One of the gifts I received for Christmas was Far Cry 3. I had never played either of the first two, but it doesn't seem to be any kind of essential story aspects I am missing. Basically, it seems like far Cry 3 is a GTA type game, but in the jungle.
First, let me get some hate out of the way. I don't know whose idea it was to have the start menu connect to the Internet, but arrgggghhhh! Nothing like a minute delay while it tries to connect to some servers and fails, just by hitting the start button. It's a terrible idea which will hopefully never be repeated.
The game received some pretty high praise (nominations, awards) from the media leading up to release, so I had high expectations for the title. I'm about 5 hours in and I just don't see it. It's a decent game, but so far nothing stands out as excellent to me.
It kind of reminds me of the Mercenaries games, by the now defunct Pandemic Studios. I run around killing the bad guys and a lot of animals while unlocking new parts of the island. It all gets you experience which you use to unlock skills. It even has 3 skill trees, like MMO's are so fond of doing.
Then there is crafting. I actually find it kind of annoying. For example, I had to find special animal skin so I could craft a bigger wallet. Otherwise I could not collect any more cash. I also have to get certain animal skins to craft a larger bag. The same goes for ammo and the syringes/potions. The limitations are frustrating.
I'll continue to play some more and hope it gets more entertaining.
Death Only Makes Me Stronger
11 hours ago
