13 minutes of FarCry 2 footage

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 7th 2007 at 2:00PM }

Taken at the Leipzig Games Convention, this 13-minute video gives a good taste of what FarCry 2 will have to offer. If you don't know yet, FarCry 2 takes place on the African savannah in a giant sandbox environment. Obviously, Ubisoft's Montreal Studio (Crytek is off doing Crysis) don't consider the now-classic Survivor: Africa issue a problem. When the television show Survivor went to Africa something got lost (like beautiful blue water and lush green vegetation) and they never went back to anything similar. FarCry 2 continues the gaming trend of a more brown environmental color palette. It'll be interesting to see how fans react to the new environment.

And before the calls of racism start over a white man going on a shooting rampage in Africa, the people you are shooting appear to be white. At least we think they are, way too much movement in the video to be sure, but a lot of the still images in the gallery below show white people. Although that opens up a whole other set of issues.

The game does look beautiful and is still in a pre-Alpha build. The title is expected next spring on PC. With any luck we'll get some console release projections in the near future. There is also a special introduction announcement for the FarCry 2 footage after the break.

Gallery: Far Cry 2

Tags: demo, Far-Cry-2, farcry2, lgc07

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fernando Rocker @ Sep 7th 2007 2:09PM

FarCrysis?

Sharpie @ Sep 7th 2007 2:15PM

FarCry 2: Zero Suit Crysis

mr nimblewick @ Sep 7th 2007 2:18PM

FarCry 2: Oh My God! There's Cookies in the Box!

mr nimblewick @ Sep 7th 2007 2:11PM

I tried running the ad-supported Farcry 1 on my laptop with the lowest settings and it chugged. Oh, and the ground disappeared. Chances are I'm going to skip the sequel.

For more exciting stories like this one, keep hitting refresh! I'll be posting all day.

t_m @ Sep 8th 2007 10:58AM

i played it on a pretty crappy old desktop and it ran fine. (at least until the final levels). If you laptop has any sort of dedicated graphics card it should play.

MariosInferno @ Sep 7th 2007 2:11PM

Beautiful, again.

BUT, FarCry, just not a good game.

t_m @ Sep 8th 2007 10:56AM

Which version? The original PC farcry game was one of the best games i've played in the last 5 years.

Sean @ Sep 7th 2007 2:14PM

I didn't really enjoy the first one. I found it hard/annoying.

Grey Fox @ Sep 7th 2007 2:34PM

How so? I didn't have any issues with it but I play alot of adventure and shooter games.

Sean @ Sep 7th 2007 2:50PM

In reality, it's probably just me sucking at PC games. I prefer a controller to a keyboard + mouse anyday. I just remember being annoyed with the controls and constantly dying. So, like I said, it's probably just my own suckage.

phattie @ Sep 7th 2007 2:17PM

Cant wait for the Wii version .. maybe they can bring it up to XBOX 1.0 standards .. and, and, maybe online play?

lol .. nah, this is nintendo after all

mr nimblewick @ Sep 7th 2007 2:19PM

Actually, I think it's Ubisoft. So you still shouldn't expect any effort.

Fernando Rocker @ Sep 7th 2007 2:20PM

Very bad joke... even for you.

CaptainDingo @ Sep 7th 2007 3:01PM

Translation of phattie's comment:

Lulz teh grafx an dethmatch rofl

Vegnagun @ Sep 7th 2007 2:27PM

Looks a lot better than the first one. The graphics are stunning, nice environments, and a great setting.

Word of the street. @ Sep 7th 2007 2:28PM

Realism?, He got shot twice in the freaking hand and he can still use a gun, he got shot in the leg and he continue like if it was nothing. More like Hollywood Realism because you have to be a real Macho to continue just like that.

I have to say this is the most impressive game I have ever seen, I believe it looks better than crysis and it just Pre-Alpha. Please do a Console port :(

whymog @ Sep 7th 2007 2:40PM

Seconding the hope for a console port. With the only (for my tastes) must-have PC game, Starcraft 2, scalable to run on anything from a brand new machine to a sugar packet, it's these amazing-looking games that have me hoping they'll get a console port.

I know I'm not alone in not being able to afford to keep upgrading my PC for the few exclusives that appeal to my tastes (FarCry 2 being one of them.) It's a sad state of affairs. I have a feeling we'll see Crysis and/or FC2 on the 360 before too long, though.

whymog @ Sep 7th 2007 2:36PM

That's some pretty amazing tech. My favorite parts of FarCry were the expanse of land, the lush visuals, and the awesome enemy human AI.

So the best news from this? No more Trigens. They totally bogged down the original game for me and took an advanced AI-based tactical shooter and turned it into mindless run-and-gun.

Also I've never been this excited for a flame thrower in a game.

Nicholas @ Sep 8th 2007 6:41PM

Awesome, looks really really great. Seems like the a couple of good PC games are coming up in addition to the very good ones we got in the last year or so.

Platinum_Skeet @ Sep 7th 2007 4:01PM

Wow anybody that hasn't complained about this game or RE5 but want to complain about the black football game can kill themselves...

j4s0n @ Sep 7th 2007 4:23PM

LOL

Matt B @ Sep 7th 2007 4:28PM

LOL at your avatar!!!!!1!

dexamalion @ Sep 7th 2007 4:52PM

I think this game is racist, you're shooting Africans.

Just kidding!

ThornedVenom @ Sep 7th 2007 5:23PM

I just nerdgasmed. It's those kind of games which justify next-gen gaming with a HD screen and awesome surround sound.

"Gameplay is better"... I agree, but if you didn't get blown away by this PRE-ALPHA preview, you need glasses. Plus, hit and run chaos looked REALLY fun. =P (KILL IT WITH FIRE)

Kye @ Sep 7th 2007 5:40PM

It looks great.I would like to play it on Wii... multiplayer.

Yeah, I laughed as well.
Here's hoping for a 360 version.

But, as for the "ragdoll" effect. Where you shoot them in the leg and they hold their leg? That's nothing new. It's been done. Over 10 years ago. On Goldeneye.

Dyslexic Chaos @ Sep 7th 2007 7:22PM

Except that was straight up animation, with zero ragdoll.

For example, if someone was shot in Goldeneye, they'd go through the same animation every time, and hold the exact same place, no matter where in the leg you shot them.

In this game, if you shoot them in the leg with a powerful enough weapon, there leg and body will go flying, and they will clutch at it in the exact place they were shot. It's a much more immersive(sp?) effect and should add some cool effect to it.

To the person who was saying this game isn't 100% realistic, getting shot and still walking. I can see what you're saying. But games hat are 100% realistic like that aren't fun. I like my realism in game like this is small doses, it makes for a much more enjoyable experience.

gst @ Sep 7th 2007 9:03PM

1.No one wants to play a game where you become immobile if you get shot, especially when the odds are 1 against... a lot.

2.I get the feeling that the guy playing was unable to die, and rightly so. He took a lot of damage here and there and I think a grenade landed like right next to him or a barrel blew up or something at the fuel depo. However, it really wouldn't make sense to have a guy play a demo live and make him able to die, especially if he is just screwing around to show people some features. The video would end up being 13 minutes of restarting. I get the feeling that, were it the final build with no "cheats," he would have a been dead there once or twice.