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Klear@quokk.au ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I enjoy a good power fantasy as much as anyone, but I have a soft spot for the crushing bleakness of Far Cry 2. Everyone is a shithead. You’re a shithead. You will always end up taking missions for both sides in the conflict, perpetuating it. Most of them involving war crimes. The only missions where you don’t do evil are the ones where you’re paid in malaria medicine which you need to not die.

You get a bunch of buddies which will likely get killed one by one, possibly by you as a mercy killing. And those who survive will end up betraying you.

It’s such a nihilistic game. No hope, no redemption. I couldn’t get into FC3 after that. Even though it was a ton of fun mechanically, Far Cry 2 just hits different.

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Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Easily my favorite enemy ai, too. Actually fanning out to find what made a noise, playing dead so you may need to double-tap to be sure, etc

And the “physical” map to get around with was great

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- Klear@quokk.au ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Oh yeah, the game leans really heavily into diegetic design, with weapon degradation and the map and stuff. Love that.
  
  In fact, I just installed it. I wonder how far I’ll make it before it gets too depressing to go on =D
  
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- Corngood@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Trying to drive and look at the map and dealing with malaria symptoms at the same time. That’s a core gaming memory for me.
  
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- RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Later on in the game enemies just dropping their weapons and running when they find out it’s you they’re fighting. God I need to play it again.
  
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Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I appreciate that the other games, even if they’re 90% power fantasy, retain a tiny bit of that nihilism in the story of each game.

3: Jason becomes totally disconnected from society and almost feels like he can’t come back from the killing. 4: Help the rebels, and they become despots just like Pagan Min. Give up on the rebellion at the beginning of the game, and even Min admits he’s tired of the cycle. 5 I won’t even spoil, definitely a bit less of an artistic message even if it’s a huge twist.

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tuckerm@feddit.online ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
My opinion about Far Cry 2 did a complete 180 over the last few years. When it first came out, all I remember thinking was that it was less technically impressive than Crysis. (I was just obsessed with graphics in 2008. There were many of us like that. I have changed.) Now I see it as the most distinct entry in the series.

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- Klear@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  And the graphics still hold up! I’m playing it now, and it looks great.
  
  Somehow, I never got around to playing any entry in the Crysis series. I should fix that at some point. I hope my 3080 is enough to run it.
  
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