[Critias]

I know a couple of us have played the latest Far Cry, and had some fun with it.  Ray, for sure, is actually PSN buddies with me, so I see his achievements and high scores right there next to my own...rampaging around the islands were fun for me, and the fact I can "reset" my progress -- not undoing my levels, just handing territory back over to the hostiles -- and take every bad guy base, over and over again?  Hells yeah.  There's nothing in that game I love more than being friggin' Rambo the PhysAd, rampaging around the jungle with a bow and a machete, taking enemy forts without sounding an alarm, bounding from takedown to takedown, and having a good old time.

But wait.

You guys, for reals, wait.

Because check out Far Cry: Blood Dragon.

It's the most 80's game of all time.  The most lovingly, terribly, gloriously, retro-awesome video game I've ever seen.  CLICK THESE LINKS AND BE MADE WHOLE:
Gameplay vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhFp2_NnvM
Interview vid:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-11-far-cry-3-blood-dragon-has-cybersharks-and-mutant-cassowarys
Intro/Teaser trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LGb8EwhTU

This is gonna be the best worst game ever.  It's just...brilliant.  It's so 80's it hurts.  It's so awesome, I have to wear shades to look at it.  They cast Michael Biehn as the hero, a Mark IV Cyber-Commando!  It's just...it's...sublime.

[Retrokinesis]

It does look kind of amazing from what I've seen. Let's hope they can pull it off.

There's a great interview with the lead designer on it over on Giant Bomb (http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/dean-evans-really-loves-robocop/1600-462/) where he basically just talks about how fucking awesome RoboCop is and the influences on Blood Dragon. Definitely worth a listen.

I, for one, welcome our new Terminator Cassowary overlords.

[CanRay]

Impulse prepurchased it on steam.

[Bull]

Yeah, this looks really cool. 

It also totally spits in the eye of everyone who claims that the 80's Cyberpunk aesthetic is dead and that no one wants to see it anymore.  Bah.

I want my Shadowrun looking like this!

[Retrokinesis]

I can picture it now... a team of Firewatch commandos with lasers invading Neo-Islandnation and fighting cassowary biodrones. Also, there are Tron lines on everything. Because reasons.

...

Now I really want stats for cassowary biodrones. They're nasty enough without cyber...

[CanRay]

Notice that Rex Colt's pistol is the OCP Auto-9/Ares Predator I!  With neon lights! 

[Angelone]

I can't wait! This is the game that has been missing from my life.

[mtfeeney = Baron]

Far Cry 3 was insanely fun, but Blood Dragon is a huge letdown.  The only good part is the constant cheesy shit they say.  At least you can chuckle while playing a silly game, I guess.

[CanRay]

Far Cry 3 was insanely fun, but Blood Dragon is a huge letdown.  The only good part is the constant cheesy shit they say.  At least you can chuckle while playing a silly game, I guess.

It's a $15 game Ubisoft Montreal threw together with elements they already had built for Far Cry 3, and one big-name actor.  It's not supposed to BE Far Cry 3, it's supposed to be an homage to the '80s cartoons, video games, and movies using Far Cry 3's build.

When you look at it from that perspective (You know, the perspective they had when they BUILT IT), it makes a lot more sense.

[mtfeeney = Baron]

Fair enough.  I hated the 80s, so it makes sense that I dislike its homage.

[Bull]

Fair enough.  I hated the 80s, so it makes sense that I dislike its homage.

You are dead to me.  Dead.

[AndyNakamura]

Does anyone knows if it requires the original FarCry 3?

In the meantime, if anyone needs me, I'll be in my bunk.

[CanRay]

Does anyone knows if it requires the original FarCry 3?

Copy-Pasted from Steam's Store Page on this:  "Playing Far Cry® 3 Blood Dragon does not require a copy of Far Cry® 3."

So...  Far Cry 3, the '80s version, for $15.  I was sold!

[AndyNakamura]

Since we're on the topic of 80's... This has to be there:

Judas Priest - The Sentinel

Perfect old school street sam track.

[CanRay]

I see your Judas Priest, and raise you an Uncle Alice.