By Adam Smith on November 23rd, 2012 at 5:00 pm.
What a difference words can make. If I’d seen this new Far Cry 3 video last week, my first reaction would probably have been to chortle about magical tattoo abilities. After reading Jim’s thoughts on the game, I’m too giddily excited by watching those abilities in action to spend any time laughing at minor bits of silliness. Far Cry 2 was a mess but it still managed to produce some of the finest moments I’ve ever experienced in an FPS, so when I see the words “it has kept what was good…and builds on everything else”, damn straight the lens through which I view the trailers changes. Very excited.
It is perhaps no surprise that a game set on an island has great difficulty crossing oceans. It’s out on November 29th in Europe, November 30th in the UK and December 4th in the US. Along with Assassin’s Creed 3, Far Cry won’t be available on Steam in the UK, although Ubi haven’t specified why and the situation may change. We’ll find out what we can.
Uplay won’t be the only option for purchase, with several other digital distributors gladly accepting British monetary offerings.
23/11/2012 at 17:07 Utnac says:
Where’s best to buy this from then? First game I will have purchased Day 1 in ages and would usually go for Steam but that isn’t an option, really don’t want to have to run another piece of software to run the game, just want it to be standalone, will I have any luck?
Don’t have a Disc Drive or I’d go retail.
23/11/2012 at 17:20 Barnox says:
GamersGate? £40 for the Digital Deluxe, which includes DLC bits and bobs, as well as the original Far Cry.
Also 15% off if you got the IGN code.
24/11/2012 at 10:19 Maxheadroom says:
if i buy it retail will i eventually be able to register it on steam? (if/when it becomes available to buy on steam) and will doing so mean i have to log into steam AND that uplay bollox in order to play it?
23/11/2012 at 17:30 woodsey says:
£24 on Green Man Gaming.
23/11/2012 at 17:40 Eschatos says:
Why is Steam not an option? I see the game is available to preorder there just fine.
23/11/2012 at 17:46 CaLe says:
Not in the UK it isn’t.
23/11/2012 at 17:49 Tiax says:
Forget about it, you won’t have the game as a stand-alone.
24/11/2012 at 22:01 PoulWrist says:
Isn’t it a steam game, meaning you can’t actually play it without steam?
I say you should just buy it at g2play.net, the ridiculous prices steam runs isn’t something that should be supported.
23/11/2012 at 17:08 Hahaha says:
STAB MEN or STAB MEN or even STAB MEN
23/11/2012 at 17:24 stahlwerk says:
That’s what I gathered from it as well.
The in-between-stabby-bits looked fun, though.
23/11/2012 at 18:12 SuperNashwanPower says:
I fapped to gun-ticiousness. Soooo many guns fap fap fap SHINY woppa woppa DAKKA
23/11/2012 at 20:22 Synesthesia says:
are you okay?
23/11/2012 at 22:06 SuperNashwanPower says:
THAT SHARK LOOKS LIKE ITS SINGING
23/11/2012 at 22:53 Hahaha says:
Indeed should be fun, just strange showing off the 3 tats the way they have done.
24/11/2012 at 05:22 Yosharian says:
Haha I was thinking the same thing, every fucking upgrade basically makes u a stabbing god whats the fucking difference.
Still fucking pumped for this though.
23/11/2012 at 17:11 Loque says:
Is that a pre-alpha version? Graphics look looks ugly in this video…
23/11/2012 at 18:20 Roz says:
This. Look at the fence at 0:24.
Didn’t even watch further than that.
23/11/2012 at 19:07 SuperNashwanPower says:
0:24 is a man being stabbed
23/11/2012 at 23:51 Tams80 says:
The whole thing is men getting stabbed. In a graphically appealing way may I add.
23/11/2012 at 17:12 SuperNashwanPower says:
I am honestly surprised that people were surprised that this is good
@o@ << surprised face
FEEL MY SURPRISE
23/11/2012 at 18:09 FhnuZoag says:
SURPRISEFACE?
23/11/2012 at 18:11 SuperNashwanPower says:
FARCHANGEDFACEOFWARFACECRY
23/11/2012 at 17:13 brotherthree says:
Zzzzzzz Adam
23/11/2012 at 17:15 Pindie says:
The vehicle combat is very familiar and I even spotted what seems to be a checkpoint.
I am having flashbacks to FC2. Which is a bad thing. So far they have menaged to avoid bringing back its specter.
Also baddies getting killed. Yay?
I am sure it’s better than FC2 and yes I have enjoyed FC2 somewhat but my best memory of FC2 is finally earning enough diamonds and side missions to buy the M79 so I do not have to exterminate dismounts – from those god damn cars that kept chasing you everywhere and would always catch up to you – one by one.
23/11/2012 at 17:44 Radiant says:
I’m disappointed no one cried in this news post.
23/11/2012 at 17:45 dE says:
So you had to do it?
23/11/2012 at 17:58 The Random One says:
After a long pause.
23/11/2012 at 18:01 The Random One says:
Geez, Adam, you trust that Jim guy from that glorified blog full of bias? I wouldn’t tell anyone about it.
23/11/2012 at 18:19 Roz says:
“November 29th in Europe, November 30th in the UK”
Isn’t the UK in Europe?
????
23/11/2012 at 18:24 Floomi says:
Gosh no. Not if the Daily “DIANA GYPSY LOONY LEFT CANCER” Mail has anything to do with it.
23/11/2012 at 18:36 SuperNashwanPower says:
You forgot benefit cheats
23/11/2012 at 18:40 Loque says:
UK: drive on the opposite side, £, …
No, they’re not.
23/11/2012 at 19:06 SuperNashwanPower says:
Our cars are fitted with tea holders, not beverage holders. They run on petrol, not gas. We also keep our side by side in the boot, rather than our pump action in the trunk.
The US has the american dream, the UK has the British sense of foreboding and doom.
Tomato. Tomato. Elevator. CELL.
23/11/2012 at 19:14 DaftPunk says:
I dont like this tattoo abillities,its like we are all noobs for fuck sake..
23/11/2012 at 19:47 mehteh says:
I was interested until i found out theyre still using Uplay
23/11/2012 at 22:05 SominiTheCommenter says:
It could be much worse. It’s not always-on online at least.
23/11/2012 at 22:11 sabasNL says:
A game that comes out first in EU, then UK, then US?
These are crazy times indeed! (luckily for me though, now I get to play earlier muhahaha)