Far Cry 4

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  1. sam712
    Dec 5, 2014
    4
    As always by Ubi, 3 hours of gameplay is stretched to the breaking point with errand missions, tower climbing (seriously what is with their obsession with towers?), and content gating through "crafting" and XP that add nothing to the game. XP didn''t work in BF4 and it doesn't work here. Unskippable cutscenes, unskippable skinning animation that gets very tiring after the 100thAs always by Ubi, 3 hours of gameplay is stretched to the breaking point with errand missions, tower climbing (seriously what is with their obsession with towers?), and content gating through "crafting" and XP that add nothing to the game. XP didn''t work in BF4 and it doesn't work here. Unskippable cutscenes, unskippable skinning animation that gets very tiring after the 100th stab/slash/"ugh". Bugs. 1-dimensional characters. Negative mouse acceleration that is FORCED ON unless you take the time to modify in-game files. U-Play.

    An American citizen flies to his native country he hasn't seen since birth and immediately starts killing men who side with X. This is good. However you cannot kill people who side with Y since that is obviously bad.    … Expand
  2. dyalibya
    Nov 27, 2014
    4
    The game is OK so far, the graphics leave some things to be desired, there are some branch points in the story and the game doesn't allow you to save before the branch, there are some glitches, it crashed twice and I fell through the map once so far, will be good game if those are fixed
  3. Not_Casual
    Nov 19, 2014
    4
    A very underwhelming coop expansion for far cry 3. Everything in here could have easily been a dlc/expansion for FC3. This is all just a reskin of the same game, and it would have been okay if the coop was complete, and not limited to side quests only. (That's right, you cant do campaign missions coop)
  4. Banhammer0
    Dec 20, 2014
    4
    Far Cry 3 is one of my favorite games ever. Does the sequel stands up to it ? It my opinion it doesn't.
    The story is much more bland, feels like it's trying to be dramatic but there wasn't a signle character I cared about. Pagan Min doesn't come close to Vaas, he feels fake and overly dramatic whereas Vaas felt truly insane, as he himself claimed. I even preferred to save Brody's dumb    Far Cry 3 is one of my favorite games ever. Does the sequel stands up to it ? It my opinion it doesn't.
    The story is much more bland, feels like it's trying to be dramatic but there wasn't a signle character I cared about. Pagan Min doesn't come close to Vaas, he feels fake and overly dramatic whereas Vaas felt truly insane, as he himself claimed. I even preferred to save Brody's dumb rich friends than the weird Kyrat people. The protagonist is a complete misunderstanding, reminds me of Connor from AC 3, really unintersting guy.
    This is subjective, but I hate the mountain enviroment of Kyrat, whereas I adored Rook Islands from FC 3. it just doesn't speak to me at all.
    Side missions are a disappointment. It feels like they are trying too hard to be different than in FC 3 but they became worse in the process.
    Main missions are even worse, not interesting at all, and not very much of them either.
    There are less syringes and less skills. Only two trees instead of three, everything simplified for no reason.
    Honestly, I feel no incentive to even finish the game, and I'm not even thinking about 100 % completion !
    I also had major technical issues with the game, it's a poor console port and the UI is terrible. Took me hours to fix the biggest mouse-related problems.
    It has some good thing of course, the free roam is there and the hunting as well but it's a shadow of the previous part.
    It's a cash grab and should be avoided to teach Ubi a thing or two about proper game development. Gets 6/10 for what good it took out from FC 3.    … Expand
  5. KlausKinski
    Nov 28, 2014
    4
    i will rate the game not red when i can actually not crash out of the first Shangri-La mission... it crashes every time... i have everything updated but this game is just a unoptimized mess, i also crashed to desktop on other missions as well... this seems standard now for Ubisoft to release unfinished games all they want.. you cant even expect a tripe A title to work properly now i guess...
  6. Erazor
    Nov 29, 2014
    4
    Right, here's a review straight from frustration. I hate your wild life aspect of this game. It ruins the game experience, who did the AI on the wild life, they suck. The wild life in Far Cry 3 was much better.

    Does it really take 4 grenade launchers hitting a rhino straight on to kill it? I mean realistically now, I would think one explosion of that impact would kill a rhino in real    Right, here's a review straight from frustration. I hate your wild life aspect of this game. It ruins the game experience, who did the AI on the wild life, they suck. The wild life in Far Cry 3 was much better.

