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 On 02/02/2015 at 07:44 PM by Vice's Assistant See More From This User » |
I'm sorry I haven't been on PixlBit much as of late but I wouldn't miss BaD. : )
Of all of the games I'd probably find myself playing, Far Cry 4 was...nowhere on that list. But thanks to Santa dropping by my house this year and giving me a new Playstation 4 and a friend letting me try the game with them thanks to the Keys to Kyrat, I ended up getting the game. Unfortunately, upon arriving in the land of Far Cry 4, I'm not quite sure why I should be staying here or what exactly keeps me here.
Far Cry 4 is big. Like REALLY big. Its one of the biggest things I've ever played. Its vast and really open. There's a lot of good and bad with that but more that in a bit. Really best enjoyment I get out of Far Cry 4 comes from the freedom I can do to any situation. See that bunch of bad guys up the road ahead? You can sneak up and kill them with arrows, call in guys to help you take them out, or throw in bait to get an animal buddy to do it for you. OR you can do the “Corey” approach, jump on an elephant and just run right into them. It is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO satisfying to just jump on elephant and run right over everything pretty much. The emphasis on freedom here is so great is amazing, its also one of the many problems with Far Cry 4.
See Far Cry 4's openness is great and all but it all falls apart all to easily. Especially when you consider EVERYTHING WANTS TO KILL YOU! Maybe its because I haven't ever played such an open FPS game but my goodness the fact that I can't get just one second of quiet in the game its crazy. There are plenty of animals who want to kill me, people, and glitches. For example, this morning I was doing a Karma event, a mini-mission events that happen sporadically through out the world and award Karma points and EXP for leveling up. The mission was simple: Kill the bad guys and save a hostage. Usually I hate these things because I'm terrible at stealth but today I did good. Got all of the bad guys and was on my way up to save the hostage...only find the hostage dead? Why? A bloody snow leopard came out of nowhere and killed them...then attacked me. After I let out my rage on the leopard for screwing up my mission, I jump in my helicopter to fly off...then die when I tried to put the brakes on the helicopter to only remember helicopters don't have brakes. OK the last part was my own screw up, that unfortunately happens way to frequently as much as I like to admit, but the other parts are what really frustrates me. Why punish me for taking options you want me do? Why should throw out bait if the animal comes attacks me afterwards? Why call in help when the AI are idiots? The game doesn't help with that either with some baffling decisions it does in the missions as well. One side mission I did had me hunt fish with explosives. Now as stupid as that sounds, the real kicker came when I would go and try to retrieve the fish to only come back with damaged skin. Oh and there was a bunch of enemies mercs who would spawn on the other side of the river I was hunting and I had to deal with as well. Fun times. But what really kicks me about the openness of the game is how every place looks way to similar. It literally gives me a headache if I play the game for to long.
As much crap I'm giving Far Cry 4, its not a terrible game. Well at least, its not terrible compared to say Unity. My biggest gripe is just justifying the pay off for all of the work I do in it. Today I was sent up to the Mountains, where I had to retrieve a case while maintaining oxygen. It was a definitely nice change of pace but at the same time had the same problems: too open and you get punished for taking advantage of the freedom your given. Its really made me think about how long I want to keep up with this. I think I just may stay around for the goofy fun in CO-OP but that's about it. Ultimately, Far Cry 4 best strength and weakness comes from its freedom it gives. Its nice when a game gives you so much freedom to do stuff, but frustrating when that freedom comes with so many catches...and honey badgers. Just screw those black and while devils.
I am so glad that you are here posting on Pixlbit. I really like reading your blogs, and I hope you get a chance to read mine, too, even if I'm not going to be diong a blog every day.
I never played a Far Cry game (surprise), but I did get a review code of Far Cry: Blood Dragon and had my brother Jeff play it and review it. That was a funny game full of 80's cheese. If you get a chance, I'd recommend playing it especially if you like that series.
Thanks Cary. I REALLY want to try Blood Dragon because of the 80s cheeze. I just never got around to it. Oh well at least I got some time with a Far Cry game to get familar with it. I haven't played a Far Cry game since the first one where it was with Aliens...I think.
It's always nice to see you around Pixlbit.
I haven't played Far Cry 4, but I do own the third game and I was very inmersed in the hours i've played there, but I decided to uninstall it because my laptop can only run so much the game and i'm getting wary of Ubisoft and their Uplay service. Overall though, I did liked what I played.
I think you may like this review of the game, although it has an opinion from another point of view:
Thanks Alex and that guy was on the nose about 4. I've never played a Far Cry since the first one was ported to the first Xbox and I only rented it. So really, this is pretty fresh to me. Still, it feels really monotonus and glitches can be really annoying.
congrats on your PS4. I'm probably going to get one in time for Witcher and Batman.
I want to try Far Cry 4, but I'm gonna wait until I get a deal with it, because like i said on another comment, i heard the instafail stealth missions are really annoying.
glad you're here for BaD!
Well if you do get a PS4, I can give you a Keys to Kyrat 2 hr demo for free to try out the co-op. Its a great way to get a feel for the game. Plus, the stuff you get in the demo carries over to the main game.
can you play the whole game co-op?
Regrettably no. It cuts off the main game missions and some side missions. However you can do most of the side quests, and Ievel up much faster eariler on.
Still haven't gotten around to this. I've heard bad things about bugs and framerate, so I avoided it until it was patched...
Judging from what you've said, I might leave it alone.
Watch the review Alex posted above, it pretty much hits the nail on the head on my thoughts. Its not terrible, just not fantastic. And like I told Matt, if you have a PS4, I'll be more than happy to give you a Key to Kyrat demo if you want to try it.
Yeah, I think risk-reward factor is one of the biggest things determining whether I'll keep playing a game. "I did all that to get HERE?!"
Yeah, that's for me as well. Really, all I want to do is finally do is get through these goofy things that will allow me to level up because I have a growing cache of EXP points and I can't spend them on anything because the requements to unlock the next thing haven't been met.
Haven't played a Far Cry game, but they look interesting enough.
They are. Its just a matter of how long can it hold your interest. I haven't played that much and my interest is stating to wain.
Ha ha! I played some Far Cry 3 last year and I got eaten by a bloody great croc! One of my highlights of 2014. It just came out of nowhere and scared me silly.
I can't wait to play Far Cry 4. Honey Badger or no. I'll crush it with my elephant ride!
Spoilers: Crocs are in 4 as well. They are SUPER rare but there are here. The funny thing is I found it by accident with my friend in CO-OP. I was joking to her that I hope there's no crocs in this game as we both rode elephants in the water and later on in that session I spotted a croc. She didn't believe me at first and when up to it...in which it chomped and killed her elephant friend. Then it chomped and tried to kill me but somehow, I killed it.
bloody crocs!
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