The performance is even more of a head-scratcher, given how Far Cry 3, 4, 5, New Dawn, and Primal (not to mention multiple Assassin’s Creed games) all run at 60 frames per second on Xbox Series X|S. Its wonky and overly jittery aiming sensitivity makes this even worse as it’s easy to overshoot targets when fighting the lag and sensitive reticule. It’s not unplayable, but it is unresponsive.
Such a frame rate is perfectly playable in most instances, but is a struggle here given the troubling amount of input latency. Playing the game through backwards compatibility doesn’t even give Xbox Series X|S or PS5 owners any special boost, meaning that the game only runs at 30 frames per second. There’s not even a native PS5 or Xbox Series X|S version of the game so Blood Dragon Classic Edition is also limited by its refusal to jump to newer systems. RELATED: Far Cry 6 Review: A Solid Evolution, Not a Revolution Essentially, these established choices to purposely make the game worse seem less like deliberate creative decisions now and more like elements of a rushed, underdeveloped rerelease. There is a VHS-like filter covering the whole game and the island itself is drenched in a thick layer of fog, but these stylistic choices are working against the title in this context since it’s clear that Ubisoft didn’t allocate many resources into upgrading this game. There is obviously a resolution bump, but there’s not much of a need to technically analyze it and crunch the numbers because its lack of visual upgrades is easily apparent because it just looks old. Side-by-side comparisons of the original PlayStation 3 version and the PlayStation 4 version running on a PlayStation 5 are hardly distinguishable from one another. But it doesn’t and is a mediocre port job that makes it clear why Ubisoft avoided the “remaster” label with this one.īlood Dragon Classic Edition couldn’t even earn the “remaster” label since it is hardly distinguishable from its original 2013 release. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Classic Edition, the 2021 rerelease, seems poised to remind players of a time when Far Cry was still fresh and show the game in an even better light. It came out right after fan-favorite Far Cry 3 and mined ‘80s nostalgia just before that became incredibly played out. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is still one of the more well-received entries in the Far Cry series.
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