Far Cry 3

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8.4

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  1. maxpain9999
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    More garbage from UBisoft. I bought the deluxe edition for the dlc. (on Ubisoft connect) But the dlc does not show on map. Support is useless as always, followed their instructions but still does not work. Ubisoft Won't provide fix or refund. Will not ever buy Ubisoft games again.
  2. sathvik_
    Aug 1, 2023
    7
    Visually really, good for that time. Its a pretty big map and but the MC is a blank slate and useless idiot when it comes to dialogue
  3. ITHIRSIZI
    Jul 6, 2023
    7
    I like this game more than others. I guess that's because it's the first Far Cry I played. Sit back on your broken finger such painful fantasies were very interesting.
  4. Le_Korvo
    Jun 27, 2023
    7
    Um bom jogo, curto porem com bastante exploração no meio, trilha sonora ótima em momentos específicos e a gameplay é bem divertida. A história é interessante porem sinto que faltou mais tempo pra desenvolver os personagens (exceto o próprio Jason).

    7/10 - Bom
  5. robohunter35
    May 2, 2023
    6
    I played the game and finished it. The game is good, but I encountered technical errors in the game.
    Errors :
    -First of all, it is necessary to collect animal skins for development, but it feels as if the animals are teleporting in the places shown on the map. I realized much later on the first island that it was easy to find in side quests. - I said side quest, but side quests also    I played the game and finished it. The game is good, but I encountered technical errors in the game.
    Errors :
    -First of all, it is necessary to collect animal skins for development, but it feels as if the animals are teleporting in the places shown on the map. I realized much later on the first island that it was easy to find in side quests.
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    I said side quest, but side quests also have technical difficulties, for example, in an animal hunting mission on the top of the mountain, I found one of the escaped animals holding on to the rock facing down. It wasn't very pleasant.
    - On the second island, there was a problem in animations when trying to overlay the character's trapezoidal grip in one of the tower opening parts.
    When I tried to jump in, the character jumped over it instead of getting into the handle and threw himself down many times.
    Cons:
    -The upgrades are okay, except for weapon upgrades.
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    The weapon improvements part are as follows: While the attachment to the weapon is very limited, when too many add-ons were installed in the weapon specially provided by the game, I inevitably had a feeling of bitterness.
    -Boss fights weren't much fun for me.
    -The bad guys gave me the image of an ordinary crazy character.
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    The change of our much-mentioned main character, Jason, did not pass me by. For example, when collecting animal skins, it always felt as if he was disgusted doing it.
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    Even if I put a silencer on the gun, it felt like the AI ​​always knew I was there but pretended not to see it, and since there were armored men who didn't handle bullets, stealth didn't seem like an effective method to me.
    Pluses :
    The feeling of hitting does.
    It is very comfortable to drive.
    It's fun to burn enemies.
    Weapons are fun to use.
    Visual quality is good.
    My rating: 6 out of 10.    … Expand
  6. Magical_Viktor
    Apr 30, 2023
    6
    Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»
  7. teenageSpirit
    Mar 19, 2023
    7
    "We hold ourselves back too often. Imagine how fast you can achieve success if you do what you want."
    (c) Hoyt Walker
    This part is definitely better by an order of magnitude than the 1st, and even more so the 2nd, a good plot that in the middle is just as catchy, but the abrupt change of scenery closer to the ending didn’t like it a bit. The gameplay is cool, it's nice to shoot from a    "We hold ourselves back too often. Imagine how fast you can achieve success if you do what you want."
    (c) Hoyt Walker

    This part is definitely better by an order of magnitude than the 1st, and even more so the 2nd, a good plot that in the middle is just as catchy, but the abrupt change of scenery closer to the ending didn’t like it a bit. The gameplay is cool, it's nice to shoot from a large selection of weapons (half and did not try xD), there is a craft of a fairly extensive number of things, flora and fauna of the game. The only thing I didn’t like was the empty open world in which there was nothing much to do except clear outposts of pirates and mercenaries, cut down towers and hunt, a bunch of extras. quests that are not very interesting to pass because of the routine. The game is 11 years old and this is not an indicator, for fans of the open world from the first person I advise you to play (especially after the 2nd part, it will seem like heavenly pleasure to you), fans of more corridor shooters should think about it.    … Expand
  8. dead12312
    Jan 27, 2023
    5
    sounds are so good sjoqbdkxsbwknejkdndndnddndndndnkwknsjsjsjsnsnsnsnsssmsms
  9. nastyjes
    Jan 10, 2023
    7
    Pretty good .
  10. CoolBR
    Oct 17, 2022
    7
    It is like FC4 but with fewer things (takedowns animations, weapons, vehicles, worse graphics, etc).

    Even FC4's story I think is better (I know that is an extremely unpopular opinion). For me Vaz is the most overhyped villain in the videogame industry, he is just a crazy person that isn't even the final boss and appears just a few times in the game, I think it is only 3 times
  11. hileger
    Oct 15, 2022
    7
    Семерку поствалю за стрельбу все остальное переоцененный жрпг , нахуй гринд нахуй животных нахуй пустой остров , как ебаным хомячкам зашло хуй знает
  12. BenzoSt
    Jul 12, 2022
    6
    Even though I didn’t care too much for FC2, I decided to give this game a try because it received excellent reviews. Like FC2, FC3 is an open world game, but this time it takes place on a beautiful tropical island. FC3 has a fairly interesting story with drug-induced hallucinations and several psychopathic villains you have to defeat along the way, most notably Vaas as one of the mostEven though I didn’t care too much for FC2, I decided to give this game a try because it received excellent reviews. Like FC2, FC3 is an open world game, but this time it takes place on a beautiful tropical island. FC3 has a fairly interesting story with drug-induced hallucinations and several psychopathic villains you have to defeat along the way, most notably Vaas as one of the most intimidating villains in any video game. Unfortunately, the sole gameplay component of this game is gun fights against generic human goons, which eventually became too repetitive for me over the long campaign.… Expand
  13. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    7
    Воу воу палехчи палехчи не забывайте что игра к концу ближе скатывается всё дальше дальше и сильнее ножик ножик блядь хуёжик
  14. dimadima423212
    May 4, 2022
    7
    Фанаты: Как ты смел, как? Ставить такую оценку, за это мы тебя повесим! Я: Но подождите, я вам всё объясню. Фанаты: нет, не говори дурак, за такую оценку только на фарш! Я: успокойтесь, эта игра не лучшая, я вам всё расскажу! Фанаты: Ты как смел? Эта игра лучшая! Я: надо валить!

    На самом деле, игра нормальная, но в ней много недостатков, например графика душная, и ещё графика намного    Фанаты: Как ты смел, как? Ставить такую оценку, за это мы тебя повесим! Я: Но подождите, я вам всё объясню. Фанаты: нет, не говори дурак, за такую оценку только на фарш! Я: успокойтесь, эта игра не лучшая, я вам всё расскажу! Фанаты: Ты как смел? Эта игра лучшая! Я: надо валить!

    На самом деле, игра нормальная, но в ней много недостатков, например графика душная, и ещё графика намного хуже чем в Counter strike: source, я знаю что там мультяшная графика, но зато очень хорошая графика, но почему они хуже сделали в 2012 году чем игра 2012 года? В 4k разрешении игра выглядит как в 1920x1080, а игра выглядит в 1920x1080 как на разрешении 1280x768, игра очень скучная, надо ездить, а если уничтожалась машина, то беги пешком, а если где-то на гор задание, то тебе надо бегать по горам, мыльным горам, с которых ты будешь падать и падать, и фиг ещё найдёшь где задание, потому-что вот я искал одно задание, потом туда залез но она оказалось в пещере, и надо ещё спускаться, почему бы не написали где же задание находиться, хотя игра уникальная, и есть сетевая игра как в far cry 2, только там дают очки, за которые ты в сюжете прокачаешь навок.
    Вывод: Совсем уж и не такая плохая игра, сойдёт, но лучше играть с утра сюжет чем с вечера, потому что ото ты игру пройдешь за 5-6 вечера, это игра уникальная потому что есть всякие навыки, и она прикольная, но есть недостатки, но в игре хорошая русская озвучка, так что 7.5/10    … Expand
  15. makarosu
    Apr 24, 2022
    6
    Графика 6/10
    Сюжет 8/10
    Музыка 6/10
    Геймплей 7/10
    Тут нечего сказать, просто неплохая игра которую можно один раз пройти и все Итог: 6/10
  16. Legicey
    Mar 2, 2022
    7
    Far cry 3 was released almost 10 years ago now. But with the modern far cry games being so mediocre, how has this one aged.

    Story: The best in the series (at least the best one I've played). Vaas is one of if not the best villain in video game history, however, he dies halfway through the game. The main character at first seems kinda generic but as you play through the game, he gets    Far cry 3 was released almost 10 years ago now. But with the modern far cry games being so mediocre, how has this one aged.

    Story: The best in the series (at least the best one I've played). Vaas is one of if not the best villain in video game history, however, he dies halfway through the game. The main character at first seems kinda generic but as you play through the game, he gets more insane. The story halfway through kinda gets boring. Overall, Vaas carries Far Cry 3's story and after he dies, the story just kinda gets boring but the first half of the story is so good that I can't rate it any lower than a: 7.8/10

    Gameplay: What you would expect from a semi-modern Far Cry game. The first half is great. Vaas's pirates are really fun to kill and the jungle provides a lot of cover and the jungle is also just really fun to explore. The second half of the game, however, is just average. The jungle is replaced with a vast, open, and kinda boring landscape and the hilarious pirates are replaced with regular old military troops. Overall, its better than the modern far cry games in terms of gameplay but the second half is too disappointing to give it any more than a: 6.5/10

    Graphics: When compared to today's graphics, they still somewhat hold up but also look a bit dated. The environments still look pretty good and give the illusion of a real island that people would live on but the lighting can be weird at times, the models that aren't main characters look straight up bad and NPC animations look kinda **** Overall the graphics look meh for today's standard but I'll be nice because this game came out 9 years ago. 4/10 (when compared to today's graphics) and 8.1/10 (when compared to 2012 graphics)

    Sounds: Horribly bit compressed and low res. Sounds like a game from the 5th generation of consoles. However, music-wise, it's not bad. 2/10

    Overall, Far Cry 3 is my favourite in the series but that's not saying much since there are only 3 good Far Cry games. Far Cry itself mostly relies on gameplay, story and somewhat on graphics so the final score is 7/10.    … Expand
  17. MetalRobot69
    Feb 21, 2022
    7
    It is like FC4 but with fewer things (takedowns animations, weapons, vehicles, worse graphics, etc).

    Even FC4's story I think is better (I know that is an extremely unpopular opinion). For me Vaz is the most overhyped villain in the videogame industry, he is just a crazy person that isn't even the final boss and appears just a few times in the game, I think it is only 3 times.
  18. Revage141
    Jan 21, 2022
    5
    The far edge could never go through to the end (too long and boring). After 10 years, I decided to go through it to the end and what can I say: the first part of the game still brings you up to date, it tells you "I'm exploring the world", but I don't want to do this at all, why? Because "the world is inanimate!" I thought for a long time that it was "Action with RPG elements", but no - inThe far edge could never go through to the end (too long and boring). After 10 years, I decided to go through it to the end and what can I say: the first part of the game still brings you up to date, it tells you "I'm exploring the world", but I don't want to do this at all, why? Because "the world is inanimate!" I thought for a long time that it was "Action with RPG elements", but no - in all stores and Wikipedia the game is listed as just "Action", so I became more loyal to it.

    "game world" / "game mechanics" - the game has been called "cult" by many experts for one of the reasons "open world", but what to do in this open world? Civilian NPCs are extremely rare, civilians in villages are 3-4 people and mostly silent, it is impossible to understand their "TRAGEDY", and just to understand what they are thinking in order to absorb the local world! It can only be seen that the island is with lazy anarchy, where Vasa people are trying to rule, and an aboriginal tribe opposes us against it (there is of course a 3rd party - "mercenaries", but despite their ent (they are also traffickers), they are only on their own separate island), but this war is extremely strange, weak aborigines hold a single village and a local archipelago, and Vasa people come across you at every step, you will kill them -kill-kill, because of this the world seems even more artificial. It seems even more artificial when you, traveling by car, meet an enemy patrol or a car on the opposite path, after you destroy them, another enemy car will pass "purely by accident" in a minute and you will need to destroy them - it all gets boring quickly, you begin to understand that the world is illogical even in the usual game understanding (where on a poor little island there are so many cars, so many people, who are many times more than the local population? Yes, they may be mercenaries, but why are they in such numbers? Rave! Even if it's not nonsense, they can't destroy the remnants of the resistance - doubly nonsense!). Because of all this, I couldn't feel myself in virtual reality, and it didn't work out to explore and enjoy the scenery because of all this. At the same time, the main problem of the game is that the enemies run in bright (red), which looks even more strange and it does not work to immerse themselves in the game!
    "PLOT" - The first part of the plot is normal, the second is boring, but the ending is even philosophical in its own way, not flared.
    But I played through the force, almost fell asleep, but the end even made me think about the general idea of the game, to understand the philosophy of action, but it is here without hidden meanings, but quite pleasant. It is impossible to call this game a "benchmark". How many new far cry did not come out, having the same gameplay, problems - they will not be able to jump to the 3rd part, because far cry 3 was more philosophical than it seems at first glance, but everything is not so rosy at the same time.

