Far Cry, a Total Disapointment.

I bought Far Cry, and it's sequel the other day. I downloaded the first one, thinking that it would be the most logical place to begin 'cause I haven't played it and I would probably not know what's going on in the second one. It took 7 hours to download the damn thing, and when it finally did, I loaded it up, and I was totally let down.

This is the thing I cannot get over, the game looks horrible. It's a two year-old game, and it just looks awful. I had the game running in it's highest setting, yet the game still looked really bad, and not only that, it was choppy and unplayable. Couple that with the confusing intro to the game (in retrospect, it kind of reminds of Serious Sam, though I have never actually played that game, I spent a lot of time watching the videos for the HD version of the game, and they have a lot of similarities) and the lame ass one lines that the enemies spew out when they see you, "You don't know what you're dealing with," or my personal favorite, "I'm going to open a can of whoop ass on you!".

The first level of the game also reminds me a lot of the first level of Crysis, only it's put together better and does not look like shit. Also, no Asians. Far Cry 2 is basically Crysis in Africa. Which is pretty cool. They fixed the way driving feels, because for once I can keep the car straight and not lose control of the damn thing. Far Cry 2 is also a lot more fun then the first one too, because well, not only does the game look better, it also has a lot of other avenues you take to take out your enemies. I personally love how I can hide in the bushes, lure an enemy to me, and then take them out "stealth-style" with my machete.

I feel let down by the first game, I had hoped it was better, but all it was was a choppy soap opera of clunky stupid proportions. Oh well, good thing I bought it for $5 and not $10. Thank you 50% weekend on Steam.