2011 is shaping up to be a heavy hitter for blockbuster sequels with Gears of War 3, Mass Effect 3, Resistance 3, Killzone 3, Uncharted 3, Battlefield 3, and now, according to Official Playstation Magazine, we may be adding one more “3″ to the list (there really is a ton of ‘em this year) in the form of Far Cry 3, the sequel to 2008′s open-world romp Far Cry 2.
Some might recall a similar rumor last year about the game releasing by the end of 2010, but clearly that didn’t happen, and one wonders if the game will actually be finished by the end of this year either. There’s been a complete lack of details surrounding the game, and I wonder if the media silence is an early indicator that this rumor is bunk. However, those of us who enjoyed the predecessor are eagerly looking forward to hearing details about gameplay.
Many gamers expressed dissatisfaction with certain elements of Far Cry 2, but there were still plenty of strong points. Few games have been as realistically visceral in their creation of a game world, including physics and gunfight mechanics. It had a lot of potential, but fell short in a few key areas, like the AI enemies that seem to be able to pop you through the skull from half a click away with an M9, repetitive missions, and tediously long travel times.
Without any details, one can only speculate as to how Far Cry 3 will address these issues, but if the developers have been paying attention, they’ve heard the groans of frustrated gamers and have tuned things up for the better. Considering the predecessor’s focus on creating an immersive world with a working ecosystem, one might expect to see expanded flora and fauna in the third installment. The idea of factions and alliances was good to explore last game, but the fact that everybody attacked you anyway sort of defeated the point.
I for one would love to see the game take a more realistic approach to being a mercenary in Africa; Possibly allowing you to call for backup from your allies instead of having to die before a friend showed up. I also think a game like this has unique opportunities for morality gameplay. Maybe you can assist in stabilizing regions, making it safer for civilians to live there, but throw in the dilemma of having to choose which warring faction is really the best to rule. And hey, how about giving us a character that has some personality or significance this time? Some voice acting, backstory, cutscenes? Too much to ask?
If left to my imagination I’d probably just end up writing a script myself, but for now, as the Official Playstation Magazine writes, “Start taking the malaria medicine in preparation: Far Cry 3 could be arriving before the end of the year.”
Let’s pray to the development deities that Ubisoft pulls through with a quality product soon.
Source: OPM (via CVG)
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Thanks for the info! I love the far cry games there is just something about them. They remind me of half life, very high production values. I wonder what setting they are going for the 3rd installment. I honestly wouldn’t mind Africa again considering its such a diverse continent. The first two games paved the way for more open ended FPS and I’m sure the 3rd one will be no different.
I can’t wait for Far Cry 3 to come out. I consider Far Cry 2 to be amoung the best FPS games I have played. I thing it’s strong point is the many ways you can complete a mission. It’s all up to you how to get there, what weapons to use, how to get out of the area, etc. The envoroment was the best I have seen in a game (day time, night, rain, fog). I will buy it as soon as it comes out.
so what is it this time? Snowy mountain?
I played Far Cry 2 for quite a long time and I ended up quitting just before the end, to be honest. The shooting mechanics and everything that had to do with guns or explosions was top notch in my eyes. Problems popped up when it had to do with the events that triggered the use of those guns and explosions, though. It never mattered how many times you drove through one checkpoint and wiped out every enemy there, you come back five minutes later and it’s fully stocked up again with enemies. That’s a problem from back in the NES days when enemies would reset when you left the screen. I think it’s about time we can move away from that trapping. I understand that it does add some action mixed in with the large amounts of travel that you have to do, but c’mon. I don’t want to waste my ammo on guys I don’t need to kill and not have any when I need to kill the guys I need to.
The other parts that worked: Factions and their mission structure, NPC rescue (and rescue missions), weapon decay (my favorite part), and the malaria thing was kind of cool. I just hope the third game will address the complaints immediately. Look at Killzone 2 to Killzone 3, Guerrilla Games listened and it made a pretty decent shooter after that.
totally agree with your down points as well as dom’s down points. i quit the game quite early b/c the extensive driving and enemy road blocks pissed me off, the map imo was way to big for the game and could have easily have been cut down by 20 or so % to make things more fluent.
Absolutely I totally agree with you two and I think your complaints are the same things that everyone else (including myself) had issues with. If you look past these issues however, Far Cry 2 is truly a breathtaking game and has TONS of potential. The level of immersion is unparalleled(maybe by half life) Your right, hopefully they listen to the fans response and craft an overall better game. Also for the setting, I’m thinking they should go to australia or new zealand. Both have extremely diverse ecosystems which could be a joy to roam around in. Also, it would be cool to add tons of wildlife that you can hunt and skin or whatever a la Red Dead Redemption. Work out the little bugs, amp up the AI, and put it on the new crytek engine and I think this could be a game of the year candidate.
I’ve not seen any concrete details about the game but it is likely to remain in Africa. As for the size of the map, I think FC 2 was realistically large and I liked that the in-game time was slow enough to make it feel like I was actually living day by day in the game (Ratio was like 15 minutes = in-game hour). FC 3 may or may not make the map larger (as lots of open-world games endeavour to do) or they might (and I think they SHOULD) keep it the same size, or make it slightly smaller, but fill it with more interesting things. I wouldn’t mind seeing them take a page out of Just Cause 2′s book and making the country seem like an actual country with cities, villages, military bases, airports, and stuff.
