Talk:Far Cry 3/Archive 1

Archive 1

release date

A demo of the highly anticipated Far Cry 3 game was shown during the E3 Expo held June 7-9, 2011. It was originally due to be out in 2011, but was pushed back and will be released in 2012. By the demo, the game seems to have a more fluid movement type as well as different aiming angles when crouching behind something. Look for videos of the "Far Cry 3 E3 Gameplay Trailer." ~~CaptainMorganX aka handymans grrrl via Xbox Live~~

Did someone just speculate that it's coming out early 2010? Because that seems hard to believe :| —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.20.98 (talk) 03:10, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

This seems as unkosher as a wikipedia article can be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.155.87 (talk) 14:01, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

The article had said it would come out fiscal 2010 years but when I Googled I had found no evidence of this. And so, I just set the release date to unknown because it's a possibility a release date may arise next year. If anyone puts a release date please provide a reference. 69.225.21.39 (talk) 08:08, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Ooops, that was me. Forgot to sign in. Yo momma's momma's momma (talk) 08:08, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Brian Tyler?

I know the composer has a ref but can we get some confirmation. The link looks unreliable to me. NotoriousKillerC (talk) 06:32, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Voss?

Well, I think the main antagonist name is Vaas instead of Voss. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.147.203.190 (talk) 04:01, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Plot Section

I know that people tend to get excited when the initial wave of details for a game are released, especially when the game is so anticipated and information about it has been so spartan during the development process, but this section is completely superfluous right now. An obsessively detailed play-by-play of one short scene from the demo does nothing to inform people of the larger plot of the game (about which we know very little, so far). This section should be trimmed down to the more salient details and more over-arching points established by the demo and the developer interviews that were released with it. That is to say, simply the following: the protagonist (apparently an eco-tourist or some such) has become stranded on an isolated island chain that has long been in the grips of violent local conflict, he has become separated from his girlfriend and in his search for her he will come into contact with a vwide cast of unstable personalities. Anything more is just fanboy salivating over the demo. 68.127.49.131 (talk) 16:35, 27 June 2011 (UTC) -Snow

Ok, I have edited the section as per the above concerns, shortening the description of the demo's events by removing the unnecessary focus on every minute gameplay/combat action the player takes during the short assault interlude while preserving most of the character and plot details. I've also added pretty much every detail about the overall plot that has been revealed so far (which is not much). Some of these details come either from the demo trailer, but most are derived from a presentation given by the game's creative director from the game's announcement during Ubisoft's press conference at E3 2011. I will add the appropriate references briefly. 68.127.49.131 (talk) 17:14, 27 June 2011 (UTC) -Snow

Character

Tourist? I supposed that the character is a mercenary.--Westnest ^message 17:07, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Engine?

The article says Far Cry 3 uses CryEngine3, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmsoA6D9kqc seems to say it uses Dunia. Also, the Dunia page says it uses Dunia, the CryEngine page doesn't mention Far Cry 3. 86.183.115.58 (talk) 13:34, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

PLEASE PROVIDE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS:

DOES THIS GAME SUPPORT DIRECTX 9.0. AND PLEASE PROVIDE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS. John2213 (talk) 16:33, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

It doesn't appear that this information is available yet. -- ferret (talk) 16:46, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

The Reasons it is 18

I have not seen much mention of the high nudity that has been seen in the gameplay demos and one of the trailers. It seems to me that this certainly bears mentioning (if only to warn people considering buying the game that there is an extended scene with a topless woman, which is especially intense when it is a first person game). I know it's an 18, but people could think that is just the violence or the clear references to drugs seen in the trailers and demos. --ProtoDrake (talk) 16:56, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually, PEGI doesn't have a rating up for it yet, and there was no source, so I've removed the listed rating. At this time it doesn't appear to have any rating and I haven't read anything reliably sourced about nudity or expected ratings. It would only be worth mentioning if an RS specifically discussing the rating reason. -- ferret (talk) 17:03, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I've got Far Cry 3 and on the back of the box it says 18 for Bad Language, Violence and Gambling. Charlr6 (talk) 01:10, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 6 December 2012

On Decemeber 4th, Massive Entertainment announced Far Cry 3's first add-on, titled "High Tides", exclusively for the PS3. The DLC added two new co-op chapters, Jailbreak and Redemption, which take place where the original six left off. The following day, Ubisoft confirmed the DLC would be free for PS3 owners. Lifesanrpg (talk) 22:23, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Not done: Protection of this page has expired. Subject to consensus and the core content policies, you should be able to make this edit yourself. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 14:11, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Blood Dragon DLC

