Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Far Cry 4

Yes, it's Far Cry 3.5. And yes, it's Awesome!

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2014

Platform For Display: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

(Long Review)
Yes, it's very much like FC3 with upgraded graphics, some re-skins and a new story line.
Yes, that is very much a good thing!

Summary
Great:
Amazing graphics & audio
Excellent acting and animation
Awesome player-centric game play
Comfortable & responsive controls
The new Himalayas setting is captivating and fresh

Good:
Storyline is intriguing, but not phenomenal
A few new weapons, animals, skills, etc but nothing that really jumps out

Bad:
Well, it is Far Cry. If you don't like Far Cry, then you won't like this game.
I don't consider the similarity to FC3 a bad thing, but if you're expecting something totally re-invented, you won't find it here.
The predator animals are over-abundant and seem to find you at all the wrong moments.

Overall
4.75 / 5 Stars.

Specifics
Install:
This game installed and ran flawlessly from discs. Took about an hour to install on a new Asus ROG G751. Be aware that (Day 1) there is 3 GB patch that will need to be downloaded and installed. Once that was over, fired right up for me.

Performance / graphics / audio:
I'm a multimedia loving kind of guy. When a game looks & sounds good, it can lock me in and make me forget everything else, but when it doesn't, I find my mind wandering. This game does not disappoint.
The Nvidia GTX970M on my system runs this on "NVIDIA" setting (one above Ultra) with all individual settings cranked to ultra flawlessly. This game is BEAUTIFUL. I mean absolutely amazing. Truly a next-gen game clearly built for next-gen systems.
Considering that I literally slipped away from reality staring at a 17" screen and lost track of the world around me for several hours, I'd say that "Immersive" is the right word.
The only odd thing I noticed is when moving from sunlight to shadow, you get a lot of dimming. I haven't figured out though if it's an issue or another "realism" feature - since that's pretty much the effect you get in real life as your eyes try to adjust to the lower light level.

Gameplay:
Well, it's Far Cry. Plays like Far Cry 3. All the crafting, abilities, etc are very similar with a few add ons here and there. A couple of new features / modes of travel such as the new grapple hook. Some cool minor improvements, I guess. The thing is, I don't think there was anything broken here that they needed to fix, except - Auto Driving - Yes, they added auto-driving! Now you can focus on shooting instead of driving (which you do quite a bit in this game).
This brings me to a major point - this game caters to the player in all the right ways. Auto collecting ammo on walk by, marking a lot of items and loot on the map for you, a solid kb & m control set up out of the box. It really allows you to slip into the game and the story and not worry so much about the little things. Most importantly - they didn't try to fix anything that wasn't broken!
Since this released the same day as Dragon Age: Inquisition (and I pre-ordered both), I'm going to use that as an example. DA took a lot of the things that worked and messed them up (dumbed down AI, bad controls, etc). FC4 managed to keep everything that worked and tweak a few things that didn't. No reinventing the wheel, here - they didn't need to.
One gripe - there is a LOT of animals. To the point that there interference is almost constant. This may be realistic for being dropped into the Himalayan wilderness, but when predators are attacking and interfering with your time-sensitive missions most of the time, it's too much. They also tend to attack enemies a lot, which can be helpful, but cuts into XP collection (it sucks when you've clipped an enemy a couple of times and you know you're down to the last shot and a freaking eagle swoops down and steals your kill).

Story:
Voice acting & animation are exactly what you'd expect - exceptional. Same kind of "in your face" interactions as FC3.
Truth be told, I've managed to loose focus from the main story - A LOT. And, that is NOT a bad thing! It's one of the things that makes FC so fun.
Something like this: ~Strolling along to the next mission > ~Is that a F*n rhinoceros? S***, it is! > ~I wonder if my new sniper rifle will drop that thing with a head shot? > ~Oh no, it didn't! > ~Run like H*** > ~Hey, is that a cave over there? > ~(45 minutes later) Oh, yeah. I should go get back to that mission. And all the while, never feeling like you wasted your time.
Like any good FPS/RPG hybrid, the story is not isolated to the main quest line. There is a ton to see and learn. Maybe not so deep as DA or TES, but probably on par with Mass Effect and better than most FPS games.
That said, so far, I think that the story line in FC3 was more engrossing. I remember ending the prologue feeling like I'd just been sucker punched in the gut and had to regain my breath. I haven't quite gotten that from FC4, yet, but it's early and time will tell... (will update later).

