Far Cry 4

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  1. crazycat690
    Mar 6, 2015
    7
    Felt really familiar, while the new setting was a nice change of pace to the more tropical settings in the past it lacked the freshness you'd expect from a sequel. It felt like more of the same but slightly improved in every aspect but the story which took the backseat this time around. Hard to recommend to anyone looking for a deeper experience than the last game. 7/10
  2. ConorIrwin001
    Aug 9, 2015
    7
    Far Cry 4 is a game filled with so many things to do and take part in. Unfortunately, most of them are quite boring. Races, hunting quests, assassinations are all fun the first few times, yet they struggle to retain any relevancy or any entertainment value beyond the midpoint of the game. The story was fairly weak, although Pagan Min was quite an interesting villain, and any interactionFar Cry 4 is a game filled with so many things to do and take part in. Unfortunately, most of them are quite boring. Races, hunting quests, assassinations are all fun the first few times, yet they struggle to retain any relevancy or any entertainment value beyond the midpoint of the game. The story was fairly weak, although Pagan Min was quite an interesting villain, and any interaction with the Golden Path leading members all takes place in short cut-scenes which is extremely limiting in forming any real attachment with the story. However, it is a beautiful game and the sense of freedom has always been the series main sticking point and it continues to be so.… Expand
  3. DragonBorn-
    Apr 27, 2015
    7
    Good old Far Cry never disappoints in terms of entertainment. Loads to do, beautiful Himalayan open(ish) world to explore. Huge selection of vehicles to drive and fly around Kyrat. Graphics are awesome. Characters are good, Pagan Min is class! Freedom to approach each mission the way the want. Tonnes of wildlife to hunt and run from! The Arena is an excellent additional to FC4, so much ofGood old Far Cry never disappoints in terms of entertainment. Loads to do, beautiful Himalayan open(ish) world to explore. Huge selection of vehicles to drive and fly around Kyrat. Graphics are awesome. Characters are good, Pagan Min is class! Freedom to approach each mission the way the want. Tonnes of wildlife to hunt and run from! The Arena is an excellent additional to FC4, so much of a laugh in there!

    The only downside is that the story line is weaker than an arthritic 90 year old's wrists. No real explanation of why the main character being seemingly just a normal dude at the start can basically morph into the SAS or Navy SEALs and is able to take down an entire army and a psychotic dictator all by himself. also there is no real detail about Kyrat or its history.

    But hey, its Far Cry, you don't play it for its story line! Overall this is just classic fun and entertaining, tiger hunting, elephant riding, hang gliding Far Cry fun. 7/10.    … Expand
  4. Sookilala
    Feb 15, 2015
    7
    Essentially Far Cry 3.5... I liked the game, and enjoyed playing it, but typical far cry fare...

    The Narrative paled in comparison to 3, which was quite compelling, the story in 4 was lacking in comparison...

    Graphics were nice, gameplay worked no complaints... Huge map to run around and shoot things, a bit of a one trick pony, but thats far cry...
  5. Brendon6446
    Jan 22, 2015
    7
    Far cry 4 has amazing graphic and i like how opposite this setting is than the last far cry (still like far cry 3 setting better). Now for people who didn't play far cry 3 probably think this game is crazy and don't get me wrong its a good game and probably better than far cry 3 only because it more new. But it isn't a better game of its time. Far cry 4 didn't have as good as a villain,Far cry 4 has amazing graphic and i like how opposite this setting is than the last far cry (still like far cry 3 setting better). Now for people who didn't play far cry 3 probably think this game is crazy and don't get me wrong its a good game and probably better than far cry 3 only because it more new. But it isn't a better game of its time. Far cry 4 didn't have as good as a villain, the missions aren't as fun and they barley added new move upgrades. But the game was still solid.… Expand
  6. Creery
    May 14, 2015
    5
    The game play is good and the graphics are nice.......but that's about it.

    The first few hours pass quite happily as you strive to get better guns and equipment whilst liberating outposts and bell towers. However, the happiness is short lived and soon enough repetition sets in. The story line is one of the poorest I have ever know. It is abysmal to the point that you really do not care    The game play is good and the graphics are nice.......but that's about it.

    The first few hours pass quite happily as you strive to get better guns and equipment whilst liberating outposts and bell towers. However, the happiness is short lived and soon enough repetition sets in. The story line is one of the poorest I have ever know. It is abysmal to the point that you really do not care about a single character in the game, or the outcome.

