Far Cry 3's Jamie Keen Talks Crazy People, Freedom & Rook Island

Far Cry 3

Written Wednesday, October 24, 2012 By Dan Webb

Insanity, insanity, insanity... if you've been keeping up with the Far Cry 3 media to date, that's pretty much the central theme of the game and Ubisoft are doing everything in their power to drill that point home.

There's more to Far Cry 3 than that though, Jamie Keen, Lead Game Designer tells us, and it's not just in your face madness either, some of it's subtle. When we caught up with Keen, he told us how Ubisoft Montreal tackled the sequel to Far Cry 2, why they decided to go back to a tropical paradise, and the Lead Game Designer talks about how freedom was very much one of the design goals of the Christmas 2012 title.

If you've not done so already, check out our recent hands-on preview here... we fought a Komodo dragon with a knife, you know! Watch the interview first, of course, you may as well, you're here now... plus, there's plenty of sexy gameplay on offer too.

Far Cry 3 is out November 30th and December 4th in North America and Europe respectively.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 20	Comment #1 by Agent00047 Wednesday, October 24, 2012 @ 09:27:27 PM	(2)
	Thank You Ubisoft! Finally fast travel and no annoying checkpoints you gotta do over and over and over. Looking forward to go nuts with this, and a very small tiny bit of me is hoping that the Predator will return to us. Cheers!

Forum Posts: 29	Comment #2 by Godfather93a Wednesday, October 24, 2012 @ 10:20:13 PM	(0)
	Really looking forward to losing myself in this game.

Forum Posts: 18	Comment #3 by Sargeras N7 Wednesday, October 24, 2012 @ 10:27:53 PM	(0)
	This is gonna be such a great game. I can't wait to play it and i'm very picky when it comes to games. I'm a HUGE RPG fan and i'm loving all the choice they give you. i'm probably going to travel via vehicle 80% of the time and only fast travel when i need ot get somewhere that's across the map.

Forum Posts: 1	Comment #4 by GRIM REAPER 25 Wednesday, October 24, 2012 @ 11:04:09 PM	(0)
	this games gonna kick ass ive been checking out some gameplay videos on youtube cant wait 2 play it

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #5 by asilent boom Wednesday, October 24, 2012 @ 11:21:20 PM	(-1)
	I wish Ubisoft would start giving us some details on the map editor.

Forum Posts: 6	Comment #6 by daardu Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 12:40:43 AM	(-2)
	Oh man! @5 I could not agree anymore! I've been begging for some map editor details since the first trailer! Yes Ubisoft please, some map editor details!

Forum Posts: 54	Comment #7 by Legend Xz Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 01:42:50 AM	(-2)
	I thought it the game was coming out December 4th???????

Forum Posts: 54	Comment #8 by Legend Xz Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 01:44:20 AM	(-2)
	My bad, i meant to say either "I thought the game was coming out December 4th" or "I thought it was coming out December 4th" I combined the two sentences by accident.

Forum Posts: 5	Comment #9 by PartyBoy Andy Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 02:57:48 AM	(-2)
	Wow, every time I see new gameplay or new info on this game I get even more excited. It's gonna be a hell of a game!

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #10 by noobpwner Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 07:27:52 AM	(0)
	meh just another fps game lol XD

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #11 by ThePyroGuy x Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 08:01:14 AM	(0)
	Im glad there is fast travel in this one i mean far cry 2 wasn't too bad with travel to begin with but it became the main part of the game I think trying to do the side missions and the main story meant that half of my time if not more was spent driving so a big thumbs up Ubisoft I really hope that the game turns out really well as i need a really good story compared to CoD's as the story in that isnt really the best

Forum Posts: 37	Comment #12 by thenewpeter Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 01:18:33 PM	(0)
	This is still nice and all, but you're still not giving any info on one of the only special points this game has. The mapmaker, and the multiplayer details, FarCry 2 was a massive waste of a great mapmaker, with it's horrible multiplayer, lack of modes and weapon pickups.

Forum Posts: 199	Comment #13 by ViNyLek Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 01:24:29 PM	(0)
	Why did they go back to island? Well, title of the game is FAR CRY LOL Still not sold, but sound like a fun way to pass on time if there is nothing else to do, which there is always for me...

Forum Posts: 5	Comment #14 by frank2 Sunday, November 04, 2012 @ 07:24:40 PM	(0)
	This game looks amazing!

Forum Posts: 1	Comment #15 by ThaBonnet Tuesday, November 06, 2012 @ 01:36:05 AM	(0)
	Looks the same as other Far Cry's.Again on the same island.Nothing new, why should i want to play this game?Surly not gonna play it.

Forum Posts: 1	Comment #16 by voidreaper21 Sunday, November 11, 2012 @ 06:24:40 AM	(0)
	on the picture on the front the guy looks like billy mays

Forum Posts: 6	Comment #17 by zachKNY Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 02:13:08 PM	(0)
	Still not convinced enough to even consider a purchase

Forum Posts: 262	Comment #18 by LH Cerberus Thursday, December 13, 2012 @ 11:15:42 AM	(0)
	I loved the first game, hated the second and loved the third again. Just an awesome game. Glad I didn't missed that :D

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Game Info

Developer:
Ubisoft Montreal

Publisher:
Ubisoft

Genre
Shooter

Release:
US: December 04, 2012
Europe: November 30, 2012

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