Closing Comments
Here's the question can you look past Far Cry Vengeance's many technical inadequacies and focus on the shooter's fun Wii control scheme and fairly straightforward gunfight-filled action? This game may be the ultimate proving ground for Nintendo's philosophy: gameplay fist and graphics second. Someone reading this right now might be ready to overlook anything for a new Wii FPS, but not me. The presentation – everything from the dozens of graphics shortcomings to the sometimes broken AI logic – is just too sloppy and too rushed in this quick-and-dirty Wii incarnation of the classic franchise. A fundamentally solid shooter is hiding somewhere underneath, but good luck finding it between the blurry textures and the sluggish framerate. (And as an aside, don't trust the pictures on the back of the Far Cry Vengeance box -- the game looks nothing like them.)

Ubisoft is a very talented development studio – one of the best in the world. Far Cry Vengeance does not represent even half of the company's potential. I can only imagine that the franchise's originator, Crytek Studios, is looking at this port and laughing… or maybe crying.

If you want an action-filled FPS, get Call of Duty 3. And if you just want something pretty to look at, you're better off with Red Steel.

3.0 Presentation
What a disaster. Terrible cut-scenes and graphics and the omission of an online multiplayer mode and map editor.
4.0 Graphics
Yuck. What happened to gorgeous Far Cry? This doesn't even look half as good as the year-old Xbox version.
3.0 Sound
Solid voice acting during cut-scenes, but audio cuts in and out while playing and the music is oftentimes nonexistent.
7.0 Gameplay
A fundamentally fun shooter and most of the new Wii controls feel great. But not all the control additions are welcomed and the title is glitchy.
6.0 Lasting Appeal
A decent single-player romp and a throwaway multiplayer mode. No online play and no map editor.
4.0
Poor OVERALL