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Far Cry 2: The First Five Hours Preview
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Posted by Donster on: 2008-09-25 17:33:32 293
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Into the heart of darkness with Ubisoft's open-world shooter.
By Martin Robinson, IGN UK
Many games open with bombast; from Halo's tense opening moments as Master Chief shoots his way out of the Pillar of Autumn to Uncharted's ocean-bound fire fight or Call of Duty 4's similarly fraught pre-credits storming of a freight ship. Far Cry 2, however, is a little bit different in this respect. One of the first things it does is give you malaria. It's a bold conceit, and one that's indicative of Far Cry 2's determination to not play by the rulebook. A traipse through the first few hours of the single-player campaign revealed a game that's not short on ambition, but equally harbouring a fair share of potential frustration for those weened on more linear shooting thrills.
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