Source: IGN
Get ready to waste your free time playing a game, without actually playing a game!
All you creative (and extremely patient) types should be quite excited. Ubisoft has just confirmed that Far Cry 2 is coming to the Xbox 360 and the PS3.
Find out why this could be a big deal after the jump!
What about the map editor? I’ve played Far Cry on the original Xbox, and to me personally I thought it was just ok. It was a great open world approach to the FPS console genre, but nothing mind-blowing. The map maker in Far Cry, on the other hand, was one of most thorough I’ve seen in a console game.
I’m not alone. If you’ve listened to any of our podcast conversations about Halo 3, you’ll notice that Doc has repeatedly compared the Forge to the map editor in Far Cry.
Halo 3’s forge wasn’t really a map editor at all. Getting to put down vehicles, and move flags isn’t exactly creating much. In Far Cry you could raise and lower terrain, truly changing environments in any way you wanted.
If Ubisoft takes a cue from Halo 3’s interactivity and they upgrade the map making system, there could be some amazing custom multiplayer games in our future!
Unfortunately, the current release date for Far Cry 2 is end of Q1 for 2008 and the dreaded “fiscal year” 2008-2009 for the consoles.
Looks like you just have to keep moving weapons and crates around in Halo 3… for now.
![[Post to Twitter]](http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/tweet-this-small.png)
Tweet This| Related Posts:
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
8 responses so far ↓
1 Monkeyboo2 // Jan 7, 2008 at 9:50 am
Yep, Forge is certainly a pile of crap; and Farcry:Insincts mapmaker was amazing (although my friends didn’t like my huge mountain withn a glider and a sniper :)).
However the gameplay was very ‘different’ in a bad way because aiming reticules were so large and guns just weren’t accurate, and had default lighnting fast turning speeds. I am normally very good at shooters but it took me a good 15 seconds to take someone down on that game. It had good gameplay ideas like zipwires, gliders, boats and swimming though, but was let down by basic gameplay.
I think overall Timesplitters:FP had a better balance of gameplay to mapmaker. Its mapmaker wasn’t so intricate as Farcry’s but it had great gameplay to go with it; however TSFP mapmaker did allow better building creation than Farcry’s ready made barracks/hut.
This time i want farcry to see better gameplay to go with the mapmaker.
2 Infra Dead // Jan 7, 2008 at 10:23 am
Far Cry 2 looks great, I’ll be playing it on the PC.
3 T.K.Peanut // Jan 7, 2008 at 11:35 am
I told you nuthin’ was betta than a game made in germany!
4 Balaam // Jan 7, 2008 at 1:03 pm
if they improve a few of the basic flaws from the first one this could turn out stunning
5 Dejanus // Jan 7, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Not that you ignorants seemed to notice, but this is a sequel to the ACTUAL Far Cry for the PC, not the woefully inferior Instincts. The original is now a free download, by the way, if you wish to test it out.
6 Infra Dead // Jan 8, 2008 at 11:12 am
Well duh, I thought everybody knew that…
7 peter // Aug 3, 2008 at 1:07 pm
can’t wait I thought the 1st Far Crys map maker was really good for it’s time - can’t wait for Far Cry 2
8 DGX Ultimate // Aug 16, 2008 at 5:47 pm
isnt far cry on pc the same as far cry instincts in storyline and all? also halo forge is pretty awsome actually. creative ideas and such. AND cant wait even more now for far cry 2. altho i hope they fix the camera in the editor.
Leave a Comment