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Far Cry 4′s Box Art Does Not Instill Confidence

GeekParty writes: "I really liked Far Cry 3.

Let me rephrase that. I really liked Far Cry 3’s gameplay. With lush open jungles to explore, various outposts to climb, and countless discoveries to make, Far Cry 3 was a breath of fresh air in a genre that has been starving for something to come along and wake it up from the staid mechanics and rote spectacle."

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XiNarutoUzumaki3633d ago

I hope that villain is as bad and psychopath as Vaas Montenegro.

Vaas and The Joker are the best villains have ever seen.

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SonyStyled3633d ago

Vaas is a great villain because he was very, very twisted unlike any villain ive seen before

ginsunuva3633d ago

But we've already seen psycho Vaas.

Another psycho villain will feel forced and re-used.

bleedsoe9mm3633d ago

Got to be a crazy SOB to pull off a pink lamay suit

Baccra173633d ago

I hope we actually get to see him IN the game compared to in a youtube video series. You saw more of Vaas and his character in the youtube series than you did in the game which was a big disappointment. Had I not seen the youtube series first, I wouldn;t have thought so highly of Vass the way he was shown in the game.

IcarusOne3633d ago

I didn't see the youtube series. And I still loved Vaas. He was an incredible villain.

Blink_443633d ago

I think Vaas is a bit overrated.

Braid3633d ago (Edited 3633d ago )

Agreed, never understood why he was such a big deal. It was your generic Joker copycat. An entertaining character, sure. But not as original as some people make him out to be.

And this one reminds me of the character played by Javier Bardem in Skyfall. Not so original again, but definitely more refreshing than Vaas.

Reverent3633d ago

It was the voice actor. He brought Vaas to life in a way no other video game villain has been done before.

TheSaint3632d ago

So were judging books by their covers now?

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mushroomwig3633d ago

Apparently characters wearing pink and being somewhat flamboyant scares a lot of men.

ginsunuva3633d ago

Have I ever told you the definition of fabulous?

HighResHero3633d ago

We might find out later that the man holding the grenade is his stylist. The one who sent him over the edge and led to a disastrous chain of events. Now that would be truly terrifying.

Dirtnapstor3633d ago

It just reflects that this character is confident and calculating. I'm hoping for an antagonist liken to "Simon Gruber" of Die Hard 3.

ShutUpDonny3633d ago

Yep. I think he looks cool and the last I wanted is another Vaas. There is no point in making the same bad guy twice.

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DoctorJones3633d ago

I think some people are reading too much into the box art. Get a grip, wait until you see what's in the game or maybe even wait until it's released before passing judgement.

MysticStrummer3633d ago

Right. FC3's box art and previews would make you think Vaas was the main villain, so for all we know the effeminately dressed long lost Baldwin brother won't be much of a factor in FC4.

DoctorJones3633d ago (Edited 3633d ago )

That's a totally different point to the one I was making, but um, ok.

What are you saying exactly?

Because while I am responding to what was said in the article you seem to be making a totally different argument, I think, to what I'm saying.

Let me give you a taste of the article, if you haven't read it already -

'You’ve got a dude in a fabulous pink suit with a flamboyant coif, sitting on some desecrated ruins. He’s holding an indigenous native hostage in a supplicant pose, his hands clutching a grenade to his chest. Clearly, this guy is supposed to be a villain, but even so, this cover makes several implications about the relationship between these two characters, and it feels just as tone deaf as the last game.'

So with that, what was your point?

EDIT:Ah sorry, yeah hopefully they make sure they don't waste the opportunity this time. Vaas was probably the best villain I've seen in a game and they squandered it with FC3. I hope they see the feedback and make the villain just as memorable and long lasting this time.

MysticStrummer3633d ago

No I think I made the same point. Both of us are saying don't read too much into the box art.

*shrug*

The guy in pink is clearly in charge, but to me there's no other implication from that cover. He just appears to be a boss that's feared by his minions to me, or if not exactly "feared" he's obviously in control because of threats to family or some other blackmail.

Blues Cowboy3633d ago (Edited 3633d ago )

I really, really hope that's the player character.

