Far Cry 3 Outlined In New Video, Day One Patch Detailed

We're in the process of counting down to the release of Far Cry 3, and as we slowly -ever sooo slowly- move forward in time, Ubisoft have put together a new 10 minutes video that takes all of Far Cry 3's aspects and puts them into one nice and tidy film.

It goes over the various aspects of the games singleplayer, co-op and multiplayer offering while also touching on aspects of the island characters, crafting, weapon modding...the works. It's fairly inclusive and should be a must-watch for anyone who has been gnawing on the leather in anticipation of next weeks release.

Also, details of a day-one patch for the PC have also been released. In what is being called a “critical patch” it makes fixes on both the singleplayer and multiplayer portions of the game, as well as making improvements to stability, the UI (I really hope it allows the IU to get closer to the edges of the screen), and texture issues. No word on if -or when- this patch will be available for console versions of the game. Or if the console versions even have the offending issues.

Some might complain, but I've never had a problem with day-one patches provided they were within reason. (Let's keep it below 5 gigs ok Nintendo?) I want the developers of a game to continue working to the bitter end, and beyond. If disks have to go gold but there are still fixes to be done...then fix them. I would rather have a faulted game fixed on day one than just end up with a faulted game. 

Trailer

PC Patch Notes:

Multiplayer

• Improved overall Multiplayer stability and performance.
• Added SHOW TOP, SHOW YOU, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN options in Leaderboards.
• Fix the voice chat issue that would mute players by default.
• Lobby chat can now be accessed when a controller is connected.

Co-op

• Fixed graphical issues on loading screen hints.
• Fixed the issue that would prevent maps from being displayed or randomized the first time a user enters Public Co-op.
• Health regeneration option no longer has inverted functionality.
• "Flare gun" kills are no longer considered as Assist kills.

PVP

• Fixed ground texture resolution.
• Grass surrounding fire spawns no longer remain red on Firestorm maps.

Map Editor

• Improved white objects thumbnails legibility.
• Users can now start a private match in 1 player on user created maps.

Single Player

• Improved game stability and performance.
• Fixed issues with flickering on specific water textures.
• Fixed small UI glitches related to different display resolutions.
• "Weapon cache" mission: Mission Zone and Mission Marker no longer stays on mini-map and on screen after mission completion.
• Crafting items are now auto selected when entering a new crafting category.
• Added sound when zooming in and out the camera with the mouse scroll button.