Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon won't be getting a follow-up
Few game announcements are met with unanimous enthusiasm. There's always one or two voices waiting in the wing, ready to impart their sceptical wisdom with phrases like 'this looks dumb' or 'Far Cry 4 creative director that isn't going to happen.
Speaking on the IGN Pubcast Happy Hour podcast, Alex Hutchinson responded to queries regarding a follow up. His answer was unusually blunt. "The cool thing about Blood Dragon was that it was a surprise," he said. "It was a great use of the Far Cry 3 base, and had an awesome soundtrack."
"So the answer is no, you won't be getting another one of those. Hopefully we can come up with something that surprises you as much as the original Blood Dragon. And if we did make one, I'd probably get told on Twitter 'are we going to get a Blood Dragon every year? You're just in a factory churning things out'."
Far Cry 4 releases next week, so you'd best check my impressions from a recent preview event.
Cheers NeoGAF.
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