Multiplayer:
[Updated 11/21]
Once you get through the first Chapter, you open up multiplayer. So far I've been successful 0/5 for entering a match online in game and successful 1/2 from the main menu (opening screen). Once in, it seems to work well. Everything operates as smoothly as single player mode. If they get the servers straightened out, then I'd call this a success. Until then, this is an obvious FAIL.

Will update as I continue dump hours upon hours of my life into this...

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KM

Worthy (and familiar) Descendant of Far Cry 3

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2014

Platform For Display: PC DownloadEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

After about a dozen hours playing this game, I am about a quarter of the way through the game. I'm enjoying it quite a bit, it's a fun game with the same gunplay that was in Far Cry 3. It's extremely similar to FC3, but seeing as I loved that game, that's perfectly fine. The graphics and environment are amazing, very detailed and diverse.

As it was with FC3, the characters are what makes the game in the story side of things. Pagan Min is awesome. He has a certain chummy, manipulative personality and Troy Baker does an excellent job of bringing Min to life. Instead of having a phone, Ajay has a radio which is used by Min to randomly talk to him. He throws out some random subjects. I'm not entirely sure what Min's endgame is, and I'm excited to find out. The other characters are Amita and Sabal, the two leaders of the rebellious Golden Path, who are struggling to take peaceful control over the rebels from the other and fight the war the way they want to. Then there is Longinus, a gun runner who supplies the Golden Path with weapons. And of course there's Ajay. There is absolutely terrible character development when it comes to the protagonist. After more or less a dozen hours of playing this game, I know only about four things about Ajay. Of course, I'm sure there will be more details later in the game, but still, that's a long time to not learn much at all about the person you are playing. With that being said, James A. Woods does a good job of delivering his lines. Well, the few lines that he has. From what I've heard, he's had a much smoother performance than Gianpaolo Venuta (Jason Brody). Fun fact, Woods also voiced Keith from FC3.

Far Cry 4 essentially took the ground work of Far Cry 3 and built different walls up around it. A semi-desolate location with an array of animals and a war on between the larger, dominant faction and the smaller rebel faction. A war which you jump right into the middle of. Hunting and crafting still play a large role, and extensive stealthy takedowns are abundant. Most of the weapons from FC3 are still in FC4, with a few added in (elephant gun/700 Nitro, autocross, and several small SMGs). The hang glider, wingsuit (bought at a store), and a variety of land and water vehicles make a reappearance. As well as the addition of hover crafts and gyrocopters. I'll go over the gyrocopters later. All of the same types of side missions return to FC4. There are the hunting for unique animals and killing commanders. Ubisoft also incorporated hostage rescue and animal attack survival missions. At the start of the game, the map is covered in fog, and to clear it you have to do the typical task of climbing radio towers and hacking Pagan Min's propaganda radio broadcast. So yup, lots of things stayed the same.

Ubisoft also put in quite a few new things. From weapons and vehicles to missions, I'll try and give a decent description of the majority of them. The new vehicles include the gyrocopter and the hover craft. The gyrocopter is awesome. Don't want to go up or around that big rock cliff? Jump in the gyrocopter. Don't want to bother with doing the redundant task of climbing the radio tower? Jump in the gyrocopter, get close to the top and jump off. I believe that there is an altitude warning system that goes off when you get to a certain altitude at which the copter can't sustain lift. Either that or it's just an old run down machine that fails occasionally. I haven't read or heard of anything that supports either theory, so all I know is that bells and whistles go off at times. The hover craft is also pretty cool. It runs on any terrain as long as it isn't too steep. Although it seems out of place in a country where a number of weapons are from the 1940s and 50s. The addition of elephants provides the opportunity to ride them (after acquiring a skill) and use them to attack hostiles. A word of advice: don't pick a fight with them unless you have some heavy firepower. The same goes for rhinos too. They also included a karma system. I'm not entirely sure what this affects (if anything). I would say that it works most similarly to the Honor system in Red Dead Redemption. When encountering events such as friendlies fighting hostiles or a tied up civilian being led around by a Royal Army soldier, you can jump in and kill the hostiles. There are also mani wheels scattered around the world that you spin. You are then rewarded a number of karma points and money from the persons involved. The only thing that I know that this system does is give you achievements and rewards. But I suppose time will tell. I know that there are more things than this, but I can't remember all of them off the top of my head and this is getting a little long. So anyways...

The map is big. I would say that it is about as big as FC3 (including water), maybe slightly bigger. However, with all of the mountains, rock bluffs, and valleys, this place feels freaking huge. It's actually rather overwhelming. As far as how I like the Himalayan setting, it's pretty cool. I prefer a place that allows me to see a long ways (to survey and snipe) but still have enough cover so that I can stalk any hostile forces. But anyways, it's an amazing setting with beautiful graphics.

My rig is running an AMD 6300 @ 3.5 ghz, an MSI GTX 760 4GB, 8GB RAM and Windows 7. I have not experienced any bugs or crashes. I can run it pretty smoothly at medium settings. At high, there's a bit of a lag once in awhile even though the FPS counter says that it is running at 40-50 FPS. The same goes for very high settings. A more noticeable lag even though the FPS counter is still reading 35-45. I'm not an expert on programming and hardware performance by any means, but if I had to guess I would say that either the Nvidia FPS counter that I'm using isn't tracking fast enough to show the dip or the engine is a little jacked up. Like I said, I'm not an expert, can you tell? I also had an unusual experience with the look sensitivity. Upon starting the game, the sensitivity was very very low and stiff. So I adjusted it to where it is halfway responsive. Then the first time I pulled up the camera, the slightest twitch of the mouse sent the camera screaming off in a 360 degree spin. And that's a little annoying.

Overall/TL;DR, Far Cry 4 is a good game with a weak story (so far), great graphics, and the same, fun gameplay. If you're considering buying it, I would recommend it, but it may be worth it to wait until the price drops.

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Erin

I now understand why they didn't add chatting in game -- because they didn't want people *****ing about how much it sucked. But

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2014

Platform For Display: PC DownloadEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

I'm a top ranked FC3 player (in the top 80 just in xp) so this comes with some experience

Seriously, I would pay 100 bucks for anyone to print this out and hand it to the pelvic bonetard that designed this game. I now understand why they didn't add chatting in game -- because they didn't want people *****ing about how much it sucked. But I'm sorry, chat is part of EVERY single online game in the world...its part of the charm of gaming online! what f'ing newbie decided to remove it???? I know-- someone that has NEVER EVER EVER played a game in their life... creative director, producers and managers - FIRE YOURSELVES now. You are garbage to the game industry. FC4 - what a waste of a title. Shame on all of you

Here is a great idea: Fix FC3 bugs and stop produces more garbage titles that no one wants to play. Lets get something else straight too, its an EXPANSION Of FC3... its not a NEW game its just a new map with some dumb features added on, an updated havoc engine that you didn't even code, and a monumental wasted effort of trying to do something way to dumb for multiplier.

PUT TDM back in the game
GET RID Of the assassin creed bozos that run around with arrows and spawn bees - are you serious?
PUT Domination, Transmission or something else like FS back in the game like every other successful FPS, have you played any before?
STOP making imbalanced team classes, wtf! STICK WITH GUNS vs GUNS -- whats so hard to understand?

better yet, just fix FC3 because it was 10x better or just RELEASE the damn source code and we can mod it and make something great and you can collect more money on the mods -- oh right you wouldn't know how that works because you literally don't do anything like valve does because you suck.

