14 DAY TRIAL // Sharing some more details about its upcoming Far Cry 3 first person shooter, Ubisoft has confirmed that the game has a full-fledged XP system. It also features plenty of side quests that reveal more details about the island on which the title’s action takes place.
Far Cry 3 was revealed last year but only recently did we finally learn some more details about the game and how it’s more than just another great looking shooter.
After talking about the hallucinations experienced by the player, as well as the game’s open world, Lead Game Designer Jamie Keen has now confirmed, via IGN, that an XP system alongside a side quest one are included in Far Cry 3.
"XP is one of the big threads [in Far Cry 3]. The narrative thread is about Jason, and seeing someone who is naive and a total babe in the woods, grow to someone who is very adept, who is a real survivor, that's sort of mirrored in the gameplay experience as well. A player should feel those two things are happening simultaneously. So there's an XP system that will give you more abilities and allow you to use the world around you, and that feeds back into the gameplay.”
Far Cry 3 takes place on an island filled with all sorts of seedy individuals and controlled by a gang of mercenaries that’s on the hunt for the protagonist, Jason.
According to Keen, the variety of side quests included in the game will serve to nuance the island and its special world by offering lots of extra details, besides the things learned in the main story.
"There's a lot more we want to show you. This game is going to be huge in terms of what you can do and experience. We've touched on it a bit - you get a lot of the [game experience] through the story, but you get a lot more about the character of the island and what the place is like not through the main narrative, but through the side missions or quests that are around."
Far Cry 3, as we saw through recent screenshots and videos, is looking extremely impressive so let’s hope Ubisoft can deliver on its promises this September, when the game is out for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.