Xbox 360 GOD adds Far Cry 2

By Robert Purchese Published 27 April, 2010

Plus: Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.

Far Cry 2 and Kane & Lynch: Dead Men have been added to Xbox Live's Games on Demand service.

They can be downloaded for a reasonable £19.99 a pop.

Far Cry 2 was released in autumn 2008. This was Ubisoft's openworld take on the IP where you were transported to Africa and told to find the mysterious baddie known as The Jackal. Big, unpredictable and impressive, Far Cry 2 scored 8/10 on Eurogamer.

You can queue Far Cry 2 for download from the Xbox.com website.

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, made by Hitman team IO, stood out for its adult plot and choice of heroes: a pair of murderous convicts, freshly busted out of jail. Great story, weak gameplay, Eurogamer gave Kane & Lynch 7/10.

You can queue Kane & Lynch: Dead Men for download from the Xbox.com website.

Incidentally, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is in development for an August release this year. Find out more about that on our K&L2: Dog Days gamepage.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • Sunyavadin #1 2 years ago

    Did they patch the bugs which break the main quest at the 33 and 66% points, but which can occur as early as the beginning of the game without you finding out about them until you hit the point at which they have an effect?

    They're why I gave up on FC2, not wanting to have to backtrack to a save a quarter of the game earlier.

  • kangarootoo #2 2 years ago

    That game was a real shame. Such promise, let down by some poor design choices that caused frequent annoyance.

    Stick aiming wasn't up to par either. Probably one to play on a PC (I played the 360 version).

  • EvilDavid #3 2 years ago

    they didnt fix any of the bugs. my game got stuck at 44 %, cant go on...

  • wizlon #4 2 years ago

    FC2 was so nearly great. Re-spawning checkpoint enemies and game progress bugs snatched awkwardness from the jaws of brilliance.

  • bratmandu #5 2 years ago

    I should get paid to play Far Cry 2, as atmospheric as it was, no other game I've ever played felt like as much hard work as FC2. Even getting back to a damn save point could be an arduous slog.

    At that, it was only a few design descisions short of a masterpiece. Enemies respawning at 'completed' checkpoints, random death cars, and poorly implemented stealth - if they'd sorted those three things, this would have been a great game.

    Anyway I'll not be getting it off games on demand.

  • Bravestinsane #6 2 years ago

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    There you go Far Cry 2 for £10 i just saved you £10 be nice :)

  • Bulbatron #7 2 years ago

    I thought Far Cry 2 was already out on Games on Demand?

  • bratmandu #8 2 years ago

    @ beemoh

    A guess would be that this will eventually happen, but GOD is relatively new, so I suppose they'd wanna test whether or not the games are selling on it, by putting up reasonably popular titles, to test it as a method of distribution - I mean - if they don't sell, lesser, cult games hardly will.

    Only thing I ever bought off it was Bad Company 1. Could have got it downtown for 10 quid cheaper - but town sucks and is full of weirdos (Belfast).

  • lordofthedunce #9 2 years ago

    @ beemoh

    spot on.

    Games we've all played at absurd prices. I mean, for fuck's sake!

  • chasejamie #10 2 years ago

    FarCry is a fiver at gamestation
    pre-owned at the moment if anyone is interested. Must be worth it at that price?

  • The_Inquisitor #11 2 years ago

    I fall into the catagory that liked the game despite it faults. It harshness felt kinda appropriate for a game that force you to get the most out of yourself in order to survive it's world.

    I liked it enough to do several hours over again when my save was corrupted. (top tip for anyone starting, save on multiple files often).

  • colinmac #12 2 years ago

    'for a reasonable 19.99' - are you sure ? Gamestation had it at 4.99 I think (although I could imagine that might be pre-owned, but still..)

    Also - they did fix the bug that stopped my game at 68% - after the patch I was able to continue and complete it.

