Many believe that Far Cry 3 — was a breakthrough in the gaming industry, and, in fact, it was: stunning atmosphere and graphics in the trailer, the plot — just awesome! But in reality...
Initially, when I first launched the game, I really liked it. And so did the whole community. However, the community always relied on the "excellent" mission with burning hemp, and with good music. But I decided not to stick to this side and went to explore the game in more detail, without even delving into the game's code. And it was worth it.
Firstly, this game — is boring and monotonous. At first glance: wow, these ancient city remains, knives, tribes!.. In reality — monotonous missions — go and kill. Yes, there is variety in the form of a couple of missions where our weapons are taken away or we are not allowed to shoot for some reason, but that's just a couple of missions. The boss battle — is a separate conversation, I'll tell you later.
Secondly, the game is full of bugs. Playing the DLC with a couple of bunkers rolled out by Ubisoft themselves. In one of the missions, I accidentally died. The game loaded the save, and... Half of the map — disappeared. I mean literally — some textures disappeared along with their collision. I had to replay the entire mission. And how about the battle on Vaas's island? In the building we escape from due to a fire, there are regular windows with glass that can be broken. Breaking these windows and jumping there, we will walk on fire sprites and an invisible floor. The Temple of Citra — is made with crutches. Almost everywhere there are invisible walls that can be legally climbed. By the way, they also work in the battle with that huge... Ancient, ahem, monster. And in this way, after finishing it off, when its hands fall on the steps and the invisible walls are removed, we can calmly go out of the map and look at our semi-transparent monster. Oh, and let's remember the bug in version 1.04, when pressing Esc, the magazine on the weapon was restored as if nothing had happened? Of course, this doesn't interfere, but damn, is this what you expected from the game of the year?
The gameplay — is so-so. Stealth might be good, but to make it really good, you need to upgrade a bunch of skills that open closer to the end of the game, when you already want to smash everything and everyone, as a lot of different weapons for tests open up. Mercenary suit? Ha, it seems to help us, but in reality, it only protects against 3-4 fools in a car in free roam. Mostly... Outposts — closed territories, missions with the suit — only one, and very boring, and the rest — a continuous mess of enemies. Shooter? My God, what are you talking about? I understand that Jason — is an unskilled person, almost unfamiliar with weapons. But the protagonist at the beginning of the game on one hand — is a dumb-headed blockhead who needs to learn a skill to (finally!) hold the grenade lever with his fingers to guarantee killing enemies behind cover, and on the other hand — is an all-rounder, because he initially said he had never held a weapon, but after a couple of days mastered all types of weapons, as well as how to properly extract skin...
I won't even mention the graphics, soapy textures, and cross-stitch grass — the height of impudence, especially in 2013...
Except for the shooting, and the plot remained untouched, although I have already listed its main flaws.
My opinion — the game is TOO overrated and undeserving of such ratings and awards. The developers frankly skimped on the game, hoping it would be consumed. And they succeeded. If the main reviewers hadn't hyped the game and licked all its merits without looking for any flaws, the game would have died before it even came out. If the developers had really tried, the game would have turned out great. But not in this universe.
Good luck to everyone who read this far, play only good games. Bye!
P.S. I haven't tested the multiplayer, but until a mod comes out that allows you to play the story with friends on an open map — there's no point in talking about it, because the built-in multiplayer — is just entertainment for those who are already bored in single-player.