Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 is an open-world first-person shooter set in an unnamed African country. Players take the role of a mercenary who roams a large environment of desert, savannah, and jungle, completing missions for…
Far Cry 2 is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 21 October 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 3 cheat codes for it.
What Far Cry 2 is
Far Cry 2 is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2008. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dunia Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player is a mercenary sent into an African nation torn apart by civil war between two ruthless factions, both of which exploit the local population. The conflict is being fueled by an arms dealer known as the Jackal, and the mercenary's job is to find and kill him. Soon after arriving, the mercenary is struck down by malaria and has a dangerous first brush with the Jackal, and must then survive in hostile territory, taking work from competing sides while trying to track down the elusive target.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world, sandbox and stealth. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Far Cry series
Far Cry 2 is the third of 29 entries we hold in the Far Cry series. It arrived 3 years after Far Cry Instincts. The next entry was Far Cry 3 in 2012. Its critic score of 58 is 21 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Far Cry 3 at 90.
How it was received
Far Cry 2 holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 7 points below the year average. Players rate it 65, 7 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 19.2 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better, 1 GB of RAM and 256 MB, Shader Model 3 required, NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better*. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Far Cry 2 launched on 21 October 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space and Gears of War 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space, Gears of War 2.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 3 cheat entries for Far Cry 2 — 3 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Far Cry 2 cheat codes
Enable the console
Added to the launch shortcut, this enables the developer console.
Right-click the shortcut, choose Properties, and add the flag after the exe path.
God mode
You take no damage.
Press the tilde key once the flag is set.
Unlimited ammunition
Weapons stop consuming ammunition.
Open the console and type the command.
Dlc
Quick answers
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