The long awaited and eagerly anticipated title, Far Cry 2, has finally hit store shelves. The original Far Cry, developed by Crytek – the same developer as Crysis – was a legend of its days and even still is remembered for its contribution to the gaming realm both in terms of graphics and gameplay. The sequel to the original and the focus of our review, Far Cry 2, does not follow the same story, or even the same gameplay as the original. To be truthful, it is questionable as to why it was decided to be published under the same name as the first, given that it about as far from a sequel as one could imagine. Also, for this title, Ubisoft decided to go with its in house developers, handing the task to Ubisoft Montreal. Not to insinuate that this is necessarily bad; Ubisoft Montreal has released widly popular titles such as Assassin’s Creed, Price of Persia and the Tom Clancy series. As a result, Far Cry 2 was literally re designed from the ground up.
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Source: Hardware Canucks
Nov 22, 2008, 07:25 AM
