Game: Far Cry 4 – My opinion

Welcome to Kyrat everyone, it is beautiful. I really like the look of this world. In my opinion it looks better and is more interesting than the world of Far Cry 3.You are going to see me mentioning Far Cry 3 a lot in this post because a lot of Far Cry 4 is like Far Cry 3. You got the same healing-system as in Far Cry 3. Outposts/Camps work the same way as in Far Cry 3. Takedowns are the same as in Far Cry 3. Everything they have taken from Far Cry 3 works great, but i would have liked a little more change. The towers from Far Cry 3 are also back. This i really don't like. I'm so tired of climbing towers. Someone really needs to find a better way to unlock/discover the world than towers. A lot of games use you climbing towers today and someone need to break that mold. Anyway, the game feels very much like Far Cry 3.

The game is full of optional quests and activities and a lot of them good although after 8 . 10 hours of them you feel like there could really be a little more variation. They also have a crafting-system in place that is good enough. This means that you need to hunt wildlife for crafting materials and some of them can give you a little challenge.

The story starts with you, as Ajay Ghale, coming to Kyrat to scatter your mothers ashes. The bus you are on gets attacked by the royal army and you meet Pagan Min, our villain. He shows you early that he's quite insane and not afraid of doing what is necessary. You escape with the help of Sabal, a commander in the golden path, a rebel movement established by your father. The start feels a little weird too me but i can't really put my finger on why(maybe because i have seen the start before. It has been shown at press events). The story is good enough to keep me playing. I can also say that the ending is better than the ending to Far Cry 3 which i felt killed the whole Far Cry 3 experience for me. I got through Far Cry 4 in 18 hours and 30 minutes, but that was with doing a lot of sidequests so i don't really know how long it is from start to finish in a straight line. There are some stealth missions in this game and they are really well done. The music fits the world very good. The one thing that really slows the game to much in my opinion are some of the weird spirit-sections.

Let's talk about the co-op. You can bring a friend with you into Kyrat to tear shit up with you. The problem is that you can't do campaign missions. Basically you can't do anything that matters. The co-op feels useless and it pisses me off. I love co-op, i love experiencing good story and games with my friends. I don't get any of that in this. It feels like it's put in there just so they can say «we have co-op». Another thing i really want/wanted out of this is Blood Dragon 2. I loved the first one and i really really really want a new one. I know they said that it's not coming but I'm keeping my hopes up.

TL;DR

I have to admit i had a lot of fun in Kyrat. There are more good things than bad. The world is amazing and there are some good characters in there(some bad too). There is an ok amount of weapons, a good story and a great feel to the game, even though it feels like Far Cry 3. Do not buy this just to play it co-op with a friend, you can't advance story in co-op. Those damn towers are back an i dislike them. All in all a good game but feels like Far Cry 3. Now, if we could get Blood Dragon 2.

My questions for you:

What do you think of the «take over towers» mechanic?

After the year Ubisoft had in 2014, will you keep buying their games?

Do you want Blood Dragon 2?

Please leave a comment(negative,positive, suggestions or/and answers).

Until next time, stay fresh.

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