Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Review

This game is so over the top, it makes Saints Row the Third look like Shadow of the Colossus. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a standalone downloadable game based off my pick for best game of 2012, Far Cry 3. The game is only 15 dollars and is available for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. I'd love to tell you what it's about but I'm not even going to lie, I have no f*cking clue. The story is so convoluted and crazy it makes no coherent sense. The game is an open world first person shooter; it takes place many years in the future where apparently everything is neon. It's formatted the same as Far Cry 3 for the most part, there's a main mission and several side quests. As far as missions go the game is much more limited than Far Cry 3, beating all the missions will take 8 hours max. Like Far Cry 3 there are enemy bases all around the map that you need to clear out to take over. The main difference is that in Blood Dragon these bases are significantly larger with many more enemies. That leads me to my biggest problem in the game, it almost discourages stealth. In FC3 I played the game stealthy the entire time, while it was easier to run in guns blazing you were rewarded for playing it stealthy. In Blood Dragon, the bases are so big with so many enemies it felt impossible; on top of that most bases had a heavy soldier which you can’t take out stealthily until level 15. Probably the biggest difference in the game is how you level up. In FC3 you were given a skill tree to pick and choose your skills, in Blood Dragon skills improve automatically as you level up. Also in Blood Dragon you only have a few weapon choices, but they are more customizable. As you can tell by its name a new type of enemy was introduced into the game, the Blood Dragon. Blood Dragons are essentially neon dinosaurs, they are mean and tough as sh*t. The thing that Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon has going for it is that the entire game is a throwback to everything 80's cheese. It's all the action movies and cartoons of the 80's thrown into a game, and it's fantastic. They even give you Robocop’s gun, which is as awesome as it sounds. The biggest complaint that people seem to have with the game is that it's short, which it is. But people need to realize it is a 15 dollar downloadable game, it's not a full price game. You pay 1/4th the price you're going to get 1/4th the play time. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is awesome; it is everything I love about Far Cry 3 with some really cool new game elements. For the price you can't go wrong, and it's become a contender for best downloadable game of the year.     

4.5/5 Stars