Summary
After the successful and popular third numbered entry in the franchise, Ubisoft shortly followed it up in 2013 withFar Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The DLC may have seemed outside left field at first, butFar Cry 3: Blood Dragonhas since garnered a reputation as one of the best and most enjoyable pieces of content in the series. Its neon-soaked satire of an 80s/90s action movie and cartoon mash-up married toFar Cry 3mechanics was widely liked, and since its release many fans have been wanting more of whatBlood Dragonoffered.
Over ten years have passed sinceBlood Dragon, along with littlenews aboutFar Cry 7, the presumed next entry, coming from the developer since 2021’sFC6. Still,Blood Dragon’s appeal endures and though there hasn’t been any word on one, there are some interesting ways to imagine how a sequel or another title set broadly within the world could best deliver on its potential.
A 2014 post by creative director, Dean Evans, seemed to show a wallpaper with the titleBlood Dragon 3: Vietnam War 2, though nothing regarding it was officially acknowledged, and the tweet was to promote the vinyl release ofBlood Dragon’s soundtrack.
What a Potential Far Cry: Blood Dragon 2 Should Be Like
Far Cry: Blood Dragon Has Much More Material to Mine
As a send up of classic action works,Far Cry: Blood Dragonwas incredibly self-aware and not afraid to lean hard into this. Sergeant Rex Power Colt is tasked with tracking down his former commanding officer gone rogue, Colonel Sloan, in a post-apocalyptic USA. Rex was voiced by Michael Biehn, well-known for his roles as Corporal Dwayne Hicks and Kyle Reese inAliensandTerminator. It was an excellent choice, and Biehn brought his best, with Rex often breaking the fourth wall to lampoon genre tropes as well asUbisoft’s open-world design, which even in 2013 had become something of a sticking point.
ButBlood Dragonalso had some solidworld building, and the story ended on a cliffhanger. Rex defeats Sloan along with his army of cyborgs and titular dragons, becoming attached to Sloan’s former assistant, Dr. Elizabeth Darling. All seems well until the final moment as Darling turns towards the camera with sinister glowing eyes before the screen fades to black and the credits roll. There is thus a lot more that could be done withBlood Dragon’s elements.
How a Far Cry: Blood Dragon 2 Could Take the Ball and Run With it
There are two more obvious narrative angles a possibleFar Cry: Blood Dragonsequel could take. One would be to pick up immediately after the above, and show fans what became of Dr. Darling and Colt. It could also go the other way and follow Rex’s time prior to those events when he and Sloan were still on good terms and fighting together in the war that devastated Earth. A different option would be to play off the animatedNetflix series,Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, telling another new tale using the same characters and setup. It might even take cues fromFar Cry 5’s Lost on Mars DLC, sending fans to the planet to perhaps fight Omega Force again, or some new alien threat.
For how it can expand on previous mechanics, Ubisoft need look no further than another experimental entry in the series,Far Cry Primal,and its use of animals. Players got a taste of riding one of the dragons into battle duringBlood Dragon’s conclusion, and a sequel could repurposePrimal’s design to let fans tame a bunch more cybernetically altered beats throughout the whole experience. These are just a few of perhaps the most promising paths and natural jumping-off points to build upon the over-the-top 80s action absurdity if the studio ever considers aFar Cry:Blood Dragon 2.
