It's a shame that Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon was forced to be a type of game it clearly isn't. The jokes are only skin deep, and are handled with all the subtlety of a middle schooler listing synonyms for the male organ out loud to himself. The fact is, post- Saints Row The Third, the bar for "funny games" is high, and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon doesn't so much jump over the bar as get clotheslined by it. A fourth wall-breaking rant on why video games are awesome elicited an audible groan from me so loud that my roommate came over and asked if I was ok. Any jokes that got a chuckle out of me quickly took a detour to irritating as they dragged out two beats too long. It's perhaps unfair to judge a game on its humor, but Blood Dragon reeks of desperation as it tries to make you laugh. This killed any remaining enthusiasm I had to explore the island: I couldn't see anything!Īfter a few hours with Blood Dragon my worst fears were confirmed: Ubisoft had taken out the most fun parts of Far Cry 3 and made the bad parts even worse.
However, in making Blood Dragon look more like a 1980's straight-to-video action film, a thick fog was put over the entire island, effectively halving the view distance of Far Cry 3. Everything is bathed in a "VHS tape on an old TV" style glow. It dares to stand out with neon lights and flashy explosions.
Sure, it's there, but it doesn't make me feel any more like a detective (or a cyborg supersoldier, as the case may be).īlood Dragon is certainly unique and charming in the visuals department though. I stopped paying attention to the XP bar after the first few missions, and opted to not get lost in the wilds like in Far Cry 3. As it is, Blood Dragon players coming directly from Far Cry 3 will wonder what happened to half of the side-content (thankfully, rescue missions and base liberation tasks still exist), while folks who skipped Far Cry 3 might wonder why the developers bothered making cyborg versions of ostriches.
Animals still roam the island, but hunting them no longer yields a tangible reward, and Rex's "upgrades" are predetermined by the game. Removing the nuance of building your play style in an "open world shooter" is an odd choice. Far Cry 3's crafting system and character customization get axed in Blood Dragon.
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