Masterpiece ruined by Ubisoft Connect launcher. You have to log in each time you need to play this piece of sh*t. Ubisoft added achievements to Steam, very good, but why did you not make it a standalone Steam version without the Ubisoft trash launcher? **also no online is sad** Also, to optimize the experience with high FPS, you need to do this because FPS is f*cked in this game: -install "Large Address Aware" -then in Task Manager - details, then - set affinity and make the game run on 4 cores only.

Far Cry 3
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Developer / Publisher
Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai / Ubisoft
Release date
Dec 4, 2012
Genres
Action, Adventure
Russian language
Text and voice-over
Price
$4.99
Steam recommendations
123,490
Tags
Features
Veterans
10+ hours at review85%
positive · 6,164 reviews
Newcomers
Under 2 hours at review36%
positive · 999 reviews
Most criticized
At launch
First 30 days after release on Steam (4 Dec 2012)98%
English reviews: 98% at launch → 70% now
· Reviews at launch: 544
Russian reviews: 100% at launch → 83% now
· Reviews at launch: 44
How opinion changes with playtime
Share of positive reviews by hours played at the time of the review. Click a column to read those reviews.| Played | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2h | 36% | 999 |
| 2–5h | 73% | 1,390 |
| 5–10h | 72% | 1,447 |
| 10–50h | 86% | 5,559 |
| 50h+ | 83% | 605 |
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The most helpful review from a veteran (10+ hours at review)The game itself is awesome it has an awesome story, setting and gameplay loop, nothing to complain about that, but I can't recommend this game when it crashes every single time it has to load something. You die? it crashes, want to fast travel? it crashes, is there a loading screen inside a mission? it crashes, you look at the game wrong? it crashes, you breathe? It crashes. I was able to get the game to a somewhat stable state by - Turning off every overlay (Steam, Ubisoft Connect, Nvidia) - Turning off Steams Video Recorder - Running the game in Windows 8 compatibility mode - Running the game as administrator - Reinstalling latest drivers Sometimes a pop up would come up on the screen saying that their servers were not able to authenticate the legitimacy of my game and it would force close the game, are you kidding me? To fix that I had to close Ubisoft Connect from the Task Manager, open it again and launch the game from the play button on Ubisoft Connect. But sometimes I would have to restart the whole PC to get it to work again If you are interested in playing this game just pirate the damn thing, play it on a different platform, or emulate it. Anything but this.
Community reviews
1,910 matching
Based on the 10,000 most recent Steam reviews · updated 2 Oct 2026
- English reviews: 5,000, 3 Oct 2025 – 2 Oct 2026
- Russian reviews: 5,000, 31 Aug 2025 – 28 Sept 2026
- ▼ Not recommended4.4 h at review14 h total13 Dec 2025
Absolutely unacceptable. Far Cry 3 is a legendary game, but this Steam version is a complete disaster. Crashes on startup, crashes on New Game, missing executables, broken launcher, permission errors, DX11 errors .I faced everything except actually playing the game. I spent HOURS fixing files, renaming executables, changing compatibility modes, fighting Windows permissions, reinstalling, verifying files, tweaking GPU settings… for nothing. This is not a game , it’s a technical nightmare. Ubisoft abandoned it, Steam still sells it, and players are left as unpaid beta testers in 2025. Selling this broken mess should be illegal. If you want nostalgia, buy it somewhere else. If you want frustration, buy it here. 0/10. Waste of time, money, and patience.
188 found helpful · 7 found funnyPerformanceReviews written: 1On Steam - ▼ Not recommended0.6 h at review0.6 h total19 Jun 2026
Sadly the game is not optimised to play in 2026. I picked it up because I saw it's on sale with 75% discount and decided to replay this masterpiece and just ♥♥♥♥ around, but when I downloaded it all I got was a stuck loading screen. Ubisoft claims the game is fixed and optimised but after just one search I found multiple users facing the same issue and many fixes - none of them worked for me. Instead of playing the game all I got was endless troubleshooting and trying fixes. I then decided to just reinstall the game completely and after doing just that, I got yet another error message, this time from that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Ubisoft launcher, saying the game is outdated and needs an "important" update. However every time I tried to install said important update I got stuck in a loop with the ubisoft launcher claiming I had no internet connection and thus could not download the updates. Which was funny because I had a youtube guide about fixing Far Cry 3 running in the background, so you can imagine where the problem was - thats right in that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiotic ubisoft launcher nobody asked for. I originally had the game on a disk and I have it in my ubisoft library but I wanted to also own it on steam since it's my largest and most used library. So after trying to play the steam version for 2 hours and getting nowhere I decided to give the ubisoft one a go. As you could expect, that version didn't work as well. I then promptly gave up on life and went to sleep while cursing the ever loving ♥♥♥♥ out of ubisoft. In conclussion Far Cry 3 is a great game but not everyone will be able to play it on PC. ♥♥♥♥ Ubisoft Go pirate their games. They don't deserve anything. The definition of insanity was definitely applied here because I tried fixing it over and over again.
