Of course, in this busy season of game releases, let’s not forget Far Cry 2, which made its presence felt in this year’s Tokyo Games Show. With this year’s batch of great games, we wouldn’t be surprised if blood banks are flooded with donors.

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New Far Cry 2 video shown at TGS

There’s a new trailer for Far Cry 2 showing some more gameplay mechanics. This time, it’s about gaining the high ground to “win.” Unfortunately, all the advantage offered by high ground won’t be much help if you can’t shoot a lick.

Let me guess. Gamepad? No wonder.

For what it’s worth, this guy can shoot better than me when using a controller. I, however, don’t use controllers when playing first-person shooters.

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High ground gives advantage in Far Cry 2

I just can’t help but wonder though—is Far Cry 2’s protagonist capable of carrying all those guns? I sincerely hope there’s a maximum number one can carry because those one-man-army shooters aren’t exactly my idea of a good time, unless it involved carjacking and beating hookers to death with a baseball bat, or sneaking in a camo suit.

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Far Cry 2 videos show off oodles of gameplay

This year’s holiday season is beginning to look like last year’s, especially for the FPS genre. Last year, there was an influx of marquee shooters such as The Orange Box (which contained several high-quality games), Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Bioshock, Crysis, and Unreal Tournament 3.

Far Cry 2 will be joining this year’s batch of top-tier games as it lands on store shelves this October 21 in North America and October 24 in Europe. The Ubisoft shooter will have versions for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Other high-profile games coming out in the latter half of 2008 include Resistance 2, Fallout 3, Mercenaries 2, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War 2, Saint’s Row 2, Dead Space, and Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway, to name a few.

Yes, Far Cry 2, a highly-anticipated shooter, has become a mere drop in the bucket. To lure more gamers to its fold, Ubisoft also announced that there will be a Far Cry 2 collectors’ edition that will include:

• Exclusive wooden box;
• The Far Cry 2 game;
• “Limited edition” Far Cry 2 shirt;
• “The Art of Far Cry 2” art book;
• Collector 50km² map;
• Making-of DVD.

I originally considered Far Cry 2 as rental, at least until I heard about its flamethrower and map editor. Now, I’m undecided between Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2. Among the games coming out, which are the ones you’re torn over?

Image for Far Cry 2 is courtesy of Ubisoft.

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Release date for Far Cry 2 revealed, causes purchasing headaches

Am I the only drooling at the prospect of playing and owning Far Cry 2, the upcoming FPS by Ubisoft? I may have originally considered it a mere rental, but ever since the map editor was introduced, my perception about the game has changed. This new video about Far Cry 2 aiming to “immerse the player in the avatar’s physicality” is merely icing on the cake.

I just hope the treatments for the various injuries in Far Cry 2 would be in context. I would really hate to pull out a shrapnel out of the character’s leg if the damage sustained was from the wild African wildfires that originate from the game’s flamethrower.

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Ubisoft: Immersion in Far Cry 2 goes beyond graphics and sound

Far Cry 2 is coming with a map editor, but it’s not your ordinary map editor. Normally, such editors, especially those for first-person shooters, are a tad unwieldy. And usually, map editors are released for PC versions of multiplatform games because the console editions don’t have the necessary peripherals (i.e. keyboards and mice) to manipulate such software intuitively.

Based on what we’ve seen from the Far Cry 2 map editor, that might all change. Doubtful that you can create a detailed set piece using an Xbox 360 controller? Watch the clip and it WILL change your mind.

That said, it’s still unclear if there would be a venue for created maps at Xbox Live or PSN. It would be a shame though if there weren’t, because all that power—all that ease-of-use would go to waste if the only person who can enjoy these maps is its creator.

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Far Cry 2 map editor shows the big picture

A lot of buzz has been generated over the racism “issue” in Resident Evil 5, the latest entry in the popular survival-horror series, because of its Africa setting. Interestingly, Far Cry 2 is an upcoming FPS that’s also set in Africa but it never seemed to have generated the same sort of talk.

GameAxis has recently shared the new Far Cry 2 video and announced that it is “racism free.” How so? Because the latest trailer shows that you can shoot a variety of people in the face, regardless of skin color. That’s right folks, killing hordes of people is morally acceptable, as long as you’re not racist. After all, it makes perfect sense that a game set in Africa should not have dark-skinned bad guys as gun fodder.

Watch the new Far Cry 2 trailer after the jump.

Image for Far Cry 2 is courtesy of Ubisoft.

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GameAxis: Far Cry 2 is racism free

This just in: Ubisoft has finally announced the minimum system requirements for Far Cry 2. While the upcoming FPS is indeed looking sweet, the required specs sure aren’t pretty. Thankfully, it’s also coming out for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 so if you have either console, there’s nothing to worry about. Unless you hate using dual analog sticks for shooting.

To run Far Cry 2, you’ll need the following:

• CPU: Pentium IV 3.2GHz, Pentium D 2.66GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better;
• RAM: 1GB;
• Video card: Nvidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better;
  • Shader Model 3 required;
• 256 Mb of graphic memory;
• Media reader: DVD-ROM;
• Hard drive space: ~12 Gig or HD space. (tbd).

As for the recommended specs:

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better;
• RAM: 2GB;
• Video card: Nvidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better;
  • 512 Mb of graphic memory;
• Sound: 5.1 sound card recommended

Supported Video cards:
Nvidia 6800, Nvidia 7000 series, 8000 series, 9000 series, 200 series. 8800M and 8700M supported for laptops. ATI X1650 – 1950 series, HD2000 series, HD3000 series, and HD4000 series.

Good luck running it on your PC. You’ll need it.

Image for Far Cry 2 is courtesy of Ubisoft.

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Far Cry 2 PC system requirements announced

Ubisoft Montreal’s creation is shaping up to be something like S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which featured a sprawling gaming environment that the player can freely roam. The original Far Cry may offer a similar sense of freedom, but the scale is much grander this time around.

Don’t forget the cool flamethrower, which lets you burn everything in sight.

It was reported that this sequel would be rid of the feral strength and the Trigen creatures. Why? Ubisoft made a research on what made Far Cry “cool” and discovered that it was the realistic parts at the beginning of the game (i.e. when players raided military camps and using a variety of strategies to survive) that consumers liked most.

However, the question we’ve previously raised is begging to be asked again: what is Far Cry without Trigens or mutants? The “Far Cry” title is significant in the original game because the weird experiments were labeled “Project Far Cry.” Why is Far Cry 2 using the Far Cry moniker if it won’t have anything to do with the weird science experiments?

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Far Cry 2 video combines intro and developer commentary

I’m not very impressed with this latest trailer, especially when you compare this to the previous video. Up-close, the animals don’t look very realistic. The African plains, however, should be an intriguing battlefield.

Perhaps this trailer would look better without the film filter, which fools with the lighting significantly. If you still have any doubts on how fantastic Far Cry 2 would look, watch the older trailer below.

If you’ve always wanted to be an arsonist in a video game, look no further.

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Far Cry 2’s latest trailer isn’t impressive