FAR CRY 2 is still the best for the franchise. Also it was on last gen consoles which is sad to say. Kinda reminds me of the Battlefield franchise. Bad Company 2 was the best battlefield for consoles and was on last gen consoles. Heck could dig deeper with two generations ago Socom Navy Seals on PS2 was legendary. Yet Sony went full ****** and pulled the plug on SOCOM. I haven't bought a Sony product since either.
Yea, I know we sound like grumpy old men, but there was some kind of mojo about games in that era, and you had to be there to understand it.
Maybe the new kids on the block just need to revisit some older games and try to get a sense of what made them so special. Difficult to do that now without backwards compatibility.