Far Cry 4
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Far Cry 4 is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 18 November 2014 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 26.3 hrs to finish.
What Far Cry 4 is
Far Cry 4 is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2014. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dunia Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of dictator Pagan Min.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, historical, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 57 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Far Cry series
Far Cry 4 is the 14th of 29 entries we hold in the Far Cry series. The next entry was Far Cry: Primal in 2016. Its critic score of 86 is 7 points above the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Far Cry 3 at 90.
How it was received
Far Cry 4 holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 1,189 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 26.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 43.7 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Far Cry 4 launched on 18 November 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Tales from the Borderlands and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Tales from the Borderlands, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Far Cry 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Characters
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Dlc
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