I played the first 20 minutes of far cry 2, got bored. The graphics seem a little strange and there was wayy to much story and talking for my liking, meeting people who I might need later on etc.. I just wanted a gun and some people to shoot, that's what I liked best about far cry... Other than an objective to save a woman in danger half way through, which still doesn't get in the way of the shooting, it was just more my kind of game... FC2 won't be getting played again...

My vote is for COD5, I recently completed it, it was fantastic. Not as good as modern warfare but I prefer the modern stuff anyway...
It was a little shorter than I'd have liked it to be, but was just raw shooting from awesome weapons all the way through.. Bring on more of that s**t...  

Due to a technicality, I couldn't play it online..  

Plus I wouldn't want to, I didn't like the way it looked.

What "dark graphics"?

Now THAT'S my kinda game!  

No cos you play silly cartoon games like Conquer online...  :X

What's your problem with dark looking games? If your using a CRT or cheap LCD then i can understand, because the contrast ration would make it difficult to see, but games like F.E.A.R rely on the darkness to add atmosphere... On a decent screen it's usually not a problem...

You must have a bad screen then...
But don't wanna say too much, don't want to end up in another argument wit' ya...  

Personally prefer Far Cry 2, I'm sick of the AMOUNT of war games being churned out at the stupid rate they are.

At least Far Cry 2 has a little bit of originality lol

There have always been war games. They've been made at more or less the same rate. Artillery games, (Scorched Earth being the prime example.) have been played on back in the day of Main frames, along with computer space, and pong.

What is overdone is WW2. And WW2 is a great place to set a story. It has an unquestionable bad guy. It has easily research background info. Ect. Its an easy formula to follow.