Personal Struggles and Tactics in Far Cry 3

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During the 17 years of my life, I really get pissed off when I lose at Far Cry 3. It’s a game where a family and friends are taking a trip celebrating the main character, Jason Brody younger brother, Riley getting his pilot's licence. I know it’s just a game and not real life, but I get so intense in the video game it makes me angry. The game starts with Jason his older brother, Grant and brother Riley are skydiving with friends over the Pacific Islands. They reached Rook Island and were taken captive by pirates. Jason and his older brother attempt to escape and Grant is shot and killed. Jason was only able to escape by jumping off a high cliff landing in a river. He is rescued by a man named Dennis and applies tatau on his arm. A tatau is tattoo symbolized the mark of a warrior. As a player you are the character Jason, your goal is to rescue Riley and the rest of the group from the pirates and kill the Pirate Leader Vaas, his boss Hoyt, and as many pirates as you can.
When you play this game you feel like it is really happening. In the Outpost encampment there are a set number of enemies that you have to eliminate to acquire the Outpost. There are many ways to try to eliminate the pirates. You can shoot them, stab them, blow them up, sick wild animals on them, and use a flamethrower to barbecue them. The mistakes I made while playing Far Cry 3 was attacking outposts head on with a assault rifle. I would always be overwhelmed and killed. This was happening over and over of being killed. Each time I died, I was angry, frustrated and going insane. It made me feel like going through the 5 stages of grief. Everytime I play the game the denial starts. Thinking I’m able to go beyond getting killed. Then again I am right back to where I started getting killed and the anger takes over. So again, I keep trying to complete each level of the game. I bargain with

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