Full Disclosure: I liked FC2 enough to play it all the way through twice.

This review was pretty much right on target, if factually inaccurate in a couple of places. Guns bought from a dealer can jam. Eventually, your shiny store bought weapon will be as unreliable as the trash you can pick off a fallen foe. Besides allowing you to time-shift by sleeping. Safe houses also can provide weapons alternatives, first aid, ammunition, and a fresh "ride". They also allow console gamers to save their progress. PC gamers can save any time, but I preferred using only the in-game save points, because your actions then had more serious consequences.

FC2 is an amazing sandbox game with only the most minimal plot layed on top of it. The game play hints at many interesting story elements, but fails to develop any of them. It is as if the developers started with a general outline of a good story, but then ran out of time, money, or creativity needed to create it. In terms of game play, FC2 is basicly a beautiful modern version of DOOM or QUAKE. You want a story? You need to go play HL2 or Deus Ex.

Besides the lack of a developed story, there are a few actual game flaws. The worst is the rapidly respawning check points. In a game where the only point is to kill people, respawning isn't such a bad thing in theory. However, FC2 respawns enemies WAY to quickly. Check points respawn virtually as soon as you turn your back on them. Instead, at least a couple of game hours should have to pass before check points are manned again.

FC2 detractors complain about the distances between mission locations. I think these people are missing the point of the game. They are too goal oriented. In FC2, there are no goals except killing people and enjoying the view. In this case, getting there is half the fun. The fact that your health and resources may be diminished by the journey is part of the challenge. I very rarely drove to missions. The only way to apreciate the environment is to walk through it. Besides, you draw way too much attention to yourself in a moving truck.

Great feedback, Drew. Thanks for sharing. :)

The problem with games (and movies) these days is that it's almost an unwritten law that you can trade off story with great visuals. which isn't the case. Back in the day, some of the best games i ever played had the shittiest graphics, but had far more depth than most games today. I found far cry to be boring and repetitve after a couple of hours of playing it.
I'll give you software companies a couple of tips. - story is god. A shit story and the game will be shit no matter how great the visuals. The customer dosen't give two shits about game release dates. take your time, get a kickarse story going. get the game right the first time, it's unprofessional and lazy to put out a half arsed product with 100's of mb's of updates. if there's two huge titles going to be released and yours isn't going to be ready the same time as the other companies product so what - i'll still buy it. because im thinking you are putting in the extra effort.