    After the passage, the sediment remains inside, which ending you would not choose, but attention is drawn to our choice and I want to understand the meaning of all the savagery of this island, the tragedy of people, but it will not work because: neither communicate with NPCs, nor talk to factions - it is impossible. Alas, the game is average lousy, but also pleasantly surprised me at the end.    … Expand
  19. OkanBaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    7
    Good game but when you're playing if you want open the map then game brings you to another menu, same with crafting. It reacts as you pressed esc button. And it is really boring game stops when you wanna make craft or open map. Driving etc is good but roads are boring too. it is hard to find a rotation and that makes driving is boring sometimes. Conquering the terrorist bases are repeatingGood game but when you're playing if you want open the map then game brings you to another menu, same with crafting. It reacts as you pressed esc button. And it is really boring game stops when you wanna make craft or open map. Driving etc is good but roads are boring too. it is hard to find a rotation and that makes driving is boring sometimes. Conquering the terrorist bases are repeating itself whole the game. Game too many times crashes. But animations, graphics, being in battle are good. Story goes okay despite some little **** I liked game but not so much… Expand
  20. Snaybol
    Jan 15, 2022
    6
    Far cry 3 is a good game. Soundtrack is great, gameplay is fun and most characters are well written. The story is without a doubt the strongest element of this game. A bunch of friends getting kidnapped on an island is a unique idea for a videogame, and it does have creative ideas, like the transformation Jason goes through. That being said, this is indeed a 2012 Ubisoft game. That meansFar cry 3 is a good game. Soundtrack is great, gameplay is fun and most characters are well written. The story is without a doubt the strongest element of this game. A bunch of friends getting kidnapped on an island is a unique idea for a videogame, and it does have creative ideas, like the transformation Jason goes through. That being said, this is indeed a 2012 Ubisoft game. That means the graphics do not hold up, the shooting feels old and some side missions are literally just copy pasted and boring. Like I said, this is a good game, but it it is simply not worth the 30$ anymore. Why would anybody pick this over hundreds of games that have better gameplay, gunplay and stories? If this was like a 5$ game I would be more confident to recommend this to people, but the 30$ are simply not worth it now.… Expand
  21. Bodislav
    Jan 9, 2022
    7
    gud .
  22. vova22379
    Dec 18, 2021
    6
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  23. NevWave
    Sep 19, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gamers exalt this game very high. But it's not the best in far cry franchise. Of course story is good, but i'll give 5, because it's too overrated game in far cry series. Very high minus also i cannot skip any cutscene, maybe same thing is in far cry 4 but there cutscenes is amazing, here only not bad. Good game but not the best in franchise.… Expand
  24. gold
    Sep 6, 2021
    7
    Норм. Чуть мультяшная графика всё портит.
    P.S. Не проходите с начало все второстепенные задачи - испортите экспириенс. Я сначала прошёл все второстепенные квесты на первом острове на 100%, а уже потом начал проходить сюжетные задания. Получил такой же экспириенс, как с блокпостами в far cry 2.
    Итог: 7.444/10    Норм. Чуть мультяшная графика всё портит.
    P.S. Не проходите с начало все второстепенные задачи - испортите экспириенс. Я сначала прошёл все второстепенные квесты на первом острове на 100%, а уже потом начал проходить сюжетные задания. Получил такой же экспириенс, как с блокпостами в far cry 2.
    Итог: 7.444/10
  25. Dnische
    Aug 29, 2021
    5
    The only thing we must be grateful for this game — without it we wouldn't have gotten Blood Dragon
  26. F3T1W
    Aug 27, 2021
    7
    The only shooter I passed, nice pumping, whirling and juicy picture, will stay in my heart
  27. Ali129
    Jun 2, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Far Cry 3 idare eder seviyede bir Açık Dünya-Birinci Şahıs Nişancı oyunu. Hikayesi ile oyunu anlatmaya başlayayım. Oyun ana karakterimiz olan Jason Brody ile arkadaşlarının Bangkok tatilinde gökyüzü dalışı yapmalarının ardından korsanların idaresinde bulunan bir adaya düşmesi ile başlar. Adaya düştüklerinde Vaas ismindeki psikopat korsan liderine yakalanan grup Vaas tarafından esir alınır. Vaas'ın amacı Jason ve arkadaşlarının ailesinden fidye alıp sonra da onları köle pazarında satmaktır. Jason'ın abisi Grant kaşla göz arasında bağlı olduğu ipten kurtulur ve Jason'ın ipini de çözer. Jason ve Grant tam kaçacakları sırada Vaas'a yakalanırlar ve Vaas, Grant'i vurarak öldürür. Oradan yaralı kurtulan Jason gözünü adanın yerli halkının liderlerinden biri olan Dennis'in evinde açar. Dennis, Jason'da bir savaşçı potensiyeli görür ve ona adadaki savaşçılarda bulunan dövmelerden yapar. Jason bir yandan abisinin intikamını almak ister, bir yandan da sevgilisi Liza'yı, arkadaşlarını ve küçük kardeşi Riley'i kurtarmak zorundadır. Çok geçmeden Dennis, Jason'ı adadaki Rakyat kabilesinin lideri Citra ile tanıştırır. Citra, Vaas'ın kardeşidir. Citra da kabilesine düşman olduğu için Vaas'ı öldürmek istemektedir. Jason, Rakyat kabilesine birkaç konuda yardımcı olur ve Citra'nın güvenini kazanır. Aynı zamanda Citra, Jason'a aşık olur. Arkadaşlarını da birer birer kurtarmaya başlayan Jason, kurtardığı arkadaşlarından biri olan Keith'ten küçük kardeşi Riley'in öldürüldüğünü öğrenir. Uzun bir mücadele verdikten sonra Jason, Vaas'ı öldürür. Ardından Dennis, Jason'ı arayarak asıl öldürülmesi gereken kişinin Hoyt olduğunu söyler. Jason adaya ilk geldiği zamanlarda tanıştığı ajan Willis aracılığı ile Hoyt'un adamlarının arasına sızan başka bir ajan olan Sam ile tanışır. Jason, Hoyt'un güvenini kazanmaya çalıştığı sırada kardeşi Riley'in ölmediğini, Hoyt'un elinde esir olduğunu öğrenir. Sam ile Jason, Hoyta'a tuzak kurup onu poker oynarken öldürmeyi ve Riley'i kurtarmayı planlamaktadır. Ancak Hoyt bunu anlar ve poker oynarken Sam'i öldürür, bunun üzerine de Jason, Hoyt ve adamlarının işini bitirir ve gidip kardeşini kurtarır. Riley'i diğer arkadaşlarının bulunduğu yere götüren Jason, arkadaşlarının Citra'nın adamları tarafından kaçırıldığını öğrenir. Hemen tapınağa giden Jason karşısında Citra'yı bulur. Citra söyledikleriyle Jason'ın kafasını karıştırmaya çalışır. Sonra da arkadaşlarını öldürmesi için Jason'ın eline bir bıçak verir. Bu noktadan sonra 2 seçenek belirir, oyuncu isterse arkadaşlarını kurtarıp adadan ayrılabilir, isterse de arkadaşlarını öldürüp Citra'ya katılabilir. Oyuncu, arkadaşlarını kurtarmayı seçerse Dennis bu karara sinirlenir ve Jason'ı bıçaklamaya geldiği sırada Citra onun önüne geçer ve bıçaklanarak ölür. Oyuncu, Citra'ya katılmayı seçerse Jason, sevgilisi Liza'nın boğazını keser ve Jason ile Citra'nın seviştiği bir sahne ortaya çıkar. Burada Jason, Citra'yı hamile bıraktıktan sonra Citra, Jason'ı öldürür ve ona "sen bir savaşçı olarak ölüyorsun, çocuğumuz ilerde Rakyat'a liderlik edecek" der ve hikaye bu şekilde son bulur. Hikaye aslında bilindik adadan kurtulma konsepti tarzında ilerliyor ancak yine de ilgi çekici. Ana karakter Jason'ın diğer Birinci Şahıs Nişancı oyunlarının çoğunun aksine bir kişiliği ve gerçek bir amacı olması hikayeyi daha ilgi çekici kılıyor. Ancak işleniş konusunda bazı sıkıntılar var. Mesela Vaas oyunda yalnızca birkaç defa görünüyor. Vaas gerçekten de dikkat çekici ve izlemesi eğlenceli bir karakter ancak hikayede bu kadar az işlenmiş olması etkileyiciliğini yitirmesine sebep olmuş. Oynanışa gelirsek, oynanışa bazı rol yapma elementleri yerleştirilmiş ve oyun bu konuda iyi. Vuruş hissi ve karakter animasyonları hiç fena değil, ayrıca oyunda çok geniş bir yetenek ağacı bulunuyor ve Jason'a birçok farklı özellik kazandırılabiliyor. Silah çeşitliliği de çok iyi ve silahlar detaylı bir biçimde özelleştirilebiliyor, silah kullanımı da gayet iyi. Ancak yapay zeka gerçekten de çok kötü durumda. Oyunun başarısız olduğu şeylerden birine gelelim; görev dizaynı. Oyundaki görevler sürekli kendini tekrar ediyor. Özellikle yan görevler ve gizlilik görevleri bir noktadan sonra çok sıkıcı bir hal alıyor. Ancak Jason'ın halüsinasyon gördüğü sahneler ve aksiyon sahneleri iyi tasarlanmış. Grafiksel olarak oyun idare eder seviyede, ancak bazı yerlerde ciddi performans düşüşleri yaşadım. Oyunu oynarken 2 defa çökme ve karakterlerin titremesı gibi hatalarla karşılaştım, bunlar beni atmosferden kopardı. Far Cry 3, bazı konularda iyi, bazı konularda da kötü bir oyun.… Expand
  28. ProfAmateur
    Apr 26, 2021
    6
    + Spielwelt / Open-World ist sehr schön gemacht
    + Waffenmechanik fühlt sich gut an
    + Coole Features wie Deltasegeln + Badass-Feeling + Abwechslungsreiche Nebenaufgaben (Rennen, Tierjagd, Menschenjagd, Minigames, etc.) - GANZ GROSSES ABER: Das Spiel stürzt häufig ab. Im ernst, ich habe schon dutzende Spiele gespielt und keines stürzte so häufig ab wie Far Cry 3 (über Ubisoft Connect)    + Spielwelt / Open-World ist sehr schön gemacht
    + Waffenmechanik fühlt sich gut an
    + Coole Features wie Deltasegeln
    + Badass-Feeling
    + Abwechslungsreiche Nebenaufgaben (Rennen, Tierjagd, Menschenjagd, Minigames, etc.)
    - GANZ GROSSES ABER: Das Spiel stürzt häufig ab. Im ernst, ich habe schon dutzende Spiele gespielt und keines stürzte so häufig ab wie Far Cry 3 (über Ubisoft Connect)
    - Leider immernoch viele Bugs welche den Spielspass zerstören, z. B. getötete Gegner fliegen durch die Luft oder Gegner steckt in Objekten fest
    - Zwischensequenen können nicht übersprungen werden
    - Füller Quests, welche keinen Spass machen
    - Bugs in Missionen, sodass man Abschnitte dutzende Male spielen muss
    - Inventar / Ausrüstungsupgrades unübersichtlich
    - Chrosende Sounds wenn man Menü / Map öffnet

