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Far Cry 2 for PlayStation 3
Far Cry 2 for PlayStation 3 is an open-world shooter in which you enter a fictional African country as a mercenary. Your assignment is to track down the arms dealer known as The Jackal. Two warring factions exploit the country for their own interests and offer you work. You travel between towns, checkpoints and remote locations, deciding which roads to take and when to approach an assignment.
The landscape plays a role in every battle. Fire can spread through dry vegetation, so a diversion may threaten your own escape route. You use vehicles, find cover and examine a position before firing. Weapons deteriorate and can jam. Malaria also makes your character vulnerable, so medicine is part of your preparations. Travelling therefore requires more thought than simply choosing the gun that deals the most damage.
Other mercenaries can help you and suggest alternative approaches to assignments. Relationships with these characters give decisions consequences beyond the immediate firefight. Between battles, you visit safe houses, buy equipment and use bus stations to cover longer distances. You play this original PS3 campaign alone. Online features are not offered as guaranteed to work. The Platinum edition does not change the base game or mean that separate expansion packs are included.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Far Cry 2 for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Far Cry 2
Ubisoft Montreal developed Far Cry 2 and Ubisoft released it in 2008 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Although it carried the Far Cry name, the team chose a new story and setting. The predecessor’s tropical islands gave way to a fictional African conflict. Creative director Clint Hocking described the project as an attempt to combine a large, seamless world with systems that respond to the player.
You can see this approach in the spread of fire and the other mercenaries you meet. A fire was not a fixed background image: wind, terrain and moisture influenced how flames travelled. The developers had to balance believable behaviour with workable combat. Relationships with fellow mercenaries were also meant to develop through play, with assistance, injuries and loss forming parts of the same world. The result linked planned assignments to events that could unfold differently.
The developer simultaneously built the technology and tools needed to create the open landscape. The project expanded from initially PC-focused development to three platforms. Far Cry 2 thus gained its own place in the series: less a direct story sequel, more a new interpretation of freedom and danger within a first-person shooter.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Crysis 2 on PlayStation 3 also gives you a choice between observing first, sneaking and opening fire. The Nanosuit adds camouflage and superhuman strength. Far Cry 2 and Far Cry 3 use freely explorable open worlds, where you also choose your own routes between assignments. Crysis 2 follows consecutive story areas.
BioShock on PlayStation 3 combines shooting and investigation in the underwater city of Rapture. You search rooms and use Plasmids alongside firearms. Far Cry 2 and Far Cry 3 place exploration in extensive outdoor areas with vehicles and combat positions approachable from several sides. BioShock keeps your attention more firmly on enclosed spaces and the city’s past.
Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation 3 also has an open world with driving and armed assignments. You switch between three protagonists and usually see your character from the outside. Far Cry 2 and Far Cry 3 keep their campaigns to one playable first-person perspective. Observation, stealth and positioning around enemy posts shape many encounters.
Red Dead Redemption on PlayStation 3 lets you travel through open landscapes between story missions and other activities. The western uses horses, revolvers and a camera behind your character. Far Cry 2 and Far Cry 3 offer more modern firearms, vehicles and a first-person viewpoint. Both approaches allow detours, but the controls and aiming feel different.
Far Cry 3 moves the open-world shooter on PlayStation 3 to tropical islands with Jason Brody. Both games let you prepare an attack and take on other assignments along the way. Far Cry 2 emphasises vulnerability through malaria and deteriorating weapons. Far Cry 3 uses skills and liberated outposts to make growth and progress more visible.
