Zedben

Fun for a weekend. After that you are out of things to do. Resource gathering is incredibly repetitive and you need the same resources for just about everything in the game. So you'll be gathering stone, metal, and wood for ~75-80% of your playtime. There is no real sense of progression. Yes, you get better armor/weapons/gathering tools, but they wear out just about as fast. As you upgrade, the mobs you fight take about the same amount of time as the mobs you fought with the lesser gear. Combat does not change - unless you change your weapon. If you change what weapon you use, there are different animations and minor benefits/detriments, but it is still pretty much a click fest. No combos or strategy. Just mash the left mouse button until the big thing is dead (with a few exceptions). I don't play PvP. This game is probably catering to that crowd. PvE content is relatively shallow and not solo-able without cheats. There is full nudity, though. So, there's another crowd pleaser.

Great game - just avoid official servers. Set up your own server with ASM and invite friends.

Not an expansion pack. Anyone who has played any of the Far Cry series knows that each Far Cry is its own entity with its own storyline and gigantic open world to explore. FC4 cranked up the graphics a bit, tuned the animations and AI, added weather effects and full day/night cycle, and, as always, provides and intriguing storyline with an interesting antagonist. Far Cry is really the Final Fantasy of FPSRPGs - except without all of the emo melodramatic crap. Anyone who has played more than one of the FF series knows that each one is independent (except for the new spin-offs they have been doing). The same can be said about the FC series. FC3 was about a preppy Californian that went skydiving and landed on the wrong island. FC4 is about a man whose sole mission is to spread his mothers ashes in Asia. How the hell would that be an expansion to the preppy Californian kid? Pagan Min is not Vaas, but he has his own personality as do many of the other NPCs throughout the game. In the end, if you like the FC series, get this. If you are expecting a re-invention of the series and your hype levels are above 11, then go complain about something else, somewhere else.

Intriguing story, awesome narration, and beautiful music make this game a good play for the price. I have seen top-class games ($50-$60) that paled in comparison to this one. In short: buy it and have fun. It is incredibly creative, mystical, and the ending... well, this is one of the few low-cost games I have played that has a good ending.

At first, this game is really fun. You start out weak and gradually gain powers and such (depending on your style of game play). However, it just gets way too easy. To top it off the story is incredibly predictable. If you are on a tight budget, rent/buy used/borrow from a friend. The Escapist summed it up by saying it is Skyrim for beginners.

This game is okay. I realize it was developed by a very small team, but it seems more like a grind than a game. "Here we are in this section! Grind your faction with so-and-so so we can move on." From there it turns into a "you can't continue through the story until you are this level. Good concepts, but not too good of an immersive experience or story line.

Wow! What is with all of the bad press on this game? I bought it for a reasonable price and have spent more hours playing this to my own music than many other games. It may not be perfect, but you have to hand it to the developer for being able to make something similar to another popular game, yet more dynamic. You can play your own music and it automatically generates the key presses. The only downside I really see with this game is that the boards no longer work. I didn't really like any of the other use-your-own-music games (well, except Beat Hazard - before they changed it). None of them required the twitch reaction speed that this game can (in harder modes) have. Plus, having your music blaring in the background as you try to keep up offers a genuine immersive feel.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]