    Does it really take 4 grenade launchers hitting a rhino straight on to kill it? I mean realistically now, I would think one explosion of that impact would kill a rhino in real life. Trying to do a mission? Trying to reach a vital, trying to take cover and heal? Well **** that here’s a dog/wolf pack to screw you over here’s an eagle out of the blue because yeah that's what wild animals do run into people making loud noises with guns and explosions, and why is it that wild animal attacks me only, unless of course I throw baits at the enemy? Why can't they get their share of random eagle attacks?

    Also get rid of the guy who thinks “blinking” to add realism is a good idea, it’s a very ****ing annoying effect. You know what’s great about blinking in real life? You don’t actually notice it.

    Seriously this game is a Downgrade from Far Cry 3, you didn’t take the series up a notch and a lot things seem recycled. The new story line has been very lacklustre in comparison to FC3.

    In FC3 I got a good sense of build up from a regular guy to bad ass with the intro and storyline, this new guy seems to have gone from a pissing his pants in the start/truck scene to a bad ass taking outposts in an unrealistic fashion.

    Bad job by an AAA company, I expected more.    … Expand
  7. hermanvongerman
    Dec 7, 2014
    4
    First off if you have never played the farcry series before then by all means get this game you will love it... if you have played through farcry 1, 2, 3 then don't bother it's a waste of money > wait till it drops to DLC prices as thats what your actually playing

    It is great that UBI Soft has decided to continue the Farcry series, However after playing nearly 20 hours of Far Cry 4 I    First off if you have never played the farcry series before then by all means get this game you will love it... if you have played through farcry 1, 2, 3 then don't bother it's a waste of money > wait till it drops to DLC prices as thats what your actually playing

    It is great that UBI Soft has decided to continue the Farcry series, However after playing nearly 20 hours of Far Cry 4 I cannot help feeling like I am playing FarCry3 DLC > yes the world is relatively large, and there is some new stuff > however essentially the exact and I mean exact weapons from farcry 3 are in the game, little has been done in the way of weapon customizations or skins etc, and after investing 3-400 hours in farcry 3 and loving that game I really do get the oh same same mission parameters etc....... Starting to feel like I'm back playing call of duty series... Maybe on console the graphics are better than Farcry3 but not on a serious gaming rig.

    your getting repetitive UBI better actually release a full game not a farcry3 port DLC next time.    … Expand
  8. Yegwen
    Jan 2, 2015
    4
    I loved Far Cry 3 and approached FC4 with a lot of optimism, but a couple of hours into the game it is more of a frustrating experience than anything else. The visuals are OK, but in no way great, and the gameplay was spoiled for me by a lot of bugs. Mind you I picked the game late after the release, but still keep encountering weird anomalies.

    And dear god... the wildlife. Too much,    I loved Far Cry 3 and approached FC4 with a lot of optimism, but a couple of hours into the game it is more of a frustrating experience than anything else. The visuals are OK, but in no way great, and the gameplay was spoiled for me by a lot of bugs. Mind you I picked the game late after the release, but still keep encountering weird anomalies.

    And dear god... the wildlife. Too much, not cool at all. The eagles drove me mad.

    The story is just meh.    … Expand
  9. Ramiro1992
    Jul 5, 2015
    4
    This game sucks, It's just very boring and very easy. The enemies take 20 bullets to die, the hitbox detection is pretty bad and the rihnos are inmortal, You can shoot 20 or 30 bullets or grenades to a rhino or an elephant, and the animal will still alive, it does not make sense how boring and unrealistic this game is. What a piece of **** You will be walking and getting boring and boringThis game sucks, It's just very boring and very easy. The enemies take 20 bullets to die, the hitbox detection is pretty bad and the rihnos are inmortal, You can shoot 20 or 30 bullets or grenades to a rhino or an elephant, and the animal will still alive, it does not make sense how boring and unrealistic this game is. What a piece of **** You will be walking and getting boring and boring since you can't find any enemies to kill, very rare times you encounter a couple of guys in cars, and you never know if they are enemies or friendly. This game has NO improbements over fc 3, and it's even more boring. The story is boring and uninspired, i don't care about graphics, i care about gameplay and story, what a bunch of **** they are throwing to us nowadays… Expand
  10. patzivota
    Nov 29, 2014
    4
    Overall a disappointment. It feels like Far Cry 3.5. There is not enough to differentiate itself from FC3, which was a very good game. I want something different, even though I enjoyed FC3. The missions are the same, the enemies are the same, and the gameplay is the same, and a ton of animations are the same, too. There are a few exceptions to this, but generally it is the same game, justOverall a disappointment. It feels like Far Cry 3.5. There is not enough to differentiate itself from FC3, which was a very good game. I want something different, even though I enjoyed FC3. The missions are the same, the enemies are the same, and the gameplay is the same, and a ton of animations are the same, too. There are a few exceptions to this, but generally it is the same game, just in a different place.

