is far cry 4 a dissappointment ?
First of all I am a big far cry fan : i own far cry 1,2,3 and now 4
I was excited to get a new far cry game last week but after playing for about 10 hours now, I must say I am missing something :
the bad
- the main bad-*** does not seem to involve me in the story. Yes the introduction was fine but after that sofar I do not get to see much of him, only some messages. At least in Far Cry 3 I was always on my toes to meet that schizo / crazy bad-***, and each encounter with him was so much fun. Now sofar I do not feel involved in the story. It feels more like attacking outposts and killing the enemy, that's it.
- why does the enemy not have helicopters flying around as well scouting ?
- no co-op couch multiplayer ? The co-op addition for single players missions is fine but it would be much more fun if both my kids could do missions together rather than finding a stranger on the internet
- less skill choices than in far cry 3 where you had 3 different paths, in far cry 4 only 2 (and most skills are just copied from far cry 3)
the good
- yes fly a helicopter is so much fun, love it as you can cover distances to next location much quicker
- riding elephants add tactical play
- searching and killing animals for upgrades is still fun
- the fact that the enemy can retake outposts is so much better (in far cry 2 it was automatic and a problem if you had to drive back to a liberated one to find it all full again with enemies, in far cry 3 it stayed liberated which gave some sense of progression but quickly became boring as your play area became smaller by lack of new challenges/outpost)
So I guess the major flaw lies with the main character. The world and enemies are fine but there is less story driven content and so you feel a bit detached from the game/story.
So indeed it seems more like a far cry 3.5 to me
I hope they'll make a far cry 5 with a better main character.or maybe two brothers where one is totally crazy and one smart