FarCry 2 Single Player Could Last 100 Hours

cmd · 05-31-2008, 03:05 AM

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Players looking forward to shooting their way through Far Cry 2's 50-square kilometers of African wilderness best set aside the better part of a few weeks (at least!) to do so. Varying reports suggest it could take as long as 100 hours (for compass-be-damned wanderers, no doubt) to complete the game's single player campaign alone.

Ubisoft Montreal creative workhorse Clint Hocking offered us an apparently inadequate estimate when he guessed that the campaign could be completed in as little as 25 hours, before adding that to see it all "you're looking at a 100-hour play experience." And, speaking to CVG, producer Louis-Pierre Pharand landed his estimate somewhere in the middle, suggesting 50 hours of play time to completion. Regardless of the varying possibilities, it's reasonable to expect that the shooter's single player experience will be long, evidence that not all devs are drinking from the same fountain as Phil Harrison.

On top of the campaign, Eurogamer reports that the sequel to 2004's tropical island shooter will support up to 16 players in online multiplayer, which as we noted previously will focus on team-based gameplay rather than traditional deathmatch modes. Also missing from Far Cry 2 will be online co-op, though according to Pharand multiplayer games will support multiple classes, as well as persistent awards and experience, giving us plenty to look forward to when Far Cry 2 debuts this holiday season for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Far Cry 2 single player could last 25 hours! No 50! ... No 100! - Joystiq

WRHSFootball63 · 05-31-2008, 03:11 AM

Wow...

Long Reef · 05-31-2008, 03:12 AM

Wow, how exciting.

Wasn't too interested by this game, but getting more excited as more info comes to hand!

Anyone plan on getting this?

V2olcom · 05-31-2008, 04:41 AM

This is still one of my most anticipated titles of 2008, but I'll take this with a pinch of salt.
With Assasin's Creed, Ubisoft claimed that it could take 40 - 60 hours to complete, but in the end most people completed it in about 10 - 15. The only way it would take 60 hours is if you completed every tedious side quest and searched for all of the flags.

Still, I do see myself playing FC2 for quite a long time. Just going around the huge 50 square KM African world already makes it a must-buy for me.

CrAzY · 05-31-2008, 06:35 AM

ya i will defo be getting this game i loved the first one

it better still have that map creator thing like the 1st one did.. i loved making up my own maps

rhx18 · 05-31-2008, 07:02 AM

very interesting...
i had little interest in far cry 2 but learning that it could last up to 100hrs definitely makes me interested. Co-op would seal the deal for me.