    ENGLISH
    + Game world / open-world is very nicely done
    + Weapon mechanics feels good
    + Cool features like delta sailing
    + Badass feeling
    + Varied side quests (racing, animal hunting, human hunting, minigames, etc.)
    - BIG BUT: The game crashes frequently. Seriously, I've played dozens of games and none crashed as often as Far Cry 3 (via Ubisoft Connect).
    - Unfortunately still many bugs which destroy the game fun, e.g. killed opponents fly through the air or opponents get stuck in objects
    - Intermediate sequences cannot be skipped
    - Filler quests, which are no fun at all
    - Bugs in missions, so that you have to play sections dozens of times
    - Inventory / equipment upgrades unclear
    - Chrosing sounds when opening menu / map    … Expand
  29. FirstSpawn
    Apr 17, 2021
    7
    К сожалению, если стараться проходить игру на 100%, сразу становиться заметно, что игра не доработана (дополнительные миссии, собирательство). Но если проходить игру чисто по главным миссиям, лубитель жанра словит свой кайф ^,..^К сожалению, если стараться проходить игру на 100%, сразу становиться заметно, что игра не доработана (дополнительные миссии, собирательство). Но если проходить игру чисто по главным миссиям, лубитель жанра словит свой кайф ^,..^
  30. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    6
    BRONZ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  31. ZunderBoy451
    Feb 19, 2021
    7
    Un shooter sandbox en condiciones con una gran historia, buenas misiones y desarrollo de personajes mas que decente, una progresión significativa y constante en la mejora del jugador, un apartado sandbox algo flojo pero con una gran cantidad de bases enemigas que puedes completar al gusto del jugador, de coleccionables y animales utiles para cazar.
  32. Angrytiger
    Feb 17, 2021
    6
    Graphics = 2 of 3
    Story = 2 of 3
    Gameplay = 2 of 3
    Music and Sound = 2 of 3
    Wow factor = 2 of 3
    Total = 10 of 15 or 6 of 10
  33. MILIK
    Dec 29, 2020
    7
    Story is probably best from all far cry series. But word is probably best, shooting is good but i think its better in 4 and 5
  34. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    7
    Il FarCry. Primo ed ultimo capitolo buono della saga. Ha iniziato degli standard, al tempo ottimi, oggi ormai inutili e ripetitivi
  35. cezar88augusto
    Nov 20, 2020
    7
    After the disappointment I had with Far Cry 2, I decided to bet on Far Cry 3. I can say that there was a significant improvement in the story, but whoever has played the whole series, knows that the history of the games in the series, is not the strong point of the franchise. The boss of Far Cry 3, in my opinion, is the best of all!
  36. Chubac
    Oct 29, 2020
    7
    The story is great but sadly the gameplay is very repetitive and boring. To be honest I rather watch a walkthrough instead of playing the game.
  37. Lumikami
    Jul 19, 2020
    5
    This is not a direction the series should have ever gone towards, no. Sequel to no other than Far Cry 2, we're now steered towards a new jungle setting, fresh breath of air for many. I used to consider this one of my favorites for a long time, but as I've played through it again, and again, and again, I have come to notice the serious flaws it carries. Starting from storytelling, it'sThis is not a direction the series should have ever gone towards, no. Sequel to no other than Far Cry 2, we're now steered towards a new jungle setting, fresh breath of air for many. I used to consider this one of my favorites for a long time, but as I've played through it again, and again, and again, I have come to notice the serious flaws it carries. Starting from storytelling, it's laughable. They've created a somewhat iconic hollywood style story, which at the times was popular, but it misses the mark with plotholes, and failure to deliver anything the player would care about. Coming to the end of it, it's only positive parts had been some of the entertaining missions, and the world you experienced while at it. I never became too fond of the cast, neither could feel anything if something happened to them. It's incredibly frustrating, considering there are also so many good things to Far Cry 3. Visually, it's stunning, even for today's standards. It's something I couldn't get tired of, exploring the islands and finding secrets, more and more pirates and eventually ways to progress the story. Gameplay was something that made me feel, rather mixed about. There's lot of detail missing, and same goes to the overall game quality, over the previous installment, but for the ways of killing and moving yourself around, it's gone too simple, repetitive and easily exploitable. There is no real difficulty here. I'm personally not particularly good at videogames, but this one just feels, odd. You aren't punished enough, ever, neither challenged. I have to hand it to them, it's addicting at times, due to the smooth flow of the gameplay, which I did end up finding a positive together with the diverse arsenal, but it's not the mature thing that it should have been. Other points, such as audio and amount of content, and the state of the port, only reinforce my feelings towards this one not being the masterpiece people let it out to be. They aren't bad, but just not good enough for me not to consider this game average. I strongly believe it's that, and wouldn't recommend playing it. There are better alternatives out there, even on this franchise.… Expand
  38. Jernas
    May 16, 2020
    7
    After the simplified and boring Far Cry 2, I said to myself, I will never try another Ubisoft made Far Cry game again. But then, Far Cry 3 was released and got such exceptionally high scores across the board, that I just had to try it out and see what's really going on.

    Far Cry 3 looks similar to Far Cry 2. There are some improvements, but the reality is, it doesn't look exceptionally    After the simplified and boring Far Cry 2, I said to myself, I will never try another Ubisoft made Far Cry game again. But then, Far Cry 3 was released and got such exceptionally high scores across the board, that I just had to try it out and see what's really going on.

    Far Cry 3 looks similar to Far Cry 2. There are some improvements, but the reality is, it doesn't look exceptionally good for a 2012 game. Once again, everything in the distance is out of focus due to some strange reason and there's some sort of haze in the air at all times. Ubisoft Montreal did learn something from their mistakes though, AI is a little bit better this time around, dead enemies do not resurrect constantly anymore, and they finally added a story to the game, which isn't even all that bad to be honest. They also added some innovative elements that weren't in the previous game, like hunting, crafting and upgrading abilities. Guns are OK and you are actually free to roam the map, or at least half of the map at a time.

    However, under the surface, we are looking at a barely improved Far Cry 2. Ubisoft Montreal managed to blow it yet again with shallow execution. Hunting is little more than a short minigame, since all you do here is kill a couple of each animal and you are able to craft all the items there are to craft. The money system is just as broken as it's incredibly easy to accumulate large amounts of cash, and there's nothing worthwhile available to buy with it, except for weapons. But wait, you get those for free anyway, with the help of another useless minigame, called switching on the radio towers. I found myself doing only three things the entire time, liberating outposts, switching on the radio towers and doing the main story missions, which are mostly too long and, with a few exceptions, not very well designed.

    Now that I've seen it, I have no idea why this game got anything but mediocre scores. I can see someone potentially enjoying Far Cry 3 as a mindless sandbox playground, but then again, there are better options for that on the market, such as the Just Cause trilogy or Grand Theft Auto games.    … Expand
  39. 420guy69
    Mar 21, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You are Jason Brody, a guy who likes to party and sniff drugs, but they travel into a island where Jason slowly turns insane, and the reprensentation of that is also shown perfectly.

    The gameplay is fine, You can do these badass undetected outpost liberation with your glider takedowns then rushing in and killing the rest, that's badass. They added this cover mechanic which I just discovered like half-way into the game, but using it now like half of the firefights I'm in. I wish that they added more mechanics into the game.

    The enemy AI is just independent, comparing it to FC2's AI, and in FC2 you notice that soldiers care for each other, and during in a firefight they get them out of the area and start healing them. While in FC3 the AI would just leave their dying buddies alone. I understand that killing Jason would recieve them riches but won't they just have enough sympathy to just help their dying buddies? No?

    The world design is really boring, The enviornment looks cool yes. But is it really needed to have half of your equipment that you really need that could've just been in the Skill Tree needs to be crafted? Hunting is also boring because you'll just end up sitting there waiting for animals that appear in your screen. The animal hunting areas are poorly set properly in areas of the map, It makes the place looks really claustrophobic when hunting for a goat or a Tiger. The only place where I could relax at is killing Bull Sharks at the ocean.

    The stealth mechanic in this game had been focused than the rest of the mechanics (except for story of course.) Also the drag takedown skill is a joke, because I could just kill someone in real life and drag them without having to learn this in school, Jason knows how to run, pick up, and setup traps so how the hell does he not know how to drag enemies? It really doesn't make sense. Anyway for the stealth mechanic, It had been done perfectly, where distractions are sometimes important when trying to move past them, or trying to seperate them from the guy you are targetting.

    I gave this game a 7 because on how boring it is, There's no birds chirping and I have to download a enchanced audio from Nexus Mods just to get it to not be boring. For FC2 there's this music that you hear throughout the game, and on FC3 is just really quiet. Instead of Ubisoft making the gameplay even more perfect, They decided to make it a boring grind. The game is unrewarding, and the only thing it's good at is story, visuals, and mechanics.    … Expand
  40. EdgarCenturion
    Feb 27, 2020
    6
    The game on 4k is EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, the capacity of fly around the map is the best, it´s like a crysis 1 remaked.

    It´s a shame that the main story don´t bring anything new and the secondary misions are too repetitive.
  41. Shimmeywill
    Feb 20, 2020
    6
    Decent, mindless time waster with bright, colourful visuals and solid gunplay and stealth.
  42. Reverse_U
    Oct 9, 2019
    6
    Decent game. Story is good but most characters are not very charismatic, weapons feel ok, visually looks fine but performance is not the top tier. Map, progress and exploration are also fine. 5.5-6/10.
  43. matdimond
    Aug 9, 2019
    6
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  44. Zeratex
    Feb 11, 2019
    5
    Far Cry should never went in the semi open world direction, the game was better when it had a linear story.
    Game feels empty as a semi open world and become repetitive and boring after few hours, story is a downhill from the first one and the game design is much worse now, its more like a teen game and it lost its gory and horrific atmosphere.
    It not bad, but it has lost its identity    Far Cry should never went in the semi open world direction, the game was better when it had a linear story.
    Game feels empty as a semi open world and become repetitive and boring after few hours, story is a downhill from the first one and the game design is much worse now, its more like a teen game and it lost its gory and horrific atmosphere.

    It not bad, but it has lost its identity to me and gave up on the series after this as it went in the wrong direction.
    Also worth noting that the game was never meant to have so much sequels but as usual the company will milk every successful game to the death to make $, Skyrim success is the reason for this game going semi open world and losing its identity and is a bad move imo.

    5/10 an average shooter game, but not worth playing anymore for me,    … Expand
  45. RagingPoet
    Aug 6, 2018
    7
    Far Cry 3 is open world FPS with solid story and interesting characters. Although it could have been shorter, last third of the game felt boring compared to the rest of it.
  46. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 26, 2018
    7
    Far Cry 3
    A bit overrated
    Far Cry 3 is an about 16 hour long first person shooter where you play as Jason Brody The game starts with a bunch of young adults having fun and next thing you know, you and your little brother are in a cage, with the others nowhere to be found, this is where youre introduced to this games main antagonist vaas, who then shoots your brother, you run away and    Far Cry 3
    A bit overrated
    Far Cry 3 is an about 16 hour long first person shooter where you play as Jason Brody
    The game starts with a bunch of young adults having fun and next thing you know, you and your little brother are in a cage, with the others nowhere to be found, this is where youre introduced to this games main antagonist vaas, who then shoots your brother, you run away and you spend the rest of the game trying to find your friends and get revenger for you little brother.. .
    I havnt played far cry 3 before, and with it being released for current gen consoles, being included in the far cry 5 season pass I thought I would go back and play the ps3 version..
    after hearing such great things about how this game was robbed for game of the year 2012 by releasing in December.. I was even more excited for what is supposed to be the best game in the far cry series…
    And im sorry to break your hearts, but I just don’t see it..
    And lets be real.. 2012 we saw the likes of dishonored, assassins creed 3, the walking dead season , lollipop chainsaw, borderlands 2, and journey… get out of here with that robbed nonsense…
    Is far cry 3 the best game in the series?
    If we don’t count far cry primal, it actually probably is.. that much I agree on.. though Ive never touched far cry 4…
    right off the bat, my eyes needed some adjusting.. im geunuinely surprised how bad this only nearly 6 year old game now looks.. I had to get used to the old school graphics to really immerse myself into the world.. thankfully after a couple of hours my brain and eyes did adjust and the negative critiquing ends there..
    Because Far Cry 3 while is insanely overrated is stil la really good game
    what makes far cry 3 so great is that its so simple and linear… youre placed on a giant island is towers to climb to reveal the map.. its crawling with plants and animals to hunt so you can upgrade your gear, posts to liberate for fast travel points.. and the story is delivered with emotion and great design that we don’t get in the more modern far cry games
    I much prefer this delivery style over the recent separate regions, go do things to challenge the region leader nonsense they do now, it pulls everything in and makes It feel personal..
    here youl lbe doing a variety of queststhat as you could guess involves a lot of shooting, with the occasional annoying stealth missions thrown in here…
    But it never feels like just busy work, I had fun through the whole campaign, and my favorite moments much like in far cry 5 were the moments where youre going through weird hallucinations…
    it’s a clever way to create unrealistic levels and bring them into reality and I appreciate that..
    and completing quests will reward you with xp that goes towards skill points you can throw in your skill tree
    world design however is just okay, not much incentive to explore…
    it’s a bunch of greens and blues.. I didn’t feel like much care went into crafting it, but works as land in between missions, and does a great job of coming to life during the main story line..
    A story that was again just kind of okay, none of the characters blew me away, there are some surprised in the story.. but nothing that really drew me in or pulled me through to the end..
    the pure fun of the gameplay, the shooting, the tower climbing, the hunting.. that’s what kept me going..
    there is also co op maps and online multiplayer here but beign a 6 year old game as you would guess theres not many people still playing and there isn’t much to say about it.. its just one of those tacked on multiplayer modes that every AAA ps3 game had
    Ultimately I enjoyed Far Cry 3
    Its not as great as everyone remembers it being.. it doesn’t hold up..
    but its still decently fun
    I give far cry 3
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  47. njja02
    Jun 17, 2018
    6
    The story and characters were better than 4's in my opinion; with interesting elements coming into play. Plus the two main villains were excellent and fantastically voice acted. The open world was beautiful, and the gun-play was solid. But, I found the protagonist to be inconsistent, the boss fights were terrible, and the side activities got repetitive after a while. Although I enjoyed theThe story and characters were better than 4's in my opinion; with interesting elements coming into play. Plus the two main villains were excellent and fantastically voice acted. The open world was beautiful, and the gun-play was solid. But, I found the protagonist to be inconsistent, the boss fights were terrible, and the side activities got repetitive after a while. Although I enjoyed the game, I don't think it's as good as everyone says it is.… Expand
  48. Shar
    Feb 25, 2017
    6
    Довольно интересный сюжет испортила отвратительная концовка (выбор даже не важен, они обе никчёмные). К тому же не дают посмотреть второй вариант концовки. Отличная идея, чтобы разочароваться второй раз, я должен пройти игру дважды 12/10Довольно интересный сюжет испортила отвратительная концовка (выбор даже не важен, они обе никчёмные). К тому же не дают посмотреть второй вариант концовки. Отличная идея, чтобы разочароваться второй раз, я должен пройти игру дважды 12/10
  49. Robo1234
    Jul 24, 2016
    6
    I waited quite a while to play this game. My grand kids, who hated Far Cry 2, loved this game. Ironically, I thought (still do) Far Cry 2 was/is the best FPS I've ever played. It was flawed in many respects, but it ALWAYS kept me IN the world. You can get shot while looking at your map. You can look at your map and drive at the same time. Nothing was safe. I even complained aboutI waited quite a while to play this game. My grand kids, who hated Far Cry 2, loved this game. Ironically, I thought (still do) Far Cry 2 was/is the best FPS I've ever played. It was flawed in many respects, but it ALWAYS kept me IN the world. You can get shot while looking at your map. You can look at your map and drive at the same time. Nothing was safe. I even complained about having GPS and found a way to turn that off. The game did not fair well. I wonder why (as I roll my eyes).

