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Far Cry 3 balances an unforgettable narrative with an open world (hands-on preview)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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When Ubisoft unveiled the gameplay of Far Cry 3 this summer, the images and characters were unforgettable. They were either beautiful or horrific. Not so much in between. Grisly murders or beautiful tropical island waterfalls. And now that the French game publisher has unveiled even more of the experience through a hands-on demo, the dichotomy is becoming even more interesting. I got another hands-on playthrough of the beginning of the game, and I really didn’t know which path to take.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.