154 found helpful · 5 found funnyPerformanceGames owned: 196 · Reviews written: 14On Steam - ▼ Not recommended2 h at review2 h total17 Sept 2026
The game keeps crashing constantly, and now I’m at the point where it crashes every time I try to proceed with the main story. Completely unplayable at this point. Thank you, Ubisoft.
119 found helpful · 6 found funnyPerformanceStoryReviews written: 24On Steam - ▼ Not recommended0.6 h at review37 h total29 Jul 2026
"Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity? Insanity... is logging into the correct Ubisoft Connect account... entering the correct password... over and over again... expecting Far Cry 3 to actually launch. That... is... crazy." I've owned this game for 2 days and have managed a grand total of 30 minutes of playtime because it crashes constantly. I've watched 9 different YouTube tutorials, verified the game files, restarted everything, and tried just about every fix people recommend. Nothing works. It's genuinely ridiculous that a game this old still has issues like this. I wanted to enjoy one of Ubisoft's best games, but instead I've spent more time troubleshooting Ubisoft Connect than actually playing Far Cry 3.
113 found helpful · 22 found funnyPerformanceReviews written: 10On Steam - ▼ Not recommended7.1 h at review7.1 h total30 Nov 2025
К самому фар краю никаких претензий нет Геймплей имба, графа топ, звук норм, сюжет нравится, и всё вроде хорошо, сейчас проходится классно, несмотря на возраст игры... Так почему же я не советую этот замечательный, чуть ли не святой проект? Первый ответ: Существование Ubisoft launcher Безумие начинается ещё до захода в игру. Каждый раз при заходе она всегда превращается в симулятор введения пароля в лаунчере. Это бесит и очень отталкивает от прохождения вообще любой игры от юбисофт. Лаунчер, созданный для максимального удобства, вызывает только геморрой у пользователя. Второй ответ: Постоянные вылеты из-за Ubisoft launcher Игра всегда вылетает с периодичностью от 1 минуты до 1 часа. И вот это уже не только бесит, это делает игровой процесс ну просто невозможным. Сколько я не пытался эту проблему решить мне не помог ни один гайд в интернете. По итогу, все проблемы от говно лаунчера конторы даунов. Far cry 3 10/10, Ubisoft 0/10 самая худшая компания в мире. А деньги потрачены на ветер...
106 found helpful · 4 found funnyPerformanceGameplayStoryGames owned: 521 · Reviews written: 42On Steam - ▲ Recommended5.1 h at review5.1 h total19 Aug 2026
Everybody already knows that this is the most immersive Far Cry with the best villain ever. But Ubisoft has abandoned it, or has even tried to kill it with a patch that makes the game crash every five minutes. So, instead of giving it a negative review for being unplayable, I’ll just go straight to the 100% working solution: https://github.com/ShonkV/Large-Address-Aware/releases/tag/V1.0 Download this application, open it, and select the Far Cry executable (FarCry.exe first (optional), and then FarCryDx11.exe for DX11), Check the box under LAA flag and Then simply click on save to make the game use more than 2 GB of RAM.
87 found helpful · 2 found funnyPerformanceGames owned: 1,377 · Reviews written: 124On Steam - ▼ Not recommended7.9 h at review7.9 h total1 Jan 2026
Sad broken abandonware Better off buying a console to play it because it is as unstable as Ubisoft's stock price. Will constantly crash on you doing normal things like exploring, shooting, climbing, watching cutscenes. you shouldnt have to spend hours figuring how to make a game on Steam work properly after buying. It is Ubisoft's job to maintain their games not the community.
