There are 9 'playable' characters, all male, including the character that you choose at the start. Add to those the 3 'non-playable' female characters and you get 12 characters overall. The characters, in surname alphabetical order are:
(Male, playable)
Marty Alencar
Xianyong Bai
Frank Bilders
Warren Clyde
Hakim Echebbi
Paul Ferenc
Andre Hyppolite
Josip Idromeno
Quarbani Singh
(Female, non-playable)
Michele Dachss
Nasreen Davar
Flora Guillen
During the tutorial of 'Act One' you are asked to rescue a foreign national. This person becomes your first 'Best Buddy', and two other characters from the remainders are added to your buddies list -- one becomes your 'Second Best Buddy'. When you are asked to talk to somebody in Mike's Bar about medicine for your malaria, speak to your best buddy first, and then your second buddy, who will become 'Rescue Ready'. The third buddy will appear in Mike's Bar when the tutorial has finished.
Six buddies can be found in Act One. The first three are automatically added during the tutorial (see above). Two can be rescued, either on your own initiative or from information given by faction 'Doormen', from the two 'Starter Locations' not used during the tutorial. The 4 possible starter locations are: Slaughter House, Fresh Fish, Cock Fights and Lumber. The sixth and final buddy of Act One can be rescued from a crashed plane, in a valley to the North of Shwasana, directly south of a 'Fuel' checkpoint by the northernmost railway. There is also a safe house located east of the crash site. Standing in the area around the safe house and looking west, you should be able to see smoke that will lead you to the crash.
IMPORTANT: Buddies that are not on 'Rescue' duty will hang out in Mike's Bar (Act One) or the Marina (Act Two), BUT... there can only ever be 4 buddies in Mike's/Marina at any one time. This means that, to complete all of your buddies' side missions, at least one buddy must die (be killed or abandoned).
In Act Two you must start over with new buddies. There are 5 in this act. Your first 'Best Buddy' in Act Two will be the character who owns the barge that you rescue -- at this point, two others are added, as in Act One. The remaining two buddies in Act Two can be rescued from Sediko and Bowaseko Brewery via 'Doormen' info., or of your own accord.
Thoughout the game, if you have been saved by your rescue buddy, you need to move out ot the area to certain Safe Houses to 'meet up' with them again -- keep checking the safe houses until you find him/her. Actually you don't have to find them in a particular safe house. Rather, you only need to rest in one (it doesn't matter which) and the buddy will appear next to the cot (and will be 'rescue ready') when you wake up.
No it does not. The only reason it was called FarCry 2 was to increase sales because of the success of their first two games.
yes
The only games I know of right now are FarCry 2 Infamous 2 and FarCry 3 (not out yet).
because they swear.
for me i do sometimes
yes it is multiplayer and it is great
around 50 hours if you do not rush
yes.
around when you are 80% done story mode
Nobut i hope they release a patch soon
FarCry was published by Ubisoft in 2004. It is a first-person shooter game for Microsoft Windows. FarCry has spawned several series of sequels since it's release.
yes