Well this game is huge & I don’t just mean the levels/map I mean everything the selection of weapons & features is simple massive. it’s a first person shooter obviously & part one on the xbox was also a first person shooter but its missing something that the first one didn’t have & I’ll get to that. So its set in Africa & there are a few different characters to choose from including an ex-IRA man (huh?) but really the character choices are nothing special & because it’s a first person shooter you will only see different arms anyways. The African landscape featured here is really something special, its vast & vibrant at times & has everything from lush green jungles to dusty deserts. The game cycles smoothly from day to night & I have to say I haven’t seen as smooth a transition in any game since then. Your character is a mercenary that’s sent into Africa to track down & assassinate an international arms dealer known only as “the jackal”. to get to the jackal you must find & fight your way through the game but its not as easy as it sounds, the game play can be tough & you will find yourself backtracking through the vast landscape just to do business with a faction or even to complete a mission. Like I sad the map is huge but it’s a little too big at times & it can be irritating getting from one point to another, even once you learn the layout of the map you will have moments where you are cursing the size of the map.
Speaking of maps the game comes complete with a very impressive level editor that lets you build your own maps full of weapons & buildings.. But that’s really the tip of the iceberg & its near impossible to do the editor justice by using just words. The maps you can build are simply amazing & the freedom of design is something I have never seen in a game before (including the one on the original xbox) of course once you have your map built you can pop it online & let other people play on it, this works great for the multiplayer. Some people have dubbed this GTA set in Africa but its not, it plays differently & the controls are more like the call of duty series. Its got a lot going for it & the game engine it uses is spectacular especially the way it deals with weather & fire effects, for instance if a fire does break out the whole area around it will be consumed by flames in an ultra realistic way.
For me the game was great fun & the missions were very time consuming but I simply cant get over the size of the map, if there was more in the actual environment like towns or villages it really would have been a better experience but driving around or in some cases running (they blew my jeep up!) for god knows how long.. It was just too much. I guess to sum it up I’d call it a survival game because you really are in the middle of no where & you have to survive to get through to the next mission. don’t get me wrong it’s a fun game but it might be a little too raw for some people & if you don’t like huge maps then this wont do you any favours, I’ll give it an 8 out of 10.
Well this game is huge & I don’t just mean the levels/map I mean everything the selection of weapons & features is simple massive. it’s a first person shooter obviously & part one on the xbox was also a first person shooter but its missing something that the first one didn’t have & I’ll get to that. So its set in Africa & there are a few different characters to choose from including an ex-IRA man (huh?) but really the character choices are nothing special & because it’s a first person shooter you will only see different arms anyways. The African landscape featured here is really something special, its vast & vibrant at times & has everything from lush green jungles to dusty deserts. The game cycles smoothly from day to night & I have to say I haven’t seen as smooth a transition in any game since then. Your character is a mercenary that’s sent into Africa to track down & assassinate an international arms dealer known only as “the jackal”. to get to the jackal you must find & fight your way through the game but its not as easy as it sounds, the game play can be tough & you will find yourself backtracking through the vast landscape just to do business with a faction or even to complete a mission. Like I sad the map is huge but it’s a little too big at times & it can be irritating getting from one point to another, even once you learn the layout of the map you will have moments where you are cursing the size of the map.
Speaking of maps the game comes complete with a very impressive level editor that lets you build your own maps full of weapons & buildings.. But that’s really the tip of the iceberg & its near impossible to do the editor justice by using just words. The maps you can build are simply amazing & the freedom of design is something I have never seen in a game before (including the one on the original xbox) of course once you have your map built you can pop it online & let other people play on it, this works great for the multiplayer. Some people have dubbed this GTA set in Africa but its not, it plays differently & the controls are more like the call of duty series. Its got a lot going for it & the game engine it uses is spectacular especially the way it deals with weather & fire effects, for instance if a fire does break out the whole area around it will be consumed by flames in an ultra realistic way. 
For me the game was great fun & the missions were very time consuming but I simply cant get over the size of the map, if there was more in the actual environment like towns or villages it really would have been a better experience but driving around or in some cases running (they blew my jeep up!) for god knows how long.. It was just too much. I guess to sum it up I’d call it a survival game because you really are in the middle of no where & you have to survive to get through to the next mission. don’t get me wrong it’s a fun game but it might be a little too raw for some people & if you don’t like huge maps then this wont do you any favours, I’ll give it an 8 out of 10. 
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