Comments on: How to Have Fun Playing Far Cry 2

By: jackson

jackson — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:12:40 +0000

Far Cry 2, Mercenaries
Best video games ever. Once you play with the freedom to wander, you will not enjoy linear trenchlike progression much as in World at War.
Tip for sniping vehicles. Hit the driver when far away, keep holding on the driver seat and the gunner will get in the driver seat (snipe). If the vehicle is near, kill the gunner first. Then sidestep the vehicle, drop to your knee, and get the driver when he jumps out.

By: clive

clive — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:51:45 +0000

Hi,

I am running Far Cry 2 in Windows 7, it plays ok but the graphics are a bit ‘chunky’ and do not run very smooth and from other screen shots of the game I have seen the detailing is not as good. My current graphics card is a ‘Geforce 7050’, what can I do to improve the graphics ? is the best way forward to get this ‘NVIDIA 8600 GTS’ graphics card, how can I do that, can I get it free ?

Thanks

By: Rhys

Rhys — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:24:47 +0000

Your right, Far cry 2 is fabulous! The atmosphere in the game is great, some of the sounds are... addictive.
Rather than doing the same attack plan every time you should always find a way to do it a bit different and have a load of fun.
Gotta take out some guy driving around in a car? Rather than shooting it with your assault truck, make a road block- blow the crap out of it with IED's
Gotta base to attack? try do it without using guns.

Its a really great game, it only gets boring if you try to rush it, just as you said. Not having scripted firefights and linear levels means the game could possibly get boring, its the players job to liven it up which is a good thing, let the player use their imagination.

Hopefully far cry 3 will not change the recipe from #2 very much because of the people that don't know how to enjoy a great game. My only real gripe about the game is the poor ending.

Btw I like your videos :)

By: RayCis

RayCis — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:01:50 +0000

Now, a question, I've been playing FC2 for the 3rd time, and 92% finished (must now go to prison, to meet Jackal). I have 28 out of 33 main missions, all buddy missions, but only 19 out of 40 side missions, where the hell are they, as far as I can gather, when given a mission, I accepted all times the phone calls and executed the mission therein given first, and after that the main mission. How come so many more side missions, if each of the main missions is accompanied by a side mission? And, do cellphone tower (assassination) mission and convoy also count as side missions? Did all of them....as far as I know. Am now travelling all over the 2 maps to collect diamonds, and encountering -in Southmap- more and more g.launcherjeeps....Do these proliferate along with the amount of time you spend on the game?

By: Ragnar Eðvarð Kristinsson

Ragnar Eðvarð Kristinsson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:59:41 +0000

heyy slack

i enjoy youre vids more than playing the game btw i LOVE the game and its still more and more fun to start over with different load out and such bt i love the way u play it and i try to mimick that as much as i can and the more i do that i enjoy it more but i have the 360 verison and i love it more there than the PC but i love em both

1st question do you have the xbox version

2nd do you play online

3rd do you know about any ither free roaming game that happens in africa if u do let me know i love the concept of it

4th do you have msn. if you do id love to have it

greetings from Iceland ;) love youre vids

By: josh4b

josh4b — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:13:40 +0000

i've just done the last underground mission (im playing on the 360 and i got an achivement for doing all underground missions) will i die when i run out of pills

By: Björn

Björn — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:25:00 +0000

Hi Slack!

Great job!

I don´t know what is more fun - playing farcry2 ot watching you doing it ...?

Greetings from Kassel, Germany

By: RayCis

RayCis — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:33:28 +0000

Hi, Major, just watched your video of the APR mission where you have to blow up the pipeline. Just before that you unlocked the nearby safehouse. As I had done that mission yesterday, when unlocking this safehouse I found a g.launcher jeep PARKED AT THIS safehouse location, quite convenient, I'd say. But watching your video, I didn't see this Jeep, can it be that the game sometimes provides one or more safehouses/locations at random with these g.launcher jeeps?

By: RayCis

RayCis — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:34:25 +0000

Thanks, Major, I did find out that multiple g.launcher jeeps are available. I do lament it when I myself wreck one, or drive it unintended into a gully and can't drive out anymore, a thing that happened on my way back to Mosate to apply for a mission...Well, than take a boatride back, and with the mission on hand (c4 pickup at mines) take the bus to the SW, pickup the buggy, park it near the crossing, and patiently wait for 1) patrol, not the right jeep, let it go, 2) second jeep, not the right one, go on your way, 3) and presto, the 3rd is the right one -shoot the gunner from a long distance -don't want to be on the receiving end of these g.launcer shots, then let the driver come closer -hate to walk- and shoot him as well...and I've got my favorite jeep again. Must give the enemy their dues, to deliver a needed vehicle...damn nice of them, don't you think?

By: Major Slack

Major Slack — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:53:15 +0000

@RayCis,

Yes, there's g-launching jeeps all over Act 2. There's one parked in the airport, there's one near the weapon shop in the west sector, etc.

Also be advised that enemy patrols sometimes get stuck. So if you're waiting for a patrol and it hasn't come by in, say, about 5 minutes, then it got stuck somewhere. Save the game and exit, restart and try again. That might fix it.