FarCry 2
I've just finished this game, which I've been wanting to play for ages.
Boy. What a load of rubbish. The world is very pretty. Would be an excellent world if it didn't suffer from the 90's "Oh, it seems I cannot climb over this pebble" syndrome. The mappers have had a field day with a clipping brush to stop you from exploring the hills.
Which means you have to go through check-points all the time. This is very dull. It's full of AI, no matter how many times you clear them out. The AI will spot you from a mile off, and open fire on you - whether you're working for them or not.
The missions have little variety, and generally require trekking across the map. Although there are a multitude of weapons, including silenced ones, the missions rarely require anything more than an assault rifle. Assassinations are always in a wooden hut - impervious to explosions. So no sniping from a distance. You have to get through the stacks of AI in front of you.
I found the simplest way to play the game was to get a sniper rifle and a light machine gun. Take out as many as the baddies as you can see from a distance, then mop up with the machine gun. Rarely any injury to yourself, and rarely a challenge.
Ubisoft have done their usual treat of a shockingly poor publishing company, putting a rubbish UI to the game, and even force you to sit through 15 minutes of credits at the end - unless you want to kill the game (I went to make a cuppa).
This game could have been stunning. Instead it was just a big waste of time.