    It's DEFINITELY worth 10 quid, but I'm not sure about 20.....
    Edited by 1 at 27/04/10 @ 16:19

  • Ryze #13 2 years ago

    Comment template:

    Ranty rant rant rant cost of GOD is often higher than retail rant rant.

    /rant over

  • Monkey_Chops #14 2 years ago

    Far Cry 2's been available for a few months in the UK now. I downloaded it when it was first made available, in fact. Hrm.

    EDIT: It's been available as a game on demand in the UK since November last year.
    Edited by 1 at 27/04/10 @ 16:50

  • andromeda #15 2 years ago

    I so nearly feel in love with Far Cry 2 but as everyone else states, the unfuriating respawning checkpoints and backtracking got the better of me.

    I had some pnear perfect gaming moments though, and would surely return to those dusty roads and sweeping savannahs if their was a major fix/update released or the issues were addressed in Far Cry 3

  • Paulie_P #16 2 years ago

    I hated it because of the bugs, such a shame I want to love it.

    I see it in game stores for cheap but I have to remember how broken it was to stop me buying it.

  • PlugMonkey #17 2 years ago

    I so nearly feel in love with Far Cry 2 but as everyone else states, the unfuriating respawning checkpoints and backtracking got the better of me.

    I know. The grind of clearing a checkpoint that you only just cleared 90 seconds ago. The grind of your mission objective being on the complete opposite side of the map from where you triggered the mission every. single. time.

    It's probably the only game I've played where on discovering that the game area is twice as big as I thought it was, I was depressed. It just meant more ground to schlep across.

    I so wish they would patch it. As others have said, it's a few dumb design decisions away from being one of the games of this generation.

    @beemoh: EDF should be put on GoD IMMEDIATELY!

  • toa_boa #18 2 years ago

    Truly fell in love the FC2 - warts and all!

  • tachometer #19 2 years ago

    One reason Far Cry 2 gets my vote - those crazy Suth Effrican eccents!

  • Sharzam #20 2 years ago

    I orignally had Farcry 2 on the 360 and was ok but i got bored early due to the annoying gunplay. I kept thinking it shouldnt be this hard to kill an enemy, sold the 360 copy rather sharpish. However recently steam had both 1 & 2 bundle for something like £10 so got it and i must say that its a whole lot more fun on PC.

    It really is amazing how much the mouse can change the game, i was struggling orginally due to the annoying auto aim now with no auto aim iam pulling off headshots all over the place. Also its damm pretty, in fact it runs better on DX10 with all settings up than if its on DX9 mode. Iam sure it is less than £20 on PC in most places so that be my reccomendation.

    Kane & Lynch, is pretty poor on all platforms mind.
    Edited by 1 at 27/04/10 @ 19:00

  • harzo #21 2 years ago

    Would be funny if they released Mirrors Edge on G.O.D.... tee hee....

  • UsernamePending #22 2 years ago

    I loved FC2, right up to the end - including those great accents. I'm glad I didn't get snagged by those show-stopping bugs others have had though.

  • TRUTH #23 2 years ago

    The re-spawning spoiled the Rambo 4 type survival action. The AI was good, but also flawed in areas as theyalways spotted you after one snipe shot or saw you miles away. Hope the next FC fixes all these little bugs and does not dumb down the one man survival loner assassin.
    Edited by 1 at 28/04/10 @ 18:06

  • aphexstwin #24 2 years ago

    i bought and played fc2 on the ps3 and had no bugs regarding saving, but it tore horridly tho. yes, the checkpoints were annoying, but you were only one man! other things that annoyed me was the fact that the enemies weapons were hammered and would jam and break on you but never on the enemy, and you spend 45 diamonds on a stealth suit that did absolutlely fuck all. but enjoyed sneaking up on a place with my 'niper rifle and taking shots. also, i loved slaying my ps3 on the mapmaker, you put thousands of ammo crates on a map then destroy one, 2 minutes later the machine would crash!