    It feels as if Ubisoft have spent all their time and effort creating a beautiful Himalayan game world then just filled it with a poor story, lots of repetitive, out of context, uninteresting quests which most people will never bother to complete unless they are incredibly bored.    … Expand
  7. eternal_napalm
    May 24, 2015
    7
    Side missions from outposts get repetitive, and AI is mediocre, but Far Cry 4 is a good game. Excellent combat, a nice selection of guns and memorable characters. Driving is bad, but main missions are entertaining and diverse. Shangri-la side content is excellent.
  8. Austyn_rk
    Jun 8, 2015
    7
    Far Cry 4 doesn't fall far from Far cry 3. Not much innovation here besides the co-op system and a new setting. The graphics are very good, and the story is decent. Overall not a bad game to play if you're bored.
  9. driejust
    Aug 3, 2015
    7
    VERY similar to 3... yet it can't quite capture the magic. It does make an excellent stride in the graphics department, yet fails to match 3's story and missions.
  10. Ishi123
    Jun 16, 2017
    6
    It's fine, I guess.

    I took my time getting this game because I knew it was basically just Far Cry 3: Nepal Edition, since Ubisoft loves to just rip off of themselves every single year. There isn't much I can say about the game that wouldn't just be talking about Far Cry 3. The game is centered around Ajay Ghale, who travels to Kyrat to scatter his mother's ashes. On the way he    It's fine, I guess.

    I took my time getting this game because I knew it was basically just Far Cry 3: Nepal Edition, since Ubisoft loves to just rip off of themselves every single year. There isn't much I can say about the game that wouldn't just be talking about Far Cry 3.

    The game is centered around Ajay Ghale, who travels to Kyrat to scatter his mother's ashes. On the way he becomes involved with a resistance movement against the "king" of Kyrat, Pagan Min, who is just Vaas 2.0, basically, except he doesn't drop out of the game halfway through and isn't replace by a significantly worse villain which the game pulls out of its ass. I do like Pagan Min more, though. Vaas was undeniably the highlight of Far Cry 3, what with being on the box art and being on all the promotional material; he might as well have been the protagonist. However, I like Pagan Min more because Vaas is more two-dimensional than Min. Charismatic, sure, but kind of two-dimensional. Pagan Min manages to be both Handsome Jack levels of charismatic as well as being sympathetic (in a psychotic sort of way) and motivated, and I won't delve into spoilers, but he actually does have the best interest of the player character in mind. He's just a bit... quirky... I guess. Sure, let's go with that.

    The same praise cannot be afforded to the actual player character, Ajay. While Jason Brody in Far Cry 3 had an incredibly strong character arc, developing as a character as he goes along his journey with proper motivation, Ajay just kind of does whatever he's told. He has no personal investment in the civil war in Kyrat like Jason did against the warlords of Rook Island. Jason had a clear goal, which carried him through the entire story. He wasn't as involved personally in the affairs of the island. His main goal is to rescue his friends, not save the island. Meanwhile, Ajay bumbles his way into this civil war for basically no reason. His goal of scattering his mother's ashes doesn't take him as far as the developers forced it to, and they tried to imprint personal commitment into the player, and it falls horribly flat when most things happen for no reason and the player character isn't nearly as good as in the previous game.

    However, the story itself isn't terrible. The main crux of the story is the moral choices between either Amita or Sabal, the two leaders of the Golden Path, the resistance movement going up against Pagan Min and his warlords. Sabal is conservative and sticks to traditional values like religion and culture, while Amita wants to secure Kyrat's place in the world, having a more economic view of things, seeing such things as religion unhelpful for Kyrat's future. The dichotomy between the two characters is a legitimate dilemma and I spent some serious time thinking about my choices and what the effects would be, weighing out the pros and cons of each. Both have their pros, but there are also some serious drawbacks, and it does require some thought to feel like you're making the right decision. In the end, however, all you do is choose who you wish to be in power and get a pretty terrible cutscene illustrating the worst of either, making you feel pretty bad about all your choices unless you immediately go around and shoot either in the back of the head, spoiler alert. Even Pagan Min goes "don't look at me, I don't have much going on, either" when you finally confront him. It ends anti-climactically either way you look at it, which is disappointing.

