Far Cry 4 Review: Can You Take Me Higher?

Things have changed in the Far Cry series. We are no longer on a sunny tropical island. Instead, we’re now being taken to new heights in a fictional country called Kyrat, which resides in the Himalayan region. Let’s find out if this change of scenery breathes new life into the series, or if it suffocates from reaching too high.

Welcome to Kyrat, the new world of Far Cry 4. It is the home of yaks and tigers and an evil dictator. King Pagan Min rules his country, one of the world’s largest distributors of opiates, with an iron fist.

Our protagonist, Ajay, comes to Kyrat to honor his mother’s final wish: to have her ashes spread in her homeland. Upon arriving he finds out that the country is locked in a brutal civil war between the King and the Golden Path. Ajay is quickly thrown into the heart of the conflict by being kidnapped by none other than the King himself.

The Golden Path takes advantage of the King’s false sense of security and rescues Ajay from the compound. From this point Ajay will help define the Golden Path’s destiny and help shape the country free from the tyrant king.

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