Far Cry 3

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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5058 Ratings

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  1. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    10
    Oh hell yes. Not loving this game is a definition of insanity. Loved it when it came out, still love it now. This one won't ever be topped when it comes to the FC series. Pickens approves!
  2. Claw_PL
    Feb 16, 2019
    10
    One of the best games i have ever played.Great graphics , game play and even better story.I just love this game
  3. 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
  4. Ydun79
    Feb 11, 2019
    8
    It's just a lot of fun. You think it would get boring after a while because it is repetitive but the game keeps you on your toes. It also has a very interesting bad guy.
  5. ScorpioZero
    Feb 6, 2019
    10
    One of the best FPS open world games.

    Free play: You can do everything in FC3: Skinning animals, Crafting equipment, liberating base, climbing and parkouring on radio towers when you can get free weapons, spending skills, making medicine, flying with wingsuit, fast traveling etc. 10/10 Open world and map large tropical island, filled with forest and villages, but you have to climb    One of the best FPS open world games.

    Free play:
    You can do everything in FC3: Skinning animals, Crafting equipment, liberating base, climbing and parkouring on radio towers when you can get free weapons, spending skills, making medicine, flying with wingsuit, fast traveling etc. 10/10

    Open world and map
    large tropical island, filled with forest and villages, but you have to climb on radio tower to view some of the map 10/10

    Characters
    Best characters ever. Jason protagonist, Vaas is the best, Sam has the best homour, Willis is serious, Buck is hypocrite etc 10/10

    Overall: it took me 16 hours to complete the game but it was worth it, buy it you won't regret it    … Expand
  6. Pharaoshka
    Jan 20, 2019
    9
    Far Cry 3 is a great game. This is pumping, hunting, survival and more. Interesting dialogues and characters. You feel the pain of archery or stabbing. The only thing that is bad in this game is the outposts, which are all the same, they are all the same, I, on the difficult level of the game, passed all the outposts with only 1 gun. In general, the game is a masterpiece!
  7. OOa007
    Dec 20, 2018
    9
    great game. good story, lots of freedom, lots of fun tasks, i want to play it a 3rd time thinking about it :)
  8. Give_em_hell
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    A great game. Perfect graphics, great gameplay, exciting battles, good ai, decent story, lots of content, lots of weapon and crafting, huge map.
    If I make a little criticism: characters might have been a bit deeper, and a mature atmosphere would be better with a little bir less bullet-hell style.
  9. GenuineBruv2021
    Oct 29, 2018
    9
    Far Cry 3 is one of the best open world games out there, the story is pretty good and its fun to progress through the game and story. There are a ton of things to do in the open world, but the multiplayer isn't great at all. I played the multiplayer with a couple of friends and it becomes tiring after a while. Overall Far Cry 3 is easily the best game in the series.
  10. CenkAlp
    Oct 15, 2018
    8
    Hikaye = 7
    Oynanış = 8
    Grafikler = 7
    Sesler = 8
    Keyif = 9
    Atmosfer = 8
    Süre = 7
  11. 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.
  12. hiltong55
    Jul 18, 2018
    9
    Talk about a very pleasant surprise. I picked this up in a buy one get two free GameStop deal back a few years ago for PS3 and fell in love with the gameplay. I am reviewing the PC version because not too long back I replayed this on Steam and it was just as good if not better than my first go around.

    This is an example of a story-based, first person, open world, shooter done to near    Talk about a very pleasant surprise. I picked this up in a buy one get two free GameStop deal back a few years ago for PS3 and fell in love with the gameplay. I am reviewing the PC version because not too long back I replayed this on Steam and it was just as good if not better than my first go around.

    This is an example of a story-based, first person, open world, shooter done to near perfection. The graphics look great even by today's standards. The atmosphere is brilliant. You feel like you are a part of the island. I was so interested that I want to learn more about the culture and the conflict that was taking place. Speaking of conflict. I like to keep my reviews spoiler free but I am just going to say the main antagonist Vaas is probably going to go down as my favorite video game villains of all time. Very generous selection of weapons and vehicles. Almost all the weapons have upgrades and different attachments to collect. I really fell in love with the base capturing system where you gain outposts by taking out all the enemies in the nearby area. Not only do you have to worry about enemy patrols and but you also can be randomly attacked by an assortment of indigenous animals. I found all the hunting and captain killing side missions to be very satisfying. I also really liked finding the relics placed around the games very multilayered map and dead soldiers journal entries as they helped you get a better understanding of the history of the island.

    There are a few small things that did keep this from being a 10 in my opinion. Don't get me wrong the story is fine and as I said I loved Vaas but I was a little underwhelmed with the conclusion and was also a bit confused about the tone it was trying to present. I also think the voice acting could have been a little better and more believable but by no means was it terrible. Also, the AI was good but at times would make odd choices in the way they would attack and react to your presence. Especially when you took out an alarm. Lacked consistent logic.

