I finished Far Cry 4 today and let me just say the game is incredible in every aspect. However the story, as many stories go, has some loose fitting strings.
When I play a game I approach it a couple of ways.
1. What would I do and exactly be doing if I myself were in this game (Preferred)
2. What would I do if I were this character.
In my mind if I'm going to be killing hundreds of Royal Guard it would be insane not to kill the king.
I understand the story-line as a whole. A green horn boy is trying to move on from his mother, what path does he choose, does he choose to rely on pure Faith..., pure logic..., or does he let the tiger neutralize the eagle and become king.
The stories logic is then that the only way to become king is to NOT kill king Min. If you do kill the king than Sabal or Amita (whoever you didn't kill or exile, as it were...) presumably takes control.
First 'king min' doesn't explain the alternative to killing him other than sitting down to eat and like I said I've killed hundreds of his men for their atrocities and aggressions towards the rebellion (in which there apparently is no diplomatic solution whatsoever...) so he gives me this choice and if I myself were in this scenario I would not and did not hesitate to kill him.
Then the end title is "The King is Dead". This is where the separation is. At this point, why don't I have the choice to take over Kyrat myself? As the saying goes "The King is Dead...Long Live the King". I want to take over Kyrat as the good king instead of the power hungry megalomaniac king min... This would still be in line with the metaphor I believe.
He is the leader, he IS responsible for what he allowed his mercenaries to do therefore one bullet through his stylish head and justice is served. Then he can scatter his mother's ashes demand power from Sabal or Amita, and take the role of the Just and Kind King of Kyrat.
Thats very interesting!
I agree with you. Min had to be killed, but I didn't want Amita or Sabal to take over the Country, as they have both turned out to becoming just like Pagan Min.
But when the dinner scene came up, I spared his life, only to shoot down his helicopter with an RPG. At some point (I don't remember if it was in the Endscene or on the radio), Min told Ajay that this is now his country and he is the new king.
It would have been nice to be the new Head of the country.
Not so sure if Ajay is a greenhorn though...really.
Instead of just staying with Pagan Min (which would basically be his step-father in some ways), he actually chose to sneak out of the house, which is a clear sign that he is confident enough with his skills to do something like that...denying to eat with a dictator (disregarding the way more logical, but boring secret ending). After that, being completely confident with killing people and hunting wildlife is not quite the greenhorn as well. Without even blinking. No, this guy must have had at least military training before, for knowing how to operate a gun effectively, stealth, and many other things the regular dude wouldn't know.
Even (if idle) some Royal Guard soldiers express that Ajay has no military training, but how would they know that.
Compared to "the SoCal ******bag" Jason Brody Ajay didn't really have problems with killing, which definitely tells us a lot about himself and his previous life.