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Far Cry 3 – An open world full of insane linearity Popular
   February 15th, 2012 clock image 1:30 pm

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Sure, there are plenty of FPS games hitting us this year, from Apocalypse Now inspired shooter such as Spec Ops: The Line, to the gun-collectathon that is Borderlands 2, but one such high-profile title that has kept its details under a tight guard has to be Far Cry 3.

We’ve seen very little of the upcoming title from Ubisoft , with only glimpses shown of the main protagonist as he tries to survive lethal encounters with the severely disturbed Vaas.

Until now that is, as a slew of new information has just been revealed about the open-world shooter.

According to details published from GamingEverything, Far Cry 3 will indeed have an open world structure, but missions will be more linear and scripted in its design, although the option to achieve your goals will still allow for varied gameplay.

Such examples shown had protagonist James Brody using a sniper rifle to pick off foes from afar, running into an enemy camp with guns blazing while under some form of crazy that can only be measured in Nicholas Cage-o-meters, or also putting C4 on a jeep and then pushing it down a hill to detonate in the enemy camp.

Brody himself, is reported to have been on the island for years already, frantically searching for his kidnapped girlfriend, while also suffering a mental breakdown in the process that leaves him with hallucinations and an “unreliable perspective”, a madness that seems to permeate throughout the island, as the majority of soldiers and antagonists all seem to suffer from madness and insanity as well.

So, it seems that we’ll get to play a game that mixes open-world exploration with heavily-scripted missions and quests, while also having to contend with some sort of post-traumatic stress, which sounds ideal actually.

Far Cry 3 is currently scheduled for release later this year, for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Don’t forget to bring your happy pills with you when you play it.

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  • Anonymous

    Indeed sounds good! Oh red or blue pill ?

  • Erwin Kempff

    This is gonna be epic!

    Funniest thing happened while playing FC2, I could have sworn I heard Afrikaans in it. Then heard it again and again (very poor accent and sentence structure) but flippen funny.

    Veld fire for the win. I loved sniping from faaaaaaar away, hitting a petrol drum, start fire and watch them run like “aaaahhhh fiiiiirrrrrrreeeee”

    Story was weak though on FC2, never played FC1

    • pop

      You mean when they say: “Lag vir my dan skiet ek jou tande uit”. I know, it was hilarious.

    • http://twitter.com/Uberutang Janrik Oberholzer

      Large portions of the dialogue for FC2 was recorded in South Africa, using local talent, so you would have heard several local dialects (including Afrikaans) in the game.

      • Erwin Kempff

        Didn’t know that.

        In any case, the accents sounded outlandish, never heard an Afrikaans dialect spoken like that, and I’m Afrikaans.

        • http://twitter.com/JimLenoir James Lenoir

          I dunno man, those okes sounded like my neighbours. 

    • http://twitter.com/birkettN Nathan Birkett

      FC1 was way better than FC2 IMO

  • RobbieH

    Skipping this one thanks….

    • http://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa Tauriq Moosa

      Why’s that, then?

    • http://twitter.com/Grant_za grant nicol

      Haters gona hate….

  • Jack

    Awesome Farcry 2 quotes

    Elkeen van hierdie koeëls dra jou naam.

    Ek het bystand nodig. Ek het hom hier.

    Haai jy! Kom hier, ek het hom.

    Perfekte tyd vir die koëls om op te raak. Net mooi perfek!

    Jy maak seker ‘n grap! Ek moet weer herlaai. Ek glo dit nie!

    Jy dink jy kan my aanvat? Dink weer, poephol!

    [...] Kom help my met hierdie bliksem.

    Hou jy my vir die gek?

    Ek soek hulp hierso.

    Haai! Kom gou hier dan kan ons klaar speel met hom.

    Kom hiernatoe. Help my om hierdie vent hier uit te kry.

    Glimlag! Wys jou tande, dan skiet ek hulle flenters.

    Man I’ve forgotten how awesome it was.

    • Erwin Kempff

      Hahaha, thanks, I’ve forgotten some of those quotes.

      Straight outta the early days of B&W TV and dubbed overseas sitcoms

    • Helgard Van Rensburg

       Could have been a bit more realistic though:
      F*k, p**s, n**iende wetterse ding is al weer koeels uit.
      Kom ons kry die f*kk*r hier uit.

  • http://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa Tauriq Moosa

    Looks amazing. Loved FC2 but got a bit boring and repetitive. Doesn’t make sense to have to constantly fight people ALLLL the time just because you’re traveling to different destinations.

    • Purple Dragon

      Yeah and the constant respawning of “cleared out areas” drove me to desperation. I stopped playing the game.

      • http://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa Tauriq Moosa

        Ditto.

        SCUMBAG FAR CRY 2: Take 30 minutes to clear out area just go get to mission. Mission has even less men to battle. Drive back and find cleared area no longer cleared.

      • Erwin Kempff

        Ja, when an “area” is cleared, it must stay cleared for a while dammit!

  • http://twitter.com/Uberutang Janrik Oberholzer

    If you used the buses it becomes less of far drive.

    The MP was pretty awesome, esp with the home grown maps we created.

    My ‘vlakplaas redux’ was a firm favorite :)

  • http://gevaaalik.com/ Stix

    I’m looking forward to this one. Loved Far Cry 2. Far Cry 1 was cool until it got to the lizards/things. They lost me there.

  • Maxiviper117

    Lets just hop they learned their mistakes from FC2. Like enemy population respawns, and especailly the aiming system was flawed, it felt sluggish and hard like Killzone 2. Hope they make the aiming slick and smooth like MW and BF.

    • http://twitter.com/JimLenoir James Lenoir

      I actually liked Killzone 2′s aiming. It gave the impression that the guns had real weight. For instance the massive sniper’s rifle was a beast to aim with. The Assault Rifle was unwieldy but powerful and the hand gun was quick to the point.

  • Ryan

    I loved far cry 1 and far cry 2! 

    I cant wait for 3!

  • Anonymous

    My Gamedar just started tingling.

    FARCRY 3 has a badass story.

    http://www.destructoid.com/allow-this-far-cry-3-trailer-to-excite-your-brain-221835.phtml

  • http://twitter.com/JimLenoir James Lenoir

    After seeing that trailer, I’m all on the Far Cry 3 boat.

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