    Overall I have to give this game a 9/10 Excellent. My criticisms are minor as they did not stop me from enjoying what was presented. There are very few games that I genuinely wanted to play a second time and 100% both times on two different platforms.    … Expand
  13. Adil_Ahmad
    Jul 15, 2018
    10
    First of all the game intro made me realise it is going to be an epic game
    the story of the game is absolutely the best story i have ever played in game 10/10
    Graphics 10/10
    Gameplay is smooth
    the world is filled with joy
    best video game villan
    Perk system was he best ever in video games perk systems
    Outposts liberation was also amazing and made the game more fun
  14. Sweetard
    Jul 11, 2018
    4
    There are some enjoyable parts in the game as well as not enjoyable which are mostly caused by bad AI and even worse and partly unfair battlegrounds. And even if you play it just like a shooter and not like a storytelling/ RPG like game it doens´t feel different to other games, so you find in every genre this game wants to fulfill/ fulfills better games with reasons to play it once againThere are some enjoyable parts in the game as well as not enjoyable which are mostly caused by bad AI and even worse and partly unfair battlegrounds. And even if you play it just like a shooter and not like a storytelling/ RPG like game it doens´t feel different to other games, so you find in every genre this game wants to fulfill/ fulfills better games with reasons to play it once again or with a story that goes more into depth, better/ deeper character(traits), a better weapon handling and management of resources.… Expand
  15. 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
  16. kazim22
    Jun 21, 2018
    10
    One of my FAVORITE game. Great combat and shooting physics. Graphics are good too. The most badass villain of all time, VASS, did a great job in making the game addictive.
  17. 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
  18. gyigyo2
    May 1, 2018
    1
    Far Cry3 is the worst far cry ever made in my eyes: The protagonist is a stupid rich kid, with he's friends, Jason Brody the little stupid rich kid learns in 2 day how to be a MASTER survivalist man in the jungle,.The story is a lacking in everything, is so stupid and simple revenge, easily predicted story, with bad, lame endings. VAAS is an overrated villain, he is so lame, and stupid, IFar Cry3 is the worst far cry ever made in my eyes: The protagonist is a stupid rich kid, with he's friends, Jason Brody the little stupid rich kid learns in 2 day how to be a MASTER survivalist man in the jungle,.The story is a lacking in everything, is so stupid and simple revenge, easily predicted story, with bad, lame endings. VAAS is an overrated villain, he is so lame, and stupid, I wonder why he has so many fans, psychopath, broken-mental man.

    Pros: some new things in gameplay
    Cons:
    -Story
    -Characters
    -The world
    -Music
    -AI
    -Endings    … Expand
  19. Meta1234
    Apr 16, 2018
    10
    Far Cry 3 is the AC II equivalent of the Far Cry series. The clear 10 of the series.

    You can call it the benchmark of the series in terms of its atmosphere. Great story, great side missions, great energy, open world freedom, exotic natural environments, gadgets, everything. Funny moments and attitude too like the flamethrower mission. The fact that the main characters are a group of    Far Cry 3 is the AC II equivalent of the Far Cry series. The clear 10 of the series.

    You can call it the benchmark of the series in terms of its atmosphere. Great story, great side missions, great energy, open world freedom, exotic natural environments, gadgets, everything. Funny moments and attitude too like the flamethrower mission. The fact that the main characters are a group of young people adds a nice tone of energy to the game.

    A game difficult to ever surpass in the series when it comes to the player's reception.    … Expand
  20. LaBeowulf
    Apr 7, 2018
    9
    Um dos melhores vilões que eu já vi em um jogo. Far cry às vezes é repetitivo, mas isso não incomoda tanto quando a única coisa que você quer é atirar e explodir.
  21. YASIFAIZI
    Feb 16, 2018
    10
    Just WOW this game is everything that a human being wants in its live
    i mean the damn Voice acting, Gameplay, Graphics, Story, the open world, side activities and many more
    this game is 10 star complete
    every should play this game right now.
  22. VampireIdle
    Jan 14, 2018
    4
    I didn't play this Game very long, main reason being that there is an auto save bug. It constantly is stuck in the Auto Save animation but it doesnt actually save. Which means its basically like playing a PS2 Game without a Memory Card.

    I know that this Game is great and it has an amazing Story (watched it as a Lets Play a long time ago) but it is really sad that this Game is broken on    I didn't play this Game very long, main reason being that there is an auto save bug. It constantly is stuck in the Auto Save animation but it doesnt actually save. Which means its basically like playing a PS2 Game without a Memory Card.

    I know that this Game is great and it has an amazing Story (watched it as a Lets Play a long time ago) but it is really sad that this Game is broken on PC and not working at all. Thankfully I got this Game on Sale, sadly I wont be able to get a refund as it took me 3 years to even recover my uplay account.

    I don't recommend this Game as its broken with no fix from ubisofts side in sight. Stay away from it and buy Far Cry 4 that one does actually work on PC.    … Expand
  23. Mitya64
    Jan 4, 2018
    10
    Шедевр. Хочеться забыть и заново пройти эту игру
  24. Melgacius
    Dec 5, 2017
    8
    1 – GENERAL

    Far Cry 3 is an open world FPS created by Ubisoft. It shares lots of the traditional Ubisoft game mechanics like climbing a tower to reveal part of the map, or having the chance to explore to know more about the story of the Island. Speaking about story, the plot of the game is not the best I've seen, at best is solid, but we forgive all its faults when we see that    1 – GENERAL

    Far Cry 3 is an open world FPS created by Ubisoft. It shares lots of the traditional Ubisoft game mechanics like climbing a tower to reveal part of the map, or having the chance to explore to know more about the story of the Island.

