Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon is a standalone cyber shooter set in an exaggerated vision of the 1980s imagining the future. It casts players as Sergeant Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando, sent to get the girl, defeat the bad guys and save the world.
Its premise brings together cyborgs, mutants and blood dragons in a nuclear-future setting, with the over-the-top sensibility of action films and VHS-era science fiction. The game’s identity rests on that collision of familiar genre clichés, rather than presenting its world as a straightforward vision of the future.
The title is a spin-off that does not require a copy of Far Cry 3, making it accessible without the earlier game. Its distinctive appeal is the combination of cyber-commando action and knowingly retro-futuristic spectacle, including Michael Biehn among its stated cast of influences.
