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Far Cry 3 - Level Editor Details Unveiled

DSOGaming writes: "Ubisoft has been demonstrating Far Cry 3's level editor in Malmo Sweden, and Ubisoft's forum member 'FallenChamp' has unveiled some interesting details about it."

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Welshy4171d ago

After Far Cry 2, i didn't exactly walk away with huge admiration for the franchise so i kept my nose out of this one.

Upon actually looking at gameplay, reading previews and reviews and picking up on all the snippets of info coming out, i can proudly say i was wrong to doubt it!

Far Cry 3 has gone from off the radar to top of my most wanted list and cannot wait to pick this up now! =D

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camel_toad4171d ago

I reallllly want to completely throw my life away and just make maps with this editor. Looks pretty versatile considering the (I'm guessing) user-friendliness of it.

I used to love making hl2 maps but it took every drop of my 25 IQ to figure out that editor.

Bathyj4171d ago

"Mappers/modders will not be able to experiment with AI (well that is if they want to release their MP maps). A.I. is said to be for playing around and having fun on your own. You can not place A.I. in multiplayer maps, and it is not designed as a single player mission creator either. This will be a big problem for console owners as players who ran maps that violate that rule could get banned."

Can someone explain this to me.

It makes it sound like you CAN make SP maps with AI, but youre not allowed to publish them.

Anyone know if that is the case because I'd love to make my own SP levels and dont care about publishing them.

Why should MP gamers only be allowed to use the map editor?

john24171d ago

AI is not allowed in both SP and MP maps that get released via the Level Editor (or that's the word for the time being. Might change until it gets out). This means that if you're a mapper, you can experiment with the AI but you are not allowed to release the map with AI enabled.

lastdual4171d ago (Edited 4171d ago )

It may not have all the scripting necessary for creating "levels" so to speak, but you can still create basic single-player challenge maps for yourself.

It should be a fun feature to mess around with even if we can't publish them onlne (yet). Personally, I wish more games with level editors allowed us to throw in enemy AIs. I would love to see something like in in Halo's forge, for instance.

Bathyj4171d ago

Yeah, I dont care if you cant publish. I just want to play it myself. Make some terrain, add some items and then just plonk random soldiers in.

Should be great fun, I loved Timesplitters 2.

e-p-ayeaH4170d ago (Edited 4170d ago )

Dude everything that was shown will be available for multiplayer or else it wouldn't make sense being there in the first place would it.

The writing is misleading you can put AI in multiplayer maps but there´s obvious limitations like Far Cry 1 and 2 did.

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Ninjamonkey824171d ago (Edited 4171d ago )

Biggest barrier ive seen on the console is the precentage bar up on the top left of the screen before he was finished there he had already used 43% of what he could have used.

Thats an issue for me tbh like most console map editors you really get harnessed in with what you can do. I hope they don't limit the PC version this way.

Don't get me wrong that not a game breaker and would not take away from me buying the game. But seriously today we have bigger HDs on console.

My PS3 has a terabyte and my xbox has a big HD aswell i have space to work with. Why can't they make these map editors more expansive on console?.

e-p-ayeaH4170d ago (Edited 4170d ago )

This always was like this since the 1st far cry game console limitations will always be around.

Nonetheless is still pretty dam amazing and you can do in this one on consoles.

e-p-ayeaH4170d ago (Edited 4170d ago )

omg this map editor is a dream come true *tears of joy*

Hoping for AI support in multiplayer matches

NeoTribe4169d ago

Kinda pointless if you can't share the maps with your friends. What's the point of making a map for only you to play...

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Which Far Cry Should I Start With? - A Beginner's Guide 2023

If you’re new to this long-running franchise, we’ve got you covered.

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masterfox408d ago

Farcry 3 and literally thats it! lol

GamingSinceForever406d ago (Edited 406d ago )

I recently tried 3 for the first time but the frame rate was a turnoff.

I liked 5 and 6 though.

banger88406d ago

If you have a Series X or S, the Xbox 360 version runs at 60 fps with fps boost. It's a shame the remaster doesn't.

isarai408d ago

2 and 3, pretty much the only ones i really enjoyed. 1 was amazing for the time but aged quite poorly. 4 has the elephant gun, all i can praise from any entry after 3 lol

cooperdnizzle406d ago

Ummmm 3 than stop.

