Far cry 3 review

Yet another incredible first person game, yet another incredible open world game from Ubisoft, yet another amazing and satisfying sequel. Welcome to Far Cry 3. You are very far away from home, you and your friends were captured by human traffickers, you have no idea how to defend yourself because you have lived a sheltered life via your rich parents, you have no idea where any of your friends are, everyone on this island is some kind of insane and at least half of them are trying to kill you, and the only trust worthy person who could help you, your military trained older brother, has just been shot and killed before your eyes as the two of you escaped captivity. GOOD FUN, LETS GET STARTED.
Far Cry 3 is very much about survival. You hunt various animals, who will hunt you back, in order to upgrade your weapons and weapon carrying capacity. You must explore the island and take back encampments and radio towers in order to liberate the natives and receive help. You will even pick flowers to make syringes that can heal you and give you other physical and mental enhancements. All this combined with the rolling theme of insanity make a very interesting and fun experience.
Your character, Jason Brody, has never really felt right in any job that he has attempted but after the third or fourth time he kills a slave trading pirate he starts to feel right at home and he begins to question his lifestyle as his friends cower in fear of what he his becoming despite the fact that he risks his life to save them. Far Cry 3 tends to ask you what kind of person you are. Is it wrong to become a killer in order to save those dear to you? What must you sacrifice for your happiness? These questions tend to come up throughout the narrative making it incredibly enthralling. In addition to this, Far Cry 3 has some of the best written dialogue I have seen since Assassins Creed 2 which is just as well as the same studio made both games. Of course we all know that a good story does not make a very good video game without good game play well you can rest easy as Far Cry 3 is one of the most fun first person shooters I have ever played.
The shooting mechanics are solid and the dynamic between the different weapons and the way they handle are ever present and force you to use well thought out tactics on every approach. The game tends to reward the player for stealth more than anything else but in the end you are free to tackle every situation in an  incredible number of ways. You can release a wild predator from a cage in the middle of a pirate camp and watch it do all the work for you or you can sneak up behind someone and chain a huge knife take down from enemy to enemy as long as you can remain hidden. Of course the good old shoot until every living thing you can see is dead approach is also a viable option and the best part is all of these are fun to do and all of them award you experience to level up your character. Yes there is a leveling system in this game that awards your character some really interesting perks and killing techniques besides being a really cool incentive for progression. In addition to which, every time you level up and choose a skill another tattoo will appear on your arm proving Jason's progress as a warrior.
There really is not too much else that I can say about Far Cry 3 without ruining the story or mystery of the island which is one of the greatest parts of discovering this game. I absolutely recommend Far Cry 3 it is the last great release of this year.