Far Cry 2 [Archive] - E-mpire Forums

AC!D

01-03-2008, 09:05 PM

GTShotoKen

01-03-2008, 09:25 PM

I dont have a link to this but i remember reading an article that said Ubisoft was handling development internally so no CRYTEK involvement meaning their special PS3 team are obviously working on something else maybe a port of Crysis.

Also i remember reading that Ubisoft is using the Assasinss Creed engine for this game which i love so yeah! :)

Ubisoft owns the Far Cry IP since they were the original publisher for Crytek (this is the reason why Crytek's game is called Crysis).

Ubisoft has no involvement with Crytek what so ever (Crytek has EA as a publisher now).

AC!D

01-03-2008, 09:37 PM

I know Ubisoft have the rights but arent CRYTEK still independant? A dev can have many publishers for their different IP'S and also work on other publishers IP'S so i would have thought that Ubisoft might have approached them to do Far Cry 2 and they declined because of exisiting commitments.

VG Aficionado

01-03-2008, 10:22 PM

Since Crytek isn't developing this one, I don't think I'll be interested but we'll see.

By the way, Crysis has been quite a big flop on PC. I wonder if they'll consider console ports now.

GTAce

01-03-2008, 10:46 PM

Crysis seems like a pure graphic demo for the most and a lot of people think its unplayable on a usual PC.

EDIT: And im not really interested in FC2 because its from Ubi and i didnt liked the gameplay from the first so much.

GTShotoKen

01-03-2008, 10:54 PM

Since Crytek isn't developing this one, I don't think I'll be interested but we'll see.

By the way, Crysis has been quite a big flop on PC. I wonder if they'll consider console ports now.

Crysis is definitely fun, but the team's aspirations for being the top of the line graphical showcase has seriously limited the people that can enjoy it.

I honestly think that Crysis' sales figures will pick up when many pc gamers will have affordable rigs that can run it (ala sometime this year).

VG Aficionado

01-03-2008, 11:05 PM

Usually, a game's sales don't improve to the point that it becomes successful eventually when it fails in its first 3 months. We'll see if this is an exception, but I really don't think so.

Zer0-Sum

01-03-2008, 11:20 PM

Crysis is just to powerful for it's own good. The reason that it is not selling like gang busters is because of the hype of it being to powerful. And it is true. But that is okay. I am betting Crysis will be coming out for both 360 and PS3. BTW, Crysis is totally fun and totally kicks ass!

As for Far Cry 2, i am none to thrilled that Crytek is not making it. Who is making it? What is their track record? It could kick ass for all we know. Bit I don't give it much chance for that to happen. I suspect it will be mediocre at best.

GTAce

01-04-2008, 12:06 AM

I think Ubi montreal makes it but im not sure.

AC!D

01-04-2008, 01:32 AM

Well from what i have read Far Cry was brilliant on PC ( i never played the game to be honest this is just what i have heard ) but the console port was utterly crap so maybe with Ubi at the reigns it will get a better conversion cause i have only ever heard good things about the original game on PC.

Hopefully Ubi will fix up some bugs on the AC engine and their wont be more frame rate and freezing issues like in AC.

Zer0-Sum

01-04-2008, 01:37 AM

Yes the PC version of Far Cry was just bad ass and the console version sucked dead monkey choad. That is what I am afraid of. It is like this case of EA porting the Orange Box. On the PC it rocks, on the PS3 it has major problems.

But considering this is an all new game and not a port bodes a little better for the dev. I hope they do a good job, but we shall see.....

GTShotoKen

01-04-2008, 02:34 AM

Killing Moon

01-04-2008, 02:55 AM

I still don't see the big deal about this series. It's just a damn tech demo, for Christ's sakes. It's not really doing anything fairly well, or innovative. Just an open environment FPS.

Blah, whatever.
Yet ANOTHER title on the shelf, sterilizing the industry even further.

*sigh*

GTShotoKen

01-04-2008, 04:27 AM

To tell you the truth, the original far cry (although it looked open) was extremely linear clunky and was completely unbalanced (fighting mutants that one hit kill is no fun).

Crysis though is a different beast altogether and actually gets the formula right. You can actually use the large environments to your advantage this go around, the powers of the suit really give you many new options as to how to play through large portions of the game, not to mention that the entire physics of the environment is there waiting to be experimented with.

