Why does Far Cry tower above other Ubisoft games?

I know that there are different strokes for different folks, but I know I'm not alone on this. To me, Far Cry is Ubisoft at its best and it makes their other games pale in comparison, the only other quality series by Ubisoft these days is Rayman (Splinter Cell: Blacklist put Sam Fisher on the map, though). The core gameplay feels a lot less restrictive than Assassin's Creed, hunting is very prominent element of the game and for a considerable time it is really satisfying as well, unlike its tacked-on equivalent in Black Flag where the upgrades you make from those elements offer diminishing returns. What is more, it makes encounters with hostiles more random, because of monitor lizards and other dangerous predators capable of killing AI. What is more, the collectable side of the game isn't steeped in junior high school mentality and doesn't make you go OCD. Every radio tower was hand-made and was different than the rest, every outpost was also different than the previous one, increasingly more difficult. The game is a lot more immmersive as well, and you truly feel like an explorer. The game blends side-exploration and story-based missions a lot more organically than Assassin's Creed which requires you to jump through the map several thousand times. The story while not great by any means involves several fleshed-out characters, such as Vaas who really make a strong impression throughout instead of several bland people with no sense of purpose whatsoever.

Do you agree that Far Cry is a crowning achievement of Ubisoft?

I wish Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon retained that title, though.

Far Cry 3 was certainly great. I'm not sure if Far Cry 4 will set itself apart for me.

Personally, FC3 has indeed been my favorite Ubi game. But I'm hoping Unity will change that!

Farcry was an excellent game.

Farcry 2 wasn't, dealing with malaria was not a good mechanic.

Farcry 3 got repetitive and boring, the strong characters like Vaas were not enough to alleviate that. (which makes me liking AC even weirder)

Farcry 4 is at the bottom of my list for new releases at the moment, I'll likely get it at some point but certainly not straight away.

It's an open world that feels alive and you're never short on things to do.

Far Cry 3 was not very good, imo. At one point when you burned down the ganja crops, I thought: "finally, it's missions will keep getting better". Unfortunately, it didn't. After a while the game offers nothing. It's a fps reusing copious amount of design and code from Assassin's Creed - a complete piece of shit game series. The first one was the only good one, and was a completely different game.

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Far Cry 2 was so bad, it brings the quality of the entire series down.

Also, far cry takes lots of elements from AC. And vice versa. Add in WD to the mix, and you got 3 games that share a lot of the same gameplay elements.

Personally: Valiant Hearts and Rayman are the best games Ubisoft has put out these past years.

Can't wait to try out Child of Light. Ubiart engine > Overhyping your realistic looking graphics.

last great ubisoft game is easily sc blacklist, rest suck

Far Cry 3 is great. I still play it over and over and over to the disadvantage of all other games. Far Cry 4 seems like a bit of milkage to me. But, I can dig one "sequel" that is similar (game engine, overall looks). The 5th one better be something much more advanced.

No complaints with Watch Dogs. I never experienced the lag/stuttering other PC gamers had. Plus, it came free with my video card.

Those are the only two recent Ubisoft games I have and I run both via Uplay.

I have no interest in the other Ubisoft games (AC series, Splinter cell, etc)

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Crytek :

Far Cry : Great Game

Ubisoft :

Far Cry 2 : Boring as Hell

Far Cry 3 : Great Game , but bad human AI

Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon : Great Game . One of the most funnest games

Far Cry 4 : Looks a lot like Far Cry 3 enhanced edition . We'll see

Ermm... I prefer assassins creed... least its somewhat unique and interesting.... and has variation.

I don't get the big deal about Far Cry 3 ... the hunting was crap, infact most of the missions were, the plot ended up being a terrible b movie...... it had no variation... and was just as challengless as assassins creed.

All ubisoft know how to make is flashy sandboxes with generic missions and collectibles... but as I said... at least assassins creed has a cool plot/themes/overtheme etc....

Nope. Ass creed is still the best.

Farcry has never been my thing... Favorite UBI game is Rainbow Six, and the upcoming one looks amazing.

Far Cry 2 was an interesting experiment in unique game mechanics. Far Cry 3 was an excellent sandbox with an absolutely shit story and boss fights (amazing characters that were entirely wasted mind you). Blood Dragon was just awesomesauce (and made me want a GI Joe game so fucking badly). Far Cry 4 looks excellent as well, but I'm still doubting their story-telling abilities and ability to make quality boss fights.

Ubisoft's best franchise is Driver. Driver: San Francisco was better than anything Ubisoft has ever made or ever will make. It captured everything about the first two games that was great and brought it perfectly into modern gaming with an extremely unique mechanic that should have changed the face of arcade racing games.

I much prefer Assassin's Creed.

It must be the success of Farcry 3 and Blood Dragon which where both pretty good. Farcry 2 was shit.

I only care about 2 games from Ubisoft. One is Anno which they messed up the latest iteration due to stupid DRM and the other is Far Cry. I hope they wont screw it up

I'm more interested in Assassin's Creed personally because it's one of the very rare open world franchises that doesn't use shooter mechanics which is basically default for sandboxes. I'm not a fan of shooters or modern day settings. I am a fan of stealth, platforming, and historical settings.

Something tells me you're high on hype for Farcry 4.

Ubisoft uses copious amounts of design and code from ALL their games nowadays. They're all blending into one homogenous Ubisoft open-world game. Even Blacklist borrowed the movement mechanics of AssCreed. Personally I liked Far Cry 3 even if the story was utter trash (Blood Dragon was the far more interesting game anyways).

Oh, and modern Ubisoft is utter horseshit compared to GCN/PS2/XB era Ubisoft--the Ubisoft that made classics like Rainbow Six 3, Chaos Theory, Beyond Good and Evil, and the original Prince of Persia trilogy.

See through walls, cover system, illusion of no regen health, cinematic gameplay. everything wrong with FPS in one should be far cry 4 title. horribley horrible.

FC isn't even that great. It suffers from the same lack of content Ass Creed does

It doesn't. Far Cry 3 bored me to tears. I'd rather play Revelations than that shit.

Glad I redeemed the coupon with my GTX 970 for AC Unity instead of Far Cry 4.

I enjoyed FC3. It looked great, sounded great, played well. It had a story which was semi believable. I got 25 hours out of the single player. Oh sure, its got the usual Ubisoft quirks but its still a good game. After the abomination that was FC2, the only way they could of gone was up.

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Yup.

FarCry 3 is my favorite game. I have played it and replayed it several times, and it's exhilarating each time.

Yeah same here, Far cry 3 and blood dragon were great. I also like the rayman series. I can't stomach ass creed or anything else ubisoft put out. For some reason I'm not that hyped about far cry 4, it feels way too much like fc3

It doesn't tower above Anno :) Blacklist was also just as good.

It does seem better than AC though, but that's because it simply has better core gameplay. They used teststed FPS systems, which are nicer and require more player input than in AC. We'll see how Unity does, because it revamps all core systems for the first time since the first AC

I love Reset Outposts in FC3. I don't even play the SP campaign anymore. As soon as I'm done liberating the ouposts, I reset it again. ;)