    The PC port is quite poor with constant frame-rate drops on my high-end PC. Graphics, though impressive at times, lack in many areas of this title, when all settings are on max. There are low-res textures... everywhere. Climbing a rock face will show off disgusting low-res textures, which are just inches from your face. Tree leaves/foliage from a distance looks horrid and console-like. Vehicle headlights that shine onto natural objects look extremely unrealistic and take me out of the game every time. Overall little is innovative, graphics wise.

    Some of us have powerful gaming rigs, why not optimize some insanely beautiful visuals for us? Our machines can take it. If other devs can make it happen, so should you, Ubisoft. This game comes close, but no cigar. It feels like this game was made for Xbox One/PS4 and you just slightly improved things for PC players.

    Why are most Ubisoft games poorly optimized for PC? Do you guys have a fully-fledged PC version team? It doesn't feel like it.

    I pray The Division is done right.

    But FC4 does have some fun moments in it, without a doubt. The little helicopter is fun. The characters are interesting. Cut scenes are well-made. Map is insanely expansive. Etc.

    But overall a waste of $60 for me. This game is worth $20-$30 on PC. $40 on console.    … Expand
  11. thearcher
    Dec 17, 2014
    4
    Far Cry 4 is definitely better than previous game.
    Kyrat is huge and amazing. So many places to explore, do quests,collectibles,fighting factions, Ride a elephant into the battle or bring death from above with new helicopter thingy, hunt animals (with harpoon gun :]) I didn't like new storyline.It's kind of feels like rehashed Far Cry 3 storyline
    Game runs better than AC:U but it still    Far Cry 4 is definitely better than previous game.
    Kyrat is huge and amazing. So many places to explore, do quests,collectibles,fighting factions, Ride a elephant into the battle or bring death from above with new helicopter thingy, hunt animals (with harpoon gun :]) I didn't like new storyline.It's kind of feels like rehashed Far Cry 3 storyline

    Game runs better than AC:U but it still have some small performance and stutter issues (45-90 fps)
    Just like everyone other Ubisoft title this game has bugs and crashing issues
    Also game gets boring and repetitive really quick (did i ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?
    insanity is doing the exact same **** thing over and over again, expecting **** to change.)
    I stopped playing it after 4-5 hours    … Expand
  12. Sanastusa
    Jun 2, 2020
    4
    Far Cry 4 is a lengthy open world game that is filled with unnecessary side quests at every turn and enough little things to collect that make you want to only play the game in small parts. What really drove home the Negative review would be that Far Cry 4 remains to much of the previous games and does not deliver enough new content or new game mechanisms to stand out.
    Far Cry 3 came out    Far Cry 4 is a lengthy open world game that is filled with unnecessary side quests at every turn and enough little things to collect that make you want to only play the game in small parts. What really drove home the Negative review would be that Far Cry 4 remains to much of the previous games and does not deliver enough new content or new game mechanisms to stand out.
    Far Cry 3 came out in 2012, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon came out in April of 2013. Followed by Far Cry 4 in November of 2014. Far Cry 4 is basically a copy paste Far Cry 3 in a different part of the world with a uninteresting main character and the usual "crazy" evil villain. The only difference between the games is the increase in the dangers of the wildlife.
    The game is bloated with sup-par content in side missions that you can easily justify not doing. You can obtain all the levels and currency needed by just doing the meat of the game and collecting items. Play Far Cry 3, Skip Far Cry 4.    … Expand
  13. Alin03
    Jul 8, 2015
    4
    Far Cry 4 is a bad game if we compare with Far Cry 3 , even with those small improvements Far Cry 4 wasn't so funny as Far Cry 3 . Best games from this franchise are Far Cry 1 & Far Cry 3.
  14. Robman
    Aug 21, 2017
    4
    Utter garbage. invisible tigers, magic arsonists, enemy demons ?? Expected something else. In fact it is Far Cry 3 in different location. Not recommended.
  15. AlexeySoltan
    Oct 14, 2021
    4
    conveyor mode on. dont waste time on this s h i t . .
  16. mollycoddle
    Apr 1, 2020
    4
    Наихудшая часть. Персонажи пластилиновые, запомнил только главного антагониста, который появляется один раз за всю игру...
  17. Edik191
    Oct 26, 2022
    4
    Просто редизайн фар края 3 но хуже.
    Сюжет мне не понравился он скучнее и тупее чем в 3 части.
    Кооператив лучше, НО в основную сюжетку нельзя пройти в двоем. А потанцеал был вытащить игру хорошим кооперативом, с прораброткой Гейла и Хёрка. Голос гг Аджайла Гейла в русской локализации в диалогах и катсценах почти не слышно, как будто его специально занизили. В общем ознакомиться можно    Просто редизайн фар края 3 но хуже.
    Сюжет мне не понравился он скучнее и тупее чем в 3 части.
    Кооператив лучше, НО в основную сюжетку нельзя пройти в двоем. А потанцеал был вытащить игру хорошим кооперативом, с прораброткой Гейла и Хёрка.
    Голос гг Аджайла Гейла в русской локализации в диалогах и катсценах почти не слышно, как будто его специально занизили.
    В общем ознакомиться можно
  18. Elco32
    Nov 22, 2014
    3
    Check point system on this type of open world game on PC is just over the top ridiculous and painful. I can't give it anything higher than a 3 for this. Also not deserving much in score do to the fact it lacks in development effort over FC3.

