{"id":48164,"date":"2012-12-10T10:41:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T08:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=48164"},"modified":"2012-12-10T10:43:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T08:43:05","slug":"5-best-video-game-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/48164-5-best-video-game-islands","title":{"rendered":"5 best video game islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

While some games take us to brown and grey corridors of factories, warehouses and run-down buildings, others take us to tropical paradises, lush jungles and sparkling beaches; so we\u2019ve decided to salute the best games set on beautiful islands:<\/p>\n

Far Cry 3<\/h3>\n

Far Cry 3 is an obvious mention \u2013 it\u2019s the newest and most gorgeous island around in today\u2019s gaming world.<\/p>\n

Running on the Dunia 2 engine, Far Cry 3\u2019s sun-kissed setting has everything you\u2019d expect from a gorgeous island holiday, plus blood-thirsty pirates and life-threatening wildlife.<\/p>\n

The Rook islands look like a place we\u2019d definitely spend some time on.<\/p>\n

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Far Cry 3<\/p><\/div>\n

Just Cause 2<\/h3>\n

The original Just Cause had a gorgeous setting, but Just Cause 2 took it to a new level with the island of Panau.<\/p>\n

Besides being ruled by an evil dictator, the island is a beautiful sight to behold. Amazing beaches, thick jungles, busy cities, and snow-capped mountains make up the scenery of Panau, which makes exploding cars and mass murdering that much prettier.<\/p>\n

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Just Cause 2<\/p><\/div>\n

Dead Island<\/h3>\n

Dead Island looked like a dream holiday destination before, you know, being overrun by the undead.<\/p>\n

The island of Banoi has the 5-star hotels, sprawling pools, pristine beaches and everything else we\u2019d want to get our minds off the brains splattered on our floral shirts.<\/p>\n

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Dead Island<\/p><\/div>\n

LOST: Via Domus<\/h3>\n

The TV-show to game-adaptation LOST: Via Domus features a stunning island, even with exploding plane parts and spooky smoke monsters ruining the fun.<\/p>\n

While the game itself wasn\u2019t that much fun, the island was interesting to explore, and with the strange pirate ships and underground facilities, it offers an air of mystery that other locations don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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LOST: Via Domus<\/p><\/div>\n

Donkey Kong Country Returns<\/h3>\n

When Donkey Kong\u2019s bananas are stolen, he has to endure the hardship of trying to get them back – but at least he\u2019s got some sunny settings to visit.<\/p>\n

The island is stellar to look at, and whether you jump from the thick trees to the underground caverns, you can\u2019t help but to keep your eyes on the background, instead of Donkey and Diddy Kong themselves.<\/p>\n

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Donkey Kong Country Returns<\/p><\/div>\n

Notable mentions:<\/strong> The Secret of Monkey Island, Crysis, Mercenaries 2, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Holidays are just around the corner; which paradise will you visit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":48170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[5714,2365,8023,21,8022,8020,3269,8024,8021],"class_list":["post-48164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-donkey-kong-country-returns","tag-far-cry-3","tag-gaming-islands","tag-headline","tag-holiday","tag-islands","tag-just-cause-2","tag-lost-via-domus","tag-topical-islands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48303,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48164\/revisions\/48303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}