legacyzero
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For a smaller title like this? Probably not
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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PC/PSN/XBLA) - May 1st 2013 (Michael Biehn included?)
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You can honestly look at this and not get the point? Someone said it before, and it's true, you need a new hobby.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Fine Ham Abounds
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Yes, with a filter over it that will probably be annoying as hell.
Except thematically, I'm excited as fuck and will probably enjoy this 10 times more than it will deserve.
If this thing ends up challenging and fresh, I'd be surprised as hell, but thrilled speechless.
Far Cry 3 is an open world shooter. The appeal of an open world setting changes based on the setting itself and what you can do within that setting. This is a widely different setting with stuff we don't see enough of in games - homages to 80s scifi craziness. That is the point.
DirtyManos
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Oh god I want this so badly. PC day one. Can't wait to see how it looks and plays.
Just move on, he has nothing of value to say. That's complaining just to complain. It's a spin off from a shooting game, which was part of a series of shooting games. No one is expecting this to invent a new genre of games, it's just a really neat concept and setting.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Jason Brody went full psycho.
Yeah, but Pitchford went out of his way to fuck everything up.
Pure, distilled awesome. If you were born in the 90's and later then you are incapable of understanding and I feel sorry for you.
funkystudent
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This looks great but WTF does it have to do with Far Cry 3
Four_Chamber
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Just...awesome
Extra Sauce
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Probably just marketing riding on the success and name recognition of Far Cry 3.
Right, I guess I just wanted to know if it was going to do anything different except for a filter change. At least the box art is cool as hell.
SavagePlanet
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It probably uses the same engine, control scheme, animations, and mechanics as FC3, and it's still set on an open-world tropical island. It may have some kind of weird tangential tie-in with FC3, like someone pointed out in this thread jokingly, it could be some kind of drug-fueled hallucination. I really believe that could be a real possibility.
Engine, gameplay mechanics, reused assets, and possibly a story element(Jason get's into the magic mushrooms again?).
Even if it has nothing to do with the story, by calling it Far Cry 3 we know how the game will play. It's like a professionally done overhaul mod.
Based on the achievements, there will be:
- Garrisons
- Predator's Path Quests
- Hostage Situations
- Different animal types (Enemies)
- Braincages (Destructibles?)
- Dragons (Enemies)
- Dr Calyle's Notes (Collectibles)
- VHS Tapes (Collectibles)
- TV Sets (Hidden Messages)
- Weapon Attachments
- Character Level
That, and Far Cry 3 was pretty successful. This is a great opportunity to piggyback off the success of the base game while trying something new and crazy at the same time.
The Jason
Member
Yep for all of those reasons, and probably name recognition as well.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Day one. Take all the fucking money in my pocket!
That's still very big. Even the second island, which was much smaller and less dense with content still was a very big space to explore.
Then again, maybe I'm not giving Arcade/PSN title enough credit.
Seventy_X_Seven
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I've read comments on this story from other news sources and plenty of people have been saying they normally wouldn't buy it but because it says Far Cry 3 they trust the quality.
It could all be part of Jason's ambien and hangover-induced dreams while he flies over the island.
ExigentContact
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I'm from '92 and I understand why this is awesome. Of course, most of the movies I grew up with as a kid were '80s sci-fi and action, so maybe I'm just '80s at heart.
SavagePlanet
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Oh my, those achievements look incredible! Kill a dragon with the bow? Kill 25 dragons? It really is gonna be like Skyrim with guns!
Extra Sauce
Member
I like the cut of your jib.
It seems like its going to easily be a $20-25 priced title I think
SavagePlanet
Member
My favorite achievement:
Hail to the King
-Reach maximum level and become the ultimate badass
I can't wait to see what kind of combat abilities you get!
Hail to the King
-Reach maximum level and become the ultimate badass
I can't wait to see what kind of combat abilities you get!
holy shit
Extra Sauce
Member
It would be amazing if they let you star with most, if not all of the Far Cry 3 abilities. Then learn some new ones as you level up.
Easily looks worth $20. That's what I'm expecting to pay.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
It's Far Cry 3. Yes, FC3 is a shooter. This seems to be sort of like the crazy Washington DLC for AC3, but they made it stand alone. The point is they took Far Cry 3 and did something crazy and cool looking with the content, instead of just adding a few more regular DLC missions.
Seventy_X_Seven
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Wing suiting next to a dragon with laser vision would be fucking awesome.
SavagePlanet
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That would be awesome. I wonder what the level cap will be?
...and that's totally cool if the content backs up the price. That's to be determined, but I'm definitely down for REAL expansion sized content. Rockstar had the right idea with the Episodes and Undead Nightmare but from what I've read they didn't sell enough to make it worth the effort.
Neuromancer
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I don't even care