Players can choose to spend skill points in three separate trees, each pertaining to a different style of play.
Resetting radio towers also results in a more detailed mapping of that part of the island, similar to the "syncing" mechanic in the Assassin's Creed series.įar Cry 3 rewards players with experience for completing missions and executing various kill moves, which then feeds into a skill tree system. Players are given a strong incentive to reset radio towers throughout the island in-order to unlock new weapons in the shops. Weapons and upgrades can be purchased here, and items discovered in the world such as animal skins can be sold as well. In addition to acting as fast travel hubs, controlling outposts opens up missions in the surrounding area and gives the player access to shops. Attacking and securing enemy outposts allows the player to take control of them. Various towns and outposts are scattered across the island. The player also has multiple vehicles at their disposal, including jeeps, ATVs, jet skis, and hang gliders. Animals that can be encountered include tigers, bears, sharks, deer, and komodo dragons. Side missions such as running deliveries and hunting can be completed for extra cash. As with the previous installment, missions can be accepted from various NPCs throughout the world. Gameplay involves battling various island factions as well as the occasional wildlife. Gameplay Weapons and modifications can be bought in stores.įar Cry 3 is set on a tropical island archipelago. It was released on Novemin Europe, Africa and Middle Eastern territories and Decemin North America. The multiplayer part of the game was developed by Ubisoft Massive.
The game was developed by Ubisoft Montreal for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC using an updated version of the Dunia Engine used in Far Cry 2.
You can upgrade the PS3 hardrive even on the new 12 GB slim model, but you need a HDD mounting bracket for that, which Sony also sells.Īre you planning to buy the game on the PS3? Having played and finished the game on the system, I’d say it runs pretty well and our review was on the PS3 too, which got a perfect score.Far Cry 3 is an open-world first-person shooter which tells the story of Jason Brody and his friends, as they mistakenly land on Rook Island, a tropical paradise that is inhabited by brutal pirates, slave traffickers, and deadly animal predators. Imagine having to uninstall Gran Turismo 5 to just play this game, that would be terrible because you need to download updates for GT5 again.
Now this is not a big deal since you can put any hard drive on the PS3 since it’s not proprietary, but Sony released a 10 GB model of PS3, called the Super Slim, and based on that size you can install only one such game on the system. (Via PSLS) Not as big as Gran Turismo 5, which was 10 GB in size, but not a lot of games have such installation sizes over 5 GB on the PS3. Far Cry 3 is a 6.2 GB digital download and in case you have bought a retail copy, guess what, it will take 6.2 GB to install the whole thing on your hard drive.