History VideoGame / FarCry3BloodDragon

'''''Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon''''' (a 2013 game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released on PSN, Xbox Live Arcade, and PC) is a stand-alone expansion of ''VideoGame/FarCry3''; you don't have to own ''Far Cry 3'' to play ''Blood Dragon'', but having played ''Far Cry 3'' may help you get used to ''Blood Dragon's'' controls. The expansion game serves up a [[AffectionateParody love letter]] to [[TheEighties '80s]] action movies (and videogames of roughly the same era) -- it takes place on a bizarre, neon-colored island crawling with [[EverythingTryingToKillYou killer robot soldiers and robot animals]], and it features a musical score filled with cheesy synthesizer music.

In the grim future of 2007, American cyber-soldier [[AwesomeMcCoolname Sergeant Rex "Power" Colt]] (voiced by Michael "[[Film/{{Terminator}} Kyle Reese]]" Biehn) travels to a remote island to destroy a rogue robot army led by his former mentor, Sloan. Armed with a wide array of weapons and accompanied by fellow soldier [[BlackBestFriend Spider]] (and HotScientist Dr. Darling later on), Rex has to get the girl, [[KillEmAll kill the bad guys]], and [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] from [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the apocalypse's apocalypse]].

* AffectionateParody: Of 1980s sci-fi action movies. The expansion pack's cast even includes Michael Biehn (of ''{{Film/Aliens}}'' and ''TheTerminator'' fame)!

'''''Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon''''' (a 2013 game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released on PSN, Xbox Live Arcade, and PC) is a stand-alone expansion of ''VideoGame/FarCry3''; you don't have to own ''Far Cry 3'' to play ''Blood Dragon'', but having played ''Far Cry 3'' may help you get used to ''Blood Dragon's'' controls. The expansion game serves up a [[AffectionateParody love letter]] to [[TheEighties '80s]] action movies (and videogames of roughly the same era) -- it takes place on a bizarre, neon-colored island crawling with [[EverythingTryingToKillYou killer robot soldiers and robot animals]], and it features a musical score filled with cheesy synthesizer music. The game did well enough in terms of sales and positive reception that its creators now have plans for a [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/06/far-cry-3-blood-dragon-director-has-a-sequel-in-mind sequel.]]

* {{Retraux}}: The game is crafted to look and feel like an 80s scifi action film. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dofacvjRkc This goes all the way down to its official trailer as well.]] The game's artists were directed to use old SegaGenesis game box art for inspiration, particularly with games like ''VideoGame/{{ESwat}}'' and ''VideoGame/CyborgJustice''. Also notable are the cutscenes which copy the cutscene style of DOS-era games with LimitedAnimation and limited color palette.

* KonamiCode: The game's official website has "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B" scribbled in the upper right corner. Using it and hitting Enter will then make anything you click on explode in a cheesy gif fireball. [[http://fc3blooddragon.us.ubi.com/shop.php See for yourself.]]

* AlienBlood: Everything bleeds blue.

In the grim future of 2007, American cyber-soldier [[AwesomeMcCoolname Sergeant Rex "Power" Colt]] (voiced by Michael "[[{{Terminator}} Kyle Reese]]" Biehn) travels to a remote island to destroy a rogue robot army led by his former mentor, Sloan. Armed with a wide array of weapons and accompanied by fellow soldier [[BlackBestFriend Spider]] (and HotScientist Dr. Darling later on), Rex has to get the girl, [[KillEmAll kill the bad guys]], and [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] from [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the apocalypse's apocalypse]].

* CaptainObvious: Sergeant Rex's assistant AI, "HUD", when in tutorial mode. "To jump, try jumping."

* ActionizedSequel: Even at the beginning of the game, Rex Colt is a lot more powerful than ''VideoGame/FarCry3''[='=]s Jason Brody. He can sprint about 25 mph (and swim even faster), has unlimited sprint, jumps higher and further than Brody, can fall hundreds of feet without taking any damage, and starts with most basic combat skills and takedowns already unlocked. Rex also has a lot more health (a maximum of 16 health bars, compared to Jason Brody's max of 6). The game also simplifies the gameplay a lot by doing away with the inventory and crafting system to focus more on the shooting.

* ExtyYearsFromNow: Defied. The games takes place in the war-torn, far off future of [[TwentyMinutesIntoThePast 2007]].

->''"[[{{Film/TheTerminator}} Michael]] [[{{Film/Aliens}} Biehn]] [[ActorIsTheTitleCharacter is]] [[AwesomeMcCoolname Sergeant Rex 'Power' Colt]] in this year's most thrilling, action-packed cyber adventure!"''

** "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Send for a medic, so I can kill him, too!]]"

->''"[[{{Film/TheTerminator}} Michael]] [[{{Film/Aliens}} Biehn]] [[ActorISTheTitleCharacter is]] [[AwesomeMcCoolname Sergeant Rex 'Power' Colt]] in this year's most thrilling, action-packed cyber adventure!"''

* {{Dungeonpunk}} Cyberpunk dragons, 'nuff said.

* [[spoiler: BlackDudeDiesFirst]]: [[spoiler: Spider is killed by Sloan after the first mission.]]

* [[spoiler: CutsceneBoss]]: [[spoiler: Sloan goes down in a very cheesy cutscene as Rex punches the Killstar [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice right through his chest]], although to be fair, it'd be hard to top the preceding romp with the Battle Dragon. It seems that Ubisoft took a cue from the criticism on ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' and left no room for falling action.]]

** BioPunk: The game delves into a bit of this as well, with the blood of the eponymous dragons causing mutations when consumed by organic life. The blood acted as a SuperSerum for Sloan [[spoiler: and also fueled Dr. Carlyle's experiments on [[OurZombiesAreDifferent reanimating scientist corpses]].]]

* ExtyYearsFromNow: Defied. The games takes place in the war-torn, far off future of 2007.

* [[spoiler: OurZombiesAreDifferent]]: [[spoiler: The "[[ArtificialZombie Running Dead]]" are a result of Dr. Carlyle's experiments involving the introduction of dragon blood to unwilling scientists.]]

* [[spoiler: ZombieApocalypse: Since Sloan's gas missiles will turn everyone in the world not part of Sloan's plan into the Running Dead, his plan essentially amounts to this.]]

* ActionizedSequel: Even at the beginning of the game, Rex Colt is a lot more powerful than ''VideoGame/FarCry3''[='=]s Jason Brody. He can sprint about 25 mph (and swim even faster), has unlimited sprint, jumps higher and further than Brody, can fall hundreds of feet without taking any damage, and starts with most basic combat skills and takedowns already unlocked. The game also simplifies the gameplay a lot by doing away with the inventory and crafting system to focus more on the shooting.

* GameBreakingBug: Due to what UbiSoft claims is a problem with some {{Steam}} keys, the PC version is prone to crashing every five minutes on some computers.

** However, it doesn't stop them from sounding like a team of terrified nerds thrown headlong into a gunfight.

* AssholeVictim: Reading [[CollectionSidequest Dr. Carlyle's notes]] scattered around the island reveal that he was once [[PrinceCharmingWannabe infatuated with]] Dr. Darling as well as an all-around SmugSnake and {{Narcissist}}. [[spoiler: After being rejected, he consumed dragon blood mixed with [[{{Nanomachines}} nanites]], hoping they'd act like SuperSerum as they did for Sloan. They instead decayed a large portion of his organic body parts, with his genitals falling off last. All this then led to his status as...]]

* ViewersAreMorons: Parodied in the tutorial, for example: "Press A/X to show that you can read".