Crysis can be easily played like a tradition shooter, but someone with extra imagination can make the game much more interesting.

Edit: Yes the game can be easily be used (or seen) as a tech demo, but that's just a side effect of what the dev team was aiming for.

Besides, Crysis is innovative in that fact that no other shooter plays like it (open environments....nano suit?). Not to mention that it provides a level of interactivity that no other game has ever matched (that has to mean something).

I'm still on the fence with Far Cry 2 though. The new tech they have can do some interesting things, but I wonder if they can truly utilize the open world they are creating?

section

01-04-2008, 07:04 AM

I'd say Crysis would sell if it wasn't so badly pirated :P

PC gamers won't buy games as long as they get them for free. Period.

When they release it on Xbox and PS it will sell millions.

As for Far Cry 2, yay. Far Cry didn't feel that linear, they managed to hide the tube running syndrome really well with seemingly free roaming jungle environments which eventually weren't that free. But I really liked the game back then.

Sephiroth_VII

01-04-2008, 07:11 AM

Most PC gamers won't buy games when they have to spend several thousand dollars on upgrading their rig every two years, just to play the new games in full quality.

Raitei

01-04-2008, 04:16 PM

Its true... most of the money in pc gaming is going to the hardware guys.

As for farcry, i never quite got into it, maybe the second will be different, though, i'll need a demo for that first

cliffbo

02-18-2008, 11:11 PM

trailer: http://games.tiscali.cz/news/news.asp?id=26165

qzak

02-18-2008, 11:34 PM

Usually, a game's sales don't improve to the point that it becomes successful eventually when it fails in its first 3 months. We'll see if this is an exception, but I really don't think so.

Sorry I don't have a link, but I read earlier today that Crysis has now sold over a million copies. I'd hesitate to call that a complete failure.

GTAce

02-19-2008, 12:10 AM

trailer: http://games.tiscali.cz/news/news.asp?id=26165

Hmmm interesting, but looks VERY work in progress.
We'll see how it turns out.

VG Aficionado

02-19-2008, 12:13 AM

Sorry I don't have a link, but I read earlier today that Crysis has now sold over a million copies. I'd hesitate to call that a complete failure.

Well, to be honest, the initial reports on Crysis being a flop only took NPD figures into account. A lot of people seem to believe that if a game isn't that successful in the US, it's a failure. I guess Crysis had healthy sales worldwide.

Red

02-19-2008, 12:13 AM

http://www.psu.com/Far-Cry-2-alpha-build-gameplay-footage-News--a0002788-p0.php

Some seconds ingame footage. Alpha build.

GTAce

02-19-2008, 12:37 AM

Look@quote in my post above.

Garfunkel

02-19-2008, 01:51 AM

I loved the original far cry, it was hard, but boy was it fun, and still good looking today.

Crysis was OK, but not as good, it was just so overrated and not that great looking considering the insane requirements for it.

I hope they make far cry 2 closer to the original then crysis.

jako

02-19-2008, 09:25 AM

There is already a thread talking about this :

http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=82971

GTShotoKen

02-19-2008, 03:15 PM

I loved the original far cry, it was hard, but boy was it fun, and still good looking today.

Screw that, the original Far Cry was great fun until the mutants came. They were so unreasonably cheap. They take forever to kill and they kill you in one freakin hit.

Crysis was much better balanced in my opinion.

Crysis was OK, but not as good, it was just so overrated and not that great looking considering the insane requirements for it.

....................................http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/shmookins/emos/speechless.gif

Clearly you haven't seen Crysis on medium, high, or very high (that's just a slide show though). :lol:

There are no PC games out today that even come close to it graphically. Maybe this year, but for right now it is definitely the king. The system requirements are steep, but I fully understand why.

I hope they make far cry 2 closer to the original then crysis.

Crysis was like the original far cry in structure already. I think FC2 needs to be truly open instead of just having larger linear paths.

GTShotoKen

02-19-2008, 03:17 PM

There is already a thread talking about this :

http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=82971

I guess we can have them merged?

Edit: I believe there are like three other Far Cry 2 threads though lol.