    Well, I have played FC3 and am on the south island and nearing the end of the game. I won't finish it. The game makes me fell like a grade school kid.

    It's ironic that a gamer will complain about FC2 because, "the enemy can see me from a mile away!" and then love FC3 where the enemy turns into little dots running around on your mini map. And people wonder what has happened to gaming.

    I don't blame Ubisoft, it's the gamers that are the problem.

    This is a little kids game.    … Expand
  50. Tagirix
    Jul 5, 2016
    7
    Far Cry 3 was one of the most interesting game I have played ever. It features an innovative gameplay (for the time when it was released), a fascinating plot, good music, and, of course, awesome graphics! If you like FPS a lot, this game is must-have!
  51. Shadow1
    May 18, 2016
    6
    This game is average , because graphics in this game is bad , but storyline is good . This game is Action , but at the moments Stealth . This game is not one of the best game of 2012 . Far Cry 3 better than Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 3 interesting pass . 6/10 .
  52. Goby
    Mar 25, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is painfully average. It starts off strong and sucks you into the theme easilly, but gets really dull after a short while of playing. The dialogues repeat, the activities are repetitive, AI keeps doing the dumbest things etc etc. What bothers me above anything is that the main missions force you down a specific path and doesn't tell you what it is going to be, so you're usually coming ill prepared.
    SPOILERS: At the end of the game as you're saving Riley from the airport you hop on a helicopter to fly out of the airport and escape the hordes of Hoyt's mercenaries. Riley has a pilot's licence for a plane, but he's got no experience with helis. Nonetheless he gets you off the ground and manages to manouver the helicopter. Thing is, he **** circles the airport and never gets higher than 30 meters off the ground. Know why? Cause the developers want you to enjoy the action of shooting at everything that moves (with explosions ofc). Half the time there's things blowing up on their own and the AI conveniently keeps taking cover behind gasoline barrels. Meanwhile they're calling you "The Traitor" over and over again. I'm **** SNOW WHITE! I was never part of your gang of mercenaries!!

    This episode is just one example of the many bugs, braindead activities, oversights etc that put me off this game. Only chose this because I finally had enough while doing this particular mission. The whole game is a grind, and it's not even an MMO where grinding can give you a sense of purpose. Far Cry 3 is a kiddy game, it's not for anybody who expects more than action.

    AND WHY DON'T THE LOCALS EVER HELP ME!?!? I am liberating your whole island by myself and I'm getting 0 help from you - literally 0. If you're already forcing me to ditch the stealthy approach and go in guns blazing, you might aswell have these guys help me out. No-one in the history of mankind has singlehandedly killed so many people as this adrenaline junkie who was mortified by the sight of a bad guy dying at the beginning of the game.

    I'd go on and on, but I've come to expect this from Ubisoft's games. The games they publish are usually just eye candy and lack in most other aspects.

    Kudos to the driving mechanics though. Driving around was a blast at first, but eventually I ceased to care about exploring so I just quit and did it only when it was required.    … Expand
  53. bumpy_flapjack
    Mar 23, 2016
    6
    The gameplay is mostly good and it's fun to hunt, to activate towers and to level up. Rarely have I had so much fun just walking, driving and exploring a world.
    BUT: The story is among the worst **** I have ever come across. Absolutely stupid and annoying. Very cliché and I didn't connect with my character or the ones around me even one bit. I was glad when it was over.
    6 points for    The gameplay is mostly good and it's fun to hunt, to activate towers and to level up. Rarely have I had so much fun just walking, driving and exploring a world.
    BUT: The story is among the worst **** I have ever come across. Absolutely stupid and annoying. Very cliché and I didn't connect with my character or the ones around me even one bit. I was glad when it was over.

    6 points for the amazing open world.
    0 points for the story and characters.
    And 0 points for the checkpoint savegame system which is one of the worst ones I have ever encountered in a video game.

    All in all a lot of missed potential in this game. And that might be the biggest annoyance in all of this.    … Expand
  54. lundril
    Sep 19, 2015
    7
    No details, there already have been enough comments about that. My biggest problem: The final stages of the game somehow didn't entertain me any more; it was quite a drag to actually play the last few stages. So I guess the fun is more in the exploring. The story is OK, but at the end it just drags on in my opinion.
  55. Kislen
    Aug 12, 2015
    6
    The story is gratingly awful in every way. They try to sell it as satire, but it's just pure garbage. I'd get more enjoyment out of reading bad DBZ fan fiction written by kids.

    The combat is decent, if a bit shallow and repetitive. The game forces you to grind through the horrific pile of garbage story line to get to a better variety of weapons. If this game offered an unrestricted    The story is gratingly awful in every way. They try to sell it as satire, but it's just pure garbage. I'd get more enjoyment out of reading bad DBZ fan fiction written by kids.

    The combat is decent, if a bit shallow and repetitive. The game forces you to grind through the horrific pile of garbage story line to get to a better variety of weapons. If this game offered an unrestricted sandbox mode that didn't make you sit through the offensively bad 'story' I'd give it an 8.    … Expand
  56. gunemdown5150
    Apr 17, 2015
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First off the story completely ruined this for me! The main character Jason brody was one of the worst choices they could have made for a one man wrecking machine(rambo on steroids).
    His brother would have been a much better choice for the main character looking to avenge his brothers death as well as save his remaining friends.
    But even then it would not be very believable/great story but i could at least stomach it.
    Game play is great for me,guns all feel great and sound great.
    graphics are not crysis 3 but very good nonetheless and i wanted to add that it should be mandatory that all games include a music volume not just a on/off mode!
    I liked the backing audio BUT it was too loud at parts making it very distracting and annoying,
    My best advice is for everyone reading this to not take my word for it or anyone elses that reviews a game or whatever but just try it yourself.
    I have found from reading reviews it is a waste of time, many time i have loved a game even though the majority said it sucked and of course the opposite has happened as well, i hated the game but it was a best seller and high rated game :/
    It all comes down to your own personal feelings and thoughts about any game because what i like you may not and what i hate you may love?
    That's what makes up each individuals,we can't all like the same exact things thats just the way it is.    … Expand
  57. H_Salehi
    Jan 15, 2015
    7
    The game is more stealth/adventure than action. I liked villain characters but heroes were not very interesting. The best character would be Vaas Montenegro who died foolishly and was not involved in the story that much. The story sometimes gets too slow and bores you and sometimes gets too fast and makes you upset. Rakyat people don't participate in freeing outposts and the player must doThe game is more stealth/adventure than action. I liked villain characters but heroes were not very interesting. The best character would be Vaas Montenegro who died foolishly and was not involved in the story that much. The story sometimes gets too slow and bores you and sometimes gets too fast and makes you upset. Rakyat people don't participate in freeing outposts and the player must do everything on his own. Side missions are many and useless.
    Graphics are very good, every event and place is designed with the most accuracy. You'll never get tired of exploring the jungle. There are many guns in different classes and there's even a crossbow which is very handy and stealthy. Each weapon may have some upgrades (like silencer) that you can buy from the stores. Skills are numerous and help you in the levels very much, including how to kill an enemy below you, how to kill a heavy gunner and so on.
    The game is interesting, for sure. But it would be much better if they worked on the story and characters a bit more.    … Expand
  58. Stingerbee
    Nov 23, 2014
    5
    The game doesn't run very well on a high-end AMD videocard (7900 series) - even at lowest settings it can become a slideshow at times (particularly while flying a kite and doing circles before you land) ... Apparently this game was tailored for Nvidia users and AMD users can pretty much go @#$! themselves. Classy, Ubisoft. I see this gem for what it is, though: if you ignore the minorThe game doesn't run very well on a high-end AMD videocard (7900 series) - even at lowest settings it can become a slideshow at times (particularly while flying a kite and doing circles before you land) ... Apparently this game was tailored for Nvidia users and AMD users can pretty much go @#$! themselves. Classy, Ubisoft. I see this gem for what it is, though: if you ignore the minor inconveniences with crafting and having to bounce back and forth for components, this is a beautiful game. It would get an 8.5 if it didn't lag with a beefy videocard.… Expand
  59. jcasetnl
    Nov 15, 2014
    5
    Basically a more open-world version Tomb Raider with some key differences. First, the narrative isn't nearly so tight. Second, menu navigation, tutorials and the like feel clunky and confusing. Third, too much narrative and opening exposition. I've been playing for an hour and all I've done is shoot a couple pigs and pick flowers.

    The narrative structure was executed top-notch in    Basically a more open-world version Tomb Raider with some key differences. First, the narrative isn't nearly so tight. Second, menu navigation, tutorials and the like feel clunky and confusing. Third, too much narrative and opening exposition. I've been playing for an hour and all I've done is shoot a couple pigs and pick flowers.

    The narrative structure was executed top-notch in Tomb Raider, but in Far Cry 3 it's already feeling like work because the story is just too been-there-done-that. We didn't come to Far Cry 3 for story. We came to Far Cry 3 for action and great game mechanics, and if this game doesn't start delivering soon, into the trash it goes.    … Expand
  60. peterf28
    Oct 31, 2014
    5
    OK, Ubisoft, please answer me this : WHY ARE THE CUTSCENES NOT SKIPPABLE ?!?! Why do I have to sit and wait for X minutes and cannot just skip the boring lame animatios ?! The story really really sux, otherwise I would give it much higher score, but I could not even finish the game because I became allergic to the stupid boring cutscenes !!!!
  61. gebagia
    Aug 14, 2014
    7
    This is a really good game excellent graphics still in 2014 but... the old problem, the outposts system.. it taked nearly 45 hours to finish this game i loved the story, gameplay is one step further than FC2.

    I really disliked the outposts system, i need a new recipe from Ubisoft. They are great of making videogames now they need to move a step further and create new innovative ways to    This is a really good game excellent graphics still in 2014 but... the old problem, the outposts system.. it taked nearly 45 hours to finish this game i loved the story, gameplay is one step further than FC2.

