To this day I find the way the leaves fall after an explosion near a tree insanely good looking. The way the wind carries them away is just impressive. Who ever made that effect deserves a lot of praise.

As someone from South Africa I loved how a Lot of the Mercenaries Spoke Afrikaans to you while Fighting, classic lines like: Wys jou tande dan skiet ek hulle flenters ( show your teeth so that i can shoot them to pieces) was just pricless to hear the first time!

Alex's laugh at 45:29 is amazing haha

As a console player of the time (x360), playing this game blew my mind, the amount of simulation systems interacting made the game so much fun to play with. It seriously felt like A next gen game with all the dynamic environments

Alone in the dark 2008 would be an amazing game to look at from a technology standpoint in this series

If you could light an area of grass around an ammo point at a guardhouse on fire, the fire would spread to the ammo boxes and cause discharges and chaos

About the NPC bouncing on high framerate: just YESTERDAY someone released a mod that aims to fix it (haven't tested by myself though)! UPDATE: Just tested before and after applying this mod and can confirm it works perfectly! 👌

far cry 2 is by far my favorite of the entire series, the atmosphere was so unique and realistic, that to this day i still play it from time to time, i remember the first time i got it, it blew my mind, with the heat and healing system, such a legendary game

the period of ubisoft they truly weren't afraid to try new things. Even if most of the gameplay aspects wouldn't resonate with most FPS fans at the time.

At the state of the current GPU market, I think I'll revisit my library of unfinished older games

I remember one mission at night. I was attacking some kind of mansion an was up to my neck in enemy soldiers. I hid for a minute to lick my wounds and assess the situation, and I remember this one enemy yelling in pain and calling for help, and another enemy yelling him back, things like ”you are going to be ok, I’m going to get you.” By the time I got up, this dude was already evacuating his comrade, dragging or carrying him away. I shot them both feeling sick to my stomach. At least this is how I remember it happening.

i remember people trashed this game bad when it came out but i loved the realism. one of my favorite games good to see now people appreciate the game years later

I had an obsession with this game. I actually got emotionally involved when you had to kill your buddy, or at the end when the double cross happens. I never understood why so many people liked to dump on it, it's one of my best gaming memories.

The main attraction of this game is its unique setting, I can't remember other open world FPS games set in Africa

Would have really loved a classic DF documentary-style vid on this. But this will do too

There were a lot of wow moments in this game. The shadows were great!

Man, Far Cry 2 and 3 were so unique at the time. It's like two completely different games.

This game does alot of things very well. In-world navigation (organic UI implementation) and world building elements (high quality weapons cost diamonds, and never jam, which also is another way of saying factions aren't rich enough to provide most of their soldiers with quality weapons, only the top folk)

Modders have figured this game out very recently and it has some great modifications that make the gameplay better and more diverse, with proper faction warfare, much more grounded firefights, better AI, shooting while driving and lots more. This is still my favorite game in the series despite its shortcomings.

Great video! Please do S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, as it was some kind of a benchmark for that time too!

Am I the only one who still prefers the realism of Far Cry 2? The attention to details in this game is astonishing.

7:33 character models jumping hilariously lmao

13:55 I love how the car fixing animation is "tightening the engine screw"

IIRC, the feeling of not making an impact on the world (vis-a-vis checkpoints respawning) is intended, as you're meant to feel the futility of being a lone actor in this sprawling conflict. Destroying checkpoints just results in more soldiers being fed into the meatgrinder and achieves nothing except temporary passage.

Alex: Oh what was that?!?! WHAT WAS THAT!!! John: That's Farcry 2

I remember preordering the game just to get the fortune dlc pack with the silenced shotgun. Glad they eventually integrated it into every copy. Really wish more games included that weapon, its fascinated me ever since watching No Country for Old Men.

Two old school videos in a row? Thank you and yes please.

I remember liking FarCry 2 multiplayer. It has an awesome map editor and a fun community behind it. It will be missed

The way the environment responds to explosions and fire is actually impressive to this day. Lots of great ideas in this game, just lacked good execution of the concepts.

Is there any plans to make time capsule about gta 4

This is one of my favourite games of all time. So immersive. But I still wish we had more animal interaction. Also, the online had a ton of amazing maps to download online.

John and Alex are such a great duo. Love every video that comes out of these two

I had 8800gts and q6600 in 2007, that was amazing year!)

