Far Cry 2 for Windows

I purchased FarCry 2 for Windows about a mounth ago. Had no problems loading the game. Excellent FPS. I really liked FarCry and love this too. I have a HP Compaq d350 with only the standard 230w power supply. I have a ATI Radeon HD 3650 video card w/512MB DDR2 memory and G.Skill dual channel 2GB DDR400. I find no problems playing this game. I have also played all the Oblivion games with no problems. Love the sniper rifles and the rpg's. Grafics are really good. Very real like game.

Far Cry was a great game and I highly recommend it for any gamer who loves shooter games.

It installed very well on Vista 64 bit and downloaded one update. But when you insert the disk to play the game and click "Play" the screen would go black and I would have to restart my PC (by pushing the power button to shut-down)in order to get my display working again. It was an easy fix in my situation: Click "start", then "Games", you should see an Icon for Far Cry 2, then "right click" and choose "play in safe mode", Then the game would play perfectly.

I hate playing with a Mouse and Keyboard, so I used the Xbox 360 controller which played very well, however I did need to use some of the keys on the keyboard, for example: "F5" was quicksave (I did quick saves about every 10 minutes, due to previously playing 2 hours without dying and losing two hours of game play when I did die). Also "5" was used to answer the telephone, and sometimes your gun would jam and "r" to unjam (I was over half-way through the game when I found you could unjam your gun by pressing "X" on the Xbox 360 controller). Also when buying weapons or upgrades I had to sometimes use the mouse to scroll the buy menu.

Gamespot reviewed the game and gave high ratings, but said the game was tedious as you have to travel all over the map. This is not the case if you properly use the "Bus Stations" located on the map by the symbol of a bus. Also just speeding by an armed outpost was a quick way of getting across the map (speed by only after you first stop and fight and search the base). There were 57 (if I remember correctly)bases to search I did 43, and Over 200 diamonds to find of which I was able to find and get to about 112 (before finishing the game).

I purchased the game at Ebay and it was in excellent condition but without a manual, so much of what I did was by trail and error. On-line you can find walkthroughs with mouse and keyboard layouts, but I found very little about using the Xbox controller.

A great game with or without a manual (after you get through the travel learning curve).

As many know, Far Cry 2 ROCKS!! Ubisoft kept all of the best aspects of the first version, and made them even better. Due note though, the "recommended system resources" should be considered the "minimum", if you want a good frame rate running with full effects. It will run with less then the recommended, but you will be selling yourself short of a spectacular experience. Also, the online game play is worth the price itself.

Game is pretty good, nice graphics, good action

for noobs and teenies, specially those obsessed with consoles xbox, wii, ps3 maybe too complicated, have to think... and not much brainless

but, well PC always be MOTHER and ...FATHER of all games EVER!

it is just a really good game. BUY IT! well over 50 hours of game play. fast delivery and just really good

This games is a great open-world FPS that should be owned by all PC gamers. Its graphics are the best on the PC where it's enviroment of Africa is really stunning. This game is also very realistic, with a smooth animation for everything. There is also alot of driving that can be done in many different vehicles of your choice. There is also tons of guns to choose from, and also a machete. The map is also HUGE, giving you alot to do. There is so much more to this game, I can't say it all. But it is definetely a great game, that you should definetely consider buying or bidding on.