Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity? It's basically creating a framework for an excellent game and then nearly ruin everything by insisting on Ubisoft's policy of shoving as much content as possible in a game that serves no purpose other than hopefuly preventing players from selling the game off too fast. And then doing the same thing over and over again with each new game. However, with Far Cry 3 there's always that glimmer of brilliance in its lunatic eyes that makes you stick around.
Pros: Amazing opening, Vaas basically steals the whole show, has plenty of surprises in both the story and gameplay department, impressive visuals, solid shooting, stealth and driving, good level design, plenty of side activities (if that's your thing), strong last quarter of the game
Cons: Shining example of Ubisoft's modern game design - bloated with so much content that had to be justified somehow, so it was, but ended up hurting the overall game design, piss poor framerate on consoles, the story and script nosedive several times throughout the game's length, plenty of padding, Jason Brody is obnoxious and Vaas has too little screen time