Seems like an official standalone expansion called Blood Dragon is coming out in May. Preview footage and leaked game files recently confirmed this. Does there need to be an official announcement for known expansion information to be added to this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.69.225.37 (talk) 20:51, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Plot Summary

User:Kurzon has removed the existing, sourced, plot summary [1] in favour of his or her preferred interpretation of the plot not sourced by reliable third party sources as it was initially. As it is in nobody's interest to start an edit war over this, I'm inclined to ask for advice over at WP:No original research/noticeboard. Some discussion has already taken place over at my talk page. Does anyone have anything to add? I've started a discussion over at Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard#Far Cry 3 Plot Summary. Please chip in there for consistency. -Rushyo ^Talk 18:31, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, plot summaries do not require secondary sources, unless the plot is being interpreted in some fashion. You may want to give a read over MOS Plot summaries and citation guidelines for plot summaries. If you feel his summary is making interpretation that require secondary sources though, that's somewhat a different story. As for the content that was removed, it was speculation about the "upcoming game" and needed to be rewritten following the release of the game. For example, the paragraph that started "More recent interviews have hinted at a change to the story..." is moot now that the game is out and the primary source is available. -- ferret (talk) 22:44, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Following your link, which I should I have done first, I see Masem made these same points. -- ferret (talk) 22:45, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Whether the sources are primary or secondary, the section should include citations, which in its present state, it does not. — JJJ ^{(say hello)} 07:04, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Per discussion at the noticeboard and general scouring through WP:V: Sources do not necessarily need citing. Material should be challenged if it is not evident it is verifiable (and the burden of evidence lies with the author) but as long as is attributable it doesn't need to be actually need be cited. This appears to be interpreted, in the case of plot summaries, to mean that it is implied that the source is the actual media being discussed without needing a citation. -Rushyo ^Talk 10:24, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Some people think that a source must be some webpage, when the material in question provides all the details. Paraphrasing or summarizing source material is not "original research".Kurzon (talk) 19:32, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

The Far Cry Experience

Shouldn't this be mentioned somewhere in the marketing section? Corvoe (speak to me) 16:44, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism

I just noticed that the article has been vandalised. The PLOT section holds such things as "Dennis falls to the ground, farting all over the place, staining the ground brown..." or "Hoyt and his friends are seen leaving the island by crocodile." I haven't checked other sections, though. 62.178.118.119 (talk) 14:16, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

• I reverted this a while ago, it is OK for now. :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 19:15, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

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Criticism lacking

I came to this page because I read an article that used this game as an example of racism in gaming, despite high review scores. The criticism section here doesn't mention anything on race, even though there are a number of reliable sources that discuss it. I think it warrants mention and I'll try to add it myself some time, but anyone more familiarity with the game or controversy is welcome to preempt me. —Ost (talk) 22:13, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't think stupidity of "game journalists" is really warranted. --SNAAAAKE!! (talk) 12:30, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

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Merge proposal

Proposing Jason Brody be merged into Far Cry 3. Jason Brody isn't independently notable and coverage on the character isn't significant or in depth enough to have a separate article. Article has no reception section or information on the design of the character. The plot summary rehashes what is already here. The information on the voice acting role can be merged into the development of this article if the sources exist for it. --The1337gamer (talk) 08:16, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

• Redirect. What a mess. There's nothing sourced to merge, so the redirect is sufficient. czar 21:22, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
• Redirect, or possibly even just nominate for deletion. He's not a particularly notable protagonist, so I don't know how many searches for Far Cry 3 would come from "jason brody" and not just the game's title, and the content of the page isn't much beyond plot rehashing anyway that would need serious copyediting and sourcing. -- Paradoxasauruser (talk) 17:32, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
• Delete. Unnotable character that doesn't need his own article. -- sdornan (talk) 21:53, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
• Redirect - The article's content is not notable as it have barely any sources to establish notability, the article itself can be use as a redirect. TheDeviantPro (talk) 03:44, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Consensus seems to incline towards redirect. I have gone ahead and redirected the Jason Brody article. AdrianGamer (talk) 14:59, 12 July 2017 (UTC)