Far Cry 4

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  1. LostSandwich
    Dec 4, 2014
    5
    "Great Game, Crappy Port" is Far Cry 4 in a nutshell on the PC. Played about 6 hours and have had to fix countless issues, and am waiting for further updates to delve further into this game given the crappy performance it currently gives demolishing most of the fun.
    The Game itself is quite fun, though yes it is Far Cry 3 with new characters, a new story, new map, etc. I have no issue    "Great Game, Crappy Port" is Far Cry 4 in a nutshell on the PC. Played about 6 hours and have had to fix countless issues, and am waiting for further updates to delve further into this game given the crappy performance it currently gives demolishing most of the fun.
    The Game itself is quite fun, though yes it is Far Cry 3 with new characters, a new story, new map, etc. I have no issue with a repeat from Far Cry 3, i still want more Far Cry 3. It's okay to not drastically change a game for each new entry, though hopefully for the next installment they change it up a little, it would very much sadden me to see Far Cry become Assassins Creed or Call of Duty.    … Expand
  2. Draco777
    Dec 31, 2014
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When I bought the game I expected a great story line like Far Cry 3 with a very relate-able character who doesn't know completely what he is doing but knows what he has to do. But what I got is a fast passed regular FPS the main antagonist gave the character nor me any reason to go after him and the character never shows any reaction to the killings he does. Also the voice of skinning is the same as Far Cry 3 and none of the story line missions fully move anywhere until you get to Act 2.
    But there are curve balls and a lot of interesting things along with it such as terrain being a weapon, new enemy type to fight and being able to bring in wild animals from the woods to fight for you that made me not want to give this a bad review but it isn't enough for a good one either.    … Expand
  3. Yegrof44
    Feb 8, 2015
    5
    This game is plenty immersive! If the programmers would fix the freezes I'd give it an 8.5! Also when the game crashes it restarts back to the beginning of the particular area the present campaign started. You may have to replay an hour just to get back where you were when the game froze up!
  4. jurapura5
    Jul 13, 2015
    5
    Far cry 4 holy **** its dissapointing

    Campaing Kinda doll and shallow expirience Hovewer Ubisoft know how to make a bad ass villain Multiplayer Sounds cool on paper But poorly executed Its sound cool like the golden path using weapons of steel and having trucks and HMGs on it and the ninjas invisible using super natural powers CO-OP The only good thing about the game Side    Far cry 4 holy **** its dissapointing

    Campaing
    Kinda doll and shallow expirience
    Hovewer Ubisoft know how to make a bad ass villain

    Multiplayer
    Sounds cool on paper
    But poorly executed
    Its sound cool like the golden path using weapons of steel and having trucks and HMGs on it and the ninjas invisible using super natural powers

    CO-OP
    The only good thing about the game

    Side quest
    Boring,they feel the same
    example
    Yogi & Reggie same missions
    1 Get high
    2 Go to checkpoints
    3 Kill some guys
    4 Find your equipment

    Longinus missions
    1 Follow and then kill smuggaler
    2 Get the keys
    3 Kill more guys
    4 Find diamonds
    5 Kill more guys
    6 Escape and place diamonds at the checkpoint

    Signature weapons
    Reused

    Overall dissapointing this game is an improved game of Far cry 3
    Also i think devs got little bit lazy
    I think they want to do that asassins creed thing with no extra content and as little money possible put in the game

    And dont pay the full price its only forth 15 dollars no 60

    Overall
    5-if played alone
    6-if played co-op    … Expand
  5. Zuntullah
    Sep 9, 2015
    5
    Here are the bad design decisions that caused this game to be very frustrating:

    - **** save / load system: You cannot save halfway in missions. If you are trying to be stealthy and the last guy alive saw you, you have to start all over again. Last 20 minutes gone to waste. - Cannot replay story missions. I am not even kidding. You have to start a new game if you want to replay a fun    Here are the bad design decisions that caused this game to be very frustrating:

    - **** save / load system: You cannot save halfway in missions. If you are trying to be stealthy and the last guy alive saw you, you have to start all over again. Last 20 minutes gone to waste.

    - Cannot replay story missions. I am not even kidding. You have to start a new game if you want to replay a fun campaign mission.

    - Very limited types of enemies: rifle dude, armored rifle dude, sniper, bow dude, rocket dude, flame / machine guy dude. And animals.

