Far Cry 3

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. Far Cry 3 is important for the same reason as Far Cry 2. It’s a shooter that considers shooters thoughtfully, both in the way they’re designed and the way we play them, and then asks us to do the same. Should massacring hundreds be a great way to entertain ourselves? Maybe not. But it is.

-- As reviewed by IGN
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Product details

  • Rediscover the number-one rated shooter of 2012, newly enhanced in 2018 for the current generation of consoles!
  • Experience the open world, first-person shooter tExperience the open world, first-person shooter that redefined Far Cry in a game “(l)ike nothing you've ever seen before.” –Complex hat redefined Far Cry in a game “(l)ike nothing you've ever seen before.” –Complex
  • Create your own adventure in this diverse, dangerous island playground, by land, sea, or air, from mountain ranges and swampy grasslands to white sandy beaches
  • Fight back against an insane cast of enemies led by Vaas, unforgettably portrayed by Michael Mando (Better Call Saul)

PROS

+ A vast, open world
+ Gorgeously presented
+ Robust co-op and multiplayer options

CONS

- A little repetitive
- A little bit ludicrous

Expert reviews and ratings

By IGN on November 21, 2012
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. Far Cry 3 is important for the same reason as Far Cry 2. It’s a shooter that considers shooters thoughtfully, both in the way they’re designed and the way we play them, and then asks us to do the same. Should massacring hundreds be a great way to entertain ourselves? Maybe not. But it is.
90
By TrustedReviews on November 22, 2012
Far Cry 3 is not a game which wants to mess around. It knows exactly what it wants to be and, as soon as the incredibly brief tutorial section is over with, it gets down to delivering that vision in as direct a manner as it can. That alone makes it brilliant because what it wants to be is basically a guerrilla tactics simulator in an open, tropical paradise. It’s you, a small arsenal of weapons and an enemy base for you to assault however you want.
90