bit-tech News: Far Cry 2 hands-on preview

news · June 3, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a hands-on preview of *Far Cry 2* - if you could

post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*

*Picture:*

*Quote:

*/"Now admittedly we were a little disappointed that our plan to

incinerate the ramshackle huts had failed so early on and that we had

had to fall back and rely on Warren's help, but the process actually

helped to prove how great Far Cry 2 is when it comes to providing an

emergent experience and an arena for players to experiment in and create

their own stories.

This, if anything, would seem to be / /Far Cry 2's speciality -- it just

refuses to be consistent in any aspect of the game design. There are a

few hard and fast rules which make the game world consistent with how we

think the world should be -- wind that blows, fire that spreads, wood

that splinters -- but that's about it. The rest of the game is different

every time you play it because the details are always changing.

Put simply, when it's the case that the direction that the wind is

blowing in can change your entire approach to a mission then you know

you're in for a hugely open and vastly replayable gaming experience.

/ /Far Cry 2 may yet have problems we haven't uncovered and granted that

a single mission is no basis on which to judge an entire unreleased game

-- but if we were so foolish as to do judge in that way then //Far Cry 2

is one game that we'd definitely get very excited about."/

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*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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