Crysis and Far Cry 2. Two of the most technically impressive video games of their respective years, that still hold up shockingly well today.

This game had mercenary who Xhosa, Zulu & Afrikaans with a very accurate accent way better than what I have seen in Hollywood.

I remember playing Black on PS2 and I was blown away by the amazing graphics. I would love to watch a DF video about it 😁.

16:35 that enemy didn't actually die you have to finish him off xD

This is still the best immersive Far Cry game and my favorite far cry game.

You know you don't need to fight in the beginning you can also run away and pass out on the street

This is so nostalgic for me. Thanks DF.

I spent many hours creating maps using the editor.... on PS3, it was tricky to use but the results were decent.

These DF time capsule videos should have their own playlist.

Absolutely LOVED this game on PS3 back in the day, and I still rank it as one of my best gaming experiences ever. Sure, it wasn't perfect, but the feeling of being alone in this hostile world where pretty much everyone wanted to kill me was incredibly immersive. I preferred to stay hidden as much as possible so I traveled on foot 90% of the time, no matter the distance. Cars and boats just attracted too much unwanted attention. Obviously it was time consuming as hell, but sooo tense and rewarding. I wish I could experience it for the first time again.

I still play it in LAN with my daughter, and have fun building maps for us in Multiplayer. Still a great game.

Nice to see Alex reference the arabic meaning of the word Dunia :)

Still looks great! I remember upgrading from the 9500gt to a GTS 450 with a Q8300 for this game. Good times

The fire in this game still holds up and is better than 3, 4 and 5 IMHO

These are the best type of videos. Please make more of these.

I LOVED Far Cry 2, I played with my friends almost every day after school for a couple of years, we used to go to a Lan House (I don't know if this is a thing in other countries, but here in Brazil it is a place with a lot of computers connected in LAN, most of them were for people without computers in home, so they were basic computers for text editing or internet access, but the kind I'm talking about had high end gaming PCs and you pay by time) and we had so much fun. Far Cry 2 had a lot of innovative things and the AI did things that never came back in the latter Far Cry games, now every Far Cry game looks like a modern Assassin's Creed in first-person with repetitive gameplay.

Dunia is not only "World" in Arabic is also the same in all Sanskrit Based Indian Languages.

You guys talking about playing this on PC back in the day really brought me back. Far Cry 2 holds a special place in my heart and your guys commentary on it and the games of the time was spot on and a great watch. Love to see it running on older hardware.

I completed the entire game on Xbox 360 and it was a very good version. It even used MSAAx2. No quick-save was the biggest problem on consoles. This was the era where it was made possible to use the same display for both PC and console. I had a 26" 768p LCD TV, which was just perfect for the 360. I played so many games on it and loved it.

The fire physics were awesome in this game! And it was missing in the following Far Cry games😂 .....

Oh my goodness. So glad you guys covered this game, one of my favourites of all time. The immersion levels made possible by the world in this game aren't often matched... truly stunning. I'm praying they remaster this one day and de-jank the AI a bit.

I suffered through this game on PS3 with all the screen tearing.

Oh man, when this game lauched it looked so amazing, the fire propagating over the environment. It still look great though

Seems like yesterday. Can't beleive this is considered old now

Great video ! Thank you for it!

It’s all about the fire tech and creating custom maps. That’s my memories of this game.

love these vids. takes me back

The reason to play the multiplayer was the fantastic map editor that was included, fyi.

I kinda wished you shot the whole video in 120fps mode, Super Mario Far Cry looks interesting.

Far Cry 2 had the best atmosphere for me. Played it on a Dell Inspiron Ultrabook with high settings. Can`t imagine that with a modern title and laptop today.....

at the safe house in the beginning when he reloaded the save, the one NPC he knifed was wounded not dead that's why the safehouse would not open xD pity as they never got to talk about the wounded NPC mechanic that let u bate their teammates out.

I loved playing MP with my brother and old friend years ago on PC. With community made maps it was awesome.

I think I still have that graphics card, had so much fun in FC2

Man this brought back so many memories. I remember playing this back on my ps3. I played a lot the multiplayer it was very fun.