76 found helpful · 3 found funnyPerformanceValueGames owned: 204 · Reviews written: 18On Steam - ▼ Not recommended24 h at review37 h total1 May 2026
игра мне конечно зашла, но юбисофт контора конченых пидорасав, со своим тупарылым лаунчерам, который мне просто не дает зайти игру, так как после запуска она сразу вылетает, появляется только один вопрос зачем делать такой убогий лаунчер если вы не способны делать нормально, надеюсь юбисофт когда нибудь закроют свой выблядский лаунчер и я смогу зайти в эту игру. пока что только так, юбисофт ДАЛБАЕБЫ
71 found helpful · 4 found funnyPerformanceGames owned: 130 · Reviews written: 4On Steam - ▼ Not recommended5.1 h at review5.1 h total13 Apr 2026
Конченый Ubisoft - хотите поиграть нормально - скачайте пиратку. Почему Steam вообще продаёт этот кусок кала за деньги? Играть невозможно из-за встроенного лаунчера. Он не пустит тебя в игру если ты ошибёшься с паролем или логином, не даст создать новый аккаунт, а при попытке восстановить старый - заставит жать, и ожидание неизвестно сколько, но если раньше времени решил попытаться войти - то счетчик ожидания сбрасывается на 0 и не пускает тебя опять. Сколько ждать неизвестно, но при новой попытке опять ждёшь заново. Steam, пожалуйста, дайте в рот Ubisoft. Спустя пару суток я с лаунчером я-таки разобрался, однако в игре присутствуют вылеты, еще и в таких местах, где задание нужно выполнить за определенное время. Только что был очередной вылет и я закрыл игру. Дополню отзыв позже, если буду играть дальше. (дополняю - снёс, удалил всю серию из желаемого).
59 found helpful · 6 found funnyPerformanceReviews written: 36On Steam - ▲ Recommended54 h at review54 h total16 Jun 2026
Masterpiece ruined by Ubisoft Connect launcher. You have to log in each time you need to play this piece of sh*t. Ubisoft added achievements to Steam, very good, but why did you not make it a standalone Steam version without the Ubisoft trash launcher? **also no online is sad** Also, to optimize the experience with high FPS, you need to do this because FPS is f*cked in this game: -install "Large Address Aware" -then in Task Manager - details, then - set affinity and make the game run on 4 cores only.
57 found helpful · 1 found funnyPerformanceGames owned: 734 · Reviews written: 298On Steam - ▼ Not recommended10 h at review10 h total23 Feb 2026
Какие же конченые ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ на Юбисофт. Онлайн игры засрали все и умудрились лучшую часть фар края тоже. Стабильные вылеты которые "фиксятся" сторонними прогами. Последней каплей стало мёртвое зависание на стадии загрузки этой игры. Да конечно, прекращайте поддержку игр на устройствах. Вам же важнее в конвеерном формате клепать игры, абы продать их и забыть. Долбоёбы ♥♥♥♥♥♥
55 found helpful · 4 found funnyPerformanceGames owned: 231 · Reviews written: 32On Steam - ▼ Not recommended2.2 h at review3.7 h total8 Jun 2026
Всех приветствую на моем обзоре по игре Far cry 3! Сначала я купил эту игру гифтом. Поиграл, начались вылеты. Оформил возврат средств, решил, что ладно - куплю нормально напрямую со своего кошелька Steam, чтобы всё было по-человечески. Я искренне надеялся, что игра со временем обновится и патчи всё пофиксят, но чуда не произошло. Купил во второй раз за свои кровные. И что я получил в итоге? Эта ♥♥♥♥♥♥ просто намертво отказывается работать. По советам из интернета пытаешься снизить графику или переключиться на DirectX 9, чтобы этот кусок кода не жрал ресурсы и (так как игра выделяет себе только 2гб озу) не вылетал - в ответ игра полностью на ♥♥♥ ломается и начинает сыпать системными ошибками 0xc000007b. Это просто кал ♥♥♥♥♥♥, а не оптимизация. Вместо того чтобы играть в шедевр своего времени, я: Сижу как еблэн и переустанавливаю кучу системных библиотек C++ Пытаюсь реанимировать ♥♥♥♥♥♥ DirectX Ковыряюсь в файлах конфигурации "GamerProfile.xml" Запускаю скрипты через командную строку от админа Игра ♥♥♥♥♥ в плане технического состояния из-за этой вечной ошибки. Ubisoft, вы серьезно продаете этот нерабочий кал в Steam? Почему для обычного запуска я должен получать высшее техническое образование, чтобы ПРОСТО насладиться самой игрой? За что, в принципе, я вообще плачу? За самомазохизм? - ну спасибо блят! Худший экспириенс перепокупки игры в моей жизни. Сама игра - легенда, но её нынешнее техническое состояние в Steam и отношение разработчиков к оптимизации под современные ПК - это просто абсолютный позор. Ждал патчей -> Не рекомендую покупать эту недоделанную парашу, пока они полностью не починят лаунчер и библиотеки.
