plasmid303
Super Freak
EU November 29, 2012
AU November 29, 2012
UK November 30, 2012
NA December 4, 2012
Looks like it turned out to be a really great game. I didn't find a thread for this in search. I'm a bit surprised. I might as well make a thread deserving of how unexpectedly good this game turned out.
Game Informer - 9/10
Concept: Return this open-world shooter to a lush jungle setting and fill it with activities
Graphics: The gorgeous and varied terrain invites you to explore every nook and cranny
Sound: When you hear a hissing sound, brace yourself. Those Komodo dragons aren’t friendly
Playability: The refined gunplay (now without firearms malfunctions), more forgiving checkpoints, and wealth of side activities make this a much more enjoyable experience than Far Cry 2
Entertainment: This is one island adventure you won’t want to miss
Replay: Moderate
Eurogamer - 10/10
That's because Far Cry 3 is all the best things about open-world gaming. It's a glorious anecdote factory, where you manufacture brilliant new memories every time you wake up in a safehouse and head out into the jungle. It's an astonishing technical achievement, as comfortable revealing incredible landscapes over the brow of a hill as it is when the setting sun winks at you through a canopy, or when the heavens open as you stalk wildlife through the trees and long grass. And it always lets you play, but it also controls the tempo - sometimes a little heavy-handedly, but always with good intentions.
In the past, Far Cry's vision of a first-person shooter RPG where you explore, master and then control your environment has always been more seductive on paper than any of its developers have managed to deliver on disc. Far Cry 3 changes all that. For me, this is the new apex predator of open-world shooters. Hunt it down as soon as you can.
IGN - 9/10
Far Cry 3 is important for the same reason as Far Cry 2. It’s a shooter that considers shooters thoughtfully, both in the way they’re designed and the way we play them, and then asks us to do the same. Should massacring hundreds be a great way to entertain ourselves? Maybe not. But it is.
+Excellent, flawed characters create dark, mature story twists
+Satisfying character progression and upgrade system
+Unpredictable, exciting, and varied enemy encounters
+Discovering the depths of this engrossing world
– Limp co-op mission design
EGM - 10/10
SUMMARY: A story that puts you on the edge of your seat from the second it starts. The deep, skillfully scripted campaign is something every gamer should experience.
THE GOOD: The best blend of story and open-world action I’ve ever played.
THE BAD: Less multiplayer, more awesome ending, please!
THE UGLY: The thought of playing “pin the tail on the donkey” ever again…
Strategy Informer - 9/10
1up - B-
Far Cry 3 works best when you're left to your own devices; I loved cruising around the expansive maps via land, sea, and air, and the general business of capturing bases presented interesting stealth puzzles that I often had to approach from different angles before finding one that worked. Missions tailored to serve the story, on the other hand, do a great disservice to the open world antics that exist outside the question of whether or not Jason Brody's murder of thousands will affect his immortal soul -- a question that's ultimately dismissed with just a single sentence by the patronizing ending. Yes, Far Cry 3 offers a handful of great-looking set pieces -- especially when Jason trips on psychedelic drugs -- but these attractions are ultimately just that: a guided, on-rails tour through some pretty scenery. If you're going into the game expecting the dark and savage tale of lost humanity promised by previews and trailers, just cut out the middleman and rent Francis Ford Coppola's take on the same idea -- it'll save you 50-odd bucks and at least 20 hours.
EDGE - 8/10
Far Cry 3’s main missions are nothing special in and of themselves, and include one or two exhausting slogs and limp stealth sections, but the campaign does a better job than Far Cry 2’s storyline when it comes to providing an alternative to the open emergence of the player-authored escapades. Sure, it’s liable to all go a bit surreal, at times, with sequences that ram home the insanity theme, but its protagonists are sympathetic and charismatic, and the villains are loathsome, and it frequently forces Jason into the kind of confined spaces that he never finds outside.
Regardless, Far Cry 3 is at home in the jungle. Wild, reactive and unpredictable, it’s where the series still feels so distinct from other FPSes. It’s built from many of the usual ingredients, including guns, explosive barrels, and thoughtfully placed cover, as well as few less usual ones – tigers, for a start – but refuses to tell you how to approach things or what to do with them. Visiting Rook Islands is no package holiday, then, but it’s a great place to make your own fun.
GamePro - 90/100
XboxFront - 8/10
GameTrailers - 8.6/10
Kotaku - YES
God is a Geek - 9/10
Official PlayStation Magazine - 9/10
Video Gamer - 9/10
IB Times - 7/10
Games Radar - 4.5/5
Inc Gamers - 9/10
CVG - 9.4/10
Official Xbox Magazine - 9/10
Rock Paper Shotgun
Hardcore Gamer - 4/5
Trailer
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZfi1QfdIE[/ame]
Weapons trailer
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXzAcKNS4Es[/ame]
15 minutes of gameplay @ 1080p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLU2ZqXx6ZY&feature=youtu.be
Stealthy gameplay:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-_IsIahCk&feature=g-u[/ame]
Map Editor:
[ame]https://youtu.be/RGl5sKxjryE[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZfi1QfdIE[/ame]
Weapons trailer
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXzAcKNS4Es[/ame]
15 minutes of gameplay @ 1080p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLU2ZqXx6ZY&feature=youtu.be
Stealthy gameplay:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-_IsIahCk&feature=g-u[/ame]
Map Editor:
[ame]https://youtu.be/RGl5sKxjryE[/ame]