Ubisoft made a big splash at E3 2011 by showing off a gameplay trailer for Far Cry 3, a trailer that so surprised the Game Rant staff that we made it one of our top 5 gameplay trailers of the entire event. Precious little has been heard from the game since that time, though it did manage to sneak into Game Rant’s 25 Most Anticipated Games list at #24.
In the most recent edition of Edge magazine (spotted by Gaming Everything), dozens upon dozens of new details are emerging for Far Cry 3, many of which emphasize tactical freedom and strategic improvisation. Here is a sampling of the details:
- A focus on the personal story of the characters instead of the hard-edged political cynicism in Far Cry 2.
- Open-ended combat.
- Multiple approach possibilities such as stealth and frontal assaults.
- Contending with native fauna and domesticated animals.
- Rigging a jeep with C4 and sending it to an enemy encampment.
- No weapon degradation
Fans of the series were miffed at the constant respawning baddies in Far Cry 2, an issue that Ubisoft took to heart and promised to rectify in the sequel. Making the the in-game world larger than the previous two games would go a long way towards changing up the formula, giving the development team a chance to ensure the gaming world is populated by new and exciting elements.
The Ubisoft development team also wants the game to be “emotional and raw,” but still hold to its roots as a shooter. Edge calls Vaas, the main antagonist, a “sociopath” and “nearly a psychopath,” and the game even shows protagonist Jason Brody under extreme hallucination on one occasion, giving additional veracity to the moral decisions that were teased by Ubisoft’s Narrative Director Jason VandenBerghe last summer.
As for the release date, a new Far Cry 3 cinematic trailer has revealed that the game will launch on September 6, 2012. Check out the new cinematic trailer below!
Ranters, what do you think about the more open-ended nature of Far Cry 3? Are you more (or less) excited for the game now?
Far Cry 3 will be released on September 6, 2012, for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Source: Gaming Everything [via Joystiq]
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I’m definitely excited for this game, trailer was awesome. I would love to see some more gameplay footage though. Definitely one of my top 5 games I’m anticipating this year.
I know youtube has some gameplay videos because I’ve seen them. Go look on there. I am getting this game
I wish I could max this game out, I know my PC will only run high or medium with a good fps. Hopefully I can tweak it like BF3. Can’t wait to benchmark it.
As long as they include splitscreen multiplayer like on the Farcry Instincts Predator, I’ll be happy. Far Cry 2 disappointed me with it’s “one person per console” idea.
perspective of the Story and graphics look great. Really like to have multiplayer split screen and more gameplay / aesthetics of mechanics shown off more! Cant wait for the game.
I am so sick of dubstep
Man this looks good. It’s strange; for as much s*** as Ubisoft gets for their DRM practices these days (and rightly so), I think they’re far and away my favorite of the bigass 3rd party publishers, with Assassin’s Creed, Rayman, FarCry, and Prince of Persia. If only they were a bit more forward-thinking about the DRM stuff…
Well anyway, I loved FarCry 2, and if this can match its gameplay in addition to actually telling a compelling story (which 2 didn’t quite manage), then daaaayum. If nothing else, the voice acting is vastly improved, to judge by the trailers, so that’s certainly a start.
if they fixed character movement and aiming issues that FC2 had then i’ll be getting this. as it stands i’m on the fence about this b/c the 2nd one looked really good, but ended up being pretty s***.
When it comes to the Far Cry series I only play them for the story and beautiful graphics. I can already tell I’ll love the story, but seeing how the trailer was all pre-rendered I can’t tell about the graphics yet.
I’m glad they went back to the “paradise island gone wrong” theme. I’m never excited about an FPS (except Serious Sam 3 because I knew it would be oldschool), but I’ll at least be looking forward this.
please bring back splitscreen and map creation so that me and my friends can play on that created map so cool far cry 1