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Published by: UbiSoft |
By Flaviu Volosciuc
Published: November 4, 2008
Print Gameplay: 87
Dynamism and Freedom are the key words to characterize the gameplay of Far Cry 2. An opened sand-box world is ready from the start of the game in which no loading times are necessary to cross from one point to the other. Very well balanced A.I. that has a different behavior influenced by the day/night cycle and changeable weather.
Graphics: 95
Not very fancy but with a realistic touch and very scalable. Based on Dunia engine, the game comes with a unique graphics style and with many physics features. Changeable weather, day/night cycle, volumetric wind and fire propagation, procedural breakage of vegetation are elements that make this game so unique and more lively than most of the games out there.
Multiplayer: 81
The multiplayer comes with no special features, but actually continues the singleplayer experience. Vehicles and singleplayer physics are present on every multiplayer mode and the six classes available to choose from make every battle tactical. The maps editor gives you the ability to create your own battle maps which can be used later in multiplayer matches. The Uprising mode brings diversity and long lasting matches in 16 players.
Sounds: 86
Dunia not only simulates the graphics and physics but also controls the ambient sounds. And in such a huge environment you need lots of them. The remarkable jungle sound is present here not based on scriptable wav's, but on ambient sounds controlled by the engine in direct connection with the character's position and location.
Hardware: 83
Far Cry 2 comes with an extremely scalable engine ready to run also on low-end systems. It runs even on single-core processors systems with a GeForce 6 video card. The widescreen problem has been fixed by adding field of view on top and bottom of the 'original' (widescreen) version for 4:3 and 5:4 aspect ratio monitors. So no one will have any advantage using the widescreen monitors in multiplayer matches. Good news especially for the NVIDIA users who have now access to the last driver version which includes a special fix for the game.
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