A Viewpoint

Far Cry 3 was an insanely enjoyable game. With a sprawling open world, reactive wildlife & an incredibly satisfying stealth mechanism, FC3 was one of the more ingenious first person shooters in recent years. No doubt Ubisoft would like to raise the bar higher in the upcoming Far Cry 4. But there are a few things FC4 must take care of to improve on the FC3 experience. 1 . Variety in side missions : The side quests in FC3 was pretty awful. Most of them are redundant go-here-do-that activities, failing to utilize the diverse elements of the gameplay. I'm not talking about those knife throwing or jungle racing contests as those were just subtexts for money or xp & gets old pretty soon. It'd be great if FC4 includes side missions that have little stories of their own instead of being simple fetch quests. 2. More discoveries : I believe the missions where you get to find the ancient knife were the best in the game. Underwater caves, secret unde

This article is based on my interpretation of the story in Far cry 3. If you haven't played the game yet, stop reading. Massive spoilers ahead. A serene blue lake. Quiet & peaceful, water flowing around smoothly. The sunbeams pour through the windy trees. I was on a mission, just passing through. But I stopped the car & stared at the scenery for a while, trying to soak it all in. A pack of deers were roaming around peacefully. Pretty as a picture. Suddenly, the deers started running. Looking at the opposite direction, I knew why. A Tiger has come across this place. Before I could do anything, the Tiger pounced on a fleeing deer & killed it. I returned to my car & kept moving toward my destination. “Nature of the predator”----I thought while driving. Suddenly a thought jumped on me---”what's the difference between those animals & the protagonist of Far cry 3 or in a larger scale, our society? Was there any?” Then I realized, we're very much ali