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Far Cry 4
In Far Cry 4, players find themselves in Kyrat, a wild region of the Himalayas struggling under the regime of a despotic self-appointed king. Using a vast array of weapons, vehicles and animals, players will write their own story across an exotic open-world landscape.
Details
- Released
- November 18, 2014
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
How it plays
Time to beat · 8 player times (IGDB)
Up to 2 players
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Far Cry 4 Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
A mother’s dying wish ends up with you helping a rebellion to overthrow an evil tyrant. Typical.
Far Cry 4 doesn't differ from Far Cry 3 greatly aside from it's obviously brand new story and setting and that's just fine for me. The series has become the first-person shooter for a fan of singleplayer-geared first-person shooters like me. Simply setting off into the bush on foot is as thrilling and fraught with potential as any game I've ever played. Every second really is a story, as per the game's marketing tagline. For once, the suits got it right.
Badgers and tigers and bears, oh my! Far Cry is back and deadlier than ever on the latest generation of consoles. What this iteration may lack in new features, it absolutely makes up for with improved content and a beautiful world. Players are once again dropped into a hostile wilderness home to a war-torn mountain region, Kyrat. The antagonist, Pagan Min, leads the Royal Army while the player, Ajay Ghale, takes up arms with the Golden Path, freedom fighters trying to reclaim their homeland. In classic Far Cry style, players get the option to choose between two sides within the Golden Path to ...
Far Cry 4 is a terrific game, with a massive amount of fun content, satisfying gameplay, and unlike a certain other Ubisoft title out this month pretty damn polished. If you’re an FPS fan you won’t be disappointed and even if it’s your only game it’ll keep you occupied well past Christmas. On the flipside the multiplayer’s fun but forgettable, the graphics are good but not stunning, there are a couple of annoying missions, friendly AI is rubbish, and the forced hunting will put some...
“Far Cry 4 is at its best when you ignore the story and focus on the open world's beautiful, living take on unhinged chaos.”
Evolution rather than revolution, and better for it, Far Cry 4 is the best the series has to offer.
Far Cry 3 Classic Edition does a good job reminding me both why Far Cry 3 was so loved, and how some things needed to be changed for the better. Still, it's a great game even today.
Could that song be classic punk rock? No, it's 'The Elephant Song'. It reminds of elephants. It also reminds me of entertaining, mayhem-filled romps through the jungles of Kyrat.
Far Cry 4 is more of the same, but when the same was great to begin with, it's hard to argue that this outing isn't worth your time.I doubt I was the only person somewhat surprised and disappointed to find that Far Cry 4 would [...]
The game could have used a better and more nuanced exporation of the psychology and morality of rebellion, and it would have been stronger for it. Still, the beautifully crafted world teaming with life and and almost never-ending sequence of quests is an alluring hook to keep players coming back, in the same way that it doesn’t seem to matter how empty a Hollywood blockbuster is, so long as the explosions get bigger and better every time, the audiences will keep flocking back to them.
Perks have been streamlined as well into two paths of 16 skills each and most are just taken from 3. Some are locked behind sidequests and unlockables (smart) but a lot are locked behind story missions (not smart). There’s nothing spectacular about them, except it’s a shame they’ve streamlined them so much.