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Far Cry 3 Dev: ‘You Should Be Playing With Friends’

Far Cry 3 game designer Daniel Berlin has suggested to 360 Magazine that players trying to lone wolf it through his multiplayer matches won’t have a good time.

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Hoje03085143d ago (Edited 5143d ago )

I'm on the fence with this one. Far Cry 2 multiplayer died out quickly and this one looks like it's adopted the feel of COD, which I'm not a fan of. I guess I'll take a chance and see if I like the feel of it and if it has any longevity, as I'm still very excited about the single player.

mushroomwig5143d ago

Isn't that the case for every multiplayer game out there? It's always better with some friends.

mr_badhand5143d ago

That's what its all about, playing with friends.

VanillaBear5143d ago (Edited 5143d ago )

Sorry but I see my friends all the time when I'm not in the house. I see them around college, work, going out on the field to get some fresh air.

The only time I get away from them for some peace and quiet is when I'm at home resting and when I say resting I'm talking about playing on my games.

Telling us we need our friends for an online game is ridiculous, even when your playing with your friends who really help each other, usualy it's every man for themselfs. The only reason we do go on with them is to talk through our headsets...it's like phoning them except your shooting the crap out of their character online.

You don't need them, they aren't required, there just there for the chit chat

You know when you see a games advert and it has them playing as a team you just can't help but shake your head and think "....Bullsh*t"

So no...I'm going to play Far Cry 3's online by myself, go solo and enjoy every second.

Honest_gamer5143d ago

i know it annoys me so much when devs are like "if u dont play as a team (or with friends) you will lose" yet every game i think ive ever been in minus RTS games, everyone runs of on there own, even if u run around in the game with your friends its like they don't help until AFTER you are dead lol

Baka-akaB5143d ago

Wich is why i dont even bother with current fps online . Some actually have this awesome team system , wich becomes useless because you'll randomly just encounter rushers and morons .

It becomes an ordeal of scheduling sessions with people you know and can trust , but even then , you'll still mostly meet chaos on the opposing side .

i'm always baffled by the supremacy of team squad based games , when you mostly do your own thing trying to grab as much points and xp you can , on your own .

I mean , arena and skills based shooters died for that ? The same feeling of struggling on your own , minus the glory , the self satisfaction , the fun , and for the most part with a characters gimped by classes , physical abilities perks and weapons ?

Sorry but give me back Quake 2-3 and the (real) unreal tournament any day over that kind of grind/borefest .

At least a few of the tps trend is fixing that with fast paced mp that doesnt pretend to be realistic or truly team based .

brettyd5143d ago

None of my friends play video games...it sucks.

mushroomwig5143d ago

My friends play video games but the problem is they're playing on the one console I don't own.

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Far Cry 3 60 FPS Trailer

The new trailer for the free 60 FPS update is here.

TriniOutsider129d ago

I'm happy with Part 3 & Blood Dragon getting the 60FPS treatment. I'll eventually try Primal, maybe this weekend.

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Far Cry Has Become A Shadow Of Its Former Self

Following a series of repetitive games, a formulaic approach, and a disappointing last entry, the Far Cry series has been run into the ground.

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JEECE677d ago

The trouble with most criticisms of this franchise is that they insist Far Cry 3 was the best game, but the things they claim to hate about the franchise are all the elements that 3 introduced.

Deeeeznuuuts677d ago

Couldn't agree with you more! I've always thought that, my personal favourite is two, the whole atmosphere, mystery, adrenaline, my vehicle steaming up because I've crashed too many times trying to escape and then getting in a shootout, having to pull a bullet out my arm while fire rages and bullets fly, can't beat it

JEECE677d ago

Yep, 2 is my favorite by far as well, and one of my favorite singleplayer games of all time. It was probably one of the last games Ubisoft made before they started homogenizing their franchises to be open world collect-a-thons with unnecessary RPG mechanics tacked on. I enjoyed 3 for what it was, but it was clearly an attempt to make the franchise appeal to a mass audience (which, in fairness, was successful).

LucasRuinedChildhood677d ago

That's not the issue. If Far Cry 3 never existed and they just made another 5 or 6 games that were increasingly generic copies of Far Cry 2 instead, would that make FC2 the real problem?