    I really disliked the outposts system, i need a new recipe from Ubisoft. They are great of making videogames now they need to move a step further and create new innovative ways to explore their huge open worlds.    … Expand
  62. ns0l
    Aug 11, 2014
    7
    What's the definition of insanity? I think Vaas knows. Without him the game would have been without taste. Generally It's an acceptable childish game. The equatorial atmosphere is great but the places aren't so convincing. I didn't like the idea of saving my friends though. A serious mysterious story with a sublime goal would have been much better. The vegetation colors are exaggerated, soWhat's the definition of insanity? I think Vaas knows. Without him the game would have been without taste. Generally It's an acceptable childish game. The equatorial atmosphere is great but the places aren't so convincing. I didn't like the idea of saving my friends though. A serious mysterious story with a sublime goal would have been much better. The vegetation colors are exaggerated, so are all of those explosions everywhere and action generally. The graphics are bad compared with the previous version which is very rich in graphics. I enjoyed Far Cry 3 but I'm not playing it again. I think I'll play Far Cry 2 because I's balanced and complete in all aspects.… Expand
  63. CoolDadTx
    Jul 17, 2014
    5
    Great environment, reasonable combat. Crashes during save a lot. Strives for immersion but then proceeds to force QTEs down your throat such that you lose that immersion. On several occasions (not just once) you mow down an army of people and then a cutscene has you KOed by a simple hit and then you have to escape (again and again). Final mission is one big QTE that doesn't require anyGreat environment, reasonable combat. Crashes during save a lot. Strives for immersion but then proceeds to force QTEs down your throat such that you lose that immersion. On several occasions (not just once) you mow down an army of people and then a cutscene has you KOed by a simple hit and then you have to escape (again and again). Final mission is one big QTE that doesn't require any skill that you've been honing the entire game. The story is good until the middle when supernatural stuff (which breaks immersion again) gets stupid. Ultimately a good game if you ignore the story and the numerous immersion destroying moments.… Expand
  64. zhuzha82
    Jun 16, 2014
    6
    Blood Dragon is much better game than this. Okay, I don't want to judge a FarCry's whole main storyline, but acting, dialogs - they are just awful. And Jason is a crying maiden used to talk to himself. AI is a crap, you can kill pirate without sound suppressor, hide near in a small bush - and his friends will forget about you in 30 seconds. And of course they wouldn't trigger the alarm,Blood Dragon is much better game than this. Okay, I don't want to judge a FarCry's whole main storyline, but acting, dialogs - they are just awful. And Jason is a crying maiden used to talk to himself. AI is a crap, you can kill pirate without sound suppressor, hide near in a small bush - and his friends will forget about you in 30 seconds. And of course they wouldn't trigger the alarm, "there is nothing to worry about". Animals are not better - predators politely warn you with roar, tigers and leopards like to charge prey instead of real hunting. Watching a couple of komodo dragons wiping several patrols of arming men is funny. Quests like "drive this car for 30 seconds from A to B" or "I am a poor woman living in a rubble pile but take this 500 dollars as reward" are just indicate level of creativity put in this game. All that is good in this game - graphics and a relatively big world to explore.… Expand
  65. herr_rosa88
    May 31, 2014
    7
    The game is a lot of fun from times to times. The island world is really beautiful and the cut scenes and npc acting is so great that it some times feels like beeing in a movie. The down side is that the island istoo crowded with enemy NPC:s (which consists of animals and guerilla warriors). You can't go any 100 meters in any direction without bumping in to a fight with something whichThe game is a lot of fun from times to times. The island world is really beautiful and the cut scenes and npc acting is so great that it some times feels like beeing in a movie. The down side is that the island istoo crowded with enemy NPC:s (which consists of animals and guerilla warriors). You can't go any 100 meters in any direction without bumping in to a fight with something which destroys the flow that the game could have had.
    The multiplyer of the game is good but generic.    … Expand
  66. PhantomLove
    Apr 8, 2014
    7
    Two main reason I dropped this game:
    1. Cheap and exhausting interface, either the developer team is dumb or barely put any effort into it.
    2. Buggy, specially terrain reference... You're going to constantly stumbled unto some pebbles or terrain layer joints and have to jump over or press dash button again. Needless to say, it's annoying as hell when you have to deal such a thing in the    Two main reason I dropped this game:
    1. Cheap and exhausting interface, either the developer team is dumb or barely put any effort into it.
    2. Buggy, specially terrain reference... You're going to constantly stumbled unto some pebbles or terrain layer joints and have to jump over or press dash button again. Needless to say, it's annoying as hell when you have to deal such a thing in the heat of a battle. Other things like game broken bug - I encountered 2 place that get you stuck during one Monkey mission in the temple area. And finally a total blackout for no reason during a strong hold capture. Have those Ubi staff ever test play their f*cking **** Have they put the money supposed to go to the quality administration to make more promoting videos?    … Expand
  67. altsven
    Feb 23, 2014
    7
    Very satisfying combat, but it gets boring when every outpost attack is the same. The story is pretty lame really, and all of the characters in the little side-quests are totally boring and I wish I could skip the dialogue. The feeling is this is somewhere between the Just Cause series, where the plot doesn't really matter and it's just a ton of fun to cause chaos on the island, andVery satisfying combat, but it gets boring when every outpost attack is the same. The story is pretty lame really, and all of the characters in the little side-quests are totally boring and I wish I could skip the dialogue. The feeling is this is somewhere between the Just Cause series, where the plot doesn't really matter and it's just a ton of fun to cause chaos on the island, and something more serious like Skyrim where the story is pretty deep and enjoyable.… Expand
  68. Hatred
    Feb 22, 2014
    5
    I liked this game better then Far Cry 2, Far Cry 2 was too repetitive always the same situation shoot the truck over and over, even though this game was still repetitive it wasn't as bad as Far Cry 2.

    Pros *Graphics were good, jungle looked realistic (if a little too bright) *I liked the skill system *Good music *Nice variety of weapons shooting the animals in cages to kill off the    I liked this game better then Far Cry 2, Far Cry 2 was too repetitive always the same situation shoot the truck over and over, even though this game was still repetitive it wasn't as bad as Far Cry 2.

    Pros
    *Graphics were good, jungle looked realistic (if a little too bright)
    *I liked the skill system
    *Good music
    *Nice variety of weapons
    shooting the animals in cages to kill off the enemy's was enjoyable

    Cons
    repetitive
    annoying animal quick time events
    game too short just 10 hours
    long bosses left me feeling sea sick
    the plane part where they attack from all sides was too difficult
    lastly animals taking 2 full magazines to kill even if aimed directly at their head was way too unrealistic

    I rate this a 5    … Expand
  69. huiboy
    Dec 28, 2013
    7
    One of the few single player game I've finished. Far Cry 3 offers a lot of freedom, but none i would spend too much time on. I found myself speeding through the main story-line, ignoring all the other content. The hunts, and quests were just icing on the cake, which didn't appeal to me, but did present itself in more variety to other players. There were many exciting moments that kept meOne of the few single player game I've finished. Far Cry 3 offers a lot of freedom, but none i would spend too much time on. I found myself speeding through the main story-line, ignoring all the other content. The hunts, and quests were just icing on the cake, which didn't appeal to me, but did present itself in more variety to other players. There were many exciting moments that kept me drawn into the game, but in the end, it was nothing to remarkable. Nonetheless, Far Cry 3 is still a good game in the most parts.… Expand
  70. Emperor60
    Dec 9, 2013
    6
    The game itself is addicting, the bugs however are the intervention. The game is legit a bug fest with frustrating game breaking issues that made me throw my hands up in the air and say eff it. When a game tells me to use the optimal settings (which are 1080p at max settings mind you) it should not look like its trying to drag itself out of a potato sack 3,000 miles to middle of nowhere.The game itself is addicting, the bugs however are the intervention. The game is legit a bug fest with frustrating game breaking issues that made me throw my hands up in the air and say eff it. When a game tells me to use the optimal settings (which are 1080p at max settings mind you) it should not look like its trying to drag itself out of a potato sack 3,000 miles to middle of nowhere. That's what the game does, drag out. I've hand multiple bugs, one of them looking like Missing-No from Pokemon Red and Blue Sprite popping up on my mini-map or textures. Long story short: THE GAME IS NOT READY AND WAS RELEASED WITH A NEST OF BUGS TO BREED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. FIX THIS GAME UBISOFT.… Expand
  71. DominikCZE
    Nov 9, 2013
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't know, this game got some great reviews and is fairly popular, I'm just not on that bandwagon though.
    Lets start with the graphics, nothing to say against it here, except the terrible graphical glitches I couldn't get rid of such as grey boxes around some objects. Then there is the gameplay, it's way too repetitive and not that fun to be honest. Go to a camp, kill a bunch of guys in red, rinse and repeat.
    Some missions on the other hand were pretty awesome, such as burning a weed farm with an iconic song playing in the background, who cares that the mission was nearly impossible to successfully complete The main problem with this game, which resulted in a 20% drop in rating from me is the atrocious story. What is this crap? First I want to get off this island full of pirates, maniacs and lunatics and then I start helping one group of those lunatics against another group of lunatics in a fight for the island that I shouldn't give a crap about in the first place? And how the heck did I turn from a scared boy that had no experience with weapons into the ultimate killing machine? And the ending, no comment, slice the throat of my girlfriend and go have intercourse with a crazy shaman that ends up killing me, why even include such a stupid option in the game?    … Expand
  72. war1machine
    Oct 16, 2013
    7
    I feel the game was overall enjoyable, I like the range of weapons and customisations to choose from and the stealth aspect was quite enjoyable and often a good option as on harder difficulties trying to fight multiple enemies became a challenge. However the story, which was promising, became very anti-climatic and lack lustre. I also feel the combat became far too easy when you couldI feel the game was overall enjoyable, I like the range of weapons and customisations to choose from and the stealth aspect was quite enjoyable and often a good option as on harder difficulties trying to fight multiple enemies became a challenge. However the story, which was promising, became very anti-climatic and lack lustre. I also feel the combat became far too easy when you could simply inject yourself with a syringe to instantly heal or even become invincible (no really) for about 30 seconds, and then pump another when that ran out. The quick heal option and the enemy tagging (which allows you to easily keep track of where enemies are as you can see them through walls) made stealth relatively easy. I found the hunting better than most games but it soon lost meaning as I crafted all the items that needed to be crafted there was no reason to return. Side missions were truly poor and the voice acting terrible for the minor characters. The main and supporting characters (like Vaas, Hoyt, Buck and Sam) are surprisingly well acted with real emotion in their voices and genuinely interesting characters. Overall the gameplay makes it quite enjoyable but the story and side quests let it down, and if your wondering how long it would take to complete my total gameplay hours were about 9 hours (and that was doing everything in game accept from collecting all loot chests/letters and relics).… Expand
  73. Loler13gr
    Oct 13, 2013
    6
    I can't say I did not enjoy the game but being more of a storyline guy I must say I got a little bored pretty soon.... I found the main storyline to be short and not at all surprising... No twists or anything.. On the bright side there are a lot of misc. things to do while you are exploring the map which indeed adds to the depth and and the timespan of the game... Hunting ExploringI can't say I did not enjoy the game but being more of a storyline guy I must say I got a little bored pretty soon.... I found the main storyline to be short and not at all surprising... No twists or anything.. On the bright side there are a lot of misc. things to do while you are exploring the map which indeed adds to the depth and and the timespan of the game... Hunting Exploring Taking Down Radio Towers and capturing enemy bases are just some of the things you can do on the island but I found that even these activities get a little boring after a while...… Expand
  74. Pannon
    Oct 6, 2013
    5
    This game has been done before, better and with a much more polished feel to it. It's called Just Cause 2. Except that game ran a lot better, with half of the system requriements and yet with a great graphics. Again, I don't know what has driven game reviewers to give 90+ scores, since the game gets very old and very fast, doing the same thing over and over again. And the killing ofThis game has been done before, better and with a much more polished feel to it. It's called Just Cause 2. Except that game ran a lot better, with half of the system requriements and yet with a great graphics. Again, I don't know what has driven game reviewers to give 90+ scores, since the game gets very old and very fast, doing the same thing over and over again. And the killing of animals and making various tools out of them to hold more ammo or more health packs is just ridiculous. Technically, it's an unoptimized mess if you ask me. glitches, ugly textures and weak AI. This game was already done years ago, better and cheaper.… Expand
  75. Xiang
    Sep 10, 2013
    5
    First, I want to start with what I like. I like the variety of weapons, I like the island, and the various things you can go around and do to get money, XP, and materials for crafting. Sure, it might feel repetitive, but I'm one of those players that has no problem grinding if I feel like I'll get good rewards, in this case better equipment and skills. What's more is that you have theFirst, I want to start with what I like. I like the variety of weapons, I like the island, and the various things you can go around and do to get money, XP, and materials for crafting. Sure, it might feel repetitive, but I'm one of those players that has no problem grinding if I feel like I'll get good rewards, in this case better equipment and skills. What's more is that you have the opportunity to do this early game and level yourself before having to progress through the story, making parts of the game much easier on yourself.

    My big gripe with this game has to do with overall sluggishness of the combat system and the unintuitive controls for a lot of different things. A great example would be animals who are predators. Yes, you can dispatch them relatively easily with a machine gun or something similar, but by doing that you risk alerting everything within 100 effing miles. While you get silent weapons as you progress, they're simply not meant for handling a pack of wild dogs, for instance, and your melee is so terrible that it's a huge pain to actually deal with this garbage. There's no reason you should have to work so hard for such a simple enemy. Hell, the guys who are supposed to be "hard" are easier to deal with.

    I'm also not a fan at all of having to "hold" a button to activate something. Why is it I have to hold E to loot something as opposed to tapping it like every other game? Not a clue. It makes a tad more sense when targeting enemies/creatures, but when you get noticed, why is it that the game can't just automatically target those for you? But, what really confuses me is how you can get hit out of other activities, like skinning an animal. If you start, you have no choice but to finish the action, no matter how many bullets they feel like putting in you. At least give me SOME sort of defensive action for these scenarios.

