Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3: Episode 15: The Worst Part of the Game
This episode is the beginning of the end of Far Cry 3. In a related note, it is also the WORST part of Far Cry 3.Sam made a very interesting point in this episode. If all we needed to do was to just steal a...
Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3: Episode 14: Titular Stealth Mission
First off, I want to point out that this is 200th post on this blog. Honestly, when I started out in 2012, I didn't think I'd stick with it this long. Nor did I believe I'd really have a chance to get good at it....
Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3: Episode 13: The Best Part of the Game
In this episode of Interactive Friction, we hit the best part of game...
Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3: Episode 12: The Definition of Pretentiousness
Now that all the filler is out of the way, Sam and I are free to finish the best part of the game, before moving on to the worst part of the game.We have a pretty lengthy discussion on PMCs in video games. Without delving...
Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3: Episode 11: Disco Boss Fight
In this episode, we finally complete the pointless filler missions, and get back to Jason being a complete tool.It sure is convenient that good ol' Bambi decided to betray us in this section. Otherwise, we would not have been able to give it to Citra...
Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3: Episode 10: Jason Dillweed and the Temple of Filler Missions
You're probably wondering, "Why did Google lead me here!?" Those of you not wondering that are probably asking "Why is this so damn late!?"Well, we forgot to record last week. Sam and I thought we had a backlog of episodes to go through. As it...
Interactive Friction: Episode 9: This Is Some Magical (Bull)Shit
In this episode, we dive headlong into a vat of terrible, terrible filler. Naturally, this makes us spend almost an entire episode talking about Final Fantasy.I want to stress that there is nothing inherently wrong with these missions in terms of gameplay. They are actually...
Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3: Episode 8: I’m Done Having Fun
This is the part where the game artificially pads itself out by adding missions to the main story that do nothing to advance the plot.There really is no other reason to have Oliver's rescue by a sniper section aside from the designers making it so....
Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3 Episode 7: Landmine Marathon
In this episode, we have an escort mission, because of course we do.I make fun of the flamethrower mission, but it's actually a really fun mission. There's just something cathartic about setting flame to things. Of course, in real life, breathing in all the fumes...
Interactive Friction: Far Cry 3: Episode 6: We’re Still Running Everywhere
This week, we bring you a mandatory stealth mission. Because of course we do.Let us recap what is going on in the plot so far. First, the island our protagonist and his douchebag friends skydive over is run by a group of evil pirates. When...