The way chaos works in far cry 2 and how this theme works in both gameplay and story is truly incredible, I miss when Ubisoft cared about their games

@bornonthebattlefront4883

Жыл бұрын

Fr, the badge of respect that the name Ubisoft would carry on the box of a game was massive Now, its just the same crap over and over, it doesn't work, its not fun, its glitchy, and nothing has a soul, its lifeless and boring corporate crap I know they are making a star wars and an Avatar game, i sure hope they dont finish them, because i know ill be disappointed

@Brain-Wormed

Жыл бұрын

Yeah its wild that now the only games people actually respect from ubisoft anymore are the mario+rabids games, which is very ironic since rabies was easily the most hated ubisoft franchise when they still made decent games.

Fantastic video. I really can't rant enough about Far Cry 2. I really hope Far Cry goes back to a more serious, realistic, down to earth approach in a future title.

@username-yc3bd

Жыл бұрын

funny seeing you here

@Uggabugga07

Жыл бұрын

@@username-yc3bd who is he

@sirchris6047

Жыл бұрын

Say the line Bart

@OneDoom0451

Жыл бұрын

We know Jarek ;)

@Tourettes42069

3 ай бұрын

Oh yo it’s Jarek

Far Cry 2 is so underrated. One thing I learned from it is that things don't always seem to be what you thing they are. You think you're using the factions to your advantage but in reality it is they who are using you even more. You think that you are making things better but in reality you just keep making them worse. You think that by eliminating The Jackal you'll solve things but in reality you're the reason why more weapons are being sold in the war. By causing all the chaos just to get to him. You're just like The Jackal. Only on an obscured mirror. Edit: According to animal symbolism which varies in different cultures I like to point out how the name fits him. Jackals and other wild beasts often appear in the Old Testament of the Bible as symbols of desolation. Hinduism associates the jackal with Kali, the goddess of death and destruction. Jackals are animals that resemble a dog. Because they're very smart, they're mentioned in many African folktales, where they're known as tricksters. A trickster fools the other animals and tricks them into doing things they don't want to do.

@metallsnubben

Жыл бұрын

You thought it was a dog! But it was me, -Dio- a jackal!

Far Cry 2 is, to this day, my favorite of the series. Love your analysis, as always. Thanks for another incredible, insightful video!

Audibly cheered "Yes!" when I seen this notification. Just rewatched your first video on Farcry 2 and am excited to see how you expand on the messages and themes of this masterpiece of a game.

@johnjuiceshipper4963

Жыл бұрын

A Leadhead video AND it’s about Far Cry 2? Sign me up.

Good shit Leadhead! I think FC2 will be the next game I play. Take care.

One of the most mature Ubisoft games that's for sure. Wish they'd go back to more serious and darker tones.

Far Cry 2 is the only game in the entire series where I managed to feel immersed. Sadly the second half of the game gets quite boring. That said, I really believe this is one of the games that would benefit from a proper remake.

@nomercy8989

Жыл бұрын

Nah ubisoft would just make it more modern ubisoft and that would ruin it.

@Ninja_Reborn

Жыл бұрын

@@nomercy8989 I agree. It would be cool if they outsourced the project to a company like Nightdive, who show competence in remastering old games.

@kupokinzyt

Жыл бұрын

This game is stupidly immersive with VR mods like Vorpx. I recommend anyone try if they have a headset and the hardware. I would do anything if this game got a proper VR port like RE4 did. Imagine having to clear gun jams with your hands, or remove bullets from your legs with pliers and a stick.

@natebox4550

Жыл бұрын

@@kupokinzytThatd be sick.

Honestly, love how your voice starts to sound

@DomkriLambda

Жыл бұрын

Can you explain me why her voice changed so much? against older videos?

@HuxTheSergal

Жыл бұрын

@@DomkriLambda I guess voice training, hormones take waaaaaay longer to make changes, and even then it's marginal.

@YOEL_44

Жыл бұрын

And her style gives way more confident vibes than in the last few videos, she's looking great.

@NotThatSarahLevy

Жыл бұрын

@@HuxTheSergal unfortunately, estrogen doesn't have any effect on your voice in the way testosterone does. Any trans woman you see with a nice voice worked her ass off to get there

@HuxTheSergal

Жыл бұрын

@@NotThatSarahLevy hmm yeah I know people train but I always thought it does something. Well now I even have more respect

You have a knack of making things i'd not normally pay much attention to fascinating. Great work!

Far cry 2 is that game that really did immersion for me, you’ve helped to accurately get across a lot of the vibes and feels I got when playing this game across in your video, which was as wonderful to watch as most of your videos.

