Xbox Far Cry 2 Game Review

Overall Rating
Story Rating
There is a civil war raging in Africa. Two war groups have formed: APR and UfLL. An arms dealer named the Jackal is supplying arms to both sides, which is furthering the war. You are a hired mercenary sent in to terminate the Jackal. Story missions are well varied with a superb ending. Side missions, like weapons convoy missions are repetitive at times.
Game Play Rating
The gameplay is very intense with the first person view. There are lots of weapons, but you can't customize attachments. Realistic driving physics. The bad thing is that your enemies are wearing regular street clothes, but it takes a whole AK-47 magazine to kill then (unless its a head shot). It's as if the street clothes are made of kevlar. You die too easily on harder difficulties, with no regenerating health system. Somewhat of a pain, but makes it more realistic. There are glitches with the enemy AI. For example, they look like they are just standing around doing nothing, o looking in a completely different direction and are still somehow shooting at you.
Graphics Rating
The game maker created a completely new graphic engine for Far Cry 2 called the Dubia Engine. Character models look more realistic as do water and grass with detailed textures. There is a fire propagation system so fire can spread and it looks amazing. Game sounds are phenominal and voice acting is great. The characters do talk too fast at times and are hard to understand.
Multiplayer Rating
Fast paced and intense just like single player. There is a bit of a lag when shooting someone and it takes a few extra moments for your bullets to register a hit on someone. There are over 30 ranks that are used to upgrade to 6 classes. 4 game modes: team, death match, capture the diamond (basically capture the flag), and uprising (one leader on each team and the leader captures control points on the map). Map creation feature with over 100 items in the map editor. Maps can be published and shared.