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Far Cry 3
Far Cry 3 is an open world first-person shooter set on an island unlike any other. A place where heavily armed warlords traffic in slaves. Where outsiders are hunted for ransom. And as you embark on a desperate quest to rescue your friends, you realize that the only way to escape this darkness... is to embrace it.
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155 out of 16495%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Far Cry 3
Review 1 for Far Cry 3
Long Repetitive First Person Jungle Adventure
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Posted on:5/22/13
TravisH
Location: South Dakota
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
This game is a First Person Shooter, in an Open World, with an RPG aspect. This game starts out pretty interesting and suspenseful, but it gets to the point of just dragging on and on after awhile. What you actually do game play wise is pretty repetitive. You can shoot animals as you wander the islands and craft their skins into useful stuff, drive vehicles and boats, and take over enemy outposts, but you'll probably get bored of it as soon as you do a couple in a row because they're so repetitive. In any mission or side mission you're fighting tactics will be basically the same, and most of them turn into bullet spraying showdowns, but if you take a little time you can silently eliminate them all with knives and silenced weapons, which is much more rewarding. Otherwise there are only a couple main missions where you get anything different to fight with, such as riding with an NPC as the machine gunner. For about the first 50% of the game most of your travel will be attempted vehicle driving, but I find traveling on foot and sprinting up and down hills gets you places faster. There are a few hang gliders here and there, and they are extremely fun to fly. And what's even better than that, is that eventually you will get a "squirrel suit" as I call it , and a parachute so that you can jump off cliffs and glide to your destinations. Combat is a lot of spraying bullets and a lot of sticking yourself with needles every 15 seconds to heal yourself before you die from bullet fire. The even worse part, is that you'll be sticking yourself every 5 seconds if you're fighting a tiger or similar animal, because animals DESTROY you in this game. It's harder to fight two tigers in this game than 10 guys with firearms on full auto. The story is interesting at points, and incredibly dull and repetitive at other points. Some "main" characters will feel important to you, and others will just make you think why are they there, by this I mean your friends you're suppose to be saving, who basically do nothing for you in the whole game. The aspect of saving your friends played out nothing like I thought it would. Instead of sneaking into the camp your friends should all be at, you spend all your time training with some tribe to become a warrior involving some kind of weird tribal voodoo magic and junk to give you the "power" to defeat your enemies, when all you really do is just run around and kill pirates for the most part. The enemy pirate leader Vaas is an interesting character, but at points is just annoying as can be because he repeats like the same thing in every other cut scene. Obviously with any game you take a bunch of bullets and heal yourself in normal game play, but most of the time in games if you get hurt in a cut scene, it's a big part of the story and that character is either out for the count or dead, but not in this game. In this game there are probably 5 or more cut scenes where your character takes enough damage to kill you without a doubt, but instead you just walk off that knife stab to the heart as if it was a needle point to the thumb... This game took me somewhere around 20 hours to beat and that's at like 75% completion. I just haven't gotten all the collectibles and left a few side tasks. I haven't played any Coop or Multiplayer so I don't have any info for that. OVERALL: Don't get me wrong, this game is pretty fun and enjoyable, but it also is lengthy and pretty repetitive to a point. After a few hours you'll understand because you may find yourself annoyed by the same dialogue and actions over and over and over. There are a few interesting little bits like Hang gliders, the flying squirrel suit, and poker that can keep you entertained, but for the most part it's a lengthy adventure that doesn't seem to resemble anything you thought you'd be doing.
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Review 2 for Far Cry 3
simply seven letters: A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
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Review 3 for Far Cry 3
Best Game Ever
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Posted on:5/13/13
cyclone1234
Location: Philadelphia, PA
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
This is the best video game I have ever played. Their is nothing wrong with this game. Before I played this game I thought Skyrim was the best game. After playing this, every game including Skyrim looks like crud.
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Review 4 for Far Cry 3
Great Game Highly Recommend
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10
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10
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10
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7
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Review 5 for Far Cry 3
Awesome game.
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Review 6 for Far Cry 3
Open-world goodness with tons to do and see
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Gameplay:
10
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Posted on:4/27/13
Clarkey
Location: Florida
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
Far Cry is, in a word, "sweet." It gives you a HUGE map, loads it up with tons of beautiful places to go and fun things to do... the story is actually not burdensome despite how it may appear to some at the very beginning... you gets lots of fun toys of destruction (oh yeah, fire propagation is back..... thus you start a fire in the brush and soon you've got a REALLY big fire; like in Far Cry 2), it's really hard to find enough good things to say about Far Cry 3.
Basically this takes place on a couple of tropical islands in the South Pacific Ocean... you have a main plot-line to advance but you can choose to either do this, do one of the many, many side quests/item collection tasks scattered throughout the islands, or you can free-roam and explore one of the coolest locations I've seen in a game. The graphics in general are really good but the islands themselves are GORGEOUS!! Wandering around finding hidden lakes, soaring waterfalls, hidden caves, old WWII bunkers... the island itself becomes a character in a way. It's not quite Bioshock's "Rapture"... I'd perhaps compare it to New York from Crysis 2 (sorry, haven't picked up Crysis 3 yet so can't compare that). Sure, it's not post-apocalyptic like Crysis, but it's the same in that you'll consistently stop and gawk at some of the amazing scenery. Far Cry's weather effects and day/night cycles heighten this, as you'll see when you first run across a waterfall draining into a lake in the jungle with slight rain coming down, or the sun rising or setting as you stare out over the ocean. The music is used rarely but to good effect and the sound effects are good... it's just that the visuals of the island steal the show.
