Archive

Archive for January, 2013

Review: Far Cry 3 – the writing

January 20th, 2013 Comments off

Previously I reviewed Far Cry 3 on the surface level and deemed it to be a pretty good game. In this post I’ll examine the writing and explain why I think Far Cry 3 is a great game.

Beware, there are countless spoilers. If you want to experience the game yourself without my biases, play it first.

Read more…

Categories: Games, Philosophy, Reviews Tags: , ,

Review: Far Cry 3 – everything but the writing

January 19th, 2013 Comments off

I recently finished Far Cry 3. I’ve been very keen to write a review for it, but wanted to see the ending before I wrote anything. Because I have a lot of things to say about the writing, plot and how that plays into the game design, I thought I might split the review into two. This post is mostly about the presentation and basic gameplay, and will be almost entirely spoiler-free. The next post will be about that other stuff and will be spoiler-tastic. Read more…

Categories: Games, Reviews Tags:

Switch to our mobile site