This might be worth a look. I've never played the 1st Far Cry, but Far Cry2 was very boring. It looked beautiful and the gameplay wasnt too awful, but the game felt like it was just free-roam. They could've structured the story more and made it a tiny bit more linear. I never finished it because it felt like I never got anywhere in the story. Took too long. Hopefully the 3rd one will be more linear with regards to story and more variety in combat, as in FC2 most places looked the same and combat was pretty much the same. No need for writing the 3rd installment off yet.