CHANGES AND FEATURES IN NEW FAR CRY 3 PATCH IMPROVE BOTH SINGLE- AND MULTIPLAYER MODES
Ubisoft Montreal team show they listen carefully to players’ requests. After several months of collecting feedback from the game’s online community developer releases Far Cry 3 patch making the game more enjoyable and challenging. Besides introducing several changes in the single player mode, patch fixes multiplayer issues and brings number of improvments for the online players and map makers.
As posted on the official Far Cry 3 site: ”Player feedback is an important part any game’s community. The ability to get first-hand impressions from players and what they think about the product is vital to make a game even more enjoyable. Thanks to the feedback, we are able to expand upon or add to the game experience.”
The most important feature is perhaps the possibility to release new maps in „Start Beta Test” option enabling the makers to check if map works correctly, introduce changes if needed and gain valuable feedback from the players.
The Far Cry 3 patch is available on Xbox360, PS3 and PC versions of the game.
Complete list of changes in new Far Cry 3 patch:
Single player:
- Master difficulty setting — all those who find the game to be no longer a challenge can now start new game on highest difficulty with tougher enemies and more dangerous wildlife
- Outpost reset — after finishing the game and capturing all of the outpost players can choose ‘Reset Outpost’ option to face the challenge of liberating them once again
- HUD changes — players can now choose to switch on/off most of the HUD options in the setting
Multi player:
- Map Beta Testing — enabling online fans to publish maps as beta tests before public release to see if the map works as intended and improve them if needed
- Feedback on User-Created Maps — more intuitive interface and ‘feedback tags’ added to the map feedback system
- Maps by author search — search option showing all maps created by selected individual
- Idle kick removed — non-active players will no longer be kicked out during online matches
- Skip map voting system improved — voting system will now take longer and be more visible to the players