    Now for what I hate about it.

    Animals, for one. The animals in Far Cry 4 are specifically programmed to f*** everything up for you. You'll be scouting a base and are about to set your master plan in motion when f***ing wolves will spawn behind you and bite you, forcing you to pull out a shotgun and blast them to alert everyone in the outpost. The animals in this game are f***ing a**holes and never, EVER just leave you alone. It's to the point where it almost ruins the entire game, it's THAT bad.

    Additionally Ubisoft must've thought they hit a gold mine with Far Cry 3, because Far Cry 4 might as well be called LSD the game. There are like 50 drug trips in the entire thing, with stupid dream sequences that are there for no reason other than it was a little unique in Far Cry 3, and Ubisoft treats uniqueness like the plague, wanting to stamp it out of everything they make until it's broken so hard you can put hay in its mouth and call it a race horse. These stupid drug trips are present in what seems like every three missions, and there are now two retard characters dedicated to them. It just feels so stupid when I go "oh, look, ANOTHER drug trip, that makes, what, 20 now?" It's so lame and it's done to death within a single game.

    Overall, it's basically just Far Cry 3.5, and is the first sign that Ubisoft plans to run this series to the ground since they dropped their precious Assassin's Creed for a year.    … Expand
  11. EvgeniusBro
    Dec 26, 2021
    5
    Игра конечно прикольная, но не более. Мир красивый, да и всё, только это самое хорошее в этой игре. Сюжет - средний, самым интересным моментом был сам главный антагонист - Пейган Мин. Другие герои у меня не вызывали каких-либо эмоций, могу разве что отметить ещё двух укурков, они были довольно интересны. А так, это всё тот же Far Cry. Пэйган Мин прикольный персонаж, но его крайне малоИгра конечно прикольная, но не более. Мир красивый, да и всё, только это самое хорошее в этой игре. Сюжет - средний, самым интересным моментом был сам главный антагонист - Пейган Мин. Другие герои у меня не вызывали каких-либо эмоций, могу разве что отметить ещё двух укурков, они были довольно интересны. А так, это всё тот же Far Cry. Пэйган Мин прикольный персонаж, но его крайне мало показывают в игре, вот прям не хватает его. Ещё мне не понравилось, как перенесли с PS3 на PS4. Перенесли без каких-либо изменений. Эта игра очень мыльная!!! Как будто она на PS4 работает в 720! Это просто ужасно, конечно, я привык к такой картинке, но это всё равно очень плохо. Почему эта игра не работает в 1080 на PS4? Я просто не понимаю... В целом, как скатать пару тройку вечеров можно, но на что-то серьёзное игра не претендует.… Expand
  12. Godudu
    Aug 17, 2022
    7
    Way bettet than Far Cry 5, this game is FUN, a word ubisoft forgot the meaning. The game have a good open world, good combat and good progression, even thou it gets very repetitive with time.
  13. Potet69
    Jun 1, 2023
    7
    Good game. Better than far cry 5‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎
  14. mijxero
    Apr 3, 2015
    5
    I loved FC3 but somehow I really dislike this one. I can't connect to the story like I did in FC3 and the struggles of some freedom fighting group aren't interesting. Also they never help out in combat and constantly run me over with their vehicles and if you try to help and graze one they all turn on you instantly. Visually the game is beautiful and what I saw of Pagan I loved, but II loved FC3 but somehow I really dislike this one. I can't connect to the story like I did in FC3 and the struggles of some freedom fighting group aren't interesting. Also they never help out in combat and constantly run me over with their vehicles and if you try to help and graze one they all turn on you instantly. Visually the game is beautiful and what I saw of Pagan I loved, but I just couldn't stomach the gameplay and story past the first 4-5 hours.… Expand
  15. Muramas
    Nov 30, 2014
    7
    It feels like a reskin of Far Cry 3 with a very thin story. The game has a lot taken from the series before it and those things help give the game a score of 7 but it falls on it's face in so many other things.

    - The scenery looks nice but only certain ledges are scalable with a hook mechanic - Weapon shops seem very limited, needing to play for over a day just to unlock the next level    It feels like a reskin of Far Cry 3 with a very thin story. The game has a lot taken from the series before it and those things help give the game a score of 7 but it falls on it's face in so many other things.

