Far Cry 3

The thing is, Far Cry 3 doesn't need a strong multiplayer component because its single-player campaign will keep you invested for dozens of hours. You'll be eager to explore every bit of the tropical setting, to drive along the beach or hang glide over the ocean. You'll want to find lost treasures in the sunken ships that line the island's periphery and stab sharks to death for their valuable skins. That's just how Far Cry 3 rolls.

The good times are even further extended by Far Cry 3's impressive multiplayer map editor, which makes it relatively simple to bring your ideas to fruition. You could lose many hours to this one feature, let alone the game's other facets, all of which make this one of the most robust shooters on the market. Yet Far Cry 3's bigness isn't a detriment: you rarely feel that the game's size led to individual elements suffering from a lack of attention or detailing.

Far Cry 3 improves and expands on everything the series has offered so far. The sprawling open world, drop dead gorgeous environment, and freedom of moment to moment choice make for an experience everyone has to try at least once. It can grow harder and harder to justify the praise heaped on mega franchises like these, but Ubisoft makes it easy by fixing what’s broken and building out what’s already amazing.

Far Cry 3 delivers a delightfully compelling narrative in a beautiful open world environment. The single-player is captivating from start to finish, and while the multiplayer lacks inspiration, it offers a decent distraction if you're looking for some fun in the sun with friends.

It's a smartly designed open-world game with a ton of stuff to do, and the random acts of hilarity that occur out in the jungle will constantly leave you with unique stories you'll be desperate to tell your friends. If the story had made good on the strength of its initial premise, Far Cry 3 would have been shoo-in for best game of the year. As it stands, it's still the most fun I've had in an open world in ages, a game that plays so well and looks so good, I wish every other piece of it reached the same high bar

The multi-dimensional and unpredictable nature of this jungle journey makes each and every mission a crap shoot, and is ultimately what makes Far Cry 3 enjoyable. It’s one of the better shooters of 2012 if just for its variety in its gameplay and sandbox elements. Eventhough it doesn’t stick to the hyper-realistic nightmare that it kicks off with, it’s still a rewarding story, though we would have liked to see this original idea seen all the way through.

It's worth noting that some of the side missions feel extremely disconnected from the overall campaign, but I like to view that as something to do after the story is over. Outside those elements, players are rewarded in Far Cry 3 by an extremely connected experience. This is one of the most successful games and one that should be on the top of your must buy list. If you can deal with the insanity of the story, you will be rewarded with an absolutely brilliant experience where attention is paid to every inch of the setting, story, characters, and gameplay.

It's hard to deny its prowess for gunplay, exploration, and graphics, with the exception of minor pop-up issues and framerate drops. As long as you don't take the game as seriously as the game does, you'll be entertained. Just make sure you dismiss that Skyrim quote... as much as dragon-slaying would be just as awesome on Rook Island.

For as large as Far Cry 3’s setting is, there’s an elegant conciseness to the game’s story mode. It’ll still take tens of hours for completionists to get through, but the fast travel and dense map ensures you always have something meaningful to do within minutes. The production demands of an open world game make Far Cry 3’s sub-30 frames per second performance acceptable.

It’s easy to see why someone would want to visit Rook Island – it’s a stunning tropical location with plenty of fun activities, scenic views, and history worth discovering. Far Cry 3 disrupts that paradise to challenge your feelings about enjoying violence. Because of lunatics like Hoyt and Vaas, you’ll see beautiful things you never would have. You’ll do terrible things that make you uncomfortable and meet fascinating, disgusting people. You’ll sympathize with Jason Brody’s difficult choices as he turns from vapid young man into a monster.

After two remarkable but uneven offerings, Far Cry finally pulls everything together in the third installment. The diverse open-world action, compelling story, and an alluring environment that begs exploration are all high water marks for the series. This is an island adventure all shooter fans should experience.

Whilst we can't yet comment on how Far Cry 3's multiplayer shapes up, or see how the multiplayer will fare in the face of well established competition over time, we can tell you that everything else stands up to inspection. There's an unbelievable amount of content here, with a campaign that'll take well over twenty hours to complete, and a plethora of side quests to conquer and collectables to hunt down. Ubisoft has delivered a delicious tropical sandbox of epic proportions, and you'd be insane to let this one pass you by.

Far Cry 3 is the best open-world title since 2011's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The multiplayer modes feel tacked on and unnecessary, but they're also easily ignored. A must for anyone who loves beautifully realised worlds.

La serie Far Cry vuelve a cautivarnos con otro gran shooter, y es que Ubisoft nos brinda un paraíso convertido en infierno realmente memorable. Tiene sus pequeños fallos, entre ellos una IA discreta, pero hay tantas cosas buenas que cuesta mucho no hablar de un producto plenamente recomendable. Montones de cosas que hacer, contenidos abundantes y de muy diferente corte, y diversión máxima con enorme libertad y personalidad para uno de los grandes lanzamientos de este año.

Far Cry 3 verspricht hingegen einen intensiven Thriller, den es spielerisch ad absurdum führt. Zum puren Selbstzweck hat Ubisoft die Inselwelt mit allem überladen, was spielerisch möglich ist: Sammeln, Schießen, Fahren, Onlineherausforderungen – Far Cry 3 ist das rücksichtslose Durchregieren sämtlicher Stichpunkte, die die Marktforschung den Entwicklern vorbetet. Hauptsache, der Spieler kann überall jederzeit alles tun, was ihm in den Sinn kommen könnte.

Et les affrontements multi sont suffisamment solides pour qu'on y perde quelques précieuses heures de notre vie. En dehors de quelques points de détails assez facilement pardonnables, la nouvelle production d'Ubisoft réussit quasiment un sans-faute. Elle rejoint même le rang des titres réellement marquants, qu'on a envie de faire découvrir aux autres et dans lesquels on sait qu'on se replongera régulièrement.

Far Cry 3 est un soft immensément riche et profond, doté d'un univers foisonnant de vie permettant à un redoutable gameplay, décomplexé et jouissif, de s'exprimer à plein. De par sa nature ouverte, le bébé d'Ubisoft se révèle capable de convenir à tous les types de joueurs et réussit en plus à surprendre dans des domaines où on ne l'attendait pas forcément. Le jeu vidéo à son meilleur.

Far Cry 3 weet het tweede deel van de serie met vlag en wimpel te evenaren en te overtreffen. Het biedt dezelfde vrijheid die alle spelers zal bekoren – met wat extra aandacht voor stealth-liefhebbers – en geeft spelers tegelijkertijd uren vermaak door de prachtige omgevingen vol te stoppen met missies, collectables en mogelijkheden om Jason sterker te maken. Daarbovenop is de hoofdverhaallijn erg vermakelijk door de geweldige personages en zijn de missies stuk voor stuk erg geslaagd. Dit is een open wereld-shooter op z’n best.