Instead, weapon upgrades are given as a reward for completing side-quests, with one or two side-quests unlocking at each new garrison you capture. It is also no longer necessary to hunt animals to upgrade your equipment, since the full inventory is available right away. If Far Cry 3 was the dinner entree when it released last year, then Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is an ice cream sunday on top of a slice of chocolate cake for dessert.Īs a cyber-commando, most abilities from Far Cry 3's branching skill tree are unlocked from the start, like advanced take-downs and being able to drop from any height without taking damage. While much of the wildlife from Far Cry 3 also returns in either a mutated or robot form, they usually don't pose as much of a threat as they used to, acting more as a humorous distraction. Of course, blood dragons do not discriminate between you and your enemies, so they are just as likely to kill you in the process, making them a risk to call upon and a threat to be dealt with even after the garrison has been cleared.īlood Dragons also roam the game's open map, adding challenge to the trek across the island. You are berated with unskippable text boxes explaining the most basic controls, all the while listening to protagonist Rex Power Colt whine about the tedious process. However, some attempts into video game parody question whether Ubisoft actually understands the meaning of the word.įor example, the game's introduction features a tutorial that seems meant to poke fun at games with obtrusive instructions. While the core open-world gameplay is mostly unchanged, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a much more streamlined experience than its fully-priced predecessor.
Its utterly silly premise is purely for the sake of being silly, and Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is the better for it. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon's tale of cyber-commandos, cyber-sharks and pretty much anything you can imagine with cyber put in front of it would fit right in among the likes of '80s arcade staples like Contra, Bionic Commando and Strider. The cutscenes also draw from classic NES games like Ninja Gaiden, relying on panning a camera across 2D still shots or using static character sprites to tell the story.Īnd what a story it is.
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