# FarCry 3: Blood Dragon **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 11, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farcry-3-blood-dragon/655411 "2013-04-11T15:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farcry-3-blood-dragon/655411/1 "2013-04-11T15:53:41Z")
FarCry 3 was a fun game, had some flaws, but overall I enjoyed it. On May 1st, an “expansion” will be released (I use quotes because from what I understand, you won’t need to own FarCry 3 to play it, so it’s really just a small, stand-alone, game using the same engine.) The expansion is called FarCry 3: Blood Dragon and…well…words can’t do it justice: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8zh94nidjpM/maxresdefault.jpg "Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon - Reveal Trailer "Mark IV style" [EUROPE]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zh94nidjpM) It started out looking like an April Fool’s Day joke, since IIRC that’s about when the first news and screenshots came out. But it’s real, and it looks amazing. It will be $15 US on Steam (and I’m guessing the same on PSN/XBox Live,) and the gameworld size is roughly that of the second island in FarCry 3, with ~8 hours of story gameplay, which is pretty good for an “expansion.” On top of that, I don’t think I could take more than 8 hours of over the top, 80’s action movie irony gameplay. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farcry-3-blood-dragon/655411/2 "2013-04-11T19:24:44Z")
I thought about waiting for a sale but, after seeing the trailer, I just might throw down my fifteen dollars and get it on release. I very much enjoyed FC3 and, although obviously the story is far different, the FC3 mechanics and game play were fun by themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farcry-3-blood-dragon/655411/3 "2013-04-11T19:48:16Z")
If you bought an AMD “Never Settle” promo card (or a video card and got the promo) for Bioshock & Tomb Raider/Crysis, they’re [adding FC3 Blood Dragon](http://blogs.amd.com/play/2013/04/11/fc3bd-nsr/) to the promotion. > [@](#): > > The Never Settle Reloaded promotion has been a tremendous success for AMD, with scores of new customers claiming their free copies of amazing games like BioShock® Infinite, Crysis® 3 and Tomb Raider® each and every day. But it comes as no surprise to us that the one piece of feedback we keep hearing is: “MORE GAMES, PLEASE!” We hear you. Actually, we did a little more than that… we took your feedback to heart and added a new game! That game is the sublimely nostalgic Far Cry® 3 Blood Dragon, which today joins the Never Settle Reloaded promotion as the fifth and newest title. > […] > **By May 1, any customer that has ever redeemed a code for our Never Settle Reloaded promotion is going to receive a FREE GAME KEY for Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon by email.** Or, if you have a Never Settle Reloaded postcard with a code you’ve not yet redeemed, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon will be added to the games on the postcard when you finally register the code. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farcry-3-blood-dragon/655411/4 "2013-04-12T17:29:45Z")
The videos that leaked from the uplay exploit made it look really really bad. Might want to wait a week or so after release on this one. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farcry-3-blood-dragon/655411/5 "2013-04-12T18:30:06Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > The videos that leaked from the uplay exploit made it look really really bad. Might want to wait a week or so after release on this one. IGN liked it and said that aside from some misteps, it was actually a great if crazy sci-fi/open-world FPS mishmash. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farcry-3-blood-dragon/655411/6 "2013-06-03T22:56:31Z")
Anyone play this yet? I just beat farcry 3 today and am down loading this now. Farcry 3 was amazing. What a fun open world. Loved the upgrade system and clearing outposts say fun all the way to the last one. It’s the first open world have since RDR that I really enjoyed doing the side missions and optional things. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farcry-3-blood-dragon/655411/7 "2013-06-04T02:01:18Z")
I am about halfway through the missions and about 3/4 of the way to liberating all the outposts. My word of warning: there aren’t many “main” missions, but what there are tend to be long, drawn-out affairs. Be sure to have the time available before starting one.