Far Cry 3 Review and Gameplay

3D Rendering Of Free Roam Map

Far cry 3 is a long awaited sequel to Far cry 1 and 2. Far cry 3 is a story in which Jason Brody  and his friends gets abducted by pirates and escapes the island. Far cry 3 has a very interesting storyline which involves free roam and missions in which you have to travel to points to start it. The free roam is somewhat like GTA and can be considered as a loss of originality. However, this is not the case. The whole storyline and game play is much different from GTA and is considered as a upgrade to the free roam. Far Cry 3 has a high render distance which allows you to be able to see nearby islands. These islands, even though a part of the background, can be traveled to. This feature impresses me a lot because i have not seen this before in a FPS game. Next, the game play type is mainly first person shooter in which you have to shoot people to survive. Far cry has also added stealth options such as take downs which are silent killing methods. Take downs can be further improved through upgrades until a point where you can kill everyone with take downs in a matter of seconds. These take down moves needs skills and must be carried out silently or you might alert the guards. Far Cry 3 lacks variety of weapons. There is very few guns but each one can be customised to your liking. This makes up for the lack of weapons. Each of the weapons can also be given a paint job to your liking. The game runs on a currency system. You need money to buy weapons, upgrades and paint jobs. There are a few ways of earning money. One is through chests, collecting relics, looting enemies and completing missions.  You also are able to craft. Crafting means you can make potions to heal you, help you in battle and even upgrade items like loot sacks and wallets.

The plot is about Jason Brody and a group of friends being abducted by pirates on a trip to an island. Jason's brother grant decides to escape and Jason comes along with him. On the way, Vaas, the person who is in charge of the pirating, kills  Grant and Jason escapes. Jason is then rescued by Dennis, the head of the Rakyat rescues him and slowly turns him into a member. Jason then slowly rescues his friends one by one, killing many in the process of doing so. Jason was caught by Vaas many times and was sent to death many times but he escaped each time by luck. Jason then after becoming a fearsome Rakyat warrior decides to stay in the island and head the Rakyat. This displeases his friends who are trying to escape the island. Jason then confronts Vaas in his base and kills him with a knife. Jason then moves to Hoyt's island. Hyot is the head of the pirates and owns the whole business. Jason then slowly finds Hyot and kills him. He rescues Riley, his brother, and then returns to Dr. Earnhardt to finds him about to die. Jason then goes to Citra's temple where he has to decide whether to save his friends or stay in this island with Citra.

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