PS Also, you're uplay overlay is junk, I have accidentally deleted a friend about 100 times trying to join a game because its soooo slow and full of spam junk you can't accurately click on the little stupid tiny miniature drop down dialog under a name when its running at 13fps and your mouse is skipping around.

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Avery

Good and bad, but over all happy.

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2015

Platform For Display: PC DownloadEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

I'm going to rate this in two pieces, the technical execution and the game play.

The game play: Totally awesome, every bit as good as FC3 and then some+. The game play is totally solid, very few bugs, the game flows perfectly. Love the buzzer!!! This half deserves a full 5 stars, easily!

Technical execution: I have an i7 920 at 3.8Ghz, 6GB memory, 500GB Samsung SSD, and a GTX 690 pushing to a 30" 2560x1600 monitor. I only use a very very clean install of Win7 64x Ultimate. My system always has the latest firmware and drivers for everything and all BS removed. With all previous games the system has been rock solid running at the highest settings or nearly. All Crysis versions run 100%, BioShock, GRID2, etc. I've never had a problem with any game up to this point. I'm sure you're well aware that upon release this game had some serious issues. I also experienced many of these, such as flashing shadows/objects, incorrect colors, pitch black night time, and lots of crashing. At release it was nearly unplayable! I had to turn all the quality settings very low to get it somewhat stable and playable. I was able to play for maybe 30min at a time between crashes but managed to finish the game. Now that a number of patches have been released and I have fine tuned the settings I'm nearly running everything at max (sans AA) and only crashing anywhere from once an hour or three+. I'm on my third time around and it's actually pretty fun now. I have to slam UBI on it's initial release though, they should have just waited a few months more and had all the known issues fixed, shame on you! Due to this I will be very hesitant to buy another UBI product on initial release.

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Aidin

The game is ok, the story is bad and in compare to FC3, it has little to nothing to say.

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015

Platform For Display: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

First of all the game is fine (without following the story and missions, although it is almost the same as FC3), I like playing the game. But there are some issues that made me kind of hating playing it sometimes(and yes, my rating is also based on comparison with FC3 ).
So here is what I don't like about the game
1- The story line is bad. I did like FC3 story, but FC4 story is just crap.
2- In some missions, it starts talking Indian (or I think it is Indian) with English subtitles. For the god sake, should I read the subtitles or play the game?! ( and I do not really care about all those things it says)
3- The game is kind of insisting to teach the game's culture (or what ever culture it is) to the player!! really, the game is not PG-13 the last time I checked!
4- you have no choice, but to hear some annoying songs when you drive a car! really, Ubisoft could at least put an option to make it silence!
5- you can't escape the videos (movies in the beginning of each mission), and yes this was also an issue for me on FC3.
6- The graphic is not much higher than FC3, why does it need so high end graphic card?(gtx260 is not working with FC4)
Edited: (removed one star)
7- Uplay! yes it sucks. I feel like cheated! for example I changed the configuration not to connect to internet at all, then after I ran Uplay, it says offline but check this, it connects to internet for updates! really!!!!! no privacy!!!

I liked FC3 way better than FC4.

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Xfertime

Finally....Far Cry 4 !!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2014

Platform For Display: PC DownloadEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

In short, the game runs fine. If you were excited to play this game (as I was) and was deterred upon hearing about the PC version of the game (as I was), relax. It's not "broken" by any means. Of course, I can only go by MY PC and MY specs. Main specs will be listed.

I purchased Far Cry 4 as a PC download on 11/24/2014. I had no problems whatsoever. Download took about 4 hours. I already had Uplay installed with Far Cry 3. After the installation of FC4 finished, I didn't have to do any updates, I guess they were all included with the download/install. I started the game right after install had finished. I will note, you will need, or at least I had to adjust the video settings for best performance. I'm running the game at 2560 x 1440, 60 fps, ultra settings. I noticed after playing the first couple of hours the draw distance blinked, about once or twice ever 20-30 minutes. To fix that I had to go into the advanced video settings and tinker around, and I set the draw distance to it's maximum setting. Since I've made these last settings to the games video settings screen there haven't been any stuttering yet, I've continued playing the game now around 10 more hours so far.

