Now, it might be partially my own fault for not fully reading the previews. All I saw on Gamespot was: Far Cry 2, 24th Oct 2008. Without hesitation, I went out & bought the game on release day. What a mistake.

For a start, in no way should this have been given the name Far Cry 2. The only resemblance this bears to the original is: the jungle setting & the vehicles and that's it.
I could go on & on about the numerous glaring flaws with this game, but my main gripes are with the story not being continued from the original & the removal of the Feral abilities that made the original so unique.
As a result this game feels more like a generic FPS version of Just Cause, which also had a nice big lush landscape with very little to do in it.
I realise alot of critics & players are almost obsessed with big "open-world" games at the moment, but I don't think it really works as a console FPS.

I'll just be trading this in for Fallout 3 this week. I have a feeling that Fallout 3 will show Far Cry 2 how to do a big open worlded game properly.

I just hope that UbiSoft re-condider making a proper sequel to the original, instead of labelling fodder like this with the name "Far Cry" on the box.