Several reviewers even admitted only playing 45 minutes or so before quitting the game because of this.

Don’t people like to learn things about a game anymore as they go along? Does EVERYTHING have to be dropped in your laps?

Map issue – drop the map, just follow the road signs! They’re color coded. If you are on a red mission, the road sign pointing you in the direction you need to go will be red. If you’re on a blue mission, the same thing. How tough is that? No map needed! (except on some rare occassions).

Driving long distances – go to a frickin’ bus depot (there are 5 on every map) and you will find sign boards there where you can click and a bus will deliver you to the quadrant on the map you need to be at in order to complete your mission. Cuts driving time WAY down as the bus gets you there within a few seconds. (Although game time does continue on, ie, night can turn to day if you;re going a long ways.)

I’m just amazed at all the reviews of this game with these two complaints over and over again. It’s obvious the people reviewing the game didn’t actually play it long enough to form an educated opinion. That’s like watching 10 minutes of a movie and then basing your review of it on that.

I Hyped Far Cry 2 on Everhype and gave it 78% which I think is fairly accurate.

http://www.everhype.com/hyper/thebitch?X=G401

I wouldn’t mind getting some opinions on it . If you get on there, rate me a 5 & request friendship.

The mapping tool is the easiest one I have ever tried to use. I made maps for EA Games Allied Assault and Spearhead and tried a couple of other sdk’s, and have even made a couple of small maps for FarCry2, but unfortunately I can’t find adequate tutorials on the tool and how to manipulate objects or to even remove them once they’re in the map. I would be looking for something that is printable with pictures if anybody knows where I might find them, thanks.

I was disappointed that you couldn’t get over the hills. Your objective is “just on the other side” but you had to traverse too much sometimes. luckily a new car or truck wasn’t “80″ miles away.

I though Africa, land of big animals and danger but nothing jumped out of the bushes to try and eat you. No alligators either. I could however shoot the animals. I also ran a few over by accident. Kinda broke my heart, lol.

I wonder why the camo suit wasn’t unlocked sooner in the game. I still don’t have it. Maybe it doesn’t exist….. along with some of the weapons. Not that more are needed. A sniper rifle, grenade launcher and the saw are all you need.

Haven’t played left for dead so I can’t compare the two. I have however started to play COD W@W and the game sucks in comparison. No freedom of movement, the weapons are a joke, sound problems, if you use an nvidia card you are ok but a 4870 has texture glitches around the water edges. It also got a little rough in a couple of places. Pop in a gtx260 and no problems what so ever. Crysis made me “upgrade”, and it was an upgrade. Blah, blah, blah, I better shut up for a while………….

I’ve got one suggestion for potential FC2 players. Don’t rush. The people who like this game the least seem to be the ones that are impatient to get “things” done. They’re the ones complaining about all the driving and check points. Once you’ve collected enough diamonds to buy all the weapons you want, completing missions isn’t that big a deal and “getting there” really should be half the fun. When I played “Oblivion” I never owned a horse, traveling everywhere on foot. In FC2 I almost never drive, usually walking to missions instead. That’s the only way to appreciate the environment.

FC2 is fun, but the single player game at least feels like just a demo for a first class game engine. Gameplay wise, it’s a just a shooting gallery. It could have been much much more.