    And I can't tell you how much I hate driving in this game. I avoided vehicles for most of the game because of how terrible they handle. Basically, if I could run somewhere, I would do it even if it took me an hour. Thankfully, the fast travel system is really good in this game, so doing that wasn't too bad. (Dead Island has the same issue, too.) Why they couldn't make that 3rd-person is beyond me.

    I also LOVE doing takedowns... but I HATE how skittish the takedown system is. The system will often deny you a takedown with really no rhyme or reason. What's worse is that if you mess it up you're likely to eat a gun-butt to the face and then get pelted with bullets. Really, though, this "skittishness" is everywhere.

    Lastly, I hate the main character. It might sound stupid to some, but the guy you play looks like a preppy douche. I noticed some reviews saying how it really made no sense how this skinny, whiny dude can suddenly progress into a Rambo-esque monster... and I completely agree. It just pains me that I have to play this crappy character. It almost made dying so many times easier. (Almost.)

    Ultimately, I gave this a 5 only because I did get my money's worth. I happened to get the game on sale AFTER they lowered the full-price to $40 and I actually used credits for most of the purchase, so it wasn't too bad of a deal. I would've been pissed had I spent $60 on this game, and I would honestly recommend getting Blood Dragon over this game. Your character is way more awesome, which tends to make the system flaws far less noticeable, and the story is AMAZING. Go play that. Don't get this. (Or, at least, not for full price.)    … Expand
  76. rblock
    Aug 9, 2013
    5
    The Good: A very good to great game engine, nice art, fun visual themes and environment.

    The Bad: Confused user interface, The game mechanics, economy, etc. are a bit week, but the killer is the game is tied to an inconsistent, forced, unbelievable, immature, and poor to bad plot that took this game down for me from fun to un-enjoyable.
  77. VibroKnife
    Jul 22, 2013
    7
    Okay, but feels mediocre on many different levels. Replayability in the single player as much as people claim, is very low. Sure, it's open world, sure it has a small-time progression system with little crafting. But other than that, this is far from something like let's say skyrim. Not that I was expecting it to be anyways. The biggest complaint I have with this game is the complete lackOkay, but feels mediocre on many different levels. Replayability in the single player as much as people claim, is very low. Sure, it's open world, sure it has a small-time progression system with little crafting. But other than that, this is far from something like let's say skyrim. Not that I was expecting it to be anyways. The biggest complaint I have with this game is the complete lack of content. People say this is very sandbox. And honestly, it really isn't And I mean that truthfully. It is not sandbox. The only thing that makes this game come close to a sandbox is it's freedom of space and it's crafting system. And that's about all of the game's extra content. Kill animals, gather certain stuff from them to "craft" things that should have been there in the first place. It almost seems like they had the game planned out, but decided to cut a lot of stuff from it for you to get on you're own.

    Honestly if you are like me and was looking for a game to spend many many many hours on in it's open world doing things, you're better off buying something like Assassin's Creed or Just Cause 2, or GTA, or SOMETHING. This game was a dissopointment and I really shouldn't have gotten my hopes high for it.

    This game wants to be skyrim but lacks it's backbone in every aspect.

    BTW the multilayer is mediocre as hell and will drop your framerate faster than you can say "oh     … Expand
  78. RCCola2424
    Jul 4, 2013
    7
    The Far Cry series is awesome, it's always been adventurous and always tried to be different from the normal games that were out at the time of their releases.
    But this one, I really can't say that, and that really brings it down. They tried to copy a CoD/Battlefield style of gunplay, and while it DID work well, it made the game a little less of it's own. They also got rid of a few things    The Far Cry series is awesome, it's always been adventurous and always tried to be different from the normal games that were out at the time of their releases.
    But this one, I really can't say that, and that really brings it down. They tried to copy a CoD/Battlefield style of gunplay, and while it DID work well, it made the game a little less of it's own. They also got rid of a few things that brought me into the world of Far Cry 2 more than any other game. For one, the world was interactive, as if things could happen when you're not there. You could start brush fires that actually spread and burned lots of things. Now that's not to say this game has anything new, now the animals in the game attack AIs as if they were actual predators, where as before they did... nothing. Speaking of animals, I hated the way they used animal hides. I'm no schtickler, but I don't think making a wallet out of two different animal hides makes it hold any more.
    Well it's an okay game, and I would've put it at a 9/10 if it weren't in the Far Cry series.    … Expand
  79. LeonRPGPlayer
    Jun 30, 2013
    7
    I Think it's an interesting game, it is really cool the open world mote, it's just i don't really like the topic of Wild West, well, but in Wild West topic this was the best game i played, crafting and the open world is really cool, the graphics aren't bad at all, I enjoyed the story, the game has some surprises, anyway, the things is, i don't give 10 and 9 to Far Cry 3 because it's good,I Think it's an interesting game, it is really cool the open world mote, it's just i don't really like the topic of Wild West, well, but in Wild West topic this was the best game i played, crafting and the open world is really cool, the graphics aren't bad at all, I enjoyed the story, the game has some surprises, anyway, the things is, i don't give 10 and 9 to Far Cry 3 because it's good, it is a good game, i didn't find any bugs or any bad things in the game even if i was searching, but the game has nothing good so i don't see a reason to give Far Cry 3 a 9 or 10.… Expand
  80. JMDubya
    Jun 15, 2013
    7
    Good characters, the story was pulled off well except for one decision that Jason makes that I didn’t buy at all. Being able to take out the outposts in any manner you please was great fun, but I think this is mainly because you could avoid the tedium of cover based combat. I didn’t finish the story line, the gameplay suffered greatly in the story based missions. Mostly it was JasonGood characters, the story was pulled off well except for one decision that Jason makes that I didn’t buy at all. Being able to take out the outposts in any manner you please was great fun, but I think this is mainly because you could avoid the tedium of cover based combat. I didn’t finish the story line, the gameplay suffered greatly in the story based missions. Mostly it was Jason protecting another character with waves of pirates attacking you for some unspecified period of time. The other variant was for you to be charging through enemy lines waiting to come up against a wall of enemy fire you couldn’t tank and then we’re back to the same old cover based combat. During a story mission they attempted a stealth mission but it was just Jason following the path laid out for him by the developers. I didn’t finish this game, the gameplay just sucked too hard during the story missions. 7/10 for the fun had with the outposts, characters and the story itself not the gameplay during the story.… Expand
  81. Benti86
    May 8, 2013
    7
    Ok where to start. The gameplay here is awesome, as is the setting. Combine it with the free roam and you've got yourself one epic sandbox game, but there a couple glaring problems for me personally. The first one being the story. Now I loved Vaas and how the game starts, but honestly I couldn't hate Jason more. He goes from a giant baby to a giant @$$hole. Sure he's a survivor, but itOk where to start. The gameplay here is awesome, as is the setting. Combine it with the free roam and you've got yourself one epic sandbox game, but there a couple glaring problems for me personally. The first one being the story. Now I loved Vaas and how the game starts, but honestly I couldn't hate Jason more. He goes from a giant baby to a giant @$$hole. Sure he's a survivor, but it doesn't mean he has to be a jerk as well. The stealth has some flaws (like enemies seeing you from 500 yards away through a bush), but it isn't a huge game breaking thing that happens often. What bothers me the most though is all the druggy crap and the perpetual swearing of every character in co-op. It really becomes unnecessary after a while and actually annoying. I know the villain is basically a drug dealer, but I don't want the entire game to be Jason getting high to get in touch all his spirits and stuff like that. Other than that though it really is a solid game.… Expand
  82. nomad127
    May 2, 2013
    7
    Spent 60 on this due to all the glowing reviews about it. Skyrim with guns? Not even close. Pros for this game is the great story line, other than that it's almost borderline boring. Good guys wear blue, bad guys wear red, what they all shop at the same store for a team discount? animals are contained in specific areas, everyone says the same stuff over and over and the other npc's areSpent 60 on this due to all the glowing reviews about it. Skyrim with guns? Not even close. Pros for this game is the great story line, other than that it's almost borderline boring. Good guys wear blue, bad guys wear red, what they all shop at the same store for a team discount? animals are contained in specific areas, everyone says the same stuff over and over and the other npc's are usually mutes and can't speak at all. This game could have been a lot more, but it should never be compared to Skyrim as it's 1/10th of the same game.… Expand
  83. captainkane
    Apr 7, 2013
    7
    Far Cry 3 many things right, but those are overshadowed by its many flaws. This game can be a lot of fun. The sandbox world provides hours of exploration. There are plenty of weapons and upgrades to spice things up, so players can use different tactics to dispatch baddies. I was pleasantly surprised by the lengthy main story. Its missions are segmented, so gamers can explore, tackle sideFar Cry 3 many things right, but those are overshadowed by its many flaws. This game can be a lot of fun. The sandbox world provides hours of exploration. There are plenty of weapons and upgrades to spice things up, so players can use different tactics to dispatch baddies. I was pleasantly surprised by the lengthy main story. Its missions are segmented, so gamers can explore, tackle side quests, or wreak havoc once a mission is completed. Weapons and abilities upgrade rather quickly. This is a welcome reprieve since many sandbox games require a 40+ hour investment to max things out. My advice: Invest in health upgrades early on. Gunplay is decent. My loadout consisted of an LMG, shotgun, bow, and the Vector. The bow is easily my favorite weapon which is odd because I despise it in Crysis 3. Attaching grenades /molotovs to arrows converts the bow to a precision rocket launcher in seconds. At medium difficulty, the enemies are challenging enough and dish out some serious damage. Graphically the game impresses. Far Cry 3 uses the Dunia 2 engine, a heavily modified version of CryEngine. Fortunately for us, the game runs smoothly and is less glitchy than any Crytek game I’ve played. I find that ironic. Even with an older graphics card under the hood, I had no difficulty running the game on Ultra settings. Now for the bad. Foremost, all the NPC’s look the same. There might be 20 character models for the entire island. Every villager looks the same. Every baddie looks the same. Every old woman looks the same. And it gets worse. The NPC’s have a very, very limited number of lines. Within 30 minutes, you’ll hear everything that will be said on the island. And these same few lines will be repeated for 20+ hours or however long it takes to complete the game. Next, side quests are redundant. At any point in time, players will only be doing one of six things. In a nutshell, Far Cry 3 involves doing the same quests over and over again while killing hundreds of identical baddies who all say the exact same things. Sounds exciting, eh? Yeah, right… The narrative is a bit weak as it tries to force emotions on players that just aren’t there. Despite Far Cry’s gruesome opening, I didn’t feel the urgency to rescue a bunch of stupid rich kids who didn’t know they’re on an island filled with pirates. Despite my distaste for the protagonist and his friends, the story is good. Graphical comparisons are being made between Far Cry 3 and the original Crysis. I vote that Crysis looks better. Even on Ultra, there is still a fair amount of drawing on distant objects and texture quality is hit or miss on different surfaces. Colors are oversaturated much like the original Far Cry (that could be intentional) resulting in plastic looking foliage and props. Frankly, those things don’t really matter. But there is one glaring graphical fault in Far Cry 3: The character models. They’re just plain awful. I’m really baffled by how bad they look and move. As you can tell, I have a huge beef against the NPC’s in this game. Another gripe is the easy exploration. The game indicates locations of everything on the minimap AND players can purchase maps to reveal hidden items. So the “challenge” of exploration is gone. Simply travel to an area, look at your minimap, and get all the goodies. Wow! That was easy! Looting is problematic because prompts don’t always appear and the in game menu displays advertisements breaking the immersion. These issues aren’t game breaking, just incredibly annoying. The multiplayer is a mixed bag and a few steps above the tacked on garbage gamers got with Spec Ops: The Line. If you want to fight in shanty towns wearing t-shirts and sandals, pick up Max Payne 3. Gameplay is average—typical run and gun. The maps are larger than Black Ops 2 with plenty of places to hide, but they’re littered with shacks and debris. So expect an overabundance of close quarters combat. The online experience fares better in co-op mode. It has the potential to be really fun offering at least 10 hours of play in a single run. But players can’t choose which chapters to play, so many get stuck playing the same 2-3 chapters repeatedly. This glaring omission trashes the co-op mode which leads to my biggest complaints against the online experience: shoddy matchmaking and game breaking host migrations. To close, the sandbox experience of Far Cry 3 is truly great compared to most shooters. But too many of the campaign elements are bland and repetitive. The multiplayer has some strong elements, but execution is poor. Considering Ubisoft’s long history with online gaming, the sloppy multiplayer is inexcusable. A game is only as good as the sum of its part, and too many parts are under realized. If you don’t want to avoid a slapdash multiplayer and desire strong RPG elements, Skyrim is the best choice. But if you prefer guns to magic, Far Cry 3 is really the only alternative out right now.… Expand
  84. Dananuh
    Apr 2, 2013
    6
    I do kind of like this game, and I did enjoy playing it. However the game feels empty in a way. Everything feels like it is on easy mode. Cash and loot which can be sold for cash can easily be picked up on multiple enemies, meaning your hardly short of it. You can have access to every weapon pretty easily by going up and activating radio towers. This is probably the most time-consumingI do kind of like this game, and I did enjoy playing it. However the game feels empty in a way. Everything feels like it is on easy mode. Cash and loot which can be sold for cash can easily be picked up on multiple enemies, meaning your hardly short of it. You can have access to every weapon pretty easily by going up and activating radio towers. This is probably the most time-consuming part of the game, afterwards its merely easy as everything is unlocked and missions are a breeze.