GTAce

02-21-2008, 08:27 PM

Gameplay video fresh from the GDC (http://gamersyde.com/stream_6294_en.html)

VG Aficionado

02-21-2008, 09:18 PM

Crysis was OK, but not as good, it was just so overrated and not that great looking considering the insane requirements for it. Clearly you haven't seen Crysis on medium, high, or very high (that's just a slide show though). :lol:

There are no PC games out today that even come close to it graphically. Maybe this year, but for right now it is definitely the king. The system requirements are steep, but I fully understand why.

Hmmm... I'm playing Crysis on high settings with an overclocked 8800 GT (512 MB), 4 GB of RAM, a more powerful than recommended CPU and getting good framerates at 1280x1024 and I'm not all that impressed. There are great effects, enemies seem clever, it moves tons of polygons, the physics are nice but that's about everything that impresses me. The LOD is terrible, way too aggressive. The textures are not all that good, only the character textures and some decent bump mapping look really great. Honestly, I'm more impressed with Uncharted.

Red

02-21-2008, 09:37 PM

Gameplay video fresh from the GDC (http://gamersyde.com/stream_6294_en.html)

This fuckin rocks. Rep+

GTAce

03-08-2008, 11:41 AM

3 new pics (http://gamersyde.com/news_6104_en.html)
Looking good.

the boney king of nowhere.

03-08-2008, 12:17 PM

i have a feeling the ps3 version is going to suck. and be delayed.

GTAce

03-08-2008, 12:21 PM

Me too, because of the Ubisoft logo...

jako

03-26-2008, 09:39 PM

Bad quality gameplay :

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32261.html

woundingchaney

03-26-2008, 10:23 PM

I run Crysis at about 30-50 fps. (average is 42 fps I believe), 1920x1200, very/high settings, no AA

q6600 @ 3.2
3x8800gtx
4 gig ram

Crysis is leagues beyond any console game I have seen. For those with performance problems I would suggest utilizing this site: http://www.tweakguides.com/
-This guy has been providing quality "tweaks" for quite a while now and I cant recommend his guides enough.

Far Cry 2 looks to be an excellent addition to the open world shooters, although given the developer shift I dont really expect it to be necessarily in the "vein" of the original.

cliffbo

03-26-2008, 10:34 PM

if the PS3 was £1500 t0 £2000 it would probably be able to run it... although, i think there will be a few revelations about the PS3 next year

Segitz

03-27-2008, 12:56 AM

I run Crysis at about 30-50 fps. (average is 42 fps I believe), 1920x1200, very/high settings, no AA

q6600 @ 3.2
3x8800gtx
4 gig ram

As a comparison to a normal system, I run Crysis at 20-40 frames (really depends on whats happening, but usually quite fluid) on my meager system^^ Add to that, I run all on High (except textures, those are on medium) and in DX9 at 1680x1050

X2 3800+ EE (no OC, but does neatly overclock to 2.4)
1x8800GTS 320MB
2GB RAM

Tbh, Crysis only looks good to me... I don't say great, because the art direction is ... well non-existant except at the end. Basically, it IS Far Cry 2. And, it is buggy as hell, performs like shit and is imho only a mediocre shooter (MY VIEW!!!).

masteratt

03-27-2008, 12:59 AM

if the PS3 was £1500 t0 £2000 it would probably be able to run it... although, i think there will be a few revelations about the PS3 next year

??
Tell us what you know, punk *cocks gun* :guns:

Alright fine it's a toothpick, not a gun :(
But still tell us!
Cmooooooooooon.......

curryking1

03-27-2008, 01:03 AM

Shut up masteratt.

:P

Btw, now you should watch Tokyo Godfathers. Just for fun, it's a pretty entertaining film, especially because it's so wild. Check out my mini review! :)

Holy crap wounding! You have 3 8800s! THREE?!

can i have one? XD

masteratt

03-27-2008, 01:07 AM

You tell me to shut up!?!?
Alright that's it! Toothpick duel time bitch!!
*toothpick snaps*.....AAAAH! :(

Okay okay, I submit! I'll watch your shitty movie!

Anyway FarCry2, woot! let's shoot more different coloured dudes who talk funny in a jungle for reasons we'll never know or understand!

cliffbo

03-27-2008, 08:45 PM

??
Tell us what you know, punk *cocks gun* :guns:

Alright fine it's a toothpick, not a gun :(
But still tell us!
Cmooooooooooon.......

