Just finished FC4, and I must say that it's been one of the best gaming experiences i've had. It's everything great about FC3 but polished, amplified and made better. Vaas was a superb villain, but slightly cliche and predictable. Pagan Min is the finest antagonist i've seen, his actions were unpredictable, he has immense character depth for someone you only meet a handful of times, and to be honest I didn't want him to die-when it came to the end I so nearly let him go, only at the last second did I take down his chopper with my rifle because I just simply wanted him to have a good ending. Luckily there was epic slo-mo and good music to sway me towards not feeling so guilty afterwards.

As for everyone else, the leaders of the golden path, Pagan's generals and all the side characters like Hurk, Yogi and Reggie and Longinus were just as well built and interesting. It's a rare thing for the player to get a little upset every time they take out a simple assassination target such as Noore but genuinely I did. Every single side mission is enjoyable, especially the Shangri-La missions.

Everything in this game tells a story, usually there are many different stories and paths that are hidden below the surface and without a little exploration and and care may never be discovered and without some thinking definitely won't be appreciated.

In terms of how it plays it's nearly identical to FC3, with is fine, gameplay is still fantastic and satisfying no matter what weapon you are using or which enemy you are killing. The wingsuit is a major help and the grapple is a great way of letting you traverse the epic landscape-plus the fact it makes the mundane task of getting from A in the valley to B at the top of a fucking mountain rather authentic, and rappelling down into a cave and subsequently gunning down both man and beast is amazing. Oh, and the new buzzer (gyrocopter) is pretty neat, but not common enough to be overused and too flimsy for a fight-plus it has an altitude limiter.

In terms of graphics i'm sure you've all seen that it's absolutely stunning, but I feel that the sheer volume of trees is a shame because by nature trees in video games look sorta shitty. Fps leaves (pun intended) a bit to be desired, it's mostly solid but there were a handful of noticeable drops when I was walking around the deep forest with my bow equipped.

Overall i'd say it's a 9.5/10, i've not tested the MP element or co-op, i'd give it a 10 but I never found a reason to want to play Arena, the fps drops were a little annoying and feel that there were a few poor design choices when doing some of the mountainous sections

Questions?

Oh, and this is in gaming just so everyone can see it, mods can relocate it to News later if they want

Thought the story was subpar.

Do you mean the plot or the whole mode?

Wow you prick. You could have said story spoilers included

The main story was not great at all. The characters in it were great! Especially Pagen, and Longinus. The plot, gave far too little screen time to villians that we barely or dont know at all. You never get any real form of character for one, she just shows up and for some reason we have to kill her...

Who do you mean by that? There was shit tons about Noore and Yuma

And in terms of villains, I spent the entire game thinking to myself that is Pagan the bad guy? Amita's a drug-peddler and Sabal is a religious fanatic, Pagan has the place balanced, and he certainly had the best of intentions-a lesser evil. So I disagree, the story focussed on the real villains, the terrorists and eventual oppressors, the Golden Path

Quote from: Gatsby on December 24, 2014, 12:22:51 PM

Wow you prick. You could have said story spoilers included

It's a review, what did you expect?

Er I've watched a couple reviews, none of them actually gave away story details. They just commented on it in general.

Quote from: Sprungli on December 24, 2014, 03:13:32 PM

Quote from: Gatsby on December 24, 2014, 12:22:51 PM

Wow you prick. You could have said story spoilers included

It's a review, what did you expect?

Have you never watched or read a review before? If they contain spoilers in their reviews they specifically state as such.

If you'd been reading the text you'd stop at the words "at the end". Clearly just out to try and find fault

Quote from: Sprungli on December 24, 2014, 06:41:28 PM

Clearly just out to try and find fault

Yeah, the fault is you, because you're a moron for not putting a spoiler warning in the title or using spoiler tags (they exist for a reason, genius. Use them).

he could have at least said this review would contain story spoilers.

Quote from: BritishLemön on December 24, 2014, 06:49:58 PM

Quote from: Sprungli on December 24, 2014, 06:41:28 PM

Clearly just out to try and find fault

Yeah, the fault is you, because you're a moron for not putting a spoiler warning in the title or using spoiler tags (they exist for a reason, genius. Use them).

he could have at least said this review would contain story spoilers.

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