I love your essays for showing art and deeper meaning in games. Never loose your passion. It would be a catastrophe for a world.

love that avatar was hiding in the corner when you mentioned white saviorism

your work is so good

While i love the story, i think the game suffers from having a too large of a map and a lot of meaningless missions, this is why i think that if the game was tighter(shorter map, fewer missions) then it would be a masterpiece in my eyes. Also good video.

@deelan8664

Жыл бұрын

the biggest problem of the game is it’s execution, it’s story and premise are so promising but the thing is it was made by ubisoft lol. still love the game and it will always be one of the most artistic things ubisoft have ever made

Far Cry 2 has always been my favorite game to think about since I first played it, great to see you do a video on it

This video is so frickin good, you really deserve so much more attention. It's rare to see someone that talks about these themes in games the way you do

I love your hair in this video Penelope!! Very lovely! Also seriously, a re-review of all your old content is something needed. I hate your old stuff, yet loved the content you tackled! So this is like a dream come true! (BTW you look great in that dress!)

Wow another deeply thought provoking BANGER of a video. Good on ya lead

Superb content, great job leadhead!

Excellent stuff! Far Cry 2 is such a masterpiece, and it’s great how articulate you are in talking about its themes. Plus it was such an incredibly FUN game to play.

fantastic vid as always, Lead. even as a fan of this game's artistry and ludonarrative, you made me see angles I had never fully absorbed before.

got some Jacob Geller vibes, love it!

Amazing video, amazing work.

This has to be one of my personal favorite analyses you’ve done. How we project our power like the world does to us is a concept I’ve been thinking about for some time.

This is surprisingly topical for a lot of issues today... Great Video 💚

great video! love your channel

Instantly thought “yes leadhead’s back!!” for myself. Great video thank you

@yungsneed8449

Жыл бұрын

leadhead is dead lmao

fantastic background audio, thanks for your awesome content.

Brilliantly done Lead.

Really great video

IVE BEEN WANTING A GOOD FAR CRY 2 VIDEO FOR SO LONG THANK YOU THIS IS SO HYPE I LOVE THIS GAME

Far cry 2 is probably the most viscerally affecting game I've ever played. I remember playing the original far cry and loving it, but hating the difficulty spikes; but replaying it a lot regardless. I was very keen to get into this one and picked it up as soon as I had a PC that could run it. I got the difficulty-spike-ectomy I was after but instead of that I got the sheer gut punch of how dirty it made me feel to play it. I started off loving the graphical step forward and general gameplay improvement, and ended up gritting my teeth and wading through the moral and ethical nightmare out of perverse bullheadedness. I wanted to see how low it would push me, and how it might possibly redeem my protagonist and when the opportunity came to literally kill myself in-character, I seized it with both hands. Far cry 2 me was an irredeemable scumbag who had it coming. I've never replayed it. I don't need to. It put me off any even vaguely 'real-world' themed shooter forever more, for which I thank the developers. Every time I see an advert for the latest Call-of-murder-the piss-out-of-brown-people I feel a tinge of revulsion and swear at the tv. Thanks so much for this video, it put into words my precise feelings far better than I could. I also find the new 'adress to camera' format very rewarding- you've always been good at describing of the emotional impact of a game and I feel that this direct, humanizing way of expressing it is working extremely well. Also, love the vest (singlet in the u.s. I guess). Totally irrelevant but I dig it a lot.

I haven't seen one of your videos in a long time, but you look beautiful and its been fantastic to see that our transition is going along at the same pace!! Congrats Leadhead, I look forward to seeing how far you grow

FC2 is one of those games that I’ll probably never play, but it’s always fascinating to hear about. This vid is no exception! Also: I LOVE THE COLOUR AND PATTERN OF THAT PILLOW!

I forgot that I joined your Patreon and was like woah TWO Far Cry 2 videos?? At least it only took a minute and a half for me to realize I had seen this video already. I am very smart.

Far Cry 2 is always my favorite FC game and with your in depth look of the game in this video. It's make love the game even more.

What were your thought on Far Cry 3? I thought it was about insanity. (I swear, this is not a joke) And how one goes down that path in pursuit of their fantasy. In like one mission, we can see that Jason, before travelling to the island, was not really someone special such as his bigger brother Grant, who was in the army, or Keith, the convident bastard. In the island, he saw change to make him a better person, but all he got was corruption. And becoming a monster, judging by one of the endings. And not... Colonialism, but maybe I'm just biased.