    - The scenery looks nice but only certain ledges are scalable with a hook mechanic
    - Weapon shops seem very limited, needing to play for over a day just to unlock the next level of a gun seems pretty excessive, especially when there are so many guys available and I will most likely never try
    - Crafting feels tacked on and unable to have weapon slots until you run around the map looking for animals seems like an odd time waster as it could of been used in other methods like boosting skills, perks etc
    - Skills are pretty weak compared to far cry 3, you only get two skill trees with 6 rows and 4 columns in each (24 in each tree) and both of them are not very good. You need to do a lot of quests to unlock the second half of the skill rows too. In far cry 3 at the end of the game you felt like a god jumping on multiple people, throwing knives, sneaking around really close without being noticed but this game you feel so limited.

    Overall the game is not bad it just doesn't seem like a full package when put beside it's predecessors, it will entertain you but you will have a lot more fun with it if you forget the story and become your own character.    … Expand
  16. 8BitAlex
    Jan 28, 2015
    6
    Far Cry 4 seems like a very one dimensional experience. I never did play Far Cry 3 so I didn't have the hype to carry my interest through this game. When I play a game I expect it to get my emotions turning and get me engaged. I never felt that way with this. It consists of a lot of shooting and running. I didn't feel like I was working towards anything other than unveiling more map to doFar Cry 4 seems like a very one dimensional experience. I never did play Far Cry 3 so I didn't have the hype to carry my interest through this game. When I play a game I expect it to get my emotions turning and get me engaged. I never felt that way with this. It consists of a lot of shooting and running. I didn't feel like I was working towards anything other than unveiling more map to do the same things over again. I am not a fan of the run to point A, kill things, run to point B, kill things formula. I wanted to chase down the tyrant king and really get involved in the war going on but instead the game has you doing petty soldiering tasks. I mean your supposed to be some hero! Let's do hero things!

    Grant it, I think the game is gorgeous and the map was interesting to explore for a little while. I can really see the AAA power under the hood working its magic. If there was a more involved plot and/or narrative I would really enjoy taking a break and doing the side quests every once in a while. But when the entire game is side quests it just seems like an expansion to something else. I wasn't even able to finish the game because it just couldn't hold my attention. I would spend my money on something else.    … Expand
  17. Chempion1
    Dec 13, 2021
    5
    Чо то недавно увидел Фар край по телеку, тот ещё блокбастер, но решил написать про, на мой взгляд, самую неоднозначную часть игры. И так Far Cry 4...
    Ну, что я скажу? Если вторая часть была пробой движка Dunia для самой Ubisoft, поэтому получилась полным говном. Третья, исправлением всех имеющихся ошибок второй, то есть 100% переработкой, поэтому получилась великолепной. Far Cry 4 была    Чо то недавно увидел Фар край по телеку, тот ещё блокбастер, но решил написать про, на мой взгляд, самую неоднозначную часть игры. И так Far Cry 4...
    Ну, что я скажу? Если вторая часть была пробой движка Dunia для самой Ubisoft, поэтому получилась полным говном. Третья, исправлением всех имеющихся ошибок второй, то есть 100% переработкой, поэтому получилась великолепной. Far Cry 4 была игрой сделанной, так сказать, на отъебись!
    О, так сказать, визуальной составляющей.
    Ну начну с того, что игры такого класса не делают за год с небольшим. Так что считаю игру выпущенной строго к старту нового поколения консолей. Игра вышла кстати и на предыдущем поколении. И я не представлял какое же это говно, в графическом плане на постгеге. Как можно было сделать красивейший Far Cry 3 и через год выпустить такой кал на том же движке и на том же железе? Уму не постижимо! Пробовал её и на PlayStation 4. Никакой выдающейся разницы, в сравнении с Far Cry 3 на PS3 я не заметил.
    Что касается сюжета, над ним тоже долго не думали. Придумали трансвестита-антагониста, а так же двух придурков пытающихся занять его место, типа твоих помощников. Ещё это одна из немногих игр в которых после 3х часов, мне очень хотелось собственноручно задушить этих самых друзей-помощников. До того они тупые.
    В шутерной механике это оказался всё тот же Far Cry 3. Единственное нововведение это кошка и читерский "вертолётик".
    Ещё одно разочарование, это оружие. В игре его много, очень много. Но оно совершенно не нужно. Это касается и третьей, да и пятой частей серии. Всю игру проходишь с оружием полученным в первые 3 часа игры, потому что всё остальное оружие либо такое же, либо даже хуже твоего по характеристикам. И покупать его за бешенные деньги смысла нет. Отличия чисто визуальные.
    Пытался поиграть позже, как я уже говорил, на PlayStation 4, но через пару часов забросил. До того игра скучна, даже с улучшенной графикой.
    Нововведение которое действительно понравилось это, как я уже говорил, была кошка, но она мне пригодилась по полной только в Far Cry Primal, одной из лучших и недооценённых игр этого поколения.
    Ещё в игру добавили кооп, совершенно не играбельный по интернету.
    Резюмирую. Far Cry 4 типичный, одноразовый проходняк. Не приносящий ничего качественно нового серии. С тупыми и не проработанными главными героями. При том нашего протагониста именно в этой серии лишили языка. Вот так.    … Expand
  18. flexy123
    Nov 22, 2014
    6
    All you need to do is play the game for 10 minutes and you will find yourself doing THE EXACT same things like you did in FC3, including all the awful absurdity like "skinning" animals (by ripping their guts out...)..and mindless tasks like spinning a number of prayer-mills "to get a reward". They had the chance and time to make an uber-awesome game after the success of FC3 but they didAll you need to do is play the game for 10 minutes and you will find yourself doing THE EXACT same things like you did in FC3, including all the awful absurdity like "skinning" animals (by ripping their guts out...)..and mindless tasks like spinning a number of prayer-mills "to get a reward". They had the chance and time to make an uber-awesome game after the success of FC3 but they did not. Instead, it's a "been there, done that" in a slightly different setting, extremely lazy...using the exact same engine, same animations, same sounds..same idiotic stereotypes etc., same crafting system and so forth, and so forth. It's not that long I finished FC3 (which I loved!) and I am feeling I am playing the same game...and I am searching for improvements and new things but can't find them. While the game overall may be good (and of course for those who never played FC3) it deserves a mediocre rating alone because of the incredible laziness of the developers and selling it as something "new" which it really is not, by a long-shot.… Expand
  19. evasivewallaby
    Dec 5, 2014
    7
    Found myself frustrated with game play early on but it gets better as you upgrade yourself. The map is huge and the guns are crazy. Felt much weaker than Far Cry 3. Game play lacks that something special. Solid game.
  20. Captiosus
    Jan 29, 2015
    7
    Disclaimer: I would like to give this a 7.5 but the cons force me to round down rather than up.

