[JemyM]

Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 is a sandbox free-roaming FPS. What does that mean? Well, basically you find yourself in a superb engine, free to do things in your own order with lots of optional content for you to deal with.

Trouble is, none of it really matters.

I found myself 36 hours into the game when I finally saw the credits and it could have been ten. I spent a lot of time on the bonus content (and completed it all). Frankly, it doesn't give you anything. I am not sure it's worth chasing down the diamonds either. You really just need one setup of weapons which you can afford if you do the assassin missions and the weapon dealer missions then continue to only do the main quests.

The story doesn't feel emotional, philosophical or epic. Beyond that I found my self wasting most of my time traveling from point A to B in fed-x missions, defeating the same respawning guardposts over and over again.

Far Cry 2 is a vast world of generated content. I believe that's why it in the end feels so empty. And the ending, well, that was a really bad ending.

Far Cry 2 isn't really a game I could recommend to anyone. It's too bad and frustrating considering the engine is so great.