While not as compelling as Min, each of the game’s supporting characters are fully formed… despite some of their first appearances.Īnyways, back to our protagonist. He’s different than the sadistic Vaas of Far Cry 3, and in all the right ways, too where Vaas was simply discarded near the 2/3 mark of the last game, Ubisoft ensures to keep Min front and centre throughout this entire game. He’s awesome charismatic, deliciously evil and so compelling, you’re desperate for your next encounter with him. Said bases also allow for fast travel and new opportunities to trade for weapons, ammo and consumables.īefore we continue, let’s just go back to Pagan Min himself. Min’s Royal Army roams the region, based in outposts that Ghale is tasked to infiltrate and liberate as bases for the Golden Path. A resourceful chap, Ajay can craft wallets to hold more money, pouches to hold more ammo weapons and medical syringes to keep himself alive, thanks to animal skins and native plants. Vehicles - including the nifty new gyrocopter - are dotted about in the same fashion, and allow for faster transportation. Far Cry 4‘s open world is huge, with outposts, towns, shantys, caves, ruins and more littered throughout the landscape. Despite a PR campaign that stresses Kyrat’s snow-capped roots, gameplay is largely in a tropic jungle and its surrounds, with short jaunts to the mountains you can see off in the distance. What follows is that polished Far Cry 3 gameplay in a slightly different setting. Straight away, Far Cry 4 is easier to swallow than a bunch of party-going kids having a bad day Ghale learns that the Golden Path almost have as much in-fighting going on as they do freedom fighting, and he’s tasked with focusing the resistance before liberating Kyrat from Min’s rule. Ghale is quickly rescued by a resistance group known as the Golden Path, and Ajay learns he’s more connected to the freedom fighters than he ever thought possible. Don’t let that pink suit fool you Min is one bad-ass motherf*cker, as he quickly demonstrates. Almost immediately upon your return to Kyrat soil, your bus is ambushed and you’re first introduced to the tyrannical leader of the region, a very fashion-conscious man named Pagan Min. You are fulfilling your mother’s dying wish: to return her to her homeland, specifically somewhere called Lakshmana. This time around, you play as Ajay Ghale, an American who returns to his home country of Kyrat with his dead mother’s ashes in tow. Far Cry 4 takes this winning formula and makes it easier to connect with. Outposts were for liberating (and later, resetting and redoing, thanks to an update), animals were for hunting and crafting, and stealth was your best bet. We rated Far Cry 3 quite highly back when we first reviewed it a departure from Far Cry 2, you played as an American party animal who travelled to an island, got separated from his friends and then seemingly went batsh*t crazy, becoming one with the island its inhabitants and adorning himself equally in tribal tattoos and the blood of his enemies. Far Cry 4 is Far Cry 3 with the added benefit of monkeys, elephants and the occasional bout of snow.