@suhasop4919

Жыл бұрын

I believe the game is about insanity. Too bad the main villan of the game doesn't explain the definition of insanity

@Flamme-Sanabi

Жыл бұрын

@@suhasop4919 oh, the definition of insanity? The act of the doing the same thing again, and again, and again, hoping for a different result? That definition of insanity?

@suhasop4919

Жыл бұрын

@@Flamme-Sanabi It would have been very impactful if Vaas himself explained this. I am more than sure it would not end up being a meme

@shadowcween7890

Жыл бұрын

@@Flamme-Sanabi I think the "doing the same thing and expecting a different result" is not a definition but an example,

@bongibot1104

Жыл бұрын

@@suhasop4919 your character is the definition of insanity. Vaas doesn't need to spell it out to you

top tier video game analysis vids, up there with matthewmatosis and joseph anderson and the like. we love you!

The most interesting assertion in this essay is that the protag character enters the country with 'good intentions', which is something that the developers seem to assume as well. What I found incongruent with those assumptions was that the PC was a mercenary. To wit: my 'intention' was to kill The Jackal. I didn't assume any high-minded morals (particularly when I am literally walking across the street to take jobs from either faction). What always bothered me about FC2 was there was never a moment that hammered home why your character (not necessarily you, the Player) should care about all the destruction they're causing.

@TheThing4444

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that's the point?

This game is stupidly immersive with VR mods like Vorpx. I recommend anyone try if they have a headset and the hardware. I would do anything if this game got a proper VR port like RE4 did. Imagine having to clear gun jams with your hands, or remove bullets from your legs with pliers and a stick. It's already practically setup for VR, little to no menu interactions. Everything is handled in person and in the hand, via your phone, map, etc. To save the game, you sit in a computer chair and turn the PC on instead of opening a menu and clicking save. Oh but a dream it seems.

Great video!

i love the videos where you don't talk about yourself. Thanks for another quality upload, love this game and it is so unique in the franchise and ubisoft development. i still miss this specific gameplay and methodical travel, before UBI made things extremely forumlaic pretty much starting with FC3 and the next Assasssins Creed. btw i think you rock, i'm just not interested in vlogs personally.

Nah this freaked me out I literally just bought FC2 and was about to boot it up for the first time before noticing you'd uploaded this

@johnnyexponential7229

Жыл бұрын

Hloy shit, are you in for a surprise if you came from the later games!

Yoooo, lead vid!

This is a great analysis

your timing is impeccable. i just started a new run in far cry 2 and am still loving it. your voice sounds great now btw. favorite fps. ever. its too bad its so buggy lol

video games or not i'm here for your content !

This was great! Glad to see someone gave this game some attention akin to that of Pyro's video on Far Cry 3.

Very good video ! I enjoyed it and i think its well made , seeing you get so invested in a game's story and trying to see it as art really makes me think you should try stalker its lore might intrest you , but do keep it mind its a hard game !

I only played this game once back when it was new and I did so with two friends, were we took turns on the missions, so all I really remember is being awful at it and getting frustrated by how unpredictable everything was. So maybe I should give it a second chance someday, since I keep hearing good things about it. I wonder if it has a good discount on the current summer sale.

@imranmeco3393

Жыл бұрын

Good game, intentionally not fun, though. It's the sort of thing you want to have experienced, but not to experience.

@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK

Жыл бұрын

It's much better as a more intimate, solo experience.

another great video as always, ps love the dress :)

The Jackal speaks more truth than some world leaders out there. Ubisoft quite simply made one of the most down to earth FPS game of all time. Ego is the only other motivation people have in Far Cry universe except money or blood diamonds. Half Life tells a story about how the right man in the wrong spot can make a difference... In FC2, you continue motivating current situation in its full form. You think you factions are helping you advance finding the Jackal, but they are just using you to gain power. You're forced to end your conflicts with bullets only so you will be called a monster by those who once thought you weren't even a threat to a fly. You finally also realize that theres a much bigger threat than you in Africa, the malaria disease kills more than your guns ever will and its going to take you next. You think you became a warlord yourself by simply sending people to their graves, when in reality you're digging one to yourself as well. The biggest moment in the game for me is when all of your buddies betray you for a suitcase of diamonds. They know why you were there to take it, but they all wanted to leave Africa in its current dying state so they can live better lives elsewhere. Your character is both a hero and anti-hero. I hope Ubisoft will remaster this game ASAP because this is the most impactful game they have ever made.

Another banger video

Sure i played this game many years ago last time, but i played it a lot, so i have a question - what made you think that malaria will kill player characters in a few weeks, and what made you think that at least initially the player had any motivation other than getting paid for the job, and what made you think that who ever sent us to kill the Jackal had good intentions?