LOL.... i knew that would grab someone's attention. well we get KZ2 and RFOM this year which are set to push the PS3 even harder, then we have that game the BBC guy saw who said it was better than either of those games i've mentioned above. add into that a few games we probably haven't heard of and the fact that Insomniac have said they will be able to improve their games two-fold for the next 4 years and naughty dog saying that they used 33% of cell... is it that much of a stretch to imagine a game as good if not better than crisis in (lets say) late 2009 to early 2010? come on, we all know how the PS2 quality leapt by the time we hit GOW and the PS3 is going to be a bigger leap, year on year out.

Red

04-07-2008, 12:23 AM

Who wants new scans?

http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=CJVtvOKtoZGkEjE.jpg
http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=5KsmKqOLJWmB6Lz.jpg
http://www.bilder-space.de/upload/qFHmSfzr0GnunYQ.jpg
http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=vNAS1KfwpxAiweh.jpg
http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=KqrJoBQwDTGhB4c.jpg
http://www.bilder-space.de/show.php?file=N7l7yQvb1we7oxN.jpg

Passive

04-07-2008, 05:19 AM

tbh im not all that imressed with those shots.

I'm waiting for Crysis 2 :P

Red

04-07-2008, 03:48 PM

Scans not Shots.

GTAce

04-07-2008, 03:50 PM

This explains the strange colors....

jaxmkii

04-07-2008, 04:40 PM

section

04-07-2008, 05:45 PM

I would buy me a neat rig if I had money. Meanwhile I laugh at PC gamers who can never touch PS franchises :)

Red

04-13-2008, 12:50 PM

Again New Scans:

http://www.jeux-france.com/blog197203_Blakguy

Red

04-17-2008, 02:48 PM

http://www.fracknaps.com/read/?p=RIYL7N40&st=2

gibmonster

04-18-2008, 04:18 PM

this is exactly why i got out of pc gaming...
all that for one eyecandy game.

Word. The cost and time it takes to tweak everything for a few extra frames for the latest game of chess just isn't worth it.

section

04-18-2008, 07:34 PM

Actually now that I got an old gfx card (Radeon X1950Pro) but whole lot better than my previous (Nvidia 6800GT) I can play Crysis with great graphics.

My workhorse (AMD64 3200+, 1GB DDR RAM) is heaving but manages to pump it up and it's a nice little game. On extreme settings the game tastes like cotton candy but it's menacing to the core. And I guess you gotta have at least 512MB GFX card, supposedly Nvidia, to get it to the max.

But anyone loving their FPS can't dislike Crysis. The dynamic lighting and environments are the best I've ever seen. The jungle environment really feels like it's alive and that's something I've rarely seen in a game.

yoshaw

04-18-2008, 07:58 PM

^I guess, for the price I have to pay to play 1 eyecandy game.

I think I'll pass! PS3 ftw.

qzak

05-06-2008, 07:07 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/video/942192/6190411/far-cry-2-official-trailer-1

Official Trailer released: looks good! Some reminiscence of Uncharted, some of every FPS you've ever seen, but I'm still pretty interested in this one.

JasonXe

05-08-2008, 05:16 AM

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30937.html

nice!!

05-08-2008, 05:24 AM

amazing! this is an extremely good tech demo gone wild!
these guys are something else. *salutes*

GTAce

05-29-2008, 01:57 AM

Ubidays gameplay (http://gamersyde.com/news_6568_en.html)

05-29-2008, 02:35 AM

GTAce: the official unofficial Ubiday PSi correspondent! lol

thanks for all the updates man!

GTAce

05-29-2008, 02:41 AM

3 videos is not that special..... but thanks for the nice title. 8)

05-29-2008, 02:53 AM

just saw the vid. wow. plus, they have animals. that reminded me of Afrika! so if that game doesn't give you your God given pleasure right of shooting a baby zebra in it's face with a shotgun, then you can do that in this game!

also, they will show all console versions tomorrw! I want to see how the PS3 version performs!

(man, I have to cut down on the exclamation abuse! oops, done it again! and again! God I can't stop!)