    They really should look back to the greatness of the original for ideas on what to do next.
  19. holyver
    Nov 22, 2014
    3
    Game unfinished, full of bugs and graphical issues. They worked with nvidia but the result is awful. Ubisfoft please test your games before releasing them. Uplay as always is a mess (can't connect, must play offline ...)
    Same game as Far cry 3. Few evolutions. More Far cry 3.5 than 4.
  20. fredinator
    May 11, 2018
    3
    Reskin of Far Cry 3, Bugs and bad performance on pc's that can handle more demanding games. Mouse on menu refuses to work after Alt + Tab, repeatedly reequips granades event though you selected throwing knifes ruining your stealth attempts, animals with ridiculous hp, deaths for no reason (I guess glitchy physics), unskippable cutscenes, instant failure states (You went to far from the npcReskin of Far Cry 3, Bugs and bad performance on pc's that can handle more demanding games. Mouse on menu refuses to work after Alt + Tab, repeatedly reequips granades event though you selected throwing knifes ruining your stealth attempts, animals with ridiculous hp, deaths for no reason (I guess glitchy physics), unskippable cutscenes, instant failure states (You went to far from the npc we want you to talk to? Thats a failure. As punishment you have to rewatch our boring cutscene) and the most worse buyswork sidequests ever (pretty much different variations of collect stuff)
    This game is a trainwreck    … Expand
  21. Mvrak
    Jan 3, 2015
    3
    Feels more like a DLC for Far Cry 3. I decided to review this game when I realized that I desperately wanted to kill Amita, one of the characters who is supposed to be giving you, the player, guidance. She's just a terrible, useless, and condescending person, and the fact that there is no way to kill her makes the game feel empty and artificial. The game runs smoothly, however theFeels more like a DLC for Far Cry 3. I decided to review this game when I realized that I desperately wanted to kill Amita, one of the characters who is supposed to be giving you, the player, guidance. She's just a terrible, useless, and condescending person, and the fact that there is no way to kill her makes the game feel empty and artificial. The game runs smoothly, however the controls and the on screen control hints make it clear that this game was meant to be played with a gamepad and not a keyboard/mouse. Story writing turns what could have been a beautiful epic with control and choice into an unpolished and frustrating hallway simulator.… Expand
  22. notorious_pog
    Dec 5, 2014
    3
    The game in and of itself is fun, but there's so many bugs this game should never have been released in this condition. The stuttering/mouse acceleration issues make the game unplayable for me.
  23. mevsthevoices
    Jan 22, 2016
    3
    After about an hour, I could've cared less. It's shallow as **** The characters are unpersonable, the story is totally unengaging, the new features are... gimmicks at best.
    As for an upside, I'm struggling, but I guess it does look really nice, in the same way that some artists always seem to draw the same picture, again, and again, and again.
    Just another modern game, same exact    After about an hour, I could've cared less. It's shallow as **** The characters are unpersonable, the story is totally unengaging, the new features are... gimmicks at best.
    As for an upside, I'm struggling, but I guess it does look really nice, in the same way that some artists always seem to draw the same picture, again, and again, and again.
    Just another modern game, same exact gameplay as the last, with a swapped out storyline and new characters.    … Expand
  24. jm2k7
    Dec 2, 2014
    3
    Tremendous fail in the game when an eagle appears ruining the game experience. What a mess.
    Has pissed me and has put me off playing, I had to use a trainer, there are missions that are very difficult.
  25. Konterking
    Jan 13, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dieses Spiel ist in meinen Augen nichts anderes als Far Cry 3.5 !
    Die selbe Engine, nahezu identische Grafik, dasselbe Gameplay ... aber eine triste und langweilige Welt ohne wirklich überzeugende Ortschaften, sowie eine unlogische Story die an keinem Punkt zu überzeugen weiß !
    Eigentlich freute ich mich auf den Titel, denn vorherigen spielte ich sehr lang und sehr gern.
    Doch da dieser Teil nichts eigenes und besonderes hatte, sondern sich lediglich wie ein schlechtes Addon zum Vollpreis spielte war es schnell für mich aus.
    Der fairness halber gab ich diesem Spiel bis zum bitteren Ende die Chance mich zu überzeugen, nicht nur das es schon eine halbe Qual war es durchzuspielen, nein, das Ende ist so extrem entäuschend das es sich schon garnicht erst gelohnt hat.
    Far Cry 4 ist ein solider Titel, wie es schon Far Cry 3 war, gute Grafik und gutes Gameplay sind zu erwarten.
    Doch bei so einem Spiel ist die Story das wichtigste um mich im Bann zuhalten.
    Das hat man hier definitiv nicht geschafft, leider hat mich Teil 4 genauso entäuscht wie Teil 2, jetzt kann man nur positiv auf Teil 5 der Serie blicken und hoffen das es wieder besser wird. =)
    Wem die Story nicht groß interessiert, der kann auch gerne zu FC4 greifen, vorrausgesetzt ihm hat FC3 auch schon gefallen, ansonsten würde ich empfehlen mit Teil 3 der Reihe anzufangen.