About the game:
If you remotely liked Far Cry 3, then you should love this game. I think the gameplay is better, the graphics are much improved and the story line is different, as expected, it's a different game. There is so much more to do in this game than there was in FC3. The skinning of the animals is the same animation as it was in FC3 which I thought was a weird animation for skinning the animals, the helicopter is a much needed addition to Far Cry, the grappling hook is neat, it would be better though if you could just throw and use it wherever you wanted, and not only at selected places, why not just do away with the grappling and change the chosen places to ropes or ladders since it can only be used at the select places. There are a lot of videos to sit through, but they add to the story line, however it would be nice if after watching the video and you were killed shortly there after you could skip the video and continue on. Never the less this is a much improved game from Ubisoft, and worth every bit the full price.

As far as USB devices, I'm using a logitech keyboard and mouse, via it's USB receiver and a headset via a USB bluetooth receiver. I haven't had any problems running FC4, even whilst multi-tasking. I've had a DVD of our family reunion (about a 2 hour video) being converted in the background to an mp4, and the gameplay wasn't affected at all. I've read a lot of reviews from others claiming to have issues, maybe they were fixed before I downloaded and installed it on the 24th. One other thing to note, about mouse acceleration, I did have to spend a little time playing the game while stopping now and then to adjust this setting whithin the game's setting menu to get it working as I needed.

If anyone is wonder about system specs, just for a reference, mine are:
Windows 8.1 Pro
Asus MAXIMUS V GENE Z77 mATX
Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core (3.9ghz)
Corsair DOMINATOR Platinum Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3
2 Kingston HyperX 240GB SATA III (in Raid 0)
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4GB DDR5
OCZ FirePower ZX Series 1000W
Samsung S27A550H 27-Inch Class LED Monitor

Game Update a/o 12/01/14
The game still runs flawlessly. Still enjoying the game-play/story-line. I've left the game running on my pc now for 4 days in a row, nonstop. I've used alt/tab a number of times to run other programs when needed, do online shopping and check my email. I haven't encountered a single lock-up yet. I've pressed escape, to pause the game, cut my monitor off at night and back on in the morning, or evening after work, no issues with the game. I couldn't do that much with Far Cry 3.

Game Update a/o 12/12/14
I've finished the game, I will say it wasn't as long of a game as it could have been. But I would still recommend this for anyone who likes FPS style games, or any other version of Far Cry. More or less this is Assassin's Creed 4, only with a smaller world, modern day guns, and not nearly as much to accomplish.

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allen

the game only seems to hate a game controller

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015

Platform For Display: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Far Cry 4 is a console game that's ported to pc. That means there are a lot of issues to be sorted out and patches to be released before it will properly run. My first and current issue is that it is barely playable with a game pad plugged in. Since it is a ported console game you would expect it to run faultlessly with a game pad. The current coding is not compatible with Xbox360 controller, wired or wireless. The game may not load with the controller plugged in or the wireless controller paired to the receiver. Yet the game pad does work within the game, the game only seems to hate a game controller. I think is has something to do with how the game uses pc memory, A lot of people that prefer to use a game pad have reported black screens and failure to load when game pad is plugged in. I can verify this and have had to momentarily stop the program by control/alt/delete then cancel just to get the game to load. After a half dozen execution halts the game does start but is unplayable with massive stuttering when the player's point of view changes.This is not a USB issue because the game loads and runs normally with a USB mouse and keyboard plugged in. The game simply is not optimized for a game controller and when it detects one, the game play is seriously affected. I have played this game with a wireless keyboard and mouse, blue tooth dongle and printer all connected and it runs nicely. The graphics are beautiful even at low settings. Just let it sense a game controller driver and it goes south. Now, the support people will talk to you and suggest rather generic and vague solutions like "it's a USB driver problem, your game controller has problem, please uninstall and update your drivers"......Pc gamers are usually more tech savvy than console playing 8 year olds and will definitely question Ubisoft support's feeble effort to provide comprehensive assistance. Since our pcs run any other game title without game pad issues the issue is the game programming, not the computer. I do not have a high-end computer, just an AMD six core processor with 16 gigabytes of value ram and a Nvidia GTX 760 video card and unless I have Ultra game settings enabled my other games are quite playable. My install of Far Cry 4 has been updated to version 1.80 and it still runs the same as when I first installed it. Maybe in a few months Ubisoft will eventually have the game fixed. In all, I have found this game to be a exciting playing experience with awe inspiring graphics and great story line, It just needs some more work.
UPDATE!!
After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 the game's issue with my Xbox360 game controller completely vanished. I am now so pleased with this game. With a great story line, beautiful graphics and huge open world environment, this game ROCKS! I hope Ubisoft makes more versions.

