Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360)

Far Cry 2 is a decent game. While some parts of the game are great, other parts just get boring. One thing I give this game a lot of credit for is its detailed graphics. If you start a fire, the fire will spread across the grassland, although it stops after a while. The lighting and color of everything is perfect. But after you get past the graphics, things get worse from there. The gameplay is fun at first. You are able to travel across a large landscape, encountering people good and bad. Coming across towns with battling factions and dangerous outposts along roads. But after playing for a few hours, things just get repetitive. Everything starts to look the same, theres hardly a variety of enemies, the missions get boring, and the traveling just takes way too long. As for the multiplayer, you are able to choose from a decent variety of gameplay types, play on large maps with vehicles along with a lot of fun action and shooting. Map customization is available and you can load the map to online where it can be rated, downloaded, and played by others. This is a great addition to the game and is where I spent most of my time playing. Overall, Far Cry 2 is a great game at first, but after a short while of playing, things get repetitive and boring. I recommend this only for a rental..

After also finding Mike's bar closed, it is an exhaustive drive to find a "safe house" to find a cot to sleep on... graphics are nice when wandering around... so? Beautiful graphics mean nothing when you feel like your wasting time trying to change time. Should've just dug up Morrowind and started another game there.

The developers have obviously sat around a table and asked "how can we improve on Far Cry?". Some bright spark has piped up "let's have stunning graphics" and they succeeded.

However Far Cry 2 is, apart from the graphics, very dated. If you liked Far Cry, Halo, Timeshift, Stalker, Bioshock or any other modern fps then you will hate Far Cry 2 as it is a step backwards, very frustrating and ultimately very boring. My advice? If you are thinking of buying it - don't.

Far Cry 2 has a very good story

Amazing Visuals

Great in-game engine

Good Multiplayer

I have played the first build at E3 and it is an amazing game, well recommend Far Cry 2 as I have not yet experienced any bad points with this xbox 360 game.