If you checked out Game Rant’s preview of Far Cry 3 last week, then you read about the drug-dabbling Dr. Earnhardt, with whom our protagonist Jason Brody has a run-in on his quest to escape the island and the ferally insane Vaas.
Taking advantage of his mysterious-island solitude, the good doctor seems to have a fancy for growing hallucinogenic mushrooms in a shed just outside his house - a house he paints every day. While perhaps not the steadiest hand for a surgical procedure, Brody is hurt, and Earnhardt claims to have knowledge of a “VIP treatment” he can employ in exchange for the retrieval of certain “ingredients.”
After getting a brief dose of Earnhardt’s medicine, Brody sets off to retrieve a set of cave mushrooms for him. What ensues is a scene that, to borrow from our very own Rob Keyes, seems very Tim Burton-esque. It’s as if the Alice and Wonderland director had suddenly decided to consort with Michael Bay, and the end result was a mission that was equal parts glowing hands and exploding cargo ships.
The gameplay demo that Ubisoft showed us - which also begins with Brody laying siege to an enemy infested ship - has now made its way onto YouTube and can be seen right here:
