This was the first game I 100% completed without even trying to do it, I just wanted to see everything in the game, it has a special place in my heart

Vaas was one of the most well-acted villains in any video game.

Favorite moment is when Jason is in the cave with his friends and he is rationalized killing to simply "winning" and his friends didn't know how to deal with that. Made you think Jason was slowly pyscholgically changing from hunted to hunter.

My favorite memories of this game are that I introduced this game to an older colleague of mine. He wasn't a gamer and just brought a laptop, so I introduced him to this game. He fell in loved with it and played and finished it more than 20 times until the day passed away. RIP Oscar

Watching the tattoos appear on the arm was so satisfying

dont forget the graphics. this game is 9 years old and still looks great to this day

Yep. This is exactly where Ubisoft found their footing on an open world gaming formula. Farcry3 was released, then Farcry 3 came out, then they developed farcry 3 and then farcry 3 and then lastly, farcry 3.

Personally, I loved all the characters and the setting. The only disappointment of the game was the removal of Great White Sharks before launch. They actually finished making them, and removed them due to better load times. I would have loved to see more terrifying wildlife like that.

Everything made Far Cry 3 amazing!!! The voice acting, the story, the gameplay, etc.

Jason Brody is still my favorite protagonist in any game I've played. The way he starts off terrified and gradually gets more comfortable with killing along with the player and starts to scare the friends he's trying to save. *Chef's kiss*

OG Ubisoft was insane. Especially when they released the first AC. Altair just chillin in ancient Damascus, insane historical detail, real care and attention. I loved that about the games specifically. But the second they started going off the history rails I was filling out lol. They had that tower synchronization too that revealed map parts as well

The thing I loved most about this game: exploration. Holy shit, I cannot count how many hours I spent by simply walking around the islands, collecting every single collectible and crate. Even planning ahead, like "Alright, I will collect almost 10k $ - I need bigger wallet and backpack - what animals I need to hunt down for that ?". I did a mission, and at any major milestone I would stop, and just do side quests, and collect more stuff. And when I had enough money, I would buy maps, because honestly - without them, I would be still there, trying to collect the stuff ! :D Far Cry 3 and Far Cry are games that have a very special place in my heart, and every once in a while, I return to islands and experience it all again.

Vaas: "Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the same fucking thing over and over again, expecting shit to change." Ubisoft: Doing the same thing every year.

I remember repeatedly dying on purpose to replay the flamethrower part

"You forgot something" Each of the outpost in the game was so different from each other and so well designed that it felt like playing campaign mission every single time

“Make it bun dem” The song title is a reference to the mission in which you burn a marijuana field. It syncs up nicely if you happen to be burning something else at the time.

My first introduction to the Far Cry series. And unfortunately it was the high water mark. None of the antagonists since have measured up to Vaas.

Burning the weed farm is still one of my favorite FPS missions ever. And that Skrillex Dubstep “Make it Bun Dem” song playing during that mission is so nostalgic.

I found it very interesting that the lore of the land had elements of WWII in them, it was really cool exploring past camps or secret bunkers of the old Japanese army, you don't know what their presence there was for or what went on and that added a bit of mystery to it, it was fun to speculate. The gameplay was fun for me too and the story & it's bad guy just overall memorable.

One of my college professors worked on far cry 3. He told the class a bunch of really interesting stories about stuff behind the scenes, it was pretty insane at some points.

This game was a masterpiece (to me)

*Just completed this a few days ago. Amazing game.* Edit: I played it back in 2013, a few months after it came out because it was my older brothers Xbox 360 so I had to wait until he finished, got bored and let you (you know the struggles). I was just saying how I had bought it a few days ago and have played through it again. Also bought FarCry 4 and Mafia 2 because all three games were like £4 each on the Microsoft Store.*

The Poker scene with Hoyt will forever be my most memorable moment of the game. I grew pretty attached to Sam and seeing him take that knife was pretty saddening to say the least but Hoyt is pretty underrated. He honestly felt more of a force of nature and dangerous to me more then Vaas where as Vaas had me laughing and smiling anytime he was on screen lol where as the Poker scene I was sweating and all tensed up like "Holy fuck this is we in it now"

I remember playing this co-op with my mate, who’d never played it before. I was on the riverbank collecting plants and he was in the river behind me and we were in game chat. All of a sudden he started screaming. A proper panicked scream. He was getting attacked by an alligator, and that memory still makes me smile to this day.

Gamespot: “what made Far Cry 3 a big deal?” Ubisoft: “we have no idea”

Everything was perfect about that game. The setting, gameplay, and the focus on the villain. Vaas is still the greatest villain in the franchise

The seamlessness of the world was something I was really excited by back in the day. I remember getting gassed how you could just walk into those caves without loading or anything.

WOW, how the hell did I not realize that vass is nacho from better call Saul

Far cry 3 is a legendary game that made my childhood amazing. And ever since I am big fan of far cry franchise and I play every single far cry game no matter how they are

Seeing farcry 3 still getting love after all this time makes me glad!

Probably one of my all time favorite games, and I still regularly go back to it. Nothing more satisfying than jumping into a turret mounted 4x4 and mowing down the enemy or firing the grenade launcher through the windscreen at oncoming vehicles. Still holds up graphically and is such a blast! The left over Japanese WW2 relics like downed aircraft, gun positions etc added an extra dimension and also were really cool to discover and explore as well.

Paper planes was the perfect song for this game so many memories just listening to that tune

That flamethrower mission when you burn the weed with the music in the background was so good

“Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity”

having your weapons get rusty and jammed in FC2 was an awesome mechanism that never returned. the moment you unlocked golden weapons was something that actually mattered (and i think there were just 2 but my memory is getting fuzzy after all those years)

Just platted this big boi on ps4. I really enjoyed it it aged well

Sure, you could go guns blazing, but capturing each camp stealthily with only your knife feels much more satisfying, especially as you unlock newer ways of taking enemies down.

I remember the first tower mission being so freaked and scared with my handgun taking it real slow scoping out the place …. But all that was waiting for u was one measly snake 🐍

Vaas was an interesting villain, the setup to Brody and his friends being kidnapped was great and made things go from, "Everything is A-okay" to "This is real life." An interesting story overall. The whole idea that this could happen, and probably does, adds to the interest.

I’m currently doing my third playthrough of this game, haven’t played since 2014 and it’s as good as I remember. One of the best games ever made!

Short answer: vaas Long answer: this Seriously, if you never played this game ur missing out. On sale it’s only 3 bucks on the ps store. Classic game

The Damien Marley soundtrack episode was just insane.

What the more thing that hooked me more into this game is that the fact that the location of this game based on country, Indonesia. I jumped with excitement the first time word 'Rakyat' ('the people' in English) mentioned, and when I encounter Komodo Dragon, I know this location based on my country. This game is fascinating, gameplay and plot-wise.

Voss may have not been the big bat of the game but he stole our hearts

"Song plays for no reason" literally songs called make it bun (burn) dem featuring Bob Marley's son. While your burning a weed farm and getting high.... I fink u freely also plays later on in the game when you enter vaas' Village.

The tattoo visualization for leveling up and perks was always a cool concept to me. Also, none of the following games have had the same amount of crazy types of Takedowns. Oh, and the mission where you burn all the weed was for sure fantastic as Jake says (this game definitely at the height of the dub-step era lolololol).

One of the best rescue/revenge stories to have been made into a video game. Personally It is in my top ten all time favorite FPS games. When Ubisoft is on point they shine bright.

I remember how I felt when I first played this game back when it came out. I was blown away by the graphics and gameplay. I still go back and play this over the newer ones. IMO FC3 and FC2 are the best of the entire series.

That’s tight that you’re talking about this game. I started playing it again and loving it like I did before. I found a used copy of the far cry compilation, assuming blood dragon was on the disk, but it’s actually a digital code. I was lucky as hell to discover that the code was never used! After all of these years haha.

I loved when that song “ukulele girl” would come on the radio

3 was amazing but now they overused the “tropical” setting. If they still want us to have fun running around in grass and palm trees then they need the gameplay to be as good as 3.

This one was one of my top favorite games of all time. Loved using the bow and sneak into every base and take it down without a single enemy seeing me.

Sadly every far cry after that was basically the same Or assassins creed Or just about every ubisoft FPS

Of course it's because of the "did I ever mention the definition of insanity" quote

I remember completing this game to the point where there was nothing left to do except explore the 2 islands. This specific game has a special place in my heart and always will, I will never forget this game. I love it so much.

An excellent production. Clean and fast and fun. Well done you are obs a fan and obs a great presenter. Subbed

I’m literally playing it right now. One of my favorite games from the 360/PS3 days

Michael Mando is one of my favorite actors now

Great look back at Far Cry 3. I love this game and agree with what you say. All the mechanics like the hunting, crafting, gameplay, towers, clear the camps (stealth or rambo), skill trees, great villain. You may have seen these once or twice before but this was the first time they were all together and done so well. Brilliant game

that weed burning mission is one of the most memorable missions in gaming history.....that background song, everything burning, i was so hyped doing that mission

Funny, I literally bought this a few minutes ago then this popped up in my subscriptions. Are you guys reading my mind?

This game had so many amazing mechanics, they all worked so well, I had never see a game do so many things so well all at once. Platforming, wildlife, skill tree, smooth combat, takedown animations, stealth, THE BOW, I could actually carry 4 guns instead of 2 which was the fad at the time, the characters were pretty awesome, the fire mechanics, the guns felt good, some vehicle combat in there, even the exploration was decent. It was amazing. Oh yeah and even Poker was fun.

My favourite is the “bad” ending. Your guys know what I mean 😏

I loved Far Cry 2, I'm sure it helped that i was living in Africa at the time i was playing it. But Far Cry 3 topped it by a huge margin. It's in my top 5 favourites of all time. The ending though, DAMN! Did not expect that.

one of the greatest games ever created alongside borderlands 2

People hate on the newer far cry’s but me I love them all. I’ve played far cry 3,4,5, Primal and new dawn !!!

I remember getting this for Christmas 2013 along with Skyrim and black flag. Miss those days

This game is still unbeaten, the story and the characters are amazing. I wanted to play it again and I gave myself a little challenge, the free weapons and bows and silencers felt kinda unrealistic in the situation Jason was, so I managed to beat the game only with weapons and ammo that I picked up from enemies and around the world

The drug induced hallucinations were an incredible inclusion in the games storyline and some of my favourite moments outside of every encounter with Vaas. Hallucinogenic experiences are known for drastically changing an individuals perspective and motivation so its no surprise that Brody was so drastically changed by the end; especially when faced with the duality of his existence and choice at the end. Masterful game.

Something I really liked about this game was how the guns felt, they felt "heavy". Comparable to what the weapons in Bad Company 2 felt like or nowadays in Rainbow Six Siege. Very few games get this right, and for me is something that makes or breaks a shooter in the long run.

When you even got games like zelda going along the blue print you know it was ahead of its time and a unforgettable masterpiece.

Every Far Cry since 3 has been a masterpiece, can't wait for 6

Vass really made this game..he was such a memorable character

vaas. it was vaas no question. that intro with him was such a goddamn good performance.

it was like the first game that firing weapons actually felt like firing weapons and sounded like guns and not old gunshot.mp3 files from 1997. as well as the guns were real guns, it was open world. and the story was actually very good and unique and VASS is still one of my favorite game characters thats ever existed.

I’m so glad I played this game when it came out. I remember beating this with my dad on my xbox 360 when I was like 11 lol. Great game, one of my favorites, its a shame that far cry today can’t be as good as 3. Great video!

The tripping scenes (when Jason was on drugs) where absolutely amazing!!

"Who gave you that ink" - Vaas

Far cry 3 was great because of the combat, the skill tree making you a bad ass, the hunting and exploration, and the story was just so good as you loose your mind more and more.

I will back this masterpiece of a game with every fibre in my body until the day I die, No other games has fully immersed me like this one, being lost on a tropical island, killing pirates, having a genuine ambition to want to get all your friends and brothers back, exploring the weird and wonderful characters you meet, the weapons, upgrading the bow by killing animals, medicines, towers, capturing bases, A brilliant game that no other game will fill that soft spot this one did

Delivered one of the best lines in a absolutely savage way that still sticks to me this day.

Just finished the game 100% yesterday, such a great game.

I loved this game because it reminded me of the original FarCry. The marketing series they did with Chris Mintz Plasse was also a great addition to building the hype before release.

Never played it. But just bought it during the PSN sale. Excited to finally get into it!!

The part where your character talks about killing feeling more like winning. Still a pretty shocking piece of dialogue.

Intro to Far cry 3 is goated!

I dropped off of Far Cry 3 for years because I found certain missions really frustrating and couldn't bring myself to try and finish it. The first Far Cry I actually finished was Far Cry 5. The only annoying moments were the timed missions where Jacob Seed captures you had to keep fighting through a maze and get to the end before time ran out. You got captured at random wherever you were on the map, also by John Seed and Faith Seed, But John and Faith's missions weren't anywhere near as frustrating. Still a very fun far cry game though. I tried far cry 4 but it felt like too much like 3 and when i got to the first stealth mission that caused an auto fail when you got caught i thought "nope" and stopped playing altogether. Far cry 3, for me, is the best game in the series.

I recently played thru this again and completed it 100% it was so satisfying replaying all of the cool stuff and hunting down the relics and whatnot. This game was a masterpiece.

"Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity" - Vaas

I literally finished this game last week! It was sooo good, I understand the hype for it. If you haven’t played it definitely pick it up!

Far Cry 3 is especially charming for me because of the use of some kind of broken Indonesian as the indigenous people's language. Things like "The rakyat" which simply means "the people" or "Beras Town" for a Rice farm kinda town is just funny and honestly memorable.

Played it recently and it really holds up. Just a really good loop of gameplay.

What can I say, hearing you describing this masterpiece has left me with so much nostalgia, I used to play this a lot and loved it, still fallow all the far cry series. I used to complete all the towers to get free guns and roamed around with bow and sniper rifle, sneaky boy lol. Thank you guys for this awesome video, it made my day

Now I just wanna install the game again, and play it inch for inch.

Iv played every game , and honestly 2 was the biggest leaps foward for the franchise

Just finished the game the other day, and I straight up grinded for hours on end cuz it was such a fun and thrilling game.

I was excited when I found out the more of the outposts you took, the less enemies there are just driving around

There were two factors that made FC3 a big deal: it was the first successful attempt to take the Ubisoft open world formula to a open landscape, as AC games took place mostly in urban areas. Second, the narrative inspiration on Alice in Wonderland and its perfect approach for a modern action game.

I truely loved the coop part of the game, a friend of mine and I played it alot, and we recently reinstalled the game and introduced it to two of our friends, and they loved it 😀 FC3 has the best coop, in any of the games ive ever played tbh

I believe it was FC2 that got me into the series. From there, my most favorite FC game ended up to be 3, & I have 6 pre-ordered & can hardly wait. It looks great, & with Giancarlo as our villain, I have no doubt that he'll do what he can to really give it that "Far Cry" vibe, maybe even stray from the script a little to give it his own little touch. You mentioned the map editor, & I've gotta say that it really is unfortunate that Krollywood lost his creation(s) that took over 3 years to make. All of GoldenEye's maps from the N64, last I checked. Hopefully, the editor will return in FC6, & people can continue to be just as creative as they were before.