Blood Dragon turns Far Cry 3 into a gleeful spoof of 80s action flicks with neon, VHS grain and a pitch-perfect Michael Biehn. Short, sharp and hilarious, one of the decade's best stand-alones for fans of that kitsch aesthetic.
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Action Adventure1 player18+
Description
First-person shooter by Ubisoft Montréal and Ubisoft, May 2013. Sergeant Rex Power Colt battles military androids on a dystopian island in 1992 in a delirious tribute to 1980s action films. Retro-futuristic neon aesthetic, parodic android dialogue, off-beat futuristic weapons and satirical sci-fi storyline. Surprising cult standalone in the Far Cry universe.
Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Fluorescent neon, a purple sky and retro-futuristic VHS: the game subverts the open world into a deranged tribute to the 80s, between kitsch science fiction and unabashed action. The garish colours and cyber-retro imagery overflow with humour. This visual direction, audacious and stylish, stands as a jubilant graphic UFO.
An unabashed tribute to the 1980s, Power Glove's music unfurls a nervy, nostalgic neon synthwave, straight out of a futuristic B-movie. Each mission bathes in an irresistibly rousing retro electro. This offbeat, jubilant sonic identity makes all the zany charm of this retro-futuristic oddity.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
A completely deranged spin-off that parodies '80s action films, with a neon aesthetic, cyborgs and laser dragons in a retro-futuristic world. The offbeat humour and snappy action deliver an instant, gleeful pleasure. Stylish, funny and fiercely unabashed, an open-world FPS that bets everything on assumed pastiche and offers an experience as short as it is unforgettable.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
An offbeat, neon Far Cry 3 standalone, a knowing parody of 1980s science-fiction aesthetics turned cult for its over-the-top humor. Distributed mostly digitally, its physical edition stays low-key and hunted by fans of the game. Its desirability lies in this status as a cult object with a unique tone on boxed media rather than a very wide initial run.
Is Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 2013 on Xbox 360 as a download, Ubisoft's Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is a wild standalone spin off that transposes the formula into an avowed pastiche of 1980s science fiction, neon, cyborgs and laser dragons included. The parodic humour, the synthwave soundtrack and the flashy art direction make it an experience as short as it is gleeful. The gameplay reuses Far Cry 3's solid bases in a tightened, cathartic format. Repetition shows over the length. But the concept is genius. For fans of nervy shooting and retro futuristic nostalgia, this cult title stays pure pleasure today.