    Speaking about story, the plot of the game is not the best I've seen, at best is solid, but we forgive all its faults when we see that characters are well built and one of the villains is probably one of the all time greatest in videogames. Resumed, you are on vacations on an Island with your friends and you are caught by pirates. If you want to know more, just play the game.

    Graphics still old even from today's standards, but I've experienced a lot of framedrops after a nVidia update, later partially solved, but I still suffer from unexpected framedrops when driving vehicles. The world is not as beautiful as in Ghost Recon Wildlands, but is still very enjoyable to watch.

    Sound effects are well set together, but the NPCs have just a little amount of voicelines, so we spend most game listening to the same ones. The music is atmospheric, and it always sets a good mood for gunfights, despite that it changes when every NPC is dead, so we know when we can stop paying attention.

    2 – GAMEPLAY

    Most of the game fights are satisfying, guns are properly balanced and they all feel different and fun to play. We have to loot corpses and boxes to gather money to buy and upgrade weapons, but after a while they all become free at shops, so all money is only important until a certain part of the game, after that it just become useless.

    Most times you can approach a mission from more than one angle, and that's rewarding. Sometimes a mission has a small difficulty spike, nothing to worry about, but you end up going by trial and error, and eventually you end up doing the mission with just brute force.

    There's tons to explore in the islands, and also a lot to search and find. Interestingly enough the map is not packed full of repetitive missions that we have to do in order to develop our skills. I've mostly just done the main story and some sidequests, and I still progressed at a good pace. It took me about 20h to finish the story, I think that a completionist can take another 30h from the game, or even more, so the balance between story and repetitive sidequests seems to me spot on. Way better than actual games. Now is not common to say this, but thumbs up Ubisoft!

    3 – CONCLUSION

    I have three major problems with this game:

    Its peak is not the ending, but the killing of the firs villain;

    The best moments of the game are QTE, and that ruins the fun;

    Both endings are not very inspired.

    There's still some funny bugs, but none of those ruins the experience, they are just fun.

    Multiplayer is still active, even more than lawbreakers, but is not very interesting.

    So, do I recommend the game? OFC, it's a great game, that worth's the current full price, but is so easy to find it in a sale, that I recommend you to wait a bit of one of those.    … Expand
  25. B4d
    Nov 6, 2017
    10
    It's the best ubisoft game ever if you ask me.
    it's open world, action, creative, kinda fantasy, survival, pretty much it has everything to deserve 10 out of 10
  26. ShawnD
    Oct 17, 2017
    9
    The story is good, the characters are interesting, the graphics are nice, the missions are good, the guns are excellent, the AI is good, the character runs fast like it's Doom or Quake, one can run forever, the vehicles handle reasonably well. There are a few missions that are incredibly annoying, but they are rare enough to not be a problem.

    A few problems that I have with this game:    The story is good, the characters are interesting, the graphics are nice, the missions are good, the guns are excellent, the AI is good, the character runs fast like it's Doom or Quake, one can run forever, the vehicles handle reasonably well. There are a few missions that are incredibly annoying, but they are rare enough to not be a problem.

    A few problems that I have with this game:
    1) It can be extremely hard to see who is shooting me. I need to use the camera to tag almost every enemy.
    2) Fall damage is retarded. I'm not even joking when I say it's possible to lose 1/3 of your health by falling 5 feet. Fortunately, health syringes are easy to make, so it's just annoying. It doesn't really break the game or make it too hard.
    3) The button to loot enemies and the button to switch guns should not be the same button. I end up dropping my weapon and picking up some crap weapon because I was staring at the guy's left leg instead of his right leg when holding the E key.
    4) The dark areas can be too dark. I have some thick blinds in my house, but they still don't block enough sunlight to play parts of this game while the sun is up.    … Expand
  27. michael40k
    Sep 3, 2017
    9
    I had really fun playing Far Cry 3, just 1 Point less because some side-activities, often side missions or collecting relicts, feel so senseless and timewasting, otherwise hunting, exploring and crafting is really fun.
  28. ar1234
    Jul 22, 2017
    10
    best game of all time best graphics best gameplay best story best villian best hero.perfect game......................................................
  29. BDbloks12
    Jun 2, 2017
    9
    Far Cry 3 is a great game. The story is very good because you are just an average Joe on vacation. The game then turns you into a crazed killer. The villain was very well portrayed. The outposts were fun to destroy. The great game play and a great story make this game a must play.
  30. Captain_Faramir
    May 27, 2017
    8
    8.8 - Really fun game, if you're into FPS games this is definitely one to play. With some nice graphics, Rambo style or stealth gameplay, cool music and awesome characters, this game is memorable on various levels.
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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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Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

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  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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