Of course, the human element isn’t the only danger here, as the title of the game would suggest. Fairly simple and quick distractions that add somewhat to the low mission count in Colt’s narrative. In addition to the main campaign, liberating any of the various Garrisons (obliterating all enemies in one given area) that are spread across the world open up sidequests where the player must either approach a spattering of the cyber-military that are holding a scientist hostage, or eliminate a group of animals that are up to no good. Jumping into a gunfight between scientists and highly armoured foes is just as exhilarating as it was in Blood Dragon’s retail disc counterpart.
Those magical moments where you’re behind the wheel of a 4×4 and see a a cyber-panther attacking a group of your Omega Force adversaries is a joy to behold. But like Far Cry 3, this downloadable jaunt can provide as much fun in its random encounters as it can in its linear crusade to take down Sloan.
When the plot feels like it’s about to really kick off, you’re entering your final mission. The main campaign of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, although an enjoyable ride with some great moments including one section where you are forced to use all manner of smarts to take down two dragons, is excruciatingly short. A wonderful antagonist to a lacklustre protagonist. Picture the most over-the-top, brutish bad guy and Sloan is exactly that. His performance is brought more into question when the supporting cast are considered – particularly the main villain of Colonel Ike Sloan. The dialogue written for the character of Colt is pretty on point for the majority of the story, but Biehn’s delivery falls flat and thus, the jokes fail. In one of the humourous promotional trailers for Ubisoft Montreal’s latest effort, Biehn states that he’s “here for the paycheck” and that comedy jab feels like a blatant truth from the beginning of the game. One glaring problem is Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens). It all sounds delightfully over-the-top but the satire doesn’t always tickle one’s funny bone. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon’s plot is just as absurd as you’d imagine with a nuclear war between the US and Russia destroying most of Canada, a robot army called Omega Force going rogue and dragons that shoot laser beams. The 21st century was a distant reality and imagined as a place where androids were common-place and neon lighting was mandatory.
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Sergeant Rex “Power” Colt is a war veteran, a cyber-commando Mark IV soldier, and an American hero but, more importantly, he’s a parody on your favourite action movie heroes from the 1980’s. Set in the year 2007, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon epitomises those motion pictures from a bygone era such as Escape From New York, Blade Runner and RoboCop. Whilst there are some issues with this standalone offshoot and it doesn’t hit all of its marks, it does deliver on that promise of daft, unrestrained entertainment. In every piece of marketing leading up to Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon’s arrival, its message was clear: Don’t take this seriously, its just a bit of fun. Fast forward a couple of months and here we are at what is a massive departure for the series.
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Somewhat of a niche series before last year’s release, Ubisoft sold millions of copies off the back of stellar review scores, word of mouth and the one and only Vaas. No one could have predicted the success of Far Cry 3.