a bunch of soul.