The gameplay is fun and tight, shooting feels fun and the multitude of weapons are a joy to blast through the island with. There is an XP system where you get experience for tasks/kills and upgrade your character through 3 skill trees. You have to do some of the Story Missions to fully unlock the skill trees, but you'll have the whole thing unlocked with LOADS of game to spare.... depending on how much side stuff you do in the beginning I'd estimate you'll have a good 80% of the total game content left after you get the skill trees fully unlocked. The whole island is basically a big sandbox, giving you freedom to do whatever, whenever. The missions/tasks give you this same freedom. You can sneak around doing stealth-kills, snipe from long range, lob Molotov Cocktails and burn the place down.... the huge areas and large variety of weaponry (along with how you develop your character's skill points) allow for lots of options.
Far Cry 3 is just a lot of fun. Even if you ignore all of the optional side quests/challenges and the main quest you'll still find lots of things to occupy your time on these amazing looking islands. The complaints many had about Far Cry 2 have all been fixed (enemy re-spawn points that couldn't be captured, weapons breaking, not a lot of side quests/diversions) and this game is about as bug-free as you can get (ESPECIALLY for an open-world game). With the recent price-drop I'd grab this game immediately.... even if the genre doesn't sound like your thing: this game is good enough to convert people.
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10
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10
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Review 7 for Far Cry 3
Pirates ARGHHH!
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10
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Review 8 for Far Cry 3
Favorite game ive ever bought
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10
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Review 9 for Far Cry 3
An Amazing Game
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Review 10 for Far Cry 3
New Far cry fan!
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Posted on:4/7/13
Mack227
Location: nc
Never played a game in this series and with all the hype I had to pick this game up and it did not disappoint! The story is pretty good and long depending on how you decide to play the game. If you go to outposts to liberate them you can be very methodical by putting out Mines and C4 to set traps and snares which make for a more interesting game play. The weapon selections are nice! You can carry a lot of them at one time which is cool because sometimes you need stealth and other times you need Rocket Launchers and Flame throwers...lol Its a very detailed game and reminded me a lot of Red Dead Redemption though not quite as good though but close. The graphics are good at times and then they drop off at other times. Not really sure why that happens but it does. The story at points will make you roll your eyes but just endure it because it gets better. The coop needs a little work but is still fun when playing with friends. This game is a keeper like Red Dead! You need to pick this game up for your collection. Its one of those games that willl keep you coming back for more and more...
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Review 11 for Far Cry 3
Cool Game
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Review 12 for Far Cry 3
Best FarCry Yet
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Review 13 for Far Cry 3
This is a must buy
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Posted on:3/28/13
awsomeguy56
Location: MA
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
I never played a far cry game before this and this is one of the best games I ever played. If you beat the story you can still drive around the island also you can make a map or play co-op or multiplayer
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Review 14 for Far Cry 3
Ubisoft created a masterpiece
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Posted on:3/26/13
RDW11
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
Ubisoft really stepped it up this time around with Far Cry 3. One of my favorite games I have ever played. The graphics are so beautiful with so much texture. Everything is almost real life like. It's a first person open world shooter which, "Who can deny that." I had a blast with this game and I hope that Far Cry 3 is nominated for game of the year because at first it was a game looked over by many people. This game deserves to be respected the way it is now.
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8
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Review 15 for Far Cry 3
Have I ever told you the definition of insanity...
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Posted on:3/23/13
Coolyo
Location: Boston, MA
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
This game describes it! With one of the best plots around, amazing graphics, cool and swift gameplay, and plenty of things to do, you will fall in love with this game. The best part about this game is obviously story mode, which features Vaas, one of my favorite villains and Jason, one of my favorite protagonist who gets sucked into the world of violence and becoming the ultimate warrior. There is also co-op, which is also great, but obviously not as good as the main story, but very fun. Let's not forget great multiplayer, but you won't play much of co-op or multiplayer when you get into the main story. PERFECT, 10/10.
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Review 16 for Far Cry 3
A Step Up
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Posted on:3/17/13
ColdFrixion
Location: Kingwood, TX
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
Ubi-soft really stepped their game up after Far Cry 2's not so grand plot-line, as well as the yucky environment. Far Cry 3 is filled with a beautiful open world environment, amazing fire fights, amazing plot and awesome abilities. This game is great!
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10
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Review 17 for Far Cry 3
Awesome game!
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Review 18 for Far Cry 3
insane and great in every way!!!!!
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Posted on:3/12/13
sonnycorleone
Location: spring hill,FL
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
farcry 3 has to be the best farcry out there yet.i hated farcry 2 because there was practically no storyline,just missions.on the other hand,farcry 3 has the best storyline ever.its just like assassins creed,only with guns.the story is truley insane and excellent,it cant get any better then this;you are held captive by a pirate leader,surrounded by jungle,killer animals,and the pirate leaders men.the pirate leaders name is vaas by the way,and you have to find your younger brother,and four friends.overall awesome game.
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Review 19 for Far Cry 3
A Great Game
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Review 20 for Far Cry 3
Game of the year and villain of the year
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Posted on:3/10/13
Hunter14Rocks
Location: California
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
So far this was the best game of the year so far to me. Vaz the main villain was HILARIOUS I LOVED HIM I could not help but laugh every time I saw him. The bullets and other sounds sound excellent the gameplay is pretty good. The graphics are also pretty good overall I would rate it 9.2/10.00.
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