Personal and Professional Practice 3: 'Research' Studio Brief (Review) - Far Cry 4

One of the games that I have been excited about since I saw the development and first game play for it at EGX back in September was Far Cry 4. This game was absolutely fantastic and is one of my favourite games this year so far! It has taken all of the best bits from Far Cry 3, which was such a big step up from the original 2 in terms of game play and story and Far Cry 4 just builss off that, taking the story further and continuing to bring the epic game play that everyone loves about the the previous game.

The story of Far Cry 4 for me wasn't quite as good as Far Cry 3, but that is to say its not bad, just wasn't quite up there with the best. While Far Cry 3 was all about going on holiday, getting kidnapped and eventually turning into a rampaging revenge story, Far cry 4 starts off with you going to Kyrat, a fictional place set in the Himalayas where the character Ajay Ghale is going to scatter his mums ashes. This seems to crop up a lot throughout as this is literally the only reason he is there and he ends up going to war with the natives there to bring back the Golden Path and take down the dictator Pagan Min from the troubles he has been causing. It seems a bit far fetched that Ajay would go to war with the Golden Path after being there for a few days, but you get to shoot bigs guns at people so I'm not going to complain.

Despite the weak-ish story this game still had me hooked from the beginning and I played through and 100% the game in about 4 days as there was just so much to do and all of it was so much fun for me personally. One of my favourite things about the game series has to be the hunting aspect to it. You feel that you actually creeping through the forests yourself trying to snag the prey in front of you and doing this with a bow is just so satisfying as you get that one-shot kill. There isn't a game like this for me that lets you feel like your actually in your surroundings and you feel that you have to keep quiet and hold your breath sometimes before letting out a cry of joy when you get the prize.

This overall is a must play game as it is so special and offers so much more than just a shoot em up to the player. The excitement of the story as it plays out and you find out more about the Golden Path and what they actually do, the joyfyllness of sneaking through the forest and trying to get that kill for the rare animal skin that you need to fully upgrade your ammo pouch and the rush of adrenaline as you overtake a base in whatever means necessary, quiet with a bow and arrow or all guns blazing! Its a fantastic game and everyone should get at least one chance to play it!