    Graphics and environment detail is great however a little behind modern times but who cares about graphics?. However many locations felt repetitive, there wasn't much difference with outposts and was merely boring once you completed a few of them. Gameplay was solid and particularly fun, everything you would want from a standard shooter. However every gun just felt similar and damage wise enemies were an easy kill and no match for me. Vehicles felt very loose when driving and I often found myself swerving off the road trying to turn a corner. Healing system was just pure easy mode, even without the medicine you could still regain most of your health meaning collecting green plants is more of less useless. Story is a bit shabby and is a bit of a cliche. The only real shame the game has is that it gets boring very quickly, I couldn't find myself playing this long hours at a time. After all the work getting everything is done, which is around 2 hours, you will find the game comes pretty repetitive quickly.
    Overall, it's a solid shooter and I would recommend trying it out regardless of its flaws and its repetitive gameplay.    … Expand
  85. williamh3214
    Mar 27, 2013
    5
    Good trailer,good game but its still one more a weapon just weapon because the weapon store is too small dan far Cry 2 (no offence but its true)good story,good explore like skyrim but its not realy Realistic than Far Cry 2 you heal in far cry 3 is 3 bars its not deal in far cry 2 its just stabilize and with syrettes if character is Good on Far Cry 3 because that Jason Brody has guts toGood trailer,good game but its still one more a weapon just weapon because the weapon store is too small dan far Cry 2 (no offence but its true)good story,good explore like skyrim but its not realy Realistic than Far Cry 2 you heal in far cry 3 is 3 bars its not deal in far cry 2 its just stabilize and with syrettes if character is Good on Far Cry 3 because that Jason Brody has guts to Kill "Did i ever tell you the definition of insanity"(from Indonesia)… Expand
  86. Kirase
    Mar 24, 2013
    7
    Highly overrated game. Major parts can only be called shallow, extremely repetive, boring and unchallenging. Gameplay is mostly following the same pattern all over again. Quest sends you to new region. You mark a radio tower on your map as target and simply go there to reveal the map of that surrounding region in detail. Those towers use to be unprotected so its really boring stuff to do.Highly overrated game. Major parts can only be called shallow, extremely repetive, boring and unchallenging. Gameplay is mostly following the same pattern all over again. Quest sends you to new region. You mark a radio tower on your map as target and simply go there to reveal the map of that surrounding region in detail. Those towers use to be unprotected so its really boring stuff to do. After that is done you usually mark a position of enemy camp as target, go there, few shots with your rifle to take out some pirates. Done. Also thanks to the incedibly broken ai again no challenge even on highest difficulty. What you are left with is a fully revealed, boring region with no enemies left, nothin much to do and like 100 crates scattered around the region waiting for you to get picked up to fill your pockets. Yes and that it is pretty much it. Graphics are decent, game is pretty much free of bugs and working fine, Vaas is fun. So i can not really call it horrible. Got it for 30 Euro in Steam sale, thats O.K.. Expected it to be overated and not worth a 87% metascore before buying it, so i did not get too disappointed.… Expand
  87. Duskspark
    Mar 18, 2013
    6
    The visuals look great and the island is amazing, but every NPC sounds like he's speaking in a cup, you quickly run out of fun stuff to do, and the main problem: Vaas. Warning, there are spoilers in here! After promoting the game for almost two years with Vaas literally making him the trademark of the game they just get rid of him in the first few hours. I lost my interest in theThe visuals look great and the island is amazing, but every NPC sounds like he's speaking in a cup, you quickly run out of fun stuff to do, and the main problem: Vaas. Warning, there are spoilers in here! After promoting the game for almost two years with Vaas literally making him the trademark of the game they just get rid of him in the first few hours. I lost my interest in the campaign right after Vaas' terribly executed death, and that's when the free roam problems occured. Weapons glitch, AI is stupid and sounds very off and the worst thing: you have a wallet that can reach a limit. I remember, after completing an Assassin's Creed game, I just kept collecting money, for the hell of it, but in Far Cry there is in fact a limit, wich drags the free roam fun down in an unseen way. I had high hopes, and those hopes only got statisfaction in the first few hours of story.… Expand
  88. ILikeBosch
    Mar 14, 2013
    5
    First of all, this is NOT the Skyrim of shooters or action games. This is a dolled up FPS that masks itself as an open-world sandbox game, but the only thing you can play with in that sandbox is a toy truck and a cat turd. The PC version is sleek and pretty, as well as mechanically smooth and visually-rewarding, but ultimately fails to be a top game. The story is inspired, but the whinyFirst of all, this is NOT the Skyrim of shooters or action games. This is a dolled up FPS that masks itself as an open-world sandbox game, but the only thing you can play with in that sandbox is a toy truck and a cat turd. The PC version is sleek and pretty, as well as mechanically smooth and visually-rewarding, but ultimately fails to be a top game. The story is inspired, but the whiny of a protagonist can't stop "OMG"ing at every turn. Sometimes you wish he was the norm a silent puppet hero that so many games seem to be afraid to stray from. Quests seem bizarre and unnecessary. Am I seriously hunting sharks with a RPG right now? Yes...yes I am...so I can craft a RUCKSACK. The AI is relatively unintelligible. This game was meant for YouTubers to make "LOL moments" videos with, but not much more beyond that.… Expand
  89. zombieapocalyps
    Mar 5, 2013
    6
    In summary: fun to begin with, but a weak story, repetitive gameplay, weak AI, lack of challenge, very average multiplayer (too COD) and lack of replayability mean that for me this game is far from a classic.

    While this game improves on many of its predecessor’s flaws (eg, no more constantly respawning outposts), in my opinion it doesn’t live up to the hype and almost universal praise    In summary: fun to begin with, but a weak story, repetitive gameplay, weak AI, lack of challenge, very average multiplayer (too COD) and lack of replayability mean that for me this game is far from a classic.

    While this game improves on many of its predecessor’s flaws (eg, no more constantly respawning outposts), in my opinion it doesn’t live up to the hype and almost universal praise it has been receiving. For all its pretensions the storyline is pretty weak/clichéd and the characters very one dimensional, though very well acted. And it effectively hits a cul-de-sac when you reach the 2nd island. Jason is supposed to be a green, ordinary guy (as we are constantly reminded), but within half-an-hour he is proficient in a range of firearms, explosives, using a bow, stealth killing, making drugs, etc. It doesn’t work as a story. I thought the relationship between Jason and Vaas was interesting, but it wasn’t developed enough. And how many times can Vaas kill you without watching, only for you to escape? And the final confrontation with Vaas was a big anti-climax. I also found the “choose an ending” contrived and uninteresting.

    Yes it’s a truly open world shooter and the environments are well realised, yet there is little variation across the terrain. And while the graphics are mostly very good, the ambient occlusion looks horrible, some of the textures a little muddy and there is far too much use of blurring effects (especially the DOF). And I found a bit of variety in the quality of the sound effects.

    The gameplay is fun to begin with but quickly gets repetitive, and by the 2nd island I was bored. The many outposts are far too similar, the pirates/privateers not particularly intelligent and too unvaried, the story missions are uninspired and the game is too easy.

    I gave the multiplayer a few hours, but it’s fairly average and borrows heavily from COD without improving upon it.    … Expand
  90. knucklepunt
    Feb 28, 2013
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Please don't pay heed to those who criticize reviews scoring below 7. There is nothing wrong with their reviews. I've played the game through 3 times and can attest to some serious flaws on the PC version of this game.

    That said, FC3 is a great game. But the flaws may make it unplayable to some, especially those who are experienced RPG/FPS gamers.

    Most annoying is probably the clunky inventory system. You cannot batch sell items, whether they are junk items or not. Doesn't matter if you have five to sell or fifty. Each item requires a double-click, and craft items require a double-click AND an additional click for confirmation on a box pop-up you must move the cursor over to click on. I know that sounds trivial, but imagine going online to buy 36 AAA batteries and each battery you had to click and drag to your shopping cart and then a pop-up box came up after each battery you dragged asking you to confirm you really wanted to purchase that individual battery... 36 times. Imagine doing that whole scenario over and over and over again until the tip of your index finger bled. That's selling off gear in FC3. It yanks you right out of the game. Plus, the slight delay while a jarring sound FX plays after each item is sold makes it even more time consuming and cumbersome. Moreover, when clicking on these items, sometimes the inventory screen will auto-advance to the area where you were selling off inventory and sometimes it won't. As the only mouse scroll function in the inventory system is the relics screen (utterly useless beyond clearing the yellow exclamation icons as relics have no item description), you have to use the arrow keys to scroll down, sometimes for each item you're selling. It kinda' notches the fun meter down a bit in FC3.

    Another issue with looting is the extended animation used when looting bodies. It's fun eye candy the first 2-3 times, then becomes tedious and time consuming for the next 1,000+. It also creates the possibility of exposure to your enemies, even if you're looting from cover, as the animation moves you from your original position. Choose to wait until all enemies are dispatched and you risk the chance of the bodies disappearing, leaving only their rifles behind. And if you're using a weapon other than what's equipped on the lootee (You almost certainly are, they only carry two variants, pirates-AK47, privateers-P416). You have to twist and turn until "loot body" displays rather than "swap weapon", as both actions require a long E press. Frustrating, time consuming, unnecessary.

    Possibly the biggest issue for many PC gamers are the looong, unskippable cut-scenes. Some requiring rudimentary user input. Not enough to keep you immersed, but enough so that you can't make a mad dash for the head or go for a smoke and skip the whole thing. Not allowing the player to escape the monotony isn't going to win you any friends amongst seasoned gamers, Ubisoft. And I fully agree with previous reviews, if I want to skip the tutorial, I should be allowed to. I won't toss the game in the scrap heap just because of it, but I completely empathize with those that do. There is no reason beyond arrogance and hubris that a game designer wouldn't include that crucial option. They can dress it up how they like, but I'm not buying it's so that we will all be forced to learn the controls and the plot premise. If so, why isn't it skippable on future playthroughs? Yup, that gets old FAST. Other minor annoyances like the constant nagging to do bulletin board quests and the limited NPC dialogue don't bother me as much as some, but it does degrade the experience on repeat playthroughs. This may be intentional, of course. No developer wants to make a game to end all games, someone's gotta' pay for the next one, right? The original Far Cry is still #1 in my book, FC2 is third based on its excruciatingly painful and monotonous repetition. FC3 sits squarely between the two as second best. The (mostly) open world experience, great weapons, fantastic voice acting (apart from Jason and his pals) and especially the wildlife and island beauty that really draw you into the game are all reasons to play. Just be wary ahead of time that a good deal of frustration comes along with it.    … Expand
  91. JAGUAR10
    Feb 24, 2013
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ***SPOILERS****I really cannot understand all the fantastic reviews and hype surrounding this game GOTY?? I sure hope not. It does not deserve that at all. The game was fun at the start but quickly became boring. The side hunting quests are all exactly the same hunt a rare animal or take down an enemy leader with a knife even taking over enemy outposts became pretty much repetitious run in quick, disable the alarm, run back to surrounding foliage and start picking off enemies one by one with sniper rifle too easy. The NPC village quests are just plain laughable why would I care if a husband is cheating on his wife? And then go ask him to stop!

    Now I played the PC version and although the cars boats were fun to drive they are very hard to control especially when doing timed races I only finished one race quest of about twenty or so I tried so I gave up on them in frustration. Shooting games were just as hard and I am a crack shot with the sniper rifle! 95% on head shots. Crafting was ok at first but half the potions you don't need or use and you only get two slots for them! Additionally, you quickly fill up your loot sack and wallet and end up dumping stuff constantly even when you finally craft the largest wallet lootsack that's because there really is nothing to buy so there is no point in even having money in this game or collecting loot. All the weapons are yours for free after climbing radio towers (dumb!!). I was buying all the maps and trying to find every single chest in an area for something to do but soon found out I had no more room for money or loot and nothing to spend it on. The only things I was buying after a while were ammo and bullet-proof vest refills so finding loot and cash is pointless. I'm a loot whore this was really disappointing. You really only need a shotgun, sniper rifle and occasionally an assault rifle. Most of the level up skills are crap as well when would you ever shoot anyone while sliding down the zipline??? I've opened up about 15 or so radio towers so far and never once had any enemies attacking me while doing this. Ditto for jumping on them from a cliff top was never possible.