I actually really loved this game and it's the only game along with crysis that still looks decent and playable. I know far cry games usually have their annoying stuff but I really enjoyed it. Guns sound beefy(even beats newer games sometimes), the game feels hardcore and more dangerous. I liked the malaria thing, the guns getting damaged overtime etc. It makes you always have that worry and I liked it. Games don't even do this. There was more I liked to it but I forgot 😅 it's been years now but I enjoyed it and after watching this video, it made me feel like playing it again. I loved the setting and weather in the game as well. I just wished the jackel story continued

About the Jackal, a widespread fan theory is that he -IS- Jack Carver due to how he looks, his mercenary background and even his name which is not far off. The idea is that after the first game he became a weapons dealer type due to... reasons? It's never been confirmed in any official capacity but yeah.

Far cry 2 was so ahead of its time a remake with new game mechanics would be amazing

Great vid thanks, I'd really to see you guys play and talk about the pre-patched version of Boiling point, I remember reading a feature in edge about the patch fixes and it was a really funny read.

Far Cry 4 was the sweet spot. Best terrain and those awesome vehicle takedowns.

This takes me back, I used to have the wooden box CE for PC and played it also with an 8800GT :) The game wasn't really for me though, the enemy checkpoints with NES like re-spawns but me off for the most part but I did enjoy the setting and general gameplay mechanics.

9:50 I love the optional tutorial in Gears 5, it works well in world and the banter is excellent, especially if you love brunch

I said it once on Twitter, but I'd be *really* interested in a PC Time Capsule video about experimental or forgotten technologies that used to exist in early-/mid-2000s games and are now unavailable or cause issues on modern hardware. Stuff like Creative EAX sound (like in Thief: Deadly Shadows), W-buffer (Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc), shadow buffer (Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow)...

Lovely stuff guys

I really hope you see this. Can you guys look into Jedi fallen order and outriders. They both run on unreal engine 4. There seems to be some sort of optimization mode where the game engine cuts down on your core clocks and doesn’t turn them back up causing massive frame timing issues and frame rate drops.

I was always technically impressed by Far Cry 2, but the open world aspect felt taxing. The world also felt empty as well - where is the wildlife!? Brilliant vid as always chaps!

That's literally the first pc I ever built.

Df on world in conflict... that was a challenge to run back in 2007

One of my favorite games of all time. I played this on my 8600 GT and Core 2 quad pc.

I still have my Q6600 PC in the loft and will be looking at it now!!!

I remember playing this on my old q6600 with a massave 1200mhz OC @3.6Ghz. It also had a 9800gx2 with a 9600gt as a dedicated physX card. That was my first gaming rig where I dumped a lot of money and really started playing around with the more complex settings.

the map editor in this game is by far the most intuitive map editor ive ever used, loved making maps for this game back in the day, even if i never released them to anyone...

i still play far cry 2 on my pc and my xbox series s today i really loved that one in the series the trees the jungle i love it!! i was shocked most people were giving it to much hate

Great game. You can play this on the modern Xbox consoles backward compatible.

0:37 It was great. We played FarCry 2 multiplayer on every lan party back then because it had a super easy map editor (also no DRM lol) and everyone brought their own map for the rotation so everyone got one "home match"

Oh man great memories of FC2 online. Pretty hardcore community. Some awesome map creations. Played it to death!

On consoles on some multiplayer maps you could camp snipe across the map from a corner and you were right out of FoV. So as soon as somebody walked into it boom. It turned into interesting sniper battles.

40:59 I remember spending hours with my friends getting up the walls in motocross madness just to launch ourselfes off and then do it again. Good times.

I was hoping for the Resident Evil Village demo video today 🙏

I really do wonder how this game would play out if the respawn time for the outposts was much, much longer. Maybe even with a built in system around it.

I had this setup but with an 8800 GTS. It was dope.

I couldn't see the map very well when Alex brought it up but I don't know if you remembered that there was a whole second map unlocked once you get around 3/5 of the way through the game... it was a really, really huge game world for the day!

I never finished this...I need to

I had good memories of FC2 Multiplayer. People would create these physics puzzles or obstacles courses, with barrels coming at you from top of a hill. This was ages ago, quite possible it's not as good as I remember

FC2 was one of the reasons that i upgraded to 2xGTX260 SLi and then to i5

I love these series because my last dekstop lasted me basically till Witcher 3 DLC release. Originally built around 2009, with 2 cores E8600, 2x 1GB ram sticks, 4870 512mB. Upgraded to Q6600, 4x1GB ram and 6870 until it died off

The best part of this game was the jeep sponsorship where jeep I guess wanted their cars RPG proof

Great memories with this game. It was pure chaos most of the time lol The multiplayer was niche but the custom maps were a lot of fun.