Far Cry 3
Over all: 9.5 - 10
Short and simple, this game has surprised me with almost every turn I took, and places I went too, I highly recommend buying this game as a pre-owned for the co-op is not all that needed.
Story Line: 9.5 - 10
Far Cry three.... When they used the word cry in the title, thats what I felt like doing at atleast three parts during the game. From the very beginning I was hooked on the story line. Out of most other games, this one I can say with pride that it has moved away from most normal story lines and gave something new, something that you feel is worth fighting for through it all. There might be others that do just this, but how well they molded the story is something to be praised.
Landscape/Combat: 9 - 10
Far Cry 3 is one of those games that really does let you go almost anywhere you can think of. Lakes, rivers, and oceans are traversable by under water and above water by means of boats. You can also move by air, but only by hand glider, parachutes, and a glide suit you get later on in the campaign. The game is mostly consumed by vast forests, that change throughout the entire island(s). In all, Far Cry 3 includes almost every type of terrain one could think of such as, caves, cliffs, reaveans, mountains, valleys, plains, jungles, oceans, ruins, and even small bits of urban combat with plenty of explosions.
The combat system is well adapted to the terrain it was made for. The best part of it in my opinion is the sneaking system that lets you traverse the landscape virtually undetected, allowing you the assassinate entire outposts without being seen or detected. The more you level up you also gain extra perks such as being able to use an enemy knife to throw, and kill another enemy as well as chain kills, drop assassinations, and takedowns from below from in water or on land. But thats not it, there are also weapons that give you the option to add silencers, night vision scopes, extra powerful scopes that you toggle, ammo clips, sights, and for the bow, explosive and fire arrows.
Aside from the normal combat system you also have hunting. Unlike normal NPC's excepting dogs, wild animals will be extremely hard to sneak up on and will flee the instint they are fired upon or shot at, even with a silenced weapon if you miss. This makes things as real as they can be and if you are to attack predictor species of animals, they will also begin to attack and mawl you.
Visuals/Audio/Cinematic: 10 - 10
For including so many features in one im not sure where to begin, so I will start with what you see the most, jungles. The jungles in this game make up atleast 80% of the game and are so well made, that when you run through the brush, they will get pushed out of your way, make wrustling noises, and even alert enemy if you move too hastily. An added bonus with vegetation is its burnable, yep, burnable. That means if your not careful, an enemy can throw a molotov into a patch of forest you are hiding in, and literally burn you out of it, setting huge chunks of woods on fire.
Im not too sure how many people have good headphones such as Turtle Beaches or Trittons, but when playing a game like this, they are the best. Surround sound you can hear gun shots behind you, fire infront of you, and shouts and voices everywhere else. Gunshots are as realistic as they can get and voices are as unique as the story line.
As for all the cinema scenes, I can't even begin to describe how crazy it is. Most of the cinema you go through will have bits of action to where you press buttons and move, others are pure design that are brought on by the taking of drugs.(Do not try that EVER) When with this one tribe to become a warrior, you are taken through trials to prove your strength and more then once, you are exposed to a toxin that messes with your mind. The scenes you see are as rich as they can get, but the fire seems a bit fake on some of them, thought that hardly matters with the rest of the game.
Extras: 7 - 10
Along the lines of extras, this includes perks that you get, additional items, and other functions that are considered to be bonuses or part of the game. One of these is the hunting and gathering system. With this one you are able to hunt down the native animals on the island and skin them for there hides and meat. You don't eat them but you use them for crafting addition storage for weapons, ammo, explosives, arrows, and so on. You also are able to harvest plants and use those for various medicines and performance enhancing drugs for hunting, taking damage, and so on.
Another good system is the various weapons and customization. For each gun you hand the option to add parts such as silencers, sights, enlarged clips, and even the camo on your gun. The only bad thing about this is the lack of weapons and the choices. As you go along the game and unlock new guns, no one gun is as good as the other, there is always going to be a better one then the previous until you find the best of them all, therefore it kind of forces you to use the best. Of course you don't need to, but you sacrifice look for effectiveness. A good pick all around though is the bow as it is a silenced weapon by default, and has the ability to use fire and explosive arrows by crafting together grenades or molotoves with arrows.
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