It adds an unknown dimension and pushes the story along in a cool and unexpected way. Adding this element to Far Cry 3 gives developers the chance to add and expand past the normal limits of an FPS game. Numerous times in Far Cry 3’s story the player falls into drug induced psychedelic trips. One of the practices that normally people would squawk about is the use of drugs. Related: Tales From The Borderlands Info Coming March 8th By previewing a faith so different from mainstream thought hopefully Far Cry 3 is teaching a little more acceptance between different people’s beliefs. Ubisoft uses the fictional video game medium to bridge the gap between accepted religious practices and foreign ones. You’d think that people would have problems with many of the Rakyat’s practices, but because they are in the form of entertainment people seem to turn more of a blind eye to the differences. There are more differences between most prominent religions and the Rakyat’s faith than there are between the world’s largest religions. Traditionally the Western world is not super accepting of foreign faiths, religious people not accepting other religions and the atheists not accepting any believers. Indigenous religion is also present in Far Cry 3, and comes along with the tattoos. But Far Cry 3’s super cool tattoo based character development has some social stigma attached to it. Other games have been shifting to a visual growth for the player’s character, like the astrological tree in Skyrim. It’s not just part of the scenery, it’s a part of your characters body for the rest of his life. Using a growing tattoo as representation for a skill brings this element of fringe culture right to the forefront of the player’s mind. They aren’t reserved just for the enemy, but also the player’s allies and even the player’s character himself. But in Far Cry 3 tattoos are a way of life, a living symbol of a character’s life experiences and accomplishments. Normally tattoos are reserved specially for evil or just really badass characters.
All of the Rakyat and many of the Pirates are covered in tattoos. The first and most apparent tabooed subject in Far Cry 3 is the tattoos. But instead of just illustrating a different way of life to create an interesting setting Far Cry 3 embraces the differences in culture pushing players to understand and think about subjects that many people feel uncomfortable even discussing. The Rakyat’s way of life contains tabooed elements here in the United States like tattoos, indigenous religions, and psychedelic drugs. The Rakyat and Pirate’s way of life, while interesting, is very different from Western culture. Far Cry 3’s unique Pacific Asian island setting gives Ubisoft the ability to showcase an interesting Eastern culture.
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