    Far Cry 4 is a fun romp through a well designed, well detailed atmosphere. Neither of these are foreign concepts to Ubisoft, as they've consistently designed amazing locales for both the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry series. Graphically, it looks great and the gameplay is the typical, somewhat    Disclaimer: I would like to give this a 7.5 but the cons force me to round down rather than up.

    Far Cry 4 is a fun romp through a well designed, well detailed atmosphere. Neither of these are foreign concepts to Ubisoft, as they've consistently designed amazing locales for both the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry series. Graphically, it looks great and the gameplay is the typical, somewhat twitchy, first person controls that Ubisoft still hasn't really nailed down as well as other studios. I absolutely love the music in the game as it genuinely compliments the locale and really helps immerse the player into the game.

    Unfortunately, that's where my praise ends. Far Cry 4 suffers from the typical Ubisoft sandbox problem of cramming an insane amount of fluff in between a very weak, short, main story arc. If someone simply focuses on the story missions and the character named side missions themselves, the game could probably be completed in 10 hours or less. The rest of the time spent will be looking around a limited amount of side activities, almost all involving going to a point and killing enemies or defending a point or by racing, and (literally) hundreds of collectibles. Collectible hunting wouldn't be bad if they continually added to character growth but after a certain point they no longer matter. Trophies/Achievements generally require half (or less) of each collectible type to unlock and the "Karma rating" is easy to peak at max level before even reaching the northern areas of Kyrat. The player will earn more than enough XP to unlock every single skill long before collecting all of the hundreds of items so, outside of sitting in a menu reading a few context blurbs, there's little incentive to bother collecting EVERYTHING.

