Far Cry 3 is backwards in Australia or the UK

by Ben Salter Featured 17 Comments 30 Votes 1462 Views 07/05/2012 Back to News

We share a lot of things in common with our UK-based friends. A language. A queen. Convicts. Pal video games. But one of us has it backwards when it comes to Far Cry 3.

The Australian and European box arts have been released by Ubisoft and, to the surprise of the internet, it's exactly the same, only mirrored.

Why would they bother doing this? Because we have the technology, probably. We also have a massive, colourful, classification logo which would have obstructed that poor chap's head.

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Far Cry 3 is backwards in Australia or the UK Comments

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Silence

Ours looks better anyway. I always draw (thing that vaguely resemble) people from that perspective. The other way looks weird.

07/05/2012

I'm from the Internet. Nothing I say is original.

Kudos: 10,518

LMA0

I bet some idiot in AUS will buy the UK version because of the cover. [Shifty]

07/05/2012

Outer West Sydney aka The Ghetto

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Gaminggirl

The one on the left looks out of place.

07/05/2012

Adelaide Crows

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OllyEbbz

The one on the right is best, probably the original art why the art got reversed on the left is beyond me

07/05/2012

Lives in the United Kingdom.

Kudos: 2,827

Rhodsta

haha guy in the sand looks like Bear Grylls

07/05/2012

Adelaide

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CheeryDog

Is the whole game mirrored as well then, otherwise the guy on the cover is going to have all his stuff on the wrong arms.

07/05/2012

South Australia

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Mik3y

CheeryDog said: Is the whole game mirrored as well then, otherwise the guy on the cover is going to have all his stuff on the wrong arms.

[MOG]

07/05/2012

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Kudos: 298,535

Tano

Australian's typically look right, Europeans, left.

See new French president.

LOL I don't know what I'm talking about.

07/05/2012

"Niko! Cousin!"

Kudos: 339,956

Kenni

That look of the rating is god awful. They can angle the cover as many times as they want, that rating ruins the art.

07/05/2012

ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ - The golden tsundere ratio is 8:2

Kudos: 6,183

GangStarr

The left one doesn't look right [MOG]

07/05/2012

Shaolin Land

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Gaminggirl

Rhodsta said: haha guy in the sand looks like Bear Grylls

Thats a good spot. :D

07/05/2012

Adelaide Crows

Kudos: 10,518

LMA0

The question is why Ubisoft did this in the first place? :O

07/05/2012

Outer West Sydney aka The Ghetto

Kudos: 2,853

yuh25

Rhodsta said: haha guy in the sand looks like Bear Grylls

I didn't even notice that

I personally like the one on the left :)

07/05/2012

Wagga Wagga

Kudos: 21,079

gargoyles

Our way is flipped. checked out the NTSC cover and it's the same as the UK. i agree that ours looks much better though

07/05/2012

It's none of your business: ლ(╹◡╹ლ)

Kudos: 359

jordo3794

The UK version looks a lot better, just because they don't have an ugly yellow rectangle that seems like it's getting shoved into your face.

07/05/2012

Brisbane, Queensland

Kudos: 25,496

maxiboy

Ours is flipped because if it wasn't the guy's head would be covered by the OFLC rating.

Beta said: Australian's typically look right, Europeans, left.
See new French president.
LOL I don't know what I'm talking about.

We're not that right, we just elected two consecutive Labor governments. Actually we're very centrist compared to the rest of the world, both major parties.

08/05/2012

Sydney, NSW

Kudos: 6,584

Alpharoth

Wow, they're taking the "Everything is upside down/opposite in Australia" joke to a whole new level.

08/05/2012

Melbourne

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