05-29-2008, 06:57 PM

PS360 footage:
2zyJ23jF4MA
I am so fucking excited!
sorry for youtube shit quality; the only site that has a good vid is slower than a snail climbing up a hill made of glue.

to me, all versions look identical- or damn close enough if youtube is that bad. I love what the game is doing, it is so amazing and truly a new generation game!

GTAce

05-29-2008, 07:00 PM

Cant wait for the map editor (if it comes to the PS3 version).
The last infos i heard are really nice.

05-29-2008, 07:19 PM

fuck! I completely forgot that there is a map editor!

PS. why do I feel like I'm the only one aside from PC gamers that is freaking excited about this? is it unfamiliarity or what? this tops Crysis, and that one got huge hype!

GTAce

05-29-2008, 07:31 PM

It only got the hype because of the graphics.
But im still unsure about FC2, its still Ubisuck and they hate to port properly.

05-29-2008, 07:41 PM

I not only love the graphics, but the 'living world' they created with gravity, wind, fire, even the grass is real. this is a tech demo on steroids! remember the planets growing they showed on PS3 in 05? well, this game does it! they showed an entire scene where the guy pressed a button and all the trees disappeared. he pushed another command and ALL the trees started growing again. not one or two, all the ones in the scenery. amazing!
i also love the real time map and item usage. I love it when games don't pause to show you the map or to select an item. more games are starting to use that ;continuity' feature. :)

GTAce

05-29-2008, 07:46 PM

I mean Crysis with the hype.
FC2 has a lot more substance.

the boney king of nowhere.

05-29-2008, 07:59 PM

holy shit, that was awesome.

masteratt

05-29-2008, 10:20 PM

Hm, I am intrigued.

Especially if map editor comes fully functional to the PS3 version.

Red

05-29-2008, 11:20 PM

High Quality Video:

http://www.widgamer.com/video-game-medias-hd-view-far-cry-2_3445.html

VG Aficionado

05-29-2008, 11:22 PM

Looking great!

AC!D

05-30-2008, 02:51 AM

The AI looks amazing.

GTAce

05-30-2008, 02:53 AM

The shooting reminds me of CoD4 and the scale is fucking amazing.
Cant wait after seeing all this videos.

CARTIER90

06-01-2008, 02:12 PM

I just hope the framerate holds, and doesnt have the constant slowdown of GTA4.

Raitei

06-01-2008, 03:05 PM

Sure. the game looks good

but i had problems enjoying farcry

LaLiLuLeLo

06-01-2008, 06:42 PM

Impressive...

Nameless

06-01-2008, 07:06 PM

I have to agree that Ubisoft does not have the greatest track record with the PS3... The footage looks really good, but I have to get confirmation the game runs properly on the PS3. After the Haze debacle I refuse to get hyped by any developer talking about a PS3 title being distributed by Ubisoft...
*Yeah it's that bad and Ubisoft has lost a lot of my respect as a gamer.*

Anyone know if this game is scheduled for an 08 release or do we have a potential clash of the titans with this title and Killzone 2, because I still believe the KZ2 footage is on another level...
*I know it's an exclusive, but the comparisons will be made...*

Raitei

06-01-2008, 07:53 PM

you cant fault ubisoft AT ALL for haze.
That was Free rad developing

as for other games.. sure, they suck ass

OG_Monkey

06-01-2008, 08:18 PM

Might pick this game up....might

VG Aficionado

07-13-2008, 11:20 AM

Segitz

07-13-2008, 12:30 PM

Deceiving the enemy - gameplay trailer (http://www.eurogamer.pt/tv_video.php?playlist_id=12023)

I've never been interested in FC2, but I'll agree all the videos so far are awesome. Too bad it seems there won't be mutants or any kind of monsters this time.

I actually prefer no Mutants... in FC1, I stopped playing, when I hit them, because it became too hard for me... Just frustrating

VG Aficionado

07-13-2008, 12:41 PM

The mutants were a nice plot twist to me, the game got better in atmosphere from then on.

masteratt

07-13-2008, 03:21 PM

The animation of when the guy was being helped really sucked (very 'skippy') but other than that, everything really looks perfect.

Except I just feel I can't be bothered with this game for some reason :/

Nameless

07-13-2008, 05:50 PM

^ I thought the animation was ok and was impressed when the NPC carried the other injured soldier. The new trailer definately has my attention; the only problem is the amount of FPS title out and in the works... The only FPS I plan on purchasing this fall is Resistance 2. It's not an FPS, but I will definately pick up GOW2 on the 360 too.

