Far Cry 3
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About the Game
Far Cry 3 is an open world first-person shooter set on the fictional Rook archipelago in the Pacific. Even though the tropical setting resembles the original Far Cry , the gameplay itself is closer to Far Cry 2 as the open world exploration is supplemented by role-playing elements with experience points, crafting, trading, hunting and three skills trees. The protagonist is Jason Brody, a daredevil who is on a holiday in the Pacific with his two brothers and some friends.
Story & Setting
He is rescued by Dennis Rogers who introduces him to the Rakyat, the native tribe that hopes to rid the island off the pirates. After the introduction players is however largely free to leave the main quest along and discover the islands at his own pace and leisure, as all of the playable area is available right away. These reveal the entire environment and open up quests, but areas can also be traversed without a detailed map. Players can kill pirates, complete quests, but also collect plants and hunt down animals for their skin.
Gameplay & Core Systems
When they take a skydiving trip, they land on an island that is controlled by pirates. Against all odds, Jason succeeds by jumping into the water. Money is exchanged for weapons, modifications and items such as syringes, but crafting also plays an important role. In addition animals skins are used to craft items that extend Jason's weapon belt up to four slots, provide a larger wallet to store money, increase his ammo belt and a lot more. These determine the playing style, as Heron deals with mobility and long-range attacks, Spider with stealth and survival, and Shark with assault and healing.
Standout Features
- There are various safe houses to travel around and exchange loot at all-purpose vending machines.
- By discovering recipes, plants can be turned into fluids that are injected to enhance abilities.
- Jason: For each new skill acquired, Jason receives a tattoo on his arm.
- Even though it is a shooter with machine guns, assault rifles, hand guns, bows, flamethrowers, mines, RPGs and grenades, almost all of the game can be played with a stealth approach.
- Jason can crouch and hide in the foliage to remain hidden.
- A meter shows how visible he is to opponents.
- By sneaking up on them stealth takedowns with a knife can be performed and bodies can be dragged away.
- He can also throw rocks or use sounds to isolate pirates.
Modes & Ways to Play
Multiplayer consists of a separate cooperative campaign for up to four players that takes place six months before the events of the main game. Experience is also gained here and there are multiplayer unlockables and custom loadouts. The competitive multiplayer modes include team deathmatch, domination, transmission and firestorm. Additional multiplayer bonuses and perks are gathered by unlocking encrypted data with a time limit.
Player support includes Internet, Same/Split-Screen, Co-Op, Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS), Team, and 2-4 Players.
Presentation & Atmosphere
During the search for the remaining survivors Jason will be initiated into the mysticism of the tribe, discover the environment and hunt down Vaas. The rook archipelago is a dangerous environment filled with pirate settlements and local animals such as tigers, bears, sharks, komodo dragons, boars, goat, snakes, rabid dogs etc. His camera is used to zoom in and mark opponents. Additional ammo and weapons can be picked up from fallen enemies, and money and items are also collected that way, along with many hidden loot chests and additional collectibles such as letters from fallen soldiers during World War II and relics.
Display support includes HDTV 720p, HDTV 1080i, and HDTV 1080p. Audio support includes Custom Soundtracks and Dolby Digital.