    Ubisoft also needs to invest in writers who are capable of character development. Ajay Ghalle is a bland protagonist with whom I feel no connection or investment, much like Aiden Pierce of Ubisoft's Watch_Dogs title from earlier in 2014. Also like Watch_Dogs, the secondary characters are cliched and unremarkable. I feel no compelling reason to care about the Golden Path and their "leaders" do not help their case at all. The most charismatic and humanized characters are the so called villains - Pagan Min and Noore most specifically. While playing, I couldn't help but feel the game would have been so much better if it presented you with a path at the beginning where you could work with Pagan Min, Ghalle legacy be damned. This would have offered much more replay value and could have effectively turned FC4 into two distinct experiences - one as the returning rebel champion (the current game) and one where Ajay turns his fame into despotic power.

    Then there's the stretching of the imagination. For a country embroiled in civil war for at least two decades and extremely remote (the area is basically supposed to be on the borders of Nepal, China, and India), I find it odd that many NPCs you run into will be up to date on technology and social media trends. Radio Free Kyrat's office is a falling down shack with a whole lot of technology in it and its DJ, the annoying Rabi Ray Rana, is constantly referencing "first world problems" as if Kyrat were a Mexican border town stealing U.S. Wifi while dealing with the Cartel. Given the remote tribal areas (look up Sikkim on Wikipedia for a sense of where this game takes place), these references make zero sense.

    All that said, I still give the game a 7.5 overall because it's fun to play and the locale is so intriguing. Multiplayer is hit or miss and coop is particularly fun, except for the fact that Hurk is annoying as hell. Even though it's pointless to collect everything, it's fun to collect enough to learn a decent amount of Kyrati history. Being sent into other places like Shangri-La and The Himalayas adds another layer of depth to the game that makes it stand out. In fairness, the Shangri-La sections were, quite possibly, my favorite moments the game had to offer. Frankly, if you look at my review tendencies, you'll find that a 7.5 is actually fairly favorable, overall.

    But it does get repetitive, and fast. Ultimately, that repetitiveness, plus the very weak story, the continued twitchy driving controls, and the idiotic "lets throw 1000 pounds of armor on heavy mobs to make them 'harder'" Ubisoft mentality make me drop the game down a few notches. It's still very much worth playing, perhaps when the game goes on sale or perhaps as a rental.    … Expand
  21. Vyrotix
    Jan 12, 2015
    7
    This is pretty much Far Cry 3, but better.

    Everything you liked about Far Cry 3 will be in this game, with the addition of even more.

    I do think that there is some limitations in terms of what you can put on the previous generation, and keep in balance with the current generation, but if you own a PS4, I'd recommend this.

    7.1/10
  22. rafaaguilera
    Dec 7, 2014
    5
    As much as i enjoyed Far Cry 3, i don't feel like i want to the same kind of stuff all over again (liberating outposts, climbing radio towers, killing animals to get their skins…) , but now in a unnecessarily bigger open world map filled with WAY more repetitive and laborious content, along boring characters (except the villain) and a uninteresting plot.
  23. Allthat
    Dec 3, 2014
    6
    Far Cry 3 is one of the best games I have ever played... Far Cry 4 is definitely not one of the best games I have ever played. There's nothing special about it.
  24. sbesozzi
    Dec 13, 2014
    7
    Far Cry 4 shines by its vast open world, its beautiful graphics and its amazing mechanics. It plays great, it looks great and it feels great. Where does it fall short? First of all, I think there has been way too much build up towards the release (especially towards the new bad guy; Pagan Min) and a lot of the expectations weren't exactly satisfied. For example, the mechanics (while great)Far Cry 4 shines by its vast open world, its beautiful graphics and its amazing mechanics. It plays great, it looks great and it feels great. Where does it fall short? First of all, I think there has been way too much build up towards the release (especially towards the new bad guy; Pagan Min) and a lot of the expectations weren't exactly satisfied. For example, the mechanics (while great) are practically the same from Far Cry 3. I know you shouldn't fix something that's not broken, but still, no improvement there. The story is excessively short and the characters (especially Pagan Min) aren't memorable. Unlike Vaas who was completely crazy and went after you countless times, this guy doesn't really want to find you, let alone waste you, and therefore you spend most of the game hearing him talk over a phone (think Handsome Jack style from Borderlands 2, but less awesome)

    Still, any fan of the Far Cry series will enjoy the game, mostly for the good ol' Far Cry mechanics, the beautiful open world and the fun, although short, missions.    … Expand
  25. Dog4life
    Nov 18, 2014
    7
    As far i loved Far Cry 3, this new title really feels like a huge DLC.