I may rent this title and if the MP is really good pick it up, but this genre is too saturated...

cliffbo

07-22-2008, 12:36 AM

vid:

http://www.gamersyde.com/leech_8099_en.html

GTAce

07-25-2008, 02:34 AM

E3: The Far Cry 2 demo (3/3) (http://gamersyde.com/news_6895_en.html)

cliffbo

11-22-2008, 07:14 PM

Far Cry 2 getting DLC by end of month

Posted Nov 21st 2008 3:25PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: PlayStation Network

Not too long after the release of Far Cry 2, Ubisoft has announced a new DLC pack to be made available by the end of November (so, next week, perhaps?). The Fortune's Pack DLC brings new vehicles and weapons to both the single-player and multiplayer aspects of Far Cry 2. It will be available for $9.99.

The Fortune's Pack DLC for Far Cry 2 will include:

Single-Player Mode

* Three brand-new weapons:
Silenced shotgun; Sawed-off shotgun; Crossbow
* Two new vehicles:
Unimog; Quad

Multiplayer Mode

* Four new maps:
Cheap Labor; Last Resort; Lake Smear; Fort Fury
* New single-player weapons and vehicles also available in multiplayer

http://www.gametab.com/news/2810738/

Jay Gee

11-22-2008, 07:34 PM

Sounds like a good deal for both SP and MP.

AC!D

11-29-2008, 03:35 PM

Can anyone help me out please? This question isnt really a spoiler about story or anything as far as i am concerned but im putting in spoiler tags just incase. Hope someone can give me some advice and thanks in advance....I was wondering why everytime i go on a third mission with a buddy they always end up dying no matter how hard i try to save them can anyone tell me if this is the norm or am i doing something wrong?

gnznroses

11-29-2008, 09:23 PM

this is like $25 or something at amazon right now. wonder if it's worth getting

AC!D

11-29-2008, 10:24 PM

this is like $25 or something at amazon right now. wonder if it's worth getting

Think GTA meets COD 4 in Africa. Its an Amazing game but there are three little things that irritate me. Driving can be a bit of a slog from point A to point B cause the maps are huge and everybody shoots at you there are no Friendly pedestrians like in GTA, Buddy AI is pathetic they are absolutley useless at times but you dont really need them and finally respawning chechpoints ( Getting from point A to B can be frustrating as you sometimes have to pass these checkpoints and defend yourself and move on to point B.

Other than those little gripes its an amazing game with a dynamic story, amazing enemy AI, Africa is beautiful, Guns have real power/weight to them, the fire effects are amazing, playing at night time is like playing a completley different game where enemies and yourself have to adjust to the darkness and the game has great value for money im 40 hours into the game with about another 15 missions to complete. Hope that helps gnznroses.

gnznroses

11-29-2008, 11:11 PM

Cool, thanks. I hated GTA4 and COD tho, lol.
I probably won't buy it just cause I already bought 3 other games.

curryking1

11-30-2008, 05:54 AM

The game has a lot of great functions like easy car repairing, nice environments, cool fire effects and stuff.

But it does feel like a very tedious game when you get right down to it. Let it be known that it is well made for a tedious game... just that it ends up being very tedious. There's too little to do other than complete missions.

The game is essentially all shooting-driving-shooting-somewhere-else-drive-again and it gets quite repetitive. In a GTA game there was a lot of freedom of picking different cars, finding many routes to the same destination and a lot more game world interactivity. Far Cry 2 doesn't have a lot of things that fill in the blanks like GTAs of past had.

I'd give it a thuper 3 stars out of 5!

AC!D

11-30-2008, 01:06 PM

Just finished the game today and i would rate it 8/10.

sam

11-30-2008, 03:06 PM

Another something I downloaded for free on the PC ;D

I ended up getting a copy for the Xbox on my birthday, I'll probably trade it in.

I didn't play too much of it, from what I saw there was potential - but all wrapped in a rather uninspired package.

Graphically, very good... but, Crysis (the real far cry) is still a good bit ahead.
Although, impressive graphics are a little closer to home with FC2 - IE - you don't need a 5K $ PC to get your wow factor.