Far Cry 4:

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Ladies and gentleman, Ubishit has done it again. They have created a beautiful and large open world, filled with repetitive collectible items, uninteresting landmarks and more lacklustre content. Go figure!


Positives:

+ Graphics for the most part are good, however some weird textures are present even on ultra settings.
+ As with all Far Cry games, their strength comes from fantastic gunplay, explosions and customisable weapons, which don't fail to disappoint in Far Cry 4. Combat is really engaging and enjoyable.
+ Some characters have more vibrant personalities in comparison to previous titles, but they are still not very well fleshed out.
+ I like the addition of rock climbing which adds a new layer to exploration, especially since Kyrat has very mountainous terrain.
+ Some of the story missions are pretty cool and original. You'll travel to the Himalayas in the snow, take out artillery with c4, capture Opium farms or destroy them (depending on what you choose) + more.


Mixed:

~ The game can be semi-difficult on the hard setting (which is good). You'll die sometimes if you don't approach situations properly, however most of the time it's a breeze.
~ About 60 hours of gameplay for completionists, a lot less for the main campaign. So it depends on the type of player you are as to how many hours you'll get.

Negatives:

- Little character development, not much is known about the main character Ajay Ghale, or for that matter Amita and Sabal, who are supposed to be leaders of the Golden Path resistance. Not much backstory tieing together how and why Ajay has decided to help the rebels against Pagan Min's army. Story seems weak. Cutscenes are very short, no options to talk, Ajay is rather reserved and just agrees to anything and everything lol. Sometimes a crucial mission decision will be given to the player, but it's far too irregular.

- Hundreds of boring collectibles and around 50 outposts and watch towers combined, which are scattered across the map. These are required to unlock unique rewards and I can see many people tiring over this. As a completionist player I can say this started to get old by the 70% mark, it's definitely not good game design. It really started to wear on me and I just wanted to finish. This is what we've come to expect from Ubishit. A big open world game with potential, then littered with collectible crap everywhere, resulting in no player engagement or story.

- The amount of loot and rewards in this game is insane. You'll never run out of rupees, even if you buy every weapon, all the loot maps, religiously purchase body armour and medkits and restock ammo. It means there's little challenge - resources are all over the place. I've crafted a wallet capable of holding 2million rupees and it is constantly over the 1.4 million mark, despite the fact I've bought every item possible. To be fair I've done a lot of exploring, but it's still unbalanced.

- You'll find a lot of the time you fail stealth missions for absurd reasons or the mission objectives make no sense. "Kill 3 enemy commanders with an assault rifle". Why an assault rifle? No one knows..Didn't kill them with an assault rifle? You fail! Try again! On occasion silenced weapons like the .50 cal sniper can be heard by enemies or draw their attention, even with a clean headshot. Kinda useless. Other side quests will ask "kill the enemy commander silently, then loot his body without being detected". Again, no explanation as to why this needs to happen, and if you kill all the enemy soldiers silently, leaving the commander for last, all is well. But if you decide to pop them with a machinegun - you fail, commander alerted! Even though he has nowhere to run anyway, lol.

- There's some unrealism present which irked me. Sure it's a video game, but I don't expect a rhino to take 90 bullets from an assault rifle to kill (even on hard lmao) It's simply preposterous. It doesn't make the game feel difficult when you make that design choice, it just makes it ludicrous and laughable as well. I also don't expect an eagle swooping me to drop the health bar by 50-75%. Then there's repairing vehicles, which can be done simply by using a blow torch lol. Heavily armoured enemies can take over 100 bullets to the chest...

- There are a few variations of side quests - bomb defusing, armed escorts, retrieving Golden Path supply drops, destroying Pagan Min's propaganda centres, hunting and assassination tasks, plus a couple of others. Sadly that's all you'll get for the entirety of the game. Again, repetitious content with no meaningful plot behind it. Pointless grinding of the arena for 2 hours, just to get a rare weapon. Lame as ♥♥♥♥.


In summary, Far Cry 4 is more of the same. Nothing new, innovative or exciting (bar a few exceptions). But more of the same works when you've got a formula that has seen past success.

