FarCry 4 {Best Review}

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Name:Far Cry 4
Genre:Shooter,Action.
Theme:War.
Platforms:PC,XBOX,PS3,PS4.
Relase Data:Nov-18-2014.
Publisher:Ubisoft.

DESCRIPTION

Taking a sharp turn away from the lush island jungles of the top-rated Far Cry 3, Far Cry 4 is set in Kyrat, an untamed region currently ruled by a despotic self-appointed king. But don't be lulled into a false sense of security by the achingly beautiful views, Kyrat is a wild land full of perils. Once again, players will be able to craft their own stories as they travel through this exotic open world teeming with wildlife - using their wits along with an assortment of powerful weapons and diverse vehicles.

REVIEW

It’s all about variety and choice. Insofar as what Ubisoft does with its open-world games, the Far Cry titles are the only ones that can truly be thought of as sandboxes. It’s like being plonked inside of the world’s greatest playpen, armed not with different coloured blocks and pop-up books but instead rocket launchers, elephants and wingsuits. It’s a testament to just how far gaming has come that something as outrageous as this even exists, but suck it up ladies and gents because Far Cry 4 is here.

First things first, Far Cry 4 is inherently pretty much the same game as its predecessor. It looks better, there’s more toys, and there’s more variety, but what you’re getting is that same core Far Cry experience. This time the tale centers around one Ajay Ghale, a Kyrati native travelling back to the mountainous region he grew up in to scatter his mother’s ashes. It takes all of about three seconds before the proverbial crap hits the fans, when Ajay’s bus is attacked by government forces and the Bond villain-esque antagonist Pagan Min invites him in for a spot of dinner. Pagan Min is a flamboyant psychopath, and he lights the touchpaper that gets this backpacking adventure going. If you’ve played Far Cry 3 you know the basic formula. Far Cry 4 isn’t exactly going to win any awards for narrative, which amounts to a civil war and arms dealers and the like, but it does at least serve to push things forward at a steady clip. Much like Far Cry 3’s Vaas, Pagan Min is unfortunately criminally underused, With Ubisoft focusing instead on the act of war rather than the driving forces behind it.
The campaign itself isn’t massive, comprising 30 or so missions which can be blasted through in around 15 hours or so, although you’re going to struggle a little without completing some of the side content first. There’s a few tricky decisions along the way but it’s a pretty straightforward campaign all told, one in which you’ll have to decide which sides your bread’s buttered, altering how missions play out slightly depending upon who you back out of the Golden Path’s two leaders, Amita and Sabal. These main missions are easily one of the weakest points in Far Cry 4, featuring generic tailing missions and the like, and it’s their rigidity that proves the major sticking point. By the end of a couple of missions you’ll be dying to get back out into Far Cry 4’s vast open-world.
 
The focal point though is the outpost takeovers, it’s here where Far Cry 4 really shines. There’s nothing better than thinking up ever more devious methods to conquer them, scouting around the edges and tagging enemies, picking them off one by with a silenced sniper rifle, or jumping out of a C4-loaded jeep at the last minute to cause devastation. It’s basically only limited by your patience and imagination; there will be many who just stroll on in with an AK to each and every one, but it’s the alternate methods that cause a great big grin to spread across your face. There’s more outposts than ever in this outing, and there’s even the option to reset them so you can recapture them once more, a major sticking point in Far Cry 3 at launch.

During the war that’s being waged between Pagan Min and the group of revolutionaries known as the Golden Path, you’ll have all sorts of tricks up your sleeve. Having grown up in America, Ajay’s a dab hand with all manner of weaponry, and it’s not long before he’s zip-lining, grapple-hooking, and unleashing tons of lead into shocked foes. He can even get in a flying gyrocopter loaded with a machine-gun, or ride elephants, or hijack a tuk tuk. The world of Kyrat is a gorgeous playground, featuring so much more variation than Far Cry 3’s island paradise. From the snow dusted highlands to the gigantic valleys and sprawling plains, covered by the golden rays of a setting sun or cloaked in a thick fog. The atmosphere and scenery changes dramatically from place to place, and creates a world that’s just begging to be explored. It helps that your variety of transport and movement is second only to the likes of Just Cause 2, allowing you to impulsively leap off a cliff-edge and wingsuit down at near terminal velocity.
Far Cry 4 also comes with an easily overlooked multiplayer mode. The five vs five asymmetric multiplayer definitely isn’t a core reason to pick up the game, offering up some mildly distracting objective-based matches that might entertain for a short while, before inevitably moving on to a more competent online shooter. It’s joined by a co-operative component however that proves a far more enticing prospect. The entirety of Far Cry 4’s world can be enjoyed with a buddy, and there’s not many things in gaming capable of bringing a bigger grin to your face than strutting into an enemy outpost astride of a pair of elephants. Everything about the emergent scenarios works to twice as chaotic an effect as in single-player, and if you’ve got a mate willing to work through some stuff with you it’s a total joy.

 

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