@g4merboie789

Жыл бұрын

i thought the same. The interpretation I had is closer to a face full of eyes's ideas

@boginoid

Жыл бұрын

The real motivation is actually not that important, the game gives you a plausible reason to think that your are the good guy in the game, that you can be percieved as a good guy, capitalizing on the tendency that we as individuals (usually) want to believe that we are the good guys. Imo this blends in beautifully with the main message here.

@herbion6117

Жыл бұрын

@@boginoid good guys don't do wet work for both sides in a civil war.

@boginoid

Жыл бұрын

@@herbion6117 The game wants to give an illusion of being a good guy at the beginning, then proceeds to take it away. Human ego still likes to entertain the idea, despite multiple games turning the table on the player making them working for the other side. Well, that is how I see it anyways. Mind you I never defaulted myself as a good guy in games.

@herbion6117

Жыл бұрын

@@boginoid idk, i guess when i played it for the first time when it came out i roleplayed in the head as a jaded merc that seen to much to give a single fuck. Worked pretty great considering the ending.

Excited as always!

I started watching you because of your very first Dishonored video. It's my favourite game of all time, to the point of tattooing refs to it on my body, so I'm always looking for more videos about it. I loved yours when they came out, getting more excited each time. When you came out, I felt even closer to your work because I'm trans as well. You're always getting me to know more games. I got into games a lot later in life than most people, around 21 yo or so, because I come from a community where we didn't have stuff like computers and games. So a lot of "classics" for other people are just cool, new stuff for me. this is the first video I'm watching that has FC2 as a main topic, and not just referenced in passing. I'm excited to watch it!

To defend Jason a little at first he only did what he did to save his friends and family. And honestly the story feels more like Jason was manipulated by the rakyat to become their “hero” and really was manipulated by citra. And the story was more about the ideology of becoming a hero is created by failures who sense of self control and a normal life then being a failure is the idea that people need to feel like a hero with a goal given to them to become a example to others. At least that’s how I interpreted the story.

beautifully written!

yay

Nice video!

I think this crushing and cynical experience you talk about speeks less to the nature of life and more to you being ignorant an unprepared, and you suffered the consequenses of your actions :)

Are you familiar with the concept of altruistic egoism? The end sounds like its alluding to this concept- Accotding to it you can do good for others through behaving egoistically. Following that, I'd say the protagonist is not a good person, but in the end he still did good

Great analysis! Adding to what You said, my theory is that the player IS the Jackal (maybe not literally, maybe yes). Notice how only you can see him, only you interact with him. Sure, Reuben talked to the Jackal, but maybe he was talking to you all along? Then he decided that maybe you can do some good, hence why he sents you on some missions later in the game. The point is, the player represents the idea of a mercenary - neutrality, the unconscious evil. The Jackal is the sentient / philosophical side of this archetype. When facing the inevitable, they both try to change, do something good for once - realising, that if the deed truly is to be done, the both sides must perish, the idea must die. The game plays with tropes from Heart of Darkness, and the protagonist / antagonist duo are the heart and the darkness. Only which is which, who is who...

The OG spec ops the line

Fantastic video as always, have you ever read worm? it deals with a lot of the same themes on morality and ego, just with superheroes instead of arms dealers.

phenom vid as awlays. love your room.

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At the ending we're presented with a choice & to me the one where you deliver the diamonds has always been the one where you choose not to die, because it is left ambiguous what happens to you there. Picking the bomb is certain death.

@lonelydriver6154

Жыл бұрын

see thats why i always pick the bomb. cuz then theres a chance that the jackal doesnt die. and i think thats super cool B]

Yeah, it;s about time I replay this game. What mods did you use while recording?

Moral of the story: Mosquitos will destroy humanity, both literal and metaphorical

yo new lead head video

I can't believe she hasn't anylized The Wall yet

I think there were Jackal references from the chef in Far Cry 5, hints that he's the same guy (same voice actor too) Nice little easter egg.

I started with Far Cry 4, but after getting Far Cry 2 for free on Xbox and playing it for a while, I fell in love with it. While extremely primitive compared to the later games, it's so good!! To see more people looking at this game critically is awesome.

what the hell i havent watched a leadhead vid in a while and god dayum her voice

Nice video

far cry 2 showed u how to not burn urself with stuff

Good video.