Okay maybe two as well. But yeah probably 3 and then move on.

JEECE406d ago (Edited 406d ago )

Far Cry 2. People constantly rant about games now being too easy, holding your hand, having too many unnecessary RPG-lite leveling features, etc. People specifically complain about open world games being too focused on tons of collectibles and "checkmarks" that just waste time.

Far Cry 2 is an answer to all of those complaints. It was made by Ubisoft before they fell into all the traps discussed above (and before they started inserting towers into their games to defog the map). It has respawning enemies, weapons that degrade, and the collectible diamonds are very useful in the game (which you find in a similar way to the way you find shrines in BOTW with a radar system). The map you have is an in game item you pull out while playing, not a pause menu that is unnecessarily detailed. Also the enemy AI and physics are much better than later entries in the series.

It has a mixed reputation because people at the time said it was too hard, the weapon degradation was annoying, and then respawning enemies were annoying. FC2 came out in 2008, so this was before games like Dark Souls and BOTW had come out and made it cool to like these types of features.

XbladeTeddy405d ago

Far Cry 2, the one with the AI that find you through walls and trees, can one shot you from a mile away and have 100% accuracy? That was frustrating not fun because cheap AI.

JEECE405d ago (Edited 405d ago )

Uhh, I mean, it isn't one of these games where once the enemies have detected you they will magically forget you exist because you walked behind a wall or went into a bush. And yeah the AI isn't stormtrooper level accuracy. Again, these are positives, not negatives to me.

To be fair, I'm really directing this at the people most critical of "Modern Ubisoft" or "Modern Open World" design elements. Like the type of people who fawned all over Elden Ring because it had a clean UI because they are so burnt out by the "checkbox" type of open world design.

If you like those types of games, then a later FC game like 3 and especially 4-5 would be more your style.

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Far Cry 3 Is One Of The Most Important Games Of Our Time

TheGamer Writes "Far Cry 3 is a time capsule of what game design was like in the early '00s"

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Knushwood Butt490d ago

Beat it twice; once on PS3, and once a couple of months ago on PS5.

Doesn't Far Cry 2 have some of the things they are talking about here? Diamond hunting, healing, malaria medication?

shinoff2183490d ago (Edited 490d ago )

I believe 2 did. I highly doubt it was the only game like that though. I imagine the writer isn't old enough to have played part 2 but I also feel it wasn't the first game to introduce stuff like that

They bring up mass effect 2. I felt mass effect 1 was better. It just seem cut down. The citadel was a joke in part 2 compared to 1. How do you cut back on that.

Profchaos489d ago

Having just replayed the entire me trilogy yeah I think 1 was my favourite I think 2 had better cover and shooting mechanics but everything else in 1 was better

jznrpg489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

Mass Effect 1 was the best . It played like an RPG . The other games were more shooter and lost the feel the first game had unfortunately

gurp490d ago (Edited 490d ago )

I played it on PC when it came out, might play it again some time
Far Cry 3 is the best of the series, it was ahead of it's time

Palitera489d ago

It seems the blogger didn’t even play RDR1 if he thinks FC3 brought these elements to the AAA table. Tiktokers always have a new surprise. Smh

Sgt_Slaughter489d ago

"Far Cry 3 is a time capsule of what game design was like in the early '00s"

>Came out in 2012

Okay then

BrainSyphoned489d ago

If we are going to talk early 2000's game design how about start in the year 2000 with games that are a far cry better than something released 12 years later.
"Chrono Cross, Baldur's Gate II, Diablo II, Dragon Quest VII, Final Fantasy IX, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, along with new intellectual properties such as Deus Ex, Jet Set Radio, Perfect Dark, The Sims and Vagrant Story."
The article names things Ubisoft has shoved into games to dumb them down and then claims we should rush off to play it. Maybe instead look back at it as the death of originality from Ubisoft and gaming in general.

glennhkboy489d ago

Far Cry 3 & Assassin's Creed VI: Black Flag are 2 of the very best games from Ubisoft. All Ubisoft games since then are all just copying these 2 games.

ChubbyBlade489d ago

This isn’t an early 2000s game…you’re about a decade to early on that one.

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