"It was just more Far Cry 3!" says the narrator. Yeah, you are right in certain ways. Kyrat, a mountain state wedged in the Himalayas, is a vast expanse of land for you to explore, kill, and scramble your path across. Outposts must be conquered, towers must be climbed, and a seemingly endless supply of stolen goods must be scavenged. But once you're immersed in Far Cry 4, this convenient but misplaced metaphor becomes immediately less effective: This is a larger, stronger, crazier version of an already great thing, and that's amazing.

Far Cry 3 received a lot of flak for its use of the notorious "white savior" symbol, but I was more confused by the point that Jason Brody was a chuckleheaded jerk. Ajay isn't one of them. His father created The Golden Path, a rebel group attempting to overthrow despotic king Pagan Min, and he's come back with the admirable intention of scattering his mother's ashes in the country she adored. So he has links to this land.

You are still a stranger in Far Cry. Every game in the series has put players in the shoes of a stranger in the exotic and mysterious land they find themselves in. The conceit aids immersion in both the plot and the action; since something is new to the player as well as the character they control, they're on a similar learning process.

The theme of insanity was piled on top of this rubric in Far Cry 3. Players took control of a high Western traveler fleeing genocidal robbers on a tropical island, and his only hope of survival was to become a deadly ruthless killer. As the character ascended to the role of macho man, he became increasingly deranged, implying that being capable of violence comes at a cognitive cost. If Far Cry 3 saw players falling down the rabbit hole, Far Cry 4 puts them right in the middle of Fantasy land – and what a wide and hateful place it is.

It's also heartbreakingly lovely. In terms of culture and visual representation, the fictional country of Kyrat in Far Cry 4 is a mash-up of Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet. Behind rolling hills of untamed trees, snow-capped mountains loom high. Valleys dotted with towns, outposts, and the ruins of Buddhist temples are dominated by colossal statues. Traders with their world on their backs walk down dirt roads with hiking sticks, and the wilds are teeming with wildlife, the majority of which is deadly to the unwary intruder.

The planet is teeming with things for players to get their hands on. Aside from radar towers, guarded outposts, story quests, races, and rescue missions, Kyrat is bursting at the seams with animals to hunt, forts to destroy, and plants to harvest and transform into drug cocktails. You can also go on an acid trip with the help of a couple of Western travelers.

These activities constantly collide one minute you're on your way to activate a radar tower, the next a herd of animals the source of pelts you'll need to craft an extra arms slot appears in front of you, and you're off and moving in a different way. The player's most difficult challenge is to remain focused on the task at hand – not that Far Cry 4's developers support in this regard. The game's world has the effect of making Kyrat feel like a living, breathing nation that promotes and promotes adventure.

The colorful cast of characters that the player encounters adds to Kyrat's landscape. Pagan Min, the game's antagonist, and Kyrat's unofficial tyrant are one of them. He's a bleach-blonde, platinum criminal in a purple suit. He shares a few traits with Vaas Montenegro, the antagonist from Far Cry 3, in that he's charming, ruthless, and totally unexpected. Min, on the other hand, sees himself as a stabilizing force in Kyrat's savage environment – and considering the moral murkiness of some of the country's freedom fighters, he makes a compelling argument. One of Far Cry 4's flaws is that, after revealing the player to Min, the creators hold him off-screen for the duration of a Biblical epic.

Instead, the hero of the game, Ajay Ghale (a Kyrat former returning from the West to disperse his mother's ashes), meets Amita and Sabal, the leaders of a rebel movement known as The Golden Path. Both want Pagan Min's harsh rule in Kyrat to come to an end, but they have very different ideas about how to do so. Sabal is a traditionalist who values human life above all else, but he is hell-bent on restoring Kyrat civilization to its former glory. Amita, for one, doesn't want anything to do with Kyrat's racist history, but she also doesn't see why she shouldn't take over Min's drug-running operations if the money can be used to construct hospitals, other institution and if Kyrat gets her way, she'll probably need rehab clinics.

The story and outcome of the game are splintered depending on which leader the player chooses, which distinguishes Far Cry 4 from its predecessor. Players are no longer bound by a predetermined story, and their acts and choices have a much greater effect on their surroundings. Far Cry 4's authors deserve praise for never presenting players with a clear-cut moral dilemma. They, like Arjay, are learning the landscape and culture as they go, so they will come to regret some of their early decisions later in the game.

The game's AI is the second curveball Far Cry 4 throws at players. Although there is a lot in Far Cry 4 that series veterans will recognize, the game's NPCs and animals are far more aggressive and intelligent this time around. In the face of overwhelming odds, enemy soldiers will withdraw. Dog packs will circle their prey in search of an uncontested position. Smaller creatures will try to threaten or wait until the player's back is turned, while larger predators will strike directly and ferociously. The AI works in a similar way to the player; it assesses the difficulty and the terrain ahead of it, then seeks out the route of minimal number.

In terms of co-op and multiplayer, the campaign is so powerful that they almost feel like optional extras. The former, on the other hand, is well worth exploring for a bit of variety, and playing with a mate makes destroying territories and forts a lot simpler. The PVP multiplayer has a lot of interesting match styles, but it's unlikely that it'll eat into the lobby numbers of Call of Duty and Halos.

There are some lingering effects from previous versions. In a couple of story quests, Far Cry 4 forces players into a style of play they do not like – stealth missions, for example, where being discovered is an immediate fail – and a lot of the game's best gear is out of for far too long. Far Cry 4 reflects, however, in the almost boozy sense of independence it grants the player as they travel through the game's world. In Kyrat, you have the freedom to go wherever you want and do whatever you want, just as Pagan Min would advocate. The only bond you have to hold here is with your mind.

Story - 8.5/10

Gameplay - 8/10

Control - 8/10

Graphics - 9/10

I would like to recommend this game to you guys and wish you Happy Gaming 😉.

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