What's more, the friendly scientists who repopulate the outposts after you liberate them quickly start shooting at the blood dragon, causing it to once again fire its lasers.īesides the stealth detection or the erratic dragon AI, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon has very few downsides, with the most important being the fact that, as you progress through levels, the game decides to unlock new abilities without letting players decide which ones they want. The latter is advised by the game but it's sometimes easier said than done, as the AI can't really decide where to go. Taking over outposts just by luring a blood dragon is quite an experience but, once everyone is killed, you still have to deal with the dragon itself, as you can either kill it, which can be quite hard, or lure it away using the same hearts.
These can be obtained from looting enemies and can easily tempt the blood dragons to take on your own foes. While they mostly want to be left alone, which can be done by crouching and sneaking around them, they're quickly angered by gunfire and by throwing cyber hearts in their vicinity. They're quite big, have lots of health and, when angered, can shoot lasers at foes through their eyes. These are huge lizards that walk around the game's open world, particularly near enemy outposts. In case you don't like getting your hands dirty, then there's one major mechanic that needs to be discussed: the actual Blood Dragons. While the game still manages to reward sneaking around, although you're much more easily detected by the enemy cyborgs, it feels much more fun when you're going with guns blazing, thus earning the approval of Rex himself. The main progression system once again relies on taking over outposts, but they're now much more than just island huts or shipwrecked vessels, as the enemies maintain big bases with both above-ground facilities and underground research labs which require a bit of strategy to take over stealthily.
Thanks to Rex's cyber implants, he can sprint faster, jump higher, and sustain much more damage than Jason Brody, making the whole experience feel much more arcade-ish than the realistic Far Cry 3. In terms of these basic mechanics, Blood Dragon is mostly top-notch, although the shooting and the weapons can feel a bit underwhelming at first, at least until you level up and start unlocking new skills, abilities, and upgrades for your arsenal.Įxploration is also pretty good, as the same basic concept applies here. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon may have a completely different story than the original Far Cry 3, but its gameplay mechanics are largely intact, as it's still an open world first-person shooter in which players slowly take over an island by defeating enemies from outposts and eliminating their influence from the land.
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