Today's game is Far Cry 3. I've been wanting to play this for the longest time after hearing so many positive things about this one specifcally, and after picking up 5 while on sale, and i guess this came with the bundle so i decided to play it after Red Dead 2.
I didn't get very far out of the opening, but my first impressions of the villian were that i really like him. He's that kind of deranged i feel like we don't get very often, and when we do i feel like they usually get a redemption arc of some kind. I really like how unhinged he seems, it really makes him feel intimidating as a villian (which is honestly something Far Cry seems to do well from the other ones i've played).
Graphically it looks awesome too. At the native settings it would have had around 2012 it didn't look to great, but after raising it to the max it looks really good. It can be crazy how future proofed older games are with graphic options. Ubisoft around this time especially seemed to do this with their games. I remember Black Flag being the exact same way
I tried playing this game on the PS3 only to be put off by the drops to 9fps. The game is borderline unplayable on the PS3. I still need to try the PS4 version. I'd buy it on Steam if Ubisoft didn't require an account.
Jesus, i know low FPS was the standard for the PS3/Xbox 360 era but 9 FPS sounds abysmal. I had no clue it was that bad on PS3
Also worth mentioning I have an original fat model which may or may not make a difference depending on who you ask. Also I was "measuring" by eye. It was probably the lowest framerate I had seen a console game run. You would have to be way more patient than me to play through it in that state. I hear Silent Hill Homecoming is pretty bad too, I played it through emulation so I can't say.