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Far Cry 3: Classic Edition

Far Cry 3 Classic Edition has been updated to run smoothly on modern platforms and allow fans and newcomers to experience the single-player Far Cry 3 campaign in stunning detail. Explore an island playground…

80 26 June 2018

Far Cry 3: Classic Edition is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 26 June 2018 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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What Far Cry 3: Classic Edition is

Far Cry 3: Classic Edition is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2018. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It runs on Dunia Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Far beyond the limits of civilization lies an island, a lawless place ruled by violence and human suffering, where your only escape is through drugs or the muzzle of a gun. This is where you find yourself, stranded in a place that has forgotten right from wrong, a place where you must live by the principles of violence to survive.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world, sandbox and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Far Cry series

Far Cry 3: Classic Edition is the 19th of 29 entries we hold in the Far Cry series. The next entry was Far Cry New Dawn in 2019. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Far Cry 3 at 90.

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How it was received

Far Cry 3: Classic Edition holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Far Cry 3: Classic Edition launched on 26 June 2018, within three weeks of Vampyr, Among Us, Octopath Traveler and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Vampyr, Among Us, Octopath Traveler, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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When did Far Cry 3: Classic Edition come out?
Far Cry 3: Classic Edition was released on 26 June 2018 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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