There’s no denying that Far Cry 2 looks gorgeous and the scale of the game seems mind-blowing, much like it’s predecessor. However if there’s one place it falters, it is in character creation.

Unlike most games that allow you to customize your character, you cannot play as a female character in Far Cry 2. Yes you read that right. According to what Ubisoft has told Kotaku:

 ”There are so many lines of dialog that they would have had to rescript and record if we let people play as a female,” I was told.

So while you choose to play 9 of the 12 available characters in the game (the sub-missions you can do depends on your choice of character), your choice is restricted to the male populace. Considering that this is Ubisoft and not any old developer/publisher they could be less lazy. Or are we being too hopeful?