No. It's the lack of creativity and effort that followed that's the real issue.

And there are things that are genuinely different about FC3. Simple example - the story was easily the best. Best main villain by far too but it also has strong themes and wasn't afraid to explore controversial topics. The sequels are much blander.

Comparing the fun and creativity of Blood Dragon to the DLC in the sequels ... also says a lot about how Ubisoft fell off.

-Foxtrot677d ago

Yeah like even Far Cry 4 was decent, not as great as FC3 but they still gave us an interesting story, setting and villain. Pagan Min's random calls to Ajay were pretty funny.

They just got lazier and lazier, pumping them out while making it a little more streamlined each time. I mean Jesus, they gave us a silent protagonist with FC5 which really hurt the main story and are obsessed with pleasing everyone by trying to do two characters, male and female rather than just settling on one to tell the best story they can.

neutralgamer1992676d ago

I started FC6 and yes the game works fine but I just wssnt Fun. Do many Ubi games are huge playgrounds but feel empty and doesn't give the feeling of a world which is lived in

JEECE676d ago

I have found that the more recent FC games work better as what I call "background games." Basically what I mean is it's nice to have an active save in one of them going for those times you have 45 minutes to play games and just want to have fun and don't want to get bogged down playing a game online or starting a new game and spending all your time into an annoying tutorial. Like I haven't touched FC4 in years but I know if I had 30 minutes to an hour to play I could hop in and easily be back in the swing of things and attack an outpost and have a good time.

I think a lot of people use big RPGs like Skyrim or Cyberpunk in a similar way.

isarai676d ago

Yes because FC3 executed those aspects better. Every game since FC3 has just been Frankensteined off the bones of FC3 with half the effort.

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Michiel1989677d ago

you could say it's a far cry from what it was

wesnytsfs677d ago

Ubisoft gets a lot of hate for their content filling of maps. Personally I enjoy the mechanic when i play an open world game I like revealing hte entire map and doing all the side mission stuff before i go into main missions. Far Cry and the RPG AC maps where a joy to play.

RaidenBlack677d ago

Far Cry 2 was soo unique ... it was ahead of its time and is often misunderstood (thank you Clint Hocking, can't wait for his next game Assassins Creed Hexe)
(yes, FC2 was a departure from from FC1, so in strictest sense, Crysis 1 & 3 are the truer successors)

JEECE677d ago

Yep. Unfortunately there has been so little since then that has scratched the same itch. Really the closest thing has been BOTW, which uses a lot of similar systems (though ironically FC2 came out before Ubisoft put the Assassin's Creed towers in Far Cry, while BOTW had Ubi towers). Obviously it isn't a shooter though. I keep hoping that that some indie dev will put an FC2-esque game out on Steam, but so far I've been left wanting.

Sircolby45677d ago

I actually enjoyed Far Cry 5 and New Dawn. Far Cry 6 was a joke. It was a step backwards in every way. That was probably the worst Far Cry I have ever played.

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Why Far Cry 3 Was The Best Of The Franchise?

Far Cry 3, an open-world masterpiece that redefined the series. Gameplay and storyline makes it a timeless classic that still inspires today.

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Deeeeznuuuts710d ago

It's gotta be Far Cry 2 for me, the feeling of that game I'm still yet to find again, just everything about it, I'd kill for a remaster, I'd even be happy with just a bump in resolution and frame rate, occasionally go back to it, think I'm gunna have to do just that now 😂

porkChop710d ago

A remaster of Far Cry 2 would be amazing, especially with the mods that fixed the broken stealth system and the dumb checkpoint respawns. Include those fixes and it would be a huge upgrade over the original.

JEECE710d ago

Enemies respawn in Far Cry 2? Terrible! It's a broken system! Make me a one-man army who can inexplicably hold an entire region!

Enemies respawn in Dark Souls and Zelda? Brilliant! So much more hardcore! Glad the devs took risks!

porkChop710d ago

The problem isn't them respawning. It's that they respawned after just 5 minutes. Like you'd still be in the area looking for diamonds, loot, exploring, etc, and the enemies would just respawn with you there.