Far Cry 2 sucks. In comparison with the original Far Cry. Empire Earth 3? Sucks too. Again, in comparison with its predecessor. There are so many games out that don't reach the ratings and the fame of its predecessors. Here's a nice overview of those games.
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2 and 3, pretty much the only ones i really enjoyed. 1 was amazing for the time but aged quite poorly. 4 has the elephant gun, all i can praise from any entry after 3 lol
Ummmm 3 than stop.
Okay maybe two as well. But yeah probably 3 and then move on.
Far Cry 2. People constantly rant about games now being too easy, holding your hand, having too many unnecessary RPG-lite leveling features, etc. People specifically complain about open world games being too focused on tons of collectibles and "checkmarks" that just waste time.
Far Cry 2 is an answer to all of those complaints. It was made by Ubisoft before they fell into all the traps discussed above (and before they started inserting towers into their games to defog the map). It has respawning enemies, weapons that degrade, and the collectible diamonds are very useful in the game (which you find in a similar way to the way you find shrines in BOTW with a radar system). The map you have is an in game item you pull out while playing, not a pause menu that is unnecessarily detailed. Also the enemy AI and physics are much better than later entries in the series.
It has a mixed reputation because people at the time said it was too hard, the weapon degradation was annoying, and then respawning enemies were annoying. FC2 came out in 2008, so this was before games like Dark Souls and BOTW had come out and made it cool to like these types of features.
GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."
I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.
Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.
It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good
The Far Cry series’ best game – not Far Cry 6 – just got more brutal and realistic thanks a mod than revamps and remakes the classic Ubisoft open-world FPS
Far Cry 2 where your guns never ever jammed until you got into a gunfight is their best? I disagree.
Far Cry 2 may certainly not be the most "fun" game in the series but from a narrative standpoint it definitely is the most interesting of the bunch. FC2 couldn't be further away from the pointless fragfests that the following episodes turned out to be.
Gothic 3 sucks, shame for this beautiful genre.
Long live Gothic 1/2.
but man did its sequel, Deus Ex: The Invisible War, crush so many hardcore gaming hearts that fell in love with the original and were hyping the sequel like there was no tomorrow (myself included).
Damn you Eidos. Do it right or don't do it at all!!!
Oh god.....FEAR 2.
I loved FEAR 1 to death. Still my favorite game of all time. Up there with System Shock 2 for me.
Aboslutely hated FEAR 2. They mainstream'd the game. They made it slower, took out leaning, made the game ridiculously easy, it just got boring. It wasn't nearly as intense as the first game.
sigh
Yeah right. These mong heads say Far Cry 1 is better? Lmao did they even play Far Cry 2 or had a bad time with it? Diablo 2 sucked? WOW. Fear 1&2 both are amazing games!
Still find it surprising that some sequels get messed up.
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
I can understand changing elements to make it more of a sequel than a 1.5 but changing the core gameplay of what made it great in the first place should never be messed with.