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J. JAGELLA

A Far Out Game That Will Make You Cry

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2016

Platform For Display: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Like anything else, Far Cry 4 has its ups and downs. Whether or not you like it depends on how much you enjoy the ups and can tolerate the downs. I will do my best to describe both ups and downs and let you be the judge of whether or not this game is worth the price.

Far Cry 4 is a first-person shooter with a lot of role-playing game elements. As you progress through the Asian world of Kryat you will acquire ever more powerful abilities to take on ever greater challenges. Your abilities or "skills" include more powerful weapons, more health, tougher defenses, and access to more parts of Kyrat. If you like a lot of violent action along with choices to improve your action, then this shooter delivers.

The graphics and artwork are very good for a recent game. Far Cry 4 has about the most realistic graphics of any game I've played. Your weapons shine in the light in a way you'd expect them to. The flora and fauna are rendered well. The fire and smoke effects are nicely done. You shouldn't be disappointed with the look of this game.

Speaking of the fauna, Kyrat has a good variety. Animals include yaks, rhinos, elephants, tigers, leopards, bears, wolves, wild dogs, badgers, eagles, snakes, fish, tapirs, wild boar, pigs, chickens, and more. Many of the animals are dangerous and may attack you. The elephants can be ridden and sometimes will fight your enemies for you. The wildlife in Kyrat are is of its strong-points.

Far Cry 4 also offers a nice choice of vehicles most of which can be driven. Vehicles include cars, light trucks (some of which have mounted guns), heavy trucks, ATVs, boats, hovercraft, and even small helicopters you can fly. The vehicles are generally easy to operate, and you can fire some of your weapons from them.

The downside of Far Cry 4 is that some of the quests are terribly designed. The gameplay in these quests can be very frustrating. You will die and/or fail again and again in many of the quests. For instance, in one of the quests you need to kill six snipers without being detected. You might kill five of them only to be sighted, and you must go back to start all over again.

An option in many games is to save the game so that you need not replay a lot like the quest I just described, but Far Cry 4 denies you that option. This game has a restrictive save system. It saves when the designers of the game want it to save. It's not too bad because the save points can be fairly abundant and logically placed, but you probably won't be too happy with the save system.

What I think may be one of the worst elements of this game is the so-called wingsuit. The wingsuit allows you not so much to fly but to glide. In some of the quests you need to use the wingsuit to glide through caverns. If you strike any cliff or any other solid object, then you will die--and die, and die, and...you know what I mean.

There's so much more I might say about this huge game, but allow me to end by offering my own opinion of Far Cry 4. It is definitely very good. It's very addictive. Just keep in mind that like the name, you will cry at times when you play.

(You may also look into games like Far Cry, Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3, and any of the Call of Duty Games if this game piques your interest.)

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Jason Campbell

only with diff bad guys, world area's and animals

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2014

Platform For Display: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Going to be brief on this review, and get down to some technicalities.