    Graphic improvement over the last title on Ps3 doesn't really feels that big. Vegetation detail and in game characters look pretty rough... at least no loading times and huge world. The graphics shine only in close up in game cutscenes. It's pretty much same as FC3, but with higher resolution. Gameplay whise is    As far i loved Far Cry 3, this new title really feels like a huge DLC.

    Graphic improvement over the last title on Ps3 doesn't really feels that big. Vegetation detail and in game characters look pretty rough... at least no loading times and huge world.
    The graphics shine only in close up in game cutscenes. It's pretty much same as FC3, but with higher resolution.

    Gameplay whise is exactly like the last title, great and fun openworld, with lots of stuff to do. But don't except anything new.

    The main reason to go back in the Far Cry world is finally a real COOP, allowing play main game mode with friends.

    Pvp is absolutely garbage !

    Grab it if you loved FC3 and want fun coop, but don't expect anything new. It's more of the same , in a good and bad way.    … Expand
  26. RoachGnome
    Feb 13, 2015
    7
    The same game as part 3. That's not a bad thing but it's also not a good thing. I say wait till the game of the year edition comes out to buy or go buy 3 and save some money.
  27. Dlindenberg
    Nov 27, 2014
    6
    Yeah i could go on about the bugs but no i just see the game that i'm playing and it's awesome. So much to do you can't get bored. Tobad so much good games come at the same time makes life way to hard XD
  28. Phil_Panteleit
    Nov 19, 2014
    7
    Although graphically amazing, Far Cry 4 is a Far Cry from part 3. The campaign feels extremely confusing and they don't make use of the main Villain like they should have. The Multiplayer is so painful. It's a trainwreck! Bows and Arrows vs AK47's. Ubisoft needs to stick to what they are good at. Trust me, Multiplayer they are NOT!

    The over all story is that you will enjoy this title    Although graphically amazing, Far Cry 4 is a Far Cry from part 3. The campaign feels extremely confusing and they don't make use of the main Villain like they should have. The Multiplayer is so painful. It's a trainwreck! Bows and Arrows vs AK47's. Ubisoft needs to stick to what they are good at. Trust me, Multiplayer they are NOT!

    The over all story is that you will enjoy this title but you will not be as impressed as you were with part 3. Play Multiplayer long enough to get the trophies/achievements you need and you will never go back. Take you for matches, about an hour.    … Expand
  29. Enforcer122
    Jan 31, 2015
    6
    tldr - Seems to be another cash in from Ubisoft.

    Incredibly disappointed with this. It is far too much like Far Cry 3... One of the main things I loved about Far Cry games is that they always innovated and weren't afraid to try new mechanics. This just feels like a massive DLC. Mix in the terrible characters, painfully bad 'radio host' presenter which you're forced to listen to every    tldr - Seems to be another cash in from Ubisoft.

    Incredibly disappointed with this. It is far too much like Far Cry 3... One of the main things I loved about Far Cry games is that they always innovated and weren't afraid to try new mechanics. This just feels like a massive DLC. Mix in the terrible characters, painfully bad 'radio host' presenter which you're forced to listen to every time you get in a car, and the general lack of ambition, and you have yourself a mediocre video game.    … Expand
  30. rodericrinehart
    Feb 7, 2015
    6
    I don't get the praise of this game. It is typical derivative Ubisoft drivel. It is better than Assassin's Creed, but that game is annoying and even more derivative. Far Cry 4 is a relatively fun game with good graphics but it is so repetitive within the game and compared to Far Cry 3. Ubisoft just ruins games with their game formulas and uncanny number of stupid collectibles in game.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 83 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 83
  3. Negative: 0 out of 83
  1. Eurogamer Poland
    Jan 14, 2015
    80
    For enthusiast of pure fun and open world shooting. Everything's in its right place and perfectly arranged, with added bonus of cooperative adventures.
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  2. Arcade Sushi
    Jan 13, 2015
    90
    An overwhelming adventure full of violence, warring factions, exploration and the craziest badgers you’ll ever see.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 13, 2015
    90
    A wild and varied sandbox shooter that dazzles with sublime scenery and delights with a thriving animal ecosystem. Frosty fun guaranteed. [Jan 2015, p.75]
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