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Far Cry 4 review: The most thrilling deja vu experience you'll ever play - PCworld

Far Cry 4 is a fantastic thrill ride, but it's going to feel awfully familiar to fans.

Scatpants3851d ago

I'm really surprised they went with a guy that shoots guns for this one. That's almost exactly like the last one. I would have preferred a camel with a tennis racket.

joab7773851d ago

And this is my biggest fear confirmed. Far Cry 3 was so damn ed repetitive that I couldn't get through it.

Next gen needs to be more about evolution of gameplay than graphics in order to acquire immersion. Older games, and some contemporary (most rpgs) were great at this. As the story moves forward, so does the character and the objectives.

Now, how to do this in a beatific open world sandbox? Skyrim tried but ultimately felt a bit underwhelming as enemies leveled with you and choices meant nothing. Infamous was similar to Far Cry in that you complete the same stupid things over and over.

What about this? There are many different ways to ultimately solve the problem of the war. You can choose how you want to handle it, and as you do the world around you adapts and reacts. Then, you must make another decision. Maybe if you take a tower, next time you can't b/c they beef up security. If you take an outpost, maybe when you a rive at the next one, they have set up a trap.

I dunno. It's why I love rpgs (not all of them) Dragon Age is great so far. I would just love to see a shooter on this level.

The Witcher 3 is where my hopes lay. I have faith that they will show the industry how it's done.

Scatpants3851d ago

Some towers do have more security and every outpost is different. I was trying to snipe dudes from a long way off yesterday and they started mortaring me. Sure it's not based on choices, but there is variation to the repetitive tasks in this one. I've been having a lot of fun with it. Don't know if it will hold my interest all the way to the end, but right now it's pretty damn fun.

ITPython3851d ago

I'm still hopelessly addicted to Destiny and it takes up pretty much all of my available free time, but I really want to play this game. I'll probably pick it up in a few months when I will likely start to fade away from Destiny, Hopefully I can score it for $40 or so.

StrawberryDiesel4203851d ago

It's actually quite a bit like Destiny just set in Tibet(Kyrat). There's coop similar to Destiny and obviously the weapons are contemporary not futuristic. The game is amazingly fun and I highly recommend it.

ITPython3850d ago

Yeah I was actually going to pick it up today but never made it to the store. It seems like it is getting pretty high praise. And I don't believe the developers held the game back on the PS4 like they did with AC:Unity, so I want to make sure I support this game fully by purchasing it new and at full price.

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Far Cry 4 Update 1.08 Adds 60 FPS Support For PS5

Ubisoft's latest Far Cry 4 update enables 60 FPS on PS5 after releasing an update earlier for Far Cry New Dawn with similar improvements.

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RaidenBlack40d ago

late but still a good move, oobi

InUrFoxHole39d ago

Seriously, it's great to see devs add things to older games.

OhReginald40d ago

Sony....you're really letting ubisoft out of all all companies to out class you??? Give us the bloondborne 60 fps patch....ffs

dantesparda40d ago

I second this (Bloodborne 60fps) plus damn, Ubisoft, you're doing great but now the last thing I want youi to do is mae Far Cry Primal 60fps and AC Unity

Profchaos40d ago

Everytime someone asks for a bloodborne patch it gets delayed 1 day.

ETA next century

I_am_Batman39d ago

They know it's gonna cost them sales of the inevitable Remake that'll probably come around the PS6 launch.

raWfodog40d ago

Good news for when, or If, I ever play it. It’s waaay down on my backlog list lol.

P_Bomb40d ago

I like these 60fps patches. Hoping they’ll do Ghost Recon Wildlands someday.

Yi-Long40d ago

Kudos to Ubisoft for once again going back to older titles and then offering a nice upgrade for free. I know the company gets a lot of criticism, in quite a few cases understandable and justified, but in this area of contintued post-launch support for their SP games, they deserve some credit.

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Ubisoft Removes Nudity in Silent Far Cry 4 Update (New Info: Changes Reverted)

Update: Ubisoft has acknowledged that the Japanese version of the game, which includes regional censorship, was mistakenly released globally. The company says it has reverted these changes in the game's worldwide branch.

Ubisoft has quietly removed nudity from Far Cry 4 in a recent update, sparking speculation about Tencent’s growing influence on the publisher.

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CrimsonWing6964d ago

You can murder, mame, and viciously attack people, but anything that deals with showing a body in a natural state whether for titillation or narrative, is some truly terrible thing. We are so weird with our puritan thought process. Feed our bloodlust and fuel our enjoyment for entertainment of simulating acts of harm and murder, but god forbid you see digitized TnA. It will never make sense to me.

Rebel_Scum64d ago

tbh even if they did remove it, it doesnt matter. I dont even remember when there was nudity in the game. If it was there it was so inconsequential.

B5R64d ago

Agreed. It absolutely makes no sense

Also, even though Ubisoft reverted the changes that removed nudity, there's the bigger issue of developers being able to make large changes to the game you paid for whenever they want.

Kassanova0764d ago (Edited 64d ago )

Stellar Blade comes to mind. This is why buying physical is the way to go.

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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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DefenderOfDoom2451d ago

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

-Foxtrot451d ago

4 wasn’t so bad

Pagan Min was pretty entertaining

Skuletor451d 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.

Profchaos451d 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

Demetrius451d ago

Still one of my most favorite franchises along with assassins creed

banger88451d ago (Edited 451d 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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