Far Cry 2 The Next Generation FPS

by Frank Jovine on 10/13/2008 in Games

Deposited in a fictionalized slice of central Africa, players explore sprawling savannah and jungle zones any way they like, stalking an arms dealer dubbed “The Jackal” who has been selling weapons to rival factions battling over a diamond-plundered nation.

The Scoop:  Far Cry 2; Genre: first-person shooter; By: Ubisoft Montreal; From: Ubisoft; For: PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360; Rating: Mature

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From the Far Cry 2 web site: Far Cry® 2, the next-generation first-person shooter from Ubisoft, will take you deep into the most beautiful but also most hostile environments in the world: Africa! More than just a visual and technological achievement, Far Cry® 2, the true sequel to the award-winning PC game, will provide you with an unprecedented gaming experience.

Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out “The Jackal,” a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfill your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit your their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force.

The downside is you will need a super computer to run this game at peak performance.

A different development team is behind the wheel for this sequel. They put in an amazing amount of detail into the game.