The goal is to put the player in the same unhappy mindset as that of the character, which is a clever but convoluted design decision. With Spec Ops, there are parts of the game that are, frankly, drudgery, but they have been designed to evoke this reaction. With Far Cry, you can choose to take in the larger narrative meaning, or not, and still enjoy yourself. Even as it criticized the idea of endless waves of disposable enemies in cramped corridors, it made you fight endless waves of disposable enemies in cramped corridors. Unlike Far Cry 3, Spec Ops was a fairly generic game. That game more clearly references Heart of Darkness-the primary antagonist is Colonel Konrad, a nod to Joseph Conrad, and you’re part of a special ops team which has to track down a missing army platoon led by Konrad. Launched earlier this year, Spec Ops: The Line also tried to look at this behaviour. It was a brilliant way to make the player think about the docile manner in which we consume games. Near the end, it’s revealed that every action that you-the player-took, could be explained as happening because you-the character-were being controlled by hypnosis to obey any statement beginning with the words “would you kindly". The liminal moment which raised this question of player agency was in BioShock (December 2007). The game is heavy-handed at times in getting you there, but it succeeds in this goal. Vaas himself is somewhat reminiscent of The Joker from Batman, and these different elements will make you look at the game and say, “This is crazy". Or you could look at it as a treatise on insanity, which explains some of the more mystical nature of the plot and also how you go up levels. You could read Far Cry 3 as a critical look at how the hero enters a tropical paradise and leaves a smouldering ruin behind him.
Jason is a man out of his element, with no training to handle the situation he’s been placed in, but the island has its own effect on him. There are parallels to be drawn to Lord of the Flies as well, as you work your way across the island, to take revenge on Vaas.
This structure also allows the developers to experiment with the narrative, which they might not have been able to do in a traditional military shooter.Ĭlearly inspired by Apocalypse Now, Far Cry 3 tries to look at the psychological cost of war. The game has built an organic world, and you’re left to roam around in it as you see fit, as long as you remember that your actions can have unexpected consequences. Open fire: While Far Cry 3 lets you play using stealth, going in with guns blazing is also a perfectly valid option in the game.īeautiful visuals and enjoyable weapon handling mean that the game is fun, but its real ambition lies in its narrative.
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