Expect to see a barrage of Far Cry 3 details tomorrow at 5pm when the embargo lifts. Rather conveniently, though, they hand out the Thursday edition of the Shortlist freemium magazine on Wednesday nights in London which has a few details on the game.
The trailer which leaked earlier today shows the hero, Jason Brody, getting trapped on a tropical island filled with nasty pirate types. Shortlist have seen twenty minutes of gameplay which finds Brody making an assault on a shipwrecked pirate boat to switch off a radio jammer.
From there he then takes a trip to visit the island’s cliff top doctor who seems to be rather fond of drugs. The kind of drugs that make your eyes go squiffy, makes you want to hug people and eat your own body weight in Doritos.
The Doc asks Brody to find some rare mushrooms from an underwater cave for one his ‘special’ recipes.
Shortlist says the game is still an open world shooter full of side quests and there will be a wealth of vehicles to use.
They also say Brody is rather handy with a knife and the game is scheduled for ‘Late 2012’.
A couple of screenshots are printed in the mag, one which shows a house in the lush jungle and the other seems to be the inside of the pirate ship. One thing I have noticed from the pictures is that Brody is sporting a rather huge watch that looks like it could act as a compass or navigation system.
That’s your lot for tonight, more tomorrow!
Source: Shortlist Magazine
The Lone Steven
Also, it will display regular menu options when you pause it. *preorders instantly just because of that new feature*
I hope they won’t have turbo powered cars this time around as traveling was a tedious task due to the enemies being able to catch up to your regardless of what car you are driving. And the respawing 1 second after you’ve cleaned it out, checkpoints had something to do with that as well.
I wonder if there will be destructable enviroments and if we will be able to cause an inferno?
RudeAwakening
This is definitely on the top my list especially after that “do you know the definition of insane is?” trailer!
CdmanJak
Another FPS :D….. lame
MICKY17
Loved the E3 trailer and this sounds superb, and after the mess that was Far Cry 2 it will be nice to play a great open world FPS.
TheArgonian
Map Editor plzkthnx