Not bad...

Far Cry 2. You need to play the game for at least 30 minutes before you can start enjoying the game.

The first part of the game, the introduction part, is kind of boring and drags on more than it should. As you go along in the game, it becomes more and more engaging with the weapons, upgrades and everything else. The game is good overall but I do have a couple of gripes about it. First, there is a lot of driving and running in this game. Whenever you receive a new objective, it almost always requires you to go from one end of the map to the other end. Along the way, you have to deal with enemy guard posts that keep on respawning even after you annihilate the whole post. Second, realism in video games is good and makes you more engrossed in the experience; however, realism in this game is over-the-top. You have to be on your toes all the time, malaria keeps hammering on you every 30 minutes or so and the whole get-out-of-the-car scenario to fix the vehicle after minimal gunshots at it. These things are sometimes annoying and you tend to vent all your anger at the helpless guy that's shooting at you.

Multiplayer wise, there is still, surprisingly, a thriving community of online players. On my connection, the first couple of matches were really annoying. Maybe because, its the first time I play this game online. Plus, all of the players did play the game before so I was getting hammered left and right. However, lately, I've been having difficulty to find any full online matches to join in and I guess this will get worse as Uncharted 2 and Modern Warfare 2 get released. But for a game that's almost 2 years old, that's quite the feat.

From Beirut
Signing out

Cheers :D