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Far Cry 2 rivals the PC game Crysis in its depiction of dense vegetation, swaying in the breeze and realistically shadowed. Africa's natural beauty is all laid bare: hill, mountains, savannahs, marshes, dense jungles, dune-covered deserts, and everything in-between. 50 square kilometers of terrain are open for seamless exploration (except for one loading screen between the Northern and Southern halves of the embattled nation). Welcome to the Jungle Far Cry 2 takes place in a fictional African country, beautifully rendered in its entirety. In the end, Far Cry 2 has a lot to offer - at its best, it's one of the best shooters of the year - but the overall package doesn't quite live up to the game's potential. There are places we would've gladly sacrificed the immersion just to be able to travel quickly to other parts of the world, or to stop the endless procession of machine-gun trucks trying to ram us. Five minutes of tense first-person excitement is matched by fifteen minutes of driving around, picking up a mission, shooting through the same checkpoint for the fifteenth time, and travelling to the next site. Unfortunately these terrific moments are padded out with a lot of repetitive, sometimes tedious travel. Additionally, the set-piece combat sequences are tactically open-ended and a joy to play through. This game really puts the player into the shoes of a mercenary with nothing to lose and no line he won't cross. Artistically it's a real triumph - the industry as a whole should take note of the techniques used to create a real sense of first-person immersion. As a game, Far Cry 2 has moments of greatness. And as a player, you're beginning your own savage journey to the jungle's lawless heart to stop him.
There's no question that Ubisoft's Far Cry 2 takes these same themes and presents them in a modern context (there's even an area near the climax of the game called "Heart of Darkness.") In the same way that the novel's enigmatic Kurtz played native tribes against each other, Far Cry 2's villain "The Jackal" is selling arms to two modern-day African warlords in a devastated nation.
Joseph Conrad's 1902 novella Heart of Darkness explored a brilliant man's descent into savagery in the heart of the African jungle.
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