Gritty, immersive atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the immersion on offer here is just unmatched... one of few open world types that doesn't devolve into pure self-indulgent power fantasy”
Steam review · 62.5 h played ↗
Far Cry® 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Ubisoft Montreal2008FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A brutal, immersive mercenary sandbox with great atmosphere, fire and gun-jamming systems. On modern PCs it crashes, corrupts saves and needs community patches. Skip it if you want polish or variety.
Great for
Patient players who like hostile, immersive sims and will install community patches
Main risk
Crashes and corrupted saves on modern PCs, plus endless repetitive driving and respawning outposts
What changed in the last 30 days
78 recent reviews
Many recent negatives report the game crashing, softlocking, or being unplayable on modern PCs, plus bouncing NPCs. Likely driving the drop, though no specific patch is mentioned.
78 recent reviews
What players love
Gun jamming, malaria and hostile design
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Guns jam, malaria interrupts everything, checkpoints respawn endlessly, and the world never lets you relax.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Beautiful graphics and African setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it looks genuinely beautiful on maxed graphics settings, and this game is from 2008!”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Spreading fire and physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Anything with fire makes the game super fun simply because of the fire spreading mechanic, you can literally create hell at will.”
Steam review · 40.4 h played ↗
Dark story and morally grey tone
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“wounded enemies cry out in fear, and late-game enemies often plead for their life before you even pull the trigger”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Smart, relentless enemy AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“NPCs will react to almost everything going on and even pick up their wounded buddies in combat.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and corrupted saves on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“it still crashes constantly. What's even worse is it often crashes while you're saving so the save file gets corrupted”
Steam review · 22 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and glitching NPCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“npcs are bouncing/glitching out and its impossible to talk with main quest npcs, softlocking me instantly”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Won't run on modern PCs without fixes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The game is not built for todays PCs and good luck trying to make me take 2 hours to install fixes”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Repetitive missions and tedious driving
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you're stuck holding W going from point A to point B until your finger hurt”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Endlessly respawning outposts and enemy patrols
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“any area or outpostt with enemies that you clear out, very quickly just has all enemies respawning in the area”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3.5 GB
Minimum
ProcessorPentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
Memory1 GB
Graphics256 MB, Shader Model 3 required, NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better*
Storage3.5 GB (Multiple saves and user created maps will increase the amount of needed hard disk space.)
Recommended
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics512 MB, NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better*
ProcessorPentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
Memory1 GB
Graphics256 MB, Shader Model 3 required, NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better*
Storage3.5 GB (Multiple saves and user created maps will increase the amount of needed hard disk space.)
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