(January 18, 2013 at 12:38 am)Gilgamesh Wrote: FC3 was a disappointment. I was really, really hyped for this game. I was and am an FC2 fan. It took so many steps backwards from FC2. Practically everyone will disagree with me on this, though, since people who think FC2 was a 10/10 game, like me, are few. Bought FC3 at full price a week after release; Sold it for half of what I paid about 3 weeks later.
I have played every Far Cry so far (Maybe because it`s from a German developer) and I have to say that Far Cry 3 is the best one.
In FC 2 the story was a bit weird, the African scenarion had so much potential, but wasn`t used to full extent.
There is hardly media let alone games who cover African conflict zones, and lthough the story was good to some extent, the game didn`t excite me.
A unknown country, the lack of detail about the conflict, two fractions, few weapons, no civilians, hardly any sidequests.
Everyone who is only a bit informed on african conflict zones such as Congo, Ivory Coast or Liberia,... knows that the game doesnt come close to giving a picture of the situation there.
In my view, the best games about war are those which realisticaly represent the conflict and horror of war.
But I still wish that the Africa scenario would be revisited, maybe in Far Cry 4. But this time in a real existing country with a realistic representation of the conflict.
What I liked so much about FC 3 was the story, which was very gripping and didn`t let you go.
And of course the enormous amount of stuff one could do beside the story.
But again, I am annoyed of the lack of weapons in FC 3, like in each FC.
And the lack of flying vihicles, I want to fly a chopper in the next FC.
