Gameology: Commentary and Resources for the Game Studies Community

I just recently bought FarCry out of a bargain bin at Target after deciding I was not willing to spend 50 bucks on F.E.A.R. Overall, I enjoyed the game. While it is absolutely overshadowed in almost every way by Half-Life 2 I found the huge outdoor environments really refreshing. I had a lot of fun stalking enemies and killing them. It is what I would call an action stealth game, wherein you can stalk enemies but getting noticed isn't instant death, but rather the invitation for a fun firefight.

However, the storyline is horrendous and so are the characters and the environments get repetitive and the indoor maps are uninspired. And I must agree, there are two battles, particularly one right near the end that are so frustratingly impossible that it is actually shocking they were including in the game as they are designed.

The one battle at the end that I speak of actually made me quit playing the game without ever finishing it because I found it not only lacking fun but actually deterring from the rest of my experience with the game.