Review: Far Cry 2

[EvilSpaghetti]

Far Cry 2
Mobile Game Review

Title: Far Cry 2
Developer: Ubi Soft
Publisher: Gameloft
Release Date: 10/08
Format: J2ME
Game Features: Follow the console version.
Reviewed on: SE K800i

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Summary

Mobile gamers will be fighting on foot and motorbike covering a cool ten levels set in Africa, and the gamer will be fighting against the Jackal and his evil cohorts. The mobile gamer will be fighting in jungles and deserts with an array of weaponry such as sniper rifle, flame thrower, grenades, and mine detectors.

Review

This week Far Cry 2, it was going to be NFS Undercover but we won’t go into that. So then Far Cry 2 is one of the biggest games to come out this year, on console that is, so can the mobile version live up to its big brothers expectations? I really don’t know it has a lot of work to do. Yes I know that a mobile game based on a console version will never be as good but it can have a good go at it.

So then Far Cry 2, what is it about? Well you play as a mercenary caught up in the middle of a fictitious civil war between the United Front for Liberation and Labour and former Government official called the Alliance for Popular Resistance in a fictitious African nation, although you aren’t actually on anyone’s side you will find yourself carrying out missions for both sides, not for anyone’s good but your own and information on one man, ‘The Jackal’ who is your main target and like you taking advantage of the war and making money from it.
Far Cry 2 isn’t an easy game, surviving is a task in its own, ammo is short lived and so is health, the missions themselves involve weakening the enemy (depending on who’s side you’re on at the time) or involve freeing a captive from enemy hands.
The structure of the missions is very simple and take two forms; one being a 2D top-down view where you basically become Rambo and shoot anything that gets in your way, or become very stealthy and sneaking past the enemy or taking them out from behind, so coming up with a strategy is key, usually it just takes a bit of changing your weapon every so often, so that you don’t run out of ammo (which will happen) and have to use your handgun which isn’t very good if I may say so, another reason for changing your weapons during a mission is to take out the harder enemies that decide to take up position behind cover or a machine gun, usually you can take them out with a Molotov or two, but if you don’t have any just run, but don’t worry, some of the time you will have someone to help you along with the missions, but most of the time you’re alone.
The second from being Sniper mode, you can probably guess at what you have to do here, but for those who can’t, it involves you taking out guards from a distance by moving around the screen and taking your aim before you shoot, a bit like the sniper games that some of you might have played.
One of my favourite parts of the game is racing through the African desert on a motor bike whilst taking out enemies on the way to your destination, although a lot of the missions require you to keep tapping ‘5’ the changes in the missions keep the game fresh and alive.
Between missions you’ll be able to have a rest from the shooting and give your thumb a rest from pressing ‘5’ all the time and pick up some ammo and have a chance to talk to the locals who seem to justify you actions in some way, on which you’ll also find that the war isn’t helping anyone but the two opposing sides, their actions aren’t punishing each other but instead the country’s population and giving even more reason for the war to continue. Whilst talking to the locals you start to think yourself that the missions you had done for both sides may have affected some of the locals you talk to in between the missions.
It’s clear that the game is trying to convey a message to people about the effects of war and that nothing good will ever come out of it, and that there is no right or wrong in the eye of a mercenary, and it’s that point that makes you think has this game been made for entertainment or to educate? I’ll let you decide that one.

Conclusion

So is Far Cry 2 a game worth playing? Indeed it is, great graphics, great gameplay and most of all it’s fun, I guess it’s one of the things that Gameloft does well.
NFS Undercover or Far Cry 2? Well it depends on what you like, sorry EA... Gameloft won this time.

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Graphics: 8/10
Great animations, colourful graphics.

Sound: 7/10
Good sound effects

Gameplay: 8/10
Fun, easy controls and fresh.

Story: 8/10
Great story

Overall Score: 8 out of 10

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[Chris]

Excellent Review Aaron!
The game was very good and i enjoyed it!

[Duje]

Great review

[Morning_Glory]

Smashing review for a great game

[James]

Great review, great game

[Shadow]

Excellent review! Like always... I played the game and I liked it! A very good game! I think the score is faire! Who's gonna make the next review? And by the way, why Outlaw isn't making reviews anymore?

[tekina]

good game, awesome review........i dont play such games much though, on mobile that is.

[mitchman_93]

So thne why review games?! Lol kiddin but yeah great reviews.

[tekina]

good game, awesome review........i dont play such games much though, on mobile that is.

So thne why review games?! Lol kiddin but yeah great reviews.

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[the_dead_man]

really good review!! i liked this game