The best Far Cry games, ranked
A series like Far Cry is rather unique within the industry. There are very few other FPS franchises that completely swap out characters and settings between every major installment, but all still feel like a cohesive whole.
Some are more different than others, but the formula of an open-world shooter has proven a strong enough foundation to build one of the biggest series in Ubisoft history. From its start in 2004 until now, we’ve had plenty of numbered and spin-off entries to shoot and explore, but which holds up as the best? Let’s review the main Far Cry series and decide which ones are the best and which should be left behind.
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
79 % M Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Google Stadia Genre Shooter, Adventure Developer Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai Release May 01, 2013 Despite being a small DLC that was later spun off into a stand-alone release, Far Cry: Blood Dragon is everything about the series at its best.The story is a witty and genuinely entertaining riff on ’80s sci-fi action flicks, complete with old-school still image cutscenes and cheesy dialogue. It reuses a small zone from the Far Cry 3 map but makes it feel completely fresh with the neon aesthetic.
That more streamlined scope in terms of length and size of the world keeps the game focused and getting bloated like the worse entries on this list do. It’s just big enough to make exploring feel worthwhile, but it is contained enough to complete the entire thing without making it your job, and it is a blast the entire way through.
Far Cry 3
84 % M Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Genre Shooter, Adventure Developer Ubisoft Montreal Publisher Ubisoft Entertainment Release November 28, 2012 While the first two entries were by no means failures, and the second had quite a cult following, it was Far Cry 3 that made this series the powerhouse it would become. At the time, it was given the monicker of “Skyrim with guns” which. Read more on digitaltrends.com
