Far Cry 3
Explore an island playground as stunningly beautiful as it is diverse – from mountain ranges to swampy grasslands and white sandy beaches. Fight your way through the island’s towns, temples, river ports and…
Far Cry 3 is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 28 November 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.73 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 21.6 hrs to finish.
What Far Cry 3 is
Far Cry 3 is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2012. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dunia Engine. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
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.
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. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 44 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Far Cry series
Far Cry 3 is the fourth of 29 entries we hold in the Far Cry series. It arrived 4 years after Far Cry 2. The next entry was Far Cry 3: Monkey Business in 2012. Its critic score of 90 is 11 points above the series average of 79. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Far Cry 3 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 2,244 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 21.6 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 34.5 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $4.73, that works out to about $0.22 per hour of the main story, or $0.14 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better, 4 GB RAM and 512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.73 at Gamesplanet, 76% below its usual price. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹999.00 (about $10.51), while Saudi Arabia pays SAR 91.29 — 2.3 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 15 on Steam, which is about $14.99.
What it launched against
Far Cry 3 launched on 28 November 2012, within three weeks of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Game Dev Tycoon and Hitman: Absolution. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Game Dev Tycoon, Hitman: Absolution.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Far Cry 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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