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May 5, 2015
By day, I’m the sports guy – the geeky looking dude with the (sometimes) backwards ball cap and the hiking backpack that you see at Nicholls athletic events or at high school competitions around the Houma-Thibodaux area.
But once the final whistle sounds and it’s quittin’ time, I dwarf and become a consummate video game geek.
So here I am staked with the task of spitting video game knowledge and reviews monthly.
With that aforementioned entertainment value in mind, let’s talk about one of the hottest games on the shelves in the past few release cycles.
“FAR CRY 4” is an open-world shooter that was released at the backend of the 2014 calendar year. Because I was a huge fan of critically acclaimed “Far Cry 3,” I decided to scoop up a copy and give it a whirl.
I came in with low expectations, because of how amazing the third installment of the series was. Surely, “Far Cry 4” would be a money grab to suck in loyalists like myself.
I was pleasantly surprised and happy to be wrong.
“Far Cry 4” is a nice extension of its predecessor, providing an action-packed gaming experience that keeps you on your toes from start-to-finish.
In “Far Cry 4,” you’re placed in Kyrat – a mythical land filled mysterious terrain and loads of trouble.
As-always in the “Far Cry” gaming series, the open-world set up allows gamers versatility and options. You can chase the game’s completion by going mission-to-mission in an attempt to dethrone evil villain Ajay Ghale – the American-born tyrant who gives you a rough time throughout the game. Or you can just explore the lay of the land and see what there is to offer.
If you choose the latter option, BEWARE: The Himalayan terrain is not friendly and there are countless animals – tigers, elephants, wolves, bears, etc., who call the jungle lands home. Run into one of those suckers by accident and it’s game over in a hurry.
In the southern classic, Keller, born blind and deaf and because of this, mute, finds the light amid her dark world through the persistence, love and sheer conventional mission-based gameplay, “Far Cry 4” is easy to follow and the storyline flows well as you’re staked with the challenge of continually battling Ghale and his enemy army.
The gunfights are a bit gore-heavy at times, so this one probably isn’t one to buy for the kids. But the combination of storyline development, gamer freedom and overall action make “Far Cry 4” a winner – just like “Far Cry 3.”
A first-person open-world shooter, Far Cry 4 builds on he momentum that Far Cry 3 generated. The game is a hit, according to critics and our own video game guru.
