


The environment covers a variety of terrain, ranging from desert to savannah to jungle. The playable character is selected from a pool of nine available mercenaries the remaining eight and some other non-playable mercenary characters are distributed through the world once the game starts. Gameplay from a mission in Far Cry 2 the mercenary aims at enemies in a base.įar Cry 2 is a first-person shooter in which players take control of a mercenary in an unnamed fictional East African nation in the middle of a civil war. The team used feedback from the game to develop Far Cry 3 (2013). It has continued to receive attention for its ambition and survival mechanics. By January 2009, it had sold nearly three million copies. It received multiple game award nominations. The music, composed by Marc Canham, includes vocals by Senegalese singer Baaba Maal.įar Cry 2 received positive reviews for setting, gameplay, visuals and AI its story, AI and technical problems, and conventional multiplayer modes received criticism. In pursuit of realism, the developers added real-time weather effects and reactive and emergent behavior for enemies and the environment. The game was built using Dunia, a game engine created by Ubisoft based on the original game's CryEngine. The narrative and tone, inspired by Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness and Dashiell Hammett's novel Red Harvest, focused on what people would do to survive through terrible circumstances. Director Clint Hocking conceived the setting and design, wanting to be more realistic. Production took three and a half years, with concept work beginning during the production of Far Cry Instincts (2005). A competitive multiplayer mode has players fighting in teams or as individuals over objectives on the game map. The player navigates the open world, completing missions for factions while managing their health and equipment.

A disconnected sequel to Far Cry (2004) in a fictional East African country engulfed in civil war, the storyline follows a mercenary who is assigned to kill the Jackal, a weapons dealer inflaming the conflict. A top-down shooter version for mobile phones was developed and published by Gameloft. Far Cry 2 is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
