05-06-2013, 04:41 AM
I beat it this afternoon and completed all the extra stuff.
The music and sound design made it for me, and the concept of course. The visual filter got a little hard on the eyes after awhile, but the game runs better than Far Cry 3 does on PS3, so that's one thing. I love all this Terminator/Cyborg/Escape From NY/Predator/etc stuff, though... such a well cooked medley.
Give me more animal types, slightly larger island, a little variance in the aesthetic as needed, and give me CHUDS & T1000 metal skeletons out in the field there to go with the Blood Dragon concept. Raptors, some Tokyo Jungle stuff going on.
The story missions could use some Goldeneye and Perfect Dark in the mission design, with replayable maps, tier objectives and ranking... to give the game some real depth and legs beyond the fun emergent gameplay found in acquiring garrisons.
There's absolutely nothing to do when you clear out all the garrisons, nab the island collectibles, and clear story... empty island, no battles and emergent gameplay. It convinced me to finally buy Far Cry 3 instead of waiting for a price drop because I just wanted to play more missions.
Ending kinda sucked... was "epic" but not fulfilling. I wish it had been a $60 retail game with more time put in it and more to do with the things I would like to see in it. Better than DLC, feels like the best mod ever that just happens to be $15 bucks... couldda been GOTY if it was full blown.
I was also pissed that the VHS tapes I was collecting, that I waited til 100% to look at, weren't animated shorts from the Saturday Morning Cartoon-style promo material Ubisoft made for it. Totally missed opportunity to give me 12 episodes wtf!
Some of the corny-ironic one-line dialogue for kills and explosions is so embarrassing if people are around... that was too much, but some was funny. 90% of the retro here is amazing, 10% of it is for idiots. I dug it, though... a lot. So far there's things I like about it wayyy more than Far Cry 3.
The music and sound design made it for me, and the concept of course. The visual filter got a little hard on the eyes after awhile, but the game runs better than Far Cry 3 does on PS3, so that's one thing. I love all this Terminator/Cyborg/Escape From NY/Predator/etc stuff, though... such a well cooked medley.
Give me more animal types, slightly larger island, a little variance in the aesthetic as needed, and give me CHUDS & T1000 metal skeletons out in the field there to go with the Blood Dragon concept. Raptors, some Tokyo Jungle stuff going on.
The story missions could use some Goldeneye and Perfect Dark in the mission design, with replayable maps, tier objectives and ranking... to give the game some real depth and legs beyond the fun emergent gameplay found in acquiring garrisons.
There's absolutely nothing to do when you clear out all the garrisons, nab the island collectibles, and clear story... empty island, no battles and emergent gameplay. It convinced me to finally buy Far Cry 3 instead of waiting for a price drop because I just wanted to play more missions.
Ending kinda sucked... was "epic" but not fulfilling. I wish it had been a $60 retail game with more time put in it and more to do with the things I would like to see in it. Better than DLC, feels like the best mod ever that just happens to be $15 bucks... couldda been GOTY if it was full blown.
I was also pissed that the VHS tapes I was collecting, that I waited til 100% to look at, weren't animated shorts from the Saturday Morning Cartoon-style promo material Ubisoft made for it. Totally missed opportunity to give me 12 episodes wtf!
Some of the corny-ironic one-line dialogue for kills and explosions is so embarrassing if people are around... that was too much, but some was funny. 90% of the retro here is amazing, 10% of it is for idiots. I dug it, though... a lot. So far there's things I like about it wayyy more than Far Cry 3.