I just think people set out to trash games. FC2 was no RAGE or BRINK. People ignore the fact that the original Far Cry had a shit ending with mutants, had unbelievably cheesy dialogue, used poorly spaced checkpoints, had enemies that could shoot through walls... fucking hell, it had a volcano in it! To me Far Cry 2 improved upon the original - better plot, better acting, better scenery, more open gameplay, better AI. The malaria was terrible, the vehicles overused, the vehicle AI was irritating, everyone was an enemy and the respawning was stupid but it was still fun.