The game is not bad, it is definitely fun, but it does not improve on any of the problems Far Cry 3 had. While Far Cry 3 and 4 have a lot of similiaties, the difference is that Far Cry 3 fixed a lot of problems inherent in Far Cry 2 and hence I scored it higher than Far Cry 4, which fell flat in this regard.

Ubishit sticks to the recipe of collectible garbage, dull, filler side quests, great graphics and amazing shooting.

Put it in the oven and you get..."Meh, getting a bit old, could've been a lot better but it's still cool"

Overall score: 7/10

This game is a lot of fun and a big improvement from far cry 3 mostly because of the missions being a lot more interesting and there being a outpost rest button which make the game so much more fun.
Positives:

+ Graphics for the most part are good, however some weird textures are present even on ultra settings.
+ As with all Far Cry games, their strength comes from fantastic gunplay, explosions and customisable weapons, which don't fail to disappoint in Far Cry 4. Combat is really engaging and enjoyable.
+ Some characters have more vibrant personalities in comparison to previous titles, but they are still not very well fleshed out.
+ I like the addition of rock climbing which adds a new layer to exploration, especially since Kyrat has very mountainous terrain.
+ Some of the story missions are pretty cool and original. You'll travel to the Himalayas in the snow, take out artillery with c4, capture Opium farms or destroy them (depending on what you choose) + more.

Overall score: 9/10

I absolutley love this game. That's all I can say.

This game is a lot of fun and a big improvement from far cry 3 mostly because of the missions being a lot more interesting and there being a outpost rest button which make the game so much more fun. But one problem is that the fps changes a bit depending on where I am in the map.

long gameplay way better than Far Cry3

An Amazing game with a really vibrant feel. The collection of the culture and society from this fantasy world really feels real. I highly recommend this game to anyone who likes roaming around in a world creating, destroying and analyzing the environment around them.

After completing the campaign, I had 25.64% completion. This is one of those games where the main story is such a tiny part of the overall game, it really is amazing how much effort went into different parts of the map, side missions, quests, other little mechanics like karma levels and weapon modifications.

Great game, I can't fault it.

Prime example of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

FC4 keeps the core gameplay of Far Cry 3, adds some refinements, and changes the setting (Himalayans).

Ubisoft has struck gold with this open-world FPS formula and I hope they continue it in future sequels (just keep changing the locales).


My wish: Far Cry 5 -> Amazon

It's a good game, but if you have played Far Cry 3, then you're not missing out on much. The game does well by adding a few new mechanics to this new installment and by improving the mechanics that needed some work in the last game, but it falls short in various aspects as well. Remember how you couldn't move dead bodies in Far Cry 3? Well now you can. Remember how you couldn't do a Chain Takedown to and from a Heavy Enemy Unit? Well now you can. Remember how the in-game currency was useless in Far Cry 3? Well now it isn't. Remember how you would have to actually wait until nighttime to approach a mission stealthily with little risk? Well, now you can fast forward through time using a bed. The game does a good job at improving from the mistakes of its predecessor, however, it still does have a few issues.

Seeing as how this game is a sequel, I didn't expect anything extremely new to be added into the game, but after my experiences with Far Cry 3, I was sorely disappointed in how identical this game was with it. Like another reviewer has said, this game was merely an enhanced version of Far Cry 3, but that's just it. It doesn't offer anything new to the series, save for a few new redundant side quests and collectibles, but honestly, the most interesting this about this game was the Shangri-La quest line. Other than that, the game felt more or less the same as its predecessor. In fact, it felt more like an expansion pack more than anything. Finally, there was a surplus of Yen to go around, so you would have an extremely hard time running out of money, thus, you will have a hard time running out if medkits, ammo, and body armor. The only time you will probably have a shortage of money is if you aim to buy every weapon in the game, but even then, you'll only earn it all back after two or three hours. The game didn't feel challenging enough, seeing as how resources, primarily money, was way to easy to come by.

With that said, I still recommend this game, but I would wait for the price to drop a bit before investing in it. I got this game for $20, and I would recommend that you all do the same. Have fun.

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