    Far Cry series is following the steps of Assassin's Creed. Which is same old game dynamics in a slightly different setting. Won't be buying the next Far Cry game that's for sure.    … Expand
  6. thomasengine
    Nov 24, 2015
    5
    This game is absolutely like far cry 3, the only thing which changes is the environment and the setting of the story. I wouldn't recommend this game! Thats all
  7. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    5
    Saddece 3. oyunun kötü bir kopyasından ibaret..............................
  8. Tabbris
    May 3, 2020
    5
    This is like Far cry 3 but more frustrating and boring. Pagan min is funny, charismatic and it's sad Ubi didnt want to show him more times. Musić is really good, but quest's side quest's, all story and
    characters are boring and recurrent. You just do that same things all time. Friendly npc are basically the same what in FC3 so nothing special. Upgrading items system is frustrating if i    This is like Far cry 3 but more frustrating and boring. Pagan min is funny, charismatic and it's sad Ubi didnt want to show him more times. Musić is really good, but quest's side quest's, all story and
    characters are boring and recurrent. You just do that same things all time. Friendly npc are basically the same what in FC3 so nothing special. Upgrading items system is frustrating if i wanted better pocket i needed went across a map becouse rhinos, Thats all not recommends    … Expand
  9. ORHUN
    Dec 8, 2020
    5
    ubisoft önceki dönemde yaptığı başarıyı hataya çevirerek aynı motoru kullanıp sadece mekanı değiştirerek himalaya yapıp berbat bir hikaye ekleyip bir kaç mini aptal gamesle gözboyamaya çalışmış yeme bizi ubisof :(
  10. Patrem
    Aug 12, 2020
    5
    Игра, напоминающая far cry 3, разве что более масштабная. Все основные концепции третьей части перекочевали в четвертую. В целом игра так себе. Все дополнительные миссии однообразные: пойди и убей, пойди принеси, пойди разминируй и т.д. В конце игры нет никакого желания проходить доп. квесты, т.к. из-за их однообразности от них уже тошнит. Так же не обошлось без багов: порой не работаетИгра, напоминающая far cry 3, разве что более масштабная. Все основные концепции третьей части перекочевали в четвертую. В целом игра так себе. Все дополнительные миссии однообразные: пойди и убей, пойди принеси, пойди разминируй и т.д. В конце игры нет никакого желания проходить доп. квесты, т.к. из-за их однообразности от них уже тошнит. Так же не обошлось без багов: порой не работает радио, либо пропадает GPS. Что касается сюжета, то он не особо увлекательный. Желания убивать главного антагониста нет, кроме того, он является единственным хоть сколько-то интересным персонажем в игре, остальные не вызывают особой симпатии или антипатии - они просто есть, ну и ладно. Я полностью прошел сюжетную кампанию, достиг прохождения на 90%, но проходить до сотни нет никакой мотивации, т.к. уже после середины игры можно найти мало чего интересного и нового, все уже приелось. В целом, если человек играл в far cry 3, вряд ли он найдет в этой игре много чего нового, но людям, которые только начинают знакомство с серией, она в принципе может понравится, тут все зависит от личных предпочтений каждого.… Expand
  11. eplate2
    Jul 24, 2023
    5
    this one just seemed way too derivate of the first 3 games and the storyline, in my opinion, is super boring and effortless. I found myself really uninterested throughout this one and apart from some really fun combat sections, I just couldn't wait to be finished with this game as a whole. Also, hated the ending.
  12. kndr
    May 11, 2021
    5
    Story is dry and uninteresting. Ajay comes to Kyrat to return his mother's ashes, gets assaulted by Pagan's army and suddenly decide to work for some group he didn't even know about. It is not fun solving problems of arrogant Amita and Sabal. It is just busywork. There are no interesting characters other than Pagan. I can't even remember their names.

    Even though gameplay is same as 3    Story is dry and uninteresting. Ajay comes to Kyrat to return his mother's ashes, gets assaulted by Pagan's army and suddenly decide to work for some group he didn't even know about. It is not fun solving problems of arrogant Amita and Sabal. It is just busywork. There are no interesting characters other than Pagan. I can't even remember their names.

    Even though gameplay is same as 3 there are many lacking features.

    Hold E to interact still exist.

    Missions, just like in 2 gets repetitive. It feels like you are doing side mission not main mission. Out of ten only three missions are interesting. Himalaya missions on the other hand are very interesting, exciting and fun. There should have been more Himalaya missions.

    You can only modify certain weapons in certain ways **** is not fixed.

    Radio towers still exist and it is still boring.

    Too much collectibles and side missions. You get overwhelmed by them. There was fine balance in 3. Also these side mission givers stays in your house and keep talking and talking and talking until you do their missions. You can't shoot them or silent them in any way.

    Some 2 features like sleeping and convoys, finally being able to shoot from vehicles, gyrocopter, grappling hook are great additions.

    Atmosphere is fine but generally boring.    … Expand
  13. nastyjes
    Jan 10, 2023
    5
    Nothing new .
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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)
  17. 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
  18. 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...
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. AlexeySoltan
    Oct 14, 2021
    4
    conveyor mode on. dont waste time on this s h i t . .
  29. mollycoddle
    Apr 1, 2020
    4
    Наихудшая часть. Персонажи пластилиновые, запомнил только главного антагониста, который появляется один раз за всю игру...
  30. 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
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#67 Best PC Game of 2014
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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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