16:56 I’m talking facts and you’re talking theory. You’re not a good person, you’ve just been lucky enough, you've never had to be otherwise. When it comes down to it, what a man can do is what a man will do, but believe what you want.

great videp

I really tried to get into this game but ultimately, the bugs left me with a sour taste. On my first playthrough, I only kept one save and after saving mid mission, the script broke and I was asked to kill a character that died too early to register as completing the mission. On my second playthrough, I had unlocked the south and was on my way to finding all the diamonds until I started exploring the prison early. On my way back, I saved at a safehouse and past that point the game would always crash once I got a certain distance from the house. Thankfully I had a backup save a few hours earlier so on my thirdish playthrough, I got all the diamonds again then went to do the assassinations only for the final target to despawn and auto complete the mission without payment which I only realized much later after overwriting both my saves.

@ShivamPatel-yq7rr

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately yes the bugs are game breaking. Theres one bug where jackel would not interact with you in the very last mission. Its requires you to start the entire game again

Underrated gem. If you plan to buy it - and I strongly suggest you to do so - play with the Vanilla+ mod: it improves over many aspects of the game, including weapon balance changes, graphics and progression.

Great Video, I really liked the facecam, but I’d say you should try get a higher FPS camera eventually

low key my fav farcry

You need some more lights if you're gonna be doing wide shots like this. Great to see you more comfortable on camera now but it seems the low lighting is making your frame rate kinda shite.

If it doesn’t take too much time out of your schedule, would you be willing to add your own captions for your videos instead of using automated captions?

I had Far Cry 2 on Xbox and the first gameplay I didn’t pay attention, I took jobs and killed and destroyed everything. Second play through I payed a bit attention to what they said but I didn’t think much of it. Third time all over again I dissected the game took it very slowly and tried exploring everything in the world. I understood a little bit in a emotional way, I think it’s like a world that’s in pure isolation or living hell made by broken men and big bubble that attracts them as well. I had to deliver passports for locals for their families while I’m just getting in fighting and destabilizing the locals in power with no improvement by the end of the game. So the ending gave me like a relief and chose my own way to leave and not from malaria. It’s okay that all games don’t have happy endings. Silent hill 2 for example and Far Cry 4

Great work Leadhead , you checked out Neon White ?

I Heard an improvment in your voice, are you practicing narator exercises? Good job

penpeplonpe!!!

Far cry 2 has always been one of my favorites.

It's crazy how our opinions on videogames are just absolutely in sync. I find myself not just agreeing, but often finding that you're saying stuff I've been thinking for years.

Huh, made me want to pick up Camus again. Well done.

best farcry ever

Excellent analysis as always. I like how the themes of the game can also be applied to real life. Just take a look at the Yugoslav Wars, easily one of the grimmest war in all of human history, where the goal of defending your homeland and fighting for independence became muddled with warcrimes, looting and plunder. It's a sad reality.

Love seeing your beautiful face on camera the makeup and hair are lovely!!! Keep up the good work girl!!!😊😊😊😊😊 (do sorry if those arethe incorrect pronouns)

This core concept of consequences escalating far past what was even thought to be a remote possibility, reminds me of the Metroid games. (I'm sticking with the 2D ones for the sake of simplicity, and because it's more data.) Metroid 1 is simple: blow up some baddies and their bioweapons plant. Simple mission, no way this can spiral out of proportion. Metroid 2 (Return of Samus) is where the theme of utter devastation first shows up - you're not blowing up a bioweapons plant, you're rendering the entire (naturally occurring) species extinct. You are, however, "smart" enough to preserve one of them for science. Metroid 3 (Super Metroid): The baddies from the first game stole that one specimen you saved and used it to rebuild the bioweapons plant. So it needs to blow up again. And this time, the entire planet blows up with it. Metroid 4 (Fusion): turns out that species was ecologically important at controlling an even-more-dangerous parasite, you almost die, the cure leaves your character with weaknesses that persist for the rest of the series, and a space station gets infected from researching the aforementioned cure. By the time you get there, the station is overrun. And disposing of the parasite, blows up the station and another planet. Metroid 5 (Dread): turns out a bunch of other people were affected, but managed to quarantine it - until you walk in and accidentally open the containment vault in the process. The entire biosphere is taken over within minutes. You actually see this happen in-game in real time this time. Also the planet blows up again. And we don't have absolute proof that the parasite is extinct. The Prime games have their own escalation of nonsense with phazon as well. (Complete with the player character almost getting killed and having a completely different set of long-term health consequences, though we'll have to wait for Prime 4 to see if it's permanent. Oh, and two of the prime games involve a planet blowing up.)

I loved this game when I was younger. I wanted to get far cry 3 for the cool hunting but they didn't have it so I "settled" for this masterpiece I've been playing this on infamous and its so fun and brutal. I want to replay it without upgrading anything once to really feel the grit of the shitty weapons, just amass a useless horde of diamonds like that one scene from escape to madagascar

mini blahaj so cuute