    [This rewiev is written in German language]    … Expand
  26. Notbad
    Jul 24, 2015
    3
    I can't play a hour over. This game is constantly shut-down.

    I think there is a problem with the awareness range of the enemy. I can't see enemy, but I hit a shot. This is more terrible than a boring story, and animal encounter.
  27. oz4n
    Feb 6, 2016
    3
    Nice makeup for Far Cry 3.
    But come on, it's stupid selling this game as Far Cry 4 like it's something new.
    Even the concept is the same.
    Pirated, played a while a short after I finished Far Cry 3, and then bored and removed.
  28. Kadirov
    Jul 12, 2021
    3
    Скучное дженерик говно, дропнул на втором часу игры
  29. FoxForce
    Jun 8, 2021
    3
    Ubisoft's game design philosophy mimics that of mobile game designers. They have made a very basic foundation for a game and in each iteration they update or redesign the art by using software that employ procedural content generation(Houdini for example) to automate the process as much as possible.
    The core concepts of gameplay could be described as a very short and average main campaign    Ubisoft's game design philosophy mimics that of mobile game designers. They have made a very basic foundation for a game and in each iteration they update or redesign the art by using software that employ procedural content generation(Houdini for example) to automate the process as much as possible.
    The core concepts of gameplay could be described as a very short and average main campaign that is slowed and hindered to a halt by artificial and unintuitive grinds to keep the player invested and sometimes to encourage purchase of boosters to pass these forced limitations. This review as far as I know could be attributed to all of modern Ubisoft games    … Expand
  30. Axelle_1
    Sep 6, 2021
    3
    написал бы 1 словом если бы мог -скучнооооооооо
    все персонажи унылые
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. RPGamer
    Feb 1, 2015
    80
    Far Cry 4 takes the best bits of Far Cry 3, puts a new spin on them and drops its troubling racial politics and constrained mission design. The story and characters a bit more lightweight, but the core remains the same. Overall, this is a leaner, meaner Ubi-style open world experience and the best iteration on the franchise.
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  2. Multiplayer.it
    Feb 1, 2015
    83
    The PC version of Far Cry 4 suffers of some optimization issues, but is still the best looking and performing one.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 5, 2015
    80
    With Far Cry 4 you get what you loved in Far Cry 3 - improved and with some innovations. Playability is great, but it will force you to think of the state of the game industry and everlasting urge of producers to cannibalize their own titles. [Issue#248]
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