54 found helpful · 5 found funnyPerformanceGraphicsValueGames owned: 359 · Reviews written: 25On Steam - ▼ Not recommended29 h at review31 h total3 Jul 2026
Безумие - это точный ввод одного и того же пароля раз за разом в надежде... зайти в игру. Это... есть... безумие. Такими словами можно начать данный отзыв. Кроме постоянного ввода пароля есть и другие проблемы, например, очень частые вылеты, которые приходится самому каким-то образом исправлять (хотя это должны исправлять разработчики). Ну, а так, в целом, игра интересная, с необычным сюжетом. Но всю картину портят уже упомянутые Ubisoft Connect и постоянные вылеты
48 found helpful · 1 found funnyPerformanceStoryReviews written: 12On Steam - ▼ Not recommended32 h at review32 h total10 Jan 2026
The game itself is awesome it has an awesome story, setting and gameplay loop, nothing to complain about that, but I can't recommend this game when it crashes every single time it has to load something. You die? it crashes, want to fast travel? it crashes, is there a loading screen inside a mission? it crashes, you look at the game wrong? it crashes, you breathe? It crashes. I was able to get the game to a somewhat stable state by - Turning off every overlay (Steam, Ubisoft Connect, Nvidia) - Turning off Steams Video Recorder - Running the game in Windows 8 compatibility mode - Running the game as administrator - Reinstalling latest drivers Sometimes a pop up would come up on the screen saying that their servers were not able to authenticate the legitimacy of my game and it would force close the game, are you kidding me? To fix that I had to close Ubisoft Connect from the Task Manager, open it again and launch the game from the play button on Ubisoft Connect. But sometimes I would have to restart the whole PC to get it to work again If you are interested in playing this game just pirate the damn thing, play it on a different platform, or emulate it. Anything but this.
47 found helpful · 3 found funnyPerformanceGameplayStoryGames owned: 325 · Reviews written: 40On Steam - ▲ Recommended34 h at review34 h total2 Jan 2026
peak game fixed the crashes myself and enjoyed it ubisoft is trash
45 found helpful · 8 found funnyPerformanceReviews written: 6On Steam - ▼ Not recommended19 h at review26 h total2 Mar 2026
I'd love to recommend FC3 to people. The game itself is fun. What isn't fun in the fact you are forced to run Ubisoft's launcher to access the game. A launcher that is full of bugs, requires you to log into their servers, and when their "service" is down you cannot play the game. 7/10 game 0/10 launcher
43 found helpful · 1 found funnyPerformanceReviews written: 4On Steam - ▼ Not recommended8.7 h at review19 h total11 Aug 2026
Лаунчер свой сожгите в каловых массах. Почему, даже привязав свои учётки друг к другу, я буквально каждый раз должен вводить пароль при входе в игру? Почему в самом юбисофт-коннекте я авторизирован, но при входе в игру я всё ещё должен вводить пароль? Почему, нажимая «Играть оффлайн», когда он не может связаться с серверами, он не пускает в игру и продолжает биться лбом об стенку? Я уже молчу что игру надо вручную патчить на современных системах в противном случае она рандомно вылетает.
42 found helpful · 1 found funnyPerformanceGames owned: 210 · Reviews written: 11On Steam - ▼ Not recommended5 h at review5.8 h total11 May 2026
game crashes every 15 to 20 minutes and it always crashes when you get to s certain mission and many people are reporting the same thing
41 found helpful · 1 found funnyPerformanceReviews written: 2On Steam - ▼ Not recommended32 h at review39 h total3 Dec 2025
Do not buy. Unplayable garbage. It crashes every other checkpoint
39 found helpful · 1 found funnyPerformanceGames owned: 710 · Reviews written: 24On Steam - ▲ Recommended45 h at review45 h total7 Sept 2026
11/10~Masterpiece. *Warning - This game crashes and you'll need to fix it. What helped me - https://youtu.be/LXYusSjNl74?si=lNRlgLy3ntwv-muV https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3151589566 *A Bigger Warning - This game ofc requires UBISLOP LAUNCHER and its gonna ruin your experience of playing this great game. Just play this game from "somewhere else".
38 found helpful · 1 found funnyPerformanceReviews written: 4On Steam