Rex is deployed to an unnamed tropical island to stop his rogue former commander, Colonel Ike Sloan , who plans to use the blood of "Blood Dragons" to revert the world to a prehistoric state using biochemical rockets.

While it uses the same engine as Far Cry 3 , Blood Dragon simplifies and stylizes the core loop:

There are 13 hostile garrisons to liberate. Disabling their neon "Mega Shields" allows Blood Dragons to enter and wreak havoc on the Omega Force defenders.