I just purchased Far Cry 3 and want to load it up, but I generally prefer to use community mods to ramp up difficulty and otherwise improve on vanilla versions of games. I don't think I've ever put more than a few hours into vanilla Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Stalker SoC (used AMK mod with that back in the day), and other titles.
I like my games difficult and challenging, and when searching for top mods for Far Cry 3 Ziggy's stood out on top. Even having not played Vanilla FC3 I've read the reviews and things that people complain about, and the changes he makes comparing to reviews and my usual playstyle seem to be right up my alley. I am thinking of starting up with the "normal" version of the mod (not hardcore mode as that may be a bit much for a first time), and was looking for advice. Are there certain things that I am expected to know since the assumption with these kinds of mods are that you played vanilla and now want a real challenge? An example, I notice. that the intro sequence is disabled so I'll miss the first tutorial. Is there a way to enable the tutorial?
Also, are there any other must-have mods that play nice with Ziggy's?
Looking forward to hearing feedback - FC3 looks like a great game and excited to play!
I like Ziggys mod alot but, I think it is well worth playing the game without it. I guess if you want to only play thru once then the surprise and difficulty being greater is important. But I have played this so many times i've lost count and the fun is that each time you take the forts it can come out different and you can choose to do them silently or guns blazing or taking on all comers when the reinforcements are called. While there will be sections that become less interesting because they rely on the new factor, kind of like playing tomb raider- once you've figured out the puzzle it can never be the same again. If you don't want to do any exploring, or go on walkabout then I guess you can complete the game to the ending in about 25 hours, but first time out and doing some exploring it probably is more like 35 or 40. Relax and enjoy the ride. If you find it too easy on master level then ziggys wont add that much to it, in my humble opinion. I have no trouble doing well with ziggys mod on.