Far Cry 4

[SkylineObsession]

Omigod theres no topic for this yet.

I was a latecomer to Far Cry, infact the game that first introduced me to the series (i'd always admired the screenshots on the game covers of FC2 and FC3, but never rented them out) was the awesome Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon - only because i'm an 80's kid.

I ended up really liking the gameplay, and the controls, so asked my brother what FC3 was like - then we bought it and haven't regretted the decision. Like Red Dead Redemption, one of the best parts of the game is the wildlife.

So it appears i have a new 'buy it straight away' franchise to add to my (small) list (Gran Turismo, GTA, Uncharted, and the Metal Gear Solid series before Kiefer Sutherland).

Latest trailers are looking good too;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJH9D25c3dY

[SkylineObsession]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04z45SOAH5k

[Yw-slayer]

I'm well up for a game with elephants in it. This also looks like a more serious version of Just Cause 2. Does FC3 have hippos?

[SkylineObsession]

No, but FC3 does have all these:

Asian Black Bear
Bat
Bird of Paradise
Black Eagle
Boar
Buffalo
Bull Shark
Cassowary
Chicken
Coral Reef Fish
Crab
Crow
Deer
Dingo
Galapagos Tortoise
Goat
Jellyfish
Komodo Dragon
Leopard
Macaque
Manta Ray
Moray Eel
Pig
Rabid Dog
Rat
River Fish
Crocodile
Sea Turtle
Seagull
Snake
Tiger
Vulture

Black Panther
White Belly Tapir
Blood Komodo Dragon
Golden Tiger
Maneater

Undying Bear
One Horn buffalo
Yellow Neck Cassowary
Albino Crocodile

Red-headed Vulture
Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger)
White Tiger
Mountain Lion

Hoping for a similar list for FC4. :D

[Yw-slayer]

No hippo, no like.

[TheBenior]

Conversation between my sister and me:

My sister: I want a game where you go around killing endangered species.
Me: That game exists, it's called Far Cry 3 and it's awesome.

[21Kid]

I need to get back into FC3. I played about 10 hrs of it and really like it. Just got other new shiny games that put it on the side. I would gladly pre-order the next one.

[drew]

Going along with Ross's statement, I agree.

I would love to play cricket with an eagle, or shoot a panda right in the fucking face with a mortar.

[SkylineObsession]

Well, got it, played it, and so far i likely. Quite purdy, although i think the water effects in both versions of GTA V (new and old gen) are better?

Haven't played it for long though - 2.5 hours playing, but hardly got anywhere as was trying too hard to be stealthy and kept getting distracted by scenery etc. And i nearly got eaten by a snow leopard i set free. Enemies were teasing it in a cage, i killed them all, climbed up onto a roof of a house, shot the cage to release it, it came straight for me, but cos i was on a house it just kept going back and forth along the back of it - then the bloody thing jumped 1-2 metres up onto the corner of the roof and came after me, so had to shoot it :(

[TheBenior]

My wife preordered it and blew through it in about a week and a half.

Now that I'm done with Shadow of Mordor, I stated playing it, and an about halfway through with it.

I'd sum it up by saying, if you liked Far Cry 3, it's pretty much like that with minor improvements.

[TheBenior]

So Far Cry 4 reminded me how I've wanted a khukuri for a while. Turns out I could get a hand made, engraved, buffalo-horn handle khukuri from Kathmandu to my door in 2 weeks for $80.

986

[GreatScawt]

FYI this is $30 on Amazon today. All platforms. I bought it.

[GreatScawt]

Wrapped up the story last night. Very enjoyable. Just want to finish up the Yogi and Hurk missions plus the last 2 fortresses. Maybe all the fashion week quests too, which I loved.

This will likely also be my first game in a long time where I finish all the base-game achievements. Just need to get all the skill points. Those last few that require ten points each... jeesh.

[Rare White Ape]

I'm finally getting to playing this GTA-in-the-bush game. I quite like it, as it's my first real FarCry title. I've played Blood Dragon heaps so I'm familiar with the basic game progression, but it's a bit jarring to have a similar feeling game without all the lewd humor and cheesy one-liners.

I eventually decided to do the first major story quest outside of the valley at the beginning. I flew a Buzzer out to a temple where some hunters were waiting to ambush. The dynamic battles in the open world are fantastic, especially where stealth and tactics are used by the enemy.

Afterwards I'm walking down a track where a few of my buddies were celebrating winning a fight against the royal guard. I join them for a bit, then walk a few meters away and spot a rhino (the hippo's angry cousin) just off the edge of the road.

I think, "Err rhinos are dangerous," so I leave it and walk back up to my buddies. They're shooting guns into the air and whatnot. Nek minnit I hear a stampede of heavy footsteps in my rear speakers and turn around to see the rhino charging at my group of Golden Silk Road Path muhh fugers and they're shooting it and yelling and being killed and stuff. I wait a while until they're all dead then shoot it up its slightly weakened arse with a few rounds and it drops.

I put on a pair of shades and skin that cunt like THUG LYFE.

[SkylineObsession]

Finally got back onto Far Cry 4 the other day while wifey was off playing soccer (how supportive of me ;) ).

After watching an elephant standing by the edge of a river drinking water, then getting attacked by the log it was standing beside (partially submerged crocodile), then swinging its trunk around in the air with croc attached, then running away from said croc, i really wished i had it on video.
Which led me to experiment with the video share feature of the PS4 and the YouTube upload feature.

Which led to this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXuunDemFwk

Featuring;
- Elephant rides
- Rhino chasing
- Bird watching
- Croc hunting
- Conversing with another elephant
- Flipping a car
- Saying hello to giant turtles
- Watching a boat go by
- Water
- Afrika

Great feature, would use again. 10/10.

:rawk:

[Rare White Ape]

i really wished i had it on video.

You can fiddle with how it records. Press the share button, then options when the share menu comes up.

There are two modes. Both modes allow you to "record from now" if you double-press the share button. I know that the easy screen shots mode lets you also keep the previous 15 minutes of gameplay footage, so if anything unexpected happens you can keep it if you weren't recording at the time. It's really handy, especially for GTA players.

[SkylineObsession]

Photobomb time... (most recent first)

One of the first pics i've taken from North Kyrat (just 'unlocked' it)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/349/18160606634_ac8ba9cef1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tEMRDu)

Making fire near the airport
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/532/18162545043_3a85ab2ea5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tEXMSk)

After being dropped off at the top of a mountain...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/310/18597056249_4444301556_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ukmLUR)

Self explanatory
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/530/18756919076_1c303ea977_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uzu7yu)

Random pic taken when i was flying my 'helicopter' to a mission
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/495/18597056509_901b44a77b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ukmLZk)

[SkylineObsession]

In another world...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/453/18595419228_cc398457d6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ukdohm)

Poor kitteh that i saved
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/258/18785758581_517b1b153c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uC2Vxk)

Extr3me Autumn
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/469/18785758501_a52bbab7cf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uC2VvX)

Nice day to hang the washing out at home
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/269/18785759231_51ab9dbf2d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uC2VJx)

Doing the laps down the river
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/267/18778240122_6835a565ba_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uBnoyJ)

[SkylineObsession]

Got a twophie
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/380/18162547223_a06f0ff49c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tEXNvV)

Water
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/532/18162547303_f9453c8457_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tEXNxi)

Bright light
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/556/18162547643_dc448ab2d0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tEXNDa)

Small hill...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/323/18785760331_188bebfaf3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uC2W4v)

Another automatic trophy screenshot (quite like this PS4 feature)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/291/18756921486_b0ae0a5126_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uzu8h3)