1. This game vs the previous one: Anybody who's played FC3 should know what they are getting w/ this newest installment. Overall, same type of gameplay and mission types, only with diff bad guys, world area's and animals. This isnt a bad thing, as any of us who liked the last game will appreciate the company not messing w/ a winning formula. They added just enough new things (such as vehicles and animal types) to give us some new experiences, w/o throwing away what made FC3 so fun.

2. Installation: Contrary to allot of these negative reviews, i had -ZERO- issues w/ installing it. It was a long install (around 2hours total, for the game itself and the big 3gig patch they have out for it already) but that was it. I dont run my rig with extra monitors, keyboards or mice, so i didnt face the supposedly "USB device" hassles that others have. This was how i installed:

A. Install the game from the physical dvd's (there are 3 of them).
B. After that install, i open up uplay (already had it from FC3, and if this is your 1st ubisoft/far cry game, it will/should install along w/ the game, from the disks) and let it update itself as neccessary, then input the game's activation key, EXACTLY as printed (with the "-"'s between the mix of letters/numbers) Also put in my pre-order bonus key at this time.
C. After key(s) are entered, i start the game itself, which after syncing w/ the uplay drm, gets the patch downloading. Patch completes and i'm free to play the game. No issues, no black screen, no freezing, no problems.

Some minor observations on my first cple hours of play: Had to increase the mouse-look sensitivity, as the default setting seems to be quite a bit on the low/slow side. Game runs at "high" graphic quality on my older Gtx 570 card, which is pretty darned good given the age of the card and this being a new AAA title release.

Only thing keeping me from giving this a 5star rating thus far is i cant seem to find my amazon pre-order bonus anywhere (extra mission and the double-barreled elephant gun). Not in my order info from amazon, and nothing on the uplay program. I'm assuming it's a key like the regular preorder bonus (hurk's stuff) but that key is no where to be found.

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Jesse

Fun game but.....

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2015

Platform For Display: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Fun game. Graphics are superb and amazing on my 144hz LED monitor!
My you tube channel that shows the game play. Bear in mind I recorded at a lesser frame rate and resolution so it wouldn't take ages to upload.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nQjYOMkLlXAyRr1tRfdyQ/playlists

Pros:
1. Great graphics!!! I'm running an 8GB Card so it can take all settings max on 1080p.
2. Fun style of play. Easy learning and feel.
3. World is huge and I mean huge! They give you excellent modes of transportation. I barely use quick travel.
4. The story is a bit bizarre but once you get involved it's fun. I love stealth.
5. Customize game play. It lets you disable and enable a wide variety of options.

Cons:
1. Night time is way to short! I like to do my jobs at night and its not very realistically dark like Far Cry 2 and it only lasts for around 10-15 minutes.
2. No weather affects unless you call wind a weather affect! One of my favorite thing was storms in Far Cry 2. This game, not one!
3. No multiple save options in campaign mode. Sometimes I like to save a new slot so I can go back later. Nope not this time.
4. No option to make it virtually impossible to beat. I like games that ramp up the difficulty. This only has 3 options, easy medium and hard. Where's infamous! When I get hit I want to get hit not feel like something annoying is shooting at me.
5. Check out the screen shot. It has some graphic issues but not much.

All and all this game fun to play and has great game play but it's the little things that matter to me. I figured Ubisoft would at least put weather in the mix. The night affects being shortened really put me in a downer mode. Very disappointing with that. As being a long fan of the Far Cry series, I believe this was made mainly for graphics and not for the true Far Cry fans who enjoy the realism.

If your looking for a visually stunning game then buy it. If your into more realism type of game, I would say buy it too because than your giving them money to make the next Far Cry hopefully more realistic all around. Either way is a win win for me:)

***UPDATE*** 09-09-2015

So I completed the game and went back and played Far Cry 3. Wow this game is a major upgrade compared to Far Cry 3. I changed my rating to 5 stars because of this. It's a lot more smoother and lot better graphics. Also it seems more realistic and has better stealth options. The pros outweigh the cons in this title based off of previous games.

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