(note: Not played this since 2015, so apologies for any mistakes.)

A game that launched hundreds of memes with Vaas, who turned out to not be the main villain. He's like the first major villain and is the one who kidnapped you and your white-bread friends to ransom off. That said, his sister is also crazy and crazy for you! Depending on your choices at the end though, she supports you all the way through, seeing you as a kind of chosen one for her people.

The game itself is a very fun FPS with a strong focus on stealth as not only do you stalk animals for skinning and materials, but for upgrades to your equipment and to use these abilities to stalk the bad guys, revealing the maps in, you all know it by now, radio towers!

At first wasn't too bad until you started seeing this in EVERY DAMN GAME that you've come across from this publisher! In here, each tower is a little different, requiring a little parkour here and there to eventually get to the top and then restore communications.

I quite like the idea that, as you're working with these people who have deep tribal traditions, that your upgrades come in the form of ever expanding tattoos all over your body each time to level up, regardless of if it's from passives or not.

The ability to mark targets is extremely useful when you want to take time to take out your opponents or plan on how you are going to approach this camp. Including releasing the tiger cage and letting them take full attention before you start your attack or even let it wipe out everyone, which happened to me and was hilarious.

There's a lot to do and Vaas being your antagonist for quite some time is a very entertaining character. Much like Trevor from GTA V, you'll always remember them the most, even if you don't remember the game all that well many years later.

Reviewed on Apr 12, 2024


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