Didn’t like the second game, prefer the story of the first and its expansions. you know the one with all the powers or what have you. the second sort of stopped me from playing
Dominic I totally agree, They should definitely take a page from just cause 2. The world in that game is one of the biggest and most detailed worlds I’ve ever seen in a game. I would go as far as saying its bigger and more immersion than Red Dead Redemption! If they can recreate a world like that and mix it with the far cry shooting mechanics and storyline than I think we will have a winner on our hands
Hope for the best, not for the hyped hot air. Sounds like my predictions of Fc3 are true. I just want more things out of the map editor like some tools for caves n’ tunnels with building blocks ”like” forge in reach…also some dlc map-editor releases. I wouldnt care for paying for more stuff to use and edit maps with.
this is my list of what farcry needs,some kind of air vehicle, this would drop traveling times and make it alot funner to play, civilians, to shoot and torture when your bored. In map editor water should be a paint tool so you could create things like waterfalls, an option to create a river with a current and the ability to choose how strong the current is. The ability to cut into the ground to make things like caves that are actually underground instead of having to place something oveeditor over them. More editor options such as building wall instead of having to use fences to put custom buildings together. They should also expand the multiplayer to at least 32 players with being how big you can make levels in this game. There should also be the option to put animals both violent and non violent. When you go so called out of the fighting area instead of just dieing a lion should attack you and in the water a shark. I honestly loved the multiplayer in farcry but still think it could be improved apon, i mean what other game lets you create your own maps. And who pays for maps on a game that has millions of options of maps to download. I still play my farcry 2 for both the ps3 and xbox, send me a friend rrequest on either one if you still play my gamertags are, on ps3, dfetz and on xbox, shaggy101585.
FarCry2 was one of my favorate games ever. I even enjoyed the game enough to learn to play with “skill”. Such as using only a pistol on the highest level, get a few head-shots without being seen, complete the mission, then leave the area without breaking a sweat. After leaning this, Crysis seemed too easy.
The large map didn’t bother me. Just driving can be fun and the bus helps me get around. Some complain the checkpoints respawn is not realistic – so is fixing your car in 5 seconds, but no one complains about that. Both can take longer.
I would have liked to see how my efforts make areas better or safer. Add moral dilemmas. I also hate how everyone is my enemy – I can’t even change my flag, bribe the guards, or say I’m with National Geographic. Like others, I hope to see LOTS more civilions animals. Places to visit like bars to buy a beer, repair dirty weapons, and others to spend some of the diamonds. Of course play both factions and be sneaky..
Maybe I want to be “evil” to keep the chaos and war going.. Maybe I want to kill both sides and be the king? Thinking too much?
Yes this game was great and yes it had problems with the campaign, but i think the biggest issue is the fact that Ubisoft didnt actually do alot to help afterwards, the online servers often crashed and if you tried to ask them any questions theyd direct you to something absolutely useless.
however, as long as they still have a map editor, decent sniper rifles and pretty scenery im still playing it
I agree with everyone else, I just thought i would quickly add in that i hope they make the story more interesting and also the map like far cry 1. With massive mountains and hills you can glide off.
Also i hated the voice acting. It was the worst voice acting i have ever heard in a game. Surely its more beneificial to chuck a few quid at random people off the street to get 50 recordings. Than pay the full price of 10 voice actors. Other than that i hope it comes out this year, I was s exited about far cry 2 and it failed me in alot of ways. Let us hope they get it right this year and i agree it is a potential game of the year as the graphics in far cry 2 i think were better in many ways than crysis
I’m late to the party on this thread, but I had to comment on Ben’s observation about the voice acting. Some of it was okay; for example, the Jackal himself was not bad, but many of your friends were not so hot. Moreover, out in the field, the random mercenaries you fight only had two main voices. Let’s just call them Bert and Ernie. Bert and Ernie are everywhere. First, You wipe them out at a checkpoint. Bert’s last words: ‘spread out and we’ll flank him!’. Ernie’s last words: ‘you nuts?! We don’t even know where he is. Aaaaugh!’. Then you get to your destination, and there’s Bert, back from the dead, saying ‘we gotta get in there and do something!’. And Ernie replying, ‘we’re gonna stay right here an wait for backup! Aaaaugh!’. Man, I killed Bert and Ernie all over Africa. Those guys must have really hated me.
Far cry 2 was a mixed bag for me. The Ai was glithty , the hit dectection sucked , the multiplayer was a joke. The story sucked arse, , yet the graphics, weather and atmosphere were brillent , and africa is a diverse area yet i seen no dangerous animals that wud be hostile, no civilions to interact with, no ‘random events’ (like red dead redemptions events)and the voive acting was too quick and and sometimes sounded very quiet. if ubi can address all these issues and maybe add converstion options to spice up the diolog then i cant see how Far cry 3 would be contender for GOTY 2011/2012.