Just as stellar said, it's a lot like FC2 but upgraded. Regarding the setting being a downgrade i dont really get how it could be. It looks pretty good IMO especially taking a dive hunting sharks looks sweeeet and it's quite a rush lol... It's not ALL that different but im glad they fixed the downsides from FC2. I think you might like it as well... Enjoy.

I won't tell you what to get. But I will say if you do make the poor choice of getting AC 3 over this game you will be incredibly dissapointed. Not only was AC 3 very disapointing but far cry 3 is an amazing game that is like no other. AC 3 for me 7/10 (although thats a tad generious), Far cry 3 9/10. My opinion. For any AC fans that come into this article I don't care if you don't agree with me so don't waste your time writing a paragraph to prove me wrong. I will just laugh at your pathetic attempt to defend a video game that someone else doesn't like and move on. But yea....get far cry 3 brotha

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Agreeeeee completely... I own both of them. Huge AC fan here but AC3 was not what i expected. Not a bad game but i expected a lot more from it (not gonna talk about how glitchy the game is but...). THEN i got FC3 and im liking it way better. 9/10 as well... Just check out the player reviews for both games here and u'll see what im talking about. 

Hope it helps and enjoy FC3 **wink wink** lol