No really, I'd love to play the insane despot here. Why not? Far Cry is all about big crazy fun these days, and it's fun being bad.

Activemessiah3633d ago

Whoever that guy is needs to see Trinny & Susana regarding a new style

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Far Cry 20th Anniversary Celebration

Far Cry debuted on March 23, 2004, meaning that next week, it will have been 20 years since Jack Carver first washed up on the shore of a tropical paradise teeming with hostile mercenaries.

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DefenderOfDoom243d ago

Played and enjoyed Far Cry, Far Cry 3 and 4 campaigns .

-Foxtrot42d ago

4 wasn’t so bad

Pagan Min was pretty entertaining

Skuletor42d ago

Yeah, 4 was good, was hard choosing which Golden Dawn member to side with, when they were both pieces of sh!t.
I've beaten all the main entries except 2 and 6, ended up uninstalling 6 to download something else instead.

Profchaos43d ago

I'd love a far cry pack with the original PC game (not the half assed port on ps360) instincts, predator even a port of far cry 2 to modern consoles back when these games had their own identity and weren't far cry 3 cut and pastel

Demetrius42d ago

Still one of my most favorite franchises along with assassins creed

banger8842d ago (Edited 42d ago )

Same here, I don't know why these games get so much hate. I've thoroughly enjoyed every single one of them, with only a couple of exceptions. I wish they'd hurry up and announce Far Cry 7. The only thing I'm concerned about is the rumoured time limit.

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Our Favorite Villains in Gaming - Roundtable

There have been plenty of great villains in video games over the years. Now it's time for the VGU crew to name a few of their favorites.

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Which Far Cry Should I Start With? - A Beginner's Guide 2023

If you’re new to this long-running franchise, we’ve got you covered.

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masterfox409d ago

Farcry 3 and literally thats it! lol

GamingSinceForever408d ago (Edited 408d ago )

I recently tried 3 for the first time but the frame rate was a turnoff.

I liked 5 and 6 though.

banger88407d ago

If you have a Series X or S, the Xbox 360 version runs at 60 fps with fps boost. It's a shame the remaster doesn't.

isarai409d ago

2 and 3, pretty much the only ones i really enjoyed. 1 was amazing for the time but aged quite poorly. 4 has the elephant gun, all i can praise from any entry after 3 lol

cooperdnizzle408d ago

Ummmm 3 than stop.

Okay maybe two as well. But yeah probably 3 and then move on.

JEECE408d ago (Edited 408d ago )

Far Cry 2. People constantly rant about games now being too easy, holding your hand, having too many unnecessary RPG-lite leveling features, etc. People specifically complain about open world games being too focused on tons of collectibles and "checkmarks" that just waste time.

Far Cry 2 is an answer to all of those complaints. It was made by Ubisoft before they fell into all the traps discussed above (and before they started inserting towers into their games to defog the map). It has respawning enemies, weapons that degrade, and the collectible diamonds are very useful in the game (which you find in a similar way to the way you find shrines in BOTW with a radar system). The map you have is an in game item you pull out while playing, not a pause menu that is unnecessarily detailed. Also the enemy AI and physics are much better than later entries in the series.

It has a mixed reputation because people at the time said it was too hard, the weapon degradation was annoying, and then respawning enemies were annoying. FC2 came out in 2008, so this was before games like Dark Souls and BOTW had come out and made it cool to like these types of features.

XbladeTeddy407d ago

Far Cry 2, the one with the AI that find you through walls and trees, can one shot you from a mile away and have 100% accuracy? That was frustrating not fun because cheap AI.

JEECE407d ago (Edited 407d ago )

Uhh, I mean, it isn't one of these games where once the enemies have detected you they will magically forget you exist because you walked behind a wall or went into a bush. And yeah the AI isn't stormtrooper level accuracy. Again, these are positives, not negatives to me.

To be fair, I'm really directing this at the people most critical of "Modern Ubisoft" or "Modern Open World" design elements. Like the type of people who fawned all over Elden Ring because it had a clean UI because they are so burnt out by the "checkbox" type of open world design.

If you like those types of games, then a later FC game like 3 and especially 4-5 would be more your style.

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