    The other thing that bugged the hell out of me was not being able to walk over a doorsill half the time without jumping Jason does not pick up his feet!!! This becomes deadly when trying to walk along narrow planks on radio towers or along 2x4's in a burning temple while you are on a timer!! And I got stuck in caves or temples several times because he could not get over a small rock! Retrieving loot from bodies and hides from animals was frustrating as well as you always have to hunt around for the right position before the words come up to do the action. Half the time I kept exchanging my guns when I didn't want to as well. Very poor mechanic.

    Additionally, all the NPC's are the same! Just 1 or 2 different faces and voices I'm getting (or rather 'gitt ing') sick of that 'Austrylian eccent.'

    There are fun parts, though my favorite thing is finding a big supply truck and running over pirates while driving or bashing into their jeeps then backing up and doing it over and over till they are all dead!
    Racing the boats around shooting at pirates is fun, too. Komodo dragons are scary as hell and I almost had a heart attack when I saw a crocodile pull a native into the river! Ouch. Deep diving through underwater caves is cool, as well. You will use the deep diving crafting potion alot.

    Which reminds me of the poor menu system why do I have to check out every goddam idol in the book every time I find one when they basically are all the same??? Ditto for the memory cards and letters!! And I like to see actual stuff in my lootsack not just some generic black white drawings.

    To sum up beautiful scenery and a few exciting moments does not make up for a dumb story, boring quests, bad mechanics, and extremely poor loot, crafting, money and skills system. Also for some reason I had a very hard time with the FPS aspect of this game. Seemed like the camera should be pulled back a little more this could just be because I'm spoiled by Skyrim where you could switch from 1st to 3rd person continuously. Oh well.    … Expand
  92. eriksonis
    Feb 23, 2013
    6
    Although i don't like modern shooters, this one was better but still not even close for old school shooters. Much better than far cry 2. Animals are fun, but herbage is bit boring in my honest opinion. Also too bright graphics, crysis 1 looks a bit more realistic. View from the cab does not exist too.
  93. Mascalzone
    Feb 22, 2013
    6
    Pardon me, but this is half as good as it could be,. Great graphics, great enviroment but really poor variety of gameplay. To me is way worst than Far Cry 2, that at least has a better immersion and more challenging combats, making situations different any time. I mean that they are really similar but the predecessor gave me really more fun than this one. The story also is not deep as it could be.
  94. Seinekar
    Feb 20, 2013
    6
    The game "itself" is nice, nice graphics, nice shooting, nice combat system.
    The "elimination" that let´s u to 1hko the enemies is cool. Also the possibility to use stealth and sniping for silent attacks instead of crazy shooting makes the game enjoyable...
    So why a 6? well, cz the game is awesome... first 3-6 hours, depending on the time u recquire to understand the game just repeats    The game "itself" is nice, nice graphics, nice shooting, nice combat system.
    The "elimination" that let´s u to 1hko the enemies is cool. Also the possibility to use stealth and sniping for silent attacks instead of crazy shooting makes the game enjoyable...

    So why a 6? well, cz the game is awesome... first 3-6 hours, depending on the time u recquire to understand the game just repeats itself once and again. The scenarios become quite familiar soon, cz in the end 90% of it is just random jungle. Missions and sidequest repeats themselves once and again, as said. So is fun for some shooting, but unless u´re qutie good at repeating the same tasks and re-play the same things over and over again, u may find urself tired of it.

    So conclusion: is a good game, but u may feel tired and/or annoyed soon.    … Expand
  95. Rodrrico
    Feb 16, 2013
    7
    Unlike many of my friends, I enjoyed Far Cry 2. What a brilliant shift from the first game into an environment we hardly see in gaming in Africa. Now, yes I am aware that I am reviewing Far Cry 3. I just want you the reader to be aware of my experience with Far Cry 2 first. FC3 however, unlike FC2 was a disappointment to me. Yes the world looks fantastic and the return to the island jungleUnlike many of my friends, I enjoyed Far Cry 2. What a brilliant shift from the first game into an environment we hardly see in gaming in Africa. Now, yes I am aware that I am reviewing Far Cry 3. I just want you the reader to be aware of my experience with Far Cry 2 first. FC3 however, unlike FC2 was a disappointment to me. Yes the world looks fantastic and the return to the island jungle is a welcome one. But FC3 was just too dull for me. It felt exactly like FC2 only with a brighter sun and surf on my doorstep. Oh an not having malaria this time is always a delight in gaming.

    The story is interesting, Vas is crazy and I must save my moron friends. That works fine in this island paradise. But while on this journey of the mind and sole of my character I grew to, well, there is no easy way to say this hate myself. Not in reality, but within the game. Why, you may ask? Simple, unlike Gordon Freeman, he speaks and what he has to say is of no value and often takes the words out of my mouth before I get to say anything in reality. This happens when I enter a cave or put out an arm fire. He just chimes in and says the obvious. Things like "wow, what a cave amazing place". Yes Jason, we get it.

    Me aside, the game world offers very little as far as open world games go. Radio tower scouts, hunting, driving to kill people, you name it. All those dull things just didn't carry any real value to me other than building bigger wallets to buy slightly better weapons once in a while. The camera is also useless as I found I couldn't bring it out to take wonderful screenshots of this oceanic paradise. Why not?! I did enjoy taking over locations. This is something that the game developers have done with such a simple fineness that makes them enjoyable. The main story is not too bad either and worth a good play-through at least once. But if I play through it again, the game would need to be patched to remove any dialogue from my character, he is just so full of um... Solid game, but not as good as it could be. 7/10.    … Expand
  96. Peikkonaama
    Feb 15, 2013
    6
    FC3 would be rather nice game without sandbox. The story parts of the game are good indeed, but the sandboxing and hunting animals to get better quiver etc. is just stupid. Furthermore, the whole crafting system is way too shallow. It is as if the character carries a laboratory, workbench and leather tanning/boiling equipment with him all the time.

    There are still lessons to learn where    FC3 would be rather nice game without sandbox. The story parts of the game are good indeed, but the sandboxing and hunting animals to get better quiver etc. is just stupid. Furthermore, the whole crafting system is way too shallow. It is as if the character carries a laboratory, workbench and leather tanning/boiling equipment with him all the time.

    There are still lessons to learn where FC2 failed. Better luck next time.    … Expand
  97. Rugz
    Feb 12, 2013
    5
    This game had quite a lot of promise, but unfortunately I feel it makes the same mistakes many other sandbox RPG's make, namely the lack of serious content. The worst thing about this game, which, in our modern era of gaming we should be far beyond, and that is the repetitive filler side quests. No thought seems to have been put into them at all. Far cry is the first game I've everThis game had quite a lot of promise, but unfortunately I feel it makes the same mistakes many other sandbox RPG's make, namely the lack of serious content. The worst thing about this game, which, in our modern era of gaming we should be far beyond, and that is the repetitive filler side quests. No thought seems to have been put into them at all. Far cry is the first game I've ever actually given up finishing the side content because after the first 5 minutes of it I've already experienced the rest of the side content. The story line is a bit unbelievable but bearable, except for the strange endings. I would prefer the game over similar titles like assassins creed 3 (which far cry 3 has appropriated many many features from), the crafting system is a little bit tedious. While far cry was a fun experience, it certainly isn't anything unique, i don't see the appeal that the critics saw in this game, seems to be more of the same in my eyes.… Expand
  98. Trippynet
    Feb 12, 2013
    7
    To sum it up quickly, Far Cry 3 is a good game. Not superb, not ground-breaking, and sometimes annoying, but overall it's good. A lot of the annoyances of Far Cry 2 have been put to bed (the appalling re-spawning springs to mind), and Far Cry 3 offers a nice tropical atmosphere, a decent story, and a good world to explore. Criticisms? Well the saving system is poor (checkpoints in an openTo sum it up quickly, Far Cry 3 is a good game. Not superb, not ground-breaking, and sometimes annoying, but overall it's good. A lot of the annoyances of Far Cry 2 have been put to bed (the appalling re-spawning springs to mind), and Far Cry 3 offers a nice tropical atmosphere, a decent story, and a good world to explore. Criticisms? Well the saving system is poor (checkpoints in an open world? C'mon!), the animal hunting quickly becomes irrelevant once you've crafted your equipment, and the AI is pretty stupid at times. Also, the missions (outside the main story line) are pretty lame. It's either "hunt an animal" or "kill someone with a knife" and that's about it. Let me be clear, "Skyrim with guns" it most certainly isn't (Skyrim has far more depth). Still, it's a fun shooter overall. Only problem is imagine how good it could have been with decent side quests, a slightly better inventory and a proper saving system. Now THAT would have been Skyrim with guns...… Expand
  99. monkeylion
    Feb 11, 2013
    5
    I bought this because I was misleaded to believe that this game was skyrim with guns, I love skyrim and to compare Far cry 3 to Skyrim is an insult to bethesda and skyrim fans, this game has absolutely nothing to dowith skyrim except that is open world and you hunt that's about it, you cant craft something you can sell like in skyrim, you can't wear different outfits like in skyrim, badI bought this because I was misleaded to believe that this game was skyrim with guns, I love skyrim and to compare Far cry 3 to Skyrim is an insult to bethesda and skyrim fans, this game has absolutely nothing to dowith skyrim except that is open world and you hunt that's about it, you cant craft something you can sell like in skyrim, you can't wear different outfits like in skyrim, bad guys always look and act the same, in skyrim bad guys have different armours different weapons etc etc etc. Don't get me wrong Far cry 3 is an entertaining gane for a few hours but it gets extremely boring after that, oh and it looks like sh@#t in Xbox, I recommend you to wait for it to be on sale in steam and go for it… Expand
  100. Taedium
    Feb 7, 2013
    7
    Far Cry 3 saved the series after a string of pointless spin-offs of the first game, a remake, and a remake OF the remake. To top it off, the last main entry, Far Cry 2, was a mediocre, frustrating, redundant, and unrewarding game set in a somewhat-interesting landscape that lacked any incentive to explore it. Far Cry 3 was a welcome improvement over its predecessors, However, the gameFar Cry 3 saved the series after a string of pointless spin-offs of the first game, a remake, and a remake OF the remake. To top it off, the last main entry, Far Cry 2, was a mediocre, frustrating, redundant, and unrewarding game set in a somewhat-interesting landscape that lacked any incentive to explore it. Far Cry 3 was a welcome improvement over its predecessors, However, the game still suffers from the biggest game-breaking flaw that has plagued the series since the beginning: A large, beautiful environment with no rewards for actually exploring it. All of the weapons are available to the player for free, as long as they unlock radio towers, and the process of doing so requires no challenge. To make it worse, the player has unlimited, free access to previously-unavailable weapons after they pick them up from the corpse of a foe. Meaning if you just grabbed a shiny new gun from the ground, congratulations, you now have it an endless free supply of them, just like any other weapon you may have shelled out thousands of dollars for. There are hardly any unique side-quests worth going out of your way for, and they only reward you with money, which you'll find you have plenty of mid-way through the game. Money is almost worthless once you have all of the weapons readily available. The only purpose is buying the occasional much-needed health, ammo, or body armor. None of which (with maybe the exception of body armor) are difficult to obtain on your own. In fact, I have so many green leaves, which are use to craft healing items, that I had to sell most of them just because I needed the space, and I would never, ever need that much. There are other types of syringes, used for such things as boosting damage resistance to fire, and aiding your hunting and exploration abilities, however, they are unnecessary. Hunting isn't particularly difficult, and neither is combat, even on the most difficult setting. I could go on and on about why Far Cry 3 will not satisfy those who want a meaningful sandbox game, but if you are looking for a slick, fulfilling shooter game, you'll have a blast. Good controls is vital to great combat. Far Cry 3 rivals Max Payne 3 for having the most crisp, fluid controls of any PC game of 2012, even on mid-grade gaming rigs that can't quite run Far Cry 3 with optimal performance. The graphics are eye-popping; the water stands out. The many lakes, rivers, and waterfalls look incredible, especially when the sunlight shimmers along the top, and the bodies of your enemies float freely, slowly staining the teal-liquid red.

    In short ,Far Cry 3 fails to impress the adventurer in me, but the warrior in me hasn't been this impressed with a shooter since BioShock.    … Expand
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#9 Best PC Game of 2012
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#6 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#11 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 6, 2013
    89
    Far Cry 3 is a classic shooter at its core, but there are various RPG mechanics, skills and upgrades under the hood. It’s a fabulous playing ground and one can but marvel at the wondrous ways the various elements interact with each other. [January 2013]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Jan 29, 2013
    75
    Exhilarating, colorful, mindless – that's Far Cry 3 in three words.
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  3. Hyper Magazine
    Jan 24, 2013
    90
    Tighter and more accessible than Far Cry 2, the third outing is a master class in open world shooting. [Feb 2013, p.59]
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