Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a mountainous paradise steeped in tradition and violence... You are Ajay Ghale, a young man returning to the country of your birth in the Himalayas to fulfill your mother’s final wish. She had fled from civil war in Kyrat 25 years ago and has asked you to return to scatter her ashes. What she hasn’t told you is that your family, the Ghales, founded a rebellion that is struggling, fighting a war against a despotic, self-appointed King, Pagan Min As you explore and discover more about Kyrat, you will become involved in the Rebellion and The Golden Path, following your parents’ footsteps. The rebels are willing and able but their leadership is divided and, through your actions, you will begin to make choices which will steer the Golden Path towards the liberation of Kyrat, one way or another...
Quite possibly the overall best game in the series and my personal favourite. Far Cry 4 was not the big step forward that Far Cry 3 was it did not change much, but it does polish everything up from 3 and adds tons more, making it a worthy sequel.
The game made many small changes that add a lot to the experience. Autodrive, shooting when driving in cars, grapple hook so you can climb, more intuitive map that looks great, tweaked gunplay with polished up animations, crafting and hunting felt like less of a chore, and earning money also felt like less of a chore thanks to a higher base wallet size. You can now use bait to lure in the many dangerous animals and use them to cause chaos, and that is a huge improvement. Far Cry 4 is just a bigger, more pretty version of 3 and that is not a bad thing.
The world is larger and even more interesting than the map in 3. 4s world is stunning and a real show-piece on PC. With everything maxed out, it can still bring modern pcs to its knees at times. 3 was gorgeous and 4 is even more pretty. I use some reshade to bring out the colours and textures, and the game just looks photorealistic at times. The areas that have snow are also just beautiful and look so real.
The world is more interactive, trees sway in the wind and there is moving fog and moving foliage when the player moves through it. 3 had very little of this. Areas that have water look gorgeous, I could go on and on, it's really a stunning game.
AI is improved over 3. It was way too easy at times in 3 to just use stealth the enemies barely noticed you if you maintained a distance and used the bushes for cover which was fun but got old pretty fast. In 4 you can be spotted much faster, and you can not get away with as much, making more challenging gameplay.
There are tons of animals in 4s world they all look amazing and have better animations than anything in 3 it really helps with immersion. There are Elephants and Rhinos now, and you can even ride the Elephants once you unlock the skill, and yes it's insane.
The story is not quite as good as the one in 3 but lets the player make really important choices that can affect the story. It's a personal story, and it's still one of the better ones in the franchise. Pagin min is one of the best characters in the entire series also. He easily rivals Vass and just steals the scene every time he appears.
The audio design is honestly breathtaking, at times there is some amazing music in this game. Some of it beautiful and some of it haunting, Sadly a lot of it is gone because of a bug that the devs never sorted out, so I highly recommend getting that fixed by using the Golden Path mod. It fixes tons of issues and brings back the gorgeous music that plays in game.
4 was not a huge leap forward when compared to 3, but it is still a very good game. Far Cry 3 was a revolution, while 4 is more of an evolution and polishing of what 3 was.
I highly recommend Far Cry 4 it's a beautiful and really fun game. Its only crime was it came out after 3 a game it can never really outshine despite being better in many ways.
More wider Far Cry 3 in terms of almost everything.
Far Cry 4 may not be adding that much new stuff compared to Far Cry 3, but it definitely improves gameplay and pushes the gamer forward to complete it all almost in one breath. Hunting elements definitely got better as they really affect the gameplay and there's the superb elephant havoc of course and fine acting and refreshing Shangri-La plot. Overall it became even more like GTA compared to part 3 having more freedom and options. I couldn't help but enjoy it.
Some main characters are interesting.
Some are annoying. Which is a problem since you cant skip cutscenes.
The character Badrah is under used.
Gameplay is good. Performance is bad.
Variety in the endings (definitely better than FarCry3's ending)
Alot of side activities (although they do repeat)
There isnt much of a soundtrack. No real good music playing on the radio while driving. However certain missions have some kick-*** soundtrack that really gets you excited.
Cool features like being able to auto-drive.
The wing-suit. Parachute.
The Buzzer (Mini Chopper)
Riding elephants.
Rope climbing.
And other standard vehicles.
Alot of weapons.
Overall a satisfying game.
The last really good far cry game. Its like 3 but better.
Just like Far Cry 3 (thus the relatively high rating) with tons of annoying things that seem to have been put there on purpose:
- You keep getting attacked by random enemies (eagles, in particular) while wanting to do something else.
- The story is absolute meh and the endings make you feel like there was 0 ambition in making the story any good. The NPCs are not interesting.
- The missions are not badly designed in general but are repetitive and not creative at all. The races are scripted to be annoying.
- I got tons of crashes to desktop.
There were a few nice missions still, the first Shangri La missions, the Yogi and Reggie ones, but that's it. That game was just done to make more money over the success of Far Cry 3 I guess. Totally skippable.
good. but not special like primal.
advanced far cry 3!
It corrects just about everything wrong with Far Cry 3.
A story that isn't so darn serious, great gunplay, rewarding exploration, getting around the world is smoother, and fighting animals isn't such a chore.
What I like is the fact the badguy isn't actually a straight up villain. He had a child with a woman who he loved to a very great extent and then that child (your characters sister) was killed.. also his wife left him for USA because of the golden path! I bet the golden path were the ones who first drew blood (not Pagan) way before the death of Ajahs father and are actually TERRORISTS! Pagan decided that if they were gonna fight like murderers so would he. He had enough from the terrorists and finally snapped.. he then wanted to kill every last one. And when he killed the "stop the bus" guy it was because they shot a bus with his son on it! His last family was almost killed by a guy who failed to follow orders! I bet every last one of the people saying "Pagan Min is a insane serial killer" speakers would have done the same thing! He only became the so called "evil villain" after you became the same man your father was. The 15 minute secret ending is the best ending of all the far cry 4 endings, its one of the few games where I think they should have allowed us to play as the bad guy, enacting genocide on the Golden Path (who aren't noble at all anyway).
I'm just glad you have a choice to spare Pagan Min at the end. Its funny how you the character can create a villain by acting as the hero. Everyone says for you to be like your father, you end up repeating history and make the same mistakes! Resorting to violence first against your step dad before he shows any antagonism to you, just like how the Golden Path resorted to violence before Pagan Min. The guys you fight for probably are terrorists, they are so quick to say "who started it" that it seems like they are trying to hide something. Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.