Why Far Cry 3 Should Be Game of the Year

Kotaku - Far Cry 3 should not be my nomination for 2012 game of the year. I'm not a huge fan of first-person shooters. While I appreciate the technical accomplishment of the first two games in the series I've not felt compelled to complete either. I felt absolutely no excitement leading up to the third installment's late November release. I expected a visually pleasing shooter that would keep me occupied for an hour or so before I moved on to more compelling things.

[-Mezzo-]

Platinum'ed it.

To be it was by far the best FPS of 2012, but not the GOTY.

[IAmLee]

IMO one of the best story's I have played for a long time.

[th3n00bg4m3r]

I disagree;
Trapped in island with full of pirates and rescuing friends.
It just didn't do it for me.

[Hellsvacancy]

I got teh platinum aswel, its an easy 20hour platinum, almost as easy as the Hitman platinum

I enjoyed FC3, it was a big improvement over FC2, not my goty personally, I think that goes to Dishonored

[camel_toad]

Glad to hear someone else mention Dishonored for GOTY. Far Cry 3 was good yeh but gameplay-wise it didn't do anything that hasn't already been done 100 times already.

The final main missions being perfect examples...

[PhantomT1412]

Got it on Xbox. Sold it today to buy one on PC :)

[redDevil87]

Journey all day.

But Far Cry 3 was a lot of fun though. It was like a Rambo simulator.

Next they should do Far Cry 4 with dinosaurs.

[-Mezzo-]

I just hope the Co-Op is better in the next game and a lot less buggy.

[ab5olut10n]

YES. jeeeeezus i've never seen such bad net code

[guitarded77]

Just difficult to have such an open game of that level run smooth in co-op across all platforms. Hopefully next gen systems will be up to the task.

[Nes_Daze]

**Spoilers**

I agree with the writer, I actually found myself caring about Jason Brody's friends, hell I even cared in the beginning when Grant died, and when I found out about Riley, I don't know but few games these days really make you care about the characters. Now as an open world it is awesome, trying to hunt a black panther or setting a tiger at an outpost loose in order to make your job of liberating it easier. It's an awesome game, almost at the platinum, and it is my GOTY.

[dboyc310]

Really felt the connect Jason and Riley had. Specially the interrogation scene. It just felt so real and actually made me think what I would do if my brother and I were in the same situation.

[Nes_Daze]

I felt the same way having a younger brother and all, really touching stuff throughout the storyline.

[aquamala]

My goty, looks phenomenal on PC

[Sucitta]

also my goty.

very rare can a game be so good I haven't played battlefield in a week = )

[liquidhalos]

I loled when i read that. My battlefield 3 was also shelved for a week

[josephayal]

Far Cry 3 was one of, if not, the best game I have played in my life and VASS is the most interesting character ive seen in gaming history

[urwifeminder]

I like 2 more just for location rather then the same jungle art style from crysis and far cry1 .

[ziggurcat]

hey krataku,

is this game racist, not racist or GOTY? make up your goddamned minds, already.

down voted.

[Urbz1988]

"Did i ever tell you the definition of INSANITY"

[Sucitta]

"Did i ever tell you the definition of INSANITY"